Hello again everyone! I hope you're doing well!

Here it is the fourth chapter of this story, so I hope you enjoy reading it.

I warn you that there will be spoilers of games, anime, manga, etc., so be careful if you haven't played/watched the games/series which will appear in this story, okay?

Chapter IV

Return to the Academy

0900hrs, June 13th, 2024
RGRC HQ, Radiant Garden

Sora opened his eyes slowly and the first thing he saw was a pile of papers, and then he remembered what he was doing all night. After he arrived in Radiant Garden with Riku and Kairi, the three of them met the Restoration Committee of the city in their new headquarters, which was also where the new security corps of Radiant Garden operated. The Keyblade wielders caught up with Leon and the others, and Sora mentioned that he wanted to create a guild with Keyblade wielders as members, but to do that, he had to do much paperwork first, and that's why he saw papers when he woke up.

The spiky teen felt something in his face, which was touching the table where he was filling out the papers. He had one of the papers under his face, so he moved it and saw that it was the last one. The only thing left to do is to write the name of the person who was going to be the Guild Master.

"I'll ask Riku and Kairi about it when I see them," thought Sora, who was still kind of drowsy. He leaned his head on his right hand, trying to not fall sleep again, and then someone tapped his shoulder. The Keyblade wielder turned and saw a young woman with ginger hair and yellow eyes, wearing the uniform of the Military. She wasn't wearing a green cloak, but Sora could tell that she was from the same division as Eren because of the symbol of her badge.

"Good morning," she said with a warm smile, and then she raised her hands, showing a cup of coffee to Sora. "Do you want some?"

"Oh, yes, thank you," Sora answered as he took the cup and started drinking the coffee. He was not a big fan of coffee, but he had to admit that it was really good.

"Have you been up all night filling out those papers?" asked the woman with a concerned voice as she sat in front of Sora.

"Yes, but it looks like I fall asleep before I could finish," Sora replied scratching his cheek with his index finger, feeling a bit embarrassed, and the young woman let out a small laugh.

"By the way, I'm Petra," she said. "You're the boy of the Restoration Committee, right? What's your name?"

"Sora," the spiky teen answered, and Petra was surprised when she heard the boy's name.

"Sora…" she said with a pensive expression. "You have the same name as a guy who is really known in Radiant Garden, you know?"

"You don't say," Sora said smiling.

"Yes, some of us have seen a photo and, if I remember correctly, he has blue eyes and brown-" Petra stopped talking when she realized that the description she was giving matched perfectly the boy who was in front of her.

"You've already realized, huh?" Sora said grinning before taking another sip of the coffee Petra gave him.

"It's you?" Petra asked, and the spiky teen nodded. "Wow, I heard some soldiers of my division that Sora was in Radiant Garden, but I'd have never imagined that it was you, I mean…I thought you were different."

"How different?" asked Sora a bit puzzled.

"I just talked with you for a couple of minutes, but I can tell that you're really nice and easy-going," Petra answered with a kind smile.

"Oh, thanks," said Sora, who felt flattered by what she said.

"To be honest, I thought you were like the leader of my squad," Petra commented. "He's kind of blunt and unapproachable and he has a strong respect for structure and discipline. That makes him difficult to be around."

"I'm sure he's quite strong," Sora successfully deduced.

"Yes, he is," Petra affirmed. "Although, if the things I heard about you are true, I would say that you're also really strong. Someday you could come with us, I'm sure the other soldiers of the Survey Corps will be glad to have you by their side on an expedition."

"Survey Corps?" asked Sora. "Is that the name of your division?"

"That's right," Petra replied. "We explore outside the city sometimes to defeat the Heartless that are out there, and to see if there are more people who arrived from another world. You can distinguish us by the wings of our badge."

"It sounds interesting," Sora said. "Maybe I'll go with you to one of those expeditions. Thanks for the offer, Petra."

"You're welcome," the young woman smiled. "I'm sure the others-"

"Petra," said someone, interrupting the young woman. Sora heard the voice from behind, and he turned his head and saw that behind him there was a short man, who had straight black hair and sharp, intimidating gray eyes, and he was also wearing the uniform of the Military with the badge of the Survey Corps.

"Ah, good morning, Captain," Petra said to the man a bit nervous. "Do you need something?"

"We've a meeting and I was looking for you," the man said, and then he looked at Sora. "Who are you? I don't recall seeing you here before, and it's obvious you're not part of the Military."

"Captain, he's the boy the restoration committee of Radiant Garden told us about when we arrived in this world," Petra said.

"Sora, it's a pleasure," the spiky teen said.

"So it's you, huh? My name is Levi," the man said, always wearing the same expression, although he looked a bit interested in Sora. "I've heard many things about you, and one of them is that you're really strong. I'd like to know if it's true."

"Well, Petra invited me to go with the Survey Corps on an expedition, so maybe you will know it soon," Sora said. He was surprised since the man was more talkative than he expected.

"I'm looking forward to it," Levi said, and then he looked at Petra. "The others are waiting, let's go."

"Right," she said quickly as she stood up. "See you later, Sora."

"Bye," the Keyblade wielder said before the two soldiers left. Sora started thinking about what Petra said about Levi, and it was obvious that she knew him very well, although he wasn't very hard to talk to at all, at least not for Sora.

Then Kairi entered the room where Sora was, it looks like she slept in the headquarters since she crossed one of the two doors that were at the end of a stairs that led to an upper level. The girl saw the spiky Keybearer in the same table where Riku and she left him yesterday and approached him.

"Good morning, Sora, how are you doing?" asked Kairi. "Did you finish?"

"Almost," the boy replied. "I still have to write the name of the person who is going to be the Guild Master."

"Huh? I thought you were going to be the master of the guild," Kairi said, and Sora looked at her surprised.

"Really?" he asked. "I thought it would be better if we vote it."

"In my opinion," Kairi began, "the Guild Master has to be a Keyblade Master too, so the candidates are Terra, Aqua, Riku and you, but I think it should be you, since you were the one who wanted to create this guild after all. Besides, I assure you that the others will agree with me."

"Thanks for your vote of confidence, Kairi," Sora said, "but I'd rather wait for Terra and Aqua and ask them about this."

"Okay," said Kairi.

Then Yuffie and Cid entered the room and greeted the Keyblade wielders. Cid walked to where his computer was and started working on something, while Yuffie approached the Keybearers.

"Morning, Sora, have you already finished?" said a drowsy Yuffie.

"Almost," the spiky boy replied. "Now I'll look for the people who are in charge of the construction company, I'd like them to start as soon as possible."

"Don't worry about that," Kairi said. "Riku went to talk with them, he wanted me to tell you when you woke up, and he also said that he was curious about how was the training of the Military's trainees, so he'll be out for a while."

"Oh, all right," Sora said. "Did he say something else?"

"Yes, he told me to ask you about what you said yesterday," Kairi answered. "Something about witches…"

"Right, wait a moment," said Sora, and he stood up and walked to where Cid was. "Hey, Cid, do you have any Gummi Ship available? I need to go to another world."

"Sure, I have a ship that is exactly like the one you used to travel with," Cid said, and then he realized something. "Wait a moment, if you don't have a Gummi Ship, how did you get here?"

"A friend of us created a portal which took us here," Kairi answered. "We hadn't a Gummi Ship, and we couldn't use our Keyblade Gliders to travel because our armors got broken during the battle against Xehanort."

"Do you happen to know someone who is able to repair armors like ours?" asked Sora.

"Well, I met a girl one day I was travelling around the worlds a few months ago," Yuffie said. "She's a really good mechanic and an expert at fixing things, so maybe she could help you with that. I don't think anyone here is better than her."

"What's her name?" asked Kairi curiously.

"Winry Rockbell," the ninja answered. "I'm sure she'll able to repair your armor, but their magic protection will have to be fixed by other person since she's not a magical mechanical. I'll see if I can remember where her world is."

"Alright, thanks, Yuffie," Sora said gratefully, and the girl smiled and winked at him.

"The ship is ready, kiddo, leave when you're ready," Cid said, and Sora nodded. Before Sora could leave the building to get on the Gummi Ship, he looked at Kairi, who was waiting for him.

"I need to go to our world again," Sora said to her. "Do you want to come with me?"

"Of course," Kairi said a bit excited before realizing what her friend said. "Wait, to our world? Do you want to return to the Earth? What do you want to do there?"

"I'll tell you on the way, okay?" Sora said.

"Sure, but, where are we going?" asked Kairi.

"Death City," Sora replied.

-TLG-

Meanwhile in another world, three people were talking to each other about something that looked important.

The first person was a tall young man with brown styled into rather messy, vertical spikes and bangs that frame his face, blue eyes and slightly tanned skin. The second one was a young woman with short blue hair and her eyes had the same color as her hair. Lastly, the third person was a boy with bright blue eyes and spiky blond hair.

"Aqua, are you sure you heard well?" the man asked the woman, who was called Aqua.

"Positive," replied Aqua. "They are still out there, and I am sure Maleficent is behind all this, and you know I am right, Terra. That witch won't rest until she has control over all the worlds."

"Do you think Sora and the others know about it?" asked the blond. "I think we were the only ones who took a Gummi Ship, so they can't travel to other worlds."

"Ven is right," the man called Terra said, looking at Aqua. "They can't leave the worlds where they went after the battle against Xehanort, so it's possible that they don't know yet."

"Maybe you're right," Aqua said. "We'll have to go to Radiant Garden and ask Cid to let us take another Gummi Ship so we can pick them up."

"We also need to find someone who can repair our Keyblade Armors," Terra said. "We don't know when we will need them."

"Man, I can't wait to see the others again," said the blond, whose name was Ven. "I'm sure they are stronger than they were two years ago, especially Sora and Riku."

"Now that you mentioned Sora," Aqua said. "I remember he said something about creating a guild of Keyblade wielders. I wonder if he still wants to do it."

"We'll ask him when we see him," Terra said, "now we must prepare to leave."

-TLG-

1235hrs, June 15th, 2024
Death City, Nevada, USA

Two days after leaving Radiant Garden, Sora and Kairi arrived in the city that the spiky Keyblade wielder protected two years ago.

Death City was located right in the middle of the scorching Nevada desert, and it was the first time Kairi visited it. She thought it looked dark and gloomy from outside, but the girl realized that it was rather lively when she saw the city from within it. However, there was still something that left the redhead a bit stunned.

"Is it me or the Sun has a face?" asked a bewildered Kairi. "And why is it chuckling?"

"I had the same reaction the first time I saw it," Sora answered. "I don't know why, but here the Sun has that appearance."

The two continued walking down the long highway that ran through the entire city until they arrived at the middle of the city, where there was a fountain and a lot of shops, just like the marketplace of Radiant Garden.

From there they could see, in the distance, a building with a rather eccentric appearance, looking a bit like a large fun house. The building was composed of a collection of large black towers and spires patterned with white lines and skull masks. The roofs of the towers were conical and bright red. Enormous candles poked out of shafts along the circumference of the buildings.

"There it is, Shibusen in all its glory!" Sora said grinning, he was really happy to see the academy again after two years. "It hasn't changed since the last time I saw it."

"Shibusen…now I remember," Kairi said looking at the building. "It's also known as 'The Police of the World'."

"Had you heard of Shibusen before?" asked Sora after hearing what the redhead said.

"Yeah, it sounded familiar when you told me about it while we were in the Gummi Ship," Kairi replied, "Shibusen graduates are not uncommon in the political realms of various countries all over the world. You should know this too, since we studied that in Japan it has been compulsory to have a Shibusen graduate as prime minister."

"I'd forgotten how smarty-pants you can be," Sora joked, and Kairi looked at him with an annoyed face, but then she smiled since she was happy to be with Sora. She was also glad to see him so relaxed, since two years ago, he used to be kind of tense because of Xehanort, but now he looked calmer, and she liked that.

The Keyblade wielders walked until they reached the long stairs, and then they started climbing them, and something startled them when they were near the end of the stairs.

People started falling down the stairs, most of them with injuries, which worried Kairi, but Sora knew who was behind all this and couldn't help but smile. The spiky Keyblade wielder could catch a boy and stop his falling before he could get more damage.

"Thanks, man…" said the boy before wincing in pain.

"What happened to you?" Kairi asked concerned as she and Sora helped the injured boy sit on a step.

"It's that monster!" the boy said scared. "Be careful or-wait a moment, you are Sora, right!?"

"Yeah, that's me," Sora chuckled. He didn't know the boy, but he was surprised that he recognized him. Kairi was also kind of surprised, when she saw that the first person who saw the Sora recognized him, it looks like the Keybearer was well-known in Death City.

"Wow, I can't believe you've returned," the boy said amazed. "I still remember how strong you were two years ago. Surely you know who's up there, right?"

"I think so," Sora replied smiling. "I'll see if I can stop him. Let's go Kairi."

Kairi nodded and she wondered who was attacking the students. Sora looked very calm and nonchalant, and according to the conversation he had with the injured boy, the spiky Keybearer knew the person who was doing it.

When Sora and Kairi arrived at the courtyard, they saw a lot of people on the ground, and in the middle there was a boy, who was the responsible of that mess. He had bright blue spiky hair, and wore blue pants, with white shoes and a white belt that is similar to an obi, a white muscle shirt and a long white scarf.

"You all are one hundred years early to defeat me," the spiky boy said, and then he noticed the two people who were looking at him with perplexed faces. "Do you want something? Are you here to fight me too?"

"No, we're not here to pick up fights," Kairi said as the boy approached them. "Did you fight all these people?"

"That's right, it was a piece of cake," the boy said with a cocky expression. "After all, I'm the strongest student of Shibusen."

"I see you haven't changed much, Black*Star," said Sora.

"Why would I change-" the boy with blue hair, who Sora called Black*Star, stopped talking when he saw the brown-haired who was next to the redhead girl. At first he was so shocked that he couldn't even talk, but after a few seconds he managed to do it.

"Sora!? Is that you!?" he said with astonishment as he approached the Keybearer to see him better.

"I think so," Sora said smiling, and then he and Black*Star fist-bumped. "I'm glad to see you, man."

"Same here," Black*Star smirked. "I can't believe you're here again! The others will freak when they see you!"

"I can't wait to see them again," Sora smiled. "By the way, she is Kairi. Do you remember I talked you about her, right?"

"Oh, yeah, I remember something," the blue-haired boy said. "The name is Black*Star, nice to meet you."

"Likewise, Black*Star," Kairi said smiling.

"Do you also have…you know," Black*Star said as he used his fingers to draw a giant key in the air. At first the girl didn't understand what he wanted to say, but then she realized that Black*Star was referring to a Keyblade.

"Oh, yes, I have one too," she affirmed, and then Sora spoke before Black*Star could say anything.

"I suppose the others are in class, right?" he asked, knowing that Black*Star was someone who usually skipped classes to fight against other people. "Although today is Saturday so…"

"Yeah, today we have class, but you know I prefer to fight before attending to class," the blue-haired boy said. "Do you want to see them now, or you prefer to go to the Death Room and talk with Shinigami-sama first?"

"Wait a moment, Shinigami-sama?" said Sora with a perplexed expression. "I thought he…well, passed away, at least that's what I saw on TV. There was some news about Kid becoming a full Shinigami, and about the death of his father."

"Yeah, it's true that he passed away," Black*Star said, "but he revived somehow. I think he said it was because of his soul being linked to Death City. Anyway, I wouldn't give it much importance, he's alive and that's what it counts, right?"

"You're right," said Sora smiling. "Well, let's go inside and see if the class has finished. I'd like to see how the others are doing."

"Alright, you two follow me," Black*Star said, and then the three walked to the academy's entrance and crossed it.

While following Black*Star, Kairi looked at her surroundings, admiring the academy where Sora once studied, although surely he didn't remember much about those classes.

"It's amazing compared to our school, huh?" Sora said.

"Yeah, I've to admit that it's impressive," Kairi replied, and then they stopped in front of a door which led to a room that, according to a small signboard, was called 'Class Crescent Moon'. When Kairi read the signboard, she remembered that Sora told her that this was the class where the friends he made in Death City studied, and she wondered how they were.

Suddenly a tall young woman with indigo eyes and long black hair tied up in a ponytail came out of the class. She was wearing a sleeveless white top, a black scarf around her neck, blue shorts tied with a black belt and black shoes.

"Black*Star," she with a stern face, "I heard you've fought against other students again."

"I wouldn't consider it fighting when I didn't even need to effort," Black*Star replied, and the girl closed her eyes and sighed in resignation. "Anyway, you'll never guess who I met outside."

The black-haired girl opened her eyes to look puzzled at the boy, and she saw him pointing with his thumb at two people who were next to him. She didn't know Kairi, but when she saw Sora, she had the same reaction Black*Star had.

"S-Sora?" she said while covering her mouth out of surprise.

"Hey, Tsubaki, it's good to see you," said the spiky Keybearer at the same time he waved his hand at her.

"Oh, wow, I…I don't know what to say," Tsubaki said, still in awe. "I didn't expect to see you here."

"I promise I'd come back, right?" Sora said with a smile that Tsubaki returned. She was glad that, after two years, the boy she met was still the same. After that, Tsubaki looked again at the girl she didn't know, expecting someone to tell her who she was, but Kairi did it herself.

"I'm Kairi, nice to meet you, Tsubaki," she said. "I suppose Sora told you about me when he came here on a mission."

"Oh, nice to meet you too," said Tsubaki while bowing slightly. "I'm glad I finally got to know you, and yes, Sora told us a lot about you."

"I wonder what he said," Kairi said, looking with mischief at her friend, who got kind of nervous.

"Hey, has the class finished?" Black*Star asked her partner.

"Not yet," Tsubaki replied. "Professor Stein told me to look for you when he heard that you finished fighting."

"I see," the blue-haired boy said before looking at the Keyblade wielders. "What do you say then? Do you want to see Shinigami-sama?"

"Sure, I wouldn't like to interrupt the class," Sora said. Now that he knew that the headmaster of Shibusen was still alive, he thought that it was a good idea to tell him about one of the reasons he wanted to return to Death City.

The four walked until they reached a large door marked with a skull, which led to the Death Room, a mysterious room in Shibusen where the headmaster, also known as Shinigami-sama or Lord Death, often resides. Black*Star knocked the door, and then the four waited for it to open. While they waited, Sora noticed that Tsubaki was looking at him.

"What is it?" he asked her.

"Nothing, it's just…you've grown a lot since the last time," Tsubaki said smiling, and then the door to the Death Room opened.

"Really? He looks the same to me," asked Black*Star while he crossed the door, followed by the other three.

"That's because you've grown too. You were a midget when I met you." Sora joked while he and the others walked through a tunnel of torii gates, which were styled to look like guillotines.

"Hey!" Black*Star protested before they reached the main part of the room.

Kairi looked at the room, which was dome-shaped and domed ceiling with a bright blue sky filled with white clouds. Then she looked at the large round platform, which had some stairs leading up to it, and saw two people there, a strange-looking figure and a redhead man.

"Hey, Boss!" Black*Star said to the figure as he and the others got on the platform. The figure turned around and when Black*Star approached it, the blue-haired boy received a strong hit in the head which slammed him against the floor, and you could see smoke coming out from his head.

"What did I tell you about skipping classes?" the figure asked, with a funny voice. When he turned around, Kairi could see that the figure had the appearance of a tattered piece of black cloth with many jagged edges, decorated with a cartoonish skull mask.

"I'm so sorry, Shinigami-sama!" Tsubaki apologized while bowing.

"So he's the headmaster of Shibusen," Kairi thought when Tsubaki mentioned the name of the black figure. In the Gummi Ship, Sora told her about Shinigami, although she already had heard about him, the academy was well-known around the Earth after all. She had to admit that, despite the funny-looking mask, Shinigami was really imposing.

"I kind of saw this coming," Sora said while looking at the stunned Black*Star. Then the redhead man approached the spiky Keyblade wielder and extended his hand at him, and Sora shook hands with him.

"Sora, it's good to see you in one piece," the man said while smiling. He was wearing a basic black suit blazer, black dress slacks, an olive-green button down shirt, a black leather belt with a silver buckle and dress shoes.

"I can say the same about you," the Keybearer said before looking at the headmaster. "Shinigami-sama, it's good to see you…well…"

"Ah, I suppose you heard about what happened here, right?" Shinigami said. "It's true that my body vanished after my son became a full Shinigami, however, thanks to my link to Death City, I revived. I'm still recovering since I lost a lot of power after that event, but I assure you I'm perfectly fine."

"It's good to hear that," Sora said.

"Anyway, I'm glad you decided to visit us again," Shinigami said, and then he looked at the redhead Keybearer. "You must be Kairi, right? Yen Sid told me many good things about you."

"Yes, nice to meet you," Kairi said as she bowed out of respect. "I'm glad I finally got to know you, Shinigami-sama, I heard a lot of good things about you and your academy."

"Oh, come on, you don't need to be so formal," Shinigami said while waving his hand, and then the redhead man approached Kairi to introduce himself.

"My name is Spirit Albarn, it's a pleasure," he said while shaking hands with Kairi.

"Oh, Shinigami-sama's partner, right?" Kairi said and Spirit looked at her as if he was studying her, and then he turned his gaze at Sora.

"You have a very lovely girlfriend, Sora, nice job!" Spirit said grinning and making a thump up, and the faces of the two Keyblade wielders turned red when he said that.

"Spirit, no…" Sora spoke, but Kairi interrupted him.

"We're not a couple…" Kairi said embarrassed, which surprised Spirit and Tsubaki.

"Oh, I thought you were," the black-haired girl said. "Well, after what you told us back then, we all thought that you…"

"Let's change the topic, okay?" asked Sora, and Kairi nodded in agreement since she preferred to not talk about that either, although she would have liked to know what Sora told them.

"Well, to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit, Sora?" Shinigami asked.

"I wanted to see you guys again, but there's also another reason," Sora answered. "If I am not mistaken, Shibusen and the Witches aren't enemies anymore, right?"

"That's correct," Shinigami said. "The Witches helped us in the battle against the Kishin, so we made a non-aggression pact with them. This means that students can't create Death Scythes anymore without breaking the pact. Why do you ask?"

"You see, I need to talk with the leader of the Witches," Sora said, which surprised all the people who were in the Death Room. "They have a leader, right?"

"Oh, yes, the Grand Witch Maaba," Shinigami replied. "Anyway, even if we're not enemies with the Witches anymore, I don't know if they would like people who aren't a witch enter their world, but I guess you can give it a try if it's important."

"Even so, you'll need the help of a witch to go there," Spirit added.

"I'm sure Kim will lend me a hand with that," Sora affirmed, and this surprised everyone in the room, except Kairi since she didn't know who Kim was.

"You knew about Kim being a witch?" Tsubaki asked the spiky Keybearer, who nodded. "Does she know that you know?"

"Yes, of course," Sora replied. "She asked me to keep her secret, but since you know it now, it doesn't matter anymore."

"That's a good idea since Kim serves as a go-between between Shibusen and the Witches," Shinigami said. "Unfortunately, she's on a mission at this moment with Ox and Kilik, so you'll have to wait for her to return. You could go and see Maka and the others, I'm sure they'll be happy to see you, and they'd like to meet Kairi."

"But you should wait until the class finishes," Spirit commented. "You know Stein doesn't like people to interrupt his classes."

"That's true," Sora said. "We'll have to do something to fill time until they finish."

"Then, I think I have an idea," said Black*Star, who was still on the floor, and everyone looked at him. "Sora…you and I have a score to settle."

-TLG-

Meanwhile, in the class called Crescent Moon, a teacher was finishing the lesson of today. The classroom was wide and spacious, with pitched floors and conjoined desks and the blackboard and the teacher's desk in the center. There were also windows at the back which provided a view of the grounds.

"Very well, that's all for today, you're dismissed," the teacher said. He was a tall man with silver-gray hair and big, round glasses, and was wearing a doctor's lab coat. He also had a large screw going through his head. According to Spirit, his name was Stein.

"Man, this class was longer than usual," said a white-haired boy, who was laying his face on his desk. He was wearing blue pants, a white belt, white shoes, a grey jacket, and underneath it, he wore a white dress shirt with a tie. His name was Soul Evans, but everyone called him Soul Eater.

"Don't complain, we'll go on a mission soon," said a girl with ash blonde hair, tied into two pigtails, and green eyes. Her clothes were a white blouse attached with a blue, sailor-style collar with a red necktie that had a pink coiled tip and a short, blue, pleated skirt, black tights and white shoes. She also wore a long white trench coat and white gloves. She was the daughter of Spirit, and the partner of Soul Eater. Her name was Maka Albarn.

"Hey, Tsubaki hasn't returned yet, do you think she was able to stop Black*Star?" remarked a girl with dark blonde hair that reaches her mid-back, and dark blue eyes. She was wearing a zip-up top over a blue vest and a white sports jacket over it, and a blue pleated skirt. Her name was Elizabeth Thompson, but she preferred to be called Liz.

"Don't worry, Sis, I don't hear fighting outside anymore," said a girl, who was the little sister of the dark blonde girl. She had light blonde hair and light blue eyes, and her clothes were similar to her sister's. She was the little sister of Liz, and her name was Patricia Thompson, but she liked to be called Patty.

"Just wait, he'll start again," a boy who was sat between the two blonde girls said. He had black hair and three white lines that surrounded his hair completely. He was wearing a white dress shirt, black tie, a white sports jacket, with a white suit jacket over it, navy pants and white shoes. He was the partner of the Thompson sisters, and the son of Shinigami, and he was called Death the Kid, but his friends called him Kid.

"Professor Stein," said a boy who was looking through a window. "Black*Star has challenged someone to a duel again, and this time Tsubaki is with him."

"See? I told you," Kid said. "And he even convinced Tsubaki to fight too."

"It surprises me that he needs Tsubaki," Soul said, wondering who is Black*Star's opponent this time.

"Hey, isn't that the guy who came here once to defeat those black creatures?" said another boy who was looking through the window. "What was his name again?"

"You're right, it's him!" a girl said. "Sora has returned to Death City!"

The moment the girl said the name of the spiky Keybearer, every student who was still in the classroom looked at her shocked and even Stein was surprised when he heard the boy's name. Maka and Soul looked at each other, and then they exchanged gazes with Kid and the Thompson sisters before start running towards the academy's courtyard, followed by the others students and their teacher.

When they reached the academy's entrance, they saw Spirit there, along with a redhead girl, who was Kairi, although they didn't know her yet. Maka looked at the two people who were in front of the academy to confirm that Sora had returned to Death City, and when she saw the spiky boy, a smile appeared on her face.

"It wasn't a joke, it's really him," Soul said in awe.

"Hey, Sora!" shouted Patty while waving her hand to draw the boy's attention. Sora looked at Shibusen's entrance, and saw the friends he made in Death City and waved his hand at them while grinning.

"Wow, he's looking good," Liz commented, noticing how changed Sora was since the last time. "I wonder how strong he's now."

"We're about to know it thanks to Black*Star," Kid said smiling, then he noticed the redhead girl who was near him and he recognized her. "Kairi!?"

"Uh?" said Kairi when she heard Kid calling her. "Do I know you?"

"No, but…I don't know if your father told you, but we were looking for you when you disappeared from your home two years ago," Kid said, pointing at his two partners, who were also hearing the conversation. "He sent a request to Shibusen asking us to look for you."

"Oh, you're that boy my friend told me about," Kairi said, referring to Selphie, who flirted with Kid when he went to Destiny Islands. "It's a pleasure…Kid, right?"

"That's right," the Shinigami said smiling. "These are Liz and Patty."

"Hi!" Patty said happily.

"Nice to meet you," Liz said. "Sora told us about you when he was here."

"I can imagine that," Kairi said after laughing slightly. Maka and Soul were also hearing the conversation, but they talked to each other before approach the redhead Keybearer and introduced themselves.

"Wow, she's pretty," Maka commented, looking at Kairi.

"Yeah, Sora has a good taste," Soul said smirking.

"They aren't dating, so you better don't say anything about that," Spirit whispered to his daughter and her partner. He wanted to avoid more awkward moments like the one at the Death Room.

"They aren't?" asked Soul surprised. "I thought that after all this time they would be."

"I guess Sora is still kind of green when it comes to these kinds of things," Maka said a bit amused, and glad to see that Sora was still the same.

While Soul and Maka approached Kairi, more students arrived at Shibusen's entrance. Four people walked towards Spirit, one of them was Stein, and the others were a man, a woman and a little girl.

The man had bluish skin and was wearing a top, blue jeans with a small chain hanging from one side and sneakers, and his name was Sid Barett.

The woman was the partner of Sid, her name was Mira Nygus, and she had dark skin, blue eyes and she wore her hair in dreadlocks. Her clothes were green military pants and a white top.

The little girl had light brown hair and purple eyes, and her clothes reminded of a witch garb, and her name was Angela Leon.

"Has the entire academy heard about the duel?" Spirit asked, surprised to see all those students.

"Looks like it," Stein said, and then he looked at Sora. "I have to admit that I want to see this fight as much as the students. I wasn't expecting him to come back, at least not today."

"He looks stronger than the last time we saw him," Sid said. "This will be a good fight."

"Hey, who is Spiky going to fight with?" Angela asked. She was using that nickname to refer to Black*Star, although Sora had spiky hair too.

"The other boy's name is Sora," Nygus said to Angela. "He helped us a lot two years ago, and he's someone well-known in Death City."

Meanwhile, Sora and Black*Star were looking at each other, Tsubaki was near her partner, waiting for him. They were about to begin, but all the people who exited the academy interrupted them.

"We have a lot of audience," said an impressed Tsubaki.

"The more, the merrier," Black*Star said smirking, and then more people appeared, but this time they came from the long stairs that led to the courtyard of the academy, where Sora and Black*Star were. They were seven people, and when Sora looked at them, he recognized the group immediately.

"What's going on here?" asked a boy who had dark eyes and black hair. He was wearing a white dress shirt with the top opened slightly, a long sweatband on each of his wrists, blue pants and white sneakers, and he also had square-rimmed glasses. He was known as Kilik Lounge.

Next to him there were two kids, who were his partners. They were young small twins called Fire and Thunder, the boy was Fire and the girl was Thunder .The two had dark skin, large blue eyes, rosy cheeks and mid-length blonde hair, and they were the same clothes, a white dress shirt/blouse with a blue, sailor-style collar and a black necktie and blue pants.

"Black*Star is doing the usual," a boy with a peculiar hairstyle said. He had thick glasses and his clothes were a white, dress shirt with a tie, a light-blue, a black belt, blue pants and white shoes. His name was Ox Ford.

"This happens almost every day, we shouldn't be surprised," said a boy who was next to Ox, and you could deduce that he was his partner. He had brown hair tied up in a spiky ponytail and orange-tinted sunglasses, and his clothes were a brownish polo shirt, topped by a white dress shirt, blue pants and white shoes. As stated before, he was Ox's partner and was called Harvar D. Éclair.

Lastly, there were two girls, both of them wearing the same clothes, a white blouse, attached with a blue, sailor-style collar, a short, blue, pleated skirt and tight high white socks and shoes. They also wore an opened long, white, trench coat with the belts left hanging.

One of the girls, who had long, dark-brown hair and eyes, saw the person who was going to fight against Black*Star and she was surprised to see who he was.

"Hey, is that Sora!?" she said, and the rest of the group turned their gazes to the boy to see that the girl, called Jacqueline O. Lantern Dupré, was right.

"You're kidding," said the other girl in disbelief. She had green eyes and short, pink hair, and her name was Kim Diehl. She was the girl Sora needed to talk with to go to the world of the Witches.

"Wow, now I understand why all those students are there," Kilik said amazed.

"It looks like Black*Star couldn't wait for us to ask him for a fight," Harvar said before looking at Sora. "This is going to be intense, so we should go to where the others are before they start."

"Yes, let's take a good seat," Ox said smiling while the group walked to the where the rest of the people who were going to see the fight were.

They went around Sora, Black*Star and Tsubaki instead of walking between them since they thought it would be better to wait until they finished, this way they could greet Sora properly. When they reached the academy's entrance, Maka and the others greeted them and introduced Kairi to them.

"All right, let's start," Black*Star said before looking at all the people who were there. "Don't interfere!"

"This is between us!" Sora added.

"Let's see who is stronger now," Black*Star said smirking, and then Tsubaki transformed into a normal katana, which Black*Star grabbed before getting into his fighting stance.

"Okay," Sora replied also with a smirk. "Let's dance!"

-TLG-

So that was chapter number four, what do you think? Leave a review if you want.

As I hinted in the third chapter, Sora returned to Death City, and this time Kairi went with him. I tried to describe the characters of Soul Eater as much as I could since maybe not everyone knows them. For those who have read the manga, probably you noticed that they're using their Spartoi clothes. If someone hasn't read the manga and is curious about how they look, you can go to my profile, I put three links there with an image of them using those clothes.

To KH-Hardcorefan4483: With all the Heartless he has defeated, I think he would prefer to fight them more than spending the night doing paperwork.

To Sunny Lighter: Glad to hear that! I hope you liked the appearance of Petra and Levi in this chapter. More characters of AoT will appear in future chapters.

To kingdom hearts guy: Well, there was a small reunion between some characters. There will be more after the duel.

To aceman94: I'm planning multiple visits to Death City with the other Keyblade wielders.

To Great fan-M: (1) You'll have to wait to the next chapter to read the rematch, as for the Drive Forms, I don't know when they'll come back since Sora is really strong in this story and he won't need them unless he considers it necessary. Besides, I remind you that Ven got his heart back, so Sora isn't able to dual wield anymore. (2) I guess Riku will react like Kid did when he met Excalibur, he isn't someone who loses patience easily. I don't know how Kairi will react though.

To AnimeMasterDub: (1) I don't think a Pikachu will be necessary, Sora is better on his own. As you could read in this chapter, Sora was the one who visit them, and I think it will be the same with the Fairy Tail characters, I'll make him return to Fiore with other Keyblade wielders. (2) It's a possibility, I haven't think about it, but maybe I can make Heartless Titans appear in a future. (3) Sora is a member of Fairy Tail, but that doesn't mean Roxas is.

To JGM16: Maybe I'll add the Titans in the story. Anyway, since you were a reader of my crossover with Soul Eater, I hope you liked this chapter.

To Daxen123: As you could read, you were right with the Witches mention.