Author's Note: Nope, I'm not dead. And I'm still technically on hiatus for Betwixt and Between. This is just a crossover promised to all of you. It lines up right after what I had posted a week or two ago, and with what rar's posting now. Ish. Close enough.

I admit, it's like, half the size of the usual stuff, but this is also going to be four chapters worth of crossover... so be happy with a little teaser crossover now! Twill be fun! Expect more in the coming days.

EDIT! I fixed the lack of italics issue. Somewhere in my document, things got messed up and the italics just didn't transfer over. Sorry about that guys.

"Well, we're off to hunt Nobodies," Sora said, linking arms with Roxas.

"Have fun!" Xion told them, giving a little wave.

"Where will you go?" Riku asked.

"Well, we're going to start in the Underworld," Sora said. "Since Kairi said Hades has got some control over the Dusks. Maybe we can get rid of the ones that listen to him."

"Either way, we're going to kill Nobodies," Roxas said. "Best way to make Final Form stronger."

Sora nodded.

"Be careful," Kairi said. She turned to Roxas. "Make sure he Cures."

Roxas laughed. "Like I would let him die out there!"

Kairi rolled her eyes.

Before Sora could take any more patronizing, he activated the star shard. He and Roxas both disappeared.

"Will you two be doing something?" Namine asked, looking at Kairi and Xion.

"We were thinking about going to Twilight Town to just practice," Xion said. "Heartless are generally easy kills there, but if something bigger shows up, we could use a challenge. Kairi's got a new spell, I've been working on a new finisher…"

"Do you want to come?" Kairi asked. "You've got Holy to practice, too."

Namine shrugged. "I don't know…"

Riku leaned in to whisper in Namine's ear.

"How about you and I go somewhere and practice," he said. "Just you and me. We haven't done anything together like that in a few days."

Namine grinned. "How about we do that?" she said, looking up at him. The two of them locked eyes, neither of them looking away from each other.

Kairi and Xion rolled their eyes.

"You two have fun, now," Xion said.

Riku and Namine just nodded, still looking in the general direction of each other.

Kairi activated the star shard between her and Xion, they disappeared like Sora and Riku had. The Island was quiet.

"Now, where's Axel," Riku said, looking over his shoulder. "It would be just like him to show up and ruin the moment."

Namine laughed. "He went chasing after Kuin again. Well, I think so. The image I drew this morning showed them in Traverse Town, but the picture I drew after that had just Kuin in Disney Castle. I feel like that one may be farther in the future, because I don't think Kuin has any reason to go to Disney Castle."

Riku shrugged. "I'd like to meet this Kuin girl."

"Wouldn't we all?" Namine said.

"Well, where should we go?" Riku asked. "To change the subject."

Namine shrugged. "I don't know."

Riku poked her in the arm. "You mean to tell me that you haven't drawn us already doing something today?"

She shook her head. "It doesn't work like that."

Riku laughed. "You'll have to tell me how that does work, sometime."

She nodded. "Okay."

He didn't press for her to tell him right then, she didn't feel like explaining it. Not yet, anyway. She still had to figure out exactly how it worked for herself. It just… did.

"Hmm," Riku said, pondering. "Hollow Bastion typically has a lot of Heartless."

Namine nodded.

"Aerith, Rinoa and Quistis are away on that meeting," he continued. "So they're down three fighters."

Namine nodded once more. "Are you suggesting we go to Hollow Bastion?" she said.

"Sure, why not?" Riku said. "You've got that spell to practice, anyway."

He flashed her a grin. She smiled back.

He pulled out the star shard. "Ready?"

She grabbed his hand. "Of course!"

He looked down at their now-intertwined hands and couldn't help but smile. His cheeks flushed red just a tad.

"Let's go," she whispered.

He activated the star shard.

"Something's not right," Riku muttered as soon as they had landed. He sniffed the air, trying to figure out what exactly it was that wasn't right.

Namine started probing the area as well. She had a general clue of what memories she should be able to pick up. Just, familiar memories, things that she recognized—people that she recognized.

She was oddly surprised to pick up on some of Aerith's memories. To the best of her knowledge, Aerith should not have been there. Not in the slightest. However, these didn't look like the memories of the Aerith she knew. These ones definitely had the Aerith-feel, but they were more frantic, somehow.

There were a lot of things breaking. Glasses, dishes, a lonely chair in the corner… (she'd seen that chair before)… blood and rain… (she'd seen those too…)

Almost frantically, she pushed out further, trying to see if she could pick up any other tell-tale memories. She had a feeling she knew where she was. But why were…

Leon. Easy enough. However, he wasn't calm or happy like… He was angry. Something had bothered him.

Rinoa, trapped up in a glass case… a possessed Rinoa… a dead-looking Rinoa… whiteness…

She hadn't seen any of those before. This was new. She pushed again, trying to find someone else. She had a pretty good idea of where…

Tifa. She was sad. She was worried. She was angry.

Two images: one of Cloud lying almost-lifeless-looking on the ground at Olympus Coliseum, a mangle of darkness hovering above him; (she knew what that darkness was, she just couldn't focus on it…) the second one of Cloud crumpled on the ground, covered in about as much blood as Sephiroth hovered above him…

Namine pushed just a tad farther…

Shatter.

Shatter.

Shatter.

Her shattering him. But it was in third person…

Him being shattered by her.

Someone else watching him being…

Shatter.

Metallic-like sounds.

Crumple.

Tears.

Like a broken record… she was caught up in those images.

"Found it!" Riku growled, breaking her out of her thoughts.

The next thing she knew, they were hurdling down the streets. Up walls and through pathways. It was all she could do to not trip and keep up. But the memories were still there in her head.

Shatter.

Shatter.

Shatter.

A promise.

Sora's Shadow.

Parallel universe.

Shatter.

"That bas—" she began.

"…you still have feelings for that bi—"

"What is going on here?" Riku demanded.