...I know I should be saying sorry and that I'll promise to update more, but that'll probably be a lie and I don't like lying. ANYWAYS, here's an update of my life and why it keeps getting in the way and giving me writer's blocks for this story. Things are starting to calm down, and I've actually written this story up to chapter 21, which is awesome. I also got Kingdom Hearts: 3D. Anyways...enjoy!

OCs (c) Me

Kingdom Hearts (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Sanctioned Soul

Chapter 16

"Wow! We can communicate between ships, now!" Sora exclaimed as he popped up on the screen of Miu's ship. The girl nodded as she manned the controls, pressing a few buttons so he could have a visual on her as well. Currently they were in their Gummi ships, cruising inside the Lanes Between, as they thought about which world they should explore next.

"Yeah, those little chipmunks sure know what they're doing. And they were so cute! I haven't seen anything as cute as them since the time I went to Wonderland, and even then, nothing compared to how cute they were! I may be a bit of a tomboy but-"

"Uh, Miu? Focus!" Demyx spoke as he tapped her shoulder, causing her to cry out in surprise as she jumped and fell out of her chair. She quickly got to her feet and turned and glared at the water mage, her hair antennae sticking straight up in anger as she glared at him.

"Don't do that, you dummy!" she growled, causing him to shrink back slightly in fear. With that she turned her attention to Sora, who wore a deadpanned expression after watching the two on his screen. "So, which world should we go to next? I think we should go to the closest ones, and then fly out to the farther ones!"

"Well…actually we were thinking of going back to Master Yen Sid's since we found you, but we still need to look for Kyrie too and seal the world's keyholes. So we'll go with your idea." she nodded as she began setting the coordinates. Axel, who had been sitting in a chair that was a few feet behind the girl, rolled his eyes as he got up.

"So, what's the closest world to this one?" he asked as he looked at the screen. At this Donald shoved Sora out of the way of the screen and began looking over the map in his ship.

"Well, the closest one is Olympus Coliseum. That's where Herc is!" at this, Sora and Goofy got on top of him, grinning as they stared at the map.

"We're going to see Herc again? Yes!"

"Gawrsh, maybe Hercules'll know something. Like where that Master Xehanort feller is, or maybe where Kyrie is!" Goofy added, his usual goofy smile on his face. Miu gasped almost instantly at this as she pressed her face to the screen, her eyes wide with excitement.

"Wait, you guys know Hercules? The Hercules?!" they nodded, causing the girl to squeal in excitement as she began jumping up and down in her seat.

"Oh my god, oh my god! I've always wanted to meet the Hercules, one of the most famous heroes of all time! I mean, I've been to Olympus Coliseum before and watched every match he was in while I was there, but I never met him face-to-face." she cried, continuing to jump up and down in her seat in excitement, her expression giddy. Axel rolled his eyes at her excitement while Sora, Donald, Demyx, and Goofy just laughed at her animated expression.

"All right, then! Olympus Coliseum, here we come!"

-Later, Olympus Coliseum-

"Wow, it looks like the Coliseum is fixed up! It looks a lot better than before the Hydra destroyed it!" Sora commented as they walked through the gates from Thebes, looking at the golden statues that stood outside the arena and the double doors that led to it. The others nodded as Demyx quickly hid behind Axel, earning confused looks from the group.

"I hope they don't recognize me! I did steal the Olympus stone, remember?" he explained, causing Axel to roll his eyes as he shoved the melodious nocturne forward.

"Oh grow up, Demyx. I'm sure they've forgotten by now, and they wouldn't even recognize you anyways since you're not even wearing the organization's cloak. Got it memorized?" Demyx was silent before nodding. This caused Miu to raise her eyebrow in confusion. What were they talking about?

"Huh? What're you guys talking about?" she asked as she cocked her head to the side, almost like a confused but curious puppy. The boys were silent as they looked at each other, before turning their attention back to the girl. They might as well tell her, since she was now part of the group. Albeit reluctantly.

"Well, 'bout a year ago Demyx and Axel here were part of an evil organization called Organization XIII. At one point, Kyrie was too, but she left 'em an' joined us on our journey to find his Majesty and Riku. When we first came here, Demyx had stolen the Olympus stone so we had to fight 'im to get it back. That's why he's so nervous." Goofy explained, the others nodding in agreement as he did so. Miu nodded as she placed her hand against her chin.

"Yeah, I heard about them on my travels. But I thought they disbanded or something last year. So, you guys aren't part of the organization anymore?" she asked as she looked at Demyx and Axel. Both nodded their heads as the pyro crossed his arms as he continued. But Miu was now bored of the conversation, and turned her attention elsewhere as she began to walk away.

"Yeah, we ditched them near the end of Sora's journey. We helped them put an end to Xemnas and the rest of the organization at that point, and things were quiet until Master Xehanort came and kidnapped Kyrie." he explained, scowling slightly at the mention of the wicked keyblade master. Sora nodded as he held his hands behind his head, the group unaware that the girl had wandered off.

"Yeah, so that's why Demyx is so scared-…huh?" he started as he turned, only to find the girl gone. He blinked in confusion, where had she gone?

"Miu? Miu! Where'd you go?" he called as he looked around the courtyard. Hearing someone hum a happy tune, he turned and spotted her as she danced and spun across the courtyard, arms held out as she did so. She almost resembled a child as she danced, full of life and energy. But Donald growled at this, not amused that she had wandered away while they were talking. "Miu! Get back here!"

"Nu-uh! I'm having too much fun!" she sang as she continued to spin and twirl, her feet dancing across the sandy ground and creating patterns in the sand. But without warning, blotches of darkness began to form in front of her, causing her to gasp and summersault backwards as she unsheathed her blade. "Hey! I was having fun!"

"Miu!" Sora cried as he, Donald, and Goofy ran in, each summoning their weapons as they did so. Demyx and Axel followed suit, both summoning their weapons as they joined the boys, who were surrounding Miu as they faced the heartless head on. But the girl growled as she crossed her arms, clearly not pleased with being treated like someone who had to be protected.

"Hey, I'm not a weak little girl, ya know! I can take care of myself!" she exclaimed, slamming her boot into the ground in protest. Sora turned and opened his mouth to retort, but she had already jumped over his head and sliced through two of the heartless soldiers. He groaned a little, not at all pleased that she was fighting them alone.

"Miu, wait! You can't fight them alone! At least let us help!" he exclaimed as he ran in, slamming his keyblade into a shadow. But she only snorted at him in response and kept fighting, completely ignoring them and only focusing on the enemies that were in front of her.

"Sorry, but this girl works alone. Always did, always will, and there's not a thing you can do to change that!" she exclaimed as she fought. Like before she toyed with the heartless, swiftly dodging their attacks and goading them to keep attacking with her teasing; but then changed her tactics and took them out mercilessly.

She almost took out Sora, who had made the mistake of going after the same heartless she was, and he immediately cried out in surprise and fell back. The heartless took this opportunity to focus their gaze on him and zeroed in on him. But before they could touch him, a familiar bulky figure appeared and sent them flying, causing the boy to look up in surprise.

"Herc!"

"Hey, Sora!" the man called as he picked up a soldier and sent it flying into the wall. After a few moments, the heartless were all gone and Hercules helped the boy to his feet, giving him a "manly" handshake. "How've you guys been? It's been forever since we saw you!"

"We've been great! What about you?" the boy grinned as he held his hands behind his head. Hercules grinned as well and patted his chest. "Heroes, always busy!"

"You know it!" Donald exclaimed proudly, causing Goofy to chuckle. The man smiled at this before spotting Demyx and Axel. "Huh? Who're these guys, new friends?" Sora blinked before turning to Axel and Demyx, remembering that they were still there.

"Oh yeah! Herc, this is Axel and Demyx; friends of ours! Guys, this is the one and only Hercules!" The two nodded as they walked forward, holding their hands out.

"Nice to meet you, Hercules!"

"Yeah, name's Axel; A-X-E-L. Got it memorized?" the man smiled and nodded as he shook their hands.

"It's nice to meet you." with that he looked around, noticing that a familiar white-haired girl was missing from the group. "Hey, where's Kyrie? Is she not traveling with you anymore?" Sora and the others looked away at this.

"Well…"

"Oh. My. God." they turned to stare at a wide-eyed Miu, who had her attention focused solely on Hercules. The older man blinked in confusion as she walked up, still staring at him with wide eyes. "Uh-"

"Oh my god, it's really Hercules! The greatest of all heroes!" she cried out as she jumped up and down. The group deadpanned; she was even more childish than Sora! With that she reached out and began to shake his hand, startling him somewhat.

"My name's Miu, adventurer extraordinaire, and I am your biggest fan! I want to be a true hero one day too, and aspire to meet you in greatness!" she spoke in a rush as she shook his hand frantically. The man chuckled at her energy and pep, not at all fazed that she was shaking his hand so roughly.

"Well it's nice to meet you too, Miu. I was wondering who you were when I saw you fighting those heartless, and from what I saw you're doing a great job so far." she cried out in joy at this, feeling pride well up inside her at the fact that her role model complimented her. With that she began to twirl around, but stopped when the man placed a hand on her head and ruffled her hair.

"But you still have a ways to go. Teamwork is another thing that makes a hero a hero, and you definitely need to work on that one. You're also a bit reckless, just like I was back in the day. But that's okay, you'll grow out of that eventually!" all of her pride flew out of her at this and she slumped, sighing as she did so. "Aw…"

Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Demyx began to laugh at this, causing her to puff out her cheeks and glare at them. "Ah shuddap, jerks!" Hercules laughed as well before turning to the boys.

"So, what happened? Did Kyrie go off on her own journey or something?" he asked. The boys were quiet before Sora sighed.

"Well, actually…" and with that, he told Hercules what had become of the girl, and their newest mission that was given to them by Master Yen Sid. All the while Herc's eyes widened, and when Sora finished, he blinked in disbelief.

"No way, so she got taken by an old keyblade master who wants to use her for some scheme?" he asked. Sora and the boys nodded while Miu twirled around, obviously in her own world.

"Yeah, and if we don't find her and save her soon…" the man nodded in understanding.

"Right. So, what can we do to help?"

"Well, we wondering if you had seen her? Or maybe an old man with tan skin and a grey goatee?" Demyx asked. Hercules shook his head, causing the boys to slump their shoulders and sigh. Hercules looked at Axel, who looked the most disappointed of the bunch. After Sora explained that Kyrie was the red-haired man's girlfriend, he felt a pang of sympathy towards him and understood what he was going through. After the time Meg had been kidnapped…shaking that thought away, he placed a hand on the man's shoulder.

"Sorry. I know she means a lot to you…" but the pyro shook his head, waving the man off. Though he was disappointed that Kyrie wasn't here, he wasn't at all mad at the man. If he hadn't seen her, then he hadn't seen her. Simple as that.

"It's okay, nothing to be sorry about. But here's another question, have you seen anyone suspicious lurking around lately? Anyone in a black cloak?" he asked. Then Miu popped up at Axel's side, startling the pyro.

"Or maybe tons of heartless? Or the unversed? What about nobodies? 'Cuz we have to get rid of those too!" she asked. Hercules was silent for a moment as he placed his hand against his chin, contemplating Axel's question.

"Hmm…not that I've seen, though there has been an increase of heartless lately and I've also seen some unversed. But maybe we can ask Phil and Meg, they might've seen something." the hero suggested. The boys nodded before Miu pumped her fist into the air.

"Then let's go see 'em! I'm sure they might've seen something strange, like those men or even a large heartless that we can take down! I can see it now- Miu and her sidekicks fighting a large titan or heartless and sending it to the ground, the crowd shouting our names as we pose in victory-" before she could continue Axel covered her mouth, silencing her.

"All right, all right, we get it. Now c'mon, before she talks us all to death." the group nodded feverishly and with that, they walked into the coliseum, with a muffled protest from Miu as Axel dragged her along.

-Inside the Coliseum-

Out in the training yard, the group spotted Meg and Phil as the two began setting up what looked like another training match for Hercules. The man smiled at the sight of them and waved, trying to get their attention.

"Hey Meg, Phil!"

Yes, I decided to use Olympus Coliseum again, simply because it's tied greatly to Birth by Sleep. I have to make sure everything is tied together, remember?

Anyways, review and tell me what you think!