.:Author's Note:.

Yoko and Zera: Happy Thanksgiving!

Yoko: Again, thank you to those who reviewed, even if there weren't that many who did.

Zera: here's a new chappie for you! But first, Yoko has to say the disclaimer!

Yoko: Why me?

Zera: because…

Yoko: oh, fine… Dislcaimer: We do not own KH, although we would like to. And if we did, Riku would be the main character, and would kick Ansem's ass instead of being possessed by him.

Zera: Oh yeah! Now, enjoy the chapter!

Yet Another New Friend

(Zera's POV)

I felt really hyper, like I was on sugar high or something even though I haven't had any sugar for a while. Anyway, I was sitting on the steps waiting for Yoko and Kairi to come out when I noticed a boy about my age, maybe a year older sitting off to my right. I'm slow sometimes when it comes to certain things, and I guess this was one of the cases. He was staring at me. He had emerald green eyes, and shaggy dark brown hair. He wore a simple black shirt, long baggy shorts, gray sneakers, and a couple of chain necklaces. I smiled at him and he turned his head away to break his gaze. Confused, I got up and sat back down next to him.

"Hi," I said, smiling at him again. He mumbled a hello. Suddenly I felt depressed.

"Do you want me to go away? Am I annoying? I'm really sorry if that's the case. I'll go," I said, getting up. His head shot up.

"N-no, it's not that. It's just that I don't know you…and I um, don't really talk to people all that much," he said quietly. I sat back down.

"That's okay, I'm sort of like that too I guess," I told him. Suddenly, I felt really shy around him. I'm usually shy around people I don't know, and even more so when someone I do know isn't there to introduce me to them. I was fine with the others because I knew them from the game, but I had absolutely no idea who this was, so I was shy. My hyperness had lessened a bit.

"Um…so, what's your name?" I asked him. He gave me a small smile and extended his hand so he could shake my hand. I took it.

"My name's-"

"Hey! We're all set, now come on! It's about to start!" I heard Yoko yell.

"Sorry, I got to go. I'll see you later hopefully," I said. I got up and ran into the building, and then out into the arena before he could say anything more.

"Hello friends!" I said popping up behind Yoko and Kairi. They jumped five feet in the air…okay, maybe four inches, but hey, I like to exaggerate stuff.

"Whoa! Where'd you come from?" Kairi said. I grinned.

"From my parents," I said. Yoko rolled her eyes.

"Well, we're signed up for the tournament. And just in time too. It's going to start in about two minutes," she said.

(Normal POV)

"Okay! It's time for this tournament to start. This is only one round long, because not many people signed up this time, so here're Yoko and Zera, the rookies vs. Shadow Stealth. All audience members please refrain from going in the arena, and if you haven't found your seat yet, please do so now. Refreshments will be brought to you if you want any," a voice boomed through the speakers. Everyone did as they were told, and Kairi, not having entered the tournament, sat in an empty seat near the front so she could see her new friends.

"They have really bad names for the heartless groups, don't they?" Yoko said as she headed towards the arena.

"Heh, yeah. I noticed that too. But I wonder why it's only one round this time. Usually the tournaments are really long," Zera replied, following her friend. Zera looked over at the fighters, seeing a human with them, as they entered the ring and recognized him. She nudged Yoko.

"What?" she asked.

"That's the guy I was talking to before you called me over," Zera said. Static crackled through the speakers before Yoko could reply.

"And…FIGHT!" the announcer voice blared through the speakers, signaling the battle to start.

"Well, time to fight," Yoko said with anticipation.

"Wait!" Zera yelled as she tackled her friend. The boy and the heartless stood there confused by her actions.

"What's this? A team-mate taking out another team-mate?" the announcer yelled, trying to get the crowd into it. They were.

"What was that for!" Yoko yelled, still on the ground.

"He's my friend. And friends don't fight friends," Zera said knowingly.

"Zera! We're in a fucking tournament! We're supposed to fight anyone who's on the other team. Besides, do you even know his name?" Yoko yelled again.

"No, I don't know his name, and he doesn't know mine. Either way, I still think he's a friend. But would you fight me if I were on the other team Yoko? Well, would you?" Zera asked.

"If it's in a tournament? Yes. If it's for real? It depends on the circumstances, but most likely no," Yoko said said. All the while, the heartless and the boy stood there in a confused daze at what was happening. 'This is Yoko and Zera? And that girl I was talking to outside was Zera? Well, at least I won't have to search every world for them, and it was really easy to get that Zera girl's trust. I don't know about the other one though,' the boy thought as he watched the two teenaged girls.

"Oh, fine," Zera huffed. Yoko sighed, got up, and offered a hand to Zera so she could help her up. Her friend took it.

"Okay! Time to start this fight!" Yoko yelled excitedly.

"I'm with you now," Zera said with a smirk as they both got into fighting stances and their keyblades appeared in their hands. Their sudden change of attitude startled their opponents, but they shook it off quickly and started to attack.

"Now this is a fight!" the speaker blared. The crowd roared as the heartless attacked and sometimes connected with flesh. All the while, the boy on the opposing team had stood there, not doing anything, the entire time it had taken Zera and Yoko to destroy the heartless, which was about five minutes.

"That didn't take you very long," he said with a smirk.

"We could've done better," Zera said, also smirking.

"Now it's you're turn," Yoko said as she lunged forward to make the first strike. He pulled out his sword and dodged, but Zera went in quickly enough to be able to wound him. He jumped back from them, and grabbed his side, which was now cut deeply and bleeding profusely. As opposed to Yoko, who fought alot in her own neighborhood against other people and possibly spilled the other's blood if on accident or on purpose, Zera had never in her life purposely hurt someone other than her sister. And that was only if they were really mad at each other, and it was only ever scratching or the occasional hit. They never spilled each other's blood. Zera paled a bit. She was thrilled, excited, scared, and sick all at the same time. Other than fighting the heartless, which produced no life fluid when they were cut, she had never really fought anyone. This was a totally new experience. Yoko saw her friend staring at the boy's wound, and gave her a reassuring smile before once again running forward to attack. Zera took a deep breath and followed suit, but stayed back a bit. The boy quickly downed a potion to heal his wound.

"It's over!" Yoko yelled as she dealt a powerful blow downward. He barely managed to bring his sword up to block the attack in time. He grunted with effort, but was able to pushed her off and back.

"You sounded like Leon back there," Zera said to Yoko as she rushed in for another strike at his side. She swung her keyblade, but he blocked this attack too. Soon the two were exchanging blows, but that only lasted a short while. Yoko was soon charging back at him, and he managed to kick Zera in the stomach, sending her flying across the arena, giving him more time to focus on Yoko. Zera hit the ground hard, rolling a few times before coming to a stop. Yoko attacked him fiercely, exchanging blows as Zera slowly recovered and got up again. She coughed, and a little blood came out of her mouth, but she ignored it. Instead, she drank a potion she had tucked away, and ran back into the heat of the battle. She looked for an opening for her to strike at her opponent, but could find none. She decided to finally use a spell. She focused on the boy.

"Yoko, watch out!" she yelled a warning to her friend, who nodded and jumped away just as Zera yelled out, "THUNDAGA!"

Lightning struck where she willed it to, which was around the boy. He was struck two times, and he knelt down, panting afterwards. The two girls looked at each other and nodded. They went in for the final attack. He dodged Zera's attack, but that was only a distraction so that Yoko could get behind him. She managed to thrust her sword into his stomach. She pulled her keyblade out of him, and he fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Oh! And a victorious win for Yoko and Zera!" the announcer yelled through the speakers. The crowd went wild, yelling and cheering, not noticing the boy who was now lying on the ground, almost bleeding to death. Zera knelt down beside him.

"Aw man, we need to help him! He needs medical attention now," she said, examining the wound.

"Well, everyone's leaving now, so I guess they aren't going to help us," Yoko stated, watching the crowd leave.

"Let's bring him on the gummi ship," Zera said as she muttered, "cure" to at lessen the pain. Yoko nodded curtly and helped lift him up so that they could carry him to the ship. Kairi jogged over to them, and helped by getting a bed ready for the boy after being told where they were taking him. They laid him down, and took off his shirt (they didn't bother taking off the necklaces) to reveal the wound. Kairi and Yoko were off collecting whatever it is they won from the fight, so that left Zera alone with the boy. She got a wet washcloth, and began to clean out his wound. When she was certain it was clean, she doused it with a potion, and used "Curaga" just to be on the safe side. She drained the last of her energy using that last spell, so she sat down in a chair that was near-by and dozed off.

Yoko and Kairi had come back from getting their prize, which turned out to be "the achievement and knowing that you are better than those you competed against". Yoko opened the door to their little infirmary to check on her friend and the boy to find them both asleep. She smiled at her friend who was oddly sprawled on a chair across the room, and walked over so she could pick her up and lay her down on the second bed in the infirmary. Satisfied, Yoko then left, closing the door quietly behind her. She then went off to do something with Kairi while she waited for the pair to wake up.

A half an hour later, the boy slowly came back into consciousness. Slowly, he sat up, held his head in his hand, and groaned. He lifted his gaze to look around the white, sterile room. He saw his ripped shirt lying on a table, and then looked down at his bare chest, finally realizing he wasn't wearing a shirt. He got up and walked over to retrieve his shirt. As he approached the table, he noticed he wasn't alone in the room. He could hear the light breath of someone else in the room. He put on his shirt, and then turned to the other bed to find a girl with dark brown hair that had red/purple highlights streaked in it. Then he realized it was the girl he was supposed to kill. Zera. He heard a moaning sound come from her, and saw her begin to stir. He stayed where he was. The girl sat up, and stretched while yawning.

"How long was I asleep?" she thought out loud.

"I don't know, I was asleep too," he said, wanting to startle her. It didn't faze her. She simply turned towards him with a smile.

"So you're awake? When'd you get up?" she asked, jumping off the bed and walking over too him.

"Not too long ago. Where am I?" he asked.

"You're in our gummi ship!" Zera said happily. "I wanted to make sure you were okay after that wound Yoko gave you in the fight, so we brought you on board and I took care of your wounds. Are you feeling any better?"

"Much. Thanks for taking care of me. Oh, and I still haven't told you my name. It's Takuto," he said, extending his hand so she could shake it. She shook his hand and introduced herself.

"I'm glad that you're felling better. My name's Zera," she said with a smile. "Now that you're awake, you can meet the others." With that, she dragged him out into the main part of the ship.

"Hey guys! Guess who's up?" she yelled as she entered.

"So he finally woke up, huh?" Yoko said.

"How's his wound?" Kairi asked concernedly.

"I'm fine. Thank you for taking care of me, I deeply appreciate it," he said.

"Well at least we can go soon," Yoko said. Zera frowned.

"What's the rush?" she asked.

"I just feel kind of restless here, not doing anything I guess," Yoko replied, shrugging her shoulders.

"Well, anyway, this is Takuto you guys. Takuto, that's Kairi, and that's Yoko. She has a bit of a temper, so try not to push it too much," Zera said, pointing out everyone. Yoko rolled her eyes at the last comment.

"Uh-huh. Well, you probably want to go soon, so I better be going," he said, knowing what Zera was going to do next.

"Oh, are you traveling be yourself?" she asked him. He nodded quietly.

"Well, if you're by yourself, then why don't you come with us? It's a lot nicer to travel in groups than be yourself!" she said happily, and then turned to the other girls. "That is, if you guys don't mind."

"I don't have a problem with it," Kairi said. Zera looked at Yoko hopefully.

"I do have a problem with it. I don't trust him," she said, narrowing her eyes at Takuto.

"Why not?" Zera asked.

"I don't know. Gut feeling maybe. But then again, it might be because I just fought him. But…I guess if you trust him, I'm fine with it, just as long as he's okay with being around three girls," Yoko said with a smirk.

"Being with three beautiful girls is paradise for any boy," Zera said laughing. The others joined in laughing with her.

"I guess I could come with you if you're okay with it," Takuto said with a smile.

"Well, since Yoko wants to go soon, and we've decided that Takuto will be joining us, let's decide where we'll be going next," Zera said happily.

"Oh, I have a navi-gummi that you could use to find a new world," Takuto said as he reached into his pocket. He pulled a small blue gummi out of his pocket and put it on a table.

"That's good. At least we can have a change of scenery after going to all of the worlds we already know," Zera said.

"But shouldn't we go to the worlds that have the Princesses of Heart first to make sure they haven't been taken again? Just in case, you know?" Kairi suggested.

"Good idea Kairi. Now we at least have some direction. Plus, Sora may be revisiting one of them at the time, so then finding him is also a possibility," Yoko said thoughtfully.

"Alright, but which world are we going to first?" Takuto asked. Everyone thought for a moment.

"Well, let's go to Wonderland first," Zera said.

"Why Wonderland?" Kairi asked.

"One, because it's the closest world to the Colliseum. And two, I want to see the white rabbit and walk on the ceiling of that one weird room. I've always wanted to do that!" Zera said with a grin. Yoko rolled her eyes, but smile anyway. She sat down in front of the wheel.

"To Wonderland!" she yelled, and then started the engines and blasted off.

.:Author's Note:.

Yoko: It's finished!

Zera: The story?

Yoko: Yes Zera, this is the end of the story.

Zera: NOOOOOOOOOOOO! (cries)

Yoko: It's not the end baka.

Zera: It's not? (sniff)

Yoko: (rolls eyes) no.

Zera: YAY!

Yoko: good god…….

Zera: Okay! Please review!

Yoko: Or else…

Zera: Yoko, don't threaten the readers or they won't review.

Yoko: What? I'm motivating them.

Zera: Sure you are. Well, just….review…like…now...

Yoko: (big sigh) whatever