A/N: Yay an update! Pretty soon too. I'm glad you guys liked the last chapter. I feel so loved! (everybody backs away) Ok I'm done. R&R and happy (way early) Valentine's Day!

Disclaimer: And I still continue not owning KH and yet owning Kupo.

Chapter 4

New Friends

"Wait!" Goofy pointed. "Who's that?"

"Who?" Donald asked.

"Her," Goofy motioned towards a girl who was fighting off a group of Shadows.

Donald turned to look and his eyes almost popped out of his head. "That's the Spike Blade bearer!"

"She is?"

"Yes!" Donald said. "See her weapon?"

Goofy studied it for a second. "Gawrsh. Maybe we should go help her."

"Good idea!" Donald agreed as the two ran down the steps to help.

When they got down there, the girl had already fought off the Shadows and was walking over to the stairs.

"Where'd you get that?" Goofy asked.

"Goofy!" Donald jabbed him with his elbow.

"Oh this?" Kupo held out the Spike Blade. "It, uh, just found me."

"You're the one we're looking for!" Goofy smiled and earned another jab from Donald. "What?"

"Uh, would you guys mind explaining?" Kupo asked as she put her weapon away.

Donald sighed and began, "It all started when the Heartless started destroying worlds. When that happened, the Keyblade and the Spike Blade were created for the two people who would conquer the darkness. The weapons chose their masters and you're one of 'em."

"Ok..." the girl said a little uncertainly.

"And our king went to check out what was wrong with the worlds," Goofy continued. "He told us to find you and the guy with the Keyblade."

"Sora..." She muttered.

"What?" Donald asked.

"Sora," she repeated. "He has the Keyblade. He's one of my best friends!"

"We better go find him," Goofy said as the three began their search.

-

"So they weren't in the hotel..." Sora complained. "They have to be nearby."

The boy walked back to First District and was about to walk out to the plaza when he heard a voice.

"So you're the one."

Sora turned and drew his Keyblade. "Who are you?"

"Never mind that," the man stepped out into the light. He had dark brown hair that went down to his shoulders and wore all black. "Now lets see that Keyblade."

"Huh?" The boy glanced at it then looked back at the man. "You'll never get it! Never!"

"Then I guess I'll have to take it the hard way," the man said as he drew his sword.

The man lunged at Sora, but the boy jumped to one side and hit his back. The man whirled around and hit the boy hard. Sora winced in pain, but managed to dodge a fireball.

How'd he do that? The boy thought as he hit the man three times.

The man jumped away from Sora, then sliced the boy three more times.

Sora felt weak. His legs were about to give out from under him, but he managed one more hit before he collapsed.

"Is this him?" A girl asked as she walked up to the man.

"Yes," he said. "We have to get him to safety before the Heartless attack."

"Right," she said.

-

Kupo, along with her two new friends, Donald and Goofy, opened the doors to the Gizmo shop. Everything seemed normal and Sora wasn't there, so the trio was about to turn back when they heard some one or something.

"Help..." It said weakly. "Please...anybody..."

"Did ya hear that?" Goofy asked.

"Yeah," Kupo said. "Lets go see what it is."

"No way!" Donald said. "We have to find-"

But Kupo and Goofy weren't listening. They had already ran around the corner. Donald sighed and followed. As he rounded the corner, he saw Kupo kneeling there with something in her arms. Goofy was standing beside her with a worried expression on his face.

"You poor, poor thing..." Kupo said.

Donald's face flashed a worried look, but then regained composure. "What is-"

As he peered over Kupo's shoulder he saw a small little creature who had been hurt badly. It had a large red nose and a red thingy on it's head.

"I'll bet the Heartless did this," Goofy said.

"Me too," Kupo said. Donald could hear the rage in her voice, but he had no idea what that meant or how strong she could get when she was like this.

Before anybody could say anything else, a dozen Heartless surrounded them. Six Shadows and six Soldiers.

Kupo set the little creature down and pulled out her Spike Blade. She didn't say anything. She barely even moved, but the Heartless were killed and she was on the other side of the room.

-

"So how do you know where my friends are?" Stephanie asked the Wyvern.

"I can feel it." He said.

"Oh." The girl watched a spooky looking world go by. "So what's your name?"

"Blue Light," he said.

"Well, mine's Stephanie," she said. "How come you're not like the other Heartless?"

"I've seen what they do to innocent people and animals," he said. "They take their hearts so that they might become what they were before. But I still have a heart. I don't know why I'm like this, though."

"I really feel sorry for you," Steph said. "But thanks a lot for taking me to my friends."

Blue Light smiled as they continued they're way to Traverse Town.

-

"I still can't believe you took out all those Heartless like that," Goofy said as the three made their way down the ally.

"That's just how I am when I'm mad," she said, then added, "You can ask my friends." But that thought made her silent. Will I ever see my friends again?

"Well, this place sure is spooky," Goofy commented.

"I'm not scared!" Donald said, but soon changed his mind when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He let out a yell and jumped in front of the group.

Kupo and Goofy turned to see a lady dressed in a pink dress smiling at them.

-

"Are you ok?" Kairi asked. "Sora?"

"Kairi?" Sora opened his eyes.

"Who's Kairi?" She asked. "I'm the great ninja Yuffie!"

Where Kairi once stood, was another girl. She had dark hair and wore tan shorts, a green shirt, and a band around her head. She looked over at the man Sora had fought earlier and said, "I think you hit him too hard, Leon."

"The Keyblade..." Sora noticed Leon was holding it.

"Yeah..." Yuffie said. "We had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures. It turns out, that's how they were tracking you."

"Still...hard to believe," Leon said, "that you, of all people, are the chosen one." The Keyblade teleported back to Sora as Leon continued, "Oh well. Beggars can't be choosers. And we still haven't found the bearer of the Spike Blade."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sora asked. "What's going on here!"

-

"Ok," Aerith (the lady in pink) said, "so you know there are other worlds besides your castle, your island, and this town, right?"

"My friends and I had made a plan to find other worlds..." Kupo said quietly.

"Yeah, we know," Donald said.

"But they're supposed to be a secret!" Goofy added.

"They're been secret, because they've never been connected until now," Aerith said. "When the Heartless came, everything changed..."

-

"The Heartless?" Sora questioned.

"The ones that attacked you, remember?" Yuffie reminded him.

"Those without hearts..." Leon said.

"The darkness in hearts," Yuffie said. "That's what attracts them."

"And there's darkness within every heart," Leon added.

"Hey," Yuffie changed the subject, "have you heard of Ansem?"

-

"Ansem?" Kupo asked.

"He was studying the Heartless," Aerith explained. "He left his findings in a very detailed report."

"Gawrsh, uh," Goofy said hesitantly, "can we see it?"

"Its pages are scattered everywhere," Aerith said.

"Scattered?" Kupo asked.

"To many worlds..." she sounded somewhat sad as she said that.

"Oh!" Goofy had a thought. "I betcha the king went to find 'em!"

"Those were my thoughts exactly," she brightened up.

"Then we better find him," Goofy said, then added, "QUICK!"

"Wait!" Donald shouted. "First we need that 'key'!"

"Yeah, the Keyblade..." Kupo said.

-

"So..." Sora said, trying to get it all straight. "This is the 'key'..."

"Exactly!" The hyper ninja said happily.

"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade and Spike Blade," Leon explained. "That's why they'll keep coming after you, no matter what."

"But how did this all happen?" Sora asked. He was getting confused. "I remember being in my room... What happened to my home! My island! Riku! Kupo! Kairi..."

"You know what?" Leon said. "I really don't know..."

Suddenly a Soldier appeared in the room. Sora jumped up and Leon drew his sword.

"Sora, run!" he ordered. "I'll take care of this one. Find the Spike Blade bearer!"

The boy nodded and threw open the door that led to the next hotel room. The door slammed open on something, but he didn't pay attention because of who he saw sitting on a bed.

"Kupo!" Sora exclaimed.

"Sora!" Kupo jumped up.

-

A/N: There. I hope that'll satisfy you for now. But I'd like to thank Sailorstar165 for helping me a lot on the lines. Please R&R and have a nice day! Oh, and IT SNOWED HERE TODAY! I'm soooo happy!