Yo. me again. hiya peoples!! so, this chapter is kinda mines and not. I disown any kingdom hearts pieces but whatever Tory say and do is all mine. Yeah, i think i made Sora look like a bad guy here but it's just that he's just.. kinda dense and cares for Kairi alot... so he doesn't know what he's doing to Tory. so don't look down on him... sorry if i make him like that.

Chapter 7: Heartless? Tory explodes

Later...

"Come on, lazy bum. Wake up." A voice that sounded like Kairi said. Sora wakes up in the hotel room.

"You okay?" Kairi asked.

"I guess..." Sora replied sleepily.

"Those creatures that attacked you are after the Keyblade. But it's your heart they really want, because you wield the Keyblade."

"I'm so glad you're okay, Kairi."

"Kairi? Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie." A white flash appears and Sora saw Yuffie.

"I think you might've overdone it, Squall." Yuffie said turning to Squall.

"That's Leon." Leon said leaning on the wall next to the door. Sora then looked at his keyblade that was leaning on the other wall next to the door in confusion.

"The Keyblade... Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures. It turns out that's how they were tracking you." Yuffie clarify.

"It was the only way to conceal your heart from them. But it won't work for long. Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one." Leon said. Leon picks up the Keyblade and it disappears in his hand and then reappeared in Sora's possession.

"Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers." Leon stated.

"Why don't you start making sense! What's going on here?" Sora angrily shouted. The door then opens and a foot stepped inside the room with everyone looking at the person. The screen switches to the room with Aerith, Donald Duck, and Goofy.

"Okay, you know there are many other worlds out there besides your castle and this town, right?" Aerith asked.

"Yeah." Donald answered.

"But they're supposed to be a secret." Goofy said covering his mouth.

"They've been secret because they've never been connected. Until now, when the Heartless came, everything changed." Aerith said. The screen then switches to the room with Sora, Leon, Yuffie and the mysterious person. Everyone was facing the person that just entered.

"I heard Sora yell, is he awake yet?" Tory asked popping her head inside the room. Sora blinked.

"Tory?" He asked.

"Yeah?" Tory asked turning and walking toward Sora. "You okay? I mean, the heartless is coming like crazy here."

"The Heartless?" Sora asked confused. Tory sat on the bed next to Sora.

"I don't know either."

"The ones who attacked you, you remember?" Yuffie asked softly.

"Those without hearts. The darkness in people's hearts-that's what attracts them. And there is darkness within every heart." Leon stated, leaning on the wall with his eyes closed. Yuffie then turned toward Sora and Tory.

"Hey, have you heard of someone named Ansem?" The screen switches to the room with Aerith, Donald Duck, and Goofy.

"Ansem?" Goofy asked.

"He was studying the Heartless. He recorded all of his findings in a very detailed report." Aerith said.

"Gawrsh, uh, can we see it?" Aerith shook her head.

"Its pages are scattered everywhere."

"Scattered?" Donald asked

"Too many worlds." Aerith answered.

"Oh, then maybe the king went to find 'em." Goofy said thinking outloud to himself.

"Yes, those were my thoughts exactly."

"We've gotta find him quick!"

"Wait! First, we need that "key"!" Donald shouted. Aerith nodded.

"That's right. The Keyblade." The screen switches to the room with Sora, Tory, Leon, and Yuffie.

"So...this is the key?" Sora asked uncertainly

"Exactly!" Yuffie mused.

"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade. That's why they'll keep coming after you no matter what." Leon said from his corner.

"Well, I didn't ask for this." Sora started firmly. Yuffie then looked at Sora.

"The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you."

"So tough luck." Leon said.

"Hey." Tory said, finally saying something. "What about mines?" Everyone looked at her in confusion.

"What?" Leon asked. Tory extended her hand and in a flsh of light, her keyblade came to her hand. Leon and Yuffie looked in shock at Tory's white and black blade with red carvings and feathers.

"How…?" Yuffie said speechlessly.

"Is that…" Leon said thinking.

"What? Sora's keyblade is called the 'Kingdom Key' and it locks the world's heart but what about mines? What does mines do?" Tory asked.

"Hm…" Leon and Yuffie then started thinking, along with Tory.

"But-but How did all this happen? I remember being in my room..." Sora was shocked.

"Wait a minute! What happened to my home? My island? Riku! Kairi!"

"Hey! It's MY HOME too you know!" Tory shouted at Sora. Sora just looked at her and shrugged.

"Yeah but I've lived there longer so it's my home. Riku and Kairi lived there longer too." Sora said plainly. The part about Kairi grabbed and pushed Tory off the edge. She grabbed onto Sora's collar.

"Listen here Sora, just because you've lived there longer doesn't mean that it's MY home too. You always say, 'It's Kairi's home too!' or 'You'll know that this is always your home, Kairi' and yet you say that it's NOT MY HOME?! SORA! Kairi and I came to the island at the SAME TIME! How can it be Kairi's home but NOT MINES HUH?!" Tory shouted at his face. Sora was a good inch taller than she was so she had to look up a little. Sora was speechless. He didn't realize that he was ignoring her right of calling Destinly Island her home but allowing Kairi to call it her home. He felt ashamed yet didn't know what to do. Tory let go of Sora and turned her back to him, only showing her jaw to him.

"Things so dear can be destroyed. Then we are left with dark memories." Leon, Sora and Yuffie looked at the retreating Tory. Sora can see her eyes, her sad glazed eyes. "You've changed Sora. You're not the nice cheery boy I knew and once called a friend. Now you're an ignorant dull fool who only cares for himself and selective people." Tory turned her head to glance at the stunned Sora. "Sora…Why? When the heartless came… everything changed. Sora… All you left me with was… memories. Memories of yourself, of who you truly are, or should I say, were. Sora… we are all within your heart, even though you may not be in ours or others." Tory then turned and started walking to the door. When she reached the handled and opened the door, she paused. With a fierce determined face she stated firmly. "There's darkness in every heart, we can't live without it. This time… I'll fight." Tory then left the room, leaving a disbelieving Leon, an awestruck Yuffie and a stunned, speechless Sora.

"Did I… really changed that much?" Sora looked at his hands and then clench them into a fist. "Did I… really ignore her and make her feel that way about me?"

"You know what? I really don't know." Leon said regaining his cool. Yuffie sigh at the sight and went into thinking herself. Sora then talks to Leon.

"Sooner or later, the Heartless will find you. You'd best prepare yourself." Leon said.

"Prepare yourself?" Sora asked.

"To fight for your life. Are you ready?"

"I'm ready!" Sora stated excitedly. Leon then turned to Yuffie.

"let's go join Aerith. She should be there by now with the other visitors."

"Leon!" Yuffie pointed to the opposite corner of the room. Suddenly, a Heartless Soldier appeared.

"Yuffie, go!" Leon commanded. Yuffie runs and upon opening the door, she accidentally flattened Donald Duck between the door and the wall.

"Yuffie?" Aerith asked then she follow Yuffie. Leon readies his Gunblade and Sora readies his Keyblade.

"Sora, let's go!" The Heartless Soldier jumped out of the window and Leon followed it out of the window. Sora goes down to the first floor and outside. The scene then shows the door closing revealing the flattened Donald Duck and Tory trying to inflate the flatten duck with Goofy besides her.