Chapter ten has finally arrived! Sorry that took so long to get posted! I had some problem with my profile where it wouldn't let me sign in for a few days. So as a sort of apology gift I am giving you the longest chapter yet (applause). I am at 9 reviews now (thanks everyone). If I can make it to double digit reviews I'm handing out free cookies! (If you can find where I live) Enjoy the special 10th chapter!!

*Lauren*

Considering the lame ship didn't have an actual bathroom in every room I got the pleasure of kicking Riku out of our room so I could change. Literally. I quickly changed into some clothes that Kairi had given me. I usually just wore a black Organization XIII cloak that Axel had given me a long time ago when I traveled but now that I was around people I had to change my clothes everyday because, unlike Organization XIII cloaks, regular clothes got dirty and torn after a while. Luckily Kairi's clothes fit me well and she seemed to have an unlimited supply when it came to things like that. I brushed my hair, using my phone as a mirror. I had chosen to take my time due to the fact that Riku was banging on our door commanding that I let him. I'm so glad the Keyblade can be used for locking things other than the Keyholes to different worlds. I grabbed the thing nearest me and whirled it at the door, there was the loud sound of glass breaking and then a splattering sound as some liquid hit the floor.

"That better not have been my Elixir! That thing cost me way more than it should have!" Riku yelled. I looked at the broken glass on the floor and smiled as I saw the tell-tale purple liquid dripping out of the remains of the bottle.

"It was you're over priced Elixir!" I yelled at him, trying to conceal my pleasure. It wasn't like I did it on purpose but sometimes life treats you to a few extra rewards. The following five minutes consisted of Riku yelling like a crazy person which eventually pissed me off so then we were both yelling like crazy people until Kairi came by and yelled that if she couldn't take her shower in peace she was gonna force her blade down both of our throats- at the same time. We both shut up but Riku, as persistent as always, continued to half- heartedly hit our door with some crazy hope that I was actually going to open it.

As I sat there enjoying my superior power I sensed something dark and big coming towards us, fast. I quickly got up and dashed out of the room, grabbing Riku and pulling him down the hallway towards the control room.

"You're coming with me." I said as I pulled him down the hall. For once he didn't argue, he just ran behind me without protesting. I came to a halt when I entered the control room where Sora and Kairi were both hanging out chatting at a table in the center of the room. They hadn't noticed us yet. Riku grabbed my arm and dragged me back around the corner so Sora and Kairi were out of sight.

"What's this about?" he asked quietly.

"Heartless squad about two miles away"

"Got it" Riku said with some gleam in his eye that I didn't understand. He went around the corner and raised his arms up and clapped them together loudly, getting Sora and Kairi's attention.

"Ok lovebirds hate to ruin the moment but Key bearer number two here says there's a Heartless squad about two miles away headed straight for us so I suggest you stop flirting and press the pretty red button over there that says emergency!" Riku yelled. I smiled, he knew his friends well. Sora quickly jumped up and looked at me, his eyes saying he was all business while Kairi shrunk lower into her chair and blushed. Sora ran over to the controls with Riku and I right behind him. Sora glanced at the radar than back at me.

"There's nothing here" Sora said, casting me a doubtful look.

"That's because this lame gummi ship model only has a radar range of 1 mile" I said, holding up one finger just to be sure he got the message. Riku and Sora both looked impressed. "What?" I asked. Kairi came up behind me with a sigh.

"Knowing about gummi ships is like knowing about cars in Sora and Riku's eyes." She lowered her voice to a whisper that only I could hear. "It's a total turn-on" My eyes widened and I looked over at Riku before recoiling.

"Ew" I said. Kairi just laughed. The radar beeped and Sora glanced back at it.

"There they are, about 100 Heartless ships headed for us" he said before pressing the 'pretty red button'. About a minute later Selphie, Wakka, Tidus, Kairi, and I were all strapped in by the seats that had come out of the floor in the control room while Sora and Riku were manning the controls. One minute later and the Heartless squad had reached us. With Sora controlling the ships movements and Riku in charge of the weapons our lame gummi ship started twisting, turning, flipping, and zigzagging through space. Riku and Sora were making pretty good progress but the Heartless ships were strong, and once the warning alarm started blaring I decided it was time for me to save the day. I watched Sora and Riku's movements carefully. They were both pretty sure of what they were doing so instead I focused on their minds. It took about three seconds for me to realize whose thoughts were louder. I made a split decision before quickly undoing the seatbelt on the chair and leaping up, shoving Sora out of the way of the controls.

"Sorry, look out" I said before taking the controls. If I could see what Riku was planning on doing before he did it then I could work to his advantage, which would make this an easier battle to win.

"Hey what the-" Sora's protests were cut short as we took another blow and Sora, being the only one not holding on to anything, went flying backwards. Riku didn't even look away from what he was doing. Our minds working as one, or rather, me listening to what his mind was thinking and then acting on it, we slowly made our way through the Heartless squad. Once we were down to about 10 Heartless ships left at least 100 more came into our path through portals of darkness.

"They cheated!" Selphie yelled.

"Now what" Riku said, looking towards me.

"What you actually want my opinion?!" I said with mock surprise. Of course he wants my opinion, because my opinion is the best! At least in my opinion anyways. Riku gave me a stop-messing-around-or-I-will-freaking-kill-you look and I smiled.

"Simple- we will cheat just like they did" I told him. Riku looked confused but I'm sure everyone did right then. Gathering up a large amount of strength and, making it look one hell of a lot easier than it really was, I summoned up a huge portal. Then I shot the gummi ship forward at full speed, straight into the portal. We were in darkness for a moment before coming out the other end of the portal- right in front of a world that looked comfortably familiar. I looked back at Sora and grinned,

"You did say we were stopping by Radiant Garden first right?

*Riku*

"Man you guys make a great team! That was amazing!" Tidus said. He was jumping up and down. Some people handle adrenaline badly. We were now walking through the strangely empty streets of Radiant Garden. According to Sora it had expanded a lot since he was last there which, in other words, meant we were lost.

"How did you do that?" Sora asked turning to us. I shrugged, so Lauren can drive a gummi ship, big deal.

"Well actually I have a small amount of psychic ability, which is why Riku and I made such a good team." Lauren explained. Oh good, so it was just a fluke after all.

"Oh so you can read minds and stuff?!" Selphie said, she sounded worried. My thoughts were confirmed about two seconds later.

"DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT I'M THINKING!!!!" She yelled, which made everyone else cover their ears.

"It's not like that Selphie, you see I can only hear stuff if people let me. Before now nobody knew to try and block me out so I could hear what everyone was thinking but now, now I can't hear a thing." Damn.

"Except Riku just said damn" You suck.

"I hate you too Riku!" Lauren said cheerfully. Everyone else just rolled their eyes.

"So you can pick up stuff and throw it wit your mind ya?" Wakka asked. Lauren shook her head.

"Nope, basically all I can do is telepathically communicate with people" she said. I smirked when Sora, Selphie, and Tidus all got a confused expression on their face. Big words. Lauren looked at me.In your opinion maybe. We all kept walking in silence, until Lauren stopped suddenly. She held out her hand as a signal for us to stop moving. She closed her eyes and stood still.

"What are you like scenting the air for danger or something?" I asked sarcastically, rolling my eyes.

"There are 200 Heartless coming up in 3…2…1" she opened her eyes just as 200 Heartless appeared.

"Ok apparently you were" I said, my eyes widening with surprise. Everyone summoned their weapons, Sora with his Keyblade, me with the Way to the Dawn, Kairi with her blade, which we had decided to call the Flowerblade, at least until we could think of something better. Tidus took out his wooden sword, Wakka got out his blue and white blitz ball, and Selphie pulled out her jump rope. Oh this will be good. Sora seemed to notice that Tidus, Selphie and Wakka weren't exactly using Heartless fighting weapons. He turned to Lauren.

"We have to keep going, they can fight these things!" he said, gesturing to Tidus, Selphie, and Wakka. Lauren nodded.

"I'm on it! she said before leaping into the mass of Heartless. A moment later I could see her, fighting viciously. None of the Heartless could touch her and I felt my jaw drop. When I had fought blind folded I had a sense of where things were and if something was coming towards me but this was something completely different. As Lauren slashed her way through the Heartless using the Two Across and the Ultima Weapon it seemed like she knew where everything was, not just the things that caused a threat. She threw the Ultima Weapon across the plaza before whirling into a vicious combo with the Two Across. She ran towards the wall and managed to take a few large steps before pushing off the wall in a back flip, catching the Ultima Weapon while she was entirely upside down. She landed before spinning around, slashing the five Shadows that had leaped towards her. Then she did a quick flip, using the ends of her two blades as support instead of her own hands. Once she was on her feet again she slammed her Keyblades into the ground, a black jet of energy shot off across the ground about twenty feet before vanishing. It sort of reminded me of when I had fought Sora in the view of the heart of Radiant Garden, back when I was possessed by Xehanort's Heartless.

*Lauren*

I loved the feeling that adrenaline gave me, mixed with mine and Fury's strength and skill. My thoughts became less complicated before giving way to pure instinct. Back flip. Upper slash. Spin. Aerial combo. Throw Two Across. Quick and powerful combo. Catch Two Across. Run. Jump. Spin, blades out. Land on hands. Switch back to feet. Spin. Slash two Shadows. As I fought I felt something inside of me burst, or rather, erupt. I quickly counted the days since this had happened. I arrived at two and a half weeks. Shit. Thinking quickly I saw a large building and pointed frantically to it.

"Get behind there now!" I yelled at everyone. I got confused looks but everyone quickly went over to the building, Riku being the most hesitant. I felt the energy flowing through my veins and relished the incredible exhilaration that came with it. This may be considered a curse, but man did I love it. Once this power had completed its circulation through my veins I knew it was time to release it. My only worry was that someone might get hurt.

Well it's a little late for that now.

Here goes nothing. Literally

Literally

I felt my feet leave the ground and I floated up a few feet, weightless. I gently lifted up my arms with fingers facing down. I took in a deep breath, tilted my head back, and screamed.

You know how sometimes when you're angry or in pain you just have to scream to let it out? Like if you scream loud enough or long enough all the bad feelings will just leave? Well that's why I was screaming right then. I was trying to get all the deadly energy out of me and screaming just made it easier.

As soon as I screamed I could feel the white energy shoot out from my body. It went out about two feet before shooting up high, so high probably everyone in the city could see it. I then lifted my hands so my palms were facing out and immediately the incredible force shot out, killing every Heartless in sight and even shooting down a few of the near by streets. And then as quickly as it had started, it was finished. In about ten seconds I had lost a monumental amount of energy and I had lost it so fast I momentarily lost consciousness. Now, I usually do lose consciousness but I'm usually pretty high up when this happens so I have time to regain consciousness, flip over, and land safely. Eh not this time. I was barely able to tilt my head up before landing hard on the concrete. Pain shot down my spine, sharp and cruel. I gasped out but I couldn't seem to open my eyes, it seemed like I was paralyzed for the time being. I strained every muscle in my body to move but they wouldn't respond.

Shit! Shit shit shit shit shit!

Well you know what is going to happen now right?

Of course.

"Hey Riku can you carry her to the secret hideout?" Sora asked

"No and why are we going to a secret hideout?"

"Because everyone is there and you need to carry her"

"No you do it"

"Awe come on Riku! You are the strongest one here" Kairi said slyly.

"I know what you're doing but I'll carry her just so you guys will leave me alone!" He said. I felt myself being picked up off the ground.

Of course he had to carry me.

And you know why?

Because the world hates us of course!

Exactly.

It was about a twenty minute walk to this so called secret hide out and during those twenty minutes I established four things.

1. I could feel Riku's muscles under his shirt

2. He was warmer than I was

3. This was really uncomfortable

4. Life sucks

Finally we made it to the hide out and I got to hear the regular and always boring greetings of old friends and new people. Then I heard the one and only voice I actually enjoyed hearing.

"I guess we really can't get rid of her no matter how hard we try."

Oh yeah he's the best.

He's the only person I actually like.

Maybe the world was just really twisted and was trying to make my life into some lame movie but the moment I heard his voice my paralysis was miraculously lifted from my body and I could move again.

"Cloud!" I yelled sitting up straight in Riku's arms, which by the way, was very hard. Riku dropped me out of surprise but I managed to land in a crouch. Cloud looked at me and, even though I knew he was trying to hide it, I could see the faintest trace of amusement in his eyes.

"How you been Spiky?!" I asked energetically. I looked around the room and genuinely smiled. Surrounding me were my favorite people in the worlds.

"It's been a few months! How's it going?" a certain black haired ninja asked with a wave.

"It's so good to see you again!" A girl in a pink dress said, clapping her hands together and smiling.

"Well I'll be" said one older man with blond hair.

"I was starting to wonder when your next visit would be" said a girl with long black hair.

"I should've known that I wouldn't be able to get rid of you that easily" Cloud said. I just laughed as Yuffie, Aerith, and Tifa all pulled me into a group hug. Yuffie then tugged Cid in and Cloud got pulled in by Tifa. We were all a big happy group until Riku had to go ruin it by saying:

"What the hell is going on?! You know each other?! And you actually like her?!" he yelled, pointing to me on that last sentence.

"He's the leader of my hate club" I explained. Cloud stepped forward and quickly told everyone what was going on.

"Lauren and I met along time ago, back when I lived in a place called Midgar. I was training for an elite group of warriors called SOLDIER in hopes that I would become one someday too. My friend Zack and I found her and Zack immediately asked her to join SOLDIER because of her….unique talents. She also met Aerith then too along with Yuffie and Tifa. Then Zack died in a battle and we both went our separate ways. That was also before Fury joined the group. We ran into each other again about two years ago, right around the time when you started on your first journey, Sora. We've been running into each other a lot since then." Cloud finished.

"You were a soldier?!" Sora asked his eyes wide.

"It's different. Look it's a lot to explain and I'll tell some other time. Right now I want to know what you guys are doing here. Didn't you just get back to your islands?" Cloud asked. Yuffie, Cid, Tifa, and Aerith all leaned in, eager to hear the story.

"Well when we met Lauren and found out about the fact that she was a Keyblade bearer and that we were supposed to shape the destiny of the worlds forever I figured we should probably come ask around." Sora said sarcastically.

"Good. So you aren't as clueless as we expected." Leon said as he stepped into the room. I smiled and waved towards him and he barely managed to conceal his surprise. "So it looks like they found you, or did you find them?" he asked me.

"I found them." I said proudly before turning around to see multiple confused faces. "When I was last here they told me about this whole two Keyblade bearer, world changing thing so I went off to find you."

"Oh so you didn't come to our islands by mistake then?" Kairi asked. I shook my head.

"So Leon, how are things over by the postern?" Aerith asked.

"Not good, more and more heartless are appearing here. Their numbers are growing swiftly." He said before turning to us. "Did you guys run into any trouble on your way in?" he asked us.

"We did but Lauren got rid of all the heartless with this big flash of light!" Selphie said happily. She turned towards me and a confused expression painted her face. "What was that anyways?"

An extremely powerful negative force created when a strong being of light and a strong being of dark collide to form one person.

They look confused.

Me plus Lauren equals big boom!

A chorus of oh's! And Ok I get it now's! Rang through the room. I saw Leon roll his eyes.

"So I'm guessing you want our help to stop the giant amount of heartless that are coming into Radiant Garden right?" Sora asked, puffing up his chest.

Oh give me a break!

Haha he's one interesting character.

"Want you to help? Sora I think that's what the prophecy, if that's what you want to call it, is talking about! You and Lauren need to team up to keep this giant amount of heartless from destroying the worlds!" Aerith said. Sora got a serious look on his face and nodded before saluting Leon and Cloud.

"I've just got one question: Where did all these Heartless come from all of a sudden?" Riku asked who had been quiet the whole time.

"It's pretty obvious really." I said. Immediately everyone looked at me. I continued. "When Kingdom Hearts was destroyed by Ansem the Wise's machine, where did you think all those hearts went? Back to their owners, who would by then be dead? No they just created millions of heartless." Riku nodded his understanding.

I have a sudden urge to be alone.

Me too.

But we are the same person….wait is that humor?

Oh no I'm becoming human…ish.

"I'm leaving" I said before heading towards the door.

"Hey but you just got here! You and I need to go kick some heartless ass together!" Yuffie whined

"And you can later. I think Lauren just needs some time to think" Aerith said, putting a hand on Yuffie's shoulder.

"Be careful" Cloud told me. I forced a smile, suddenly I was feeling really depressed.

"Aren't I always?" I said sarcastically before heading out the door. I was just about to round the corner when I heard the door to the 'secret hideout' close again. I turned around to see a flash of silver hair heading in the opposite direction. I didn't think a thing of it and, sensing a small group of heartless just ahead of me; I summoned up my Keyblades and ran off.

Man that took a lot of typing! Yes I did refer to Final Fantasy Crisis Core a bit and my apologies if you didn't play that game and had no idea what was going on. Yes I know the there was a bit of a time problem from Crisis Core to Kingdom Hearts but please ignore it! I will probably never mention Crisis Core ever again! (In this story) Please review!