*I don't own any of the Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy characters, I only own Katie.

(Author's Note) "Darkness' Master" is what I decided to call the Master Xehanort's Keyblade, cuz it sounds cooler. xD

Oh! And sorry if I got some OOC going on, I'm trying my hardest to keep the characters into character...it's hard!

Katie's face turned pale at the sight of the two Keyblades. 'Why?! Why these two?!' she screamed in her head.

"You okay, Katie?" asked Sora.

"I-I'm fine…j-just a little spooked, that's all…" Katie stuttered, still having her eyes glued on her new Keyblades.

" 'Spooked'? They're just Keyblades." said Repliku.

Katie whipped her head around to face Repliku. " 'Just Keyblades'?! This one belongs to a crazy old guy who takes bodies of other people for a living…" She held up Darkness's Master. "…And this belongs to the crazy old guy's apprentice, who was equally nuts! From where I'm from, people would rather wield the Key to People's Hearts Keyblade instead of these two!" Katie ranted as she held up Void Gear. Everyone stood in awkward silence while they stared at Katie fiddling with her Keyblades. Katie stopped and looked at Sora. "So…how do you make these things go away?"

"Easy. Just imagine yourself without them." answered Sora. Katie gave him a curt nod and in a blink of an eye, the Keyblades disappeared. "Oh, yeah!" Sora turned to Leon, "Leon, have you had troubles with the Heartless at all recently?"

"No. We haven't seen any Heartless for a long time." Leon shrugged, "Don't why though."

"Maybe it's because they are under Master Xehanort's control at the moment…" Repliku mumbled.

Everyone, except Katie, stared at Repliku. "WHAT?!" They yelled in unison.

"How do you know that?" Riku asked Repliku suspiciously.

Repliku glared at Riku while answering, "Because Katie and I had to fight off over thirty Heartless that just kept on coming. We also had to fight a few…what are they called?"

"Nobodies. Dusks to be exact." Katie filled in.

"Nobodies, yeah. Thanks Katie." Katie just gave Repliku a short nod and a huff of acknowledge.

"The old fart also used Heartless and Nobodies when he abducted me from my house." Katie added. "Since he wants the Keyblade War to start again, he'll have many Heartless and Nobodies supporting him, if I'm correct. The Heartless and Nobodies side with whoever is the strongest in the Darkness."

"That makes sense…why didn't I see this earlier?" Riku asked himself.

Katie smiled mischievously at Riku. "Cuz you've been busy, Mr. Keyblade-Master!" she chirped.

Riku and Sora took a step back, how did Katie know that? "I think it'd be a good idea if you two returned to Yen Sid's Tower with us." Riku told Katie and Repliku as his eyes darted at them.

Katie shrugged, "Whatevs." She wrapped her arm around Repliku's neck, "Ready for a road-trip, bud?" she asked in her best obnoxious voice.

Repliku rolled his eyes. "Since when did you become annoying like Yuffie?"

"Hey!" Yuffie yelped, "I'm not annoying!"

"That's what they all say, Yuffie!" Katie retorted playfully.

"I am not annoying!" Yuffie pouted.

Sora laughed and walked to the door, "If there's nothing else for us to do, we'll go ahead and leave."

Leon thought for a bit then shrugged with a smirk on his face. "Can't think of anything to keep you guys here any longer."

Sora nodded and held the door open for everybody. "If you guys need us, let us know!" he waved 'good-bye' as he shut the door. "The Gummi Ship is this way." Sora told Katie and Repliku. They nodded and followed Sora and Riku to the Gummi Ship.

Katie was the last person to get on the Gummi Ship; she stopped in her tracks when she heard a scream. Without even thinking, Void Gear and Darkness' Master appeared in her hands. "Did you guys hear that?" she asked.

It was Riku's voice that replied, "No. Did you hear something?"

"I could've sworn I heard someone scream…" Katie said mostly to herself. She heard it again, without asking anyone if they heard, she turned on her heel and ran towards the source.

"Wait, Katie!" Repliku jumped out of seat and ran out of the Gummi Ship after Katie. It wasn't long until Sora and Riku followed. Outside the Gummi Ship, they looked around. No sign of Katie. "Damn it Katie…" Repliku grumbled.

"Don't worry, Repliku. She knows where the Gummi Ship is, she'll come back soon." Sora assured him. "Let's just wait for her to return."

Repliku made a deep growl in his throat and crossed his arms over his chest. "She better not get into any trouble…" he mumbled.

Katie found herself in a courtyard and she looked around. She was the only one here, confused; she rubbed the back of her head. "That's weird…I could've sworn the scream came from over here. I must be hearing things..." She told herself. Before she dismissed her Keyblades, a dark portal formed in front of her. Katie jumped back and held up Void Gear in a defense stance while she had Darkness' Master ready to attack. She kept her eyes glued on the portal, waiting for someone to walk out. But no one came. Puzzled, she dismissed her weapons. 'Why hasn't it disappeared yet…?' Katie wondered. She walked up to the portal hesitantly with her hand outstretched. A gloved hand emerged quickly from the portal and grabbed Katie's arm. Katie screamed in surprise. With her free hand, she tried to pry off the hand off of her arm. "Let me go!"

A deep laugh came from the portal, "And why would I do that?"

Katie felt her feet forcefully inch forward. "Let me go now or suffer the consequences, bucko!" she growled.

"Like what?"

"Like this!" Katie wielded Darkness' Master in her free hand and slashed it at the hand. She smirked when she felt the hand's grip loosen; she squirmed out of its grip and got to a safe distance. "Come out and get me, monkey-butt!" Katie hollered.

The hand slowly went back into the portal. With it still open, Katie felt a presence in her head. "You may get away this time, but the next won't be so different…" an evil voice threatened in her head.

Katie groaned in pain, "If you want me then stop being chicken and get me…" she challenged. She watched the portal close and her sudden headache disappeared. Katie fell to her knees and rubbed her temples. 'Coward…' she thought in her head. But she also was glad that the owner of the portal didn't appear, she doesn't have the proper training to fight just yet. Getting back up to her feet, she walked back to the Gummi Ship. Repliku was the first one to see her return.

Repliku felt a wave of relief seeing Katie return unharmed, "Why did run off?" He asked.

Katie shrugged. "I thought I heard something. Turns out it was nothing." She half lied; no way is she going to tell him what really happened! "Why have you been acting like this to me lately?" she asked.

Repliku cocked his head. "What do you mean?"

"Well…you've been acting like you're my big bro or something." Katie raised her hands up defensively, "I'm just saying." She anime sweat-dropped when Repliku just shrugged as his answer.

Sora walked up to Katie and grinned. "Glad your back!" he stepped the side. "Come on, the King's waiting."

Katie followed Repliku into the Gummi Ship and sat down next to him, to her surprise, the Gummi Ship was more technically advanced than it looked in the Kingdom Hearts games. "I've always wanted to ride one of these things." She told Sora.

Sora took the pilots chair and said over his shoulder, "It was pretty exciting when I first rode one, too. Just hang on. We'll be at Yen Sid's in a bit." With that statement the Gummi Ship rose up from the ground and into the sky, and in a blink of an eye, the ship jumped into warp and disappeared into the sky with a flash of light.