DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING BUT ANY ORIGINAL CHARACTERS!

A/N: It's CHAPTER 2! YAHOO! YEE-HAW! HALLELUJAH! HIP-HIP-HORRAY! YES!

Okay ... Maybe a little TOO MUCH enthusiasm. This is ONLY Chapter 2!

Either way, I wanted to inform you that this chapter not only introduces the Crossover I mentioned in Chapter 1, but it also serves as a major point of transition from Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream, Drop, Distance into my version, but I also placed a hint towards an ORIGINAL CHARACTER somewhere within! Rumor has it that this story follows a similar pattern to Kingdom Hearts 3D, except for that character's inclusion.

Chapter 3 MAY reveal their identity, but they are technically the "pivot point" in the story's shift to the direction I intended for it.

That may seem [slightly] weird (even I sometimes think so), but it will be more clear as the story continues...

...Starting - NOW!

CHAPTER 2
Linked Through Déjà Vu

Sora quickly opened his eyes almost immediately after he had felt a light breeze blow across his face. He instantly grew aware of his surroundings while noticing he was standing in a cobblestone plaza. A few oddly-shaped streetlamps lit up the night air around him, revealing several old, wooden buildings. His eyes grew wide with puzzlement until a feeling of familiarity crept on him. He softly said, "Is this… Traverse Town?"

He looked down at his hands, only to discover his outfit had transformed. His shirt was now red with a large, black "X" in the middle of it. His jacket was still red, except for its black hoodie. His shorts were also red, while his shoes were a yellowish-black color. He felt his hair and realized for the very first time in weeks how spiked it was.

He recalled how it had been less than three days after he and Riku had brought down Xemnas when Sora had first realized his hair was not used to the humidity of the islands. The difference of nearly two years had been plenty for his brown, spikey hair to flatten and unleash a foul odor. For three hours, he had repeatedly washed, combed, and applied ridiculously extreme amounts of gel to his hair. In the end, his hopes came to light when his hair had regained its former appearance. Just as well, Kairi had tried to keep her distance until the smell had vanished.

"What happened to my clothes?" Sora thought for a minute before concluding, "Must be more of Master Yen Sid's magic."

He looked around his immediate position, only to quickly discover something was missing. There was no sign of the friend he had set off with; his companion during the battle upon the raft. "What happened to Riku?" he suddenly exclaimed.

"Riku!" he shouted as loud as he could. "Hello… Riku!"

A voice exclaimed, "Who is that?!"

Another added, "Is he the one that guy was looking for?"

"Or he could be working for Hacker!"

Sora spun around to see two people looking at him with hesitant, flabbergasted expressions. One of them was a boy wearing a long, green jacket, blue jeans, red shoes, and a red backpack on his back. The other was a girl wearing a yellow sweater with a light-blue, denim skirt, a red necklace and bracelet, and dullish-lavender shoes. The only thing Sora could say was, "Who are you?"

His question went unanswered. Instead, the two started whispering to one another, forcing Sora to wait patiently for a few minutes. In the end, the strangers turned back and the boy asked, "Have you seen a tall, green guy with a pointy chin, purple cape, and black wig?"

Sora was downright perplexed, having never encountered anyone who matched such a description. Although, it sounded like a weird-looking figure; Sora himself couldn't even picture it. He crossed his arms in thought, only to respond, "Who do you mean?"

The two pre-teens looked at one another with looks of relief. They turned back to Sora. The Keyblade wielder noticed that they now had smiles on their faces. "Sorry for the unpleasant welcome," the boy said. "I'm Matt. This is Jackie."

Sora nodded in reply. Jackie spoke up, "What's your name?"

"I'm Sora," Sora answered.

"Nice to meet you, Sora," Matt said in turn.

Sora nodded. "Have you two seen a guy named Riku?"

When Matt and Jackie looked puzzled, Sora gave a deep sigh. A moment later, a group of strange creatures appeared out of the middle of nowhere. Matt exclaimed, "Not again!"

"Where did they come from?" Jackie added.

"What are they?!" Sora stated in horror. When the monsters began to march closer, he realized they were about to strike an attack. The only thing he could do was summon his Keyblade and attack them first. He swiped, swung, and slashed his weapon through each and every one of the monsters until they had all been vanquished. Upon eliminating the last one, Sora put his Keyblade away. Matt and Jackie came up to him with looks of amazement.

Matt said, "Man! You sure are a good swordsman."

Jackie agreed, "You must be a soldier."

"Uh… I guess you could say that," Sora sputtered. He wasn't used to hearing people compliment him on his level of skill. Even so, his cheeks failed to turn red.

The unforeseen sound of footsteps echoed from nearby. The group turned their attention towards its source. For a moment, there was nobody around. The next moment, a tall, figure stepped out from behind one of the crooked lampposts illuminating the plaza. To Sora's shock and horror, the figure's body was shrouded by a black-hooded coat, black boots, and thick winter-like gloves that also matched the color of the dark abyss. Although its face was not visible underneath the hood, the Keyblader was repelled by the sight. He couldn't believe it; the stranger bore the unmistakably unique resemblance of a member of the defeated Organization XIII. In spite of this, Sora managed to yell at the top of his lungs, "No way!"

As Sora swiftly summoned his Keyblade, the figure turned and started to sprint down one of the streets leading from the plaza. The former was about to pursue when Matt snarled, "Hey, we had a deal! We found who you asked for!"

"Yeah!" Jackie added. "Where'd you see them?!"

The two pre-teens raced after the stranger. Sora was feeling either flabbergasted, mystified, startled, or a combination of all three when he yelled after the two, "Guys, don't! They're too dangerous!"

When the two kept scurrying after the figure, Sora sighed in frustration. He quickly took off after them. Along the way, he dashed through a long alley. Without warning, several monsters appeared around him. He huffed and puffed as he slashed, slammed, and sliced through the weird creatures. As he did so, Sora began to wonder if they were anything similar to the Heartless or Nobodies he had fought previously. The main, notable difference was that these brutes seemed to act upon instinct, yet they lacked hearts. They were often in the forms of animals; bats, cats, dogs, and pandas. Another unusual characteristic was that, like the synthetic Heartless, they came in a variety of colors.

After fighting a few miniature hordes of the creatures for a couple yards, Sora stopped to catch his breath. He huffed and wheezed as he felt his chest. He sensed his heart was racing almost to the maximum it could handle without having a heart attack. The dizzying Keyblade wielder collapsed onto his stomach. In the process, his Keyblade slipped from his fingers and clattered onto the street. He glanced towards it as his vision blurred; the weapon magically vanished from sight. The colors of the town faded into a mushy piece of artwork as he finally caught his breath. He coughed a few times before sleepily wondering, "Why am I… suddenly so… sleepy… "

His head landed onto the ground with a small THUD. His eyesight slowly darkened as his eyelids sealed shut. As the blackness from his perspective became complete, Sora calmly relaxed and gave into an unexplainable, soothing nap.

Riku slowly opened his eyes and yawned. He took a look around as his vision gradually came into focus. The realization that he had been asleep while standing gave an awkward feeling; he couldn't recall ever falling asleep. Looking down, he realized he was now wearing a zipped white vest and blue pants. Yet, his shoes had not reformed. He felt his hair, only to discover it hadn't altered either. He wondered aloud, "My clothes have changed?"

He took a quick sweep of the area and realized that he was standing in what appeared to be a marble plaza. At the center was a large, flowing fountain; the summit of it resembled what would have been perceived as a snapshot of Lamp and the Tramp eating spaghetti and meatballs. Encompassing the plaza was a wealth of cobblestone streets that were bordered by wooden sidewalks; they connected various wooden buildings with peaked rooftops. Lampposts were barely illuminating the nightly air while multitudes of stars shone in the sky far up above. His eyes lit up with recognition. "Am I in… Traverse Town?"

"Sora!" Riku shouted aloud. "Sora! Where are you?"

Getting no response from anything, Riku placed his hand upon his chin in contemplation. He recalled falling off a raft when Ursula had attacked. Next, he had assisted Sora in defeating the cruel sea witch. When she had been decimated, he had fallen from his place on her tentacle into the rushing waves below. Yet, he had no recollection as to what had happened next.

He turned to his right and stepped up to the fountain. He looked upon the marble structure when he suddenly recalled the missing part of the story. He said to no one in particular, "After Ursula attacked… I think we opened a keyhole."

He looked down at his right palm. "My Keyblade… just came to me when I needed it most."

He looked around the rest of the plaza. He gave a smirked grin as he closed his eyes in marvel. "This must be one of the Sleeping Worlds. How ironic… "

"Whoa! Where'd you come from?!"

Riku spun around to see someone staring at him in wonder. It was a purple robotic bird with a pelican-shaped beak, propeller for a tail, two short legs with yellow tennis shoes on the feet, a light grey door on the chest with a red bowtie above it, a backwards baseball cap that bore a scarlet color and mini antennae on top, and two round eyes. The creature was staring at the Keyblader. Riku calmly questioned, "Who are you?"

The bird spoke in a heavily-parroted accent, "How do I know I can trust you? What's your name?"

"Riku."

"Do you know a guy with a pointy chin and purple cape?"

"Who?!" Riku asked in complete perplexity.

The bird gave a deep sigh of relief. "I'm Digit LeBoid," he introduced. "Sorry about my greeting, Earthling. I don't feel safe around here."

"Huh? What's an 'Earthling'?"

Digit was so puzzled, he just stared back. "Huh?! Are you new to Cyberspace?"

Riku's shrugging shoulders answered that. Digit smacked himself on the face. The cyboid started pacing around back and forth muttering aloud, "This is just great! First Hacker agrees to give Ledge a second chance, and they team up with Wicked. Then the kids and I head for the Northern Frontier to stop them, only to get caught in a trap. Next thing I know, we're all scattered in another dimension — no thanks to the spell of that Wicked Witch. Now, I'm talking to someone who has no idea what I'm saying!"

Riku watched him in bewilderment when Digit's feet froze. He snarled, "When I get my wings on… "

"Hey, are you alright?" Riku asked. Digit snapped back into attention, finally noticing he had been talking out loud. He blushed, even though his cheeks only turned a slight pink.

"Oh sorry," Digit said with a hint of embarrassment. "I forgot you were standing there."

Riku gave a smirk smile in reply. He thought for a quick minute when it occurred to him that Digit was from a place he did not recognize; maybe another world he'd never heard of before. He finally said, "So, where did you say you're from?"

Digit instantly answered, "Cyberspace — the final frontier. It's a place where anyone can go and anything can happen."

Riku began to ponder upon what he had just heard. As far as he could comprehend, it sounded like the sleeping world of Traverse Town had drifted in-between two unrelated universes. Nevertheless, he was able to detect that something about that theory seemed too bizarre to be accurate. His eyes focused directly onto Digit. "Could this town be anywhere within this 'Cyberspace' you mentioned?" he queried.

Digit shook his head. "Probably not, but it does feel a lot like the Northern Frontier."

Riku paused in deep consideration. All at once, he recalled one of the minor details he and Sora had been informed about shortly before leaving on this journey.

After explaining about the ancient war, Master Yen Sid spoke up, "Now then, if you recall correctly, you two brought back countless worlds from within the Darkness when Xehanort's Heartless was defeated by your extraordinary efforts."

Sora and Riku both nodded in agreement. Yet, Yen Sid continued, "Although those worlds were restored back to their original states, some of them didn't return completely. They now sleep within the boundaries of what I've perceived as another dimension. From within, these worlds are continuing to drift soundlessly about. Some might very well be on the edges of any other universes beyond ours. Should that be the case, anyone from those universes could also find their way into ours given they are also locked in the same dimension."

Riku gave a nod of understanding while he heard Yen Sid finish with the words, "Be vigilant!"

As the flashback faded, Riku said to himself, "So, this place must be drifting between two universes. How about that?"

"How about what?" Digit questioned the Keyblader.

Riku paused. "Well… how'd you get here?"

"You wanna know how? I'll tell you how! It was that no-good Hacker who sent us here."

Riku stared at him in disbelief. "'Us'," he interrupted. "You weren't alone?"

Digit shook his head. "Nope! I was with Matt, Jackie, Inez, Slider, Jules, and Fluff. Hacker had Wicked send us all to a place where we wouldn't be able to interfere with his latest plan to take over Cyberspace. He's got a whole new scheme up his sleeve. He's probably wreaking havoc while we're—"

"Wait," Riku blurted. "Who's this 'Hacker'? Is he here?"

Digit shrugged his wings with a look of uncertainty in his eyes. "I have no idea. But, I did see Buzz and Delete hanging around. If I find the kids, we can foil whatever Hacker's planning to do to Motherboard; he is her worst enemy."

"'Buzz'? 'Delete'? Who are they?"

Digit rolled his eyes as he groaned in frustration. He wasn't used to answering so many questions in such a short amount of time. "Just know they're two cyborgs who work for the Hacker."

Riku thought for a few minutes. If this Hacker truly was up to something as bad as Maleficent or Organization XIII had been, then he had to help — Sora, too. If the two succeeded in helping Digit and his friends, they might locate the Sleeping Keyhole. He concluded, "So, if we find these friends of yours, you should be able to restore order, right?"

"Bingo!" Digit nodded.

Riku stood up straight. "Alright! Let's go find them."

"You'd help me?!" Digit asked.

"Yeah," Riku nodded. "Besides, we may come across Sora."

Digit stopped dead in his place. "Who's 'Sora'? Is he up to something, too?"

Riku gave a smirked grin at this gawky assumption. He opened his mouth to explain when a large pack of strange, circus-colored monsters appeared in the plaza, startling the pair. As the Keyblade wielder instinctively summoned his Keyblade, Digit squawked in fear, "Not again!"

Riku marched up to attack the creatures, when a group of similar animals hurried over. The only difference was that these ones were rainbow-colored. To their surprise, Riku and Digit watched as the new arrivals swiftly charged into the plaza and eliminated all of the hostile monsters. The two gave sighs of relief, when they discovered their rescuers were now surrounding them instead. Riku held up his Keyblade in case one of them tried to do any harm, while Digit was cowering down directly back-to-back with him; his wings covering his terrified eyes. Riku surveyed the entire group of creatures, only to observe behavior that was the complete opposite from the others; not a single one appeared to be hostile. They were coming up with smiles on their faces.

When Digit peeked out from behind his wing, he was greatly baffled. "What do they think we are?" he declared to Riku. "Chopped liver?"

Riku grinned at the sight of so many child-friendly creatures. Their appearances resembled cats, dogs, bats, and pandas. "Who knows?" he remarked. "They are kind of cute… "

Digit snickered to himself when he heard Riku say that last statement. He placed his wings over his mouth in shame when he thought Riku had noticed. Instead, Riku just shook his head with a smile on his face. In his opinion, Digit was acting just like Sora.

"Help! Ahhh!"

The two nearly jumped out of their shoes at the sound of the voice. They stared down a nearby shadow-infested street. With a voice filled with panic, Digit exclaimed, "What was that?!"

"Whatever it was, it didn't sound good," Riku responded, holding out his Keyblade. He charged down the street, Digit panting behind.

When they reached the end of the street, the two found themselves face-to-face with a gigantic creature that resembled a flying dinosaur with a red head and beak, yellow wings, and orange body and tail. It was relentlessly swooping around a smaller plaza decorated with purple-colored stone. A three-floor hotel was situated directly beyond. As Riku swept his eyes across the plaza for the scream's source, Digit hollered, "Matt! Jackie!"

Riku turned his eyes to where the alarmed Digit was facing. To his surprise, two pre-teens were ducking down in the plaza near the hotel. Seeing that the creature overhead was stalking the duo, he shouted out, "Leave them alone!"

The monster stopped what it had been doing and turned to face the Keyblade wielder running up to it. When he was close enough, Riku paused in his footsteps and pointed his Keyblade directly at it in a taunting style. Like he had intended, the animal turned its full attention to the Keyblader's challenge. Riku was about to jump and slash his weapon through the enemy when the herd of friendly creatures swarmed into the plaza. Startled, Riku called out, "Hey! It's not safe!"

Ironically, the new arrivals charged at the monster, forcing it to flee out of sight. While most of the creatures had continued to give chase, a group of five stayed behind in the plaza. Awestruck at such an unbelievable sight, Riku didn't know what to say. When two of the creatures approached him, he gave a deep sigh.

"Perfect," he complained. "How will I do anything without these guys showing up?"

Digit walked up to him, followed by the two kids they had rescued. Digit introduced everyone, "Riku, this is Matt and Jackie. Matt and Jackie, this is Riku."

"Hey," was the only thing Riku could think to say. He noticed that Matt and Jackie were looking at him in surprise.

"Riku," Matt began. "Your name is Riku?!"

Riku was taken aback. "Um… yeah?" he muttered in reply. "What else would it be?"

Jackie looked like she was mesmerized. "You're the one Sora mentioned!"

"Sora?!" Riku exclaimed in amazement. He hadn't considered that someone else might have come across his best friend. "You guys know Sora?!"

Matt explained, "Yeah! We saw him while trying to outrun some of those other monsters coming after us. He destroyed them all with incredible fighting skills."

"Where is he?" Riku begged. To him, it sounded like Sora might be nearby. Unfortunately, the two shrugged in answer.

"We're not sure where he is," Jackie explained. "We got separated from him when that guy came along. Next thing we knew, we were lost the maze of streets around here."

"Wait," Riku blurted out. "What 'guy'?"

Matt and Jackie looked at each other for a moment before turning back to the Keyblade wielder. The latter noticed their faces looked like they had seen a ghost. Jackie began, "We're not sure. He was completely covered in a black coat."

"Black coats?!" Riku exclaimed from shock.

Matt nodded before saying, "He said he would take us to our friends if we helped him find someone. When he broke his word, he summoned that dinosaur thing. What a liar!"

Riku paused taking in everything he was being told. Based on what he had just heard, Matt and Jackie had been looking for their friends when a guy in a black coat had appeared, making a deal to locate their friends in return for finding someone he wanted. Still, who were their friends? Was Digit one of them? The bird had mentioned being with several others including Matt, Jackie, and… whoever they were. Maybe those two had been searching for Digit and the others he still hadn't met yet. If what Digit had first said proved to be accurate, then this Hacker guy's assistants were somewhere in town — probably keeping the others that were still unaccounted for in captivity.

On the other hand, there was also a guy in a black coat wandering about. Could that have been Hacker himself trying to lure them into a trap? That didn't make sense either; Matt and Jackie might've recognized him. For that matter, who was that stranger searching for in the first place? Could be him, Sora, or… both?! If so, then this exam was going to take a turn into a completely different direction.

"Well," Riku finally said. "We should probably continue to look around town. We might find Sora and your friends."

"Can these guys come?" Matt asked, gesturing to one of the remaining creatures. The one he was referring to resembled an orange bat with blue wings. The creature gave a squeal of shyness at being noticed.

"Absolutely not!" Digit snapped with a pair of angry eyes upon his face.

Jackie knelt down to pet one of the monsters that looked like a cat. "Aw…, but they're so cute… " she observed.

"I know what you mean," Riku muttered aloud with a small grin forming upon his face. He began to think what Sora and Kairi would think of this. He quickly disregarded the idea of Sora discovering about his 'soft spot' — that would be very mortifying.

"And they're really cool," Matt agreed. "Did you see how they charged after that monster?"

"Well I don't care," Digit snarled. "Those guys are full of nothing but trouble. We already have enough to worry about! We shouldn't be babysitting for some monsters!"

At the sound of the term "monsters", the creatures all looked down in despair; the bat covered its eyes with its wings as though preventing anyone from watching it shed tears. Jackie's smile turned to a disapproving look. Turning to Digit, she said, "I think you offended them, Digit."

"So true!"

The group jumped at the sound of the clear, yet sharp, voice; their eyes darted this way and that trying to pinpoint its source. Matt exclaimed, "What was that?!"

"If you were cautious with your word choices, you would not injure the feelings of those Spirits!"

Riku suddenly turned his head upwards when he thought that the voice was getting louder. To his amazement, a girl was sitting on the rooftop of the hotel beside the plaza. She had violet hair, a violet dress, and violet sandals. She was wearing a necklace bearing a symbol that appeared to be a cross between the Heartless emblem and the logo of Organization XIII. At the moment, Riku was sure this was an illusion; a total figment of his imagination along with everything else that was happening.

As he continued to look up at her in awe, a sudden dizziness rocked his brain. He quickly placed his left hand upon his forehead, only to start to feel like he had just sprinted faster than he ever imagined was possible from the island's school building all the way to the shoreline. His arms grew weaker as he dropped his Keyblade; the weapon vanishing next to him as he landed onto his back on the plaza. As his vision blurred, exhaustion took over and he started to give in. "What's… happening?" Riku wondered aloud in a very soft voice. "So… sleepy… "

In a matter of minutes, Riku had collapsed upon the ground for a peaceful, uneventful, nap.

"Long ago, during the age of fairy tales, the world was filled with Light — a gift many believed from an unseen power known as Kingdom Hearts. You see, Kingdom Hearts was protected by its counterpart; the χ-blade," Master Yen Sid said as Sora, Riku, King Mickey, Donald Duck, and Goofy all listened. The retired Keyblade Master was currently telling them the true story of the legendary Keyblade War to help them understand where the Keyblade had originated from, its connection to the heart of all worlds, and what their duties would involve once they each had acquired the title of a "Keyblade Master".

Yen Sid continued, "Desiring the Light all for themselves, mankind forged weapons called 'Keyblades' in the image of the original χ-blade and waged a great war against Kingdom Hearts. This event is what we now know as the 'Keyblade War'. Keyblades of Light and Darkness clashed together against the powerful χ-blade, thus causing the first shadows to be cast upon the land. Although the war extinguished all Light from the world, even the deepest of Darkness could not reach the small glimmers of Light within each child's heart. With these fragments of the Light, the world was remade as we know it today — countless smaller worlds scattered around, yet grouped into separate realms to keep the Darkness and Light from overtaking one another. Sadly, the precious Light, the one true Kingdom Hearts, was swallowed by the Darkness — never to be seen again. As long as it remains there, even the brightest of worlds will have its dark corners."

"What about that 'Keyblade,'" Goofy blurted out before anyone could stop him.

Yen Sid turned to him. "I was just about to explain that."

He turned back to Sora and Riku and pressed onward, "As for the χ-blade, it did not survive the battle. The two elements that created it — one of Light and one of Darkness — shattered into twenty pieces; seven of Light and thirteen of Darkness. These seven Lights became the purest of hearts belonging to the seven Princesses of Heart. They represent all Light in the world. To protect it, some decided to use the Keyblade — a weapon devised to conquer the Light — to defend the Light instead. These new warriors were the first heroes of the Keyblade."

As Yen Sid finished, Riku began to feel uneasy. Having walked down the path of Darkness, he knew he would have to be careful from here on out to keep the Darkness within his control.

A/N: ...And there you have it! The crossover happens to be the [former] PBS-KIDS-GO T.V. Show, CYBERCHASE. I personally thought it was one of the BEST educational shows I'd ever seen - after The Magic School Bus of course! It only seemed fitting to incorporate it into my story as I had never heard of The World Ends With You prior to Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream, Drop, Distance. Therefore, it made the most sense (to me) to have Sora and Riku meet them.

A question you're probably wondering is how I managed to spell "χ-blade" so accurately. Well, to tell the truth, "χ" happens to be a GREEK LETTER!
After doing some research, I discovered its identity... and found it was a symbol I could add on Microsoft Word. Talk about irony, correct?

Though there may be some pondering over the "girl" Riku noticed before falling asleep, I wanted to state that she MIGHT VERY WELL be my own ORIGINAL CHARACTER!

After all of the above, I just have one last thing to say; PLEASE DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT REVIEWING! THE FATE OF THIS STORY DEPENDS ON IT!

This is SoraLego278 saying, "See Ya Later, Keybladers!"