Author's Note: I do not own ANYTHING pertaining to Kingdom Hearts. I only own Blastbone Clarkson, Charlotte Amaturie (to appear in later chapters), and their nobodies, whose names will be revealed below. So without further ado, here is my interpretation of Kingdom Hearts III.

Chapter III: The Threat Revealed

"Hello, Blaster," Nox said, beginning to walk towards the group.

"Stay where you are!" Sora threatened as Blaster looked into the eyes of his Nobody.

"Come on now," Nox replied. "Can't I see my Somebody?"

"Okay, you see us," Blaster said, readying his Keyblade again. "Now back off!"

"I TOLD you you shouldn't have threatened them," the female nobody said to her partner. She turned to the group before adding, "Please excuse Noxbastbel. He really doesn't mean any harm." She extended her hand for a handshake with Blaster. "Name's Xarch."

"You seem familiar," Blaster mentioned, taking her hand. "Do I know you?"

"Well…not directly," Nox replied. "You see, my name is Noxbastbel. Rearrange the letters and take out the 'x,' and you have…"

"Blastbone," Blaster said, suddenly realizing. "You are my Nobody?!"

"That's what they tell me," Nox replied.

"So, you are Char's Nobody," Blaster said, motioning to Xarch with his Keyblade. She confirmed it. "How is that possible? When did I get a nobody?"

"We found out that Roxas was formed after Sora was turned into a heartless back in Hollow Bastion," Riku said. "Before it returned to Radiant Garden."

The scene flashed through Blaster's head as if a movie had started.

(flashback)

Sora had plunged the Dark Keyblade into his chest, causing light to be emitted. Blaster quickly took the blade and did the same thing, stabbing himself in the chest where his heart should be. As both of them started to glow from the chest, Sora looked at the Heartless symbol: the Keyhole was now complete. Blaster looked at Sora, who had averted his gaze to Blaster. Each one smiled at each other as the Dark Keyblade burst into 7 white spheres. The other princesses (Aurora, Alice, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, and Snow White), who were in tubes in the hallway, each had one white sphere enter their body.

Blaster watched as Wendy's (his friend) heart was returned. She didn't wake up immediately, but she was starting to regain consciousness. Cody, who had turned in time to see Blaster sacrifice himself, saw two white orbs emerge from both Blaster's and Sora's bodies. The orb from Blaster's body drifted over to Char and disappeared inside her, while Sora's did the same for Kairi. Both of whom were awake slightly faster.

The two ran over to catch their falling friends, only to catch thin air, the wristband around Blaster's wrist falling into Char's Hand.

(a little bit later)

Originally at the bottom of a Heartless-pile, Kairi was now standing upright, with Sora in one arm and Blaster in the other.

"Thanks Kairi," Sora said, as Blaster moved away so that the two could embrace each other. His time alone was short lived when a certain female with brown hair came from nowhere and tackled him.

(end flashback)

"Now, if you'll excuse me," Nox said striding past the Keybladers to kneel before the King, "I wish you all humble greetings, Your Majesties." Xarch also approached and knelt before the pedestal. When both stood up, Mickey had his Keyblade nearly up to their necks.

"What do you want?" Mickey demanded.

"If we had meant you harm," Xarch said, "we would have done that by now. We choose not to out of the goodness of our…well…partial hearts."

"WHAT?!" Sora and co. all shouted. Mickey and his royal Court remained silent, but their eyes told them that they were thinking about saying the same thing.

"We are not like normal Nobodies," Nox said. "We have hearts, or at least part of one. With them, we can feel certain feelings at random times."

"That's new," Blaster said. "How could you get a piece of a heart?"

"I think it might be because of that," Xarch said, pointing to the wristband on Blaster's left arm. "When you and Char lost your hearts, that little wristband actually stored about a quarter of a heart in its memory. So, by only having three quarters of a heart to work with, my guess is that Nox and I were able to receive that missing fraction of a heart."

"Why are you here?" Sora asked.

"We were betrayed by our employers," Nox said. Everyone but Xarch gave him the look that meant they had no idea what he was talking about. Sighing, Nox added, "You know, Organization XIII."

"You're members of the Organization?" Riku asked, utterly dumbfounded.

"Unofficial numbers XV and XVI at your service," Nox said, taking a dramatic bow. "Number XV is Xarch, the Shadow of Twilight. I am number XVI, the Raider of Darkness."

"I guess these aren't the enemies you talked about in your letter," Kairi said. Blaster's keyblade dissolved into a shower of black, white, and purple sparks as she said this.

"Afraid not," Mickey said. His keyblade was dismissed in a shower of golden sparks. Riku, Sora, and Kairi also dismissed their weapons in showers of black, brown, and silver sparks. "Ya see, the first thing I was going to talk about was that there were still nobodies wandering around, organized as if sent by Organization members, but, we have the only two members able to do that right here, and they seem to be on our side.

"No, the real enemies are chasers," Mickey finished. Before anyone could ask, he added, "Or at least they think they are. They are people just like you and me, figuratively speaking. Only, they wield keyblades and, in their lust for power, will do anything to gain the keyblades of others."

"Just how do they go about doing that?" Sora asked.

"They kill their enemy," Blaster said. "Either that or force their enemy to willingly surrender everything to them, and that would end in death as well."

"And you know this, how?" Riku asked.

"I was told by myself," Blaster said. "A future me arrived and told me about the chasers. He tried to deceive me, even in his…my suit of black and white armor."

"How could you tell?" Nox asked. Blaster simply raised his wristband adorned arm. "Oh!"

"Yes, that, and I'm afraid that Maleficent is trying to take over Kingdom Hearts again," Mickey said. "She has already reoccupied her castle in Radiant Garden, and has already captured Aurora, Cinderella, and Snow White."

"That leaves Alice, Jasmine, Belle, and Kairi," Blaster said. "My friends Char and Wendy have been taken out of the equation when they left for our reality. Even if they return, there will still only be 7 Princesses of Heart."

"They won't even come near her!" Sora exclaimed. "They will have to come through me first!"

"Also, numerous worlds are calling for help, most of which are new worlds," Mickey said. "And, since we now have four Keybladers, excluding myself, I should let you know that this adventure will be even tougher than your last."

"Another adventure?!" Sora, Riku, and Kairi exclaimed.

"I live for adventures," Blaster replied. "I kinda have to, since I am the one with the ship."

"Welp," Mickey said, "I think Master Yen Sid might be able to help you guys out. I hear he has the latest upgrade for the drive clothing. I'm sure you'll like it."

"Finally," Kairi said. "Something other than this dress. It's a bit too tight for me."

"Any clothing that will flow with your movements will work," Blaster said. "Maybe like a tom-boy setting, or a better dress."

"Whatever you do get, I'm sure you'll be comfortable," Sora said.

"General," Mickey announced.

"Sir!" Blaster said, as if on instinct.

"We have no spare Gummi Ship," Mickey said, "so you will have to use the Pegasus to travel. I understand that you have enough room for a small army."

"I can take on up to 200 people," Blaster said. "Life support can take up to 350, but the chances of that many people being on-board are slim. Besides," he added in a whisper, "I knew you would ask me so I told them that they would get their rooms after we leave here."

"Then, I send you to Twilight Town," Mickey said. "Master Yen Sid will prepare you for the journey."

"I call Shotgun!" Nox shouted, racing for the door.

"Come on, Nox," Xarch replied, following her Nobody partner at walking speed. "You and I both well know that the Pegasus doesn't have a shotgun seat. There's just the captain's chair, and a bunch of consoles along most of the walls."

"I would ask how you know all this, but that'd be a stupid question," Blaster said.

"Alright," Sora said to himself, "we have me, Riku, Kairi, Nox, Xarch, Donald, Goofy, and Blaster. Did I forget anyone?"

"Lemmie see," Riku said, counting under his breath. "Yep. You got 'em all."

"Your Majesties," Blaster said with a bow, "thank you for your help."

"Don't mention it," Mickey said.

"Be sure to bring Donald back in once piece!" Daisy demanded.

"I will see to it that your request is fulfilled, Lady Daisy," Sora said.

"I'll be back, Daisy," Donald said. "Why do you worry so much?"

"Because you never call," Daisy said.

"We'll make sure he calls," Blaster said. "I promise."

"Thanks for the help, Your Majesties," Riku said.

Mickey and Minnie nodded, and Blaster began to shoo everyone back to his ship. Twilight Town was pretty far, and the crew needed to get their rooms sorted out. Blaster bowed once again before leaving the room.

"Blaster sure knows how to make an entrance," Minnie said. "And an exit."

Blaster ran to get to his ship, jumping over the colonnade railings. The Gummi Hanger had four new Gummi ships in the middle of being built, none of which were working at the moment. Blaster's ship was already on the tarmac, positioned there by itself. By the time everyone else was in the ship and on the bridge, Blaster moved them into their own rooms. Once everyone was settled in, Blaster piloted his ship into space, and off to meet Mickey's mentor.

(Line)

(Scenes from the next chapter.)

ON THE NEXT "INTO THE FIRE": The crew gets all powered up ("Give me strength!" In a flash of light, Sora transformed into his Final Form.). New Clothes (Kairi reached for a pink drive orb and shouted, "Light!"), new Drives (Riku reached for a purple and black orb, and shouted, "Darkness!"), and new ways to express feelings ("TRANSFORM!" Blaster shouted, reaching for the blue drive orb./"Nice!" Blaster said, admiring his new Drive Clothing). Stay tuned for an all new Into the Fire.

Not really a good cliff-hanger, but, I haven't been known to make good ones anyway. No big battle will take place here, for the moment.

JIMINY'S JOURNAL

NOXBASTBEL: Unofficial No. XVI of Organization XIII. He is the Nobody of Blastbone, but, like Roxas, defected, but he did it because he and Xarch became involuntary traitors. He seems to have retained a small portion of Blaster's heart when Blaster turned into a Heartless. He wields Darkness, like Riku, but he is able to sink himself deeper than any human could into the Darkness.

XARCH: Unofficial No. XV of Organization XIII. She is the Nobody of Charlotte (Char) Amaturie, Blaster's best friend and fiancé. She was thrown out of the Organization because Xemnas marked her and Nox as traitors after they accidently nearly destroyed Xemnas' Kingdom Hearts. She seems to have retained a small portion of Char's heart when Char's heart was forcibly removed. She wields Twilight, an element that uses the Light and the Darkness at the same time.

CHARLOTTE AMATURIE: Blaster's Fiancé and current commander of the Bellerophon. She is one of the newer Princesses of Heart, which brought the total up to nine, but when she left with Blaster's other friends Cody and Wendy, they dropped the number back down to seven. She is also a Keyblade wielder, using a Keyblade designed by Blaster and herself that splits down the middle into two blades. Too bad she is currently a universe away.