Kingdom Hearts II

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Sora fells to his knees as he clenches his fist on his chest.

"Why…? Why is this happening…? RRRRROOOXXXXAAAASSS!!!!!!"

二人の約束

The Promise Between the Two of Us

Chapter 14:

Network Crisis

Still in Sora's dream

After Roxas's disappearance, Sora leans against the wall in the secret cavern. His mind is all blank now, he did not feel like moving an inch. He did not feel like doing anything.

All he wanted is to see Roxas.

Tears start to flow thoroughly as he hugs his legs. 'Why…? Why…Roxas…"

"Because…I'm your…"

'What are you trying to tell me?' He turns around and looks at the craving that they have craved. "Roxas…I…"

On the Gummi Ship

Donald and Goofy are talking to Chip and Dale, when Sora comes up to them. They see the sore and redness around Sora's eyes, but they decide not to ask.

"What's wrong?"

Donald shows Sora the world map, when he notices Hollow Bastion is surrounded by darkness. "Let's go to Hollow Bastion. Something must have happened." The other two nod as they pilot the ship towards Hollow Bastion.

Sora looks at the blue crystal ball in his hand, as he clenches it hard. 'I won't give up. Until I find you and get the answer, I won't give up! Roxas!'

Hollow Bastion

The trio enters the Marketplace, when a large troupe of Heartless ascends the stairs and vanishes, to their surprise.

"Gwarsh, looks like there's more Heartless now."

A few Dusks float in above the stairs, again to their amazement. "Let's go check in with everyone, they should be at Merlin's house."

On the way to the Borough, they see a yellow-haired man leaning against the wall next to Scrooge's ice cream shop. "Oh, Cloud! What are you doing here?"

"I'll get him. This time we settle it. Me, and the one who embodies all the darkness in me."

Donald crosses his arm. "I thought you looked kinda different, Cloud."

"If I do, it's his fault."

"Whose?"

"Sephiroth. Tell me if you see him. He has silver hair. Carries a long sword."

"Sure. Well, be seeing you, Cloud." They are about to walk off when Cloud stops them. "Be careful. He messes with your head, makes you think darkness is the only way."

"Is something wrong?" They turn around to see Aerith walks in as Cloud looks at her. "It's nothing."

Aerith leans closer, whereby Cloud steps back a little. "I don't want you involved."

"You mean you don't want me there when you go away again?"

"I just…Listen, even if I go far away, I'll come back."

"Do you mean it?" Cloud pause for a while and faces sideway. "Yeah…"

"See? You don't look so sure. Well, okay, I understand. Go…get things settled."

"Huh?" Cloud looks at her, who just giggles. "No matter how far away you are...once you find your light...I'm sure it will lead you back here again. Right?"

"I suppose."

"So I'll stay here…and I'll cheer for you…Okay, Cloud?"

"Okay." Cloud walks away. Aerith sighs and crosses her arms. "Wonder if he'll be okay."

Sora pats at her shoulder. "He'll be fine. I'm sure there's some light in him somewhere."

"You're right."

Sora, Donald, and Goofy continue into the Borough and enter Merlin's House, where Cid is typing at the computer. He stops and turns to them. "Hey, fellas…you're just in time. Got some good news for ya, so get yourselves over to Leon's.

"What kind of news?

Yuffie smiles at them. "We found the computer Ansem was using! You should be able to get all kinds of info on the Heartless and the Organization."

"And maybe something on the dark realm, too? It looks like that's where Riku and Kairi are." Sora pauses. "Maybe about Roxas too…"

"What did you said?"

"No…It's nothing. Where is it?"

"Just get to the computer room through the castle postern. Watch your step!"

They are about to proceed when Merlin appears before them. "Wait a sec, kids! There's something I want you guys to see." He gives a wave of his hand and a book appears. He handles it to Sora.

"It's Pooh's storybook!" But he notices the big scratches that tear the cover page. He opens the book but only to realize all the pages are gone. "But why…?"

Merlin sighs and strokes his beard. "When I found it, the book is already in this state. It seems like all the pages were stolen again."

Sora hands the book back to the magician. "Don't worry, I'll find the pages back and restore this book." The magician nods, as Sora and crew hurry to the castle. They are walking through the bailey when a voice calls out to them.

"Excuse me, are you with the Restoration Committee?"

Sora stops and turns around. He doesn't see anyone until three small fairies appear. The one in the middle, wearing white shirt looks at them. "What's Leon's gang up to?"

"They've got stuff to do over by the castle postern."

"Scoop! Let's report to Malefi…" Before the blond haired fairy can continue, her mouth is cover by the one with black hair.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy have suspicious and confused looks on their faces. The black haired fairy looks at them. "Don't mind her. I assure you, we come in peace."

With this, they vanishe. Goofy and Donald look to Sora, who shrugs. They proceed on to the Postern, they see Aerith waving to them. "Over here!"

Sora runs up to her. "You guys found Ansem's computer?"

"Uh-huh. The King is very interested in it."

The trio gasps. "The King?"

"He's with Leon."

Donald and Goofy jump in joy. "We get to see the King!!" Sora looks from them to Aerith. "Er... Is Riku with them?"

Aerith shakes her head and Sora sighs. "Well, at least I can ask the King about him. And that computer might be able to tell us something."

"Good idea! They're right through there." She points to an opening down a stairs

The trio walks into the Corridors. Unknown to them, a small blue creature crawls along the ceiling. Hearing weird sound, Sora, Donald, and Goofy whirl around but see nothing. They proceed in and find Ansem's Study, due to a large portrait of Ansem hanging on the wall.

"Gawrsh, I guess this must be his room. Where's the King?"

"Hey, you!"

They turn around to see a lady, with long black hair and black clothes. She looks around the room. "I'm looking for somebody. Have any of you seen a guy with spiky hair?"

Sora pulls one of his own spiky hairs, as the lady giggles. "Spikier." Donald and Goofy shake their heads, and Sora shrugs. "I'll just take a look around."

She walks around the room, knocking on the walls, looking under the desk, and inspecting the books. She kicks one of the walls hard with her foot. Sora, Donald, and Goofy are amazed at how strong she is. She sighs and turns to them. "Sorry to bother you."

Sora, Donald, and Goofy stand up straight. "No bother, ma'am!"

The lady leaves and closes the door.

"So you made it."

They turn to see Leon leaning against the wall. "Leon!" Leon nods as they run up to him. "Isn't the King with you?" Leon holds a finger to his lips "You'll see him soon enough."

Leon turns around and presses a part of the wall, and the wall disappears to reveal a passage. "Ansem's computer room."

They enter the room and Sora runs up to the large keyboard. "This is it! Where's Kairi? Where's Riku? And about…" Sora starts pressing buttons, gently at first, then harder.

Leon sighs. "Easy... You wanna break it?"

Sora starts to calm down as he steps back from the controls. "Oh, sorry. Guess I got a little carried away."

Goofy looks up to the ceiling and the small blue creature crawls up the wall and onto the ceiling. "Whoa!" The creature loses his grasp on the ceiling and fells down onto the keyboard.

"Get offa there!"

Donald jumps onto the keyboard to get the creature, who jumps on Donald and scurries away laughing. Donald turns around, accidentally pressing buttons, and an alarm sounds. A voice is then sound through the place.

"Attention current user. This is a warning. Further misuse of this terminalwill result in immediate defensive action."

"Who's there?"

"I am the Master Control Program. I oversee this system."

"Where are you?"

Donald accidentally presses another button with his feet, causing the alarm to sound again.

"Decision gate reached. You are now under arrest."

"Arrest!?"

Donald is stuck standing on one foot, so Goofy picks him up off the computer. Leon notices that the power system behind them has started to glow. "Run!"

The three look to Leon, then to the power system, Donald still in Goofy's arms. The system shoots out beams of light and confines them into grids. Leon can only watch as the three of them are digitally written into the computer by the beam scanner. They disappear, leaving Leon lost in the situation.

Space Paranoid

Sora wakes up on the floor of a very strange room. He stares at himself and sees that he is covered in blue-lit lines.

"Sora!"

He turns around to see Donald and Goofy, who are also covered in the lines, are being led over by Strafer Heartless. "Go one, show 'em who's boss!"

A man appears next to him, startling him. "Who're you?"

"I am Commander Sark."

Sora smirks. "A Heartless commander?"

Sark looks from him to the other two. "Observe." He presses a button on his data emitter and Donald and Goofy are shock with data.

"Okay, you're the boss! I get it."

Sark puts the data emitter away and smirks. After that, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are confined to a Pit Cell. They look out onto a huge landscape.

"Man, what kind of world is this, anyway?" Donald and Goofy shake their heads.

"You're inside a mainframe computer system."

They turn to see a man is sitting near a terminal. "A what system?"

"A computer system…for processing data. This system is a copy of one created by a corporation called ENCOM. The original program was destroyed."

The man stands up and walks to them. "But this copy was acquired by another User. The new User updated and customized the programs, renaming the system "Hollow Bastion OS." He used the system for town maintenance, and to advance his private research. Oh, by the way, my name is Tron. I'm a security program. But now I'm under arrest, same as you."

Sora turns to Donald and Goofy. "Did you guys get any of that?"

"Gawrsh... You know...maybe we should just introduce ourselves."

One by one, they start to introduce themselves as Tron observes them. "With that configuration, you must be Users."

"Users?"

"You'd better get out of here quickly. Who knows what the MCP will do to you?"

Sora starts to get more confuse. "MCP?"

"The Master Control Program. It controls the whole system. If you idle here, you will be de-rezzed."

The trio gasps. "De-rezzed!? How do we get outta here!?"

Tron turns to the terminal. "This terminal could've gotten you back to the User world. But the MCP cut the power 50 microcycles ago."

The three sigh. "If we could bring the energy core in the canyon online, we could power it back up. The problem is---we're stuck in this cell. We're not going anywhere unless we unlock the energy fields."

They see a large power grid with a keyhole blinking in the center. Sora thinks for a while and grins. He calls his Keyblade out and unlocks the energy field.

On the other hand, Sark meets with the MCP. "Master Control. Why not just de-rezz Tron?"

"I still haven't located the password to the data space."

"What about a logic probe? With all your processing power..."

"Out of the question. The current environment hampers the processing powerneeded for such an analysis."

An alarm sounds. "You're dismissed, Sark. Stop any remaining anomalies in the system…orelse. End of line."

Sark bows. "Acknowledged."

Back in the Pit Cell, Tron walks up to Sora. "Remarkable... It seems you have some unique functions. I'll go with you to the canyon. You'll need someone who can interface with the energy core, right?"

"If you say so... Thanks, Tron."

They leave the Pit Cell and take a transport to the Canyon. In a side room, Tron accesses a large machine. "This is the energy core." He points to a purple square grid.

Sora uses his Keyblade to install the missing part to the core and restore energy to the console in the Pit Cell. "Mission accomplished?"

"Yes. Now...will you do something for me?"

"You got it!"

"Don't you want to hear what it is first?"

Sora grins. "You helped us! Now it's our turn."

Tron snickers. "You guys really are Users. Your actions are totally illogical." Sora, Donald, and Goofy just glance at each other.

"Let's hurry back to the pit cell. The sector where we met."

They all return to the Pit Cell, as Tron configures the computer terminal.

"So what did you want us to do?"

"Find my User. He'll give you the password to access the DTD." Tron stops working and stands up. "DTD is the name my User gave to the dataspace. Copies of all the original system programs are stored there, along with anything that's sensitive or restricted."

"Is there stuff about the Heartless, or Organization XIII?"

"Hmm...Most likely." Tron turns around and begins to work back on the terminal. "A number of my functions were appropriated when I last took on the MCP. That's why I need the password. If I can get inside the DTD, I can access my original backup program and restore all my functions. Then, I'll be able to put this system back the way it was before the MCP got control and changed everything. The way it was supposed to be…a free system for you…the Users."

"Gee, Tron, ain't the MCP one of those programs, too? Do ya know who it was who made it?"

"Actually...I don't know."

"Okay, we'll just have to find your user and ask him. What's his name?"

"You mean you don't know? My user is the user of this system: Ansem the Wise."

The trio gasps at the name. "Ansem!?" The three look at each other, as the terminal flashes.

"Looks like the MCP's on to us. I'll keep this terminal up and running. You better exit the system, now!"

"Sure... But Tron...Ansem is..." After fixing a few things with the computer, Trons stands up and smile at them. "Okay. You're good to go. Hurry!" He stands aside and watches, as they are teleported out of the system.

Back at the lad, Leon has been busy typing at the computer when the power system behinds him whirs on as Sora, Donald, and Goofy appear. "We did it!"

"Where have you been?"

"Well, uh... There's a...world inside this computer, where these, um...programs live, and..."

Sora explains everything to Leon, or at least tries to. Leon folds his arms. "So in other words...Ansem's research data is off-limits unless we know the password. But you've already defeated Ansem..."

"Gawrsh, maybe we'll never find the password."

"That means...this is all a wild goose chase."

"You're chasing what, now?" They turn around to see the same lady they saw back in the study room. "Well, well! A hidden room! Guess I'd better take another look around."

She returns to Ansem's Study, Sora, Donald, and Goofy following, as she makes several adjustments to the room.

"She just won't give up...And neither will we! C'mon, we've gotta look for that password!"

After searching and coming up short, they stand in front of Ansem's portrait. "Excuse me." She proceeds to pick the extremely large portrait off the wall with strength that shocks the other three. She places it aside on the floor, revealing a hidden diagram written on the wall. She punches the wall, sending dust everywhere. Nothing happens, as she sighs and leaves. The three examine the wall.

"What's this doodle? Hollow...Main...Security...Tron... Door to...Oh!" Sora jumps up to the letters imprinted on the wall. "D---T---D!"

Leon walks in. "What's up?"

"Look at this, Leon! This must be the dataspace! The DTD. See? The Door To Darkness!!" Leon walks closer. "What do you know. But...that still leaves the password."

"Say, fellas, did somebody mention the Door To Darkness?"

They turn around to see Mickey stands by the door with his hood up. "Your Majesty!" Mickey shushes them, looks into the hallway, then quickly closes the door. He takes off his hood as Donald rushes to hug him, follows by Goofy picking up the both of them Goofy puts Mickey and Donald down as Mickey looks at them. "You mentioned the Door To Darkness?"

Goofy and Donald salutes. "Uh, yes, sir! Ya see, we're lookin' for the secret password."

"Password? Well, the Door To Darkness can only be opened by the seven princesses. There's Snow White, Jasmine, and Belle..."

Leon sighs. "Of course..." He walks back into the computer room, while Mickey looks at the trio. "What're you trying to do?"

"With that password, we can get access to Ansem's research data."

"So that means you might be able to find out where he is!"

Sora chuckles. "Stop jokin' around, Your Majesty. We already defeated Ansem. You know that."

Mickey crosses his arms. "Looks like I've got a lot of explainin' to do."

"We're listening, Your Majesty!"

Leon returns to the room. "Hey, isn't Tron waiting for you guys?" The three look from Leon to the King, and back again. "Don't worry, I'm not goin' anywhere. If those Heartless attack, I'll stand and fight with everybody here."

"Yeah...we will, too."

"Then let's talk more later. I'll see ya when you get back. Oh! One more thing. Let me give your clothes some new powers, Sora."

"Really!?"

"You bet! You've done so much…just consider it a thank-you present."

Mickey handles the 'Brave Form' to Sora. "Thanks, Your Majesty! We're heading off to see Tron now, so wait here for us, okay?"

"I will, Sora. And remember---be careful!"

They nod, as Sora returns to the computer and access the transfer system.

They are transported to the Pit Cell again. Goofy walks over to the computer terminal. "Gawrsh, I wonder where Tron is."

"Don't touch that!"

The terminal flashes suddenly. "Goofy!" Sora and Donald disappear in a flash of light. "Uhh...I didn't do it!" Goofy also disappears. They arrive at the game grid, a large area of flat land and high walls. The ground is laced with a blue-lit grid pattern. "I didn't touch nothin'!"

Sark's voice sounds through the space. "Welcome to the game grid."

"Game grid?"

"That's right, you've been chosen to play a few games. Lose, and you will be subject to immediate de-resolution. Win? Well, no one wins."

"Well then, get on with it!"

Sora rides the lightcycle, dodging walls and defeating heartless. A large Devastator Heartless appears and shoots an energy ball at Sora. He dodges, and the ball creates a giant crack in the wall. "All right! It looks like we can escape through there!" Sora rides the lightcycle, while dodging walls and heartless, and races through the hole in the wall. Sora, Donald, and Goofy return to the Pit Cell, where they find Tron lying on the floor. "Tron!"

Tron stands up, though weakly. "I don't understand. Why are you here?"

"We came to give you the password."

Tron winces. "Why didn't you just transmit the data?"

"Transmit?"

Tron almost falls, but Sora catches him. "Hey, are you okay?"

"I'll be all right...once we access the DTD."

The group returns to the Canyon and enters the Dataspace as Tron accesses the computer. "All right, what's the password?"

"Well...Belle, Snow White...Aurora, Alice, Jasmine, Cinderella...Kairi."

Tron types in the password and there is a small rumble. "That did it!" An alarm sounds suddenly as the computer sends out a warning.

"Now switching DTD over from hibernation to active mode. This processwill take some time. Please enjoy a game while the process is running."

"Oh, no!" Tron types at the computer as Sora winces. "Not another game!"

"No, it's the DTD's final security routine. This isn't a game. Stay focused!"

A Heartless symbol appears on the three walls of the Dataspace, and Heartless appear in front of them.

"Warning! You will be de-rezzed!"

Sora fights the Heartless and unlocks each of the monitors. After everything have settle down, Tron places his hand on the scanner on the keyboard and energy flows into him. "I'm as good as new! All my functions have been restored!"

An alarm sounds and the keyboard flashes. A beam of energy shoots down at the group, who duck away from it.

"Finally. I have full access to the DTD. My takeover of the system is nowcomplete. I might have anticipated such a simple password. What's this? Anemergency destruct program for the town. Let's see how it performs."

Sora gasps as Tron places his hand on the scanner and restores power to it. He types a few keys and the alarm stops.

"Program! You changed the password!"

Tron turns to them. "There, that should buy us some time."

"Tron! Tell us what's going on!"

"The MCP's loading a hostile program into the I/O tower. We've got to protect the User town. Let's head to the tower!"

They return to the Canyon and ride the transport to the I/O Tower. In the Communications Room, they see a large transport beam. "It must be total chaos outside."

"I think there's gonna be trouble INSIDE, too..." They look and see another computer terminal. They run back into the Hallway. A large hostile program appears and whirls gears.

"I'm disappointed in you, Program. Why do you insist on allying with theseselfish Users?"

Tron steps forth. "Because I want to help them. Something written into my code commands me to do what is right."

"Really? And what command would that be?"

"I can't really say for sure."

Sora smiles at him. "Friends…They help each other, that's all." They nod. The program makes a move. "Uh-oh…look out!"

The program sends out data beams that barricade the walls. After a while, they defeat the program as it collapses to the floor and explodes in a burst of light. They return to the Communication Room and Tron configures the computer terminal. "I really owe you one. With all my functions up and running, I think I've got a chance of getting system control away from the MCP. Now I'd better get to work. It's what my User would want."

Sora looks down. "What Ansem would want..." Sora looks over at Donald and Goofy, who nod. "Listen, Tron. We didn't get the password from Ansem. We just sort of found it, back in the User world. By accident. And one more thing...Ansem…he was our enemy. I mean...he still is...I guess."

Tron stops in his work. "Well, actually...he's my enemy, too."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

"Ansem took ENCOM's original system and customized it for his own use. I was part of the original system, and Ansem modified me, too. So that makes him my User. But Ansem is also the one who brought back the MCP. The Ansem I first knew wouldn't do that. I'm sorry I didn't tell you."

Sora shakes his head. "That's okay...but now I REALLY don't get it."

"I don't...understand it either. But I think Users, like you, are going to be the ones who will finally figure it out. You have the ability to take illogical routes and still arrive at the answers you seek. Now go! Before the MCP starts acting up again! Any data you need from the DTD can be accessed directly through my User's terminal. I'll keep a dedicated access channel open for you. I changed the password, so you won't have to worry about the MCP for a while."

"Access channel?"

Tron chuckles. "I knew you'd ask." Tron presses a button on the terminal. "It's a very important link between our worlds. It's how we stay connected."

Grid beams appear around Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Tron smiles at them. "You...my friends...are the new password."

"Thanks Tron! Take care!"

Tron gives them a thumb-up. "You too! And give my best to the Users!"

Sora, Donald, and Goofy are transported back to Ansem's computer. "Well, that's that!" Leon smiles at them and points to the monitor behind him. "Look."

They see small moving sprites of themselves on the screen with the words 'Thank You!' typed underneath.

"Tron...hang in there."

Leon looks at them. "So, where do we start?"

"I know! Let's access the DTD!"

Leon begins typing on the keyboard. "The King's checking the situation in town. He'll be back soon, so don't worry. Hey, look, it's asking for a password."

"That's easy. It's... Sora! Donald! Goofy!"

Leon types in the names. "That's...to the point. Alright, that did it. We're in. I have to go into town. Need to see what that last shakeup did."

"You're not gonna check out the data? It wasn't exactly easy to get!"

"I'm coming right back. Hey, Sora---why don't you get started on loading the data and copying it down?"

Sora looks hesitant. Leon moves towards him and pats his shoulder. "It's just a few keystrokes. Easy, right?" He starts to walk out and waves back as he leaves the room. Sora gulps as he tries something on the computer.

Donald looks up at him. "Did it work?"

"Hey, these things take time, okay?"

Sora types some keys on the keyboard. Some flashes on the screen. "Whoa... It's doing something!"

"A-hyuk! I think it wants to know what we wanna know."

"Riku and Kairi!" Sora presses on the keys. 'And Roxas too.' Sora presses a few more buttons and a red window appears on the screen with the words "Data Error."

"No way... Even Ansem's computer doesn't know..." Sora sadly walks away. Goofy moves to type something.

"Whatcha doing?"

"I thought I'd ask the computer if it can tell us about them Nobodies." He types several keys and a gray window with the Nobody symbol comes on the screen. "What's this?"

The red windows appears again. "The data is corrupt."

"How about the Organization?" Goofy types more keys. A progress window appears. "There!"

The red windows appears again. "The data is corrupt."

Sora slams his fist on the keyboard. "Stupid computer!" He continues to slam keys and the windows on the screen jump around wildly.

"Sora!"

A golden window appears with a picture of an elderly blond man wearing a red scarf. "Who's this guy?"

"Well, I see ya got things workin'!"

They notice Mickey's entrance. "Oh, Your Majesty!" Mickey shushes them again and walks over to them. "Good goin'. The computer should tell us the things we need to know."

Goofy sighs. "But it keeps on sayin' the data inside's all ker-skuffled. All we got is a picture of some guy we don't know."

Mickey jumps when he looks at the picture on the screen. "Ansem the Wise!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy look at each other.

"Come on, are you teasing us again? Did you forget what Ansem looked like, Your Majesty?"

"Of course I do! And this is him! I'm positive!"

Sora grabs Mickey. "Excuse me? Could you come this way, please?" Sora drags him into Ansem's Study. Donald and Goofy walk behind. Sora shows him the large portrait of Ansem.

"Look, THIS is Ansem. You know, the guy we all worked reeeally hard to defeat?

"Oh, that's right…I never finished explaining. Well, the man in the picture is definitely the one who tried to takeover Kingdom Hearts…the one you fellas defeated."

Sora, Donald, and Goofy have flashbacks of the final confrontation with him at the End of the World.

"But, what you actually fought was his Heartless. Ya see, he wasn't really Ansem. He just went around telling everybody that he was."

"You mean...Whaaaat? We went through all that trouble to defeat an impostor?"

"Yep. A fake. But he still had to be stopped."

Goofy nudges his temple. "Uh, I'm kinda confused. If he's a fake, then what happened to the real Ansem?"

Mickey crosses his arms. "Well, that's just what I'm tryin' to figure out. Ansem the Wise should know all about Organization XIII's plans, and what's been happening to the worlds. I'm pretty sure he'll give us some help. Ya know, I came close to finding him once..."

"Well, let's see. Some feller named Ansem, who wasn't really Ansem, became a Heartless. Does that mean a Nobody got created when that happened, too?"

"Yup! And that Nobody is the leader of the Organization." Mickey looks at the painting. "I know I've met this fake Ansem before, and I've seen the leader of Organization XIII, too. Hmm, kinda felt like bein' around the same fella."

"So, where did you meet this guy?"

"Gosh...I can't remember. Ansem the Wise…the real Ansem…must know the imposter's true identity. That's why I've got to find him and ask him about it."

Sora glares at the painting. "You...! You started all of this! Because of you, Riku and Kairi... Oh! Your Majesty, do you know where Riku is?"

Mickey looks away from Sora. "He's... I'm sorry. I can't help." Sora walks to Mickey's front. "Really, Your Majesty? Are you sure?"

Mickey turns away. "I'm sorry, Sora."

"What about Kairi? Organization XIII might've kidnapped her."

Mickey whirls around. "Oh no!" He looks at the painting. Sora, Donald, Goofy. I was plannin' to go get help from Ansem the Wise. But…now I know I forgot the most important thing. Helping others should always come before asking others for help. We're safe and sound…and free to choose! So there's no reason we shouldn't choose to help our friends. Let's look for Riku and Kairi together."

A huge explosion knocks Mickey off his balance. "Sounds like we gotta start by helpin' out here!"

The End of this chapter!

Not much different from the game, lolx.

Hahahaha, finally! The big battle has arrived!! I love this part of the story the most!!

Sneak Preview for the next chapter

"Please let me see him!"

Axel smirks. "If you want to see him so much…" He snaps his finger and an Armored Knight Heartless appears. "You must let this thing takes away your heart."

"Eh?"

"Don't you get it? In order to see Roxas again, you must turn into a heartless. Because he's like me, he's one of the Organization XIII."

Sora gasps. "Roxas is…a Nobody…?"

"He…is your Nobody, Sora."

CUT!!!

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