I do not own Kingdom Hearts 1 or 2, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Final Fantasy VII, or any of the characters from them. However I do own the character that appears at the end.

"Well it isn't really that simple. There are more things than just the heartless running around here." Sora explains himself to Cloud.

"I don't mean to intrude but how do you know each other? My name is Ike by the way." Ike interrupts.

"It's a long story and I'm not entirely sure how to explain everything now, especially seeing how things are." Sora looks at cloud confused. Cloud gives Sora a brief run down. "That's what's going on."

"Wow, things just got a lot more complicated." Sora places a hand on his chin. "Oh no, that means that means that there is even more a risk here than I thought." Sora gives Cloud and Ike a brief rundown of his situation. "If Xemnas and Sephiroth team up then we will be dealing with a huge threat not just to our realms but any others that exist out there."

"Then we don't have time to. . . ." Ike stops and all three heroes turn back to back. "Well at least we know one thing." Ike says as a group of heartless rise from the ground. These Heartless are a little bigger than the ones from before.

"Oh? What's that?" Cloud questions as he raises his sword.

"It'll be a fun trip to the end!" Ike answers as he charges at the Heartless with Ragnell. He chops them to bits, one by one but more appear in their place. Cloud and Sora follow suit but soon the warriors are up to their necks in heartless.

"This can't be, how could they be this strong?" Sora says as he drops to a knee. The two Keyblades that were floating at his sides fall to the ground. Cloud lowers the Buster Sword so that it touches the ground. Ike drops to the ground and starts breathing heavy with Ragnell still clutched in his hands. The Heartless start to close in, creeping closer with every second.

Out of nowhere, a large white hammer-like ax drops down and crushes some of the Heartless. A large white creature appears and grabs the ax then starts to take out the rest of the Heartless. Sora slowly rises to his feet and motions for Cloud and Ike to hurry with him. They run down block after block until they finally reach a cliff. From the cliff they see a giant hovering, white castle. Sora turns to Cloud and Ike and nods.

"That is where Xemnas is and most likely Sephiorth along with the Black Knight." He turns back towards the castle.

"So what was that white thing?" Cloud starts walking towards the cliff.

"Nobodies, they are entirely different creatures then Heartless and can be a lot more dangerous." Sora examines the area of nothingness in front of him. "We will probably be seeing a lot more of them in the castle."

"Well then, I say we get started by finding a way over there." Ike says as Sora touches the area of space just off the cliff. When he does, a bridge of light appears that leads to the castle. The three heroes look at each other then start running across. They head straight across the bridge and into a huge entrance. They start to slowly walk into the center of the area and look around. There isn't anything in the room.

"I don't like the look of this," Sora starts to glide over the floor. He starts to glide higher into the air to search for any possible enemies. "It's too quiet in here."

"I know what you mean but I think I prefer quiet right now." Ike says as he moves around.

"Oh, please don't get too comfortable." A voice rings throughout the room. "I don't exactly know who your friends are, Sora, but you aren't the only one with new allies." The voice starts to laugh.

" Xemnas! Where are you?!" Sora calls out and flies around the room.

"I'm deeper in the castle. You may come to me if you wish, but I would like for you to be alone so. . ." two trap doors open beneath Cloud and Ike. They fall in screaming as they do. The doors close and Sora flies to their location and strikes the ground to try to open the doors. "Now Sora, come to me. That is, if you ever wish to see your precious Kairi again." Sora turns towards the entrance to the next room and glares.

Cloud continues to fall down the hole. It seems to go on for miles. He takes the Buster Sword and slams it into the ground. He kicks the wall, causing it to breaks. He enters through the hole he just made. He climbs out of the hole and lands on a platform with two entrances that is over a huge pit. The platform is gray with a purplish tint and the room itself is white with black designs. Cloud walks to the center of the platform and readies his sword.

A man with two strange looking guns drops from the ceiling. The barrels of the guns look like blades. The man is wearing a black cloak and has a black eye patch. His hair is black with some gray on top. He looks at Cloud and smiles. "Well, well, well it looks like Xemnas has sent me a little toy to play with. Too bad he wants to keep the Keyblade wielder to himself. The man points his guns at Cloud. "Whatever, I may as well tell you the name of your killer so that you can take it to the grave with you." The man fires several shots at Cloud, all of which he dodges by running out of the way. "That's right, give me a show. Dance for the gunslinger, Xigbar!"

Meanwhile, Ike had finally stopped falling and was now wondering around the area he was in. He carried Ragnell in his hand, ready to swing at any enemies that popped up. He stopped walking when he saw a man sitting at a table with a deck of playing cards. From the looks of it the man was playing Solitaire. His blonde hair was companied by a blonde goatee. As he turned to Ike and stood up, his black robe swayed to the side.

"Well I guess you must be one of the Keyblade wielder's friends." The man picks up the cards from the table. "Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Luxord." He shuffles the cards quickly then holds them at his side.

"So are you going to try to stop me?" Ike points Ragnell at Luxord.

"Well that is what I'm supposed to do." He shuffles the cards behind his back then over his head. Then they disappear into his sleeves. "However, I'd prefer to make a game out of it!" Luxord points his hand at Ike and all of the cards fly at him. Ike raises his sword to block but the cards fly off in random directions around him instead of hitting him. He looks forward to find the Luxord is missing. Ike looks around slowly for his opponent but sees nothing but cards. Suddenly all of the cards pop up with their backs towards Ike and start spinning around him. "Now come on and let our game commence." Luxord's voice taunts from the spinning cards.

Sora burst into a room with large windows and a view of a large off white heart in the sky. He walks over to the windows and looks outside. He glares at the heart in the sky and opens his mouth to say something but stops when he realizes that his companions are not at his side. He had been travelling with Donald and Goofy so long that he hadn't even thought about what being without them would be like. He couldn't help but wonder if they were ok with King Mickey.

"Enjoying the view?" Sora turns around to see a man in a black cloak with blue hair, spiked up on the top and flowing down to his shoulder on the sides. He has an x-shaped scar in the middle of his face slightly above his nose. He is carrying a blue and silver sword with a circular end with seven pointed spikes on it. "You must be Sora; it is an honor to meet you." Sora prepares himself for battle. "Oh? No pleasantries?" Sora glares at him. "In that case, I guess it is up to me, Saïx, to teach you some manners." Saïx raises his blade and rushes at Sora, who is charging at him.

They lock blades in the middle of the floor. Sparks fly as Sora's two Keyblades smash against Saïx's sword. Sora strikes with such force that it forces Saïx backwards. Sora raises his hands and causes a bunch of lightning bolts to crash around Saïx. He dodges the lightning and charges for Sora. As he approaches striking range, Sora spreads his arms, causing a ring of fire to appear and protect him from Saïx attack. The two fighters stand about twenty feet from each other, their eyes locked. They charge at each other once more and heir weapons smash head on.

Meanwhile, a young man watches all of the events on a series of large black orbs that are placed in a huge shrine. The young man has long black hair and is wearing a traditional Japanese hakama pants. He has two daggers that are sheathed in the two leather straps that are crossed on his chest. He looks on at the events with curiosity. He walks over to a door on the other side of the room and opens it. Inside is an even larger orb. This orb shows a mysterious shadowy figure flying through the realms. It doesn't seem like anyone can see him and the young man seems relieved at this.

"At least Sephiroth hasn't caused enough chaos to release him but if this continues then there is no telling what will happen." The young man turns away from the orb and heads out of the room. He starts to head out of the temple and walks down the stairs. "As much as I'd love to continue to watch from the sidelines, I have no choice but to get involved." The young man smiles as he walks towards a strange podium. He places his hands on them and closes his eyes. When he opens them, there is a glowing red portal in front of the podium. He slowly walks through it and enters another realm.