Chapter 9

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Kingdom Hearts; they belong to Tetsuya Nomura and Tite Kubo. I am doing this for my own amusement and I do not gain any profit by doing this... I do gain some good reviews and the satisfaction to see I can do really well at a crossover between these two.

Pairings: IchigoxKairixNaminexAqua

Rating: T in the beginning and may turn to M later on in the story.

Summary: Yes! Finally the last chapter of this arc. Thanks to everyone that as review and help me out through this. It's really helpful to know that others enjoy this! It helps me to keep on writing. Well the final chapter arc and the last world where Ichigo will depart with Sora and the gang.

Hope you enjoy

Onto the Story

Destiny Hearts

Roxas was grinning nonstop as he watched the stars by in the cockpit of the Gummi Ship. He had never seen nothing like this in his life before! Just seeing so many stars pass by the window of the cockpit was simply amazing. The things he had remembered studying in science class was always boring and dull to him, but seeing things like this up close, he regretted ever calling everything in science class boring. He continued watching the things outside his window, grinning like a idiot each time the Gummi Ship would pass a star. He suddenly heard someone chuckling, he turn around to see Ichigo smirking at him.

"I see your having a lot of fun." Ichigo said, the smirk still on his face

Roxas blushed and retook his seat carefully, glaring at Ichigo. "It's that I never seen anything like this before."

Ichigo smiled at him, "I'm not blaming you man! Seeing things like this is amazing."

Roxas nodded, "I know right? I never thought that I would be able to see something like this before in my life."

"You're not the only one man."

"I know right," Both boys turn to see it was Sora talking to them. "I thought the same when I first started, it never gets old though."

"Glad you're enjoyin the view you two." Goofy said from his seat. Donald nodded as well with a smile on his face.

"So Ichigo." Sora called out

Ichigo turn to face him, "What is it Sora?"

Sora paused for a second; thinking about how he was going to asks this. He knew that Ichigo was a shinigami and all and that just like him he had a destiny to fulfill to the worlds. But all that did it make him a Keyblade Master just like him? He was wondering the same thing for Roxas as well. It would be kind of cool to have other Keyblade Master instead of him being the only one out there, other than the King. But he wanted people to be around his age, and human at that.

"Hey Sora! What it is that you wanted?"

Sora snapped out his thought and looked over towards Ichigo to see him looking at him with a annoyed expression on his face. He scratched the back of his head before chuckling nervously.

"Sorry about that Ichigo," He apologized. "I was just lost in thought for a second there."

Ichigo waved him off, "No problem. Now, what it was that you wanted to ask me?"

'Here we go!' Sora thought. He just hoped that Ichigo didn't take it the wrong way. "I know that your a shinigami and all, so what's wrong zanpakuto's name?" He quickly lied

Ichigo raised an eyebrow at him before looking over toward Roxas. Even he could tell that what Sora asked him was just a cover up for what he really wanted to ask him. He shook his head, he really liked Sora, and the boy always seems to have a positive personality wherever he went. It kind of reminded him of his sister Yuzu. He shook his head, he didn't want to try and bring on negative thought until he rescue his sister from those bastards clutches.

"My zanpakuto's name is Zangetsu." he told him, voice filled with pride. He could feel Zangetsu warm up for a second.

"Wow!" Sora said, "Slaying Moon huh? Sounds really cool."

"I know," Ichigo looked Sora dead in the eyes. "But I know that's not what you really wanted to ask me."

Sora chuckled nervously, "Got me didn't you."

Ichigo smirked, "Yeah I did. Now what was is that you really wanted to ask me?"

"I wanted to know if you and Roxas are Keyblade Master's like me." He ask

Ichigo chuckled along with Roxas. "We wouldn't call ourselves Keyblade Master's, but we do use keyblades."

Sora nodded excitedly at this; finally he had people around his age and somewhat race as Keyblade Master. He looked over toward Donald and Goofy to see them both looking at him with smiles on their faces. The two knew how he felt; having the whole universe alone on his shoulders is a big deal for a fifteen year old no matter how tough he thought he was. Now, that he had others like him; he didn't have to share that burden alone anymore. He suddenly became confuse, if Ichigo was a Keyblade Master then where was his Keyblade?

"I get why Riku's a Keyblade Master but..." Sora trailed off.

Ichigo looked at him in annoyance. "What are you trying to say Sora?"

Sora eyes widen, "NO! I'm not trying to insult you or anything. I just didn't see any keyblade on you at all." He said

Ichigo chuckled at his friend, "Don't worry about that Sora! But my keyblade is," he griped Zangetsu behind his back. "Zangetsu itself."

All the others stared at Ichigo in amazement; if that was true then how powerful was Zangetsu if it was both a Zanpakuto and a Keyblade? The thought of that just amazed them even more. Each of them thought that Ichigo must be really special to be able to wield a zanpakuto/keyblade. Sora wondered how the others at Hollow Bastion would think of Ichigo when they finally meet him. He then chuckled nervously about Ichigo meeting Leon. He already had a mentally image about the two bumping heads, especially Cloud as well.

"Hey guys!" They all turn to see Goofy smiling at them. "A world road path his ready for us you guys."

"Only one?" Sora asked in annoyance

"That's not good!" Donald agreed angrily

"Stop complaining you two!" The two looked over to see Roxas smirking. "We just began this journey. Master Yen Sid did say that all the world paths would be closed and that we would have to unlock new ones at each world we visit."

Sora and Donald chuckled at that. "Oh yeah! We kind of forgot about that really." they both said

Ichigo smirked at them, "You two are a bunch of idiots!"

Sora and Donald glared at him and pointed a finger. "HEY! YOU ARE YOU CALLING AN IDIOT?" They both shouted

Ichigo chuckled, "My point as been proven right there."

Both Sora and Donald looked at each other before slucking their heads. For some reasons that just couldn't get the orange haired teen no matter how much they tried.

"Wait!" Goofy said suddenly, pointing. "I think it's a world we know!"

"Well then," Roxas said with a smirk. He looked at the others to see they were also smirking. "Let's check it out!"

Hollow Bastion...

Upon landing, the five walked out of an alley and looked at a worn down castle that appeared to be under reconstruction. Even though the castle seems to be badly damage, Ichigo looked at it in complete amazement. The thing was one of the biggest castles he had ever seen! It was almost the same size as Los Noches itself. He looked around to see a well developed town that seems to be getting back on its feet from problems unknown to him. Marking selling good's and others things that were good fo many.

"Nice town." Ichigo complimented. Roxas nodded alongside him.

"Hollow Bastion!" Sora exclaimed in excitement. Roxas looked at him then back at the castle.

"It does fit its name." He muttered

"Gawrsh, it looks different now than it did the last time we were here guys." Goofy noted. Donald and Sora nodded.

"I hope Leon and the others are okay." Donald said in concern. Sora nodded along with him.

"I hope so too Donald!" Sora told him

Goofy however, was looking at the roofs in concern. "Uh oh, looks like we're gonna have to do some fightin." he told them pointing on top of the roofs. Ichigo and the others followed his finger to see a pair of Soldier Heartless just as they jump and disappeared in dark portals.

"Not those bastards again!" Both Ichigo and Roxas said unison

"Well, since you're new at being wielders of a keyblade." Sora said, "You have to know that as long as you wield the Keyblade, the Heartless will also come after you for your heart."

Ichigo sighed, "Just another damn thing that someone wants from me."

Sora chuckled, "Sometimes those bastards popping up all over the place is really annoying."

Ichigo smirked, "I see you know what swear words are?"

Sora smirked at him as well before bumping fist. "Just like you said, need to stop acting like a kid."

They continue to walk until Sora and the others wanted to restock on their supplies. Ichigo and Roxas waited for them as they talk to three of Donald's nephew's. They looked just like Donald, the only thing was that they were kinder and seem to also be able to get into a lot of trouble if they want. Each wore the same thing as the three fairies in color, the only thing that was different was that they wore a shirt and a flipped baseball caps.

Huey, dress in a red shirt with a baseball cap on the curved to the stop of his head. Dewey wore the same thing; the only thing that was different was that his was blue. The last triplet wore green and seems to be the shyer out of the three, his name was Louie. Ichigo like all three of them and they also seem to like Ichigo a lot, like a big brother or something.

"Bye Ichigo!" The three cried

Ichigo smirked at them before waving, he looked down at Donald to see him looking at him with a annoyed look. "What?"

"How can you make them act so clam when it took me years to do that?" Donald asked

Ichigo shrugged, "I really don't know man."

After getting the supplies they needed, they made their way to the exit of the small market place until they saw an old duck. He seems to be close to Donald the way he was looking at him and all. Like the other members of his family, he's an anthropomorphized duck with white plumage, four-fingered hands, light blue eyes, yellow-orange feet, and a bill of the same yellow-orange color. He has a thick, half-ring of ruffled feathers going around the back of his head, creating the image of an old, balding man. He also seems to be a business sort of man, the way he was dressed.

He wears a blue jacket with a folded-down, red collar, red cuffs, and a yellow button near the neck. He keeps the jacket shut with a red belt. A black top hat with a red band near the brim sits on his head, and he wears pince-nez glasses. He also wears red spats on his feet. Completing his image as an old, rich man. In his right hand was a brown cane with a gold tip.

Donald instantly recognized the old duck. "Uncle Scrooge is that you?" He asked in surprise, receiving odd looks from Sora and Roxas.

"Err... who?" Sora asked in confusion

"Scrooge is Donald's uncle and a business typhoon." Goofy answered them, after seeing their looks of confusion. "Before the Heartless showed up, he traveled the worlds on a Gummi Ship with the King. He was helpin' to set up a traffic system."

"How many times I have to tell you Goofy that it was a transmit system!" Donald corrected in annoyance.

"Sorry about that Donald." Goofy said

Ichigo chuckled, "I see someone's protective of his uncle's business."

Donald blush before looking up in annoyance. "Shut up Ichigo!" He muttered, making the others laugh a bit

"What's all that racket?" The old duck demanded. Ichigo noted that he talked in a Scottish accent. The old duck turned to faced them with a blue ice cream in his left hand. "Why, if it isn't Donald and Goofy! Hello my lads!" He observed them with a kind look in his eyes. "Aye, you all look hale and hearty!"

"So do you, Uncle Scrooge." Donald answered him politely

"What are you doing sir?" Roxas asked

"Ah, if only I were..." He said wishfully. "I cannot seem to recreate my favorite old-time ice cream I use to have when I was a kid. I'd make millions if I could just get it right!" He took a lick of the ice cream in his hand and grimaced. "Terrible...!" He sighed and turned back toward the cooler. Thinking of new ideas and hope that this time he could get it right.

Roxas looked towards the others and shrugged. The five of them made their way down the stairs, when they got to the bottom they looked around and something flash before them, surprising them a bit.

"Hey! What's going on here?" Donald demanded

"That's the town's defense mechanism," a sudden unknown voice replied from nowhere. Ichigo and Roxas eyes narrowed and looked around for whoever it was that answered Donald. Roxas quickly summoned both Oblivion and Oathkeeper, and set himself in his stance. Ichigo followed him and gripped Zangetsu, he tugged and the huge elegant clever was released from its confinement.

"Wow!" The voice said in awe. Ichigo and Roxas looked up on the wall to see a girl around the age of seventeen or eighteen, looking at them with shocked eyes. Her eyes are violet and tied around her head was a black headband with lining fluttering in the wind. She wears a unzipped, dark grey combat vest with a black strap dangling from the right pocket overtop a navy blue tank top with white floral designs. She wears a white wristband on her wrist and grey, fingerless glove on her left arm. Her shorts are a dark grey, and have two black straps dangling from the left side.

She also wears black, knee-high socks with white strips at the top underneath dark tan boots that are slightly shorter that her socks. She had her hands on her hips and was standing on top of the wall almost easily. Roxas looked closer to see that the girl had her gaze lock on Ichigo far longer than she did with him. He chuckled which Ichigo caught.

"What are you laughing for?" Ichigo asked

Roxas smirked at him and pointed toward the girl. "I see you have another one coming."

Ichigo looked confused, "What are you talking about?"

"You'll see."

Sora, Donald and Goofy seem to recognize her. "Yuffie!" They all shouted in joy

The girl now known as Yuffie smiled at them before letting out a gasped. "LOOK OUT!"

Sora jumped back just in time, as a Dusk slammed into the ground out of nowhere. Donald and Goofy whipped out their weapons.

Ichigo looked around them to see that they were surrounded by a good five Dusks and two new Nobodies in never seen before. This Nobody looked like a samurai more than any other nobody Ichigo had ever seen before. It had a distinctive cylindrical head that is a darker shade of grey than the most of the rest of its body. It head bears six diagonal slits on the front, three on each side. The majority of its body appears to be covered in a grey jumpsuit with bell sleeves and a lighter grey seam going down the front.

Each sleeve has the Nobody emblem printed on them, and only the samurai's back hands are visible. The black, featureless, pointed feet of the creature sprouts out from each of the legs of the jumpsuit. There is also a dark grey belt-like pattern that wraps around its waist, though it does not seem to have a purpose. The (also grey) swords used by them seem to float very close to it, crossing behind its back, the other ones swords were at its hips. The shape of certain parts of their body, particularly there legs, have a vague resemblance to the design of the symbol on its sleeve.

"Looks like they surrounded us..." Roxas muttered, setting himself back in his stance. A smirk adored his face, "Good! Just the way I like it."

"Hey, Ichigo!" Sora voice called out. "Can we see what your Zangetsu can do?" he asked excitedly. He was inching to find out what a zanpakuto was truly capable of doing.

"It's really not that big a deal, Sora." Roxas said, annoyed. "And I would like to fight as well you know."

"Oh, be quiet Roxas!" Donald shouted. Roxas glared at the duck for that.

Ichigo smirked, "I guess I can show you what Zangetsu can do. Just be sure to stand back."

Roxas sigh in annoyance before dismissing Oblivion and Oathkeeper. He stood up straight and cross his arms over his chest. "Just hurry up and finish this quickly."

"I see you're mad."

"Shut up Ichigo!"

Ichigo chuckled before walking forward, Zangetsu clutched tightly in his hands and resting on his shoulders. The seven Nobodies followed him, making sure that they kept him surrounded. Ichigo smirked at this and top walking until he was a good distant away from his friends. On top of the wall, Yuffie observed the orange haired boy with critical eyes; she was to wondering what the tall orange haired cutie could do. She blushed at her thoughts before smirking; she couldn't lie and tell herself that he wasn't cute.

Two Dusks sprinted forward, closely the distant between them and Ichigo very quickly. Ichigo smirked, and began dodging each one of their strikes, the smirk still on his face. Since he now knew how they fought, it was easier for him to counter their moves and easily counter their surprising speed as well. One Dusk took a change and jumped into the air, coming down quickly upon Ichigo who was still dodging its kin. The Dusk struck, but Ichigo quickly dodge the blow and struck quickly, cutting the Dusk before it even had a change to dodge.

Seeing its comrade killed, The Dusks sped up its attacks but Ichigo grabbed its arm before slamming it completely on the ground, killing it instantly. Sora, Donald, Goofy and Yuffie looked at him in amazement. Not either of them could pick up a Dusk and slam it into the ground and kill it at that. Observing that, each noted that Ichigo's physic strength was far above each of theirs.

"That's cool!" Sora shouted excitedly. "I wish I could do that."

Roxas smirked, "You haven't seen nothing yet Sora." He said, "And maybe if you try, you might be able to do it."

Sora nodded eagerly, "Thanks Roxas! I'll make sure to try it next time I fight."

They turn back toward the fight to see Ichigo stab Zangetsu through the Dusk chest, before pulling it out. The Dusk screeched before disappearing, the other five nobodies wasted no time in attacking Ichigo. But this time, they made sure to all attack him at the same time, not giving him a change to be able to counter either of their strikes. But even with that plan, it didn't seem to work at all in their favor. Ichigo dodged each of the last three remaining Dusks and blocking the swords strikes of the Samurai with ease.

Blocking another strike, Ichigo front flip over a Samurai and stabbed Zangetsu in its head in mid flip. Landing on the group, he swung Zangetsu hard, sending the Samurai flying into the wall, killing it instantly as it hit the wall. Jumping forward, he dodged another high strike to his head; he twisted his body and slammed a kick into a Dusks stomach. The Dusk was blasted into another wall and killed also; he swung Zangetsu onto his shoulder to see in front of him that he only had three left.

"Fight was fun but," Zangetsu glowed a beautiful blue. "I have no more time to waste on you guys."

Before the remaining three was able to react, Ichigo swung Zangetsu in an arc. Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Yuffie watched in amazement as a blue beam of energy shaped like a crescent moon race forward and slammed into the remaining Heartless. A explosion occurred as soon as the beam of energy slammed into one of the walls where Yuffie was standing. The self proclaimed super ninja, quickly leaped off of the wall, before she was sent tumbling to the ground with the rubble. She landed swiftly and looked back, to see that the smoke cleared to see a huge whole where the wall use to be.

"That. Was. AWESOME!" Sora screamed in excitement. He never thought that zanpakuto would give their wielders the ability to unleash beams of energy.

"Yeah!" Donald agreed excitedly

Ichigo smirked and walked back over toward them, "Thanks."

"You almost killed me you know?" The girl known as Yuffie said

Ichigo chuckled nervously, "Sorry about that."

Yuffie giggled, "Don't worry about it!" She looked over toward Sora and the others. "Well, I see you're all in tip top shape!" she grinned. "And who might these two be?" she asked and looked back at Ichigo. She laid a hand on Ichigo chest and trailed her fingers downward. Seeing this, Ichigo blushed.

"Strong and Cute," she leans closely into Ichigo's ear. "I really like."

Ichigo blushed cherry red at this; he couldn't believe that this girl he just met was hitting on him. Sora was also blushing, and for some reason he had a annoyed expression on his face. Ichigo heard chuckled and looked over toward Roxas to see him smirking at him. The blond haired boy then mouths something to him that he could clearly hear.

'I told you so!'

Ichigo growled and swore he would get him for this.

"This is Ichigo!" Goofy greeted for him then pointed toward Roxas. "And this is Roxas! We met both of them at Twilight Town, they're both also keyblader's like Sora."

"I noticed!" Yuffie said winking at Roxas. "Two, huh?" She looked over to Ichigo. "Where is your keyblade? Or his that elegant trench-knife is your keyblade."

Ichigo growled a bit at his zanpakuto being called a trench-knife. "Yeah, this is my Keyblade."

Yuffie observed it for a moment, "Coolest Keyblade I ever saw!" Ichigo smirked at that.

"I just don't understand..." Sora said quietly. They all looked at him in question. "Why do you two get all the cool stuff?" He asked, anime tears running down his face. The others sweat dropped at this.

"Don't worry Sora!" Ichigo said. "Some of the things you have are cool as well."

Sora stopped and smirked at him. "Thanks Ichigo!"

"I see you're doin' okay." Goofy said to Yuffie, after getting themselves right.

"What'd ya expect?" She grinned

"How are the others?" Donald asked

"Their all doing great!"

"Hey, Yuffie." Sora said, she looked over to him. "Have you seen the King and Riku?"

Yuffie shook her head. "Nope." She ran towards the entrance of the now destroyed alley they were standing in and turned back to them. "But I had a feeling I'd see you guys again."

Sora grinned and put a hand in front of his face. "We may never meet again, but we'll never forgot each other." He said in a deep voice; seem to be imitating someone else's. Ichigo and Roxas wondered who he was trying to imitate.

Yuffie giggled. "Is that supposed to be Leon?" Sora scratched the back of his head as they all laughed. "Everybody's working on stuff over at Merlin's house. C'mon!" She race away followed by Sora, Donald and Goofy. Ichigo and Roxas looked at each other before following; Ichigo secured Zangetsu back on his back.

Merlin's House...

Walking into a small house on the outside but pretty big on the inside, Ichigo was greeted with three people. Books were stacked behind a chalkboard, and two of the people were watching a man typing away at a large strange looking computer. Typing away at the computer was a man around the age of forty-three, with short blond hair, albeit style. He wears what look like a necklace around his neck, he has blue eyes and has some stubble on his chin. He was chewing on a toothpick for some odd reason Ichigo didn't know of, it was probably just his thing.

He wears a white T-shirt with two buttons descending from the neck. His baggy pants are blue and have a very wide, orange waistband with thin, vertical stripes on it. His pants are worn rather high, with the waistband coming just up under his ribcage, he also wear grey socks and black shoes. Standing on the man's right was a well-built twenty-six year old man, standing with his arms cross over his chest. He was sporting long, brown hair and wears black gloves with belts on them, black, zipper-lined shoes, a sliver griever necklace, and a white undershirt, and a short, black jacket.

The white fur collared jacket is short-sleeved, bears red wings on the back, and a red griever symbol on his left shoulder. He wears three brown belts on his left forearm and has three buckles on his right and left thigh. His black pants also sport a vertical zipper going down the side of each leg. He wears two brown belts and two black ones around his hips, all which are quite loose expect for one, a black one worn properly around his waist. His eyes are blue and he bears a distinctive scar, which runs diagonally across the bridge of his nose.

On the left, was a beautiful woman that seems to be around the same age as the man? She wears a pink dress with a horizontal white stripe near the bottom. She wears yet another dress underneath the first one, this dress being white and slightly longer than the first. She wears a carmine pink and white top held up by a string that wraps around her neck. She has bright green eyes and dark brown hair.

Her hair is style is long and style into a braid down her back, with curls on either side of her face. She wears brown bright high top boots, and coiled wire dressed in wristbands. She also has a loose, lilac belt around her waist with black string tied into a bow on it. She has a black string tied in the same fashion as the one on her belt around her neck like a necklace.

Yuffie walked in the middle of the room before waving her hands out. "Meet the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!" She exclaimed proudly, introducing them to the three people before them. The three turned at the sound her voice; each one of their faces lit up when they saw Donald, Goofy and Sora.

"We missed you!" Aerith smiled at them and held he hands close to her chest

"Well, if you ain't in top shape." Cid commented with a smirk

Leon smirked, "I knew it." the five of them walked closely

Sora looked confused, "Knew what Leon?" He asked curious

"A while back, everyone suddenly remembered you guys, all at the same time." Leon explained

The trio jumped in surprise, "You... remembered?" Sora repeated in disbelief. "Wait! Does that mean you forgot about us?"

"Thanks a lot!" Donald grumbled sarcastically, rather insulted

"So where you guys been all this time?" Yuffie asked

"We were sleepin'." Goofy answered

"Where? In cold storage?" Cid asked before laughing at his own joke.

"Not too far off the mark..." Roxas muttered. Sora, Donald and Goofy chuckled nervously while the others looked confused

Aerith shook her head, "It doesn't matter." She said with a smile. "This is great, everyone's together again!" She then seems to finally spot Roxas. "And who is this?"

Before Roxas was able to introduce himself, Yuffie jumped in front of him. "This is Roxas! He can wield two Keyblades!"

Leon looked surprised while Aerith giggled at her friend's ways. "I know, it's so unfair!" Sora grumbled well naturedly. "So, um... we're trying to find Riku and the King. Have you seen them?" The three shook their heads.

"Right..." Sora sighed

Aerith smiled sadly. "Sorry, but let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Okay?"

Sora nodded. "Okay. Thanks!" Leon who stayed quiet for a moment looked over toward Ichigo with a glare for some reason.

Ichigo glared right back at him, "Got a problem?"

"Who are you?" Leon asked coldly

Seeing this, Sora sweat dropped knowing for a fact this was going to happen. He sighed to himself, "Oh boy, I hope they don't start fighting."

"This Leon!" Yuffie appeared at Ichigo's side in an instant. Trailing her fingers down his well tone chest, causing Aerith to giggle and Leon's glare to harden. "Is Ichigo! He's also a Keyblade wielder." She explained to them

Leon observed Ichigo for a moment, "Don't look like much." He said causing Ichigo to twitch at that.

Ichigo walked over toward Leon and got real close in his face. Both boys looking at each other evilly, and twitching in anticipation. The others watched this with a large sweat drop going down their heads.

"If you have a problem with me scar face," Ichigo said. "Then lets settle it right here right now."

Leon smirked at him, "Let's go then you orange haired freak!"

They both step back and swung at each other, but both were pulled back suddenly. Ichigo by Yuffie and Leon by Aerith, both were still looking at each other with evil eyes. They both then pointed at each other.

"We will settle this freak!" They both said

Aerith giggled, she had never seen Leon act like this. She could tell a bit that he was even enjoying himself playing with the orange haired teen. The boy only just met Leon, and is able to make him do something like this! He was something else. The others were in the same boot as well, they never seen Leon act like this with no one before.

"Are you two calm now?" Aerith asked. The two boys looked at each other and glared, lighting collide in the middle for a battle of dominates. The sweat drops on the back of the others head grew at this.

Getting back together after the weird scene before him, Cid looked back at Sora. "Don't go thakin us just yet!"

"Hollow Bastion's got problems." Leon explained. "Big problems."

Sora peaked from where he was standing, "You mean like Nobodies, and Heartless?"

Yuffie nodded, "That's right!" She jumped close to Ichigo's side. "But with you on the job, we've got nothing to worry about!" She winked at him, and kept feeling his chest. Ichigo sweat dropped and growled when he heard Roxas laughing in the background.

"The let's cut to the chase." Leon interrupted, walking up to them. "Sora, Donald, Goofy, Roxas and Ichigo. We were hoping the five of you might give us a hand around here."

Sora wrapped his arms around Ichigo and Roxas shoulders. "Like we're gonna say no?" He grinned.

Leon smirked and crossed his arms. "...I forgot who I'm dealing with."

"Hey..." Ichigo said suspiciously. "What do you mean by that?"

Aerith smiled at him, "Just think of it as a sort of 'Leon compliment'." Aerith said. She giggled when she heard Ichigo mumbled 'he didn't need a compliment from that bastard!'

Leon walked towards the door and stepped outside. "Follow me to the bailey- there's something you guys need to see." He told them before walking off. Ichigo and Roxas shrugged and was about to follow however, a puff of smoke appeared before them. When the smoke cleared, they could see an old man emerge from it.

It was a elderly man with pale skin and thin arms and legs. His nose is a bit large and his black eyes are rather small and close-set. He wears spectacles with circular lenses. He seems to be balding and has short, white hair on the sides and back of his head. He also has bushy eyebrows, a walrus mustache, and a long, floor-length beard, all of which are white.

He dresses in a sky blue cloak that stops just above his ankles and has large, hanging sleeves. He wears pointed slippers a tall, floppy, conical hat, both of which are the same sky blue color as his cloak. In his right hand was a brown rod with a small bump on one end.

"Oh! I thought it was you three." The old man said. "Right on time as well!"

"It's Merlin!" Donald said, spotting the old man

"Sora and the gang said they're gonna help out!" Yuffie told the old man

"Splendid!" Merlin smiled. "We'll count on you!"

Ichigo smirked and looked back at his friends to see them also smirking. "Right!" They said

Merlin turn toward Aerith. "Ah, yes. Did you give them the cards, dear?" he asked

"Oh!" Aerith gasped. She reached into her pocket and handed Sora, Donald, and Goofy cards. "Here, presents for you. Leon thought you might like to have them."

Sora held his out, and read it out loud. "Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member!"

"Membership cards!" Donald said happily

"Kinda cool, huh?" Goofy asked. Ichigo and Roxas remained silent, considering they didn't receive one. Aerith notice this.

"I'm sorry, Ichigo, Roxas." Aerith said sadly. The two boys waved it off.

"We're cool Aerith." Roxas assured her.

"Don't fret, my boys." Merlin said. "Here" He waved his wand and two cards appeared before him. The two cards floated in Ichigo and Roxas hands.

"Thanks, Merlin." Roxas said

"Yeah, thanks Leo-" Sora stopped and his eyes widen. "Oh no! We're supposed to be at the bailey!"

"Just a moment now!" Merlin halted them. "What about you're magic?"

"Huh?" Ichigo asked, confused. "What magic?" The girls giggled at him.

"Maybe you three forgot it while you were sleep." Yuffie suggested to Sora Donald, and Goofy

"Now what am I to do with you?" Merlin sighed. "I suppose I'll have to lend you a few spells. Bu be careful with them!" He warned as he handed Sora and Roxas two blue orbs, which they absorbed into their bodies.

"Thanks, Merlin!" Sora and Roxas said in unison

Merlin turned his gaze toward Ichigo and paused for a second. "The spells I have won't be right for you." he said. "You wouldn't be able to use them probably with you constantly linking you energy." Ichigo chuckled at that.

"I can help you Ichigo-kun!" Aerith said with a smile. She handed Ichigo a light green orb which he took. A second later it absorbed into his body. "You should be able to use a least that to heal yourself."

Ichigo nodded and smiled at her, "Thanks Aerith!"

Donald nodded. "To the bailey and fast!"

Bailey...

As they walked into the bailey they saw Leon standing at the ledge that overlooked a blue canyon. "Look at that." He said pointing at the structure off in the distance. It was a dark castle just behind the other one, only this one had a Heartless emblem built on it. There were ruins of buildings and other things just beneath it. However, what really caught their attention were the thousands of Heartless surrounding it in a deep trench of some sort.

'That's a lot of Heartless.' Ichigo thought, narrowing his eyes at the trench filled with Heartless. He would take a very long time to kill all those Heartless, even for someone like him with huge amounts of energy. He's just wondering how all those Heartless were able to surround the castle like that with no one noticing them. Something must've happen here before he even came here though, it just had to been! Maybe some type of huge battle happened here. The way the others and Leon were talking about this place, something must of happen that shook all of them.

"Whoa..." Sora gasped

"We wanted to restore Hollow Bastion to what it used to be... who knows- maybe even something better. There's still a lot to do, but I'm sure we can handle everything- except for that..." He pointed at the blue landscape below them. "... and that."

They shifted their gaze to a space closer to them. There were two Dusks walking through the Great Maw. "That can't be to good." Roxas said with a frown, seeing the pair of Nobodies

"Come on Roxas!" Sora said confidently. "We'll handle' em!"

"That's good to hear." Leon turned his gaze to Sora. "Sora, do you know what's going on?" He asked them. They all looked over towards his way.

"There's this guy name Pete, who's been going around plotting with the Heartless," Sora explained. "But... he's not smart enough to ti his own shoes. The ones we need to worry about are the Nobodies."

"And those Organization XIII guys in charge, too!" Goofy reminded him.

"You called?" A deep voice broke through. The six looked around wildly. Sora dashed off, prompting Ichigo, Roxas, Donald and Goofy to follow him.

"You're doing well..." Another familiar voice said. Ichigo growled and clutched Zangetsu on his back.

"Who's that?" Sora demanded, summoning his keyblade. Roxas followed him and summoned Oblivion and Oathkeeper.

"This calls for a celebration..." The first voice said. Suddenly Dusks appeared before them. Donald and Goofy rushed off to confront them. Roxas and Sora were about to follow, but several others appeared behind them. Seeing this, Ichigo drew Zangetsu getting a surprise look from Leon.

"Nice blade." Leon complimented, and drew his own weapon

Ichigo looked at it to see it was some type of gun-sword hybrid. It was quite look but a bit shorter and smaller than Zangetsu. "Same to you man." He said

The nobodies tried to head straight into town, but both Ichigo and Leon cut down about three just before they were able to reach the gate. Sora and Roxas stood protectively in front of the gate which seems to close as soon as the Nobodies appeared. Observing what they were dealing with, Ichigo could see that they face about ten Samurai's and ten Dusks. He smirked and raised Zangetsu higher, clutching it in two hands. He felt something hit his back and turn to see Leon there smirking at him.

"Hope you're able to use that large blade of yours" Leon asked, clutching his gunblade in both hands. All his muscle was tense and he was beaming with excitement.

Ichigo laughed, "Just hope you can keep up with me old man."

Leon's eyes twitched at that, but smirked. The two stood surrounded by ten Samurai's while Roxas and Sora stood surrounded by ten Dusks. Each Nobody walking slowly around them, waiting for any slip up in any of their guards. Ichigo got tired of just standing there doing nothing, he slammed Zangetsu into the ground releasing a unnamed Getsuga. The blast of energy tore the ground apart and killed about three Samurai's who were standing close together.

Seeing this, Leon looked on in surprise before smirking at the orange haired teen. Not wanting to be out done, He charged mana into his gunblade, causing in to grow longer than Zangetsu. He then raised his gunblade, before slamming it into the ground but unlike Ichigo's Getsuga. Flames tore upon the ground before slamming into another three Samurai's who were standing to close. Not wanting to be out done by the older boys, both Roxas and Sora attack with roars.

Sora jumped and landed on top of Roxas's Oblivion. Roxas through his arm back before swinging with all his might, sending Sora flying into the group of Dusks. Sora started to spin, turning himself into a deadly circular projectile and slamming into the group. He killed about four of them instantly because of them standing so close together. He jumped into his stance before jumping back to dodge a strike aimed for him stomach.

He heard a roar and looked up to see Roxas coming down hard with both keyblades clutched tightly in his hands. The Dusks them seem to notice the deadly projectile heading straight for it; Roxas swung down with Oathkeeper, cutting it down with ease. Both he and Sora join backs and observed their remaining enemies. They only had about a good six left to deal with; both boys were smirking at this. Sora never felt this good while fighting, maybe these feeling were coming from being around Ichigo and Roxas.

Roxas suddenly smirked devishly. "Hey Sora!"

Sora turn his head a bit, "What is it Roxas?"

"I have something I want to try okay," Roxas said. "Just follow everything I do."

Sora nodded his head and stood ready for anything. Roxas twirled both keyblades in his hands before stabbing them both into the ground. Seeing where this was going, Sora smirked before twirling his keyblade in his hand and stabbing it into the ground. Clutching their keyblades tightly in their hands, both boys roared loudly, getting the attention of the Dusks.

"AAAAAHHHH!" Suddenly the ground began to rumble around the Dusk and the two boys. Next thing the Dusks knew beams of both dark .blue and black and yellow and black began shooting from the ground. Faster than the Dusks could react, they were caught in a enormous dome of combined energy that shot into the air, destroying each and every last one.

Seeing the dome of his friends combined energy, Ichigo smirked before looking over toward Leon who just finishes killing another Samurai. "Hey Leon!" He called out.

Leon looked over toward him, "What is it Ichigo?"

Ichigo pointed toward the tall dome of light, "Let's not try to get out done by those two."

Leon smirked, before stabbing his long gunblade into the ground; a second later an orange and red over cover both him and the gunblade. Ichigo followed him and charge his reiatsu around him and Zangetsu, before slamming it into the ground. Seeing this, the last remaining five Samurai's tense up before charging with both their katana's bare. They had seen what happened to their kin and could not let it happen to them. If they didn't stop the two, they would also be killed, they all jump into the air and aim both of their swords downward, coming down as fast as they could.

But it was two late

"!" Both men roared. Two large beams of red and blue light exploded outward, surrounding both boys and shooting into the air. Circling before forming into one enormous beam, the same or not bigger than the one Roxas and Sora created. The remaining Samurai's screeched before being obliterating in the shower of light.

Then the two huge beams of light seem to forged together, creating one huge one. Tearing up anything and everything in its path. The beautiful glow of the huge beam towered over Hollow Bastion, causing all residents of the town to look up in awe.

Merlin's House...

Yuffie, Cid, Aerith and Merlin were waiting patiently for their friends to return. Cid for the time being, went back to his computer, and continued working on what he was doing. Aerith and Merlin stood next to him, waiting to see if he finish or needed help from them. Yuffie was walking around side to side, waiting for Leon and the others to return. She was getting restless and wanted something anything exciting to happen. She was getting tired of always being the one left out of the fighting.

"What's wrong Yuffie?" Aerith asked, seeing her friends distracted behavior.

Yuffie stopped before sighing, "I just want something exciting to happen." She answered, "Tired of just sitting here all day doing nothing."

"Don't worry me dear!" Merlin said cheerfully. "You'll get your chance!"

Yuffie smiled at him, "Thanks Merlin."

"Something is bound to happen since those three are back." Cid said, still typing away on his computer. "I get the feeling that Ichigo and Roxas can cause more trouble than those three as well."

Both girls giggled at that before smiling, "True! Those two do seem to be able to cause a lot of trouble."

"They sure are strong!" Merlin said. "Especially that Ichigo boy."

They were about to continue when a huge amount of energy swept into the room. Every last one of their eyes flew wide open; they all looked at one another before rushing outside. They turn and each gasped at seeing a huge beam of light that was tearing everything in its path. Each of them could feel familiar energy signals coming from the beam of light. They could also see where the beam was at was where Leon had asked the others to meet him.

Aerith gasped, "That where Leon and the others are!"

The others gasped at this, "You right! I also thing its Leon and the others that created that huge beam of light." Yuffie told them

Cid chuckled before walking back into the building. If those four could cause a beam of energy of those sides, then they could handle whatever it was they were fighting. Aerith and the others seeing him walking back in the house looked at him in confusion.

"Why are you going back in the house Cid?" Merlin asked

"If those four could cause something that big and destructive." Cid said, taken his seat back at his computer. "Then they don't need our help at all."

Bailey...

The huge beam exploded outward, showering the bailey and trench with light. After a long silent wait of smoke, it clear to show the four boy holding their weapons and grinning with exciting looks on their faces. Each one of them was filled with excitement and ready for anything that was thrown at them. Leon himself was excited; it had been a long time since he could enjoy fighting side by side with someone. That boy Ichigo seems to bring out something in all them because he never remembered Sora being able to do something like that.

"The Keyblade and Zanpakuto..." The voice from earlier said. The five boys looked up in attempt to locate where the voice came from but found nothing. "Truly marvelous weapons... were they only in more... capable hands..." More voice laughed at the insult

"Show yourselves!" Sora demanded angrily. A dark portal formed on top of a structure that wasn't destroyed in the explosion. A man dress in a black cloak with a hood covering his face appeared from it. Seeing the man, Ichigo growled in rage and clutched Zangetsu tightly in his hands. The man raised his arms and seven more other cloaked figures emerged from portals.

"Organization XIII!" Goofy shouted, pointing at them

"Good!" Sora shouted. "Now we can settle this!"

Before anything else could occur, Ichigo blasted from where he was standing, kicking up debris and charging toward the eight members of the Organization. Seeing this, the figure in the front seems to summon white beams with red outline. The man raised his beam hands and blocked a strike from a enrage Ichigo. The surrounding structure under them caved in, causing the seven other members to jump away.

Ichigo growled, his eyes were bleeding black as he stared into the man's blue eyes. "Where is YUZU AND KAIRN?" He shouted

The man was going to answer but Ichigo gave him no time to. Overwhelmed by his anger, Ichigo swung again at the man, but again the man blocked. They both began exchanging blows faster than the train eye could see. Ichigo dodging each of the man's strike along with the man countering his which made the orange haired teen even angrier. The made thrusted his left beam forward, aiming clearly for Ichigo's head, going for the instant kill. Seeing this, Ichigo ducked under it, before slamming a kick into the man's stomach.

The sudden kick surprise the man, it sent him crashing into another structure. Not wasting anymore time, spiritual pressure exploded outward, surrounding Ichigo in a beautiful glow. The reiatsu surrounding Ichigo was stronger than anything Roxas and Sora had every felt from the boy. Roxas narrowed his eyes; the energy that was surrounding Ichigo was more powerful than it was when they were in Twilight Town. If he unleashes that attack like he did back then, he was destroy everything, including innocent people around them.

Ichigo was to overwhelm in his rage to care, the only thing he could see was the people that kidnapped his sisters where right before him. He would not let anyone of them escaped with their lives! "GESTUGA!" More reiatsu was charged into Zangetsu's tip. Ichigo glared down at every last one of them. He could see that one of them was shaking with fear for his life.

"TEN-" He was cut off when someone grabbed his wrist. He looked over to see Roxas looking at him a serious expression on his face. "WHY DID YOU STOP ME?" He roared

"If I didn't stop you Ichigo, you would have killed innocent people with that attack of yours." Roxas told him

Ichigo eyes widen before he looked to his left. He could see the small little town of people that seem to be watching everything that was happening. He felt stupid that he let himself be controlled by his anger. "Sorry about that." he apologies

"No worries!" He looked over to see Sora smiling at him. "We know the reason why you're acting like this."

"What a shame..." Ichigo and the others to see that the figure Ichigo was fighting was back on his feet. "And I thought we could be friends."

"Where are my sisters?" Ichigo demanded

"You sisters are not harmed if that is what you are worried about." The figure told him

Ichigo pointed Zangetsu at each one of them. "I will find that world you bastards are hiding in." In a flash of red and black, his Hollow Mask was on his face. "And when I do, there will be no place where you will be able to run from me."

Sora let out a surprise gasped at seeing the demonic looking mask on his friends face. The mask was shaped like half of a human skull, it had to vertical large black lines going downward through where the eye sockets are. The mask also looked like it was grinning at them only this grin wasn't friendly; it was filled with intent to destroy anything in its path. It can also see that Ichigo was constantly linking black energy with a red outline; it was overwhelming just being around it.

The figure paused for a moment and stared into Ichigo's hollow eyes. "We'll be waiting for that moment..." He disappeared into a dark portal, followed by the others. "Kurosaki Ichigo."

"Stop!" Donald shouted in vain before running down the path. Suddenly one of the Organization members appeared in front of him, blocking his path. Donald let loose a quack of surprise. "What's the big idea?" He demanded, brandishing his staff

"Oopsy-daisy!" The figure said. Ichigo noted that he had a surfer accent.

"Move!" Sora demanded, getting over his shock of Ichigo's Hollow mask. He seem to be getting use of Ichigo's overwhelming spiritual pressure.

"Now do you think that's polite," The man asked sarcastically. "Shutting me down like that?"

"I will tell you one more time!" Sora threatens dangerously, pointing his keyblade directly where the man's heart was supposed to be. "To move! Before you die!"

"As if!" The man scoffed. "You can talk all you want, but that won't change a thing."

"Then we're gonna make you move!" Donald declared

"See, that would work- if I were just any old dude." The man said. "Cept I'm not. I'm with the Organization. Nothing any old about me."

Sora scoffed. "Tough talk for someone who stood on the sidelines while his Nobody flunkies did the fighting!"

"Oh dear." The man said waggling a finger. "I think you got the wrong impression."

Sora smirked. "You gonna cry?"

"As if! Why don't I-" He was interrupted as he found Oblivion, Zangetsu and Kingdom Key at his throat. "My, you three sure are fast."

"We don't have time for this!" Roxas said angrily. The man just laughed at them.

"That's right!" He laughed, looking Roxas straight in the eyes. "You use to give me that same look."

"I guess you think you can psych us out by saying really random stuff!" Sora said glaring at him.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ichigo asked him.

"Gee..." The man said backing away. "I just don't know..." They could hear the smirk in his voice. "Be good boys now!" He said. Ichigo and the others eyes widen as dark portal surrounded him.

"Wait!"Donald demanded as he jumped after him. He grasped nothing as he reached forward. "Nuts! He got away!"

"That was weird." Sora commented, dismissing his keyblade. "Who gave him the same look?"

"Y'know, I think he was just tryin' to confuse ya." Goofy suggested

"Yeah, you're right." Sora said shrugging. "Just trying to psych us."

Gave him the same look..." Roxas muttered. "Does he know me?"

"Hey, Roxas." Sora said. "Don't worry about him." He pulled out his membership card and held it up smiling. "The Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member-" The card suddenly began glowing gold. "Whoa!" The card suddenly began levitating above them. Sora, Roxas keyblades began to glow. Ichigo notice that Zangetsu tip was also glowing a similar gold light.

"What's this?" Leon asked

"Gawrsh, ya think..." Goofy whispered. The three boys held their weapons before them and the tips began to shins brighter. Then a crown like symbol appeared under them and a bright flash occurred. Three beams shot forward before combining and slamming into the card, a bright flash happen making the others close their eyes. When the light vanishes, they could see the three holding their weapons diagonally in the air.

"Ohh... now I get it!" Sora said in realization. "That must've been the gate Yen Sid talked about."

"Sorry to run, Leon." Sora apologized, "But other worlds are calling."

Leon nodded. "Organization XIII..." He muttered crossing his arms. "They look tough. Be careful ot there." Sora, Donald and Goofy nodded as the Gummi ship started to beam the three up.

Sora notice that Ichigo and Roxas weren't in the beam with them. "Wait! Ichigo! Roxas! Aren't you coming?" He asked them.

Ichigo shook his head slightly, "No! Me and Roxas have are on destiny to fulfill just like you do."

"But we can fulfill are destiny's together as a team!" Sora protested

Roxas smiled up, "You know as well as we do that we can't."

Sora smiled sadly, "Yeah! I know."

"Just remember Sora." Said boy looked over to Ichigo. "That darkness is only evil if you let it be. If you must use it to protect what's important to you, then do it! But, don't let it control you. You're the King and it is the horse."

"King and... horse." Sora whispered before smiling. "Got it! I hope we meet again."

Roxas chuckled, "Don't worry Sora! We will."

Ichigo and Roxas watched as the beam from the Gummi Ship finish transporting their friends in before blasting off into space. They both felt a bit sad that they had to go their separate ways, but they knew it was for the best. One day they were going to meet each other again... someday.

Roxas turn toward Ichigo, "So! Since you made us depart with are only ride. How are we going to leave this place?"

Ichigo smirked before holding his hand out. Roxas watched in amazement as Ichigo seem to tear a black whole into the air, standing close by them; Leon also looked at it in amazement.

"What the hell is that?" Roxas asked

"It's a power I can use." Ichigo said. Roxas also notice that his eyes were black and yellow. "It's something my hollow can use! And since he's a part of me, I guess I can use it as well."

Roxas eyes twitched, "You mean to tell me you didn't know if this was going to work?"

"Nope!"

Roxas sweat dropped at his friend.

Leon chuckled at the two. It seems these two had a lot in common with each other which made them the perfect team for what they were going to face out there. "Hope you find your sisters on the way Ichigo."

Ichigo nodded with a smile. "Thanks Leon! I find them no matter what."

Leon just smirked

Ichigo grabbed a hold of Roxas and before he was able to protest, Ichigo dove straight in with Roxas trailing no to far behind.

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End Chapter nine

Author Notes: The New Beginnings arc is finally over! I'm so glad I was able to get that over with. Thank you Bunny153539 for the name. It fitted just right for this, very grateful for all the help my readers have been giving me. The next chapter is on a world I want to hurry up and get over with, after that one the real winner will be the next world after this one Ichigo and Roxas will be landing on. Might change if I get new ideas! They just come a go each time I sit down.

Tensa Zangetsu 17

Signing out