Phoenix: Greetings all!
Maka: Happy late Independence Day to all who celebrate it! Sorry we were late on that, but Phoenix was enjoying fireworks and had a storm in her area. She's okay though, so don't worry!
Naruto: Phoenix-sensei, when is my world going to get another mention?
Phoenix: Possibly in Chapter 7. Right now, I want to focus on what's happening in all the worlds first before we get to Heartless attacks and some characters wielding Keyblades.
Naruto: Awww, come on!
Phoenix: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any anime used in this fic.
Kingdom Hearts II Soundtrack – Hollow Bastion
Sora looked cautiously around Hollow Bastion. No one was outside their houses, and the eerie silence didn't help.
"This place still gives me the creeps," he muttered under his breath.
"Gwarsh, Sora, do you think this place could still be abandoned?" Goofy asked.
"I dunno. I thought Leon and the others would be here, considering this is their home," Sora responded.
Suddenly, Donald squawked in surprise as a Heartless tried to take him down. Sora summoned his Keyblade and charged at the Heartless. The heart-lacking monsters spawned all around Sora and his pals, leaving Donald and Goofy occupied. About a few minutes into the fight against the Heartless, Leon, Yuffie and Cloud joined the fight.
"Leon! Where were you guys?" Sora shouted over the sounds of battle.
"Sora, we were coming to warn you that there are Heartless in the area," Leon responded.
"Gee, thanks for the warning!" Donald muttered.
"We had no idea they would attack, so don't blame us!" Yuffie pouted.
Suddenly, a black whip struck out one of the Heartless…or at least, everyone assumed it was a black whip.
Sora and company watched as, one by one, black whips struck the Heartless down, leaving their hearts to dissipate into thin air.
"Whoa…" Sora gasped, impressed.
"Are you guys alright?" came a rather deep voice. Sora looked around and spotted, on top of a building, a tall, tanned-skinned man with a large, golden afro, a blue shirt, a gold necklace with an H in the middle, black pants, brown loafers, and white-rimmed sunglasses. But what surprised everyone more or less were the 6-foot long nosehairs coming out of his nose.
"Uh…sure," Sora responded.
The strange man's nosehairs soon vanished and he leapt off the building and headed away into Hollow Bastion.
"W-Wait!" Sora called after the man, running after him.
Leon sighed wearily. "One thing after another today."
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OST – Lurking
Ed, Al, Jelly Jiggler and Mustang sat in Mustang's office.
"So, what's up?" Ed asked.
"Lately, we've been seeing black creatures on the outskirts of certain towns. There have been no reports so far on these monsters attacking people, but we fear it's only a certain amount of time until that happens," Mustang responded.
"Was one of them Risembool?" Ed asked, shivering.
"Our home town," Al briefly explained to Jelly Jiggler.
Mustang looked at Ed long and hard before closing his eyes. "I'm sorry, but…"
Ed's eyes widened in shock, as if this would give him a heart attack right there and then.
"Why?" Al asked.
"No one knows, that's just it. They appear to be searching for something whenever someone reports them, but they quickly vanish," Mustang explained.
"This had better not be a joke…!" Ed growled through gritted teeth.
"It isn't, Fullmetal. I want you, Alphonse and your jelly friend here to go to Risembool and check up on your friends," Mustang ordered.
Stiffly, Ed nodded and stormed out, with Al and Jelly Jiggler following closely behind.
Bleach OST – Ditty for Daddy
Dengaku Man was fleeing for his life in some unknown place. All he knew was this wasn't his home, and there were never blue spider tank thingies where he came from!
Suddenly, he felt cold metal touch his fur and he was lifted straight off the ground.
"Mr. Batou~! We caught him!" the tank that caught him called. Dengaku Man fiercely struggled to escape its grasp, as he was brought to a tall, slightly well-built man with long, pale gray hair tied back, pale gray eyes that looked like bottle caps, and wore a dark gray shirt under a brown jacket, gray pants and black shoes.
"D-Don't hurt me! I don't mean to harm anyone!" Dengaku Man pled.
"Easy, there…whatever you are," the man reminded. Dengaku Man was surprised. This man sounded like Bo-bobo!
"I-I'm Dengaku Man. You're Batou, right?" Dengaku Man asked.
"How do you know my name?" Batou questioned.
"Your tank thingies were shouting your name earlier," Dengaku Man deadpanned.
"Oh. In any case, yes, I'm Batou," Batou responded.
End OST
Softon opened his eyes to see moonlight filtering through a window. He quickly realized he was still in the same building he was when he woke up the first time.
"Whoever helped me, I'm thankful and all, but who helped me?" Softon wondered.
He quickly checked to see if he had his pendant, and sighed in relief when he discovered it was still hidden around his neck. Softon held it gently in his hands as he looked at the picture inside.
"Beauty…hang on wherever you are. I promise I'll come for you."
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood OST – Hum of the Streets
Yugi was leading Suzu around Domino City. According to the shorter kid, Suzu had been found in the park, and there had been people going missing.
"So, do people have any distinct behavior before they go missing?" Suzu asked.
"Well, they seem slightly panicked and tell of black creatures following them," Yugi responded.
"That doesn't sound familiar. Normally, where I come from, people getting kidnapped is a common sight," Suzu admitted.
"Yikes! Sounds dangerous," Yugi commented.
"It's a long story," Suzu explained.
Yugi nodded, obviously not wanting to pry.
"Morning, Yugi!" a teenage girl about Suzu's age, with shoulder-length brown hair, light blue eyes, and wore a school outfit of some sort, greeted, hurrying up to the two.
"Morning, Tèa!" Yugi greeted.
"Not to be rude or anything, but who is she?" Tèa asked, referring to Suzu.
"It's nice to meet you. My name is Suzu," Suzu greeted.
"I'm Tèa, one of Yugi's friends. It's nice to meet you, Suzu," Tèa greeted.
Kingdom Hearts II Soundtrack – Hollow Bastion
Sora panted as he searched around Hollow Bastion for the mysterious man. Who was he? And what was up with his nosehairs?
"Not to mention, why did he protect us? Does he hate the Heartless as well?" Sora wondered.
Suddenly, a glimpse of golden hair caught the brown-haired teen's eyes. Startled, Sora looked around and saw the man from before looking at the sky from one of the buildings.
"Hey!" Sora shouted.
The man looked down at Sora. "What is it, kid?" he asked.
"The name's Sora. Why did you save us back there?" Sora asked.
"I dunno," the man responded. Sora groaned.
"What's your name?" the Keyblade-bearer asked.
"It's Bo-bobo. Yours?" Bo-bobo asked.
"I'm Sora," Sora responded, "now will you tell me why you saved me and my friends back there?"
Bo-bobo sighed wearily. "It's because I protected someone close to me in my world, and I couldn't bear to see others hurt because I was too lazy to protect them," he admitted.
The golden-haired warrior leapt off the building he was on and walked towards the wilderness beyond Hollow Bastion.
"Wait up, will ya!" Sora called after the man, hurrying after him.
Phoenix: And it's done!
Soul: So, Heartless are starting to appear in other anime worlds, and Phoenix just gave away a big spoiler to those who don't read the Bo7 manga.
Phoenix: Couldn't help it. Softon loves his little sister, doesn't he?
Maka: Okay...also we have news on Soul Wiggin for those who want to know. Take it away, Light.
Light: Ahem. Since Phoenix can't clearly remember everything about the Soul Eater anime, she's watching it again to be sure of the storyline.
Maka: As such, the fic will be on random update periods, even more random than usual now that Phoenix is doing a christmas fic.
Phoenix: ^_^; Normally, it takes me a while to complete a story unless I'm into it big time, so I'm starting now so I won't disappoint anyone after Christmas. Also...Christmas in July, woo!
Soul: (facepalm)
Maka: Please excuse Phoenixlight13, she's hyper from the fireworks.
Tsubaki: Also, Phoenix may not post anything up for a few days in case Writer's Block strikes. She's also figuring out when to write her other fics that she wants to do badly, but has this and Soul Wiggin to update.
Phoenix: Oh! And also, I am not taking unsigned reviews anymore. If you're too lazy to log in, better start being less lazy, there.
Maka: Now, please review.