I'm back and with Chapter 13. I can't believe I made it this far though… Ha! I'm talking like I'm at Hollow Bastion or something. But I'm almost there though. If I cross out this chapter from the list then I'll have Neverland, filler chapter, and Hollow Bastion.

I haven't made up the rest of the list yet. Maybe another filler chapter, End of the World and then Epilogue. I don't know yet, but we'll see what happens. I'll figure it out while I write the filler chapter.

So yeah that's the plan.

I do not own KH or SM in any way, shape, or form. SO DON'T SUE!!!

Fighting Darkness

Chapter Thirteen

Atlantica

Usagi signed herself and the rest of group up for the Pegasus tournament with much better handwriting than Phil. Again, there were several entries that were burned on rather than written on. Except for one entry. Her eyes widen when she saw it and she ran off in search for Sora.

"Sora!!" she yelled as she ran down the hallway. "Sora! Guess wha-!" Usagi ran right into someone's rock hard chest.

"No running in the halls…" said a familiar voice. Usagi looked up and saw the face of Cloud. "Especially since I just mopped the floor. You'll fall and get hurt."

Usagi raised an eyebrow. Where did all this concern come from? "Get hurt? Cloud, I will be in more pain after another training session with you than falling on the floor. Besides, I know Cure."

Cloud nodded. He couldn't help but to act a bit fatherly towards his own daughter, even if it has been nine years and she's not the same little bundle of energy she used to be. "Sora's in the cafeteria."

Usagi shuddered at the thought of eating more of that green slime. "Thanks," she said before she took off running toward the cafeteria.

Cloud didn't even bother repeating himself.

Usagi entered the cafeteria and ran to Sora's side, quickly sitting down. "Sora! Guess who is in the tournament!"

"Could it be us?" asked a familiar, feminine voice. Usagi blinked and looked at the two people whose names she saw on the sign in sheet. Leon and Yuffie.

Sora blinked, "You guys are in the tournament too!?"

Yuffie nodded and took a bite out of her sandwich. Wait, sandwich!? "Food!" Usagi grabbed an untouched sandwich and started to chow down.

Leon weakly glared at the blond. That was his sandwich... Yuffie saw his glare and pat him on the back. "C'mon Squall. Don't be mad. We have plenty more sandwiches here!"

"It's Leon," the brown haired man corrected.

"So, how did you guys find out about the tournament?" Goofy asked.

Yuffie smiled brightly, "We got an invitation!" She leaned in a bit and whispered, "and a warning about the food." Leon rolled his eyes and took out another sandwich from the cooler as Yuffie continued to talk. "So here we are! When we got here, some big, buff guy said 'a reliable source' recommended us!"

"That's great!" Sora cheered with a mouth full of food. Usagi elbowed him in the side, hoping he would get the hint. Sora just blinked at her and swallowed. "What!?"

The blond's eyebrow started to twitch. "Don't talk with your mouth full!"

"I didn't!" he argued.

"Did so!"

The two teens were so caught up in their argument, they did not hear the footsteps of someone arriving, nor did they see the person stand by the table.

Cloud scratched the back of his head tiredly. "How long has this been going on?" he asked, pointing to the two arguing teens.

"Not long," Donald answered. "But it will take a while for it to end."

Cloud sighed tiredly and pinched the nearest person to him, which happened to be Sora. He yelped and stopped arguing, which stopped Usagi from screaming at him.

"When did you get here Cloud?" Usagi asked.

Cloud didn't bother to answer. "You two, up and follow me."

They blinked. "But why?" Sora asked.

Cloud gave them a one word answer. "Training."

"You're training them?" Leon inquired. So, Cloud was aware of Usagi existence, but for how long was in question. All he can do is reassure Aerith that Cloud was also alright and he did see Usagi.

"I am." Cloud answered, and then he looked back at the teens. "Let's go." He ignored the groans and left out the cafeteria knowing that they will follow him.

/…/

Cloud wiped off the sweat on from his forehead. "You two have improved greatly…" he said to the already exhausted teens. Cloud smiled to himself, training was far from over. "Now we need to focus on your strengths." They groaned from the floor and he just ignored them. "Get up you two." After a long while they did get up. "Usagi, what are your weaknesses?"

"Uh…" Cloud just had to go straight for the weaknesses. "Well, my defense isn't that good, but that's what I have Goofy for."

Cloud shook his head at the poor excuse, "Goofy won't be by your side all the time. Anything else?" Usagi thought for bit and shook her head. "You're easily over powered and you have a habit of attacking head on. That's not very smart for someone who lacks strength."

"Ouch…" Usagi muttered. Cloud basically just called her weak.

Cloud felt guilt tuck at his heart as he looked at Usagi's hurtful look. "But you are very fast and I bet you're good at magic too." The young blond smiled a bit at that.

Cloud then turned his attention to Sora. "You are a bit slow, but you are strong. Your offense and defense are pretty good but they need to be better. You have to get stronger though." He didn't bother letting Sora figure out his weaknesses. It would have taken forever. Cloud grabbed his sword again, "Now let's continue." The room was filled with tired groans.

/…/

"Aren't you leaving?" Cloud asked the younger blond.

Usagi shook her head and swung her arms back and forth. A nervous twitch she has. "Actually, I wanted to talk to you,"

Cloud felt his heart skip a beat. Talk to him? Does she recognize him? Maybe she remembered him? "Uh… Sure," He turned his attention to her. "What is it?"

"Well," Usagi thought back to what happened with the flower in Halloween Town. "In the last world we were in, something really weird happened."

Cloud raised an eyebrow. "Something weird…" His mind searched for the meaning of something weird. Sora better pray that this 'something weird' had nothing to do with him.

Usagi nodded. "Yeah! You see, I picked up this dead flower, I mean it was completely brown and crunchy…"

Cloud had to interrupt. "Crunchy?"

"Yeah. Like it could break easily." Usagi explained. After Cloud nodded in understanding, she continued. "After I picked it up, it sorta came back to life."

"Came back to life…" Cloud repeated trying to make sense of the words. "Like it was breathing and dancing?"

Usagi laughed a bit. "No, I mean that it had color again! The stem was green and the petals were pink. It was alive. And I was wondering…" She trailed off, a bit hesitant to go one. Cloud urged her to continue. "Well, can you do that too?"

Cloud was surprised by her question, "No, what makes you think I can?"

"We have the same eyes," Usagi answered plainly. She was expecting a question like that. "And since we do, I just thought we could do similar things that no one else can do."

"I'm sorry," Cloud said, shaking his head. "I can't do that."

"Oh…" Usagi looked down with a disappointing look on her face. "Okay. Well, see you." She made her way towards the door.

Cloud sighed deeply after she left. He certain that it was her Cetra powers that caused that to happen. But Cloud knew nothing about that, only Aerith did.

/…/

Leon spoke as he put the cooler in the gummi ship. "You want me to take her to Aerith, why?"

Cloud told Leon the story about the flower. "I'm certain it has something to do with her Cetra powers and I know nothing about that."

The brunette nodded, understanding. "Right, I need to go back to Cid to restock on food anyway."

"Thank you," Cloud said, relieved that his daughter would get some answers.

Leon waved it off, "That's what I'm here for. Where is she anyway?"

They both heard an irritated groan. After hearing it so many times, Cloud knew who it was. "Why did I have to get up so early? The tournament isn't until later. And I'm sore from yesterday."

The black haired ninja just nodded, pretending to listen to young blonds complaints. Cloud had asked her to get Usagi up for the trip to Traverse Town. Now Yuffie was stuck with her continuous complaining. She even started to wonder if she talked this much. "No way,"

"He did!" Usagi said, with some anger behind her words. "Donald has some nerve, he's not that strong himself!"

Yuffie waved to the guys and walked slightly faster to avoid any explosions of fire spells from Usagi. "Morning Cloud, morning Squall." She ignored Leon correcting her.

Usagi released a loud, long yawn and then greeted both men. "Why am I up again?"

"To get answers," Cloud told her. "I know someone that should be able to help you understand."

Usagi suddenly woke up again. "Really!? Sweet!"

Leon spoke up, "I'll be taking you. I need to go to Traverse Town anyway."

"Okay." Wow. Alone time with Leon. Very quiet, hardly speak a word Leon. Usagi was just jumping for joy.

/…/

"So…" Usagi looked around Traverse Town. Nothing has changed since her last visit. "Where to?"

Leon carried the cooler on his shoulder. "I'm going to Cid's shop. You need to go to the hide out and talk to Aerith."

"But Cloud said he knew someone," Usagi said, not seeing the connection.

"That's her," Lean made his way to Cid's shop, leaving the teen behind.

"Cloud knows Aerith?" Usagi thought aloud. "Never would have guess." Deciding not to waste anymore time, Usagi headed for the door that leads to the third district. The Heartless in Traverse Town were very easy to defeat own her own. She used her agility against them and was able to hit them before they could hit her.

Once the Heartless were destroyed, the blond entered the house. On the table was a cup of tea, waiting for her. Aerith sat on the opposite side of the table, holding her own glass of tea and smiling at Usagi. "I've been expecting you." Unable to say anything, Usagi just sat down at the table in front of the tea. "You have some questions, don't you?"

Usagi nodded "Right," She told Aerith about the flower in Halloween Town.

Aerith nodded as she listened to the blond explain. Her story brought back some uncomfortable memories of what happened about nine years ago.

*Flashback*

Aerith watched her daughter wander off again, wanting to explore deeper in the field of flowers. "Don't go too far sweetie!"

"Okay Mom!" was the reply. For a three year old, Usagi was very well spoken. Aerith believes that it was because of the Mako in her blood. It must have enhanced her intelligence.

As promised, Usagi was not that far away and Aerith went back to looking for more flowers to sell. She has been selling very well lately. Could be because of the adorable little girl she had with her constantly.

Usagi herself was looking for flowers just like her Mom. She spotted a pretty bunch of them and went to get closer. The flowers were singing to her, drawing her in. They had beautiful voices as well as looks. These flowers would make someone very happy. She reached out and touched the petals. They seemed to blossom a bit more under her touch.

"Excuse me." An unfamiliar voice brought her out of the flowers spell. The little girl blinked up at the man, or rather what he was holding, a slightly wilted flower. It wasn't singing like the others ones. It was crying.

"What about this one?" The man spoke again, hoping that his words would cause the girl to talk.

"It's sad," she said.

"Can you make it happy?" the man asked, "Can you make it bloom again?" He held the flower out to her.

She took it from him and it immediately started to bloom again. It was singing instead of crying. This made Usagi happy.

"Who are you?"

The girl knew this voice, it was her mother. She held out the flower with a smile on her face. "It's singing again."

Aerith gently placed a hand on her daughters shoulder. "Hush now." Her green eyes were glued on the man. "Who are you?" she repeated her question.

"Ma'am, I'm a researcher working under-"

"Researcher?" Aerith interrupted, not liking the word one bit. "What are you researching? What does it have to do with my daughter?"

The man started to get nervous. "Well, we are researching the darkness in people hearts-" He was once again cut off.

"What does this have to do with my daughter?" Aerith asked again. Little Usagi could feel the tension rising, but she didn't really understand what it was.

The man sighed before he went on, "We have discovered that worlds have hearts too and we can access them through a keyhole and by doing so they can be connected to other worlds!"

Aerith was not impressed. "This doesn't explain anything about my child."

Another sigh. "Ma'am, your child is special. She has a special, spiritual connection to this world. As seen with the flower," he gestured to the blooming flower in the girl's hands, "She can channel the world's energy to other objects. Maybe even absorb it. Now, we just want to do some tests…"

"No." It was as Aerith feared. These people want to experiment on her little girl. She picked the girl up and walked away. The man made no move to stop her.

/…/

"Umm… Aerith?" Usagi asked for the third time. "Are you okay?"

Aerith snapped back to the present and smiled sweetly at the young teen. "I was just thinking and I may have an answer."

Usagi smiled and became excited. "Really!? Great!" She realized that she was over reacting a bit and calmed herself down. "So why can I do what I do?"

Aerith placed her hands on the table and started to explain. "Usagi, you are part of a ancient race called the Cetra. The Cetra have the ability to communicate to the planet, to the world. They can also hear its cries when it's in pain."

Usagi thought back to the cries she heard on the island before it disappeared. 'That's what it was…' She heard the world's cries as the darkness overtook it.

"The Cetra can do many other things, but I think you only want to hear about what happened with the flower, right?" Aerith asked Usagi for reassurance. After the blond nodded, Aerith continued, using the words she heard from the researcher. "You have a deep, spiritual connection with the worlds you visit. With this connection, you are able to transfer its energy to the dead flower, giving it life again. You may be able to sense certain things as well, things that nobody else can."

"Wow," Usagi said, almost speechless.

"I'm sure it's a lot to take in at once," Aerith said in a comforting tone.

"How do you know all of this?" Usagi asked.

Aerith smiled as her mind came up with a reasonable lie. "I read a lot of Merlin's books. You'd be surprised on what's in those things."

Usagi looked down a bit disappointed, "Oh," She was hoping that Aerith had shared the same abilities.

Suddenly the door opened and Leon was standing in the doorway with one hand on the door to keep it open. "Are you two done?"

"Yes," Usagi stood and made her way to the door, "Thanks Aerith," she said before the door closed.

/…/

"You're part of an ancient race?" Sora asked with a raised eyebrow. Usagi had just finished her story about her visit to Traverse Town. "How does Aerith know all that? Is she a Centipede too?"

"Cetra!" Usagi snapped. Her eyebrow twitched when Sora laughed at her. He knew how much she hated that bug with all those legs… it was gross! "And no, she just read it in Merlin's books."

"And how are you sure you are?" Sora asked. "Maybe you just have some special powers. Like how I have the Keyblade."

Usagi sighed, annoyed by his questions. Why does Sora choose to be smart now? "I'm not, but I don't think Aerith would lie. She has no reason to."

Sora sighed himself. "Whatever." He stood up and made his way to the door. "We have to go to the tournament; it's starting to get dark."

Usagi stood and walked pass him to the hallway. How could he just brush it off like that? She had finally discovered something that could lead her to where she came from and Sora was just ignoring it. She was really happy the tournament was about to begin, because she really needed to hit something.

/…/

"What's wrong?" the older blond asked the younger one. "You were really beating down those Heartless and you were being reckless."

Usagi sipped her potion through the bendy straw. Her minor wounds started to close, wounds that could have easily been avoided. "I'm upset."

"About?"

"Sora."

"What!?" Cloud realized that he was being just a little crazy and forced himself to calm down. He doesn't know the situation between the two yet. "What happened?"

Usagi either didn't hear Cloud yell or she didn't care. "He's being a jerk." The man nodded, indicating for her to continue. "I finally found out something about my past, something about me that I never new before, something that could maybe help me find my family…"

Cloud felt his heart leap at the word 'family'. He really wanted to hug the girl and tell her that he was her family, her father, but he couldn't. Not now.

"And he doesn't care! We wanted to know about other worlds to explore and to find out where Kairi and I come from. I wanted to find my family..." Usagi stopped because she felt her eyes tearing up and she didn't want to cry, especially in front of Cloud.

"And Sora didn't listen?" Cloud guessed. Usagi nodded feeling herself calm down.

She turned to face Cloud. "He just brushed it off like it didn't matter."

"Usagi?" Speak of the devil. Sora came into the room. "We're up next. Are you ready?"

Without saying a word, Usagi walked passed Sora to get ready for the next match. Sora felt a frosty gaze stabbing him in the head. He turned his head and saw Cloud glaring at him. He quickly made his way out and to the ring.

/…/

Usagi deflected the ninja star and swung her sword blindly at Yuffie. The ninja easily evaded with a back flip and threw another star which was, again deflected. This time, Yuffie threw two ninja stars at the blond. Usagi only deflected one, the other cut her arm. Yuffie sighed and shook her head. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Usagi said and attacked again.

Yuffie barely had to do anything to dodge this one. "You're sucking. And I saw you earlier. You're mad…" She threw another star at the blond and it cut her face. "You're blinded by anger. That could have easily been avoided."

While Usagi was having some trouble with Yuffie, Sora, Donald and Goofy were having their own trouble with Leon. He was delivering powerful and agile attacks, barely giving Sora enough time to dodge. He looked to his left to see how Usagi was fairing. She wasn't doing too well. "You guys deal with Leon. I need to help Usagi." He told Donald and Goofy before rushing off to aid his friend.

"Where's Sora going?" Goofy asked Donald, before he got hit with a fire ball.

"Pay attention!" Leon yelled as he swung his sword at them.

Sora arrived just in time to block some ninja stars from hurting Usagi. "You alright?" he asked.

"I don't need you here." Usagi snapped.

Sora looked back at her. She had various scratches all over her from the ninja stars. "You sure?"

"You'll only make it worse."

"Me!?" Sora dropped his stance. "What did I do!?"

"Ah…" Yuffie said, intrigued. "So this is the problem."

"Me!?" Sora repeated, now looking at Yuffie.

Yuffie shrugged, she was no longer in her fighting stance. "Don't ask me."

Sora turned to face Usagi now. She too had dropped her fighting stance. "What's the problem?"

"The problem is…" Usagi poked him hard in the chest causing Sora to grunt. "You!"

Sora rubbed the spot where she poked. "Fine. I'm the problem, now what did I do!?"

"We're still in a fight here…" Yuffie said quietly, but after a glare from both Sora and Usagi, she backed off.

"What did I do?" Sora asked for the third and hopefully final time.

Usagi gave him a cold, hard, long look before speaking. "After nine years, nine years Sora, I finally discover something about myself that might lead me to my parents or my home! And you just ignore it like it doesn't even matter! Do you have any idea how much this means to me!?"

"Of course I do!" Sora's voice was rising along with his irritation.

"Then why can't you support me on this!?"

"Because I don't want you to leave!" Sora shouted.

It went silent. There were no sounds of battle. There was only their heavy breathing.

Usagi looked at Sora with a surprised look on her face. Sora didn't look irritated anymore. Now, he looked as if a huge weight has been lifted off of his shoulders. "What?"

A fire ball suddenly hit Sora and knocked him down. Usagi looked over at Leon, who casted the spell.

"This is a fight! There's no time to be standing around talking!" Leon shouted across the ring before Goofy tackled him.

"He's right," Usagi said, getting into her fighting stance. Sora nodded and got into a stance beside the blond.

"Are we fighting now?" Yuffie asked as got into her stance. "About time…" She did some back flips and threw ninja stars at them both. Usagi was able to deflect the stars and redirect them back at Yuffie. "Ow!" It had hit the ninja's hand.

"You back away a lot…" Sora observed. "Don't like close range?"

Usagi twirled her sword in her hand, "I love close range!" With that, she started for Yuffie. The ninja used her throwing stars to in an attempt to keep the blond away. But Usagi deflected most of them with her sword. When she was close enough, the blond kicked Yuffie in the stomach throwing her back some.

Before the ninja could get a chance to prepare another attack, Usagi focused most of her magic in a Thundera spell and released the spell. Yuffie let out a small cry as the spell hit and caused her to fall over, unconscious.

Sora ran to aid Donald and Goofy against their fight with Leon while Usagi checked to be sure that Yuffie was out.

He blocked Leon's sword, preventing it from hitting Goofy's shield while Usagi came up from behind Goofy. "You and Donald should cover Yuffie. She's knocked out now, just make she stays down."

Goofy nodded and saluted her. "Roger!" He ran to Donald and dragged the duck over to Yuffie while explaining the plan.

Leon gave the teens an amused smirk. "I won't be as easy as Yuffie…"

Usagi got in her fighting stance near Sora. "We'll just have to see about that."

Sora charged at Leon, thrusting his Keyblade toward him. Leon easily blocked Sora's attack and countered. As Sora moved out of the way, Usagi came at Leon with a downward slash, which was easily blocked by the man. He again countered with an attack of his own. Usagi quickly got out of the way with no damage unlike Sora who got a small cut on his leg.

They repeated this tactic a number of times, but were getting the same result plus, they were getting pretty tired. Leon was not having trouble. In fact, he seemed to be bored.

"This… isn't… working…" Sora said in between breaths.

"You think?" Usagi retorted breathlessly.

"We need a plan…" Sora said not as breathless as he was before.

"He's too damn fast…" Usagi muttered. She gasped when Leon started to run at them. She was prepared to block or dodge his attack.

Instead of coming straight at them, like she thought he would, the gunblade wielder jumped into the air with his sword high above his head and slammed it on the ground. The momentum gained from the jump added to the force of his attack. Even though the two teens jumped out of the way they were still thrown off balance by the aftermath in the wind.

During his powerful attack, Usagi noticed some flaws. She took some steps back and glanced at Sora. He got the hint and followed her. "He's slower when he's up in the air." She told him when she felt like they were far enough. Hopefully they're distance from Leon will make him attack the same way. "You should attack him then."

Sora gave her a confused look. "But, how? With what?"

"I'm sure you can figure it out." Usagi said with a shrug.

Leon held his gunblade in front of himself. They were talking again. He had given them enough time to try and beat him. It was time to end this. "Power!" The blade of his sword turned into energy and increased to about five times it's original size. He started toward them again.

"Here he comes…" Usagi said, taking a step back. Leon was picking up speed. "I'm counting on you."

When he was close enough, Leon jumped into the air again, with his new, high powered sword above his head. Sora quickly thought of a way to stop Leon and take him down. He drew his arm back and threw his Keyblade at Leon. It struck the man's side, cutting his attack short. He landed on his back. His sword was still in his hand though it was no longer huge and glowing. He still had a chance. He was about to sit up, but the sword pointed to his throat prevented him from doing so.

Usagi smiled sweetly at him. "I don't think so."

/…/

"We remain on top!" Usagi said, putting the championship plaque on the shelf in the lobby.

"Of course! We're too good!" Sora said with the cheerful smile.

Then there was silence. Both knew that they needed to talk.

Usagi decided to speak up first. "What did you mean by you didn't want me to leave?"

Sora started to fidget. "Well…" he started off, fumbling with is thoughts. "It's just that Riku and Kairi are still missing. We did find Riku, but he left. And if we did find the world that you were from, I thought that you would leave too. You're…all I have left…"

Usagi shook her head and walked over to him. "I'm not going to leave, you dork!" She punched him in the arm playfully. Sora winced. It may have been a playful punch, but it was still hard. "Even if we do find my old world, I won't stay there." Her voice became distant. "I lived on Destiny Islands too long. It's my home now. I just want to see where I came from."

"'Sagi…" Sora put a comforting hand on her back and pulled her into a hug. "Thank you." He was so happy that she would stay with him. She was the only friend from his home that was with him now and he didn't want to lose her.

"I see you two made up."

The two immediately broke apart and looked at Cloud.

"Good work on the tournament today, you really earned it." He started to smirk a bit. "But the next one won't be so easy."

"It wasn't easy, this time…" Sora muttered.

"Why not?" Usagi asked. Sora was right, it wasn't easy this time. How could it be any harder?

"I'm allowed to sign up for the next tournament." Cloud answered. He saw the look of death on both of the teens faces. "What's wrong? You're teacher is going to be in the next tournament."

"We're ecstatic…" Usagi said in a tone that was clearly not ecstatic.

"I see," Cloud said, amused by the blonds sarcasm. "It's really late, you two should probably get to bed."

"Yeah…" Sora agreed with a yawn. He stood up and left the lobby.

"I'll catch up with you!" Usagi called after him. She heard a grunt from him. That meant he heard her.

"Was Aerith able to help you?" Cloud asked.

Usagi nodded with a smile. "Yeah! She said I'm a Cetra, an ancient race that's connected to worlds. She explained a lot…"

Cloud nodded. "That's good. I'm glad you got your answers."

"Me too," Usagi said, heading for the exit. "I'm going to bed. Got another world to explore. Oh! And about that tournament, we're kicking your ass!" She said the last line with a big smile and ran down the hall to the room she shared with Sora.

Cloud stared after her in shock. Did she just say 'ass' to him!?

/…/

Goofy kept his eyes glued on the scanner as Sora piloted the gummi ship. Donald sat in the passenger seat by Sora to watch his movements closely. He did not want a repeat of what happened when he was asleep.

Usagi groaned. "We've been out here for hours! How far can the next world be?"

"Not much further!" Goofy answered. "I just saw it on the scanner!"

"And why can't we warp there?" The blond complained.

"Cid said something about the ship not having the exact coordinates," Sora told her peering at her reflection in the window.

At least we'll be closer…" Usagi mumbled, leaning her head against the chair.

The new world started to come to view. "Whoa…" Sora said when they got close. "It's a water world!"

Usagi couldn't help but to stare with wide eyes. "It looks amazing…"

"Yeah," Donald said and then he cut to the chase. "Are you going to land or what?"

"Land!?" Sora looked around the world. Everything was water! "Where!? Won't we drown!?"

"Not with my magic!" Donald said in a reassuring voice.

And sure enough, they didn't. Sora looked at his blue-grey shark tail in amazement. Usagi did the same with her turquoise tail. She even had pearl colored shells over her chest.

Goofy moved about in his green turtle shell. "This is pretty amazing, Donald!"

"Yes, I am!" Donald said concededly while floating upside down.

"No one said all that…" Usagi muttered.

"Come on Sebastian, swim faster!" came a females voice. She didn't sound too far away. "They're right on our tail!"

"Wait Ariel! Slow down!" said another voice, but this one was male. "There's someone ahead!"

A red headed mermaid with blue eyes, a shimmering green fish, and purple clam shells over her chest came to view. There was chubby looking yellow fish with blue fins and strips coming down from the top next to her.

The red headed mermaid gave the group a friendly smile. "Hello there! Are you new? I have never seen you around here before."

Donald was about to answer but he was rudely interrupted by a red crab that swam up to the mermaid. "Don't talk to them, Ariel!" He leaned into her ear and whispered loudly, "They could be the enemies!"

"We can hear you." Usagi told him.

Ariel giggled and waved the crab off. "Relax Sebastian. They seem friendly." She looked down at her fish friend. "Right, Flounder?" The fish that was gawking at the group shook his head. Her blue eyes studied the group more thoroughly. "But, they can't swim very well."

The newly fish-a-fied group exchanged nervous glances. "Well," Sora started as he tried to come up with a good excuse. "We're not really use to these water and we've been swimming for a while."

Ariel seemed satisfied. "Then that's-"

"Ariel!" Sebastian shrieked. "Here they come!"

Usagi raised an eyebrow. "They?" She looked behind them and saw some squid like creatures with heartless symbols on their heads.

As Ariel and her friends searched for a hiding spot, Sora and his group got in their battle stances. There was only four Heartless. One for each of them. Donald and Usagi used their magic to eliminate their opponent while Goofy and Sora used their strength.

"Wow…" Ariel said, amazed. "I can't believe you knocked them out like that!" This caused the male population of group to blush a little. Usagi rolled her eyes at them. Ariel took Sora's hands in her own and Usagi felt a panging feeling in her chest, but she didn't know what it was so she waved it off. "You must come to the palace with us!"

Sora started to blush a bit more. "Oh, okay. Sure."

Ariel smiled brightly and let go of his hands. "Great, just follow me!"

/…/

When they reached the palace, Sora, Donald, Goofy and Usagi couldn't help but to look around. It was beautifully made with all the well placed shells, well sculpted rocks and pieces of coral. But their admiration was cut short by a loud, authoritative voice.

"Ariel! When will you listen!? It's dangerous out there!!" This voice came from an old merman with a white, long beard. He sat on a throne made out of a clam and held a long, golden trident tightly in his hand.

Sebastian cleared his throat. "You swim before the ruler of the seas! His majesty, King Triton!"

"King?" Usagi repeated. Then she noticed the crown on his head. She was the only one, besides Ariel, that was not shaking from the loudness in his voice.

"And he's my father…" Ariel whispered back to them. That would explain it.

King Triton moved his intense gaze to the newcomers. "Who are they?" he asked. All the guys, with the exception of Goofy who wasn't paying attention, were fidgeting nervously, but Usagi refused to back down from his gaze. She looked back at him with her arms crossed over her chest. "They don't look familiar."

"They saved us from those creatures." Ariel told him happily. She figured that he might calm down a bit once he knew.

"We come in peace!" Goofy said with his signature ahyuk. "We came to find the keyhole!"

Usagi face palmed. He wasn't supposed to say that…

King Triton raised an eyebrow. "Keyhole…?" He then glared at them. "There is no such thing."

"But Daddy…" Ariel said, trying to reason with her father. "Maybe we can help them find…"

"Enough!" King Triton cut her off with his powerful voice. "You are not to leave the palace! Is that clear!?"

Ariel just turned to her newfound friends and started to lead them out. "Let's go."

"But…" Sora looked back at King Triton.

Ariel shook her head. "Don't worry about it. I know place where we can look for clues."

/…/

Sora was the first to enter the sunken ship through a hole on the vessels side. Ariel followed closely behind with Flounder. Usagi, Donald, and Goofy swam in shortly after them.

"This ship is full of all kinds of things," Ariel explained to the group as she led them through the small opening in the ship's side. "I'm sure we'll find something here to help us find the keyhole."

Sora nodded. "Okay. We should split up the search." He looked around the ship and found a hole that probably leads to the lower level. "I'll look down there," he said and swam to it.

Ariel followed him, "I'll come with you."

"Let's look over here, Donald. Ahyuk!" Goofy said as he moved to the back of the ship with Donald behind him.

Usagi sighed, "I guess I'll look over here then." She was left with the front end of the ship. There was a large window that covered half of the front of the ship. The other lower half was wood. The floor was cover with sand and Usagi decided to rummage through it.

Not a good idea. After a few seconds of rummaging, she cut her hand on a long piece of glass hidden beneath the sand. She winced, and like a genius, she drew her hand back. She paid no heed to the blood that started to float upward and decided to be more careful. Usagi casted cure by using the least amount of magic possible and wound closed.

She moved somewhere else away from the window to look through the sand. Suddenly, she sensed something. She looked to where the strange feeling was coming from and started move the sand away. Not much later, Usagi pulled out a necklace. It was beautiful. The chain was made out of silver and stone in the middle was white. Usagi did not know what it was made out of, but it was in the shape of a small heart and there was something written on it.

She moved to the window to get some light. After dusting the stone a bit more she could finally read what was on it and it shocked her. "No way…" A loud crash brought her out of her daze. She was close to it and felt the force throw her back. She still had the necklace clutched tightly in her hands.

Usagi looked up to see what caused the crash and was shocked to find a shark trying to squeeze its way through the window to get to her!

"Usagi! Get back!" Sora grabbed her arm and moved her farther away from the shark as Donald casted spell after spell to get rid of it. Eventually the shark moved out of the window and left them alone in the ship. "Are you alright?" Sora asked his friend. His heart was thundering in his chest.

Usagi nodded. "Yeah. Just shaken up is all."

"We all are." Ariel said with some relief. "I'm glad you're okay. Sharks are vicious creatures."

"Did anyone find anything?" Usagi asked. They all shook their heads. "I found this." She held up the necklace for them to see.

Ariel got close to examine it. "It's beautiful…"

"I think it's mine." Usagi said, gazing at the necklace.

"Why would you say that?" Sora asked as he looked at the necklace. "Is that your name?"

"I think so…" The blond said with a distance voice.

"So you're from this world?" Goofy asked, excited. "That's pretty neat!"

Usagi shook her head. "I'm not from this world." She didn't want to face the facts about her world, but maybe it was time she did. "I think my world was destroyed by the darkness. Maybe my parents aren't out there after all. They could have turned into Heartless…" Sora put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Usagi put the necklace on and started to swim toward the hole in the side of the ship. "Let's go." She told them with new found determination in her eyes. "I'm not going to let what happened to my world happen to this one. Is there anywhere else we can look Ariel?"

"Well, there is one more place," Ariel said with thought. "I don't think it can help, but it can't hurt to look."

/…/

"Where are the Heartless?" Usagi asked looking around. Just because they weren't in sight didn't mean that they weren't hiding ready to jump them. But were Heartless even that smart?

"It is kinda strange." Sora said with his Keyblade in his hand.

"Maybe they just ran off after you whacked them around." Ariel said with a giggle.

"More than likely," Donald said with his beak up trying to act big and mighty.

"Were almost there," Ariel reassured as she led them through a winding path through tall rocks and seaweed. She turned to face them, still swimming. She took the route so many times, she could swim through with her eyes closed, so going backwards was no big deal. "It's my collection from the outside world. I might have collected something that is connected to the keyhole."

She turned back around and continued to lead them. They soon came to the end of the route. There was a round rock slightly ajar, revealing another pathway. "Is this the place?" Usagi asked. She found to be strange to have the door open like that when it was so complicated to get here.

"Yeah," Ariel swam to the rock and moved it further to complete reveal the pathway. She didn't look bothered by that fact that it was open, or she just didn't notice. She beckoned them to follow her before she swam through.

Ariel led the way with a smile on her face. She was happy to share her findings with someone else other than Flounder. Her smile disappeared when she saw her father in her sanctuary, giving her a dark look. The area around him was completely destroyed. All of her findings were scattered everywhere either broken or intact. Ariel looked at her father not wanting to believe that he did this. "Daddy…?"

"Ariel…" King Triton's voice was low. "I told you not to leave the palace!"

Usagi, Sora, Donald and Goofy looked around the grotto. The place was a total mess. The guys were in shock that King Triton would do something like this to his child. But Usagi wasn't interested in that. She was sensing something important in this place…

Ariel picked up a broken pearl necklace she had found in the sunken ship not long ago. "Everything Flounder and I worked hard to collect…" She glared at him. If they weren't submerged in water, the tears in her eyes would be seen. "How could you!" She swam out of the grotto, not wanting her new found friends to see how upset she was. Flounder called after her.

"Father or not, that wasn't nice!" Donald said while Goofy looked sadly at all of the destroyed objects.

"It wasn't me." King Triton told them in the same low voice. "It was those dark creatures. They were in this room."

"The Heartless?" Goofy asked aloud. "Why were they here?"

"You all must be from another world, am I correct?" King Triton knew he wasn't getting an answer, so he didn't bother to wait. He looked directly at Sora "Then you must be the Key Bearer. As the Key Bearer then you must know not to meddle in the affairs of other worlds!"

"But…" Sora tried to defend himself, but he was cut off by the King's powerful voice.

"You have violated this principle. The Key Bearer shatters peace and brings ruin!"

"You're wrong!" Usagi said, jumping in to defend Sora, who was looking shocked and hurt by the king's comment. But King Triton ignored her.

"I thank you for saving my daughter, but there is no room in my ocean for you and your key. Please stay out of our world."

Usagi wasn't going to leave without saying a few words. "If you want us to go, fine. Just show us were the Keyhole is and we'll leave."

"I already told you, there is no such thing!" King Triton said with a stern look.

"You're lying!" Usagi snapped. Her hand went up to her new found necklace. "I can feel it. It's faint, but there is a Keyhole in this world."

King Triton looked at her, but not with anger like she would expect. "Please stay out of our world," he repeated, before he left the group alone.

/…/

Ariel laid on a rock with her head in her arms, crying. "My father treats me like a child!" she said aloud just to voice her frustration. "He just doesn't understand!" Ariel continued to cry.

"My, my," said two voices in perfect harmony. Ariel lifted up her head slowly and looked. There was no one in sight, but the voices continued. "The poor child suffers such sorrow. What a pity. If only there were something we could do…"

"Who's there?" Ariel asked, still looking around.

Two identical looking eels made themselves known by moving out of the shadows. The only thing that distinguished one from another was the placement of their golden eyes. One eel had a left golden eye, while the other had a right golden eye. "Greetings…" They said together as they started to circle around her. "Maybe she can be of some help…" the eel with the right gold eye said.

"Yes, maybe she can be of some help to you…" the other eel with the left god eye said in an identical voice.

"Who're talking about?" Ariel asked, no longer crying.

The two eels swam up in a spiral. "She would surely help you," said one eel.

"She'd make all your dreams come true," said the other eel.

An ink cloud started to cover them. "Let Ursula help you," they said before they disappeared. Out of the cloud of ink, Ursula appeared. She was a chubby octopus woman whose body was covered in black with the exception of her arms, upper chest and face. She had blue skin, white hair and wicked eyes. Her lips were as red as her nails and around her neck she wore a sea shell necklace.

"You called, my dear?" Ursula asked in a naturally low voice. "I am Ursula, witch of this great sea. Helping others is what I live for." Ariel was about to speak, but Ursula interrupted. "Let me guess, you want to see other worlds, right? That shouldn't be too hard. Your friends are from another world after all."

"Really?" Ariel asked. She was both surprised and hurt that they didn't tell her that they were from another world.

"In order to grant your wish, I'll need something special. Your friends had the help from that mysterious key." Ursula saw that Ariel wasn't paying attention because she was still upset. She needed this girl to pay attention. She plastered a fake smile on her face. "Cheer up sweetie. You have something special too. It's been beside you all along."

Ariel had a confused look on her face. "Huh?"

Good, she was paying attention now. "Do you not know of the powers of your father's trident?" Ariel only shook her head. Ursula kept on smiling. "Now, my dear, if you can take me there without your daddy knowing, I can help you get to those other worlds you long for."

/…/

Usagi swam ahead of the group, wanting to get to the throne room faster than the guys were moving. She glanced over her shoulder to see how far they were and they weren't too far. Unlike them, she was ready to confront King Triton about the keyhole again.

"King Triton is just concerned." Flounder said to Sora.

"I know Flounder," Sora said, looking at the Keyblade in his hand. "I know how the king must be feeling. But we have to do what we have to do."

Usagi slowed to a stop to wait for everyone else to catch up with her. When they were close enough, she decided to throw her two cents in. "Concerned or not, that was unnecessary and he should at least apologize-"

She was cut off by a sudden force of impact followed by someone screaming 'outta my way' that her and the rest of the group got dizzy.

"No apology!?" Donald glared at the stream of bubbles that were left behind.

"Who was that old lady?" Goofy asked.

Usagi had her back turned so she really didn't see anyone. "An old lady hit us!?" She turned around to make sure that no one else was coming, but there was a certain red head mermaid coming up behind her. "Ariel?" Usagi managed to move out of the way in time to avoid being hit, but the rest of the group wasn't so lucky.

While the guys were coming out of their daze, Usagi decided to look in the throne room to see what had happened. The king wasn't inside. There was only his crown sitting on top of the throne with Sebastian next to it. She swam up to the crab. "Where's the king?"

"The king's right here!" the crab shouted dramatically, gesturing to the crown. Usagi looked inside and there was some small shriveled up creature with a mustache and tired eyes sitting inside the crown.

Sora came up behind her with Donald and Goofy following behind. "What's going on?" He looked inside the crown and the shriveled up king. "Ew, what's that?"

"That's the king…" Usagi said. Sora blushed at bit and muttered a quick apology.

Goofy decided to somehow lighten the mood. "Well garwsh, he looks great!"

"We must go after Ariel!" Sebastian yelled. "That witch, she did this to the king!" he point to the crown with his claw. "And she's trying to find the Keyhole!"

"That's not good…" Donald said.

Usagi shook her head, "No, it's not. We'll go after Ariel, Sebastian. You have to stay with the king…"

Sebastian interrupted her, "You don't even know where she is!"

"I can sense where she went. If Ariel followed her then we're sure to find her along the way. Right?" She looked at Sora for some reassurance.

He nodded. "Just leave this to us Sebastian and your majesty." Then he looked at Usagi. "Lead the way."

Usagi nodded, "Keep up this time." She swam out of the room in a hurry with the guys following behind her.

/…/

Usagi led the group to the sunken ship, where Ariel was found on the deck.

Flounder swam ahead of the group. "Ariel!"

"She lost me…" Ariel said sadly to her friend. "But she's close by."

"She is close by." Usagi said when she reached her. "But there's nothing here but this ship."

CLICK

"Eh?" Sora blinked and looked around. A huge rock in a corner was moving to the side, revealing a pathway.

"She's that way." Usagi said. She could feel the darkness coming from that place.

"How can you tell?" Sora asked. Could it have something to do with her being a Cetra?

"That woman is coated with darkness," Usagi explained. "I just follow the stench."

"You can smell her?" Goofy asked, wrinkling up his nose. "Must be awful."

Usagi smiled at bit at Goofy. Sometimes, he was just funny. "I don't really smell her. I just sense the darkness coming from her. And she's inviting us in…"

"Should we take it?" Sora asked.

Donald crossed his arms over his chest. "It's rude not to accept an invitation."

"Well, I guess you guys have it taken care of!" Flounder said. He was looking a bit fidgety. "Let's go Ariel!"

"I can't go…" Ariel said, looking down. "My father got hurt because of me, so I have to stop Ursula." She looked up Sora, her eyes begging him to let her come along.

The four outsiders shared a knowing glance. Sora nodded as did everyone else. He looked at Ariel. "Let's go."

Before they could even move toward the newly found path, some Heartless appeared. "Should've known there was a catch…" Usagi muttered.

/…/

"Is this it?" The place that the path led them was what looked like some skeletal remains of a huge beast. Its mouth was wide open, inviting them inside. "It's very witch like."

Sora looked around as they entered. "What a creepy place…" He looked below and gasped.

Donald was looking down too. "What's this!?" Goofy was speechless.

"This is just wrong…" Usagi said looking down at the lost souls that were in the same condition as the king.

"Ursula must have done this…" Ariel said sadly.

"Would you like to join them?" The witch's voice echoed though out the area. She came out the hermit crab shell with the trident in hand. "They're all liars who asked for my help and couldn't pay the price."

"Liars my tail fin!" Usagi shouted. She didn't bother to think why the 'tail fin' part came so naturally to her. "I bet you tricked them!"

"Silence!" Ursula snapped. "You were lucky the Heartless didn't destroy you, but your luck ends here." She aimed the glowing trident at the group. "I'm going to wipe out anything that's in my way!"

Ariel somehow managed to sneak behind the sea witch. She pulled her white hair, causing Ursula's aim to change. The trident fired, hitting her two precious eels. They both screamed and disintegrated into nothing.

"My babies…" Ursula turned and glared at the red haired mermaid. "How dare you kill my babies!"

"You're the one who kill them!" Donald shouted. Her attention was now on him.

"Shut up!" The trident started to glow brightly.

"Oh great!" Usagi said preparing to defend herself. "Get the witch mad! Good idea!"

"You pathetic fools!" Ursula tightened her grip on the trident. Wait… was her hands getting bigger? Was she getting bigger!? Her head soon hit the ceiling, but that didn't stop her. It shattered and the group had to avoid the falling debris. "I rule the seas now! The sea and its spoils will bow to me!!"

"She's huge!" Usagi yelled in shock.

Sora grabbed her arm. "We gotta get outta here or we'll be crushed!" Sora led her out of the doomed building, which soon crumbled due to Ursula's increasing size. Ariel, Donald and Goofy were already out.

"Alright you fingerlings!" Ursula had finally stopped growing. Compared to the sea witch, they were the size of her nose. "From now on, call me Queen Ursula!!"

Soon, the group found Ursula's tentacles wrapped around their bodies squeezing them tightly. Usagi, Sora and Donald had both of their arms trapped and were pretty much useless. Goofy couldn't do much since he was turtle and Ariel wasn't much help either.

"What? No strength to fight back?!" The sea witch taunted. "Let the sea swirl and roar!" The water around Ursula started to move and formed a whirlpool.

Usagi struggled to get an arm out of the Ursula's grip to cast magic, but her arms were stuck to her side. The situation was the same for Sora and Donald. "We have to get out!"

"Do something Donald!" Sora shouted to the duck.

"I can't!" Donald yelled back. "I need my wand and I can't move it!"

"You're useless!" Usagi shouted. She had force it out. Ursula's tentacle was compressing her rib cage, making hard to breath. She was sure that she wasn't the only one feeling this way. They have to get out now or they'll be doomed.

Little did she and everyone else know, the whirlpool picked up the sunken ship and it was riding the current with increasing speed. The ship was thrown out of the vortex and into Ursula's back. This caused her to lose her grip on her captives.

"We have to get the trident!" Ariel told her companions.

Sora nodded. "Right!" Sora swam up with Donald while Goofy and Usagi swam down.

Ursula was having trouble following them. "Quit squirming around!"

Donald suddenly appeared in front of her with a smug look on his face. "Blizzard!" he aimed the spell right at her eyes, temporarily blinding her.

Goofy was swimming around and underneath Ursula's tentacles. This somehow caused her to lose some balance. Usagi cast a wind spell on the sea witch which caused her to completely lose her balance.

Sora took this chance to swing at Ursula's hand. "Take that!" As if it was a reflex, the sea witch's hand released the trident. As she fell, she tried to reach for it. Suddenly, the trident pointed at her and shot a powerful beam at her. There was an explosion that caused the group to cover their eyes. When they opened them again, there was gold particles float around.

"Hey look!" Goofy said pointing down. Sora, Donald and Usagi looked down. All of those creatures that were under Ursula spell were changing in mermaids! "I think we broke the spell!"

Usagi gazed up at the trident and saw Ariel going to retrieve it. "And the trident is where it belongs."

/…/

Ariel was the first to swim in the throne. The curse on the King was broken and he sitting on the throne waiting patiently. Ariel swam to him while everyone else stayed back. She held out the trident with her head low. "I'm so sorry Daddy."

King Triton took the trident and put it aside before he hugged his daughter. "I'm so glad you're safe. It's my fault. You followed Ursula because I wouldn't let you follow your heart. Please forgive me."

Usagi watched the scene with a sad smile. She wondered what her father was like, what he would yell at her for and what he would punish her for. She wondered if her mother would force him to apologize for being so harsh. She wondered if her mother was the type to make her favorite breakfast every morning and she wondered if her mother would listen to her problems and not judge. All of this wondering was useless. 'I'll never see them again…' she thought.

"Brave keybearer," King Triton's voice brought Usagi out of her thought. "I have a request. Seal the keyhole."

"I would like to sir," Sora said, "but I don't know where it is."

King looked at Usagi. "Ask your friend."

All eyes were now on Usagi. She thought back to the time when she sensed the keyhole. Where was she again? "Ariel's grotto?" King Triton gave her an affirmative nod.

/…/

King Triton held out his trident pointing to a nearby shelf and a keyhole appeared.

"It really is here…" Sora whispered.

Usagi heard him. "You didn't believe me?"

"Well, I kinda have to now, but why didn't it show up before?"

"I put a seal on it," King Triton answered.

"That's why it was weak…" Usagi thought aloud as Sora sealed the keyhole. Something caught her eye. It was a piece of paper with a Heartless symbol on it.

"Mark me keybearer," King said, gaining attention from everyone in the room. "If mishandled, the key may bring unspeakable calamity. Wield with caution."

Sora nodded. "Yes sir!"

"And you," King Triton turned his attention to Usagi. "Young lady. You have a unique power that I cannot begin to understand. Use it wisely."

"No problem!" Usagi showed him the peace sign. King Triton looked at her with a dumbfounded look on his face. "We should get going…"

"Yeah," Sora agreed. The group said their goodbyes and left the grotto. "Does the sea seem brighter?"

Usagi looked around. She was able to see some things more clearly. "I would say so."

/…/

"Man, am I sore!" Usagi plopped down on an empty chair with the Ansem report in her hands.

Sora crawled into his chair. "It was all that swimming…" He let out an exhausted sigh. "Can we take a nap?"

"No!" Donald snapped. "We have worlds to go to!"

"We can't go there sore and tired like this." Usagi pointed out. "What if we have to fight in a really big battle?"

Donald huffed. "Well, fine! One of us will have to keep watch to look out for Heartless."

"Goodnight." Usagi said before she turn her back on them got comfortable in her chair.

"Hey!"

"Garwsh Donald, I can just turn on the alarm and we all can sleep." Goofy started to work on setting the alarm.

"There's an alarm?" Sora asked tiredly.

"Yup," Goofy said. "And it's all set! We can sleep now!"

"Good, now shut up all of you." Usagi said, not bothering to turn around.

Donald decided to let that one slide. He was too tired to argue right now. Soon the whole group fell asleep.

No one knows how long they have been asleep. A few minutes or a few hours, all that matters is that they woke up at the same time. They were thrown onto the floor after something made the ship lurch.

"What the heck is going on?!" Donald yelled.

"I think we ran into something," Goofy answered.

"What about the alarm?!"

"Well garwsh, I forgot to turn it on!"

While Donald was going crazy on Goofy, Usagi and Sora stared out the window with wide eyes.

"Is that…?" Sora started to ask, but he interrupted by a loud crash. He looked over his shoulder and saw that dozens of Heartless made it on the ship! They already got Donald and Goofy, so now their attention was focused solely on the teens.

"We shouldn't fight, should we?" Usagi asked. She knew it was not a good idea to fight now, but to be taken like this!?

"You're right, we shouldn't," Sora felt the same thing Usagi was feeling. He didn't want to go down without a fight, but it was not the smart thing to do when your enemy had your allies in captivity.

Some Heartless moved to restrain Sora and Usagi while the ones that were holding Donald and Goofy started to push them out.

Donald struggled some, "Where are you taking us!"

"Don't worry! We'll find you guys!" Sora called after them. Since they were being moved together he figured it would be the same for himself and Usagi.

But he was wrong. The Heartless started to move Usagi out next. "Usagi?"

"Don't worry Sora, I'll find you." Usagi said, trying her best to stay calm. "Can't depend on a lazy bum like you."

Sora struggled against the Heartless that held him. "Where are you taking her!?" He started to struggle more furiously. "Usagi!"

/…/

Not to complain or anything BUT

I would like to know if I am wasting my time or not. Don't get me wrong, I'm having fun with this, but I would like to know if you all are enjoying it. Hits and favorites are nice, but that doesn't tell me anything. I need feedback. I need to know if I'm doing things right. I need to know if I turned Usagi or any other character into a Mary-Sue. I need to know what you like, what you don't like and what I can improve on.

Getting reviews makes me smile and motivates me to work faster. If you favorite or alert this, then you must have something to say and please tell me because that makes me so happy. I can understand if you don't feel like reviewing sometimes, but a simple 'keep up the good work' would be nice. At least I know I'm doing something right.

ShellyD, you have no idea how much your comment in "Island of Hope" has motivated me. Just the fact that you put it in your fic made me smile like a fool. Thank you for that. Now you need to update your fic missy!

GAU28, if you are reading this don't stop writing! Like I said, I know how you feel. I'm sure your reviews will increase over time along with reader. Just don't stop writing!

Happy rant now!

If any of you get the thing about tension rising, you deserve a cookie. If any of you know who the researcher is in the flashback, you deserve a cookie. If any of you know what the necklace is made of, you deserve a cookie. So you can as many as three cookies each!

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Wow. I'm so close to the end… 6 more chapters to go and I have some bits and pieces of each of them already written. If you want to get technical, I have 5 chapters to go and then an epilogue, which is basically written already. I'm so happy to make it this far! I can't wait to get into KH2! I have so much planned for that one! The drama, the romance the action!!!

I started to draw again! My roomie and beta is an art major and she inspired me~ She owes me a commission too…