Chapter 2
At Disney Castle, a familiar duck wearing a tall hat was walking around the castle grounds. Suddenly, something fell out of the sky and hit him on the head.
"OUCH!', Donald Duck cried as he rubbed his head. He looked down at the object to see that it was a bottle with a letter in it. He took a closer look at it and saw that it had Sora's crown necklace symbol on it.
"WAAKK!", the duck shouted as he picked it up and ran towards the castle.
"GOOFY! WAKE UP!", he shouted once he found the Captain of the Royal Knights taking another nap. When he kept snoring, Donald sighed and pulled out his wand.
"Thunder!", he shouted, shocking Goofy awake.
"YEOW! What was that for Donald?", he asked. Donald shoved the bottle in his face. Once the captain saw the crown necklace symbol on the letter, he gasped.
"We gotta let the King know about this!", he shouted once he saw it. He jumped up and ran into the castle with Donald.
"KING MICKEY! KING MICKEY!", they shouted as they ran down the hallways.
Meanwhile on Destiny Islands...
"So let me get this straight. The creatures that attacked our home are called Heartless, who were once people who lost their hearts to some type of darkness?", asked the orange haired boy as they walked back to Sora's house.
"Yep," said Sora.
"And you guys have been fighting them with some sort of weapon called a Keyblade for the past two and a half years?", asked the black haired girl.
"Pretty much," said Riku.
"Who was this Xehanort guy you mentioned earlier?", the boy with glasses asked. A thundercloud appeared over Vanitas's head at the mention of his former master's name.
"What's wrong with him?", asked Nel.
"Let's just say that Vanitas used to be on the bad guy's side but now he's a good guy," Sora said with a small grin.
"Yeah, and whoever mentions that old coot's name just puts me in a bad mood," said Vanitas.
"Knock it off Vanitas," said Xion.
"By the way, we never caught your names," Sora said looking up at the orange haired boy.
"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki," he said.
"I'm Rukia Kuchiki," said the black haired girl.
"Uryu Ishida," said the boy with glasses.
"Chad Yasutora," said the tall Mexican man.
"I'm Orihime Inoue," said the orange haired girl.
"Renji Abarai," said the man with the spiky ponytail.
"And I'm Nel Tu!", Nel said.
"I'm Sora, and these are my friends Kairi and Riku and these guys are Roxas, Ven, Vanitas, and Xion. They're my brothers and sister," said Sora as they walked up to Sora's house. Sora opened the door.
"Sora! Back so soon?", his father asked.
"Yeah, and for a good reason," Sora said gesturing to Ichigo and his friends.
His mother gasped. "Did those Heartless things attack their world?", she asked.
"Yeah," said Vanitas.
"Oh, you poor things! Don't worry, you are welcome here," said Sora's mother. "Make yourselves at home."
Sora sat down on the couch. "I called Lea, Terra, Aqua, and Namine. They should be here in a few minutes," said Kairi.
"Good. I hope that Goofy and Donald got my letter. Wonder if she got the other one," Sora said.
"Other one?", asked Roxas.
"Yeah. She'd kill us if we went off on an adventure without her," Sora said grinning.
"Whoa hold on a minute. Who's she?", asked Ichigo.
"You'll see," Vanitas said smirking. Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"I got it!", Ventus shouted as he ran towards the door. He opened it.
"Hey guys!", he said grinning when he saw his two best friends.
"Came here as soon as we could," said Terra as they walked in.
"So are these the guys that landed on the beach?", Lea asked once he saw Ichigo and his friends.
"Yeah, that's them," said Roxas.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door again. Ven ran to it and answered it.
"Hiya Ventus!", Goofy said cheerfully. Ventus grinned.
"Hey you guys!", he said.
"Sorry if we're late," Donald said as he walked in.
"They had to stop to pick me up from Kadic Academy," said a girl with brown hair with her bangs covering her right eye wearing a black flannel shirt over a black T shirt and dark blue jeans along with a necklace with a claw attached to it.
Vanitas lunged at her.
"NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, ANNE!", he shouted as he prepared to tackle/attack her.
Anne merely conked him in the nose with one hand while the other was shoved in her pocket, sending him flying back into the living room.
"Nice try, Vanitas," she said with a smirk as she casually walked into the living room.
"Hi everybody!", Donald said as he entered the room, shocking Ichigo and his friends.
"GAH! A FREAKIN' DUCK JUST TALKED!", Ichigo shouted.
"Hey!", Donald shouted, clearly offended.
"Hmm... it's just like that time with Yoruichi," said Uryu.
"Who's Yoruichi?", asked Roxas. Uryu didn't answer. Roxas just shrugged and turned to the group.
"Anyway, these guys say that the Heartless attacked their world and they were separated from their friends," he said. "We think that they're now on different worlds."
"Wait, whaddya mean by worlds?", asked Ichigo.
Riku sighed. "You see, outside your world, there are tons of worlds that are home to people like you," he said.
"Yeah, and these monsters called the Heartless, the ones we told you about earlier, are after the hearts of the worlds," said Sora.
"What happens if they get the heart of that world?", asked Rukia.
"That world get's destroyed and that world falls to darkness," Riku said. "The man we mentioned earlier, Master Xehanort, is the one behind all this."
"His goal is to create a powerful weapon called the X-blade and start a Keyblade war," said Terra.
"He revealed his plans to us when Sora and I were taking a test called the Mark of Mastery. His Nobody Xemnas tricked Sora into falling into darkness and planned on making him his thirteenth vessel of darkness," Riku explained.
Suddenly Riku was shoved aside by Lea.
"That is, until I came to save the day!", the pyro shouted with a grin on his face.
"Whoa, hold up. What's a Nobody?", asked Renji.
Roxas smirked. "You're looking at one," he said. "Nobodies are basically the shell of someone who lost their heart to darkness, but their heart was strong against the darkness. I was formed when Sora sacrificed himself to save Kairi but he got his heart back and I started to gain my own personality."
"Then why do you and Ven look exactly the same?", asked Orihime.
"Well you see, about 11 years ago, I fought against Vanitas and the fight was so intense that my heart had gone to sleep and found it's way to Sora, who was just a little kid at the time. Vanitas here is my dark half. He was created after Master Xehanort tried to force me to use darkness but I failed and passed out," said Ven.
"I joined Sora after I secretly listened to a conversation between Master Xehanort and Braig, who's his new right hand man. He said that he discovered that I had a little bit of light in me since I was connected to Sora and Ventus, so he planned to dispose of me as soon as possible, so I ran away," said Vanitas.
"Yeah, and he practically begged on his knees for us to let him join!", Ven said.
"I did not!", Vanitas shouted.
"Yes you did!", Ven shouted back.
"Did not!"
"Did too!
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
Ven and Vanitas's argument was interrupted by Xion whacking them on the back of the head.
"Sorry about that. Anyway, I am actually a replica made up of Sora's memories created by Organization XIII. After I realized that Sora needed me to wake up, since he was put to sleep to have his memories restored, so I left and joined up with him, and soon Roxas joined with him too," said Xion.
"Then how is it that you're here right now?", asked Chad.
"A few months ago, we went on a journey to save Ven, Aqua, and Terra from their fate, and we met Anne here when we visited her world during our quest. We let her join after she and her friends helped us defeat a massive Heartless. Anyway, we visited a place called Castle Oblivion, which used to be Terra, Aqua, and Ven's home. There, we found Ven in a secret room. Sora managed to free Ven's heart from his, and because of that, Xion, Roxas, Ven, and Vanitas were released," said Riku.
"Whoa...", was all Ichigo could say after hearing their story.
"Now, since that's over, we need to figure out where your friends and family is, because usually, when someone's world is attacked by the Heartless and falls into darkness, they get sent to another world like you guys did," said Donald.
"I have a pretty good idea which one they could be on," Sora said.
"You do?! Where?!", Ichigo demanded getting close to his face.
"There's a pretty good chance that they're in Traverse Town. It's where most people usually end up at when their world falls to darkness," said Sora before turning to his parents.
"Mom, Dad, we need to go again," he said.
"Go show those Heartless that they should never mess with you guys!", his father shouted.
"Please be safe!", his mother said.
"Don't worry Mom, we'll be fine!", he said giving his signature grin before running out the door, followed by the others.
"YEAH! Finally! I get to kick some Heartless butt! I'm gonna smack 'em around until they disappear! I'll wipe them off the face of the worlds!", Vanitas shouted before getting comically kicked out the door by Anne.
"Just shut up and get moving!", she shouted with an annoyed tone as they ran after the others.
"How are we gonna get to this Traverse Town anyway?", asked Uryu. Donald smiled and said, "You'll see."
They made it to the beach. Ichigo and his friends gasped at the Gummi Ship that was parked on the beach.
"WOW! What is that?", Nel asked as she hopped onto Sora's shoulder.
"That Nel, is the Gummi Ship," Sora said with a smile.
"Well, we're not gonna find anyone just standing around here so let's go!", Donald shouted impatiently as he ran into the ship, followed by the others.
"Whoa...", Ichigo and his friends said as soon as they saw the inside of the Gummi Ship.
"You might wanna hold onto something," said Sora as he sat down.
"Why?", Ichigo asked before Donald hit the accelerator and the ship lurched forward and flew up into the sky. Ichigo ended up landing on the floor face first because of the take-off.
"Hey you guys! Look out the window!", Goofy said. Ichigo got up and stared out the window.
"Whoa!", he yelled. Outside the window, there was millions of stars.
"This is beautiful!", Orihime said.
"You guys can make yourselves comfortable in here. It may take a while to get to Traverse Town," said Terra.
"OK," Ichigo said as they all found a place to sit as the ship flew through space to the next world.
