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Sora:1 (yeah! he got one!)

Fighting Darkness

Chapter Three:

Night of Fate

Usagi was sitting on the Poupu tree, bored. She was slumped over with her elbows on her knees and her face in her hands. She sighed and looked up at the night sky. The stars were shining brightly tonight. She sighed again and started to swing her legs out of boredom.

Someone grabbed her by the shoulders tightly, making her jump. She quickly turned around and saw a smirking Riku. She whacked him in the back of his head and glared. Riku just laughed.

"Sorry, did I scare you?" He asked still smirking.

Usagi continued to glare at him. He knew that he scared her; he just wanted to hear from her! Well, he wasn't going to… "I could have won the race if didn't pick me up..."

Riku chuckled and jump up on the Poupu tree with ease. He sat down next to her and looked out into the ocean. "I gave the raft your name, right?"

"So?" Usagi shrugged "You still cheated!"

Riku raised an eyebrow at her. "So what? I owe you a fight?"

Usagi nodded. "You're on!"

He smirked. "You know I'll kick your sorry butt!" Usagi just smirked back at him. "So... we set sail tomorrow. Ya scared?"

"No." Usagi stood up on the tree and picked a poupu fruit. "I'm going to find my Mom and Dad."

"How?" Riku asked. "You don't know what they look like."

Usagi back down. "You're not helping..." She ripped off a piece of the fruit and popped it in her mouth.

"I'm sorry. But did you think about how you're going to find them?"

Usagi shook her head. "Not really, but when they see me, they'll know who I am."

Riku raised an eyebrow again. "How'd you figure that?"

Usagi smiled and repeat Sora's words. "It's a parent thing."

"Right...Okay." Usagi rolled her eyes and ignored him. It got silent for a few minutes. But the silence was broken by a clash of lighting followed by loud thunder. "It could be a sto-" He stopped speaking when he felt the blond latch onto his arm. He sighed. For some reason, Usagi and Kairi despise thunder storms, especially at night. "Don't worry," He said quietly, "Nothing's going to happen so don't pee in your pants."

Usagi glared at him. She then let go of arm, pick up her sword that was leaning against the tree, started to walk away. Riku blinked. "Where you going?"

"To secure the raft!" She answered. Riku began to slide off the tree. "By myself!" He shrugged and went back to his spot on the tree. Usagi walked along the beach towards the door that would take her to the raft. She placed her hand on the door and paused. She quickly turned around and saw nothing. She searched the scene in front of her for anything out of place. Nothing. 'Must be my imagination,' she thought with a shrug. Usagi walked through door.

Once it closed, little black spots came from the shadows and into the moonlight. The pools of dark matter started to rise up and form little, slouching creatures with bright yellow eyes.

Sora was laying on his bed, thinking about the next day until he heard thunder. He sat up, opened his window, and looked outside. In the distance, he saw lighting. "A storm?" Realizing this, he gasped. "Oh no! The raft!" He quickly climbed out his window and ran in the direction of the docks, where his rowboat is placed.

/…/

Usagi dropped her sword by the raft and lifted the lid to the cooler. Dry ice had been placed in there. At least Riku did his job. He was the only one that could sneak dry ice over here. She released the lid, allowing it to fall closed, and picked up the cooler. She placed it in a hole in the stone wall. She went back and got the crate fill with soon to be ripe coconuts and placed them next to the cooler. Usagi sighed, dusted her hands off and looked at the raft.

What was she going to do with that? "I need Riku's help." She walked behind the small boulder and pushed it cover the small opening. When her task was completed, she leaned against the boulder. "He'll never let me live it down." She walked back to the raft, picked up her sword, and swung it around.

She turned around and gasped. There was man in front of her, standing a few feet away! He was wearing a light brown cloak that covered his whole body. He also had a hood pulled over his head, hiding his face.

She shivered. Who ever he is, he's bad news and she can tell. Knowing this, she got in her fighting stance, holding her wooden sword tightly.

And he laughed at her. It was loud and terrifying; it sent shivers down her spine, but she refused to show her fear. "So foolish…" He cast his hand forth and summoned the shadow like creatures.

Usagi gasped and stepped back. "What the-!" The creatures were as black as darkness itself. She took another step back and looked over her shoulder.

Just as she thought. There were more behind her. Usagi turned her attention back to the man in front, glaring at him. "Who are you!"

He laughed again. "Who I am doesn't matter child, for you are not long for this, or any other, world." With that said, the creatures jumped toward her with their claws out, ready to tear her to shreds.

Suddenly, a bright light emerged from her chest, instantly destroying the creatures and blinding the man.

RUN!

Usagi listened to that voice, ran past the man and though the door. She continued to run, but she didn't get very far. More black creatures rose from the ground, blocking her path and Usagi was forced to a halt.

Someone jumped down from the bridge above and started to slash at the creatures. Usagi raised an eyebrow. "Sora?"

He ran to her once he defeated the creatures. "Are you okay?" he asked with concern. Usagi nodded and looked at the weapon in his hands. It shaped like a key. No. It was a key. Weird… Usagi snapped out of her thoughts when Sora took her hand. She raised her eyebrow again. "I don't want us to separate. Riku already disappeared…"

"Disappeared?" Usagi repeated with a questioning tone.

Sora nodded. "Now, all we have to do is find Kairi."

"She's not at the cove." Usagi said. "I just came from there."

Sora sighed. "Well I did see her boat. If she's not-"

"Shh!" Usagi interrupted. "Do you hear that?" Sora put all of his concentration to his hearing. All he heard were the waves crashing against the shore and harsh rustling of leaves.

Nothing out of the ordinary. Sora shook his head. "Nothing. What does it sound like?"

"Well, it sounds like…" Usagi thought for a minute as she listened to the sounds that only reached her ears. They were cries, painful cries. It was like something was ripping it up from the inside out. She told this to Sora. "Have you looked in the Secret Place?" Usagi asked.

/…/

Sora entered the Secret Place with Usagi following closely behind. Sora still had her hand tightly in his. It only took a few seconds to reach the end of the cave, where Kairi stood.

CLICK

The sound came from the door.

"Kairi!" Sora called.

"Sora..." Kairi whispered as she slowly turned a round. The door suddenly swung opened and a strong wind blew through. Sora released Usagi's hand in an attempt to catch Kairi but she disappeared right in front of him. Soon, he was blown away by the strong gusts as well.

The next thing he knew, he landed on the beach. Sora sat up and looked down. There was no water, no ocean. Just a black abyss. "Wha-!" He was cut off by a small piece of wood hitting him against the forehead. Sora watched it as it continued to rise in the air. His eyes widen when he looked all the way up. There was a black sphere floating above the small beach of beach that remained intact and it was sucking up little rocks and pieces of wood.

Sora was paying so much attention to the sphere that he didn't notice the black figure rise up from the ground. But when it blocked his view of the sphere, he did notice.

The creature was huge. It's yellow eyes shone through the dark vines on top of it's head. There was a heart shaped hole in it's abdominal area.

Sora stared at it, unsure of what to do, until the creature attacked, throwing a punch at him. Sora ran out of the way just in time. Seeing that he could use the arm to reach it's head, he jumped on and ran up the arm holding his Keyblade tightly. He managed to hit the creature's head a couple of time, but he lost his balance and fell down.

Once he hit the ground, Sora felt himself being pulled up again by the strong gravitational force of the sphere. He grabbed on the closest thing to him. He recognized it as the dock and it was firmly placed in the ground. He looked over his shoulder and saw the huge creature being pulled into the sphere, not pay any attention to the hold that he had on the dock.

Before he knew it, Sora was being pulled to the dark sphere himself…

/…/

Donald and Goofy finally walked in the first district of Traverse Town. Goofy's navigation has sent them the wrong way. Without any particular reason, Goofy looked up to the dark sky. "Look!" he said pointing up. Donald looked and saw what Goofy meant for him to see. "A star's going out."

With those words said, the said star blinked out from existence.

Donald looked at Goofy with some new found determination. "We have to hurry." And he walked further into town. Goofy nodded and followed Donald with Pluto next to him. But he didn't stay there long. He started sniffing around.

Goofy took no notice. "Maybe we should find Leon like the king suggested." he said. Donald merely nodded. Then Goofy noticed that Pluto was missing glanced around and saw him sniffing towards the alley way. "Come on Pluto!" He said following Donald.

But Pluto continued to follow the scent he picked up. His searched ended when he found Sora. Pluto wagged his tail in happiness for some reason and licked his face, causing Sora to moan. He slowly opened his eyes and saw that huge, wet, drippy tongue. His eyes widen with surprise, but they relaxed when he realized it was a dog.

There was only one explanation to the current events. "What a dream..." he mumbled, closing his eyes again. The dog barked causing Sora's eyes to snap open again. "This it's a dream!" He slowly stood up as he took in his surroundings. It was an alley way with a fence at one end. He walked out of the alley with Pluto following and looked around. "Oh boy...Where am I...?" In front of him looked like a town plaza. To his right was a small outdoor restaurant and to his left, right next to him was a shop.

Sora looked down at the dog. "Do you know where we are?" Thedog's ears perked up when Goofy called him again and he ran away. "Hey!" Sora called after the dog. But he kept going. "Damn..." Sora looked at the shop next to him. 'Maybe someone in there can help me.' he thought and walked over to the door. When he entered, an old looking blonde man turned around with a smile on his face. He smiled so hard that his toothpick was pointing up in the air.

"Hey, What can I do for-" he got a disappointed look on his face when he got a good at Sora. He wasn't pleased with what he saw. "It's just a kid."

Sora's eyes narrowed at his comment. Like every teenager, he hated being called a kid. "I'm not a kid! The names Sora!"

Then shrugged and waved it off, not really caring. "Yeah, yeah. So what'cha here for?"

"Well gramps, what is this place?" Sora asked.

Like every slightly older person, this man did not like to be called gramps. "I'm not gramps! The name's Cid! What do you mean 'what's this place?'"

"Well..." Sora told him about the shadow creatures and the huge one that he fought before the island disappeared.

"Hmmm," he said in deep thought, rubbing his chin. "All I can say is this sure ain't your island."

"What about my friends! They disappeared too!" Sora yelled sounding worried.

"Hey! I don't know everything." Cid said. Then he sighed when he saw that Sora's worried expression never left. "Listen. This is a big town. Maybe you should look around, you might find one of your friends."

Sora smiled and nodded. "Yeah!" He ran to the door. "Be right back, Gramps!" He ran out. Sora ran behind the shop and saw big double doors. He went through them and found himself in another part of the town. He heard someone scream then saw a man trip and land in front of him. A heart appeared over him as the man slowly disappeared. Sora watched, slightly horrified but more confused. Suddenly, he was surrounded by the shadow creatures.

"It's those things from the island!" Sora realized as his new weapon appeared in hands. He slashed at all of the creatures. He went farther in the district, and more shadow creatures appeared. He ran from them all, deciding it would best to save his strength . He came to an ally way, saw a white house on the side and entered it.

Sora leaned against the door to catch his breath. What the hell was happening? Something nudged him in leg, bring him out of his thoughts. He looked down and saw two dogs, Dalmatians. The one with the red collar was tugging on his shorts trying to get him to move. Sora got the hint. "Okay, I'm coming." The dog stopped tugging and ran to the door. He followed the dog and opened the door for it. The dog ran through and ran to a person that was laying beside the couch. The dog turned around and barked. However the dog didn't have too; Sora already saw the person on the floor. He ran to her side and shook her gently. "'Sagi?"

Usagi moaned and rolled over. It didn't take much to wake her up, but to get her up was a completely different story. Sora sighed and shook her again. "C'mon 'Sagi. You have to wake up! We're in another world!"

That got her up. Usagi sat up quickly at looked at him. "What?"

"We are in another world." Sora repeated.

It took a few seconds for this to sink in the blonds mind. "Wow…" she said, finally. "How did we get here?"

Sora sat down next to her. "I don't know." he answered. "I woke up in an alley and went into a shop. Some old guy named Cid said that I should look around. So, I did, and I ran into these black creatures-"

"You saw them too!" Usagi asked, interrupting his story.

Sora nodded. "Yeah! When did you see them?"

"At the island, when I was securing the raft. They all just appeared. Oh! And there was some creepy man with them!"

Sora drew back a little. A creepy man? Most likely, it was the same guy he saw in the cave. "Did he do anything?"

"No." Usagi said, shaking her head. "He tried to get those things to attack me, but… something happened. I don't know what."

Sora nodded again, showing that he understood. "We should head back to Gramp's shop. He might have a weapon for you." He said as he stood up.

Usagi held out her hand. Sora just looked at it. "I'm lazy right now…" She said after seeing his reaction. Sora rolled his eyes and shook his head as he helped her stand. "Thanks." She tried tot take back her hand, but he wouldn't let go.

"I'm just glad to see you. I let go of your hand and you disappeared."

Usagi reassuringly at him. "It's not gonna happen again Sora." She finally got her hand back. "Now, I wanna go meet Gramps." Sora nodded and walked out the room. Usagi picked up her wooden sword before following him.

Alright. I happy with this change…