Disclaimer: The following series and characters belong to their respective corporations: Nintendo, Disney, and Square-Enix, including their respectful developers. The following characters of this fic: Kyle Nasher, Dirk Lionheart, Alana (Lana) Blade, Drew Devin, and Nived Werd belong to author Mace the Manakete in agreement to his written consent.

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Kingdom Hearts Chronicles: Vol.1
KINGDOM BLESSINGS

—CHAPTER 8—
Introduction

In every soul lies true blessing,

In every blessing lie great powers…

Powers beyond the imagining…

And every soul cannot survive without blessing…

As darkness veils the world, four warriors of light shall come… (Original Quote from Final Fantasy I)

Each warrior of Light shall wield an elemental crystal: Venus, Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter. Only one will wield the Keyblade. Only one will seal the door… and free the Light.

There, in a billion light years away from our galaxy, floats another galaxy known briefly as the Gathered Worlds. These other worlds share one Secret that was well renowned in the past, but forgotten in the present.

Researches were done to prove that when a person's blessing is taken away from his or her soul, that person will fall into a deep slumber and that soul, will then starts to drift away into nothingness, creating a Wire Frame. The formation of a heartless is well-known as a lost corrupted heart separated from its being, and a Nobody, being the empty castaway corpse of the victim. Lost blessings and hearts result in lost souls and lost bodies, resulting in unfair casualties, meaning that everyone, in the Gathered Worlds, is in danger; everyone, including the Thirteen Nobles of Pure: thirteen individuals, whose blessing is the purest of all, and each of their blessings, hold the key that could reveal the secret of the Gathered Worlds and possibly the destruction of mankind. However, there is hope.

Behold, the Sacred Keyblade. This Sacred Keyblade shall be revived by the unity of the powers of the four Crystals (Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter) each wielded by its chosen wielders, and it shall be christened Eclypsia. Each warrior shall be known as the Warriors of Light. Only one of them shall wield Eclypsia and be known as Gate Guardian to prevent evil from exposing blessings into darkness, from allowing the Gates of Darkness to be opened, and preventing the secret to be exposed by evil itself, currently residing inside the secret's ritual site: The Kingdom of Gates.

Once again I say to you all: Be ready, Gate Guardian, warriors of Light, wielders of Venus, Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter crystals, for the road you will take, will challenge your souls.

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The magic ship was seen flying gracefully on space. The Blessed league: Kyle, Dirk, Mario, Luigi, Donald, Goofy, and Bowser were at the living room of the ship while Chip, Dale and the Baby Bros. were inside the control room's cubicle, piloting the ship.

"So tell me Kyle." Mario asked the young hero, "That Keyblade you wield. Do you know what this is about?"

"Well…" Kyle pondered.

"All I can say is that Keyblade reminds me of the one Sora wielded in the past." Donald pointed out.

"Really?" Kyle exclaimed, "Is that true?"

"Either that or Donald is lying." A celestial voice sounded from among the group. Everyone looked around for the source of the voice.

"Err…did you guys just spoke?" Luigi suddenly felt cold and his heart started racing.

"No, but I have a bad feeling about this." Bowser said with an opposite feeling.

"It's that voice…" Goofy said, "It's spooky, but totally familiar."

"Guys! I'm right here!" the voice spoke again.

The heroes turned around and saw Final Form Sora floating midair next to them.

"Sora!" Donald and Goofy exclaimed.

"So you must be the summon spirit of Sora." Dirk said, "Boy, you're not as scary as I expected. I thought you will be a dragon or something."

Sora forced a grin, "Thanks."

"Hey!" Donald approaches Sora angrily and points the finger at him, "Who do you think you are, calling me a liar? You know full well that what I'm saying is totally true."

A nervous Sora shook his hands and smiled, "It's just a figure of speech." He said, "Can't take a joke once a while?"

"Believe me, he never takes jokes." Mario narrowed his eyes.

"Sora. That Keyblade you wield. How does it look like?" Kyle asked the Keybearer.

Sora's two Keyblade, the Oblivion and the Oathkeeper, floated around him before landing hard on the ground, stabbing it. "They are very powerful relics." He replied, "But I doubt yours looks like mine."

Kyle stretched out his arm and the Keyblade appeared to him. He examined it then examined Sora's, "They don't look alike. But they appear to be the same keys form. And what about those scribble on the blade?"

"I have no idea." Sora said, "This Keyblade may look different but it has a different purpose since it looks translucent and disappears at every minute."

"So what are you suggesting?" Luigi asked, "Cause Mario and I, we've seen the work that Keyblade does to Wire Frames and Heartless. It's out of this world!"

"Like us at this very moment." Bowser joked.

"Well, all I can say is that we must find the elemental crystals." Kyle pointed out, "perhaps, that Keyblade might have a purpose in them."

"That I will do." Sora said, "Good luck on your journey. I'll be watching." Sora disappeared in a twinkle. The Keyblade disappeared in Kyle's hand as well.

"I never thought I will be seeing an actual spirit." Dirk exclaimed, "And to top that, a legendary warrior."

"It's good to see Sora again." Goofy said.

"Yeah." Donald replied, "But still he shouldn't have called me a liar."

"Err…guys?" Kyle sighed uncomfortably, "I never actually told you what happened to me before I got here...but here it goes."

The heroes leaned towards Kyle to hear him out. Kyle cleared his throat and spoke, "I have a feeling that Dirk and I might be the Warriors of Light."

"What?!" everyone exclaimed.

"Not just us, but Lana and Drew as well." Kyle said.

"That's preposterous!" Dirk said, "What makes you say that?"

"This is no joke Dirk." Kyle exclaimed, "When we were at the manse and you disappeared, the Wire Frames and the Heartless ambushed me. Before I knew it, I was in this white empty void. A voice spoke to me and informed me of my best friends and I, being the Four Warriors of Light, and one of us, warriors, to be the wielder of the Sacred Keyblade. That wielder is me."

"That sounds logical." Donald said.

"Gawrsh, and scary." Goofy pointed out.

"That explains these text messages you kept receiving." Dirk said, "What was it saying? As darkness… takes the world or something, four warriors will come?"

"Yes, and what's frightening, is that the voice kept repeating these words that were on the text messages, including something about blessings."

"Blessings?!" they exclaimed.

"'Every soul cannot survive without blessings'" Kyle quoted, "that's one of the voice's quotes that still frightens me."

"So what are you saying?" Luigi exclaimed, "That without blessings, our souls die?"

"And so are we." Kyle responded.

"It could mean that Princess Toadstool is in the gravest dangers as we speak!" Mario exclaimed.

"It's not just Princess Toadstool, but Emperor Mickey and King Alexander Highwind as well." Dirk added.

"I hate to tell you this, guys, but we seem to be facing a demonic foe at stake." Kyle said.

"Okay that does it!" Bowser complained, "There's no way we're going to be spending an eternity in this ship without taking action. I want my princess now!" the Koopa rose from his seat and ran for the control room. The heroes followed.

"HEY! Bowser!." Donald warned, "You better not touch those buttons there pal! So back off!"

"What are you doing?" Chip and Dale exclaimed as Bowser pushed them and the Baby Bros. out of the way. He then glared at a black button and urged to push it, "What's this here button?"

"DON'T PUSH ANYTHING!" everyone cried but it was too late. Bowser pushed the button and the ship immediately turned and faced downward. Everyone went screaming as the ship was heading straight to solid earth.

Coming up: The party of twelve is landing their ship into another world. Where will be their first destination? The epic continues.

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