The Confirmed Theory
After finishing their mission in the forest, Sora, Soul and Maka returned to Death City that night. Sora confirmed his theory about the Heartless invasion, so he decided to talk to Shinigami-sama about it the next morning. Also Maka wanted to ask the headmaster about the technique Sora and she performed in the mission. Now the three of them were walking to Shibusen.
"Maybe we should take you to a normal mission, since you take us to a Heartless one," said Soul to the Keyblade wielder.
"You're just saying that because you want to do the "Heartless Hunt" again, right Soul?" asked Sora grinning and Soul sweat-dropped.
"Is that obvious?" he asked.
"Actually I'd like to do it again too," Sora said. "That was something you don't want to do just once."
"I hope Shinigami-sama or Professor Stein know something about that resonance we did," commented Maka.
As they reached the courtyard of the academy, they started to hear some noise and see some people flying.
"…the hell?" said Sora dumbfounded.
"It must be Black*Star," said Soul very calm.
"Yeah, that moron is always picking fights with everyone," said Maka.
As they ended climbing the stairs, they saw Black*Star posing victoriously and laughing with Tsubaki at his side.
"You guys need to train for a hundred years to be able to hurt me!" shouted Black*Star while laughing.
"Relax man, it's only 9 a.m. and you're already fighting other students," said Soul, and then Black*Star and Tsubaki looked in their direction.
"Hey, you guys came back!" said the blue-haired ninja high-fiving Sora and Soul.
"Welcome back," said Tsubaki smiling. "How did the mission go?"
"We were going to the Death Room to tell Shinigami-sama about it," answered Maka.
"We'll go with you, let's go!" cheered Black*Star and started running.
"Black*Star wait!" said his partner following him.
"This guy has too much energy in the morning," commented Soul.
After greeting Black*Star and Tsubaki, they headed to the academy and passed the front gate. As they entered Shibusen, two girls came to greet Maka. One of them had short pink hair and the other long black hair, besides they wore the same outfit, a short, green skirt, a lighter-green sweater, and a green sailor-style collar tied like a necktie.
"Maka, hello!" greeted the pink haired girl.
"Kim, Jacqueline! When did you arrive?" said Maka as Kim and her hi-fived with both hands.
"Yesterday in the afternoon, the mission was really easy with Kilik's help," answered Jacqueline. Then the two girls noticed someone they didn't know next to Maka.
"Hey Maka," Kim began, "aren't you going to introduce us to your friend?"
"Oh right, Sora these are Kim and her partner Jacqueline," said Maka.
"Nice to meet you," said Sora as he waved his hand to them.
At hearing his name both girls were surprised.
"So this is the famous Sora," said Jacqueline.
"Famous?" asked him confused.
"We heard in the girl's residence that there was a new boy in Shibusen called Sora who wiped the floor with Black*Star his first day here," explained her.
"Yeah, all are crazy about you and now I see why." Kim said smiling flirtatiously at Sora which made him blush slightly.
Soul grinned and elbowed Sora. "Popular with the ladies, uh?" he said teasingly.
"Shut it, Soul," said Sora.
Suddenly someone was walking towards the group. There were Harvar and Ox and the last had a very happy face.
"Kim, my fair lady, I'm so glad you are here!" he said and Kim rolled her eyes.
"What are you doing here Ox?" she asked. "You should be working and earing money."
"Yeah, but I really wanted to see you. You aren't hurt, right?" said Ox, and then he noticed the others. "Oh, you guys are back. How did it go?"
"Pretty good I've got to say." answered Soul smirking. "The Heartless didn't stand a chance against us."
"We were going to the Death Room to report back to Shinigami-sama," said Maka.
"I think I saw Black*Star and Kilik going there," Ox said. "Did you discover something new about the Heartless, Sora?"
"I've got a theory, but it would be better to tell everyone about it at the same time. If you want to know come with us to the Death Room," said the Keybearer.
"We'll accept the offer," Ox said. "Are you coming too, dear Kim?"
"Yeah, don't sweat it Ox," said the Lamp Meister.
They headed to the Death Room and after a minute they reached the door that led to it. Black*Star and Tsubaki were there along with three people, a boy and two little kids. The boy had black hair with dreadlocks and wore glasses. The kids were very similar to each other; both had blue eyes, rosy cheeks and mid-length blonde hair framing their faces. You could difference them for their hats.
"It was that big?!" asked Black*Star amazed.
"Yeah," said the other person, "that monster was huge but we could defeat it like if it was nothing."
"Man, I wish I could have been there…" answered the ninja, and then he spotted the group headed to Shinigami's room. "Hey, took you long enough."
"Relax before you have an attack, Black*Star," said Soul.
"Oh, everyone is here," Tsubaki said as she saw the whole group.
"Hey, you are the new guy, right?" said the boy who was talking to Black*Star looking at Sora.
"Yeah, the name's Sora," he said.
"I'm Kilik Lounge and these are Fire and Thunder," said him pointing to his partners.
"Nice to meet you guys," Sora said smiling at the kids who didn't talk but returned the smile.
"Let me congratulate you for beating up Black*Star," Kilik said and he and Sora did a fist-bump.
"Hey!" complained the ninja which made the others laugh.
"If you are going to talk to the boss, then I'll tag along," Kilik said. "I also want to hear about the Heartless that are disturbing the city."
After the conversation they crossed the door and walked under the "guillotines". When they reached the circular platform, they saw that Kid and his partners as well as Stein were there.
"Sora," Kid began, "I'm glad you're back we…wait, what are you guys doing here?"
"Maka and I are here for asking something to Shinigami-sama," answered Soul. "The others are just gossips."
"Hey, if you are going to talk about those black monsters, we'd like to hear it too," Kim said.
"I agree with Kim," Ox said adjusting his glasses, "the more we know, the better we can defend ourselves."
Shinigami-sama then spoke. "I understand your concern kids; you can stay if you want," he said, and suddenly Spirit jumped with joy towards Maka.
"Maka, Daddy is so happy to see-" he said but was interrupted by a chop in his head with Maka's book which cause the other people in the room to sweat-drop.
"Daddy?" said Sora.
"He's Maka's father," Tsubaki said. "Shinigami-sama's Death Scythe."
"He's a dirty old man," commented Soul.
"Now now everyone," Shinigami began, "I'd like to have a few words with Sora."
"Actually I wanted to talk to you too, Shinigami-sama," Sora said with a very serious face.
"Go ahead then," said the headmaster.
"First I'd like to ask something to all of you," added Sora. "All the Heartless you've fought, did a heart appear where you defeated them?"
Everyone looked confused but thought about it anyways. They shook their heads in response.
"Just as I thought…" muttered Sora with a hand on his mouth.
"Is it important?" asked Kid.
Sora nodded. "Look, at the present time there are known two types of Heartless: Pureblood and Emblem. Pureblood Heartless are natural Heartless, born from the darkness in people's hearts, upon their destruction, they simply disappear in puffs of darkness, without a heart leaving its body."
"Wait a moment," interrupted Ox as he was writing all Sora was saying in a notebook, "If those are the natural ones, then what the others are?"
"Emblem Heartless are originally created from machines that reproduce the process of a heart being consumed by darkness," said the Keyblade wielder. "You can differentiate from the others because they have a heart emblem in their body."
Everyone gasped and looked astonished at Sora.
"That's disgusting," said Kilik.
"That machine must be destroyed; we can't let it create more Heartless," exclaimed Harvar.
"It's already destroyed, a friend of mine did it," said Sora. "Their number has decreased, but it's still normal to encounter them, but as you told me, the only Heartless that you fought were Pureblood."
Stein then spoke. "So they started to appear when you arrived, right?"
"Yes, also I found strange that they only appeared at night when I arrived." Sora said.
"And how is that?" asked Spirit.
"Heartless act on instinct, the only thing they want are hearts to consume and create more of them, so it was normal that they attacked at night since it is when people here are more helpless," Sora explained.
"Yeah, that give us a little advantage to control their moves," said Kid.
"But when I arrived here they kept attacking just in the night," Sora said. "I'm a Keyblade wielder, I should be under constant attack since the Heartless fear the Keyblade and try to get the heart of the user."
"That is a lot to take…" said Soul.
"So the Emblem Heartless only attack you when you're alone, or at least when you are with few people," Kid said. "Do you know the reason?"
"…" Sora stood quiet without saying anything.
"Sora-kun?" said Tsubaki trying to call his attention.
"I know someone that can create the Emblem Heartless too," he said. "And that is also interested in me."
"Xehanort," said Shinigami-sama suddenly and Sora nodded.
"Yeah, him," the Keybearer affirmed. "After the incident in the forest I confirmed it. That bastard knows that I'm here and is sending Heartless just at me for some reason. It's like he wants to tell me something."
"Father," Kid began, "who is Xehanort?"
"He was a friend of mine time ago, before he turned to the darkness and tried to destroy the worlds. I thought I'd never hear about him again," answered him.
"He is a Keyblade wielder like me," said Sora. "Well, he is a Keyblade Master."
The students started to get nervous at hearing this.
"But you're the Chosen One, right?" Liz said a little scared. "You could beat him with ease."
"I…I don't even know what being the Chosen One means," said Sora. "The only thing I know is about the legend that says that the one chosen by the Keyblade can save the worlds or wrought chaos and destruction upon them."
The students looked at him concerned; they've never seen him like this and it didn't felt well. Although they know him for a few days or even minutes, they liked him and didn't want to see him crestfallen.
"But Sora, we know you wouldn't destroy the worlds, right guys?" said Jacqueline trying to cheer him up.
"Yeah, don't let a stupid legend bothers you buddy," said Black*Star. "You have to keep your head up, like me!"
"If you beat this overpowered idiot, then I'm sure you'll prevail," said Kilik jokingly.
"Hey! You want to fight, Kilik?! I'll kill you right here!" shouted Black*Star annoyed and everyone started to laugh.
Kid looked at Sora. "You have our trust Sora, don't forget it."
Sora looked at everyone at the room, they smiled at him. It was reassuring to have friends that trust in you and cheered you up in those moments.
"But what about the Heartless, I don't think they are going to leave voluntarily," said Spirit.
"Sora-kun will have to stay here until they learn their lesson," said Shinigami-sama and then looked at Soul and Maka. "I think you wanted to ask me something."
"Yes, it is about the mission," Maka said. "As Sora said, we were ambushed by a great amount of Heartless in the forest, so we tried a Chain Resonance with him to finish them up as fast as we could."
Stein them addressed the scythe meister. "A Chain Resonance…" he said.
"Yeah, Maka told him how to do it," Soul said and Sora continued.
"But I did it wrong and instead of resonating my soul with hers I did it with my heart," said Sora.
"Resonating a heart's wavelength with a soul's wavelength…" said Stein pensively. "I think I've heard about that somewhere."
"Oh yeah, it is a very special Chain Resonance," said Shinigami-sama. "Although it was very rare to see one, since the amount of Keybearers decreased significantly over the years. When I was young there were a lot of them."
"How old is he?" thought Sora surprised that he said "young".
"It was really shocking, Soul's scythe grew and started to glow in a bright light and Sora's Keyblade transformed into a light-made scythe," explained Maka.
"We destroyed hundreds of Heartless with just one blow," added Soul.
"Impressive," Kid said, and then Black*Star grabbed Maka's arms and started to shake her.
"Dammit Maka, you cheated, it was supposed that I was going to be the one going to the mission with Sora and do that awesome resonance!" he said as he shook her but stopped when Shinigami-sama gave him a chop in the head leaving him lying on the floor.
"As I was saying," said Shinigami-sama, "that resonance is very powerful and I'm surprised that you could do it on your first try, congratulations."
"Yeah, the Heartless will think it twice before messing with us," said Soul very confident.
Kim grabbed Sora's arm. "But the next time he's going to a mission, Jackie and I are going with him," she said, and then Black*Star got up really fast.
"No way Kim, it's my turn!" he shouted.
"Hey, don't burden him, he has the right to choose too," Kid said.
As the students argue about who will go with Sora in the next mission, the grown-ups were looking at them.
"He's a good kid, do you think he'll make it?" asked Stein.
"The worlds are in good hands, but Xehanort isn't someone you can defeat easily," answered Shinigami-sama. "We'll have to wait and see what happens."