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Chapter 4: Reunited... for a reason -

Hey, it has been a while huh? I am sorry I haven't posted another chapter in a while but I have had major writer's block. I am back now and as stated before I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Enjoy the Fic!

Daisuke,Kira,and Rei were the first to make it back to the base. Kira laid Rei on a near by table so her wounds could be checked. Daisuke walked over and said"These are nothing but some scraps and burns. I can heal this with my Cura."

Daisuke conntracted the power of Cura into his palms. The room was soon filled with a bright green light. After a few moments, Daisuke removed his hands from Rei and the light disappeared."Her wounds should be fine now. She just needs to rest."Daisuke said sitting on the couch.

Kira sat next to him and looked at him intensely but also with sorrow."Are you going to leave me again?"she asked as her normaly cold attitude turned to that of a shy teenage girl. She looked Daisuke in his dark redish eyes. In his eyes, she saw pain and regret. In hers, he saw longing and a broken heart."Well, are you?"she asked again in a shy and sad tone.

Daisuke smiled at her lightly"I said I would come back to you. I mean what I say. The Black Rose Gang... has all of it's thorns back."he said smiling at her with goofy yet caring smile.

Kira smilied back at him. She hadn't been this happy in a long time. There was the sound of the door opening. Kira turned around to see Marcus coming in with Ai in his arms."Marcus, look who came back."Kira said smiling smiling

Marcus looked up to Daisuke."Hey Marcus, long time no see. How's life treating ya?"Daisuke asked smiling.

"Pretty shitty man. I'm sure you saw that large lizard like heartless we fought right?"he asked smirking and sitting his sister on the bean bag chair.

"Yeah,I saw that thing. Helped Kira and Rei take it out. It was pretty tough ,but not tough enough for me."he said smirking with pride.

"Yeah well, that overgrown pair of boots crushed Denimos. I need to get a few parts from Shade to fix her."he said sitting down looking at his busted revolver.

"Oh yeah, I remember Shade. The weapons and items supplier of the Black Rose Gang. How has he been doing?" Daisuke asked smiling."He married a year after you left. He has a 2 year old daughter too. She helps him with customer service."Marcus said smiling.

"Aww cool. Maybe I can go with you to see him for parts."Daisuke said smiling looked at the revolver and his bright smile turned to a look of sadness.

"You really miss her,don't you?"Daisuke asked. He was the only one of the gang that knew about Marcus' and Julia's relationship. When he found out, he swore to keep it a secret. When she died, Daisuke tried to keep Marcus from falling apart.

"More than you know my friend. More than you know."Marcus said as a single tear rolled down his cheek."Hey Daisuke,can I ask ya something?"Marcus said wiping a tear from his cheek.

"Sure buddy, anything?"Daisuke said hopping he could put a smile back on his friend's face.

"How did you know where to find Kira and Rei when they got cornered by the heartless?"Marcus asked looking at him curiously.

"It's acutally kinda strange. I was sitting in the waterfall in the jungles of Tarzan's world,when all of a sudden,this man in a pitch black coat found me. He told that I needed to find Kira quickly and save her from death. After that, he disappeared and I didn't see him anymore."Daisuke said tapping his chin.

"It's almost like it was set up for all of us to work together."Rei said waking up on the table.

"How long you been up?"Kira asked looking at her healed friend.

"Long enough."she said smiling and hopping off the table."Maybe, this little reunion is fate telling us we need to do something big."Rei said sitting down on the couch.

"If fate wanted the Black Rose Gang to do something big,we would some more types of members."Daisuke said smiling.

"You saying we each have a type?"Ai asked as she awoke.

"Yes. Marcus,the marksmen. Ai, the blademaster. Rei, the magic user. Kira, the powerhouse. And me, the brains."Daisuke said smirking."We'd need more that to accomplish something big and then we need the something big."Daisuke said smiling.

Marcus was about to make a comment when their com-link came on."Hello Rose Gang."said a man in a black cloak on the screen.

"You're the man from before."Daisuke said had this man called them all here? How did he know how to contact them?Most importantly, who was he?

"Before you ask I am just a friend and that is all you need to know. By now you are wondering why I have bought you all together again. The truth is, there is another door opened and pooring heartless into the world. This is know as the Blackened Heart."the strang man said in a deep powerful voice.

Daisuke gave him a serious look and said sternly"Why the hell should we trust you? For all we know this could be some crazy trap that could me and my team killed."

"Just here me out. This door is now as powerful as Kindom Hearts but is still quite dangerous and needs to be shut. This is a mission only the five of you can do." he said smiling some.

"Why can only the five of us do this mission?" Rei asked in her usual shy tone.

"Yeah,what makes you think we are the ones for this job?"Kira asked in her hard manner.

"This does seem quite illogical."Daisuke said sitting back and crossing his arms." We aren't exactly the most powerful."

"The reason you can do this is because of him."the cloaked man said pointing at Marcus.

"Me? What the bloody hell have I got to do with this?"he asked exetrmely confused.

" You my dear boy, hold a very powerful artifact needed to destory the chains holding the great door open. The Denimos Pistol."he said with a wicked smile.

Marcus looked at his pistol,the only memory of his first love, and said " This pistol is the only thing that can destory the chains?"he asked confused."How is that possible?"

"All will be revealed in time my dear boy. For now, head to the town square and meet an agent of mine, he some new equipement for you that should prove useful on your journey."he said before cutting off.

"Man that was strange."Ai said getting up."Come on,we should get going"she said walking to the door.

"Right!"everyone except Marcus said following her.

" There something not right here."Marcus said slowly following his teammates.

TBC