Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, or any of their characters.

A/N: I know, I'm sure some of you may want to see how the battle at the end of the first chapter played out, well, sorry, but that battle is never getting shown. I know, I'm horrible, too bad. The battle isn't important. Though look, here's other stuff that is! :D

Realm of Darkness…

Seiki falls backwards out of the Dark Corridor, landing on his back on a cold, dingy, gray stone floor suspended in air above a never ending pit of darkness. The portal comes together and disappears. He stands up and looks around the dark void. Though it is pitch black here, there still seems to be some source of light granting the ability to see. He begins to walk along the narrow pathway he is on. As he walks, he can't help but feel that this place seems rather sad and lonely with no signs of any other life.

"Why would he send me here? How do I get out?"

With not much other choice, Seiki continues down the winding path. After some time, the path widens out into a spacious area with a large wall at the end; the path then continuing to the left, snaking around the wall. Upon entering the area, several of the small black creatures known as Heartless rise up from the ground.

"Guess I'm actually not alone down here." Seiki says as his Keyblade materializes in his hand with a flash.

A vision suddenly comes into his mind, as clear as if it were playing out before his very eyes.

Seiki is sitting on the edge of an elegant fountain amidst a beautiful courtyard while playing a guitar. The ground is an elaborately carved, smooth stone filled with bright colors. Small patches of beautiful flowers line the area. The fountain itself stands tall, and ornate. Two girls are with him, their faces skewed from vision. One with long beautiful brown hair is sitting on the ground beside Seiki, while the other is swinging around a large claymore, as if practicing for combat.

The peace of the moment is interrupted however as the sky begins to grow eerily dark. A large swarm of Heartless rush up the path leading to the fountain at the three. Seiki and the girl with him, stand quickly. The three draw their attention to the Heartless as they continue to charge towards them. The girl who'd been sitting with Seiki brings out a bow and pulls back the string, preparing to fire an arrow, while Seiki's Keyblade appears in his hand. All three of them look curiously at the strange weapon. As the Heartless draw near, they prepare for battle.

Seiki stands for a moment, lost in thought, unsure of what that was. What was that place, who were those people with him, was that real or just his imagination; so many questions hit him at once. Reality came back to him though, as a Heartless dove for him, Seiki moving just in time to narrowly dodge it.

Three more Heartless lunge at Seiki with outstretched claws. He dodges, blocks, and slashes through them yet more are soon to take their place. He raises his Keyblade, pointing at them, ready to strike again. A pulse of sound energy unexpectedly fires from the tip of the key however, much to Seiki's surprise. When the pulse is fired, it emits a sound like that of a single note being played with the bass turned up. The pulse hits the Heartless and bursts outward causing the sound to be heard again as the Heartless explode into wisps of black smoke.

Seiki looks at his Keyblade fascinated by this new power. This victory is short lived as more and more Heartless begin to rise up from the ground, surrounding Seiki, their numbers doubling by the second. He fires a couple of sound pulses to clear the way and runs on down the path, firing a couple more blasts behind him for good measure.

He runs along the path, around the wall and on for a while to make sure the dark monsters don't follow. Seiki finally slows down and catches his breath after gotten far from them. The path had since winded about and spread outward to a fair width.

Not far ahead, he hears a loud roar which echoes through the void. The grunt of a woman's voice is heard not long after as if she is in battle with whatever beast made the noise. Seiki takes a breath, preparing himself to run again before taking off down the path to see what is going and help the woman he heard.

Seiki dashes down the path until it becomes a large platform. In the middle of the platform stands a young woman with shoulder-length blue hair. She is holding a Keyblade in one hand and is standing cautiously, looking around the platform, half of which is shrouded in darkness.

"Is everything alright? I thought I heard something." Seiki asks

The woman turns and looks at Seiki dropping her guard as a look of shock and surprise comes over her face, not having expected anyone else to be here. Suddenly, a large purple beast lunges from the darkness, and slashes the woman's back before ducking back into the darkness on the other side of the platform. The woman falls to her knees, slumping forward. Seiki rushes to her side to help her.

"Are you ok? What was that thing?"

"I'm fine. It is a creature of pure darkness. Creatures like it are everywhere here. I didn't think anyone else was here."

"I kinda got pushed in here. I don't really know much about what happened. I can't remember much."

"I'm Aqua." the woman smiles at Seiki, but she seems sad in learning that someone else has wound up down here.

"Seiki."

Aqua stands up and spins around as the beast jumps from the shadows once more, the chains around its wrists rattling as it moves. It dives straight for her, claws outstretched. Aqua thrusts her hand out. A barrier appears around her, shielding her from the attack. The creature hits the barrier and slides back, Aqua unharmed. After a couple of seconds, the barrier fades. Without giving the beast an opening, Aqua charges at it, slashing it with her Keyblade.

The dark beast spins around swinging its tail at Aqua. She performs a back flip, going over the tail, yet Seiki is not so lucky. The tail hits him in the side knocking him across the platform.

"Are you alright?" Aqua asks, not looking away from the beast.

"Yeah." Seiki stands up, staggering a little.

He grips his Keyblade tightly then rushes at the creature. The creature swipes its claws, but Seiki ducks low and lunges to the side tucking and rolling to avoiding them. He gets back up and proceeds on with his attack. Once reaching near the creature's chin, Seiki slashes it with his key, Aqua joining in and slashing it with her own. The beast roars in pain and anger before jumping back. The giant Heartless leaps up and performs a series of front-flips, spinning straight towards Seiki and Aqua.

"Move!" Aqua shouts, cartwheeling to the side to avoid the oncoming attack.

Seiki watches how Aqua moves then does the same to move to the other side. Having missed them the beast stops just past them and spins around to face its prey. The creature leaps to the side, almost like it is prancing, moving in a circle around the two, slowly getting faster and faster as it bounces around them. Each time its paws land on the ground, a small burst of fire surges out a small distance. The sound of its chains rattling echoes through the void of darkness.

Seiki and Aqua move to stand back to back, their Keyblades held defensively as they watch the beast circle them, waiting for an opening to attack. As the Heartless moves faster and faster it eventually becomes nothing but a colorful blur swirling around them.

Seiki turns and sees Aqua lying flat on the ground, as if waiting for something. The Heartless comes spiraling out of the blur and rams into Seiki, knocking him down on his back. Rather than getting up, he realizes why Aqua is on the ground lies flat like her. The beast dashes by above them a good three more time before the vortex around them begins to fade.

Aqua jumps up and backs away from where Seiki is, weapon drawn. Trusting her, he does the same, moving a good distance from where the two had been. The Heartless appears from above and lands on the ground with a powerful thud. Aqua points her Keyblade at the creature and fires a powerful ball of fire at it. From the other side of it, Seiki fires a pulse of sound energy from the tip of his own Keyblade. The two spells impact the Heartless from either side. The large beast lets out one final roar before falling over on its side. Wisps of darkness begin to emit from the beast's body as it fades away, defeated. A large, shining, red heart rises from it and floats up into the sky. The creature's body fades away into darkness.

"Thanks for the help." Aqua smiles to Seiki.

"You did most of the work." Seiki shrugs

"It's still nice to team up with someone. Just ahead there's a shore. The creatures here don't go there. It's a safe place. I'm going to look around some if you want to go there."

Seiki nods and thanks Aqua for the tip. She waves to him then sets off in the direction from which he first came. He turns and looks down the path before him, letting his Keyblade vanish from his hand, put away, no longer needed for the time. The soft, faint glow of what appears to be moonlight can be seen just beyond the horizon. The dim light seems calming despite the bleak surroundings of this dark place.

He follows this light down the path which slowly spreads out, eventually stretching seemingly endlessly to either side. The hard stone ground gradually turns to soft sand. Before long, he reaches a beach that is quite different than the surroundings of the rest of the dark world. This place seems normal, like a normal beach at night with a moon hanging just over the calm sea.

Seiki takes seat on a somewhat large rock and looks out at the sea, thinking of how he had gotten here to begin with.

"I don't know what this place is, but I know I don't want to be here any more. How do I leave? I want to go home… Home… Where is home anyway? Is it that town or somewhere else?"

He hangs his head, unsure of things, focusing on just where he came from and what happened that prevents him from remembering. As he sits, lost in thought, a Dark Corridor opens a feet into the water; the swirling black and midnight blue portal resting just atop the soft waves.

Seiki looks up, noticing the portal appearing. Curious, he stands up and walks towards the corridor. Though upon stepping into the water, he hesitates, unsure of where it might lead. In the end, the desire to leave takes over and he steps through. The Dark Corridor comes together and closes not long after.