'20 years ago, the power of light triumphed over the nothingness and darkness that attempted to overtake the world. Two Self-Taught Keyblade Masters banished the leader of a powerful group from the world with the strength of the light in their hearts. These two legends went on to become official Keyblade Masters later on, and once again stopped a great darkness from rising up into the lands. But somehow, they were banished into the darkness itself. After these two legends fell, the darkness targeted and engulfed the remaining Keyblade users. And yet, the light didn't surrender. It searched for a new keyblade wielder. Someone who's heart had a strong enough light to be worthy of wielding its power for good. Finally, that wielder, along with a few others, have finally been found.'

-Station of Serenity-

"How…how is this even possible?" Kenji asked as he turned his head to get a good look of his surroundings. "I've never been here…but…I know this is my heart…My heart. This, this doesn't make any sense." He asked as he stared at the large portrait. Alongside the sleeping painted figure that was Kenji was a spherical design. The lining around the edges of the pillar held small spheres designed to circle the pillars, each holding the symbol 'Xi' within their spherical spaces. In the center of the portrait were three large open circles, all of them completely empty.

"How did I get here? How do I get out? Who was that creep attacking me earlier?" Kenji asked, crossing his arms. He looked up into the abyss, almost scared that this world would flip upside down and plummet into the darkness of the sky. "Gah…so many questions to ask…but I won't get anywhere just standing here. I gotta find a way out of here…but…" He looked around again, out into the darkness that radiated everywhere except for the light beneath his feet. "…Where do I actually look to get out of here?"

It was then that three items suddenly burst into view. Kenji gasped as the items slowly lowered themselves, floating just above the pillar along his feet. The silver light that radiated from the pillar nearly blinded him, but he was able to adjust his eyes to stare at the items. Then, he heard the voice again.

'There you are. I was wondering if I'd get through to you again.' Kenji looked around the darkness. The voice was so silent, almost as if it were a ghost. As if he was just imagining it. But somehow, against the deafening static of the darkness, he was able to make out the soft voice.

"Who…who are you?" he asked softly, trying to look anywhere through the darkness that would allow him to see who exactly was talking to him.

'You've been chosen by the Keyblade.' The mysterious weapon from earlier suddenly phased into Kenji's hand. He jumped slightly and held the gear-like keyblade.

"The…Keyblade? Hey! What exactly is this thing?!" Kenji shouted into the darkness. "Where am I?! What is this Keyblade?! Why did it choose me?!"

'The light summoned the Keyblade from within your heart. But it's up to you to decide how you use it.' The voice echoed through his head again. Kenji looked ahead to the three items that floated above. They were all strange somehow. A sword, a shield, and a staff. Figuring that he wouldn't get any other conversation, Kenji walked forward. The items were strange. There was a design on all of them, a tri-spherical design. Like a large head with two small circular ears.

Kenji gulped softly before he stopped in the center between the three items. He looked between them before placing his hands on his hips. "…What are these?" he asked. Kenji walked over to the shield and gripped it, holding it up a bit. "This shield…it feels like it's almost invincible…" he said to himself. Kenji slowly let go of the shield, watching it float back into place before he went over to the staff. Grabbing onto it, Kenji held the staff in both hands. "Heh…I feel a lot smarter with this. Maybe it's a teacher's staff or something." After chuckling at his joke, Kenji placed the staff back into the air, which started to float again.

Kenji soon looked to the sword, walking over to the blade. He extended his hand, grabbing the large sword's hilt with his right hand, holding the blade's flat end with the other. For a while, he simply stared at the sword in his hands. "This lade feels…so strong. Like it could cut down anything." Kenji looked up at the other two objects before raising the sword slightly. "Um…I've chosen! Can you hear me?!" he shouted into the abyss. The sword soon dissolved into light.

Kenji clenched his hand where the sword once was before looking to the shield and staff. Soon after, they also vanished.

'You've chosen strength over knowledge and stability. You're just like he was.' The voice echoed again. Kenji continued to look around before he looked down to his hand. The keyblade from earlier reformed into his hand, getting him to gasp. 'If strength is what you choose to guide the way, then never let yourself be bested by a stronger power from the darkness.'

Kenji turned around to see a few black voids forming on the pillar. Soon, the voids started to take shape. Small creatures of darkness started to sprout from the voids, outnumbering Kenji 20 to 1. The young man stepped back, stopping once he got to the edge of the pillar. He looked behind him to see the darkness below.

'There will be times when you have to fight. To protect yourself and your heart from the darkness that wants to snuff you out. Never forget that your light will always be stronger than the darkness. You just have to use that light to protect yourself. And to protect those who can't fight the darkness within their own hearts. The shadows you see here are a base manifestation of the darkness. You can beat them. Just believe.'

Kenji looked back to the shadows before him, gulping before he readied the keyblade in his right hand. "Tch…Alright. Bring it!" he shouted as he ran at the shadows. The small creatures of darkness made their way over to Kenji, who ran forward, his left hand held protectively over his chest, while his right hand and keyblade were pulled along behind him. Kenji spun his body with a slight jump, and slammed the keyblade down into one of the shadows, the creature turning into a black mist after the strike.

'There will be more and more dangerous enemies to battle in the future.' The voice spoke as Kenji swiped his keyblade through the air, taking out more heartless. He grabbed the blade with both hands and spun on his feet before swinging again, striking another heartless down with his keyblade. 'But if you keep your light strong, you can overcome anything.' Kenji jumped into the air and slammed the keyblade down into the last heartless that showed itself. Once they were gone, Kenji's keyblade disappeared. To his side was a door that appeared in a flash of light.

"This must be the way out…I hope." Kenji said to himself as he walked to the door. "There's a strange feeling coming from the other side of this door…" he gulped softly. "Once I pass through here, there's no going back…not that I have anything to go back to." He looked behind himself and saw nothing but the darkness and the pillar that he stood on. Sighing to no one, Kenji looked back to the door. He took a deep breath, and walked through the door.

On the other side of the door was an even stranger sight. There was another pillar in the distance, and a trail of light that led to it. Kenji took slow steps, constantly looking down to make sure that the small road beneath him wouldn't fall.

'The fear in your heart only grows when you allow it to.' The voice spoke to Kenji. 'Don't let that fear control you. If you do, it will push you to give in to the darkness.' As these words radiated through Kenji's mind, he looked forward. He took a deep breath, then started to run. Pushing his fears deep into his heart, Kenji ran through the curving road of light, heading to the pillar. Once there, he looked around, seeing nothing but the darkness again.

"Okay. What do I do from here?!" He shouted into the open space. However, he got no answer back. Instead, he looked down to see his shadow slowly extend. Kenji suddenly fell to his knees and gripped his chest with his left hand, his right hand pressing against the pillar to keep him up. "W-What...? What's happening to me?" he asked. He felt like his heart was ripping itself out of his chest. He looked to his shadow, which slowly started pull itself off of its flat 2D norm, and became a full standing figure in front of him. However, the shadow soon started to mold and shape itself into something different.

Kenji slowly stood up, the pain in his chest no longer there as he looked at the figure. It was…strange to say the least. It didn't look like him at all. In fact, he didn't even recognize the figure. They had a strange armor, completely black, and a mask that stretched into a helmet. Whether it was the darkness or the mask itself, Kenji had no chance of seeing the face of the new figure.

"What the…?" He asked himself only to see the figure extend its hand to the side. "Not this time." Kenji remarked, already getting used to knowing what that meant. He looked down to his own hand, and summoned his keyblade, pulling his right hand back as his left hand fell to his side, the left side of his body slightly positioned forward. However, what he saw next shocked him.

The figure summoned its own keyblade, making Kenji widen his eyes. It was the same as his. Admittedly the key was completely black, with barely a few white strains here and there, but with the design, it was the complete same. Both looked more like strange gears than actual blades.

"That's-!" before Kenji had time to remark any further, the figure suddenly pulled its arm back, keyblade lifted into the air. Seconds later, it dashed forward. Kenji gasped and raised his own keyblade as the figure slammed his blade down, Kenji having to use both hands to hold his own keyblade up from the extreme force. He looked down at his feet, recognizing his shadow was no longer there. "Who are you?!" he shouted, pushing the figure back.

'The light will always guide your way. But be careful.' The voice said, returning to Kenji's ears. He rushed forward and clashed keyblades with the shadowy figure, who didn't seem to be having much trouble keeping Kenji back. 'Where there is light, there is always darkness. The closer you are to the light, the stronger your shadow becomes.' Kenji growled and knocked the figure's keyblade aside, before he slashed across the shadow's midsection. At first, it seemed like he had gotten a clear hit, as the shadow had frozen. However, Kenji looked behind him to see that the shadow had merely moved so fast that it created an afterimage, and appeared behind him, swinging its keyblade before it knocked Kenji across the pillar.

Kenji slid across the pillar, stabbing his keyblade into its side just as he fell off of the edge. He panted and looked down at the darkness beneath him.

'Your shadow will always try and stop you from fighting the darkness. But you have to be strong enough to overcome its influence.' Kenji looked up to see the shadow standing above him. It raised its keyblade, ready to strike. 'If you believe in the light, and believe in your heart-' Kenji growled before he pulled himself up. He landed on the edge of the pillar before jumping high, higher than he ever before. '-then I know, without a doubt-' Kenji suddenly dashed down, spinning his body before he slashed the figure, this time nailing it hard enough to knock it into the abyss below. '-You'll always come out on top.'

As the figure fell into the abyss, Kenji walked over to the edge of the pillar, watching it soon disappear into the dark mist below. He sighed again as his keyblade dissipated again. "Well…at least that takes care of that. Now how do I get out of here?" he asked. Behind Kenji, a large hand of darkness shot up from the abyss. Kenji widened his eyes when he felt the hand grab him from behind. "What!?" he shouted, struggling within the hand before he was suddenly yanked off of the edge of the pillar.

Kenji continued to struggle as he was pulled into the darkness below, his screams suddenly silenced by the deafening white noise of the darkness.

'Don't be afraid. If you believe in the light, you'll always come out on top.' The voice repeated, just as everything went black.

-Twilight Town-

"Gah!" Kenji suddenly shot up, panting harshly as sweat covered his forehead. He looked around to see that he was exactly where he had passed out. Back in the Market Square, right next to the hole in the wall that led to the forest. "I…I'm back?" he asked himself, slowly standing up. He looked down at his feet to see his shadow was still there. Placing his hand over his heart, he looked around. "Was it…all some weird dream?" Kenji looked down to his right hand, only for the keyblade to appear again. He sighed softly. "No…that was all real…but what does it mean?" he asked

'Good, you're back.' The soft voice said again, much more audible this time around. Kenji looked around, seeing no one still. 'Now that you have the keyblade, the heartless will be drawn to you. You must hurry and escape your world.'

"Escape my-?! That's it!" Kenji shouted. "What's going on here?!" he tossed the keyblade to the ground. "Who are you?! Why do you keep talking to me?! Why do I have this keyblade!? Why is all of this happening to me?!" Kenji gasped as the keyblade reappeared in his hands.

'I promise I'll explain all I can later. But right now, you need to move. The heartless are on their way.' Kenji looked at the opening in the hall, seeing the same creatures from before appear again. But there were many more this time around. He looked to his keyblade, then back to the shadows.

"But, where do I go?!" Kenji shouted, stepping back from the shadows.

'Go to the tram station. You can escape from there.' The voice told Kenji. A shadow jumped at him, which he slashed into oblivion with his keyblade, before he nodded and took off the other way. Kenji kept his keyblade summoned as he ran through Twilight town, the storm of shadows behind him.

Once Kenji got to the hill, he ran up the concrete path. He looked behind himself to see that the storm of heartless had gotten even bigger. "How?!" he shouted, not worrying about what would happen if he stayed. Instead, he ran even faster, soon coming to the top of the hill. He ran inside of the tram station. The keyblade he held was soon dissipated as he looked around. "Oh come on!" he shouted, looking at the multiple trains that stood out.

Kenji looked behind himself to see that the shadows had made it up the hill, and were entering the tram sight. Reacting quickly, Kenji spotted a strange tram car, that looked more like a mystic train than a normal one. "Tch…this entire day's been weird. Guess I'm choosing this one!" he said as he ran to the tram. The doors opened when he came close, and closed almost immediately when he was inside. Seconds later, the tram slowly started to take off. As it began to pick up speed on the tracks, the shadows could do nothing but watch, unable to chase it down.

Kenji looked out of one of the tram windows, sighing in relief as he went further and further from the train depot. That was when he noticed something. The train wasn't going into any of the other areas of Twilight Town.

"Huh? Where am I going?" he asked himself. He widened his eyes as he soon spotted that he was riding through, well, space. The track connected to empty space as the tram car continued on. Kenji sighed and slumped down in the seat that he had fallen into. "Well, at least it's away from those creatures…Heartless. Was that what they were called?" he asked before he looked to his hand. He watched as the keyblade flashed into existence, getting him to shake his head with a chuckle. "…I guess I can't get rid of you, huh?" he asked, watching the blade fade away again. "What am I even doing? Why is this keyblade interested in me?" he scratched his head and looked back out the window. "Well, I guess I'll find out sooner or later."

-Two Hours Later, The Mysterious Tower-

Kenji hadn't been able to get any sleep. Despite the safe comfort of the seats and the tram car, and the long ride that came with it, his mind was too busy on other things. Mainly what had just happened. This morning seemed so normal. He got out of bed and started his day. Then the keyblade and the heartless. And now he was going somewhere he didn't even know existed. Soon after shaking his head free of his doubts, Kenji looked out the window to see his destination. It was a large tower. Strangely in the center of an island, the tower stood tall. Kenji was almost worried that it would fall over and plummet into the endless Aurora down below.

"Well…I guess this is the place…whatever this place is." Kenji said to himself. Soon he walked over to the door of the tram, opening it before stepping onto the island. He took a few steps before looking back, widening his eyes as he saw the tram take off, the tracks disappearing behind him, leaving him stranded on the island. "…Oh no…" He said to himself as he looked to the tower. "Well…nowhere to go but forward."

Kenji soon entered the tower door, walking up the first set of stairs. Once he got past the door inside, he gasped, looking up the tower. "Holy cow!" he shouted. The inside was huge! It was so much bigger inside than it was outside. He gulped and looked around the inside. There were portals everywhere. Stairs that led to different portals circled the tower. He sighed softly. "This…this is gonna take a while."

After running through what seemed like a hundred portals had been traversed, Kenji finally came to the final door. It looked so much more fancy than normal. "This must be the top…at least, I hope so. I'm tired of all these portals…" He took a deep breath and slowly pushed the door open. He took a few steps inside before looking around. "Whoa…This room is so small. Strange." He said softly.

Kenji suddenly widened his eyes before turning around. His keyblade suddenly summoned itself before blocking something. Another keyblade. "What?! Another one?!" Kenji asked before he knocked the keyblade away. That's when he realized, the keyblade itself was flying. Or it had at least been thrown. Where was the user? "Huh?" Kenji turned around, only to see the keyblade thrown again. This time however, it passed him, and to his side appeared its bearer.

Kenji turned once again only to be smacked with the blade. "Gah!" he shouted before skidding across the ground. His keyblade had been knocked aside, disappearing into light. Kenji pushed himself up on his elbows before he saw a strange keyblade aimed at his chest, keeping him from going any further. The keyblade looked skinny, like a strange chakram weapon. The metallic rings were cloaked in a red, fiery like pattern.

Kenji slowly raised his head to look at the user. On the other side of the weapon was a young woman. She had pale skin, amber eyes, and clothing similar to his. She had on an open grey short-sleeved hoodie and a pair of baggy jeans. Her shoes were black combat boots, and beneath her open jacket was a black tank top. Her hair was separated in two long dual ponytails, the hue of lavender adorning her hair. And above all, she looked like she could tear Kenji in two. The new keyblade wielder gulped as he watched the young woman aim her keyblade at his chest.

"State your name." the young woman said, her chakram keyblade still aimed at his chest. Kenji was too scared to answer. The girl growled, her stern look still adorned on her face. "State your name!" she shouted. Kenji squeaked, unable to do anything. "Tch…fine then. If you won't answer-" she raised her keyblade, growling at him. "-Then suffer!"

"Mynx! That's enough!" came another voice. Both the young girl, apparently named Mynx, and Kenji widened their eyes, freezing in place. Mynx groaned before her keyblade turned to light. She stepped back and sighed.

"Sorry…" Mynx apologized as a figure walked out of a door from the adjacent room. A soft chuckle was heard from the figure as she walked over to the two.

"Don't apologize. Your intentions were in the right place." The figure said. Kenji widened his eyes even further as he saw a woman walking towards him. The figure soon stopped before him, bending over and extending her hand to him. "Are you hurt? Can you stand?" Kenji took a moment before he took the woman's hand, slowly standing up to his feet.

"That voice…you're the one who's been talking to me all this time." He said, looking up at the woman who stood above him. The young woman giggled before she smiled softly.

"That's right. I contacted you the moment I felt your light. I'm sure you have some questions, so let's just get the first one out of the way, okay?" she asked before smiling. "My name is Aqua. Welcome to the tower, Keyblade Wielder."