I have no excuse as to why I haven't written. Just that I'm good at procrastinating but was reminded of the story as I got a comment on it, asking me to update. I haven't written anything more, but the story itself that I have planned out is done, since thought I may not have written anything I have still thought about it. Hope you enjoy and I hope to finish this before I can procrastinate any further.


The original plan was for Sora, Donald and Goofy to leave the same evening, but Master Yen Sid insisted that they should stay the night and leave the following morning. He claimed the reason was that he wanted to go over what everyone should focus on and keep in mind during their respective tasks. Much to Sora's dismay, of course he was happy to spend some time with his friends without the the treats just around the corner. Sitting around and waiting was not and option. Sora couldn't help the feeling that there was something the retired Keyblade Master was hiding. He may just be paranoid but the inkling feeling of being left in the dark didn't where still there. The real threat was so far ahead. They were winning if not control of the game, and the Guardians of Light will need all the advantages they could get. Sleep did not come easy that night as he lay awake, the fear of the consequences of losing plaguing his thoughts. This was a game, they couldn't afford to lose.


They all assembled back in Master Yen Sid's office bright and early as agreed the night prior. Feeling the restlessness in the group they didn't stall the meeting any longer.

"As you all now we as need more keyblade wielders to in order to to stand a chance against Xeheanort and his vessels of darkness, thankfully we were able with the help of Lea to get in the way of and possepine thier plans." The old Master turned to look at the man in question before continuing. "As we now know is that Lea also is able to wield a keyblade, that is why I have a proposition for you." Lea straighten at the Masters words.

"You want me to become become the fifth Guardian of Light." The sceptical tone of his voice was apparent as he he answered it as a statement rather than a question.

"I know this is only a recent discovery, but as we have already made clear, time is short and keyblade wielders aren't easy to find." Everyone turned to the black clad man waited in anticipation for a response.

"I don't have much of a choice do I?" He looked around the room, silently asking if that really was a question.

"Of course you still have a choice but you know what is at stake and what the consequences of being a Guardian of Light may be." Lea looked the man straight in the eyes as he answered.

"I'm in." Cheers and laughter started to bounce around the room.

"Then we only need two more!" Goofy happily responded.

"Before we get ahead of ourselves, we still matters to discuss." Yen Sid calm voice silenced the group. "The reason for me wanting to delay your departure was because I been able to feel the presence of people who may be of help to us." Confused and intrigued they turned back to Yen Sid. "I'm not certain of one of them as their movement is hard to follow and pinpoint, but they have regularly appear in Radian Garden. While the other i more stationary."

"Who are they? And if you knew about them, why didn't you to tell us yesterday?" Donald asked in an effort to understand the masters reasoning.

"I have felt their presence for some time. At first I wanted to be sure it wasn't just on of Xehanort's coys, I needed to make sure that was not the case. The first one, the one which is hard to pinpoint is one who I thought was long gone. The other is in a dangerous place and the individual should be familiar to you Mickey." At the last comment everyone's eyes turned to the King, the silence that followed Yen Sid took it as a sign to continue.

"I can feel Aqua's presence in the Realm of Darkness." Mickey gasped and shock became present on his features.

"Who is Aqua?" Kairi asked the question the rest of the room was asking themselves.

"Aqua is a Keyblade Master and a friend of ours, she and her friend, Terra and Ventus all went up against Xehanort some time ago. We do not know what happened to them, but Aqua is the only one I know the location of. If anyone know where Terra and Ventus are, it is her. And they could also be the last Guardians of Light we need."

"We have to save her!" Mickey exclaimed now hopeful mouse.

"We need to be careful, The Realm of Darkness as you now is a dangerous place and time works differently there compared to this one. But fact that she has been able to survive this long is remarkable. But we need to hurry, if I have been able to feel her sense her presence then surely so have Xehanort. I know I said Riku would teach you Kairi, but since Riku and Mickey both have been in the Realm of Darkness before it would only be logical for them to be the ones to rescue Aqua." Everyone had listened intently on the man as the absorbed what the information meant for the group. Riku and Mickey where to departure to one of the most dangerous places one could imagine. A place neither where ecstatic to return to.

"I don't like the idea of his Majesty going to by himself." Riku responded, Mickey giving him a nod of appreciation.

"Then I will train both Lea and Kairi, while Riku and Mickey go looking for Aqua." Yen Sid nodded to himself.

"And we… eh what are we going to do exactly?" Goofy question. Sora himself was in such a hurry to get out there and help that he almost forgot how, so he along with Donald and Goofy looked in anticipation at the blue wizard.

"I like your spirit. But I don't think you realize the extent of the damage Xehanort have had on you Sora." The boy in question was surprised at the response and could only let out a sound that inplaid his confusion.

"Your have been feeling tired and 'off', do you not." Eyes where now on the boy silently asking if what the Master was saying was true.

"How did you..?" His question which was confirming the acquisition was followed by Donald anger.

"You didn't tell us!" Before he could really get his anger out on the boy the room was silenced one again by the Master.

"That is not important at the moment, as long we all now know it. Have you been able to summon your keyblade since you came back from the Sleeping Worlds?" The boy questioned looked down at the ground, seeming to finds the floor more interesting before he respond.

"I have but it's more difficult for some reason." The words where not easy for the boy to utter, but he could not lie.

"That would be Xehanort's doing. Realising he failed to make you his vessel, I suspected he would do something even if it did not go as he planed And I believe the only way to fix this is for you to learn it again."

"Are you kidding?! I have to start all over again, for a third time!" Sora exclaimed clearly not happy.

"Unfortunately yes." Sora's only response was a whine remanding a lot of a dog, the rest of the room giving him sympathetic looks. "But I have something for you to help you speed up the process and give you some new abilities as well." Sora still frustrated did light up when he heard the door open and smiled and laughed when he say the familiar colorful fairies entering the room.

"Oh it so good to see you again dear!" Flora greeted, followed by Fauna and Merryweather happy greetings.

"Long time no see!" Sora responded, his spirit already lifted.

"I asked Flora, Fauna and Merryweather to make you a new set of clothes, but due Xehanort's 'sabotage' to also make it so you could relearn in addition to give you a couple of new abilities." Yen Sid explained as the merry fairies approached.

"Fauna already made the design and we have already come to to an agreement about the color." Flora explained and without missing a beat they started bickering about how little of their favored color was missing of the clothes. But soon stopped as Sora calmed them down with a nervous laughter. Without further delay they fairies corporate and together created a blinding light shone from where Sora once stood. Forcing the people in the room to be forced to look away or shield their eyes. As the light dissipated it revealed Sora's new outfit. The outfit consisted of the usual red, black and yellow color scheme with the addition of some grey. Besides the undershirt which stayed the same blue one and he kept his crown necklace, there a couple of changes. The outfit consisted of a pair of big and loose black pants with grey pockets and a single red band going around the thigh. A black hooded jacket with red, white and grey details and six buttons on the front, while the inside had a black and red checker patterns. The shoes have the usual black an yellow color palette but looked a bit more combat friendly and smaller than his other more comically big shoes. Lastly instead of his usual gloves his new fingerless gloves looked a lot went even further up his arms almost to his elbows and looked a lot more like armguard rather than gloves. They were mostly grey with details red and in a lighter shade of grey along with a yellow strap going around the wrist.

The room filled with sounds showing their liking to the new outfit.

"Do you like it? Do you want more more?" Merryweather asked and the trio almost started bickering, but Sora stopped them before it went out of hand.

"This is awesome!" Sora responded and the fairies smiled at another job well done.

"Now we can move on with the question you had before Goofy." everyone turned back to the wizard, all curious about what the last group would do.

"As I said I have felt the presence of another person who could be of help, but they are hard to pinpoint. I suggest that you ask your friends in Radiant Garden if they have seen any new unfamiliar figure. Besides that I want you to continue your travel to other worlds and seal any potential keyholes of those worlds. But also to look for potential Keyblade wielders as you travel, you will surely meat a lot of foes during your travel so you should pick up on your combat again in no time."

"But how to we now we have found a potential Keyblade wielder?" Donald asked in an puzzled tone.

"Gawrsh I can think of a few that would be good with a Keyblade." Goofy added.

"Even though you are right about that and a lot of people a great fighters not all are ready or able to wield a Keyblade. That is why I will give you this." As the last few word where uttered a he motion over the desk in front of him which a moment ago was empty but soon there lay a small trinket which looking like fire colored gem trapped inside a glass sphere. "The stone inside should light up and the color should fill the whole sphere tell you if the person holding it is able to wield a keyblade. It is not foolproof, but it should help you narrow your search. If you find someone who is able to light the stone or se anything noteworthy, you should return here and update us on your mission." Yen Sid explained. Nodding Sora picked up the small item, he noted that it weigh more than he originally expected and is smooth to the touch. Reminding of a marble before putting it in his pocket.

"Now I think we all have waited long enough, it is about time we all started on our respective tasks." As people started to filter out of the room to outside the tower where the gummi ship that waited outside.

But before Sora could follow his friends outside he was stopped by a hand on his bicep. Sora turned to the only one other person left in the, as certain redheaded girl he promised himself to talk to.

"Sora could you wait for a second?" The small blush on her face evaded Sora as he was too focused on the physical touch that all too soon left his arm. Sora could only nod, as he turned and opened his mouth to ask, he was soon silenced as a pair of arms as the girl flung herself around his neck. Hugging him close.

"Be careful." She mumbled as she buried her face in his shoulder. Sora needed a second or to to make his brain work again and return the favor, unfortunately or fortunately no words came out. They were forced to part sooner than either of them wanted as they could her a familiar duck shouting at Sora to hurry up. They scurried downstairs without saying a word. Soon Sora, Donald and Goofy were ready for takeoff.

"You two took an awfully long time in there." Donald simply stated, Sora didn't even need to turn to him to know he had a smirk on his face. Trying to hide his blush Sora simply claimed that they where ready for take of and started the ship, with Donald and Goofy laughing at their friend expense they lifted and waved the last goodbye to their friend before speeding of into the distance. Back at the ground Lea leaned over to Kairi gave her a similar tease.

"Something you want to talk about, like a certain spikey haired kid?" Kairi didn't answer she simply turned around to hide her blush and made her way inside, she may not be able to see Riku's smile but she could clearly hear Lea laughter.