DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or the characters used in this.

'Sup, guys. Long time no see. That was my fault, sorry. I've learned one thing over the course of this chapter: I should never, ever write a collab again, because I DO NOT UPDATE ON TIME. EVER.

This time, I should keep a schedule... Uh, updates after this week will be on either Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. If I don't update in time, PM me and YELL AT ME. D:

Chapter Three
Heard

Zac was, quite frankly, stalking the two girls and the almost-man. Ajare was only a few meters ahead of the females; they didn't seem to notice him, so absorbed were they in their chatter (or, rather, the blonde was; the brunette glanced at the brown-haired man from time to time).

He hid behind lampposts, mailboxes, walls, and sneaked into alleyways every time one of the three turned around. He felt mildly proud of his stealthiness, but rather annoyed at himself for trailing after the trio.

It wasn't his fault they looked like they were from his world.

That led to the question of: Are they aliens, or something? Only one way to find out, he thought grimly, and jogged over to them. "Hey," he greeted smoothly, "would any of you, by any chance, be from Earth?"

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Ajare was faintly surprised to see the dark-haired stranger that had been following them come up to them and ask that question.

The brunette looked at the teenager, startled. "Yeah," she said, caution clear in her tone. Her eyes darted to the casually dressed man before returning to Zac. "My name's Serena."

"I'm Jodie!" chirped the energetic blonde. "I live here, though."

Zac looked at Ajare, and the brunet introduced, "I'm Ajare."

The raven-haired male nodded, satisfied. "Yo," he acknowledged. "I'm Zac, nice to meet you." He had a nice British accent, and when Ajare looked at him closer, he was somehow reminded of a stereotypical vampire. Maybe it was the too-long black hair, but maybe it was also the fact that his eyes looked a bit sunken. Ajare was astonished when, on closer inspection, he discovered that Zac was wearing eye-shadow. Is this guy gay, or something?

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Serena was, to be honest, absolutely freaking amazed when Zac had asked if any of them were from Earth. Finally! People from the same planet!

She was quite tired of the talkative Jodie; though the girl was very nice and courteous, she was just so annoying.

"Okay," she said, attempting to sound calm, "three out of the four of us here are from Earth. The only question I have is, why are we here?"

"What a good question," Zac snorted. "Only problem is that none of us knows the answer."

Jodie blinked. "Maybe Faust knows!" she suggested.

"... Faust?" the three humans asked in unison.

"Yeah, Faust." The blonde pointed to the temple not far from them. "He knows a lot of things." She didn't say, He knows everything, because Faust really didn't, no matter how much she'd like to believe he did.

"He lives," Ajare enunciated slowly, "in a temple?"

Jodie nodded, confused; she didn't see anything wrong with that. Then she remembered they were newcomers. "Yeah. He's, like, a god, so of course he lives in one."

"I see..." Serena said, though she didn't really see at all.

"Let's just go," Zac sighed. "We've got nothing to lose."

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The Heartless were right behind her.

Alex shook her hand vigorously. "You know," she shouted, "right now would be a very good time for me to get a freaking weapon—before I die!"

Of course, nothing happened.

She ran as fast as she could, trying to navigate her way through the thick forest without damaging her satchel. This sucks, this sucks, this sucks, this SUCKS—

She tripped.

Oh, joy.

Before she could be burned alive (or worse, turned into a Heartless), help arrived in the form of a fair-haired man whose smiling lips were stitched together. With a wave of his hand, the Heartless were thrown down, and, as if with psychic powers, disappeared.

Faust turned to Alex. "It's about time you were given a weapon," he proclaimed cheerfully, handing her twin daggers. "Now, I must go, so I can be at my place in time for the others to arrive. Bye!"

Before she could tell him to take her with him, he was gone.

Alex sat down heavily on her tailbone. "Oh, my god," she groaned, and put her head in her hands after setting the daggers down. "I'm gonna be stuck here forever."

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Yuri was still staring. Then she realized she was staring at empty space, so she closed her mouth and turned back to the temple. "... Might as well go in," she sighed, and walked up to it.

She looked at the many, many stairs, and felt a little sick.

On second thought, maybe not...

She shook herself. "What am I thinking?" she muttered aloud. "I can do this easily!"

By the time she was halfway up the stairs, she felt like dying.

"Why are there so many steps?! They need a freaking elevator!"

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OMAKE:

Alex: Why are there only two boys in this collab?!

Jodie: One of them's gay, too...

Zac: IT'S NOT ME.

Ajare: You're the one wearing eye-shadow!

Zac: Yeah, well, you're the hobo!

All: ... /silence

Yuri: Oh, no, you did NOT.

Zac: I did.

Serena: ... Get him.

Ajare: /punches Zac in the face

Zac: OW! /gets a broken nose

Alex: ... Yay :D

Zac: ... D:

All except Zac: That's all. This is pretty lame.