I didn't like how Chapter 1 ended with seemingly nothing happening in it so I threw in Chapter 2 early. Plz review!

Chapter 2: quick thinking

Cloud scanned the rooftop only to find the sounds coming from down from below. He rushed over towards the edge of the rooftop and looked over to find half an army of heartless tailing somebody. His skin pricked up and grew sensitive instantly and his mind began to race. He only had time to glance at the one person with some kind of sword taking on a dozen heartless. That person was easily being overwhelmed. Cloud looked for a way down to the streets below and found a rusty and worn ladder leading down the side of the building into an unforgiving alleyway. Without hesitation, he slid down the ladder, ignoring all the steps. The alleyway was pitched black aside from the moons vivid light illuminating its exit. Cloud started into a run but then slowed as a thought struck him.

"What could I do to help? I have even less of a chance of surviving that onslaught."

"Gah!" he heard from around the corner.

I couldn't just not do anything; he decided and rushed out from the alleyway.

Having the feeling that it was out of the force of habit, he charged at the dark creatures, throwing a hand behind his back as he did in the hallucination. It shocked him to feel a familiar blade in his hand but he continued his relentless charge without hesitation. Entering a different stance meant for using a weapon, Cloud launched his newly acquired blade at the heartless hoping it would do some kind of damage. It vanished into a black cloud at the blow from the glistening white blade. He took another swing at his next unsuspecting target and succeeded to dematerialize that heartless as well. With another death of their comrades, the stranger was suddenly not the only target anymore. All the blows and strikes Cloud delivered with the blade also seemed familiar. He handled at least a dozen of them with ease. Feeling an air abnormality, he recognized it as another being coming from behind him. He ducked and simultaneously slashed his blade low to the ground only for it to be stopped short and a sound of metal on metal to be heard. Cloud looked up and saw the very person he helped, leap back and enter a defensive stance. They stood for a moment, studying each other. She had bright blonde hair falling down her neck and resting on her shoulders with one side draping over her shoulder. She wore a plain dark purple hoodie with some faded blue jeans that flowed down to the bottom of her simple black shoes. Her weapon was very peculiar for it resembled a large key. Noticing we were both on the defensive, Cloud dropped his guard as a sign that he meant no harm but kept his blade drawn just in case. She tensed up at first seeing movement but then she loosened up a bit more as Cloud dropped out of his stance although still untrusting him, she remained in her stance.

"Who are you?" she asked with such a soft voice that it took Cloud a while to realize what she said.

"I…don't know…" he said as he let himself muse over the question for a second or two.

"How do you not know who you are!?" she questioned in a voice a little stronger than before.

She seemed exhausted and did a good job of hiding it have not the weakness in her green eyes and her soft voice gave her away.

"…I don't know." Cloud answered honestly.

The girl of about maybe 14 or 15 began to collapse but not all at once. Slowly, one by one, her legs gave in to gravity in which she fell to her knees and grasped the floor. She stayed like this for a moment, giving all she had left to stay conscious for just a moment longer before she passed out on the cobblestone.

"She must have been fighting off heartless for the whole day." I hesitated for a moment. Was this girl friend or foe?

I have come this far to trust her so why stop now? He argued with himself.

Cloud walked over to where she lay and scooped her up without any trouble. He was surprised at both his own growing strength and her lightness.

"I no longer felt tired and weak after just a couple hours or the tugging on my heart anymore." Cloud thought as he began to ponder some more.

"I was positive my hair wasn't white at all before I appeared in the dreary town without my memory and feeling that creature clawing at my heart."

He thought more about what was causing so much pain to his heart as he carried the unconscious girl to a higher location where he could see the enemy and prevent anymore of their surprise attacks.

"I got it." he said in a whisper.

Maybe, just maybe I was being attacked by a heartless from the inside and maybe that's why I've lost my memory of the past, had small amounts of energy, and silvery white hair! Maybe the heartless succeeded in taking bits of my heart, body, and soul but I gave him the fight of his life and ultimately succeeded in destroying the dark entity from inside me.

Of course something like this happening is just barely short of a miracle so Cloud left it as just a theory. After a while of trekking around the dark city, every step our hero took seemed to be getting a little harder.

"Guess my body still needs to mend its wounds." He said as he wore a smug grin.

Cloud needed to get somewhere safe before he could begin his much needed rest but he didn't have a lot of time left. Cloud entered one of the buildings fearing that he would be caught in the open, unable to continue any farther. He found a narrow hallway that didn't seem to lead anywhere and there wasn't any rooms connected to it so he thought it to be safe. Cloud laid the blonde gal down gently and took up a spot up against a corner next to her and sat with his arms folded. He started to drift into a light sleep. He felt his skin grow sensitive once again and knew something was wrong.

"How is this possible!? It only felt that it had been minutes!" Cloud thought angrily.

Cloud jumped into a crouch and scanned the dark hallway. He cursed himself for thinking a narrow hallway was a safe spot whereas in reality, if that exit was blocked, he would have to fight their way out. Cloud started at the only entrance and he followed the wall back towards himself and the girl. A purple pit like portal opened up from beneath the girl. Cloud snatched her up into his arms and tucked and rolled just barely dodging a shockwave from the heartless that appeared where the girl and he had been just before.

"Where one heartless is there is bound to be more and I couldn't fight and defend at the same time, especially from multiple Neo-heartless."

He fled from the hallway and out into the wet city. It was raining and that made everything more difficult including his sensitivity to the air.

He looked to the right and seeing no immediate escape, dashed toward his left. Cloud shot into another alleyway but it was a dead end for there was a large chain link fence blocking the only other way out. He looked behind him to see the shadows of the Neo-heartless shifting from right to left in a zig zag like pattern racing to catch up to their prey. He repositioned the gal over his shoulder and with his one free hand, summoned his blade. With his mind searching rapidly, instead of facing the heartless with the blade, Cloud spun around and shouted, "Fira!"

So how did you like it? Let me know by reviewing!

PS: Like most characters that will appear in the story, they will all be made up from my mind which means Cloud isn't Cloud from FF. just thought I should make that clear.

PSS: I am planning to have most of my storyline avoid the KH games storyline setting aside major objects and events