A/N: 6.20.09: Out of pure boredom, I decided to edit this some more. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed this story. You guys are wonderful.

Old note: Hello, guys! Guess what? My birthday is in two weeks. I am very excited. Maybe that's why I'm writing so much lately. I'm hoping to have this finished by my birthday, but I highly doubt that will happen. By the way, I don't do this often enough, so let me send a big thank you to my reviewers. Yes, there's only two of you, but the two of you are basically the only reason why I've gotten to the 24th chapter, so you two deserve big pats on the back. Thanks a lot! Oh, and if you couldn't guess who said the last line of dialogue, you need to think harder. xD

Disclaimer-Yep, Kingdom Hearts still belongs to Disney and Square Enix. Dx

Axel, Sora, Kairi, Roxas, and Naminé were standing before a quickly fading purple-black portal. There was not a trace of a smile on anyone's face, not even Axel although he had delivered the witty line. Sora's eyes fell on the unconscious Riku and immediately ran to his side, ignoring Marluxia's sneering, with Kairi in hot pursuit. "Riku?" He cried, fear creeping up his back. Wait. That wasn't fear.

"Sora!" shouted Kairi; Marluxia's vines were crawling up both of them.

"Firaga!" Sora pointed the tip of his keyblade at Kairi's vines and then his own.

Roxas and Naminé joined Keira. "What happened to Riku?" Roxas muttered to her as he and Naminé pulled her to her feet.

"Too much," answered Keira, using Naminé to support her body. "Basically, Larxene and Marluxia got him."

Roxas looked over her wounds, "And you."

"Yeah, well... I used too much magic; I'm completely worn out. I still don't know how I tackled Larxene."

"Well," Naminé smiled. "It's amazing what love does to people, hm?" Her smile widened as Keira began to blush although the latter did nothing to deny it. Axel was standing before the three of them, glaring at Larxene something awful.

Larxene frowned at him. "Well if it isn't Axel. It's a shame Xemnas never knew how you betrayed us, then he might have known that you would betray the Organization."

"Well aren't we one to talk?" Axel snarled venomously.

She raised her eyebrows. "Ooh. Hostile, are we?" She teased, an awful smirk appearing on her face. Axel raised his chakrams and she sighed. "Sticking up for your friends, huh? Well, if you befriended that," she pointed her chin at Roxas, "You would befriend others like him." Her eyes swept the trio behind Axel and fell upon Naminé, a look of angry joy filling her face as she stared, "Naminé, how nice to see you. I see that your Somebodies forgave you even though you were such a horrible witch, how sweet."

Roxas growled and sprinted forward to join Axel, but Larxene didn't stop there. "That's right, you betrayed the Organization, too." She shrugged her shoulders lightly. "You know, boys, it's not too late. You can join us again. Once we get our hearts back with the help of that princess," Another nod, but this time directed at Keira, "We're going to betray Maleficent and destroy her."

Axel smirked sourly, "How original of you."

Larxene returned the smile and winked. "Nobodies never change, but you three are all Somebodies now, aren't you? How nice for you." There was an exceedingly bright smile on her face and, for the life of them, they could not figure out why. Keira was the first to catch on and glanced around.

"Where's Marluxia?" The instant the words left her mouth, it was like she had uttered a magic spell; Marluxia appeared directly behind the two girls with Graceful Dahlia raised. Keira pushed Naminé out of the way as Marluxia swung his scythe. Several pink waves and petals emitted from the weapon and knocked her into Axel's prepared arms. Naminé hit the pavement with a nice thud and quickly summoned Chain of Memories.

Not yet standing, she held the keyblade before her in a protective stance. As Marluxia was en-route to attacking her, Sora's voice rang, "Thundaga!" Several bolts struck around Marluxia's body, but only one of them actually managed to hit. Sora and Kairi came around the purple train with Kairi trying her best to support Riku's unconscious body. Roxas glanced back and forth; there was a sinister Organization member on either side of them. Axel set Keira against the purple train and turned around so that he was facing Larxene.

Every muscle in Keira's body was screaming, so she was more or less glad that she had been set down. Her left wrist refused to stop pulsing with pain and she felt drained. 'Well, nothing to do but watch now.'

"Traitor versus traitor," Marluxia mentioned, "I think that's a pretty fair fight." Instead of agreeing, Larxene threw Marluxia an agitated look which clearly said, 'We don't have the time.'

"It was nice reuniting with you all, really, it was." Larxene said, drawing attention off of Marluxia and onto herself once again. "Except for maybe Roxas and Sora; the two of you still looked like whiny brats to me." The two glared as Sora sat Riku's unconscious form beside Keira and joined his other. Both prepared to attack the blonde, but Axel flung out an arm.

Axel narrowed his eyes. "Something just ain't right here. You were never one to start a fight. Hell, you barely ever wanted to be in a fight with your own hands."

"I think you're mistaking me for Zexion, Axel." Larxene smirked at him, "I didn't enjoy starting fights; I just enjoyed picking on all of you. And if it led to a fight, it was always worth it."

Kairi watched Axel and Larxene with interest. Tensions were getting high and it seemed to take a lot of self-control for Axel to keep himself and the two keyblade wielders from fighting with the big-mouthed woman. Something else interested the princess even more; there was a sort of crunching noise at her feet, and her legs were starting to hurt a little. Her indigo eyes tilted downwards only to find vines creeping up her legs once again. She quickly summoned Radiant Destiny and made to attack them but another set of vines wrapped quickly wrapped around her arm.

She tried to wiggle her arm free, but it was no use. The vines continued to creep down her arm and covered her keyblade; her only means of defense disappeared in a flurry of light. 'This is bad. There's only one thing to do.' Kairi gave into her last resort. Her mouth began to shape Sora's name, but, before she could shout, a gloved hand covered over her mouth, silencing her. Marluxia held out his free hand and opened a portal. He grinned at his success and whistled. "Let's go, Larxene. We're through here!"

All eyes fell upon Marluxia and the captured Kairi. Sora's eyes widened and his heart began to hammer against his chest. He whirled around and ran at Marluxia, prepared to do anything he had to in order to get Kairi back. "Let her go!" When he was within a foot of them, Larxene did exactly as she had done with Keira; she stepped out of a portal, and Sora ran right into her. Keira forced her body up as Roxas, Naminé, and Axel flew past her. Larxene rolled her eyes, clearly annoyed. She shot several bolts of electricity at all who had stood up although she made sure Sora's paralyzed him for a few minutes.

"Princess," she called to Keira, who was slowly drifting back to the ground. "We owe this all to you and your lack of strength. Au revoir!" She backed up as Marluxia dragged Kairi into the portal and disappeared after them. Keira swore and felt her face flush at the Nymph's words as she became familiar with the concrete of the concrete again.

Larxene's words awoke Riku, who stood and, spotting Sora's distraught expression, asked, "What happened?"

XxxxxX

"Aerith can heal us completely when we get back," came Sora's voice from outside of the Usual Spot. Inside, Pence, Hayner, and Olette had been pacing and wondering aloud about what had happened. A very injured Riku limped in first, followed by Sora, Naminé, Roxas, and Axel was carrying Keira on his back.

"This girl's really light; someone should alert Yuffie." He stated. Riku, Roxas, and Naminé all managed weak smiles. (A/n: Because, you know, she's... tiny. /mood-lightening fail)

"She'll be shoving pie after pie down her throat," added Riku. "That might be too traumatic for her." Sora's fists clenched as they continued to talk. He did not understand how they could speak normally when Kairi was gone. Olette, Hayner, and Pence looked at the group with relief when they entered.

Olette bit her lip. "You guys... don't look all that good," she noted in a soft voice. Sora did not ease back into his relaxed, arm-behind-the-head pose; the group sighed.

"Two Organization members kidnapped Kairi," stated Roxas with a wary glance at Sora. Olette clapped her hands over her mouth, Hayner balled his hands in fists, and Pence just stared at them dumbly.

"Is this... a joke?" he asked weakly. The reply was a collective shake of heads.

"We're going back to the Radiant Garden to rest up and see if we can get any leads," informed Roxas.

"We'll be back, though." Riku assured them as he and Sora stepped into the lime green circle that would beam them to Highwind. Olette opened her mouth to say something, but Pence put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head.

Hayner managed a weak smile. "We know you will."

"Take care, guys," called Olette. Riku nodded as the others joined them and a bright beam of light engulfed them. In the blink of an eye, they were gone.

XxxxxX

Fifteen minutes later, Highwind was hovering above Merlin's house in the Radiant Garden. Roxas, who had been driving, pushed the transmission button. Riku, who had been taking care of artillery on the left side of the ship, swung around in his chair so that he was looking over Roxas' shoulder. Axel swung in his chair at the right and also peered over his friend's shoulder. Naminé entered through the back door and gave Riku a look. "Riku, you shouldn't have been doing the artillery, you should be resting." She stated with folded arms.

Riku glanced at her and chuckled. "You're acting like Kairi. Well, that's not such a surprise." He muttered before sighing. "Anyway, someone had to look after Keira, and if you were out here doing the weapons, no one would be watching either of us. Anyway, how's Sora?"

Naminé sighed. "He's still sulking. If you can call it sulking, I mean." She replied, shaking her head. "I tried my best, but, you know, I'm not the best one to be in there. If Sora had been captured, then Kairi wouldn't appreciate Roxas being in her face."

"Hey!" countered Roxas as his fingers glided around the keypad.

Riku tried to reason, "But you're technically Sora's Nobody." Naminé glanced at him with an annoyed expression and silently stood behind Roxas so that she could peer at the screen. A certain blond man did not seem to notice the fact that the members of Highwind were staring at him. The older man flipped a page in the manual he was reading and glanced at the screen out of the corner of his eye. He took another look and fell out of his chair. The group on Highwind laughed.

"What the hell?" Cid muttered as he pulled himself back onto the chair and glared at the screen. Remembering the transmission from before, he controlled his temper for the moment. "What happened? Where's the kid?" The pilot added. There were several sighs.

"We lost, Cid," answered Roxas. "Marluxia got away with Kairi. Keira and Riku were badly injured and Sora's emotionally dead."

Cid's facial expression became slightly more concerned. "Where are you?" he inquired.

"Right above the house," replied Riku. "Where are the others?"

"At the marketplace. I'll round 'em up and you land." Roxas nodded as the screen turned black once again.

XxxxxX

A nice, cold feeling rushed through Keira's body and, when her eyes fluttered open, she wondered what had caused it. She stared up and waited for her vision of Roxas to become clear before she felt her head. It was really cold. "What did you do?" She yawned, staring up at him.

He chuckled. "You don't sound very appreciative. I knew there was an ether around here somewhere, so be thankful that I gave you the last one instead of Riku." Keira barely comprehended a word he had said.

"E...ther...?" She repeated groggily.

Roxas nodded slowly, a teasing look in his eyes, "Yes, ether." He spoke slowly. "It's what replenishes your magical power or your physical energy." She had to blink a few times before she realized he was making fun of her. A murderous look crossed her eyes as Roxas held out his hand.

"We're back at Radiant Garden," he said as she grabbed his hand and got out of the bed. Radiant Garden? Something nagged at the back of her head. Something bad had happened... Kairi! Kairi had been captured by Marluxia.

"What about Kairi?" She asked in what would have been a serious tone had it not been interrupted by a puppy-like yawn. The moment she asked, she remembered Larxene's words, "Princess, we owe this all to you and your lack of strength." A frown appeared on her face, and her expression dropped. 'Is that... true?' Even she had to admit that she had been having an abnormal amount of trouble since she first gained a keyblade. She was not all that strong, that was true, and often found herself in a tight spot... If she was stronger, then she would have been able to protect Riku, wouldn't she? And Kairi...

Roxas shook his head, as if he could sense what she was thinking. "We don't have any leads, yet, and it's not your fault." They exited the room and returned to the empty cockpit; she fixed him with a perplexed stare. "Don't listen to Larxene. You're fine, Keira. Honest." She smiled a little, following him to the computer as he typed in a few things so that the windshield lifted and they exited. They appeared to be behind Merlin's house and the only way they could hope to get into the house was by climbing over the roof and jumping down.

"Roxas, please don't tell me-..." She began, but was quickly cut off by Roxas.

"Then I won't tell you." He smirked as he walked to the other side of the roof and dropped down; it was not too much of a big of a drop. Keira groaned and followed suit, landing on all fours on the ground below. She winced at the pain that was still in her wrist.

"So, no potions were in the ship?" She muttered as she shakily got to her feet.

Roxas turned to face her, raising Bond of Flame. "Cure." Her wounds healed very slightly. "Your wrist is probably going to have to be wrapped with something and that was pretty much all of the magic power I had left. Sorry," apologized Roxas, rubbing the back of his head. That also reminded Keira of something.

"Don't sweat it, and..." She hesitated for a moment. "How's Sora?"

He smiled sourly as he stepped inside. "Do you even have to ask?" Keira nodded shortly; it was to be expected. She was just about to follow him in when a familiar voice called from behind her.

"Princess!" The voice had a joking and easy-going nature to it. She whirled around and found herself facing Yuffie. Not much had changed during their separation besides the fact that Yuffie had a few cuts and scratches on her body. Keira managed a weak smile as the ninja rushed forward and embraced her in a bone-crushing hug.

Keira managed a sheepish smile, "Nice to see you again, too, Yuffie." Her voice was strained. "But, y'know, I'm kind of injured, and... you're making it hard to deal with it."

Yuffie promptly released her. "Sorry!"

Keira nodded. "Are the others inside?"

"They're all over the place," answered Yuffie. "Leon, Cid, Cloud, Merlin, the King, Goofy, and Donald are there. Aerith, Marlene, Denzel, and Tifa are still in the Marketplace." She shook the hair out of her eyes and headed to the door. When she reached the door frame, she stopped and turned her head a little. "Aren't you coming?"

"I'll be there in a second," she responded before turning on her heel and disappearing around the corner. Yuffie blinked but shrugged it off and headed inside. She wandered inside of the kitchen to find all of the men and Naminé sitting at the long table. She weakly waved at Roxas, Naminé, and Axel before collapsing into the seat between Goofy and Cloud. Riku was retelling what had occurred at Station Heights.

XxX

Keira bumped into several shoppers in her hurry to get to Aerith and Tifa. She knew that if anyone could heal her to almost perfection, it was their resident healer. Luckily enough for her, Aerith caught sight of her from the other side of the Marketplace and waved her hand. "We're over here, Keira." Tifa looked past her friend so that she could look out for the princess. Most other people that were crowded in front of Keira took one look and stepped away from her; her appearance was relatively gruesome with her cuts and dried blood.

As she ascended the stone steps to reach Tifa and Aerith, their expressions of happiness to see her quickly turned to concern. "Keira, you look..." Tifa gasped, unable to say what exactly she looked like.

"Terrible?" suggested Keira with a smile. It was weak, but friendly all the same. Aerith smiled softly and grasped the girls hands within her own. A green light surrounded the two of them, healing Keira immediately.

XxxxxX

Kairi glared at the familiar cell inside of the empty castle. It seemed emptier than it had the first time the princess had been forced into the cell. This time, she did not know if anyone had a clue as to where she was. And this time, there was definitely no chance of Naminé materializing and opening a portal. Empty, empty, empty. They could have at least given the place a little color. She was sitting in the back corner of the cell, wishing not to get close to any other Organization member's hands again.

That was when she heard it. A voice. At first Kairi thought she was going crazy, but after the tenth time she began to think otherwise. Her blue eyes scanned the wall beside her and she realized that there was a new set of barred windows there. There were also hands. Several pairs of hands. Kairi bit her lip and lifted herself off of the floor. The bars were only slightly taller than herself, so she stood on the side to get a look at who was in the other cell. A pair of blue eyes stared at the girl with a mixture of happiness and horror.

"Aurora," Kairi whispered as she looked past the sleeping beauty. Several others were with her. "Alice, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella." She could not believe her eyes.

"I see that you have wasted no time in acquainting yourself with your fellows, Princess." The smooth voice of a woman called from behind the bars of the other cell.

A/N: Short, but if I didn't end it there, something else bad would have happened in the chapter. xDDvv

So I realize that all of the Princesses but one have been caught, but it's for time saving purposes aside from the fact Wonderland blows my mind and it would be hard to write Snow White's capture, and Cinderella had a chapter, but I despised it. Most of 'em have had their own chapters, anyway.

One more thing, if you don't like the fact that I've totally changed Aerith so that she's a healer, deal with it. Thank you. :D Though, if I remember correctly from the game, she... can only do white magic. What else? That's it! See you next time.