Wow. Some of you really want Demyx to stick around.

Demyx: Ah, I'm so loved...*goes to hug his fangirls*

Axel: Psh, I saw a couple of people who want you gone. And you think you're loved?

Xigbar: Ah quit it, redhead. You're just mad because you and Angel got into a fight.

Axel: Wha-? Am not!

Me:...*grabs frying pan* Will you idiots shut up? You're ruining the story!

Axel: No we're not, you are!

Kyrie (c) Me

Kingdom Hearts characters/some of the story (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Bonded Soul

Chapter 42

"Your Majesty!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy cried as they stared at the mouse in the doorway. He quickly held a finger to his lips, silencing them as he looked back and forth before running in and closing the door behind him.

Just as he turned and lowered his hood, Donald tackled him. Goofy followed right behind him as he lifted the two into his arms, holding them tightly as the two rejoiced in finally finding their missing king. Kyrie watched the happy reunion with a fond smile on her face.

"I'm happy for them. They finally found their king after searching for so long." she thought as she watched them. Goofy lowered the two to the ground, Donald giving the king one last hug before pulling away, allowing the king to turn his attention to the others.

"You mentioned the Door to Darkness?" he asked them. Donald and Goofy nodded as they straightened.

"Uh, yes, sir! Ya see, we're lookin' for the secret password." Goofy answered. The king cocked his head to the side in both curiosity and confusion.

"Password?" The boys slumped while Kyrie sighed. After a moment, he brightened. "Oh, I guess you mean like a code." Leon sighed and shook his head, glancing at Kyrie from the corner of his eye before looking at the king once more.

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

"Of course…" Leon spoke, cutting the King off as he uncrossed his arms and exited the room. The group watched him go before he turned to them.

"What're you tryin' to do?" the king asked as he stared at them. Kyrie turned to them as well, she had no idea why they were searching for a password and was curious as well.

"With that password, we can get access to Ansem's research data." Sora explained, Donald and Goofy nodding in agreement. At this, the king jumped and smile brightly.

"So that means you might be able to find out where he is!" he exclaimed. Sora raised his eyebrow at him and laughed slightly.

"Stop jokin' around, Your Majesty. We already defeated Ansem. You know that." He laughed. The king was quiet before he gave a small smile, crossing his arms as he did so.

"Looks like I've got a lot of explainin' to do." he spoke mysteriously, confusing the group as they looked back and forth at each other. Donald straightened immediately and looked at the king.

"We're listening, your majesty!" he spoke. Goofy nodded and straightened as well, with Sora following close behind.

"Okay…but first, I've got a question…" Sora started, but was cut off when Leon walked back into the room.

"Hey, isn't Tron waiting for you guys?" he asked. Kyrie raised her eyebrow at the man as the three looked back and forth between him and the king, seemingly torn between the two. But the king was quick to relive them of the stress with figuring the situation out.

"Don't worry. I'm not goin' anywhere. If those Heartless attack, I'll stand and fight with everybody here." He explained. Sora was silent for a second before nodding.

"Yeah…we will, too."

"Then let's talk more later." He agreed. The boys nodded before Donald patted his chest.

"That's a promise!" he declared. With that, the three ran into the next room, leaving the king and Kyrie alone. The two were quiet for a few moments, before Kyrie wrote in her notebook. Kneeling down to the King's height, she tapped on his shoulder, making him turn to look at her.

"Huh?" he asked. She quickly handed him her notebook, allowing him to see what she had written inside.

Your Majesty, that is if you don't mind me addressing you so, are you searching for Ansem the Wise as well?

"Well, of course! Say, wait a minute…" he answered as looked at her closely. He heard that the girl was traveling with the three from Master Yen Sid, and was surprised when he had heard of her background. But this girl…looked strangely familiar…

"You're…I remember you! You're Ansem's granddaughter!" he exclaimed, staring at her with wide eyes. She stared back in equal shock, this mouse knew where she came from? She had to know more.

Your Majesty, you knew me? Please, tell me everything you can about me, and everything about Ansem as well. You see, I've lost my memories, and I'm trying to find a way to get them back.

The mouse nodded as he read her words.

"I heard from Master Yen Sid, you lost your memories and woke up in Twilight town. But…I can't really tell you much about who you were. I only met ya a few times, and you were mostly quiet whenever I came to visit. Ansem however…" at this, her shoulders slumped and she sighed sadly.

"He was a very kind man, and a great friend. He was also very wise, and I went to him a lot for his advice. But ya see, when Hollow Bastion was taken by the darkness, he disappeared. Since then, I've been traveling all over the worlds, lookin' for him." he explained. She nodded as she slid off her backpack, before writing more.

I may not remember much about him, but he seems to remember a lot about me. A man named DiZ said he knew where Ansem was, and tried to take me to him on a few occasions. Here, these are some of the items he's given to me through DiZ.

With that, she pulled out her Wayfinder, the card he sent, and the photo DiZ had given her. The king took these items and examined them carefully, before looking at her.

"Gee, thanks! But maybe we can find out more with Ansem's computer, surely it knows where he is. And then, if ya want, we can go together and find him." he said gratefully as he handed the items back to her. She nodded as she placed them in her bag. She would like to see him again, and maybe then, she would remember everything.

-A while later-

"C'mon guys…what's taking you so long?" Kyrie thought with a sigh as she sat in the computer room, waiting for Sora, Donald, and Goofy to come back from wherever they went to. The king had left a few minutes before, saying that he had some things to check up on in town, leaving her alone with Leon. She wasn't pleased with this, to say the least.

"Argh, I should've gone with them or the king when I had the chance. Leon's still suspicious of me, not that I can't blame him. But I don't like that he keeps staring at me like I'm some criminal." she thought with another sigh. Leon looked at her from the corner of his eye, and grimaced. But before he could say anything, a light shot from a beam and Sora, Donald, and Goofy appeared almost instantly. Kyrie jumped at this, surprised.

"Wow, how did they do that?" she thought as she got up and ran over, glad that the three were back.

"Well, that's that!" Sora sighed, stretching. Leon looked at the computer screen and smirked, looking at the three.

"Look." The four turned their attention to him and walked over, looking at the computer screen. There were what looked like digital sprites of Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Sora gave a small smile.

"Tron… hang in there." He whispered. The group was quiet for a few moments, before Leon looked at them.

"So, where do we start?" he asked. Instantly Sora held up a finger as he pointed at the computer.

"I know! Let's access the DTD!" he suggested. Leon nodded in agreement and turned to the computer as he began typing. Kyrie turned to the boys and pulled out her notebook before tapping on Sora's shoulder. The boy turned to her.

"Huh? What's up, Kyrie?" he asked. She quickly wrote something down before showing them.

Where did you guys go? And who is this "Tron"?

"Oh, we went into a world that's inside the computer, and Tron is uh…a program who lives there. He helped get us out and get access to the DTD. You should come with us next time, Tron would like to meet you." Sora explained. Kyrie smiled and nodded, maybe next time she would come along, too. Then the boys looked around, looking for someone. At this, Leon spoke up.

"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." He explained. Goofy smiled at this.

"That's easy. It's…"

"Sora!"

"Donald!"

"Goofy!"

Kyrie giggled silently as each other them said their individual name, looking so proud of themselves as they did so. Leon nodded as he typed in their names.

"That's… to the point." He muttered. Sora looked at the screen anxiously.

"Well?"

"That did it. We're in. I have to go into town. Need to see what that last shakeup did." Leon spoke as he turned away from the computer. Sora stared at him in both surprise and shock.

"You're not gonna check out the data? It wasn't exactly easy to get!" he griped. Leon smirked and shook his head at the boy's face.

"I'm coming right back. Hey, Sora… why don't you get started on loading the data and copying it down?" he explained. Sora looked at him with blank eyes, apparently not understanding what Leon wanted him to do. But then again, Kyrie didn't know how to work a computer, either.

"It's just a few keystrokes. Easy, right?" he spoke as he patted Sora's shoulder. With that, he walked out of the room. The group stood there silently for a few moments, unsure of what to do, before Sora walked over to the computer. Donald, Goofy, and Kyrie were right behind him as he stared at the keys, unsure on where to start.

"Did it work?" Donald asked as he tried to look at the screen. Sora jumped and turned to him.

"Hey, these things take time, okay?" he exclaimed. With that he turned and pressed a key, making a search bar pop out. This startled the group as they stared at the computer in amazement.

"Whoa…it's doing something!" he spoke as he stared. Goofy looked over the boy's shoulder and read what was on the page before turning to him.

"I think it wants to know what we wanna know." he suggested. Sora nodded as he began to press the keys.

"Riku and Kairi." he spoke as he typed and pressed enter. After a moment, the search turned up nothing.

"No way…even Ansem's computer doesn't know…" he sighed in defeat as he slumped his shoulder and turned away. Kyrie looked at him and placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder, giving him a small smile as she did so. But he did smile back, making her sigh as she turned to Donald and Goofy, who were currently manning the computer.

"Whatcha doing?" Donald asked as Goofy typed on the computer.

"I thought I'd ask the computer if it can tell us about them nobodies." he answered. At this, Sora turned and watched as Goofy pressed answer and a symbol appeared on the screen. Kyrie knew this symbol all too well, and gave a soft sigh.

"That's the mark of the Nobodies." she thought as Sora looked over their shoulders.

"What's this?" Sora asked. But within seconds, the symbol disappeared and an "error" appeared on the screen.

"The data is corrupt." the computer spoke. But this didn't stop Goofy.

"How about the organization? There!" Goofy asked as he typed. He paused and waited for the computer to load, before the same sign appeared again.

"The data is corrupt." it spoke again. Sora growled.

"Stupid computer!" he cried as he began banging his fists on the keyboard, messing up the screen.

"Sora!" Goofy exclaimed as he and Kyrie tried to stop Sora's rampage on the poor computer. But suddenly, a picture appeared on the screen. It was of an old man, in his forties or so, with blonde hair and a goatee. At this, Kyrie gasped.

"Grandfather!"

Oh gosh, another chapter or two and we get to Demyx's boss battle. Will he survive or fade away? Stay tuned to find out!

Axel:...Stay tuned? Is this some sort of TV show or something?

Me: No, but I just like saying that.

Xemnas: Hmph. Sounds ridiculous if you ask me.

Me: *hits him with the frying pan* Nobody asked you, Mansex!

Xigbar: *rolls eyes before turning to the audience* Thanks for reading this story so far, dudes! And remember, in order for the author chick to keep typing-

Demyx: You have to review! So come on, type in whatever love you have for the story, Axel, Xiggy, or me!

Axel: But mostly me. Got it memorized?