This chapter is un-bataed. i plain to put the bataed one latter today. (I'm at school and I uausaly bata during lunch.)

Dissclaimer: I don't own it and nither does my muse, Syth.

Sora knew for a long time that Xigbar was dead, in fact he had been the one to kill him. So how was it that he was standing right in front of the keyblade master? How was it that he was once again fighting for his life? It didn't make since, nobody could come back from the dead.

Sora's mind raced a mile a minute. It wasn't because he was worried about loosing, he knew that point to be mute. He had defeated Xigbar before with Goofy and Donald almost perpetually knocked out. With Riku fighting along side him this time, it was only a matter of time before Xigbar was defeated.

Perhaps more important question wasn't how he was revived, rather how many were. How many of Sora's defeated enemies were walking among the living? What about Vexen? Xaldin? Zexion? Demyx? Would he have to fight them again as well? He wasn't just concerned with Organization XIII, he was concerned about all the other nobodies. Were they back as well; was all his work for nothing?

His thoughts no longer had time to wonder. The fight was on.

Riku ran and made a swipe at Xigbar's neck. With normal nobodies it would have worked, but this was no ordinary nobody. (If they could even be ordinary, because they don't really exist.) At the last moment the Freeshooter disappeared and reappeared twenty feet away, with his guns pointed right at the back of Riku's head. Putting his itchy fingers to the test, Xigbar sent a round of bullets at the teenagers and then disappeared again, this time reappearing in the middle of town.

"Hey Aero?" Blaze asked softly when the silence had finally become too defining for his nerves.

"Yes Blaze?" The Oracle replied, sounding slightly exasperated. She needed to sleep but she wasn't going to send Blaze away; he was the only socialization she ever got.

"You and I both know that we choose our paths, but you don't like the one you're on. So why not just fight it?" The shadow knew that it was one of those stupid questions you ask when you were bored before he even talked it.

Aero made a little noise halfway between a laugh and a snort.

" You think I didn't." It wasn't a question.

"Well you're here." Blaze said, his voice taking on a slightly sarcastic tone.

"Sacrifices must be made."

Her voice was flat a dull, as if she were an annoyed babysitter answering a five year olds question.

"Huh?" Blaze replied, causing Aero to sigh. He had never exactly been the sword in the armory.

"I loved my sister too much."

"Ohh." He said, as if that small sentence cleared up every question of the cosmos.

"Speaking of which…" Aero trailed off, knowing that he would guess the rest of the thought.

"All I have to do is wait for the twins to fall asleep. Then I can slip into their dreams and get them to help. Easy…though I kind of feel bad for manipulating them like that." He admitted ashamedly.

"This is a hell of a time to grow a conscience." Her voice had grown harsh and gained a chastising quality that put a strange thought into his head: what if the Aero he knew was dieing and the person was actually someone else? Someone more sinister; a new Aero.

"Better late then never. But what about you, when did you loses yours?" Blaze's voice had lowered to match hers.

"I never have. Listen, it won't really hurt the boys. All it will do is make them really tired. Nothing permanent. Take my necklace, it will let you use some of my power instead of letting them do it all." She explained, trying to calm the boy's nerves.

When Blaze walked over to get said trinket, Aero could tell that her ploy worked to an extant.

Now why can't manipulating him always be that easy?

The town was pure pandemonium with the heartless destroying everything in sight. Several buildings were on fire and people were running around randomly, trying to escape the beasts. It didn't help that the fight between Xigbar and the Keyblade masters was reaching it's peak.

Apparently Xigbar had learnt from his and Sora's last battle. He refused to stay still any longer then the time it took for him to fire one round of bullets. This and the fact that Sora and Riku had no potions left over from their last adventure made fighting him difficult.

Riku had less then a third of his health left and both he and Sora were fresh out of magic points. If this didn't end soon he wouldn't have to worry about what happened to Destiny Island.

Riku stopped to catch his breath for a second and Xigbar saw an opportunity. He disappeared from in front of Sora and reappeared, intending to take the chance to finish off the brat, but that didn't happen. The moment before his finger taped the trigger he was disappeared.

"Bleig? What happened to you? You used to… What kind of monster have you become?"

Standing on the edge of half-ruined town was a middle aged woman with blood red hair. Miss. Izzy. Kairi's mother. She was simply standing there staring at the Freeshooter with a look of nothing less than betrayal on her face.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" He asked, causing Miss. Izzy to show the boys exactly where Kairi got her temper from.

"How dare you! How dare you use the techniques Te-" Her ear splitting shrieks were suddenly cut off as Xigbar, or Bleig, appeared roughly three inches from her face.

"Listen here, the Chasers are dead. All of them, so what ever I was taught by them I can do what ever I want to with. Not that I was ever bound by their rules in the first place." He sneered.

It appeared that, for some reason, he had hit a soft spot. Miss. Izzy pulled her elbow back and gave Xigbar a right hook so powerful, it seemed almost unnatural for it to come from this small woman.

"Go, get out of here and if I see you or any of the other five anywhere near my island again I'll kill you." This was very out of character for the kind woman the boys had grown up with.

"How do you know him?" Riku asked after the Freeshooter had left through a path of darkness.

Miss. Izzy wasn't listening, instead she was staring at the kingdom key in Sora's hand.

"May I hold it?" She asked him in a voice so soft it was almost reverent. Slightly creped out by the entire situation, the boy just nodded and handed her the weapon.

After a moment of examination, she handed it back to Sora with just as much reverence as she had received it.

"Odd that you should be chosen as his successor when you two are so different."

"Who's successor?" He asked, but it was too late. Miss. Izzy had already turned to leave and either could not hear him or was ignoring him. About thirty paces away she turned her head and spoke a few words before continuing on her way:

"Oh, Boys? I'd appreciate it if Kairi didn't know about this."

Sora gave his friend a very confused look, to which Riku just shrugged.

It was times like this that made King Mickey very grateful that Gummi paths didn't have speed limits. He had known for quite a while that their was a new threat terrorizing the worlds, but he didn't know what. The King had been researching the possibilities when he caught word of (for lack of a better term) the bad guys' target.

Destiny Island. Sora and Riku's home. It made sense that they would go after the only people who could stop them, but something didn't feel right. Ansem had said that these new 'bad guys' had something to do with what happened ten years ago, and if that were true, Sora and the gang just might be over their heads with this one.

Last time thousands of solders, on each side, went to battle and no one returned. The outcome of that battle had decided the fate of all worlds. Because of the Chasers loss, the worlds had to be separated, and the memory of them ever being united erased from the minds of most.

Mickey had lost a lot of friends last time, and he wasn't going to let it happen again.

Soon he was landing of the sandy beaches of Destiny Island. Smoke rose from the center of town, informing him that he was too late. Damn it! In a last desperate attempt to reach his friends, he ran as fast as his little legs could carry him up the well beaten path towards town.

Within minuets, the mouse found his friends on the edge of the half destroyed town. They looked exhausted and confused but, thankfully, not severely hurt.

The boy's heads turned in unison as they heard the King approach.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here?" Sora's exasperated voice told the Mickey just how much he and Riku needed hi-potions.

"Your safe. I was afraid I wasn't goin' to make it in time!" The mini monarch sighed in relief.

"Your Majesty, what's going on? How is it the Organization has returned?" Riku asked, almost certain that The King would know.

"I don't know." The mouse answered honestly. Before then he hadn't even known that they where back, but it didn't surprise him.

"What's going on?" Sora asked, causing the mouse to bow his head and look at his over sized shoes.

"I guess I've got some explainin' to do." The mouse sighed.

"But we should probably find Kairi before I explain things."

Kairi was found in the children's secret spot, where they had agreed to meet in the event of an emergency. To say she was surprised to see Mickey and hear the tail of Sora and Riku's fight with Xigbar would be and understatement. Ever since they had gotten the King's letter Kairi had been expecting him but not like this. Not with his returning marking the return of Organization XIII.

"So now that Kairi knows what happened, I want to know what's going on." Riku demanded.

The mouse sighed. This was going to take a while.

"Now, I don't know very much but I'll tell you what I do know.

"About ten years ago the keyblades started appearing to the heroes of each world. They helped the heroes keep peace in the worlds. But then somehow keyblades got into the hands of villains. It was chaos. The worst of the worst was Thanroe. I don't know much about him except he was the badist of the bad. He even scared Terra." Mickey gave a little shudder. When he saw the looks of confusion on Sora, Riku and Kairi's face.

"Terra was the leader of the Chasers, the original keybladers. I knew him and he was the bravest person I have ever known. He knew a lot more about what Thanroe was up to but he wouldn't tell any one. I don't even think he told the rest of the Chasers.

"Eventually all the good Keybladers were called to fight all the bad. Thousands and thousands of keybladers fought and none of them were seen again.

"All I know is that Thanroe is back and he probably has something to do with Organization XIII's return."

Their was a sharp intake of breath from the entrance to the cave. Mickey hadn't noticed Miss. Izzy standing there or he wouldn't have said half of what he did.

"So you're going on another adventure?" She asked softly.

Kairi said nothing, for there was nothing to say.

"Well then you might want to pack a few things. A change of cloths, your key chains, maybe a picture of your parents, your brothers." That last part was obviously directed towards Riku, who was the only one with any siblings. When Kairi, Riku, and Sora were silent Miss. Izzy took this as an opportunity to continue.

"It would probably be a good idea for you to tell your parents what's going on., but tone down the danger a little bit." She said, flashing them a smile that told them it was not simply a suggestion.

As they left Riku whispered something carefully into Sora's ear, so Kairi wouldn't hear.

"We never told her about the Key chains."

The moment she was sure the children where out of ear shoot Miss. Izzy tuned to Mickey.

"What you said meant a lot to me." Her voice was full of the utmost sincerity.

"Well Miss. Izzy I meant every word." Mickey said causing her to smile.

"I know we don't know each other very well, but could I ask you a favor?" The red head asked. The King just nodded his consent.

"Can you give this to Ansem?" She asked, handing him a sealed letter.

"Of course Miss. Izzy." The mouse replied.

"Mickey, I need you to look after Kairi. I can't survive loosing anything more… not to him." She was about to cry, but it didn't matter. It had to be said.

Half an hour latter all five where gathered by the King's Gummi ship to say their farewells. It was obvious that the day was starting to take it's toll on the middle aged momma. The few lines on her face where accented by the wary look in her eyes.

Kairi didn't know it but she was the reason her mother was trying as hard as she could not to cry. The young girl stood beside her friend, each with a full knapsack slung over their shoulder looking like little soldiers.

The sight was too like one she had seen ten years ago. It was too painful, too close to home to bare. She almost couldn't, but she had to. Sora, Riku and Kairi were chosen for this and that meant they had to do it. It meant Izzy had to watch her baby go off to war.

"Mom, are you okay?" Kairi asked when she noticed her mother playing with the violet and lavender ring on her right hand. It was something she did sometimes for no apparent reason. Kairi knew there was something special about that ring but she never asked. Any time Kairi asked about her mother's past she would just get this far away look in her eyes like she was remembering something very bittersweet and ignore the question.

"Yes sweetie," She said and then added as an after thought, "I want you to have this." Miss. Izzy said using her teeth to pull the slightly too small ring off her finger. Holding her daughter's hand out flat she placed the ring on her palm and closed the girl's fingers around the tiny bit of metal.

"Promise me you'll wear this? It will protect you." Kairi couldn't say no, she immediately put the ring on neglecting to look at the inscription on the inside band. The ring fit perfect and somehow Kairi got the impression that the miniature work of art was truly made for her.

Okay so I know this one was a little scattered and I sucked at writing the king, I tried. Sorry, but I had to lay down some things for the rest of the story. I love foreshadowing and if I spend half a page talking about something it probably will be important latter on. (Wink wink, nudge nudge)

Just to let you know Kairi's family will be the only ones who make an appearance in this story unless I decide to add in Riku's brothers. That will be a trip.

One more thing, Nobody's parents were Chasers!!!! Sorry I see that one on message boards all the time.

P.S. The twins are not oc's. they are from a real fandom. If you can guess who they are you get a cookie.

R and R guys, you know the drill.

Karlie