Hello, FanFiction Readers!

Playing and beating Kingdom Hearts 3 got me in the mood for this story. It also showed me just how far behind I've fallen on this, and ALL my story updates.

I can't promise I'll improve my updating rate. I've already made failed promises on this site, and I won't do that again. I WILL apologize for my shortcomings, though. I'm sorry.

Also, so you guys aren't confused, the beginning of this story takes place near the end of 358/2 Days. That means that Sora is still asleep after the events of Chain of Memories and Roxas hasn't left Organization XIII.

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On Fortune's Wings

Chapter Three: Twilight of the Maelstrom

Naruto's eyes were wide at the awestriking sight of Twilight Town. While not as encompassing as the Hidden Leaf, it was definitely a large place full of people. And Rikku was right about the town having an impressive clock tower that was both tall and decorated with external gears and bells.

"So, what do you think?" Yuna asked as she sat on his left shoulder. Pain was seated on his right while Rikku took her spot in his blonde hair.

"It's beautiful," he answered, walking through the Tram Common of the town. "There's a lot of people here, too. Do they know that you three are faeries?"

"We tend to avoid the public eye," Paine explained.

"But on occasion," Yuna continued, "we've interacted with people from other Worlds. Some of them were helpful, while others…"

"They were jerks who either tried to capture us or take our treasures," Rikku finished with a pout.

"You need to be careful who you talk to," Paine simplified, earning a nod from the whiskered blonde.

"Okay, so where's the safehouse for this World?" he asked.

"You should see a hole in the eastern wall of this part of Twilight Town," Yuna explained. "It leads to a small patch of woods that guide you to an old mansion. We hid our treasure in there since the people of this town think the place is haunted."

"Which it totally isn't!" Rikku added. "But that just makes it easier for us to keep our treasures hidden!"

He smiled at her enthusiasm before something invaded his natural senses and he sidestepped just in time to avoid a teenage boy, around his age, running past while looking behind him to two other teens. Due to not looking ahead, he didn't see Naruto and almost collided with him.

"C'mon guys! Pick up the pace!" he called out, finally looking in front of him as he ran up to some bulletin board.

"Slow down, Hayner!" the second boy called as he passed by Naruto. "Not all of us are as fast as you!"

The sole girl of the trio stopped in front of Naruto with an apologetic smile. "Sorry about my friend. When he gets pumped for something, he tends to not pay attention to his surroundings."

Naruto waved her off with a smile. "No worries. I'm kinda the same, actually."

She giggled at the sheepish admission. "I don't think I've ever seen you in town before. My name's Olette. My friends over there are Hayner and Pence."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Naruto Uzumaki."

She offered him a hand which he took as they shook. "Welcome to Twilight Town, Naruto. Sorry I can't show you around, but my friends and I are trying to make some munny and we need all the time we can get."

"Don't worry about it, and thanks for the warm welcome!" he replied as he waved her goodbye and watched her join her friends at the bulletin board. "She was pretty," he offhandedly commented as he resumed heading for the eastern wall.

"Hey, before we leave this area," Paine spoke up, "how about a change of clothes?"

"I agree," Yuna spoke up. "I can tell you like orange, but your clothes look like they've seen better days."

Looking down at his orange jacket and pants, Naruto sighed and scratched the back of his head at the sight of small tears and scuff marks scattered around his clothes.

"Yeah, I see your point. Let's find a clothing store, then," he acquiesced, walking around the Tram Common in search of a store. When he found one, he stepped inside and saw that the place looked empty. "Uh… Hello?"

"Just a moment, darling!" a woman's voice called from the back. "Have a look around, and I'll be with you in a second!"

Sharing a look with the Gullwings, they all shrugged before the girls floated off him and helped him look for a change of clothes. On occasion, each of the Gulls would point him to a piece of clothing, but most times he wordlessly rejected the suggestions. The ones he agreed with were a rust orange glove that was for his left hand, and a black pair of boots with equally orange buckles and soles.

"Good Lord, what in the World are you wearing, boy?!" the woman from earlier almost yelled, prompting Naruto to turn around and see a rather short woman with neatly cut hair, a slightly big nose, a black pair of glasses, and a nicely designed suit that was equally black.

"These are my old clothes," he answered. "I was hoping to get them replaced."

"That remains to be seen. However, I refuse to let you walk out of this store until we find you a more acceptable outfit, darling."

"Thanks! I'm Naruto Uzumaki!"

She rose a brow at his name briefly before mentally waving it off. "I am Edna Mode, owner of this store and the lead designer of everything you see here. Now, are there any preferences to what you wish to wear?"

"Not really, other than I want some orange. It's my favorite color, and I never really shopped for clothes before since I usually just wear another pair of what I have now."

Edna took note of the two items he had already selected from her store, as well as the swirl symbol she had seen on the back of his jacket. Nodding to herself, she motioned for him to stay put before she moved about her store with practiced ease. She grabbed a short-sleeved jacket, a shirt, and a pair of trousers.

Handing him the clothes, she directed him to a changing room and waited for him to get dressed. Absently, she noted the floating women that were accompanying the blonde boy and mentally approved of the clothes they were wearing. She smirked to herself at how the trio definitely had a style that fit them.

When Naruto stepped out, Edna nodded once in approval. "There! That look is perfect, darling!"

Naruto was wearing a black jacket that was left unzipped with zipper tag and sequin details on the pockets. Underneath, he wore a rust orange shirt with crimson swirling accents around his heart. Finishing his new look were a pair of black cropped trousers and the boots and glove from before. (1)

A grin was seen on his face at his new look, and he directed that grin to his friends. "What do you girls think?"

To their credit, the Gullwings were able to hide their blushing face rather well. That still didn't stop them from having the faintest bit of red on their cheeks; but it was a valiant effort, nonetheless.

Shaking out of their slight daze, Yuna replied first. "It suits you, Naruto-kun."

"Yeah! Looking good, Whisker-kun!"

Paine looked away slightly, but she had a smirk on her face. "Not bad, Uzumaki."

His grin grew at the compliments before he turned back to Edna. "I'll take a few copies of this, please."

"Of course. Let me just ring you up," she replied, moving to grab two extra copies of Naruto's outfit before leading him to the register to pay. "That'll be 2400 munny."

Naruto mentally cursed at that, remembering that he had no munny. Thankfully, Yuna floated over and offered Edna 2500 munny; the last hundred being a tip as thanks for helping them. Naruto gave the faery a grateful look before he grabbed the extra clothes and offered them to the Gulls, who used magic to put them in a temporary subspace.

"Thanks again, Mode-san!" he bid, earning a friendly smile from the woman.

"Anytime, darling. If you want to make any changes, come back and I'll work my magic," she replied as she watched them leave her store. "Nice boy," she added to herself as she proceeded to take Naruto's old clothes out back to be burned.

Back with the Gullwings, Naruto had just walked through the hole in the eastern wall and entered the woods. He saw that, despite there being plenty of trees, the area was still rather open, and it had an obvious path he could follow.

"You said that these woods lead to a mansion, right?" he asked.

"Yes. In that mansion is where we have stored a portion of our treasures," Yuna answered.

"Do you know anything about who might've stayed there before it became abandoned?"

"Not really. When we arrived here, it was already deserted and the rumors of it being haunted had already spread," Paine explained.

"There was the rea~lly weird vibe coming from the place when we first came, though," Rikku added, fighting the shudder that wanted to crawl up her spine. "It was like we were being watched or something."

Naruto frowned at that, but he kept going. They trusted the place, and if someone was watching them, he'd be ready for them.

Within a small underground lab, a man in robes and red bandages was seen studying a group of monitors from behind a large keyboard. On one of the screens was Twilight Town, except it was empty and the figure was adding images of people as they typed away at the keyboard.

"Almost done?" a male voice asked as a teenager with spiky silver hair and a black blindfold walked up to the robed figure. He himself was dressed in a black uniform that was covered in an equally black zipped coat with the hood down to show his face.

"Merely halfway," the figure replied, their voice deep and masculine that held a level of wisdom and slight exhaustion. "Making a virtual representation of Twilight Town is proving to be more difficult than I anticipated."

"Well, I've been keeping tabs on Roxas. He's starting to unravel and will leave the Organization soon. Xion is also growing stronger, so I'm betting they'll have their final confrontation soon."

"To think that they could create a person with Sora's stolen memories…" the man mused with a tired sigh. "Truly, that boy makes things more complicated than they need to be."

"Can't blame Sora for being who he is, DiZ…" the teen defended. "Anyway, I noticed something when I returned here. You remember those faeries from around a year ago?"

"The ones who have used a part of this mansion to hide their self-titled treasures? Yes." He then turned to look to the teen from over his shoulder. "Why do you ask?"

"They're back, and they brought someone new; someone I've never seen in Twilight Town before."

"An unknown? Curious… What did you feel from him?"

"A surprising level of Light, but a hidden Darkness that I'm not sure he's aware of. He hasn't done much other than get a change of clothes, and those girls are leading him here. My guess: they've invited him into their group."

"Keep an eye on them while they're here, Riku," DiZ ordered. "If that boy has that kind of Light, he may find himself wielding his own Key; and that will bring unwanted attention to himself."

Riku nodded and left the man to his work, making sure to hide the entrance to the lab in the mansion's library. He then stayed out of sight as the doors to the mansion were pushed open by the unknown boy in question.

'Let's see what makes you special, kid.'

With a small grunt of effort, Naruto pushed open the double doors of the old mansion and took his first look at the worn down and dusty place. He stepped inside with the Gullwings floating behind him, and he saw that the mansion was two stories and that there were two sets of stairs that led to the upper level.

Other than that, and how one of the ground level doors was damaged and blocked off, the place looked textbook deserted.

"Huh, guess it really is abandoned," he mused. "So, where do you guys usually store your treasure?"

"We created a bunker in the dining room," Paine answered, pointing to the unblocked door on the ground floor of the place. "Upstairs are a library and a single room that's all white and has the crayon drawings in it. Might've been a kid's room."

Looking to the door that led to the so-called "white room", Naruto blinked when he felt…something coming from the room. His brows furrowed and he took a few steps toward the stairs before Yuna called out to him.

"Naruto…?"

He blinked and turned to her. "Yeah?"

"The dining room is this way," she informed, pointing to the door that Rikku and Paine were floating in front of.

"I know that," he replied, turning his gaze back to the door upstairs. "But…something feels off about this place; especially from that white room Paine mentioned."

The still hidden Riku rose a brow at that, impressed with the intuition that the whiskered blonde had.

"Off how…?" Rikku asked curiously.

"It feels like there's somebody in there," Naruto answered. "I want to take a look really quick."

Concerned, the trio of faeries flew after Naruto as he ascended the stairs and approached the ordinary looking door. Grabbing the handle, he gave it a testing turn and felt that it was unlocked; which supported the mansion being abandoned.

Opening the door, he saw that it was ALL white and was furbished with a desk and stool, a large table with a chair on each end, and a windowed cabinet. The wall opposite the door was almost entirely a window with a translucent white curtain while the other walls had drawings made from crayon taped and tacked to them. The drawings didn't make much sense to Naruto, save for one that caught him by surprise.

It wasn't attached to any of the walls and was resting on the corner of the table closest to the door. He reached over and held it up, seeing a drawing of him; except that this version had half their hair blonde and the other half red. The blonde half had the Hidden Leaf symbol next to it, while the redheaded half had the red swirl symbol that he had on his old clothes.

"This is me…" he said softly. "But…how?"

The girls studied the image and saw that the drawing of Naruto had his eyes closed and tears going down the redheaded side's face. Both halves were smiling though, despite one of them looking to be smiling through some depressed feelings.

"Are you going to be okay, Naruto?" Yuna asked, concerned for her new friend.

"I think so…" he replied, gently folding up the picture and pocketing it. "Let's get outta here. This room gives me the creeps."

With that, he turned on his heel and left the room while the girls gave it one last glance before following him. Yuna lead them back to the dining room door, opening it to show them a dusty room with a destroyed table in the center and the chairs pushed against the walls.

"We've been hiding some of our treasures in here," she explained to Naruto. "There's a hidden compartment that we've made with our magic underneath the table. Your chakra should react to it."

Intrigued, Naruto gathered a small portion of chakra to his right arm as he approached the table, crouching down to reach underneath it. To his surprise, the air shimmered like disturbed water before he felt a ringed latch.

"Good! Now give it a tug," Rikku told him, watching with her friends as Naruto opened up the cellar-styled door. The table, having been attached to the door via magic, was lifted up as well.

Within the hidden compartment, Naruto's azure eyes took in a pile of gems, odd artifacts, and even a couple of unique weapons that gave off an almost heavenly glow; at least to him.

"Whoa…" he gasped out, stuck in place while the girls dropped a scroll each into the pile.

Yuna dropped one labeled "Hidden Cloud Sacred Treasures".

Rikku dropped one labeled "Hidden Mist Swords".

And Paine dropped one labeled "Reanimation Jutsu".

Having finished adding to their loot, the girls closed the cellar-style door and relocked it with their combined magic. "There we go!" Yuna declared before the trio turned to Naruto. "And now, we return to the ship."

"Were those scrolls from my World?"

"Yep!" Rikku answered happily. "One was from some vault in a village that was almost touching the clouds."

'The Hidden Cloud, I'm guessing,' Naruto mused.

"The other," Rikku continued, "was in this place covered in mist! There was a lot of fighting going on, too!"

'That would be the Hidden Mist; though I wonder why there's fighting going on…'

"The last was from your village," Paine rounded out. "It was found in this underground bunker that looked like it was once a laboratory of sorts. It was buried under some rubble."

"Hidden labs?" Naruto repeated as he and the girls headed for the exit of the mansion. "That's weird…"

"At any rate, we can explore some more, if you want?" Yuna offered. "This is your first new World, after all."

"I'm fine with exploring a bit more. I'd like to see that clock tower up close, too."

Nodding, Yuna and her friends retook their spots on his shoulders and head as Naruto headed back towards town. Meanwhile, Riku had returned to DiZ and noticed that he had made a larger chunk of the data version Twilight Town while he was observing the Gullwings.

"How close would you say you are?" he asked.

The man kept typing away as he answered, "Roughly two-thirds there. I should be finished by the time you bring Roxas here."

"Right. I'm going to head out then. That kid and those girls don't seem to be a problem. They're exploring the town before they leave this World."

"Try to keep tabs on his progress, Riku. I don't expect you to follow him everywhere, but if you happen to see or feel his presence, observe and let me know."

"Right…"

"Man… I thought the sunsets back home were awesome," Naruto mused with a serene smile, watching the sky bathed in the orange glow of the descending sun. The way it lit up the city was better than how it would make the forests surrounding the Hidden Leaf look ablaze.

"It's moments like this that I look forward to witnessing in the other Worlds," Yuna softly agreed, happily perched on his shoulder.

"It's better than most places, anyway," Paine tried to wave off, but she too was relaxing in her spot.

"Aw~! Paine likes it!" Rikku teased, laying on her stomach in Naruto's hair with her head resting on her hands. "This was a good first World, huh?"

"Definitely," Naruto agreed. "So, what's next on the trip schedule?"

"The closest World to this one is Hollow Bastion. There's a Gummi Ship garage there that we need to see before we make any more long-distance trips," Paine answered.

"She's right," Yuna confirmed. "The trip from your World to this one put some unexpected stress on the ship. We'll refuel and repair when we get there."

"Sounds good," Naruto replied, never taking his gaze away from the sunset.

It wasn't until something white poked into his sight that he looked away and tried to spot the white blur. When he caught it, he saw that it was a vaguely humanoid looking thing that was moving across the rooftops and heading for the woods towards the mansion.

"Hey!" he called out, standing up and jostling the girls before he shocked them by jumping off the clock tower and landing on the closest rooftop before giving chase. "Get back here!"

"Naruto!" Rikku tried getting his attention while holding onto his hair. "What is it?"

"Some weird white thing is heading for the mansion! We gotta catch it!"

Paine blinked before giving Yuna a pointed look that she frowned at, nodding in understanding. Tightening her grip on his jacket, Yuna ordered, "Pick up the pace, Naruto! It might be after our treasures and we don't know what it could do with them!"

She felt guilty at the lie, but she knew that this was something Naruto needed to experience firsthand. If he was going to stay with them throughout their adventures, then he needed to be aware of what was out there.

He needed to be prepared.

"Seems like he's about to have his first encounter with the Nobodies, DiZ," Riku spoke through an earpiece.

"Nobodies here in Twilight Town? They're growing bolder," the man mused.

"Should I intervene?"

"No. We need to see how he handles this before we do anything. If his Light is strong enough to create a Key, then we will need to keep a closer eye on him."

"I get it," Riku replied, cutting the connection before following the Gullwings.

"Stop right there!" Naruto ordered, having leapt from rooftops to the trees of the woods before landing between the white husk and the mansion gates. He took a ready stance with his only kunai held in a reverse grip in his right hand. "I'm not letting you through!"

The husk stayed where it stood, swaying side to side and showing that it had a natural flexibility that shinobi back home would probably kill for. The way its body moved was too fluid to be human.

"Be careful, Naruto," Yuna warned. "This thing isn't human."

"Then what is it?" he asked before the husk sprang into action.

("Kingdom Hearts OST: Tension Rising")

Naruto rolled to the right, dodging the husk that had contorted itself into a wheel, flying and spinning at him before landing perfectly. Naruto sprang from his roll, launching himself at the husk and taking a swing with his kunai.

However, the blade only pushed aside the husk's gelatinous body, throwing Naruto off balance and making him tumble into his landing. Confused, he leapt back from a lunging headbutt from the creature and whipped out a small salvo of shuriken at it. Like the kunai, they had no effect on the husk.

"Fire!" Rikku yelled, launching a small orb of flame at the creature, striking it with her magic and making it back off. "Regular weapons won't work, Whiskers!"

"Then what the hell do I do?!" he cried back, rolling away from another lunge.

"Use your chakra!" Yuna ordered, using her own magic to enshroud her friends in a translucent barrier. "Protect!"

"Slow!" Paine added, striking the husk with her magic and making it move at half its normal speed. "Your chakra should have the same properties as our magic when it comes to hitting this thing! Hurry up!"

Nodding, Naruto put away his kunai and focused chakra into his hands. He had discovered this method on accident when he was practicing chakra control during the Academy, but he never had the opportunity to ask anyone what it could do. The plan was to find out now.

With his hands covered in an azure energy, Naruto rushed the husk and threw a punch at its head. To his joy, the blow landed and sent the creature flying back into a tree.

"Ha! Take that!" he yelled in triumph.

"Look out!" the Gullwings all yelled before Naruto was struck from behind by another of those husks, sending him stumbling forward with a grunt of pain.

"Don't let your guard down," Yuna admonished as three more of them appeared, making the total five. "These things never fight alone."

Naruto glared at the husks, chakra still running through his hands as he reequipped his kunai. The five moved so that they surrounded the four Gullwings, cutting off most areas of escape.

"Any ideas?" Naruto asked.

"Your Clones could be a big help," Paine suggested, not taking her eyes from the husks.

Mentally agreeing with her, the whiskered blonde held his hands in a cross symbol and gathered his chakra. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

In front of each creature was a copy of the Uzumaki, who surprised them with a sucker punch to either the face of the body; depending on the choice the Clone made. The husks were sent back, and the real Naruto capitalized on it by leaping at a pair while Rikku launched a Blizzard spell at another.

"Faith!" Yuna called out, giving the blonde faery a boost in magical power while Paine used Daze to stun another husk before giving a flying kick to its face.

She looked to see Naruto cut down one of the husks, making it disappear in a burst of light and bubbles. Acting fast, she flew through the bubbles to restore her magical reserves before aiming at Naruto.

"Bravery!"

Magical light hit the teen, giving him an unexpected boost in strength that let him carve into the second husk he was aiming at in one swing. His Clones regrouped with him before the five blondes charged as one towards the remaining three husks, a conjoined battle cry escaping them during their charge.

The sudden presence of a thorny looking portal cut itself between the real Naruto and the husks, revealing another strange creature that got a preemptive shot to his gut. The blow was heavy enough to knock the wind out of him and sent him flying back before the new arrival reshaped its body into a bladed discus that sliced through the four Clones.

When it returned to its original shape, Naruto saw that it had a vaguely humanoid body that was covered in a purple and silver bodysuit. Its segmented arms were each lined by four blades resembling spikes, with both the blades and segments alternating from silver to purple. On its head was a small cap strapped by bandages with a long cloth hanging down in front of its face, which was mostly silver with a purple tip emblazoned with a small, white symbol that he saw on those husks.

"Not good!" Paine grunted out, gathering magic in preparation. "Those things are much tougher than what we were just fighting!"

"A tactical retreat may be in order," Yuna mused as she and her friends floated beside a recovering Naruto.

"You think they'll just let us leave?" Rikku asked rhetorically.

Naruto stared down the three husks and spiky creature with a small growl. He wasn't used to this, only having combat experience against fellow students at the Academy and Kakashi during the Bell Test. And even then, that experience was minimal since Naruto made a fool of himself in that test.

Frustration started to grow within him as he tried thinking of how to help his new friends get out of this. Light bounced off his eye, making him cringe before he looked down to see the token that Ayame had given him before he left.

"I want you to have it, so that you can carry our fortune with you."

He reached his right hand up to gently grasp the token, looking at the moon and stars that made it. His grip tightened around it as he mentally prayed to the family that he left back in his home World.

'I could really use that fortune now, Ayame-nee…'

(Stop Music)

The token, as if responding to his prayer, gave a brilliant glow that engulfed Naruto and his friends. Naruto used his free arm to cover his eyes from the brightness as he felt a weight form in his grip, tightening his fingers around what felt like a handle.

When the light cleared, he saw that he was holding a strange weapon that his friends were staring at in open shock. The guard was styled as a pair of shooting stars while the blade was blue that bled into purple as it reached the tip. The blade itself was decorated with white stars and the teeth of the weapon was a golden crescent moon and a star. A feeling of comforting Light came from the weapon as he held it in his hand, reminding him of the warmth he felt when he was around the Ichiraku Family.

"It can't be…" Yuna whispered.

"No way…" Rikku followed suit.

"A Keyblade…" Paine finished off.

Confused about what they meant, Naruto refocused on the husks and creature they were fighting before this weapon appeared. Frowning, he tightened his grip on the handle and stepped forward, feeling a surge of confidence welling through him.

(Naruto Shippuden OST: Flying Light)

At an unspoken signal, Naruto charged at his opponents while the supposed leader sunk into the ground as if it were water. The three husks all leapt up and reshaped their bodies into spinning wheels that flew at him.

He sidestepped the first, used his Keyblade to deflect the second, and finally swung at the third which struck its body and sent it tumbling to the ground. Continuing his attack, Naruto leapt up with a spin before he brought a descending slash down on the injured husk, defeating it and making it burst into more bubble.

His adrenaline heightened his instinctual awareness, so when his mind screamed at him to move, he listened without question and rolled to the side to avoid the first husk aiming to strike him from behind. In retaliation, he kicked off after his roll and regripped his weapon in a reverse grip, swinging it at the husk like he would his kunai and destroying it cleanly.

The single remaining husk was joined by the leader creature that burst from the ground and dove at him. While it went high, the husk went low as it contorted its body into a sideways wheel that slid toward him almost as fast as the diving creature.

"Haste!" he heard Yuna cry, his body feeling lighter as her spell hit him. In a burst of speed that he didn't have before, he leapt away from the dual strike just Rikku and Paine floated in front of him.

"Blizzard/Slow!" the two cried, the blonde hitting the husk with a blast of ice while the silverette slowed down the leader.

With a grin, Naruto used his temporary speed boost to dash toward the leader, swinging is Keyblade with all his might and hitting it full force in its body. The power behind the strike sent it flying into its slightly frozen ally, destroying the weaker one while the leader stumbled back to its feet.

Once again holding his new weapon in a reverse grip, Naruto blurred out of sight before he reappeared behind the leader with his body in post-swing stance and his eyes closed. When they shot open, the last of the strange creatures burst apart in a flash of light and bubbles while Naruto's Keyblade dispersed in a flash of light that reformed into the token he wore around his neck.

(Stop Music)

Releasing a breath of relief, Naruto stood up to his full height and ran back over to his friend with a bright grin. "We did it!"

Rikku shared in his enthusiasm, floating around his head with an eager cheer before she high-fived her fellow blonde. "Nice moves there, Whiskers!

"Yes, that was spectacular," Yuna complimented. "I'm also surprised that you managed to awaken a Keyblade."

"Is that what that weapon was called?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah," Paine answered. "They're supposed to be pretty rare, and they can unlock anything; even hearts, according to rumors we've heard."

"Unlock hearts…?" he repeated.

"Even we don't know what that means," Yuna admitted. "However, with that Keyblade, we can now go after even more treasure!"

"Think of the possibilities!" Rikku exclaimed with an excited fist pump.

Even Paine smirked at the notion, saying nothing.

"More treasure, huh?" the Uzumaki mused before smiling at his friends. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go to the next World already!"

Nodding in agreement, the three faeries floated off followed by their human friend. Unknown to them, Riku dropped down from his position in the trees as he watched them leave.

"It is as I feared," he heard DiZ speak from his earpiece. "Riku, we cannot let the Organization find out about this boy. Keep focusing on Roxas and Xion but do what you can to help keep that boy out of their notice."

"I'll do what I can, DiZ…" he replied, cutting off the comm line before he mused to himself. "Maybe Mickey could help me out with this…"

Back with the Gullwings, they had just left Twilight Town and were on their way to Hollow Bastion. They had a Gummi Ship to repair.

1~ His outfit is like Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV

And that's the end of this chapter! Sorry that this took so long, and I won't bother trying to excuse myself. You all should know how busy life can be by this point.

Before I go, I wanted to let you guys know that I'll be placing a poll on my profile concerning a future story idea. There will be three choices to decide from, and the poll will end on April Fool's Day (April First).

Please vote!

Until next time!

~pain17ification~