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Chapter VII
The Next Step
1600hrs, June 15th, 2024
Death Room, Shibusen, Death City
"They're taking a bit long, don't they?" asked Soul. He and Maka went to the Death Room with Kairi since she wanted to know if Sora had returned. Kid and Black*Star had to go on an important mission, Kairi didn't know what it was about, but she heard something about traitors.
"Yeah, I hope the witches didn't do anything to them," Maka said concernedly.
"I hope Sora didn't do anything to the witches," Kairi said since she knew that nothing will happen to Sora.
"I wouldn't worry if I were you," Shinigami said with his usual funny voice. "Some witches are difficult to talk to, so it's normal that Sora needs time to make a deal with them."
"It's kind of weird though," Spirit commented after thinking about something. "Kid didn't take this long to make deal with the witches that time, and he is a Shinigami, which the witches didn't like a bit, so…"
Before Spirit could finish, a portal appeared in the middle of the platform of the Death Room. The portal was exactly the same Kim created, and when they saw the pinkette crossing the portal with Jacqueline and Sora behind her, they felt relieved.
"Sorry for the delay," said Sora. He wasn't wearing the black coat anymore since he didn't want to get a chop from Shibusen's headmaster, besides Kairi would have told him off for wearing it in the Witches' Realm since he looks like a suspicious person when he wears that coat.
"About time," Soul said. "What took you so long? You guys have been two hours in that place. Is everything all right?"
"Yeah, Maleficent was excommunicated because she wanted the other witches to help her to spread the darkness and conquer other worlds," Kim answered.
"So you can take care of her since you won't cause us any trouble," Jacqueline said, looking at Kairi.
"It's good to hear that," the redhead said. "But, did you need two hours to clear that up?"
"Well, Maleficent didn't like that the witches refused to help her, so she sent Heartless to attack them," Jacqueline replied.
"And you took care of them I guess?" Kairi asked smiling at Sora.
"Well, I wasn't going to leave without doing anything, don't you think?" replied Sora.
"Typical Sora, huh?" said Maka after giggling. "I suppose the Heartless weren't a problem at all, right?"
"Nope, Jackie and I took care of most of them, but then another wave appeared and Sora obliterated all of them in a second," Kim answered.
"Also, Sora found something when he defeated a big Heartless," Jacqueline added.
"Oh, right," said Sora, and then he took the sphere that the Grim Reaper Heartless had inside and showed it to the people who was in the Death Room.
"What is this?" asked Soul, looking closely at the small sphere.
"I'd like to know that too," Sora said before looking at Kairi. "It was inside of a Grim Reaper Heartless."
"That's an Emblem Heartless, so surely Maleficent has to do something with this," Kairi said, and then she noticed that Sora was staring at the sphere in a strange way. "Hey, Sora, are you all right?"
"Yeah…could you keep this thing?" the boy said as he handed the sphere to Kairi. "I don't know why, but I feel weird when I start looking closely at it."
"Oh, sure," Kairi said while putting the sphere in one of her pockets. She wondered what was wrong with that thing, and why it was making Sora feel like that since she and the others appeared to have no problems when they looked at the sphere.
"Say, you haven't had problems with the Heartless since I left, right?" asked Sora.
"No, we haven't seen any these years," Spirit affirmed. "Listen, you should ask Stein about that sphere you found, maybe he can tell you what it is."
"Yeah, I was going to do that before leaving," Sora said. "Do you know where he is?"
"In his new study," Maka replied. "We've been there with Kairi while you were out, so she can take you there. We have something to do, and Kim and Jackie too."
"Do we?" asked the two girls, and the Shibusen's headmaster spoke.
"Yes, I'd you to go on a mission with Maka and Soul," he said. "It looks like Akane and Clay found another hideout, so I want the four of you to go there and take care of the people who are there."
"Another one already? Well, I guess it's time to work," said Kim after sighing, and the she looked at Sora. "I guess we're not going to see you here when we come back, right?"
"I don't think so, there are some things we have to do," Sora said as he scratched the back of his head. "And there are Heartless out there…well, you know…"
"Yeah, the typical day of a Keyblade wielder," Kim nodded in understanding as she started walking to the exit of the room. "Well...good luck, wherever you go."
"Same to you," said Sora, who found Kim's farewell kind of strange.
"Try to not get in trouble, okay?" said Jacqueline before she started following her partner.
"Why does everyone say that to me?" thought Sora, but he smiled at the black-haired girl anyway. "Sure, bye…"
"It's a shame this visit was shorter than the other, I was hoping to play another basketball match with you," Soul said smirking.
"Yeah, don't think I forgot what you did the last time we played," Sora said, returning the smirk, and then the two chuckled.
"You will come again, right?" asked Maka.
"Sure, I'll try to come when you guys aren't too busy," Sora replied, and suddenly Maka hugged him, which took the Keyblade wielder by surprise.
"I didn't tell you before, but I'm glad you're all right, Sora," the girl said, and Sora smiled and returned the hug.
"C'mon, I'm starting to think that you thought that I was going to lose that battle," Sora said jokingly. Maka let go of him quickly since the others were watching and it was kind of awkward.
"Maka, come and hug your daddy too," Spirit said with a happy face as he opened his arms.
"No way," Maka said, and this left her father dumbfounded.
"These two are still like this, huh?" thought Sora while looking with pity at a depressed Spirit.
-TLG-
After Maka and Soul left, Sora and Kairi said goodbye to Shinigami and Spirit, who was still downcast. While Sora followed Kairi to Stein's study, lots of students approached the boy to greet him, it has been a while since the last time they saw him and he was someone very appreciated in the academy.
"You're really famous around here, aren't you?" asked Kairi, somewhat amused.
"I think you might be exaggerating a little," said Sora, scratching his cheek with his index finger. "I helped them with the Heartless, so it's normal that they're glad to see me again."
"Yeah, especially the female students…" Kairi said, sounding kind of jealous, but she covered with a joke. "I was training with Riku in Master Yen Sid's tower while you were here, so I hope you didn't do anything funny and forget about your mission."
"Whoa, that really came out of nowhere!" Sora said. "I think you know me well enough to know that I take my job seriously! I don't waste time in doing those kinds of things."
"I don't know…" asked Kairi, satisfied with Sora's reaction.
"Give me a break, Kairi…" Sora said after sighing and Kairi laughed slightly. They reached the door which led to Stein's study when they finished talking. Sora approached the door and knocked it.
"Come in," said someone at the other side of the door. The spiky Keyblade wielder expected to hear the doctor's voice, but he heard a woman's voce instead, which surprised him.
Kairi opened the door and she and Sora went into the study, and the boy saw the person who told them to enter, a young woman with long blonde hair and wearing a black dress.
"Ms. Marie?" asked Sora when he recognized the woman, and she turned around and looked really happy to see the young boy.
"Sora!" she said and went to hug the Keyblade wielder. Sora noticed that she didn't lose her strength after two years since he could feel it when she embraced him.
"Y-you're going to break my back," Sora said, and Marie let go of him and laughed nervously.
"Sorry, but I'm really glad to see you," Marie said with a warm smile.
"I'm glad to see you too," Sora said, returning the smile.
"My, look at you," Marie said as she took a look at the Keyblade wielder. "You've grown up so much and you've become into a handsome young man."
"I'm getting many comments like that lately," Sora said embarrassedly, and Marie giggled before noticing Kairi.
"Oh, Kairi, did you walk him here?" the blonde asked.
"Yes, the others went on a mission, so I accompanied him here," the redhead replied.
"That's good," Marie said before looking at Sora again. "I was starting to think that you were going to leave without even saying hello to your old teacher since Maka and the others told me that you returned and I didn't see you with them."
"Come on, you know I wouldn't do that," Sora said smiling. "But I've to say that I'm surprised to see you here since I thought you would return to Oceania after the defeat of the Kishin."
"Oh, well, my duties have been reassigned to Azusa," the blonde explained, and then a radiant smile appeared on her face. "Besides, I have an important reason to stay in Death City."
Marie moved aside and Sora saw that there was a little girl sleeping on a couch. She appeared to be a one year old girl, and had the same hair color as Marie. At first Sora just looked at the little girl, but it didn't take him long to realize who she was.
"Is she yours?" asked a really surprised Sora.
"That's right," the young woman replied proudly. "Her name is Sophie."
"She's really cute," said Sora while looking at Marie's daughter. "Who's her father?"
"You would never guess," Marie said after laughing nervously.
"Well, we're on Stein's study so…wait, really!?" asked Sora astonished, and Marie nodded. "Wow, I've to say that I'm really surprised, I never thought he wanted to be a father."
"He's actually a great father, even if he doesn't look like it," Marie said.
"Oh, you're back," said Stein, who just entered his study. "How did it go, Sora?"
"Great, everything has been cleared up," the Keybearer answered. "We wanted to ask you something before leaving."
"What is it?" asked the professor, and Kairi took from her pocket the sphere that Sora gave her and showed it to Stein. The doctor took the sphere from Kairi's hand and started looking closely at it.
"Sora defeated an Emblem Heartless in the Witches' Realm, and it had that sphere inside it," Kairi explained. "We wondered if you could tell us what it is."
"It's the first time I see something like this," Stein said while examining the sphere, "but I can tell you that it has witch magic inside. Maka and Kid would have told you the same if they were here, but I suppose they've left already."
"Witch magic, huh?" said Sora. "Maybe it has to do something with the amount of Heartless that were in their realm."
"Well, unfortunately I don't know much about Heartless," Stein said while adjusting his glasses. "Do you know someone who's better with this subject?"
"I think I actually now a scientist who knows about Heartless," Sora said, and Kairi realized immediately who was Sora talking about.
"If you're going to talk with Even, you're on your own," Kairi said. "That guy gives me the creeps."
"If you're talking about creepy scientist, then you should try to hang out with this pervert," Marie said, pointing at Stein, who laughed at her remark, and Sora and Kairi did it too.
"Well, it's time for us to leave," Sora said while smiling at the two adults.
"Oh, don't forget to visit us again, okay?" Marie said as the two Keyblade wielders walked to the door that led to the academy's hallway. "And good luck with your guild!"
Sora was surprised to hear that the blond teacher knew about the guild, but he had been around two hours in the Witches' Realm, and that was time enough for a rumor to spread, and Sora knew who the one who started it was.
"Not that I'm complaining, but why did you tell them?" asked Sora curiously.
"Well, if we want the guild to be known quickly, it's a good idea to tell everyone you know about it, right?" Kairi replied with a radiant smile. "Come on, let's return to Radiant Garden!"
-TLG-
1045hrs, June 17th, 2024
Radiant Garden
Ventus went to buy some food, since Aqua told him they would need it when the guild is finished, so he went to the market to buy some. Now he was returning to the Restoration Committee's house, and when he was near it, he saw that the guild was almost finished, which surprised him.
He was about to enter the committee's house when he saw the two people who appeared to be the foremen. There was something that he found strange, and it was that they were kids, so he approached them, out of curiosity.
"Excuse me?" Ventus said, and the two boys turned their gazes to him.
"Oh, hello," said the boy with spiky deep red hair, "what can we do for you?"
"Are you two the ones in charge of the construction?" Ventus asked.
"Yes, we are! The name's Phineas and this one is Ferb," the same boy said, and the other one, who had thick and scruffy green hair, waved his hand at the Keyblade wielder.
"Ventus, but you can call me Ven," the blond said. "I'm sure a lot of people have told you this but…aren't you two a little young to build a guild?"
"Yes, yes we are," Phineas replied. "And aren't you a little young to save the universe? If I'm not mistaken, you're one of those Keyblade wielders."
"Yeah, I have a Keyblade, but I'm sure there are people younger than me who have saved the universe," Ventus said smiling.
"Maybe you're right," Phineas said, returning the smile. "Hey, if you see…what was his name again?"
"Sora," said Ferb, who seemed to be a person of few words.
"Right, Sora," Phineas said before looking at Ventus again. "If you see Sora, tell him to come to talk to us. I'd like to know if he likes how the guild is going to look when we finish."
"Sure, I'll tell him that," Ven said, and then he went to the committee's house after saying goodbye to the boys.
When the young Keyblade wielder entered the building, he saw that Aqua and Riku were talking with Aerith and Yuffie. Terra, however, wasn't around, and Ven wondered where he was. The boy walked to the nearest table and put the bags with the food on it.
Ventus was about to go and talk with Aqua and the others when he saw a roll that looked palatable, so he took it to take a bite, however, while he was approaching the roll to his mouth, he felt that someone was staring at him. Ventus turned his gaze and saw a girl about his age, with hazel eyes and brown hair tied into a ponytail, and she was wearing the uniform of the Military. The blond noticed that she was looking at the roll with a starving expression on her face, and he could swear that she was drooling.
"Do you want it?" he asked the girl. She looked really hungry, so Ven felt sorry for her since maybe the soldiers didn't have much time to eat.
"Really!?" asked the girl really surprised. "I can eat it!?"
"Sure, I don't mind," Ven said smiling, and in a split second the girl started eating the roll. "Whoa, she's fast!"
"You're my savior!" the girl said, and Ven could see tears of happiness in her face.
"Hey, Sasha, are you stealing food again!?" said a boy who was walking to where Ven and the girl were. He had very short gray hair, golden eyes and, like the girl, he was wearing the Military's uniform.
"No!" the girl, who was called Sasha, said. "This time I asked first, and he gave it to me!"
"I don't know if I should believe you…" the boy said, looking at Sasha with narrow eyes.
"Relax, it's true, I gave that roll to her," Ventus said to defend the hungry girl.
"Oh, it's cool then," the boy said, and then he started to look at Ven's clothes. "Hey, are you one of those…uh…I forgot how the people around here call you…"
"Keyblade wielders?" said Ven.
"Yeah, that's right!" the boy said. "You're one of them then…wow, I didn't expect that most of you were about our age. The name's Connie, by the way, and she's Sasha."
"I'm Ventus, but you can call me Ven," the blond Keybearer said smiling. "Nice to meet you, guys."
"Hey, it's true that the building that they are making next to this one is a guild you guys wanted to create?" asked Connie. "Almost the entire city is talking about that."
"Yeah, it was Sora's idea," Ven replied. "Do you know him?"
"I saw him the day he arrived," Sasha said. "The next day he talked with Petra-san and Captain, but I didn't get to do it since I thought he was going to be scary like our Captain."
"Well, he looked like a good guy to me," Connie said. "At least in that photo he looked to be like that, and even Petra-san said that he was it."
"He's a great guy, I can assure you that," Ven affirmed.
"We heard he's really strong," Connie commented, "is that true? I mean, it's obvious that now that some of you are here, the Heartless won't be much trouble, although we could take care of them without much difficulty."
"Year and a half ago I'd have told you that he was the strongest one of us," Ventus said since Sora was the one who defeated Xehanort, "but now I don't know, we'd have to fight each other to see who's stronger now, but I'm sure Sora's still on of the strongest Keyblade wielders. How about you guys? I'm sure there are a lot of strong people in the Military."
"Well, I don't know about the Stationary Guard or the Military Police, but there are a lot of strong people in the Survey Corps," Connie replied, crossing his arms and looking at the ceiling as a thinking gesture.
"Yeah, the Special Operations Squad is really strong," said Sasha, who had now a boiled potato in her mouth, and Ventus wondered where she got it. "And Mikasa is really strong too."
"Reiner and Bertolt have good battle skills too," Connie added. "Annie too, but she's in the Military Police, so we don't see her much."
"It's good to know that Radiant Garden is in such good hands," Ven said while nodding approvingly. "We won't take your job of protecting the city, so don't worry."
"Well, you could lend us a hand, it would be nice to have some free time," Connie said grinning.
"Yeah, we could go to all the restaurants in the city and eat all we could," Sasha said while trembling with pleasure as she imagined all the food, and Ventus looked bewildered at her while Connie sighed.
While Ventus talked with the two soldiers, Aqua and Riku were talking with Yuffie and Aerith about the committee's building.
"It also surprises me how clean this place is," Aqua said. "I mean, with all these people around, it would be normal if it was messier."
Yuffie laughed slightly. "You see, there's a guy of the Military who's a clean freak, so the soldiers try to not mess up this place to not get him angry."
"If I'm not mistaken, you said that the committee got new members," Riku said. "I haven't seen them around here, so where are they?"
"Well, you know that now the city is really big, so they prefer to stay in the different inns that are in Radiant Garden," Aerith replied. "This way they don't have to return here every time they finish their round."
"By the way, now that the Military is protecting the city, what do you do?" asked the silver-haired boy.
"I admit they're good at dealing with the Heartless, but even so they can't do it every day, so we also fight against those monsters," Yuffie said. "And the city still has some parts we'd like to change."
"Change? Are you planning to build something else?" asked Aqua puzzled, and Yuffie grinned and showed the Keyblade wielders a blueprint.
"It looks like a coliseum," Riku said.
"It is a coliseum," Yuffie affirmed. "In case you didn't know, Donald's uncle is now working in a group of trains, so people can travel between worlds."
"Yeah, Sora, Kairi and I talked with him when we arrived here and he mentioned that," Riku said. "Then, you want something like Olympus Coliseum?"
"Bingo!" cheered Yuffie. "While Scrooge works on those routes, we will work in the Radiant Garden's coliseum, and I'm sure a lot of people from other worlds would like to test the strength of the newest guild in the city."
"Let's hope our guild is approved and registered," Aqua said.
"I wouldn't worry about that," Aerith said, and then Ventus approached the group after Connie and Sasha left.
"Hey, do you know where Terra is?" he asked. "I haven't seen him today."
"Actually, I don't-" Aqua stopped talking when she saw Terra entering the committee's house. "Look, there he is."
"Hey, guess who's here," Terra said, and Aqua and Ventus looked at him puzzled, but their expression changed into smiles when they saw Sora and Kairi behind him. Sora and Kairi reacted the same way when they saw Ventus and Aqua. The four ran to each other, and Aqua and Kairi hugged while Sora and Ven fist-bumped.
"Kairi, I'm so happy to see you!" Aqua said.
Kairi laughed. "I'm happy to see you too, Aqua."
"You're looking good, man!" Sora said grinning.
"I can say the same about you," Ven said with the same grin on his face, and then he looked at Kairi. "I can see that you've been training, Kairi. You look stronger than before."
"Well, I can't let the boys to leave me behind again," the redhead said smiling while Aqua gave Sora a quick hug. "When Sora and I saw Terra, we were astonished."
"Yeah, we didn't expect you to be here," Sora said, and then he realized that something was missing on the table where he spent the first night in Radiant Garden. "Hey, where is the pile of papers that were on that table?"
"Oh, we gave it to Leon two days ago," Ven answered smiling.
"What!?" asked Sora dumbfounded. "Wait, do you know…"
Aqua giggled. "Yes, we read it and put our name as members before giving it to him. We wrote your name in the box where it was asked to write the name of the Guild Master."
"…" Sora looked at the other Keyblade wielders with his mouth hanging open.
"We supposed that you wanted to make a poll, and they voted for you," Ven said, referring to the Keyblade Masters.
"I don't know what to say…" said Sora, who was still a bit stunned.
"I told you that they were going to choose you as the master of the guild," Kairi said after laughing at Sora's face. The brown haired boy sighed, but smiled since he felt kind of happy now that he was going to be the Guild Master.
"So, what do you think about the guild's name?" asked Sora.
"It's good," Riku answered. "I don't think of another name that suits us better than that one. Now almost all the steps to create a guild are done."
"What steps?" Ven asked quizzically.
"First, we need a leader, and that's Sora," Aqua replied. "We also need a reason for the guild, and that'd be protecting other worlds from the Heartless."
"We need a base, which is almost finished," Riku said. "I'm surprised how fast those people work."
"Oh, that reminds me that the foremen wanted to talk with you, Sora," Ventus said. "They said they wanted to show you how the guild is going to look when it's finished."
"Yeah, I talked with them," Sora said, crossing his arms. "They're really young if you ask me. Anyway, we also need members, so I think I'm going to Twilight Town to see how Roxas and the others are doing."
"Before you leave," Riku began, "why did you go to Death City? You still haven't told me."
"I had to talk with the people there," Sora replied. "If Maleficent is behind the Heartless' attacks, then we will have to fight against her sooner or later, and the people in Death City made an alliance with the Witches a year and a half ago."
"I see, that makes sense, but…what took you so long?" Riku asked with a smile.
"Well, our world is a bit far from Radiant Garden, and besides I had to defeat some Heartless, and it took me some time to find them," Sora replied. "And I owed a duel to someone there too."
"And we stayed in the city a few hours since he wanted to make sure that nothing happened," Kairi added.
"The two of you alone…that's kind of suspicious," Ven said in a teasing way, which made Kairi blush and the others laughed at her reaction.
"W-why do you say that!?" the redhead stuttered, and then she turned to ask Sora for help, but he wasn't there anymore. "What the-where is he?"
"I think he left to Twilight Town," Aqua said with an amused expression and covering her smile with her hand.
"He's going to get it when he returns," thought an annoyed Kairi before looking at Yuffie and Aerith. "Hey, do you know if I could go to the castle now?"
"Visits aren't allowed yet," Aerith said. "You need to wait if you want to go there."
"Why do you want to go to the castle?" asked Terra.
"Even is there right? He's someone who knows a lot about Heartless, and when Sora fought against a Grim Reaper Heartless, this was inside it," Kairi said, and she showed the green sphere to Yuffie, Aerith and the other Keyblade wielders.
"What is this thing?" asked Ven puzzled.
"I don't know, that's why I want to show this to Even," Kairi replied.
"It looks like something made by Maleficent," Riku said.
"Yeah, it's her magic without a doubt," Terra agreed.
"Don't you guys feel something strange while looking at it?" asked Kairi as she looked at everyone to see if they felt like Sora when he looked at the sphere, but everyone seemed fine while doing it.
"No, why?" asked Aqua as she went to see what Ventus bought. "Do you feel something?"
"Not me, but Sora said that when he looks closely at it, he starts feeling weird," Kairi replied concernedly. "I'd like to know why he's the only one who feels like that."
"You should keep that in a safe place until we're allowed to enter the castle," Riku said, and Kairi nodded in agreement. "We'll ask Sora about this when he comes back."
"Hey, Ven!" said Aqua. "Why is the bag half empty? I told you to buy a lot of food, and this isn't enough."
"Wait, I thought…Sasha!" Ventus exclaimed when she saw the girl with a lot of food in her hands.
-TLG-
1230hrs, June 17th, 2024
Twilight Town
"It hasn't changed a bit," thought Sora when he arrived in Twilight Town. He has been walking around the town for half an hour and he hasn't found his friends yet. He also felt relieve to see that Twilight Town didn't suffered any change.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" asked someone who was behind Sora. The Keyblade wielder recognized the voice and mentally groaned.
"Not even a bit," he thought before turning around and looking at the Twilight Town's Disciplinary Committee. "I'm glad to see you too, Seifer."
"As if it wasn't enough with those three, now we have another kid with a giant key in Twilight Town," Seifer complained.
"If you came to cause troubles, you better think twice," Rai said. He was next to Seifer, just like Fuu and Vivi, but those two didn't look up for a fight like Rai since they know that fighting against Sora wasn't going to end up well.
"Oh, really? What are you going to do if I don't?" asked Sora with a smile. "I would be careful if I were you, but if you're so confident, then bring it on."
"Rai, you shouldn't attack him," Vivi warned.
"Dangerous," Fuu said, trying to make Rai reconsider what he wanted to do.
"Why are you here?" asked Seifer, who sounded less aggressive than before.
"Don't worry, I won't be here for long," Sora said, and then he waved his hand at the group as he continued walking. "I just want to talk with Roxas and the others, and then I'll leave."
"Hey," Seifer said, and Sora stopped to look at him. "You still have the Struggle Trophy I gave you?"
"Oh, yeah, I still have it," Sora replied. "Why? Do you want it?"
"At the end of the summer there's a tournament," Seifer explained. "You and I will fight in that tournament to decide who's the strongest one now! I won't take a no for an answer!"
Sora chuckled. "Right, it's a deal then," he said before leaving. He liked the determination Seifer had in his eyes, so he couldn't refuse to his challenge, and besides, it would be fun to participate in that tournament.
The Keyblade wielder went to the Market Street, he had been in the Usual Spot and the Sandlot, and his friends weren't there, so there was only one more place where they could be. Sora approached one of the shops that were in the street and an old lady, who was in charge of the shop, approached him to see what he wanted from her shop.
"What do you want, young boy?" she asked.
"Seven Sea-salt ice creams, please," Sora replied.
-TLG-
Meanwhile, six teens were hanging out on the top of Twilight Town's Clock Tower, three boys and three girls. The six were talking about the summer vacation, and what they should do since it looked like some of them were going to leave the town for a while.
"How about…the beach?" said one of the boys, who had brown eyes and blond spiky hair.
"Again, Hayner?" asked a girl, who had bright green eyes and brown hair. "We already went to the beach the last week, in case you didn't remember."
"Olette is right, and besides, you didn't work to get the money that time, you made Roxas work instead," said the second boy, who had brown eyes and black hair.
"Come on, he said he wanted to help, right?" Hayner said, looking at the boy who had bright blue eyes and blond spiky hair and was known as Roxas.
"Yeah, but I thought you were going to work too," Roxas said, crossing his arms. "You're lucky we had fun at the beach, otherwise I would've beaten you up with a Struggle Bat."
"Maybe we should make Hayner work alone this time," said a second girl, who had blue eyes and black hair.
"That sounds good to me," Roxas said smirking, and then he looked at the third girl, who had blonde hair and the same eye color as him. "What do you say, Naminé?"
"Don't you think you're being a bit cruel?" Naminé asked. "Although working a little wouldn't be bad for you, Hayner."
"Hey, give me a break! I'm already going to work this summer with my father, so don't start with that!" Hayner protested before pointing at the boy with black hair. "If you're going to make someone work, Pence will do it!"
"Relax, Hayner, it was just a joke," Naminé said after laughing, and then she looked at the black-haired girl. "Right, Xion?"
"It was a joke?" Xion asked, and Roxas laughed. "Anyway, I wonder what we are going to do when you three leave. It's going to be boring without you around."
"We can take the train to the Mysterious Tower and ask Yen Sid to send us to another world," Roxas commented. "I wonder how he's doing."
"Do you want to go to a specific world?" asked Naminé.
"We could go to Destiny Islands," Xion said. "I'd like to know how Sora, Riku and Kairi are. We can also go to Land of Departure to see Ventus, Terra and Aqua."
"Hey guys," Hayner said, looking at Roxas, Xion and Naminé. "I know you're happy that you won the battle against that old man, but…don't you miss it?"
"Miss what?" asked Naminé.
"You know, fighting out there against monsters and evil people," Pence explained, and then Roxas and the two girls looked at each other and sighed.
"I would lie if I say that I don't miss it," Roxas said with a sad smile.
"I kind of miss traveling between the worlds and meeting people," Naminé admitted.
"Then, why don't you do it?" asked Olette, and this surprised the others. "You'll die from boredom if you stay here when we leave."
"Maybe you're right," Xion said, and after thinking about it she was more decided than before. "Yeah, let's do it! What do you say, Roxas, Naminé?"
"You can count on me," Roxas said with determination.
"And with me," Naminé added. "But, don't you think we should ask the others if they want to do it too? It will be better if it's with Sora and the others."
"We should go to Destiny Islands first then," Roxas said, "but I think they don't have a Gummi Ship with them, so how are we going to do it?"
"Woah, hold on your horses!" Hayner said. "We're still here, so let's think how to spend the last days we're going to be together, okay?"
Xion laughed sheepishly. "Sorry, we got carried away by the excitement," she said. "But don't say it like that, it's not going to be the last time we're going to see each other."
"You know how Hayner is, always dramatizing" Pence said jokingly, and Hayner glared at him with an expression that made the others laugh.
"Hey, having fun?" asked someone who arrived at the top of the tower. The group turned their heads to see who said that and their expressions turned into ones of astonishment when they saw Sora.
"Sora!" the group exclaimed.
"What's up?" he said raising his left hand, and then Xion tackled him into a hug. "H-hey, don't do that here, we might fall."
"What are you doing here, big bro?" Xion said after laughing.
"Big bro?" said Roxas raising an eyebrow. "We're the same age as him, you know?"
"C'mon, I was kidding, Roxas," Xion said smiling, and Roxas rolled his eyes.
Sora laughed. "I see you guys are doing all right."
"We're fine, how about you?" asked Naminé before realizing something. "Wait, why are you wearing that outfit? Did something happen?"
"Aren't those casual clothes?" asked Olette. "I mean, every time we saw Sora, he's wearing them."
"Hey, what do you have there?" asked Pence before Sora could answer the brunette.
"Sea-salt ice cream," Sora said as he raised the bag with ice cream. "How about we eat while I explain you why I'm here."
"I like how that sounds," Hayner said smiling. "I was starting to get hungry, so thanks."
Sora gave the ice cream to everyone and they sat to eat it. The brown-haired Keyblade wielder started to explain the reason of his visit, and what he has been doing these days. The others listened to him carefully, and Roxas was really surprised when Sora mentioned the guild.
"Wow, I thought you weren't serious when you said that in Yen Sid's tower," the blond said, and Sora raised an eyebrow.
"Why wouldn't I be serious?" asked Sora. "I think it's a good idea and, as I told you, the Heartless are still out there, so it would be great if you want to lend us a hand."
"Another adventure, huh?" said Xion as she took another bite of her ice cream.
"We're already six in the guild, and I'd like you to be members too," Sora said. "But I'm not forcing you to do it, so I'll understand if you want to stay here."
"Heh, you always arrive in the right time, dude," Hayner said smiling, and Sora looked confused at him.
"We are going to leave the town in a couple of weeks," Olette explained, referring to Hayner, Pence and her. "Hayner is going to work with his father, and Pence and I are going on a trip with our families."
"We started talking about what we're going to do when they leave," Naminé continued, "and Hayner asked us if we missed our old routine."
"And?" asked an expectant Sora.
"Well, I think we'd really like to be members of the guild," Roxas said with a smile that Sora returned. "But, we'd like to stay here until they left, then we'll go to Radiant Garden."
"I understand," said Sora, who felt happy now that the guild was going to be bigger. "Hey, do you know where Lea is?"
"Isn't he in Radiant Garden with Isa?" asked Xion.
"No, we haven't seen him there," Sora replied.
"I wouldn't worry about him," Roxas said nonchalantly. "As soon as he hears about the guild, he'll appear in Radiant Garden as fast as lightning."
"You're right," Sora said. "Well, I'll return to Radiant Garden, I have still some things to take care of."
"Sora, before you leave, do you want to hang out with us for a while?" Olette asked. "But if you have more important things to do we'll understand."
"Sure, I don't mind," Sora answered, knowing that Kairi told the others about the mysterious sphere, so they could take care of that. "But I don't think Seifer's gang is going to like seeing me around here."
"That's a better reason for you to stay actually," Hayner said, and Sora laughed.
"All right, let's go," he said smiling.
-TLG-
The guild is growing little by little, soon the building will be finished and the Keyblade wielders will be able to move to it.
I've seen the new trailer for KH 2.5 HD Remix, and we still don't have any release date, it's a shame...
Those who have read the Soul Eater Manga know that in the last chapter Marie was pregnant with Stein's baby, so that's why she appeared in this chapter. I decided to make her a girl and the name...well, since Marie's ex-boyfriend was Joe Buttataki, then Joe - Joseph - Josephina - Sophie.
I said I was going to try to make Sora visit Twilight Town, it was a short visit, but I wanted Roxas, Xion and Naminé to appear in this chapter, but they won't be joining the guild until later ones.
The next chapter will be more...fired up than this one...
To JGM16: Thanks! The crossover with Digimon won't be as "elaborated" as the other crossovers, but I'll try to make it as entertaining as possible.
To AnimeMasterDub: (1) The characters of RWBY will appear in the story for sure, otherwise I wouldn't have made that reference to the series. The Soul Eater characters and the Fairy Tail ones will meet in the tournament that will take place in a future chapter. (2) He'll meet the other Celestial Spirits in this story.
To Sunny Lighter: It was just two, but I hope you liked. In the next chapter there will be more! The Fairy Tail world will appear really really soon...
To kingdom hearts guy: I prefer to make them stay in their home since there isn't a reason for them to go to Radiant Garden with Sora, but they will see him again and the other Keyblade wielders before the tournament, maybe they'll meet when they have similar missions.
To Erick-Genryusai: I'm glad you liked this story! I haven't read/watched Shaman King so I won't be able to make a good crossover with it, besides, I have another crossover planned. I said at the end of the chapter where you could find the scene where Kim open the portal to the Witches' Realm, but if you couldn't find it, you can go to my profile, I put there a link, so you can read the page.
To Anthony627AA: Good to see you here! Thanks for the support!
To Great fan-M: (1) You'll know what that sphere is soon. Well, some things don't change, even after two years, and I thought it would be funny if Sora was still that way when it comes to deal with the girls. (2) If you're curious about the ages, then I'll tell you the ages of the Keyblade wielders:Sora, Kairi, Ventus, Roxas, Xion and Naminé are 17, Riku is 18, Aqua is 21, Terra is 22, and Lea is 28. If Tetsuya Nomura tells us the official ages of Terra, Aqua and Lea then the list of ages might change.
To Daxen123: Yep, the references were about RWBY and Fairy Tail! I thought it was a good chance to use that scene of the pyshical relationship, and well, Excalibur will never be like by anyone who isn't Hiro.
To Roxasblade: 1. I'd rather not break the events of the first season, so when the Keyblade wielders visit Remnant, it will be after the events of season one. 2. I didn't consider it, but now that you said it, I think it's a good idea, so I'll make Ventus go to Remnant with Sora. 3. Those three know each other very well in this story, so they would make a really good team.
To KH-Hardcorefan4483: Thanks for the support, man! I hope you liked this chapter, and look forward to the next one, I'm sure you'll like it even more!
To MarshallLeeVampireKing-13: (1) That will happen really soon, so look forward to it! (2) I'll try to stick with the ten Keyblade wielders of the series for the moment, so I won't make OCs unless is really necessary.
To anon: (1) It would be cool if someone made fanart of my fanfics, at the moment there's only a picture of Sora and Maka that someone from deviantART made for me and it's now the cover of my KH/Soul Eater crossover, and she's also making one of Sora and Lucy (Fairy Tail) (2) Yeah, they'll be surprised to see how much he has grown when they haven't aged a bit since the last time. (3) You'll have to wait until the Black Blood appears to see what will happen.
To keys of fate: Glad to see you here! If you're referring to the sphere, you'll know it soon!
ToTigerOfGuy7139: No, I'm not making him an antagonista (I'm spanish, in case you didn't know XD) At least, that idea hasn't crossed my mind when I started writing this story, but who know what will happen? Anyway, I'm happy to tell you that I'll include Persona 4 in this story, but it'll be much much much later in the story, so you'll have to wait a lot to see it. Regarding the Black Blood, you'll see what I planned for it when the time comes...be careful with your suggestions because you might guess what I planned to do and I don't want to spoil anything.
To Guest: Maybe he'll show up in a future chapter...who knows? There's always time to hear about a legendary story which started in the 12th century...
To D.A-H.A: Haha, thanks for the compliment! I'm glad you're enjoying the story, and don't worry, I'm sure you know the world where Sora's going in the next chapter!
To fallout-boy97: Thanks for the support, I hope you liked this chapter too!
To quackerq123: Sora will be using different Keyblades during the story, but I prefer Oathkeeper and Oblivion since the two have the best designs.