sniff I can't believe all I got was 8 reviews…. sniff Well, I'm over it now! So here's the next chapter. But first a disclaimer!

I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Sailor Moon in way, shape, or form (game, manga).

Pairings:

Sora: 11

Riku: 7

You're in the lead Sora!

Sora: Of course I am! I'm the keyblade master!

Riku: That doesn't mean anything! I'm coming in this chapter…

Sora: So!

Silvershell: Anyway…. Here's chappie number 9!

Fighting Darkness:

Chapter 9

Sora and his companions walked into Traverse Town square. Yuffie was standing in the outside diner by the window. She was leaning on the window sill, tapping her foot impatiently. Sora sniffed the air. "I smell pizza…"

Usagi sniffed the air too. Her stomach growled. "It smells so good…."

The teenagers ran to Yuffie with the animals walking behind. "Hiya, Yuffie!" Sora greeted.

"Hey Sora!" Yuffie stood up straight. "Back already?"

Sora nodded. Usagi looked through the open window. "Do I smell pizza?"

Yuffie nodded. "You bet! It'll be done in a couple of minutes. Can you tell Leon?"

"Where is he?" Donald asked.

Yuffie leaned to the side and saw Donald behind Sora. "When did you get here?" A vein popped out of Donald's head. Yuffie shrugged it off. "Anyway, he's in the waterway." She saw on their faces that they had no idea what she was talking about. "In the alley way behind the hotel. You'll see it."

/…/

"This water is freezing!" Usagi yelled as they walked in. The water came up to her knees.

Sora's teeth chattered. "I'm not used to this temperature…."

They walked further on and begun to here the sound of a blade cutting air.

"Leon?" Sora called. They finally reached a surface and stepped up. The ground was made of a green shiny rock. Even though it was damp, it wasn't slippery.

Leon stopped swinging his sword. He slammed the blade into the rock and looked at them, taking deep breathes. Sora looked at Usagi. "What?"

"The gummi."

"Oh!" Usagi opened the small bag and took the gummi block out. Sora took it from her showed it to Leon.

"It's different from the others." he explained. "Do you know what it's for?"

"Asked Cid." Sora turned around and looked at Areith. No one knew she was there. "He should know." she concluded.

Sora nodded and started to head for Cid's shop with his party members following. "Wait, Sora." Leon said. He dug into his pocket and pulled out a stone. "Take this with you. This stone holds some mysterious power." Sora took it. "I've been carrying it for luck. I want you to hold onto it."

Sora examined the stone. Usagi did the same thing over his shoulder. She swiped it to take a closer look. "Is there something in here?"

Leon shrugged. "I didn't see anything."

"Anyway," Usagi tossed it back to Sora. "Pizza's almost ready."

/…/

Usagi and Sora rounded the corner to the side of Cid's shop.

"Haven't you noticed that the heartless are easier to beat?" Sora asked Usagi as he walked down the steps.

"Yeah they are." Usagi answered. "We're getting stronger!" She jumped down, skipping the last two steps. They entered the shop together.

/…/

"Hey Cid, check this out." Sora placed the gummi block on the grass green counter in front of the engineer.

Cid picked it up and examined it for a long while.

"What's it for?" Goofy asked, breaking the silence.

Cid gave him a look of disbelief. "You're kiddin'! You're flyin' a gummi ship and you don't know anything about navigation gummis?"

"I sit in the back." Sora said defending himself.

"I shoot the lasers." Usagi said for the same reason Sora did.

Cid grumbled. "Pinheads… Interspace ain't no playground!"

"So what!" Usagi snapped. "There's a lot we don't know! We have to use the gummi ship to go to other worlds! We have no other choice!"

"Whoa…" Cid put his hands up in defense. "Easy… I didn't know. No hard feelings, all right?" Sora placed his hands on Usagi's shoulders. She calmed down a little bit, but she was still glaring. Cid sighed and dropped his hands. 'That was Cloud shining through…' He thought and then he said, "I guess I could lend y'all a hand…"

"Thanks." Sora said, still comforting his friend.

Cid sighed again. "With navigation gummis, you can go to new places." He held up the gummi block. "You want this on your ship, right?" Everyone nodded. "I'll install it for you. But I got to deliver this book." He reach behind the counter and pulled out a red book. Usagi took it from him. She opened it up and frowned her brow. "It's real old." Cid explained. "When the guy brought it in, it was practically falling apart."

"You tried to fix it?" Donald asked.

Cid nodded. "Too beat up to restore it to the way it was. But I think I did a decent job puttin' it back together."

"Some pages are missing…" Usagi pointed out.

"Yeah," Cid replied. "It came like that. Anyway, mind delivering that for me?"

"Where?" Sora asked.

"It's the old house past the Third district. Look for a fire sign."

DING - DING - DING

Donald looked around wildly. "What was that?"

Cid waved it off. "Just the bell from the Gizmo Shop."

"I want to check it out." Usagi said' still holding the book.

"Can you deliver that first?" Cid asked.

"Sure…"

/…/

"It's just like the underground cavern." Sora observed, looking around.

"Is that the house?" Usagi asked, pointing to a small purple house with the main door boarded up. The roof looked like a witch's hat.

"Hope so…" Donald said. 'I don't wanna be here for nothing!"

/…/

"Who has an entrance on the side!" Donald complained. He looked around. The room is small with a little platform in the center that had stairs rising around the sides to the top. "It's damp… and no one's even here!"

Sora looked around.

"There's something about this musty place…"

Sora turned around. 'Kairi?"

Kairi walked around, looking at everything. "It reminds me of the Secret Place back home, where we used to scribble on the walls." She looked at him. "Remember?"

"Sora?" Usagi waved her hand in front of him.

"Huh?" He looked at Usagi.

"You remember?"

"Wha?" He glanced straight forward, but Kairi was gone.

"You okay?"

Sora nodded. "I'm fine. Don't worry."

"Well, well…" A wizard in a blue robe and hat walked in. He wore round glasses and is carrying a large brown bag. "You've arrived sooner than I expected."

Goofy, who was at the opposite side of the platform, asked, "You knew we were coming?"

The wizard chuckled and stroked his very long beard. "Of course."

Usagi stared at the beard. "Wow…"

"Are you a heartless?" Sora asked.

-CLONK-

"Ow!" Sora rubbed his head in the spot were Usagi had hit him. "What!"

"A heartless would not be having a pleasant conversation with us!"

"It could happen! They're heartless, not brainless!"

"The only brainless one here is you!"

"The wizard chuckled some more. "Calm down you two. I'm not a heartless! My name is Merlin. As you can see, I'm a wizard." He walked up the steps to the platform with everyone else watching his actions. "I spend much of my time traveling. It's good to be home." He put the bad down. "Your king has requested my help."

"King Mickey?" Goofy asked.

"Yes, indeed." Merlin said as he reached up his sleeve. He looked at the animals. "Donald and Goofy." They nodded. He then looked at Sora and Usagi. "And who might you be, young man?"

"I'm Sora."

"And lovely lady next to you?"

"There's no one like that around here." Sora said, getting Usagi back for the brainless comment.

Usagi's eyebrow twitched. "You owe me a match once this is all over!"

Sora smirked. "It's a deal! I promise!"

"Good…" She looked at Merlin, "I'm Usagi."

Merlin took out his wand. "So, Sora, you have found the key." Sora nodded.

"What did the King ask you to do?" Donald asked.

"One moment please…" Merlin pointed his wand at the bag. "Presto!"

His bag opened and items came flying out. They were small at first, but they increased in size as they flew to their correct places. In a few seconds, the once empty room was filled with light and things such as books and chairs, etc..

"I wish moving was that easy!" Usagi said, impressed.

Merlin put his wand on the table next him. "Your King asked me to train you in the art of magic. Let me know when you're ready to begin." Sora nodded. "And one more thing…"

"Hello." The KH party looked behind them and saw an old lady in a blue robe. "I'm the Fairy Godmother…" she said. " Your King asked me to help as well."

Merlin spoke again, "I don't how much help we could be. But don't hesitate to ask."

"Maybe you should ask about the stone, Sora." Donald suggested with his arms crossed.

Sora reached in his pocket and took out the stone that Leon had given him. He showed it to Merlin.

"There's something in it…" Usagi told him.

"Bring it over here, dears." The Fairy Godmother said. Sora jumped down from the platform and walked over to her. She looked at the stone and gasped. "Oh, the poor thing! He has turned into a summoning gem."

Sora raised an eyebrow. "A summon gem?"

She nodded. "Yes. Young lady, come over here." Usagi walked over and stood next to Sora. "Now, watch. Bibbity, bobbity, boo!" The gem transformed to a form a light. It swirled around the teens and eventually disappeared. "Whenever either of you call, he will help. If you find anymore, bring them here."

Sora nodded. "Got it."

Merlin looked at them and noticed the book in Usagi's hand. "Did Cid ask you to deliver that book?"

Usagi looked at it. "Oh… I almost forgot." She jumped on the stone platform and handed him the book. "Sorry…"

"Quite alright. To be frank, it's not even mine. Somehow, it found its way into my bag while I was packing. I asked Cid to repair it for me. This book holds a great secret. The missing pages might unlock it."

"Maybe…."

/…/

"Well that was easy Goofy said as he and the rest of gang walk into the third district.

"Yup." Sora said with a nod. "Now, off to the Gizmo shop!"

"No way." Usagi whined. "Pizza first."

"Food is always on your mind!" Sora complained.

A couple of Heartless appeared.

"I'm always hungry!"

-SLASH-

The Heartless were destroyed.

"Huh?" they said at the same time. Their mouths opened as looked at the person in front of them.

He swung his wing shaped sword and smiled at them. "There you are!" You two shouldn't be arguing about food when there's Heartless around."

"RIKU!" Usagi tackled him. He managed to catch her and not fall.

"Hey…"

Sora walked up to him. "Riku?" He pinched his face and stretched it out.

Riku pushed him back. "Cut it out!"

"I'm not dreaming…. am I?" Sora asked himself.

"I hope not." Riku smiled again. "It took forever to find you."

"Have you seen Kairi?" Usagi asked her long lost friend.

"No. Isn't she with you guys." Sora hung his head and Usagi shook hers. "Well, don't worry." Riku said reassuring the younger teens. "I'm sure she made it off the island too. "I mean, if this girl can," Riku pointed to Usagi using his thumb. Her eyebrow twitched. "I'm sure she's okay. She might even be looking for us now."

A Heartless rose from the ground.

"Leave everything to me." Riku said, not noticing the Heartless behind him. "I know this…"

-SLASH-

"Way to go, Sora!" Usagi cheered.

Sora put his key blade on his shoulder. "Leave it to who?" he said with his cheesy grin.

Riku gave Sora a questionable look. "How did you…"

"'Sagi and I have been looking for you and Kairi with their help." Sora nodded to Donald and Goofy.

Riku glared at them for a split second. "Who are they?"

Donald cleared his throat, obviously, missing the glare. "My name is…"

Usagi interrupted. "We've been to so many other worlds looking for you."

"Really? I never would've guessed." Riku said with a small hint of jealousy.

"Guess what?" Goofy said, taking Sora by the shoulders. "Sora's the Keyblade master."

"Who would've thought?" Donald said with a snicker.

Sora glared at the duck. "What's that mean?"

"I was surprised myself." Usagi added.

"You're supposed to be on my side!"

"So…" Riku looked at the weapon in his hands. "This is called a Keyblade…"

Sora blinked. "Hey! Give it back!" He went to grab it, but Riku dodged. Sora lost his balance and fell.

Riku looked at it some more in deep thought. "Catch." He threw it back to Sora.

Sora fumbled it, but eventually got a firm grip. He looked at Riku. "You're coming with us, right? We got this awesome rocket!"

"Gummi ship." Usagi corrected.

Sora rolled his eyes. "Anyway, wait till you see it!"

Donald spoke up. "He can't come."

"Why not?" Sora asked with his anger rising. "He's my friend!"

"I don't care!" Donald pointed to Usagi. "We already have her coming along!"

Goofy looked up, wanting to see Riku's reaction. "He's gone!"

Sora looked around. "Riku?"

"You scared him off!" Usagi said with her voice slightly raised.

"Ah, Phooey!"

/…/

Soar and the rest of the gang climbed the latter that lead to the top of the Gizmo shop. Usagi sighed. "I can't believe Yuffie dropped the pizzas…"

Sora rolled his eyes. "The Heartless were attacking. She did the best she could." He walked over to the tall wooden fence. He pushed it. 'It's loose…' he thought. "Donald, Goofy." The animals came over. "Let's knock it down on three." They took some steps back. "One, two, three!"

-CRASH-

Sora stood and dusted himself off. Goofy grabbed the rope near him to pull himself up.

-RING-

Usagi looked at the fountain when she heard a noise. The design had changed. "Hey… ring the bell again…"

"Okee-dokee!" Goofy pulled the rope.

-RING-

Usagi watched as the fountain glowed and the design change. "One more time."

Sora walked next to her. "What are you looking at?"

-RING-

The design changed and glowed. Sora gasped as a keyhole appeared.. "A keyhole!"

/…/

Sora walked to the keyhole with his key blade in hand.

"This is too easy…" Donald stated.

-CRASH-

A giant purple armor hit the ground. "Didn't we fight that before?" Goofy asked from behind his shield.

Suddenly the gauntlets slammed on the ground palm first. The boot rose in the air followed by the main body but it was upside down.

"Well…" Usagi said, getting herself ready to fight. "That's different."

"But it will be just as easy to take down…" Sora said, preparing to fight.

The battle was very similar to when they fought the armor before. They destroyed the limbs with little trouble. One of the boots hit Usagi and Donald and they landed against a wall. Sora gasped. He glared at the Heartless as it floated there. As Sora jumped to attack, The Heartless release a powerful energy ball, hitting it's target. Sora fell to the ground unconscious. Donald ran to aid the Keyblade master.

Usagi glared at the Heartless. "Goofy!"

Goofy appeared next to her. "Got ya covered."

Usagi nodded. "Thanks." She ran toward the enemy attacked. Whenever the Heartless attacked Goofy used his shield to stop it. Already weaken, the Heartless fell to ground in no time. Usagi stuck her tongue out at it as it slowly disappeared and then she ran to Sora's side.

/…/

The door to the small house opened. Donald and Goofy walked in followed by Sora who was supporting Usagi. Yuffie, Leon and Cid were already chowing down on pizza.

"FOOD!" Usagi ran the nearest pizza.

Sora blinked. "I thought you were tired!"

"I'm more hungry then tired!" She took huge bite out of her slice.

"Don't eat it all!" Sora ran it to get his fair share.

/…/

Riku stood outside the small house, watching Sora and Usagi fight over a pizza. Donald and Goofy joined in soon after. Riku glared at them.

"It's just as I told you." Maleficent walked up next to him. "While you were trying to find your friends, they simply replaced you. You're better off them. Now…" She placed a hand on his shoulder. "Come with me. I'll help you find what you're searching for…"

Usagi blinked and looked outside the window with a piece of pizza in her mouth. All she saw was a dark aura. 'Riku?'

/…/

The pizza was gone and boxes are being thrown away by Leon.

"Once Leon returns, we'll begin." Aerith said, speaking to everyone sitting at the small round table.

Sora nodded and held out a cup. "May I have some more tea, please?" Aerith nodded and poured him some tea.

The door opened and Leon came in. He had a dark look on his face.

"What's wrong?" Yuffie asked with some concern.

It remained quiet for several minutes. " I just saw Maleficent." Everyone one but the KH crew gasped. "She's in town."

"Who?" Usagi asked.

"A witch." Cid answered, having a grave look on his face "It's cuz of her that our home world was destroyed nine years ago."

"Nine?" Sora asked. He thought back to when Usagi first showed up at the island. He looked at her. "Didn't you appear at the island nine years ago?"

Usagi brought her finger to her chin and thought. "Yeah. Just about…"

"Maleficent used the Heartless to run us out of our world. Cid used his gummi ship to get us out." Aerith explained. "That was when…" and she stopped.

"When what?" Usagi asked.

Aerith shook her head. "Never mind…" Usagi shrugged and continued to listen. "Maleficent holds a certain interest in Ansem's report. It contains the most extensive documentation of the Heartless known to exist."

"So she gonna use it to control the heartless." Sora concluded.

"That's one evil witch." Donald said.

Usagi nodded in agreement. "It's possible that she doesn't have all of the pages…"

"So we'll get the rest of them!" Goofy finished.

"We might be able to use the information to stop her!" Donald added.

Cid smiled at them. "Well ship's all done. I threw in a warp gummi for the heck of it."

Usagi smiled. "Great! Let's get started!"

/…/

Cid watched the teens and the animals leave. He looked at Aerith who was next to him. "You almost slipped back there."

Aerith nodded. "I know…" She smiled. "I can't believe how much she's grown. She's so strong, like her father."

Leon smirked. "And she's stubborn, just like you."

Aerith looked at him with a smile. "I suppose so…" Aerith looked at doors where her daughter had walked through. "I wonder if Cloud saw her yet?"

"It's a possibility." Yuffie said.

"I hope she comes out this okay…" Aerith said no longer smiling. "The powers she have can put her in so much danger…"

"We'll just hope for the best…" Leon said.

/End of Chapter 9/

Heck yeah! I got KH2 and was inspired! I already have some ideas for the sequel…. Maybe I should finish this first… -shrugs- I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Would this be a cliff hanger?

I don't feel like responding to reviews this time. Next chapter I will. Review, I really want to know the reaction of every reader to this. It inspires me.