Hidden Dangers

Axel and Ichigo reached their destination. They landed in a jungle, filled with heartless walking around.

"Why are they just standing there?" pondered Ichigo.

"I don't know..." Axel stared to the place where Sora and his friends were fighting the masked beings. "Want to ask them?"

Sora was pushed back. "OWWW! You cheaters!"

"We don't need to play by the rules," remarked the masked being. "Now then, keyblade wielder-"

Axel hit his chakrams on one of the masked beings. It shrieked, and it burned to the ground. "You are gonna go down, masked dudes!" said Axel.

Ichigo was unsure of what will happen, but he raised his blades up, pointing it at the masked beings. "Are you all ready to die?" said Ichigo.

"Wha - it's a -" The being was attacked by Axel before it could finish the thought. Ichigo got alarmed at what it said.

"What?"

"Ignore it!" Axel wiped the field from the masked beasts, leaving nothing but ashes. Sora and his friends looked in awe at the duo.

"What are you guys doing here?" said Donald. "You made us fight these...things!"

"Just look into your memories," said Axel, "and you will see that this was a part of your past."

Axel opened up the portal, and Ichigo and Axel disappeared. They resurfaced next to Namine.

"Why did you tell them that?" asked Ichigo.

"I would rather have them think that those things are from their past then tell them the truth," said Axel. "Tell me Ichigo, would you compromise the mission just to tell them a small, inconceivable thing?"

"You wish," said Ichigo. "Besides, we are not the ones who would reveal the news. Those masked beings would have done that."

"They came from within the castle," muttered Namine.

"What?" Axel and Ichigo looked at each other in uncertainty.

"It seems that the castle is manifesting things from the memories of everyone at random. It's out of my control." Namine looked at the ball that showed Sora and the others following the storyline of that world.

"Well, we can just take care of it the next time the castle does that again," said Axel.

"But whose memory conjured that?" asked Ichigo. "Could it be someone's missing memory?"

"What?!" exclaimed Axel.

"Think about it. Apparently, nobodies do not have their previous memories, so maybe...the castle has it."

Axel thought about it, and then laughed. "You crack me up!" said Axel. "I mean, that totally makes sense!"

"Does anything else make sense?!" cried Ichigo. Namine laughed with Axel too.

"Why are you all laughing?!"

Eventually, the laughter stopped, and Axel said, "Alright, let's stop. Now, we just sit here and relaxxxx..."

But Ichigo couldn't rest. He had a nagging suspicion that Axel is either lying or that he himself did not know yet. What would have that masked being said? Why was it that he was even at this castle to begin with? So many things did not add up.

Ichigo just sat down, but those thoughts did not leave him. His heart was thrown into doubt, and Ichigo did not doubt that once he tries to ease his confusion, everything will change.

Hey guys! I am Ultimater990. This is kinda my first interaction with my viewers here on this story. I want to tell you that due to my schedule, I cannot release a story within every week or so. I already took a long time, and it truly sucks because I wanted this story to reach its maximum potential. Hopefully I can reach fifty chapters for this story, although that might likely be just a first arc if things go well enough. I hope you enjoy reading, and please comment if you want to!