T: Hello everyone, it's me again! I have written up another chapter for you. A combination of Serious, humour and a little romantic fluff. Anyway read on...

It was late in the night at Disney Castle; everyone had gone to bed early in preparation for the journey to the Atlantis world. Mickey had luckily kept a record of how to get there, but the journey would take a while as the world was located a few days journey away from their world. The only person that was still up was Riku, he looked up at the night filled sky. It had been a while since he last looked at the stars.

He was in deep thought, his mind raced with thoughts with about what Merlin said about the mysterious artefact. He was worried in case anyone else knew about the relic.

"You okay there Riku?" Riku turned around to see Mickey.

"Mickey? What are you doing up at this hour?"

"I could ask you the same." Mickey smiled before standing next to him and looked at the stars as well.

"Nice view tonight, isn't it?"

"Yeah...it's been a while since I just looked at the stars."

There was silence between the two for awhile.

"Hey Mickey?"

"Yep?"

"I have been meaning to tell you something..." Riku said before looking at the ground.

"What is it buddy?"

"...Before we came here...we were attacked on Destiny Islands."

"What! By who? The Heartless? Nobodies?" Mickey asked with concern on his face.

"...We don't know who it was exactly but, he wore armour and wielded a lethal looking sword."

Mickey looked surprised at this, he remembered meeting individuals who wore armour but that was a long time ago.

"Did he say what he wanted?"

"Yeah he did. He wanted to take Kairi away. Me and Sora fought him but lost against him. I have fought many battles, against Sora and even Roxas, his nobody, but I have never seen someone with such skill with a blade." Riku recalled the time he fought against Sora and Roxas.

"Why did he want Kairi for?" Mickey asked.

"I don't know. But he knew she was a Princess of Heart, and that worries me."

"Why's that?" Mickey could see that Riku was worried.

"I'm worried in case we can't stop him, I don't know why he left suddenly. But if he comes back and we can't stop him, I fear that he won't be as merciful."

Mickey looked worried for Riku; he had known him for a while and could tell that this was troubling him.

"Try not to worry about it so much Riku. I am sure we would be able to defeat him if we all fought him at once." Mickey patted Riku's back before turning to walk away.

"You should get some sleep Riku, we leave early tomorrow." Mickey walked off leaving Riku to think some more on his words.

The sun had risen and everyone was busy loading stuff onto Mickey's main Gummi ship, Excalibur. The ship was the largest in the fleet, equipped with the latest Gummi weaponry and shields. Reno was a bit upset about leaving the Turkmobile behind but due to Choco's death threats put it behind him and helped everyone load supplies on board.

The Excalibur was also equipped with a smaller hangar unlike Disney Castle's; it contained several fighter jets that were used to help defend it from attacks in space. It came with advanced sensors and enough weapons on it to take on a small fleet. It was painted a light golden colour with silver trimming in certain places, it also bore Mickey's symbol on.

"So Sora, are you ready for another adventure?" Donald was carrying supplies with Sora to the Excalibur.

"Of course! Although I would have hoped to have a longer rest from fighting." Sora was carrying quite a few boxes to the ship.

"Well it will take awhile before we get to the Atlantis world anyway, so enjoy the journey while you can." Donald said. Meanwhile, Mickey and Merlin were talking about the journey.

"Are you sure about going back to Atlantis Mickey?" Merlin asked the king.

"Yep! I promised I would tell them more about Alexander, and this is the only other way possible."

"Hmm. You do remember what the king of Atlantis told you last time?" Mickey remembered all too well.

"Yeah, but this is important. Besides, Kairi deserves to know about Alexander more than anyone else." Mickey said looking at Kairi who was taking a box off Sora, the pair of them smiled at the teens.

"Those two have gotten close haven't they?" Merlin said to Mickey with a slight grin.

"...Merlin. Riku mentioned something about a man in armour attacking them. Do you think it could be them?" Mickey said with uncertainty.

"Mickey, it's been years since we have seen any of them. How do we know they haven't passed on?"

"But how many people wear armour nowadays?"

"..True." Mickey said looking slightly disappointed.

"You should question them a bit more on it before you assume anything Mickey. Anyway I must be off; I just hope that techno freak Cid hasn't wrecked the house." Merlin gave a small bow before disappearing.

Mickey walked over to the ship and saw that just about everyone was ready.

"What do you mean we can't bring it on board!?" Reno yelled at Tseng and Elena.

"Reno, you were a nuisance with that thing back home! Last thing we need is Mickey's ship overrun with chickens again now." Tseng said pointing at the demonic chicken god statue Reno was holding.

"Awww." Reno walked back to the Turkmobile.

"Heya fellas! What's up with Reno?" Mickey asked looking at the sulking cultist.

"He wanted to bring his new giant chicken statue on board." Elena said smiling at the king.

"He can if he wants, there's plenty of room."

"Trust us, you don't want to know what happens when that thing is nearby." Rude said walking over.

"DIE MOUSETH!!" Choco came in riding a one of the smaller Gummi ships.

Luckily Choco possessed no flying capabilities and crashed into a pile of spare ship parts. Tseng did the usual thing when Choco misbehaved and gave him a slap around the beak, Mickey raised an eyebrow at the mysterious creatures recent behaviour. He remembered Choco being so peaceful and cute.

"Hey Sora?" Kairi was helping Sora unload some of the supplies.

"Yeah Kairi?" Sora said looking at Kairi.

"You are still going to teach me how to use this thing right?" Kairi said holding her new Keyblade.

"Of course, but are you sure you want to use that?" Sora recalled what happened last time.

"Yeah, I was given this for a reason right? Might as well make the most of it." She said smiling.

"Sora, training? Are you sure about that Kairi?" Riku said carrying a few supply boxes.

"Oh and you can do better Riku?" Sora said.

"Most likely, you're looking at someone who had to beat a copy of himself and Xehanort's Heartless." Riku said looking smug.

"When was that?" Sora asked with confusion.

"It was before I started helping DiZ I mean, Ansem. It's a long story, I'll tell you it sometime." Riku said before walking into the ship.

"Yeah? Well I beat an army of 1000 Heartless, titans made of ice and rock and Sephiroth!" Sora yelled into the ship.

"Sephiroth?" Kairi asked looking confused.

"I'll tell you about him some other time Kairi. Anyway we need to load this stuff onto the ship."

"Okay, let me get that."

As the two of them went to pick up a box, their hands met at the same time. The pair of them looked at each other before pulling away quickly and blushing slightly.

"Sorry." Sora and Kairi said at the same time before chuckling.

"Hey love birds! Hurry it up! We haven't got all day!" Riku yelled from within the ship.

Half an hour later everyone was ready to set off. All the equipment, food and other supplies had been loaded onto the ship. All that was left was to take off.

"Don't worry Minnie, we'll be back." Mickey said hugging his wife.

"Good luck!"

"Now remember Donald-"

"Yes I know Daisy! We'll pay regular visits, don't worry."

After everyone had said their goodbyes, they all boarded the Excalibur and began to make final preparations for the ship to launch.

"Engines ready."

"All hatches locked."

"Right everyone, we're off to Atlantis!" Mickey said in the captain chair installed by the Turks.

The ship's engines roared to life as the ship began to float out of the hangar. The ship sparkled in the sunlight, shining brightly in the sky. After a few more preparations were complete, the ship flew off into space, towards the world of Atlantis.

It had been at least a day since they left Disney Castle, and they still had halfway to go before reaching their target world. Riku and the Turks were in the lounge of the Excalibur, the Turks were in the midst of having a game of I spy, apart from Reno who was busy playing on his PSP.

"NO! NOO!! OH COME ON!!" Reno yelled at the small handheld console.

"What is upeth?" Choco who was wandering around saw Reno angry.

"Bloody enemy had a million turns; they shatter all my equipment and spammed me with gay attacks!!"

"What game iseth it?"

"Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions."

"GASPETH! THAT IS AN EVIL GAMETH!! EXTREMELY HARDETH!!" Choco also bore hatred towards the game.

Riku who was on the other side of the room raised an eyebrow at Reno and Choco's conversation, he managed to complete it within a few hours. He then decided to go for a walk through the ship.

On the other side of the ship, Sora was talking with Donald and Goofy in the kitchen. They had been catching up over the months they hadn't seen each other, it appeared as if much hadn't changed.

"Heh, I'm gonna get a drink." Sora walked over to the fridge and opened it.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

"SUBMIT!!" Out of the fridge leapt Xehanort's Heartless. Sora quickly shut the fridge door on him.

"WHAT THE HECK IS HE DOING IN THERE!?"

"Who?" A young dog wearing a mechanics outfit appeared.

"Max?" Goofy said looking at the mechanic.

"Hey there dad!" Max said.

"What are you doing here?" Goofy said walking over to his son.

"I was hired by the chief mechanic to look after this ship and keep it in perfect condition."

"Well then Max, care to tell me why IT is in there?" Sora said pointing at the fridge.

"It's not really him, just a machine that took the form of him. It's the assistant that helps find you meals." Max said looking clever.

"So why does he say 'SUBMIT' like he used to?" Donald asked slightly curious.

"The assistant models itself on your most hated person or thing, so that's why." Afterwards Goofy began to give Max a father to son speech that went on and on. Sora and Donald just watched.

"Sora?" Sora turned around to see Kairi.

"Hey Kairi what's up?" Sora said giving her a smile.

"Um, think you can teach me how to fight better?" Kairi said while smiling back.

"Sure come on." Sora and Kairi left to find the training room.

Afterwards Donald went to one of the cupboards to get something but something startled him.

"SUBMIT!!"

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Donald's screaming could be heard throughout the ship.

Sora and Kairi had found the training room; unlike the one on the Turks ship, it looked more like a virtual simulator. Sora walked over to the console in the middle of the room.

'Please choose terrain type...' A message on the machine read.

"Um, how about a normal field type Kairi?" Sora asked Kairi.

"Sure, I don't mind."

Sora entered the field type and the room changed from an empty room to an open field. Sora and Kairi awed at the wide open field, there was wind and even birds in the sky.

"Okay shall we get started?"

"Okay."

"First you need to have a battle stance; this can help you with attacking or defending. It's best to find a one you prefer." Sora spoke like an expert.

"Hmmm, any good defensive stances?" Kairi asked a little confused. She hadn't had much experience with fighting.

"Here let me show you..." Sora walked behind Kairi.

"You don't mind do you?" Sora asked making sure Kairi didn't mind him being this close.

"No I don't mind." Kairi said with a little giggle afterwards.

Sora moved Kairi's arms holding her Keyblade into a more defensive pose, he told her about how effective this one would be for fighting against normal Heartless. Kairi on the other hand stopped paying attention to his words and couldn't help but look at Sora.

"...Yeah I think this pose is...good for you..." Sora noticed Kairi's eyes piercing into his own.

Sora couldn't help but stare into her eyes, he had always found them to be attractive. He loved the combination of blue and slight purple; to him they made her eyes look beautiful. Kairi had always liked Sora's eyes; to her they reflected his personality. Their faces were only a few inches from each other, their gazes still fixes upon each other.

"Kairi..."

"Yeah?"

"There's something that I want to tell you." Kairi moved a little closer to Sora, eagerly awaiting his words.

"I...I..."

(BBBOOOOOOOMMMMM)

The entire ship shook from the explosion, Sora managed to catch Kairi before she fell. More explosions continued to erupt throughout the ship, Sora and Kairi left the training room and went to find the bridge.

T: There you are, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

T: Till next time!