A/N: Hi, there, guys! I'm so sorry for not updating lately, but things have been pretty busy around my house. I'm glad ya'll liked "Therapy for Ansem!". So, on with the fic!

Disclaimer: I'll never own Kingdom Hearts, but I'll always own Kupo and the Spike Blade...and my heart...(shifty eyes)

Chapter 5

Reunited

"Kupo!"

"Sora!"

The two seemed frozen with excitement. Neither said another word, but were interrupted by Leon. "What's the problem, Sora? Go!"

The boy glanced back, but only for a second. He rushed ahead, grabbed Kupo by the arm, and started half-dragging her out of the room.

"Wait!" The girl jerked her arm back and picked up the injured creature she had been keeping. "Ok, now I'm ready."

Sora didn't question how she got the poor creature, but instead ran on ahead to clear away any Heartless. As soon as he had jumped off the balcony, sounds of metal ripping into Heartless flesh filled the air.

"Take good care of him," Kupo handed the small creature to Aerith and jumped off the balcony too.

"Good luck..." Aerith said and glanced down at the body in her arms.

Leon and Yuffie rushed in the room and slammed the door shut. Goofy peeled Donald off the wall carefully while the two grabbed Aerith and ran.

"You ok, Donald?" Goofy asked.

"Do I look ok!" Donald asked angrily.

"Well, you're real flat, but other than that, you look ok," Goofy commented as Donald became 3-D again.

"You lost Kupo!" The duck yelled angrily.

"No, I didn't," Goofy said calmly. "She's right out there!" He jabbed a thumb towards the balcony.

The two stepped out on the balcony, but couldn't see her anywhere.

"Sure..." the duck commented sarcastically, "you didn't loose her..."

The blonde haired girl spotted another world go by. This one looked like a jungle. She sure hoped she wouldn't have to go there. She always had liked to see jungles, but she never wanted to go to one.

"Blue Light, how far are we from where ever my friends are?" Stephanie asked.

"Not far now," he responded.

"Do you know what world they're on?" She asked.

"No, but I can sense them and they're close," he said while dodging a meteor.

"This is kind'a like a story my Mom used to tell me..." the girl sighed. "A girl befriending a wolf that no other animal would come near. All it needed was a friend..."

The Wyvern seemed glad to have her company since he had nobody else to talk to. Stephanie sensed that and was glad to have his company too. Her fears and uneasiness had faded away a long time ago. She knew he wouldn't harm her. This day dreamy feeling was interrupted by her asking, "Are they on that world?"

"No," Blue Light said.

The girl watched the simi-normal looking world go by. She might like to go there sometime.

"Where are we going?" Kupo followed closely behind Sora.

"I'm not sure," was his response as he killed another Heartless, "but we'll know it when we get there."

"Don't bother with the small fry!" The two heard a voice call out. They glanced around and saw Leon. "Hurry up!"

The two obeyed and ignored the remaining Heartless. They rounded a corner in second district, but were stopped by a blockade of Shadows. There had to be dozens!

"What are we looking for?" Kupo asked as the duo hacked away at the blockade.

"The leader," Sora answered. "That's all Leon would tell me."

Kupo didn't have time to ask any more questions. Three Heartless jumped her from behind and took her down. A pool of darkness began to form beneath her, but suddenly disappeared as the load on her back lifted.

Sora stood over her with the Keyblade ready for another attack.

"Thanks," the girl jumped up.

"No problem," he said and charged the few remaining Shadows.

She followed and the few enemies were easily taken care of.

The two smiled happily and looked ahead. A huge door with the title "Third District" loomed a few feet away. The smiles of joy faded. They were both thinking the same thing. The "leader", as Leon called it, would probably be in there.

"Ready?" Sora asked.

"Yeah," the girl nodded.

It wasn't really that big of deal, but Sora felt it was his duty to keep his only remaining friend safe. Who knew if Riku and Kairi even made it? If they didn't and he didn't take care of Kupo, he wouldn't have any friends left. He wouldn't let that ever happen.

Kupo observed Sora thinking about what to do next and rolled her eyes. She wasn't gonna be a damsel in distress or a wimp. That wasn't in her nature.

"Come on, Sora!" She said impatiently. "We haven't got all day!"

The girl walked up to the doors and shoved them open revealing, not the monster they had thought would be waiting, but nothing. This seemed odd to them as they cautiously made their way into Third District.

The duo peered over the edge of the high platform they were standing on and still didn't see any Heartless. Just a bunch of empty space surrounded by high platforms and one small fountain in a corner.

"Where's the bad guys?" Kupo asked, upset that nothing had been waiting for them. "Where's the secret door that leads to the bad guys!"

"Chill," Sora said. "I'm not so sure about this..."

Kupo rolled her eyes and began her way down the ramp. "What's not to be sure about?"

"Wait!" The boy ran after his friend, who was already down the ramp. "We need to be kind'a careful!"

"What's there to be careful about!" Kupo made her way out into the open and shouted, "THERE AREN'T ANY HEARTLESS HERE!"

Small pools of darkness began to form and out came a bunch of Shadows and Soldiers.

"See?" Sora glared at his friend.

"Eheheheh..."

"There she is!" Donald exclaimed.

Donald and Goofy stood on a very high platform that looked down over Third District. From there the two could see Kupo, some boy, and a bunch of Heartless.

"Looks like they're in trouble!" Goofy pointed out.

"We better help her," Donald said, but before either could say anything, a few Shadows appeared on either side of the two. "C'mon, Goofy, let's get 'em!"

But neither could attack before they were thrown off their platform.

"Watch out!" Donald yelled.

"Help!" Goofy yelled as well.

Kupo and the boy looked up to see a duck and a dog-thing falling from the sky.

"Run!" Sora urged.

The two ran a few steps, but Donald and Goofy landed on them with a thud. Every one moaned a bit, but the two who had fell shouted, "The Keyblade!"

"Get off!" The boy ordered.

"Please!" Kupo added.

Everybody was back on their feet, but nobody had time to introduce themselves because the Heartless that had waited ever so patiently finally attacked.

With four people instead of two, it didn't take as long to finish off the Heartless. The four hacked, sliced, hit, and banged their way through the Shadows and Soldiers.

"What a rip off!" Kupo said once they were through.

Donald ignored her and started to introduce himself. "My name is-"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The four searched for the source of the banging and found a pile of metal that hadn't been there before.

Two pieces that looked like feet floated about one foot above the ground and another piece floated up above them. Two other pieces floated up to the sides of the main piece. Those must've been arms. And last, a smaller round piece fell from the sky and landed on top of the main piece.

"Well, Kupo," Sora said, "I hope this isn't a rip off..."

The huge metal monster loomed ahead and the four knew it wasn't there to help them out.

A/N: Yay! Yet another chappie! Hey...I don't think I told you guys how to pronounce Kupo's name! So here it is: KOO-poe. Read it like you would in a dictionary. Well, that's all I gotta say! Review and I'll try to update ASAP.