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Chapter XI
Three More Guardians
1045hrs, July 29th, 2024
Shibusen, Death City
Maka, Death the Kid and Kim, along with their respective partners, met Riku during one of their missions, and after they finished, the Keyblade wielder asked them to take him to Shibusen, the academy where they study, because he wanted to talk with Shinigami-sama. They couldn't use the Gummi Ship Riku used to go to the Earth because it was small, so they had to use normal transport, besides, the Keyblade wielder preferred to go with them since he didn't know the city, and probably the people of the academy weren't going to let him talk with the headmaster if he didn't go with someone else.
Now Riku and the Spartoi Unit were arriving at the academy's courtyard, the area where most of the duels between students take place. The silver-haired boy only saw the academy in some photos, and Kairi described the academy to him a bit too, but Shibusen still impressed him the moment he saw it.
When the group reached Shibusen's entrance, they saw seven people talking about a mission they just finished. Those seven were the other members of the Spartoi Unit. One of the boys of the group, who had glasses and a peculiar hairstyle, turned his gaze quickly to look at Riku and the other students, and then he ran towards them.
"Kim, my fair lady, how did your mission go?" he said as he curtsied.
"Everything went smoothly, Ox, so relax a bit, would you?" Kim said slightly annoyed by the Ox's comment, although Riku could see that she appreciated the boy's concern.
"And how about your mission?" asked the boy with spiky blue hair. "Did you find the group of Traitors?"
"Yeah, their elite troops attacked us, and we had to fight them," Liz answered.
"But they didn't stand a chance," Patty added.
"Really?" asked a tall girl with long black hair. "Those soldiers can be troublesome; didn't they give you any trouble?"
"We had him on our side," said Soul, pointing at the silver-haired boy who was next to him. "With his help we could finish sooner than expected."
"I was starting to think you weren't going to mention why there was someone we don't know with you," said a boy with orange-tinted sunglasses. "Mind to say who he is?"
"I'm Riku," said the Keyblade wielder. "I suppose Sora told you about me when he was here two years ago."
"Oh, so you're the famous Riku," said the boy with square-rimmed glasses. "It's good we finally got to meet you, the name is-"
"Kilik, right?" said Riku before the boy could finish, and then he looked at the two kids who were standing beside Kilik. "And you must be Fire and Thunder."
"Did Sora tell you about us?" asked Kilik. "Or it was Kairi?"
"Sora told me a bit about you two years ago, but Kairi was the one who refreshed my memory when I asked her about what they did when they came here a couple of weeks ago," Riku replied, and then he looked at the boy with the strange hairstyle and the one who was next to him. "You two are Ox and Harvar, right?"
"That's correct," Harvar said.
"It's nice to meet you, Riku," Ox added.
"Likewise," the Keyblade wielder said before turning to the girl with long black hair and the boy with blue hair. "And you are Tsubaki and Black*Star, the ones who fought against Sora."
"That's right," Tsubaki said while smiling kind of embarrassed.
"Well, if you already know my name, then we can skip to the part where we fight, right?" said Black*Star smirking, and the other students sighed.
"Please, Black*Star, don't…" Kid said, annoyed by his friend's attitude.
"Dude, why do you have to pick fights with every Keyblade wielder you meet?" asked Soul. "You'll end up in the infirmary one of these days."
"Every Keyblade wielder?" said Riku surprised. "Did you ask Kairi for a duel too?"
"Of course, if someone strong comes to Death City, then it's my duty to test their strength!" Black*Star said.
"Yeah, too bad you could barely move after your duel with Sora," Kilik said, and Riku chuckled.
"That's a minor detail," the blue-haired boy said. "Anyway, what do you say, Riku? Do you think you could defeat me?"
"It sounds interesting, but let's leave it for another day," the Keybearer said. "I'd like to talk with the headmaster of Shibusen, and I should return to Radiant Garden as soon as possible."
"Radiant Garden?" asked Ox.
"It's the name of the world where our guild is," Riku replied.
"Oh, so the guild is now official?" Tsubaki asked.
"Yeah, and Sora is the Guild Master," Kim said with an amused smile.
"Wow, that's…weird," Kilik said. "But I can picture him as the leader of a guild of Keyblade wielders, I guess…"
"Come on, give him some credit, Kilik," Jacqueline said.
"Let's talk about that later," said Maka since the Keyblade wielder said that he wanted to return to his guild soon. "Riku wants to talk with Shinigami-sama, and we're taking him to the Death Room. Are you coming too?"
"We had to go there anyway," Ox said. "We still haven't report back to Shinigami-sama about our mission."
"All right, let's go, then," Kid said, and then the group went into the academy and started walking to the Death Room.
As the group walked, some students looked at them, but more specifically, they were looking at Riku, wondering what was he doing with the Spartoi Unit. Some of the girls looked interested in the Keyblade wielder, and this made him kind of nervous since he'd rather not have a similar conversation to the one he had with Shiki in Traverse Town.
"Hey, Riku, there's been something I wanted to ask you when we were in Advent Palace," Liz said, and then she pointed at the boy's right hand. "What is that mark you have?"
"Oh, it's the mark of the Mages Guild I belong to," Riku answered, while looking at the dark blue lamia he had painted on his hand. "The guild is called Lamia Scale."
"You're a member of a Mages Guild too?" asked Kid surprised when they reached the door that led to the Death Room. The young Shinigami knocked the door and it opened immediately.
"Yes, and Sora and Kairi are too," Riku replied, which surprised the Meisters and Weapons. "Kairi is from Blue Pegasus."
"Really?" said Jacqueline as they walked through the tunnel of torii gates, the ones that looked like guillotines. "Shinigami-sama told us that Blue Pegasus has been known to gather a series of mages, mostly female ones, considered highly attractive and fashionable."
"Well, I don't know about that," Riku said since the only members of Blue Pegasus he knew apart from Kairi, were the four men that Sora described as 'nice but kind of annoying'.
"And which guild Sora belongs to?" asked Soul.
"Fairy Tail," replied the silver-haired boy, and the others were slight shocked when they heard that. "Does it ring any bells?"
"Ugh, I should have guessed he was a member of that guild," Maka said while touching her forehead and smiling.
"That's the destructive guild Kid's father told us about, right?" Liz asked, and sighed when Maka nodded. "Well, at least we know they're not our enemies or something like that."
"I see you've heard about Fairy Tail," Riku said, smiling because of their reactions. "I think 'destructive' is a good adjective to describe them, although not all of them are like that."
The group arrived at the platform where Shinigami-sama was, and it seemed that his Weapon partner, Spirit, wasn't with him. The headmaster turned around to greet the students and the Keyblade wielder who just arrived at his room.
"Welcome, kids!" he said with his usual funny voice.
"Shinigami-sama, the mission was successful," Maka said.
"Ours too," Black*Star added. "Those hideouts are free from Traitors now."
"I know, I know, I've been watching you using my mirror, good work, everybody!" the headmaster said, and then he looked at the Keyblade wielder. "Let me thank you for helping the kids with their mission, Riku."
"Oh, sure," said the Keybearer. He was kind of disconcerted since he didn't expect that the person known as 'Death' was that cheerful. Now he understood why Maka and the others laughed when Soul said he imagined Sora talking and acting like the headmaster.
"You wanted to talk with me about something, right?" Shinigami-sama said.
"Yes, I wanted to ask you about the witches who refused to ally with you," Riku said, and the he showed to the headmaster the magic sphere one of the Traitors had. "One of the soldiers we fought had this, a magic sphere which its function is to attract the Heartless. We think the witch known as Maleficent is the one who's making this spheres."
"And you think that there are other witches working with her," Shinigami-sama deduced.
"Exactly," Riku said. "Do you know if there is any witch who is working with those Traitors?"
"There's a witch we known might be the leader of the Traitors," the headmaster replied. "Her name is Shaula Gorgon. Unfortunately, we haven't known about her whereabouts for a month."
"About the same time Maleficent has been excommunicated," thought Riku. "Perhaps it's soon to say this, but we might have a common enemy now. We don't know where Maleficent is at this moment, so do you think you can help us with this?"
"Of course, you can count on us, Riku," Shinigami-sama said, giving the boy a thumb up. "Sora helped us two years ago, so it would be our pleasure to return the favor."
"If we find out something, we'll tell you," Kid said smiling.
"So, this means now Shibusen and the Keyblade wielders are allies?" asked Ox.
"Well, Sora's still registered as a student of Shibusen, so I think that was pretty obvious," Maka said. "Anyway, how are we going to give you the information about the witches? We can't travel between worlds."
"That's right, we must find a way to communicate with you," Kilik said.
"Mmm, you said Radiant Garden, right?" Shinigami-sama said, looking at the Keyblade wielder, who nodded. "Perhaps I can use my mirror to communicate with that world."
"Can you do that, Father?" asked a curious Kid.
"We don't lose anything by trying," the headmaster said before turning to his mirror.
-TLG-
1100hrs, July 29th, 2024
Radiant Garden
"Whoa, the city has changed so much!" said a girl with black hair.
"Indeed, the Restoration Committee has done an outstanding job," another girl with blonde hair said. She and the other girl were admiring Radiant Garden, amazed at how much it changed.
"Hey, Naminé, Xion!" said a boy with spiky blond hair. "Stop dawdling and let's go. I would like to find the guild soon."
"Come on, Roxas, relax a bit," Xion said as she and Naminé walked to where the boy was. "Aren't you excited? We're going to live another adventure together."
"I am excited, I'm looking forward to see the others and to start travelling again," Roxas said. "But we've been looking for the guild for an hour, and it would be nice to find it, don't you think?"
"Why don't you ask someone, then?" Naminé suggested. "I don't know why you haven't done it yet."
"Well, that doesn't matter now," Xion said as she looked at a building that had a big signboard on the entrance. "I think we found the guild."
"Light Guardians…" Roxas read from the signboard. "Sora didn't rack his brains for this one."
"It's simple, I like it," Xion said.
"Roxas, Naminé, Xion!" said someone, and the three friends turned their heads to see that the one who called them was Yuffie, who just opened the door of the building that was next to the Light Guardians Guild.
"Hey, Yuffie, what's up?" said Xion, and then she and the ninja high-fived.
"Hey, you look more cheerful than usual, that's good," Yuffie said and Xion smiled. "So, you guys came to see the others and to join Sora's guild, right?"
"That's right," replied Roxas. "Are they in the guild?"
"I think Sora and Riku are still outside, but the others are in the guild," the ninja answered. "We have the registration papers, though. Do you want to sign before entering the guild?"
"The sooner, the better," Naminé said.
"All right, then! Come in, I'll look for those papers," Yuffie said, and then the group entered the Restoration Committee's house.
When they crossed the door, the three Keyblade wielders noticed that the building was quite bigger than the other they used two years ago, and that there were more people around. The three wondered who were they and why they were wearing those uniforms.
"There you are," the three Keybearers heard, and then someone put its arm around Naminé's shoulder. The blonde girl turned her head and saw that the person who was next to her was a tall girl with dark brown hair tied into a ponytail, light brown eyes, and wearing one of those uniforms.
"Can I help you?" Naminé asked kindly.
"Uh, what are you saying, Krista?" asked the girl. "Don't you remember we have an important meeting today with the others? It's not like you to forget things like this."
"I think you're mistaking me with someone else," Naminé said smiling, and the black-haired girl raised an eyebrow confused.
"Ymir, what are you doing?" said a girl who was approaching the group.
The Keyblade wielders looked at the girl, and their mouths were hanging open when they saw that the girl looked a lot like Naminé. She had he shoulder-blade length blonde hair and blue eyes, and was also wearing the same uniform as the tall girl.
"Wow, are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Xion asked Roxas.
"And I thought I was going to be the only one with a 'twin'," said the spiky blond boy.
Ymir looked at the blonde girl, and then she looked at Naminé again, and then she realized that the girl she was talking to wasn't the one she though.
"Okay, that would explain why you're taller than I remembered, and why you are wearing those clothes," Ymir said.
"You're hopeless, Ymir," the blonde girl called Krista said, and then she looked with a smile at the Keyblade wielders. "Please, forgive her. It wasn't her intention to bother you."
"It's okay," Naminé assured. "I have to admit that you and I look alike, so it's normal she thought I was you."
"I guess you're right," Krista said, and then the two blondes started laughing together.
"Hey, Ymir, Krista, what are you doing?" asked a boy. He was Connie, the boy of the Military who Ventus befriended a month ago, and next to him was Sasha, the girl who also got along with Ven, despite having tried to steal the food he bought.
"We're going to be late, and Captain will get upset," Sasha said before noticing Roxas. "Hey, Ven, how are you doing?"
"Where did you get those clothes, man?" Connie asked. "An hour ago you were wearing your usual outfit."
Roxas chuckled. "I think you're mistaking me with someone else."
"What are you saying now? And what happened to your voice? You sound a bit different," said Connie, and then Ventus used the door that communicated the Restoration Committee's house with the Light Guardians Guild, and saw the three Keyblade wielders.
"Roxas, Naminé, Xion, you've arrived!" Ven said, and a shocked expression appeared on the soldiers of the Military when they saw that there were two boys with the same face.
"This is getting even weirder…" Ymir said.
"There are two Ventus!" said a confused Sasha.
"My name is Roxas."
"So you two are twins or something like that?" asked Connie.
"Well, not exactly..." Roxas answered.
"What do you mean-"
"Hey, brats!" exclaimed someone, and the soldiers recognized the voice immediately. It was the Captain of the Survey Corps, Levi, and he didn't sound very happy. "Stop wasting time, the others are waiting for you!"
"Y-yes, Captain," Sasha said, and then she and Connie started running to the meeting place.
"Those two are a couple of scaredy-cats," Ymir said, referring to Connie and Sasha, and then she and Krista started walking to the meeting place too.
"We have to go, see you," Krista said, smiling at the Keyblade wielders, who waved their hands at them.
"The attack of the clones," Xion joked, and Naminé giggled.
"You're worse than Sora sometimes," Roxas said, and then he looked at Ventus. "It's good to see you, Ven."
"Yeah, I'm glad you guys are here," Ven said smiling. "Although, I thought you were going to come here sooner. Did something happen?"
"No, we just wanted to train a bit before coming here," Roxas replied. "Then we used the train of Twilight Town to go to Yen Sid's tower."
"He wasn't there, though," Xion continued. "Luckily, the Three Good Fairies were in the tower, and they gave us these awesome clothes before sending us here."
"Yeah, I was going to ask where did you get those outfits," Ven said as he took a look at his friends' clothes. "Now you don't need to wear the black coats all the time."
"All right, the papers are ready, the only thing you need to do now is to sign," said Yuffie, who just approached the group with three papers in her hand. She handed the papers to the three Keyblade wielders who weren't members of the Light Guardians yet, and they started reading their own paper.
"You six are the founder members of the guild," Roxas said as he signed. "Well, it makes sense."
"Oh, Sora is the Guild Master," Naminé said somewhat surprised, and then Roxas handed her the pen Yuffie gave him to sign. "I thought he would choose Yen Sid to be the Guild Master."
"I suppose he wanted that all the members were active Keyblade wielders," Xion said, and then she signed. "All right, it's all done."
"Then I'll give you the badges," Ven said. "Come on, let's go to the guild."
The four Keyblade wielders walked to the door that led to the guild and crossed it. Roxas, Naminé and Xion were amazed when they saw the guild, whoever built it, did a great job. Terra, Aqua and Kairi were sitting on the couches that were in the middle of the room, and when they saw Ventus with the other three, a smile appeared on their faces.
"Naminé, Roxas, Xion!" said Kairi, and then she, Aqua and Terra stood up and went to greet the three newcomers.
"You're finally here!" Aqua said.
"It's good to see you," said Terra, and then he noticed their new clothes. "I don't remember you had those outfits, did you pay Fauna, Flora and Merryweather a visit?"
"Yep, we also trained a bit before coming here," Xion replied. "We're kind of rusty, but after a few missions we'll get used to fight again."
"Here, put these on your clothes," Ventus said as he handed the silver crown badges to the three new members of the guild.
"Welcome to the Light Guardians," Kairi said smiling after Roxas, Naminé and Xion put their badges. "Sora should be the one saying this, but he's not here."
"Do you know where he is?" Naminé asked.
"Aqua and I went with him to a world called Earth Land to defeat some Heartless," Terra answered. "We met some friends of his, and he wanted to stay longer to catch up with them."
"Right, Fairy Tail," Roxas said. "And, where is Riku? I don't see him here either."
"Cid said he went to the Earth to take care of another Heartless," Aqua replied. "I don't know what's taking him so long, but I wouldn't worry about him."
"Aqua is right, he knows how to take care of himself," Xion said. "So, there are rooms here?"
"Yeah, come on, Aqua and I will show you," said Kairi, and then the three girls went to the second floor to see the rooms.
"Hey, Naminé, you know about computers, right?" Terra asked.
"Yes, why?" asked the blonde curiously.
"The people who built the guild told us that only someone who knew about computers should use that one," the brown-haired man said while pointing at the computer that was near the door that led to the Restoration Committee's house.
"Oh, let's see," said Naminé, interested in the computer. She sat in the chair that was there and turned on the computer, and then the girl started typing something.
"Well, tell us if you find something interesting," said Terra. "I'm going to eat something, I'm starving."
"Me too, let's go to see what's in the kitchen," Ventus said, and then the two walked to the guild's kitchen.
Roxas looked around, trying to find something to do, but he couldn't, so he approached Naminé to see what she was doing, and when he was near her, a sound could be heard coming from the computer.
"Hey, what did you do?" asked Roxas.
"It looks like someone is trying to communicate with us," Naminé answered, and the she started typing again, and then Riku appeared on the screen.
"It looks like it worked-wait, Naminé?" said Riku surprised.
Naminé smiled. "It's good to see you, Riku."
"Likewise," the silver-haired boy said. "I didn't expect to see you."
It seemed that the camera was focusing on Naminé since Riku didn't realize Roxas was there too. The blond boy noticed that Riku wasn't alone, and it surprised him when he realized that he was with the students of Shibusen who Sora met two years ago.
"So you were in Death City," Roxas said, and then Naminé changed the settings of the camera so Riku could see Roxas too.
"Oh, it was you Roxas, how are you-"
"ROXAS!?" said the students who were with Riku as they got closer to the mirror that they were using to communicate with Radiant Garden. The silver-haired boy was knocked down by them, which amused Roxas.
"Hey, guys, how are you? I'm glad to see you all in one piece," Roxas said smiling.
"R-Roxas, is it really you!?" asked Maka, looking at the boy with her mouth hanging open.
Roxas chuckled. "Yeah, it's me."
"So you have your own body now," Soul said, with the same face as his Meister. "Sora didn't tell us when he was here."
"Well, we couldn't talk with him a lot when he came, we had a lot of work to do that day," Tsubaki said.
"Hey, Roxas, come to Death City someday, okay?" Black*Star said. "I'd like to see how strong you are!"
"I see you haven't changed one bit, Black*Star," said Roxas.
"Yeah, he's the same idiot you met," Kilik joked.
"Hey, shut your mouth!" protested the blue-haired boy.
"Roxas, Naminé, is Sora over there?" asked Riku, who just managed to stand up after being knocked down by the Spartoi Unit.
"No," the blonde girl replied. "Everyone is here but him."
"He is still in Earth Land? I wonder what he is doing over there," Riku said, crossing his arms. "Well, it doesn't matter. I'll be there in two days, so see you later."
"Sure," said Naminé, and then the image of Riku slowly vanished from the computer's screen. "Well, this computer is really useful."
"Roxas, Naminé!" said someone who just entered the guild. The two people who were near the computer turned around and saw that the person who called them was Sora.
"Hello, Sora," said Naminé with a smile.
"About time you showed up," Roxas said. "What kind of Guild Master isn't in his guild when there are people who want to join in?"
"Sorry, there was some Heartless to take care of," said Sora, scratching the back of his head. "Where are the others?"
"Aqua and Kairi are showing the rooms to Xion, and Terra and Ven are eating in the kitchen," Naminé replied.
"And we just talked with Riku using the computer," Roxas said. "He's in Death City."
"Really?" said a surprised Sora, and before he could continue talking, the computer made a sound that drew the three teen's attention. "What was that?"
"It looks like Cid sent us something," Naminé said. "Let's see…satellites…magic spheres? What is this? Oh, there's a message for you Sora, and it says that Ansem the Wise wants to see you."
"Great, I was hoping I could go to the castle soon," Sora said, and then he walked to a wardrobe that was in the main room of the guild.
"What are those satellites and magic spheres that appear in the message?" asked Roxas.
"It's a location system," Sora replied. "I suppose Cid want us to have it too, so you should install it in the computer."
"And the spheres?" asked Naminé as she started to install the location system.
"You see…uh?" Sora stopped talking when he saw that in the box, where he and Kairi put the spheres, there was a yellow one. He had a red one, and now there was a sphere with yellow magic, which intrigued him. "Ask the others about the spheres, now I'd like to reach the castle as soon as possible, okay?"
"Sora, wait-" Roxas couldn't finish his sentence before the brown-haired Keyblade wielder crossed the door that led outside. "I wonder what the rush is."
"Who knows," said Naminé. "Well, let's take a look at the other rooms of the guild, shall we?"
-TLG-
The Guild Master of the Light Guardians Guild was heading to Radiant Garden's castle. He wondered why Ansem the Wise wanted to see him, but he didn't mind since he needed to get into the castle. First he wanted to ask Even and Ienzo to investigate about the magic spheres that Maleficent was creating, and after that he wanted to talk with Tron for help with something.
If Sora was in the Radiant Garden of two years ago, he would have arrived in less than an hour to Ansem's castle, but now that the city was much bigger, it was taking him more time arriving at the inner part of the city.
As soon as he arrived at the inner part of Radiant Garden, he started seeing a few soldiers of the Military Police Brigade, the division of the Military that took care of that part of the city. They could be easily recognized by the green unicorn that appeared on their badges. As Sora walked, some people approached him to thank him for what he did for Radiant Garden years ago. Those people had to be original residents of Radiant Garden, since the people who came from Eren's world didn't know him that well, besides, it was the first time he was in the inner part of Radiant Garden, so it was improbable that people who weren't from Radiant Garden recognized him.
Sora arrived at a very busy area, so he thought that he reached a commercial area. He started to look at the buildings that were around to see that he was right, there were a lot of shops in that part of the city. As he looked to the shops, suddenly someone who was running hit his arm lightly, and he turned his head to see who it was. The Keyblade wielder saw running really fast a girl about his age with dark hair tied into a medium sized ponytail with a white ribbon bow.
"I wonder why she's in such a hurry," thought Sora, and then he noticed that there was a small bag of Munny in the ground, so he crouched to pick it up. "This is mine…was she trying to steal it from me? She must be a member of that Thieves Guild I heard about."
The spiky boy put the bag of Munny in his pocket again, but when he was about to continue walking, he heard some people screaming. Sora ran to where the screams came from and when he arrived, he saw Heartless emerging from the ground. Fortunately for the people around, the Heartless focused on Sora the moment he arrived there.
The Heartless surrounded Sora, ready to attack him at the same time, so the Keyblade wielder got ready to eliminate them quickly. He summoned the Keyblade, but before he could use it, multiple swords of different types fell from the sky and slashed every Heartless that surrounded Sora.
"Okay…" said Sora as he looked around to see who was the one who threw those swords, and suddenly someone appeared from nowhere in front of him. The person in front of Sora was a young man with short, spiky, black hair and blue eyes.
"Are you okay?" asked the man after he turned around to look at Sora. Then a single Heartless appeared, and this time was the black-haired man the one who got interrupted by another person.
The Heartless was eliminated by a young man with blue eyes and short, unruly blond hair. In his hand he had a shotgun, which he used to destroy the last Heartless that appeared in the area.
"Seriously, Noct, why don't you left more Heartless for me?" asked the blond man as he approached the black-haired one. "It's no fun if you destroy all of them."
"Then you should be faster," said the young man with black hair with a smile on his face.
"Very funny," said the blond man as he put his arm around the shoulder of the other one, and then he noticed the Keyblade wielder, who was waiting for an explanation. "Hey, who are you?"
"I was going to ask the same thing," said Sora.
"Oooh, you must be one of those Keyblade wielders since you have a Crown of Hope," said the blond looking Sora's necklace.
"Couldn't you tell by the giant key in his hand?" the black-haired man asked.
"Well, that too," the blond man said, and Sora chuckled.
"Wait, why did you call my necklace 'the Crown of Hope'?" asked Sora.
"That's how the people in Radiant Garden call that crown," the black-haired man said. "They say that when you see someone with that crown, you don't have to worry about anything since the person wearing it will protect you from anything."
"Wow, I didn't know that," said a surprised Sora.
"Anyway, my name is Prompto, and this one here is Noctis," said the blond guy. "What's your name, Keyblade wielder?"
"If you're the one with the necklace, then you must be Sora, right?" said Noctis.
"Yup, that's right," said Sora.
"You're Sora!?" Prompto said, and the boy nodded. "The other members of the Restoration Committee told us a lot about you, it's good to meet you in person."
"You guys are members of the Restoration Committee too?" asked Sora.
"We're two of the five members of the Special Operations Unit of the Restoration Committee," Prompto said proudly.
Noctis chuckled. "You just made that up," he said, and Prompto grunted. "But it's true that we're part of a team of five people who usually work together. We protect the castle by taking care of the Heartless that are too strong for the Military Police Brigade."
"And we do some special secret missions too," Prompto added.
"I'm sure the people around here are glad to know you're around," Sora said smiling.
"Yeah, the Heartless don't stand a chance against us," Noctis said with confidence.
"Hey, that's my line!" Prompto said. "Anyway, what are you doing here, Sora? I thought your base was next to the Restoration Committee's main headquarters."
"Ansem the Wise wants to see me," Sora answered. "I'm going to the castle to see him."
"Oh, right, they opened the castle's entrance yesterday," Noctis said. "Do you want us to take you there?"
"That's not necessary, I'll be okay on my own," Sora assured. "Thanks for the offer, though."
"Besides, I don't think Leo will be happy if we stop patrolling the city," Prompto said.
"I don't think Cor Leonis will be very happy if he hears you calling him 'Leo'," Noctis said. "You know how he is, so you'd better not call him that when he's around."
"Yeah, he can be very scary, just like the lady with the pink hair," Prompto said. "Well, we should get going, see you around, Sora!"
"If you ever need help, don't doubt in asking us," Noctis said.
"Sure, see you!" said Sora as Noctis and Prompto walked away.
After meeting Noctis and Prompto, Sora continued walking towards Ansem the Wise's castle. The Keyblade wielder arrived at the castle's courtyard in half an hour, the stairs that he needed to climb reminded him of Shibusen's. Sora could see two people guarding the castle's front door as he approached it.
The two people at both sides of the door were Dilan and Aeleus, and Sora was surprised to see them with the Military's uniform. The boy greeted them, and the two men returned the greeting, and despite sounding a bit cold, none of them held a grudge against the Keyblade wielder because of what happened some time ago. Sora asked them about the uniform, and they told him that they joined the Military Police because that division needed some cleaning. They mentioned something about corruption, but it looked like now the Military Police was completely cleaned.
After talking with Dilan and Aeleus, Sora crossed the entrance and started walking around the castle, trying to find Ansem's study. The castle was a labyrinth, just like he remembered, so it was kind of difficult to find the room where Ansem worked.
The Keyblade wielder reached the door that led to Ansem's study after wandering around the castle for a long time. If they put some signals, it would be easier to find the different rooms that were in the castle. The spiky boy knocked the door, and he entered the room when someone told him to do so.
"Sora, I'm glad you could come here this fast," said a man with long blond hair and bright orange eyes. He was wearing a lab coat and a red sweater around his shoulders.
"Yeah, although it took me a little time to find your study," said Sora. "Anyway, it's good to see you all right, Ansem."
"Likewise, young man," said Ansem the Wise. "I heard you're the Guild Master of the new guild in Radiant Garden."
"That's right," said Sora as he sat in the chair that was in front of Ansem's desk. "We're nine members now, and we're waiting for Lea to appear."
"Mmm, I know that my old friend, Mickey, is taking care of his world now, so he won't be able to join your guild," Ansem said.
"Yeah, our guild will have just ten members, at least for the moment," said Sora.
"I know all of you are capable enough to protect the worlds, especially you, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to look for more members," said Ansem. "Don't you know more Keyblade wielders?"
"Actually…" said Sora, crossing his arms. It looked like he was thinking about something, or maybe someone.
"Is everything all right?" asked Ansem, concerned about the boy.
"Yeah, forget it," said Sora with a smile. "Say, why did you want to see me?"
"Nothing important actually," Ansem replied. "I heard you and your friends started living here, so I wanted to see you. It's been a while, so I wanted to know that you were fine."
"Oh, well, we're all fine," said Sora. "We were surprised to see how much Radiant Garden changed after these two years. The people of the Military were a surprise too."
"Ah, yes, their world was destroyed for some unknown reason," Ansem said. "Something tells me that you know that reason, but you can keep it for yourself. Regarding the Military, they are doing a great job protecting the city, although the Restoration Committee is still the group in charge of protecting Radiant Garden."
"Leon told me that the committee has authority over the Military," said Sora. "Is that true?"
"Yes, it is," Ansem answered. "In their world, the Military Police Brigade was the one that had higher authority over the other sectors, but here it's different. The Radiant Garden Restoration Committee is the one who has authority over the three divisions."
"I suppose that's a way to make sure they don't do anything bad," said Sora, but he knew that none of the soldier of the Military would do something bad, at least the ones he knew.
"By the way, have you been in a world called Earth Land recently?" asked Ansem.
"Yes, how did you know?" asked a surprised Sora.
"Mickey and I are good friends of the king of Fiore, one of the kingdoms of Earth Land," said Ansem and then he touched with his hand a big crystal ball that was on his desk. "We use this to communicate with each other."
"A Communications Lacrima Crystal," said Sora, remembering that he used it once when he was in the Fairy Tail Guild.
"It seems he heard about your guild, and he's interested in seeing you and your friends in action," Ansem said. "He told me that you protected Fiore from the Heartless before, and that he'd love to see how strong you and the other Keyblade wielders are now."
Sora chuckled. "Yeah, I remember that he's someone who likes watching a good fight," he said. "I could ask Scrooge to make a train route between Radiant Garden and Earth Land, so the king can come when the first tournament in Radiant Garden's coliseum takes place."
"Yes, we already talked about that and I think it's a good idea," Ansem said. "But there's something he'd like to do about that tournament."
"What is it?" asked Sora curiously.
"Have you heard about the Grand Magic Games?" asked Ansem.
"It's an annual competition held to determine the strongest guild in Fiore," Sora said.
"Correct," the blond man said. "You see, the king of Fiore would like that the Mages Guild of Fiore could take part in our tournament too, and he would also like to see other organizations participating."
"Basically he wants a tournament similar to the Grand Magic Games, but not only with Mages Guilds," said Sora, and then he smiled. "I have to admit that it would be very interesting."
"I'm glad you liked the idea," Ansem said with a small smile. "I'll talk with those two young boys when they're done with all their projects. Say, do you need something from me?"
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot," said Sora as he grabbed the magic spheres that were in his pocket. "I'd like to know more about these spheres. I know that the Heartless are affected by them, but if you, Even and Ienzo could figure out something more, I would appreciate it."
"Of course, we'll be glad to help you," said Ansem as he grabbed one of the magic spheres and started to look closely it. "Do you need anything else?"
"Yes, I'd like to talk with Tron," said Sora.
"Then feel free to do it, I'm sure he'll be happy to see you," said Ansem, and then Sora nodded and started walking to the computer room. "May I ask you why do you want to talk with him?"
"Let's say that I need his help to play a game," said Sora smiling.
-TLG-
While Sora was in Ansem's castle, the other Keyblade wielders talked to each other about what they have been doing after the battle against Xehanort. After that, Aqua and Ventus left to go on a mission since the computer, which was now operative, detected another magic sphere. Then Kairi and Terra started to explain about those magic spheres.
"So, Maleficent is the one who's creating those spheres?" asked Xion.
"It's a possibility," Kairi said. "Well, it's the only possibility actually."
"We have to travel to other worlds and defeat the Heartless, and close the Keyhole of the world if it's one we haven't visited yet," Terra said.
"Basically, we have to do what Sora did years ago," Roxas said. "It shouldn't be difficult."
"Kairi, how is Sora doing? I mean, about his…umm…," said Naminé, founding difficult to say what she wanted to say.
"Fine, more or less…" answered Kairi, who knew what the blonde wanted to ask. "He trained these two years, trying to control it, but he still can't do it completely."
"I'm sure he'll be able to do it soon, don't worry about it," Xion said reassuringly. "By the way, do you know who are that people with the brown uniform?"
"Oh, those are the new military of Radiant Garden," Kairi answered. "Their world was destroyed and they ended up here, so Ansem the Wise let them stay and they protect the city to return the favor."
"Their world was destroyed?" said Roxas.
"Do you remember what Master Yen Sid said about the worlds being affected by Xehanort's manipulation of Kingdom Hearts?" asked Terra.
"Yes, he said that some worlds may have changed after that," Naminé said. "I suppose that's why Radiant Garden is so big now."
"I feel bad for them now," said Xion.
"Don't worry about them," Kairi assured. "They said that their world was hell, and that they prefer to live here."
"Well, if that's what they want," Roxas said, and then the Guild Master of the guild crossed the front door of the building.
"I'm back," said Sora, and then he noticed that two people were missing. "Hey, where's Ven and Aqua?"
"They went on a mission," Terra answered. "Did you give the spheres to Ansem the Wise?"
"Yup," replied Sora.
"And how about Tron?" asked Kairi. "Did you ask him about the game?"
"Yes, he's trying to figure out a way so I can get in, but it's going to take him time," Sora answered.
"By the way, Sora, how are the people of Fairy Tail?" asked Roxas. "You left so fast that I couldn't ask you about it before."
"They're fine," said Sora. "It looks like Earth Land was also affected by Xehanort's manipulation of Kingdom Hearts."
"What happened to their world?" asked a concerned Kairi.
"The flow of time changed," Sora answered. "There, it's been seven years since our first visit."
"Wow…" Kairi said, not knowing what to say. That meant that the members of her guild were also seven years older, and that made her feel a bit sad.
"Although some members of Fairy Tail were trapped in a place where time flows differently, and those seven years were only a week for them," said Sora.
"That sounds familiar," Terra said, referring to what Aqua went through.
"Oh, and the princess told me that she saw a man with spiky red hair wearing a black coat and a red and yellow scarf," added Sora, looking at Roxas and Xion.
"Lea?" said Xion surprised. "I wonder what he is doing."
"By princess, you mean Princess Hisui, right?" asked Roxas.
"Yeah…" asked Sora, and then Roxas smiled and let out a small laugh. "Hey, why are you laughing?"
"Nothing, I just remembered something," said the blond boy. "She was about ten years old, so I suppose she's our age now, am I right?"
"Roxas, shut your mouth," Sora said, and then he noticed that the armor's shoulder plates of Terra, Ventus, Aqua, Riku and Kairi were in one of the tables of the room. "Hey, why are the shoulder plates of your armors there?"
"Yuffie remembered the name of the world where she met that girl who could repair our armors," Kairi said. "Cid put the coordinates in your Gummi Ship."
"Good," said Sora. "I don't have anything to do, so I think I'll go now. Anyone want to come with me?"
"Sorry, but I have to help Yuffie and Tifa with something," said Kairi, who would've liked to go with Sora, but he couldn't ditch the two girls of the committee just for that.
"And an instructor of the Military asked me for help him with the training of the new soldiers, so I can't go with you either," Terra said, and then he looked at Roxas, Naminé and Xion. "What about you three?"
"I'd rather go on an easy mission before," Roxas said. "I'm still kind of rusty."
"I agree," said Naminé, and then she looked at the board that was near the computer. "While you were out, a courier came with a lot of requests, asking us for help. I'd like to start working here before going to other worlds."
"All right, then," said Sora before looking at Xion. "I hope you're not busy."
"Nope, not at all," Xion said smiling as she stood up. "I'll go with you."
"Very well, let's go," said Sora, returning the smile.
-TLG-
Xion was the winner of the poll, so she'll be the one who will go with Sora to Amestris.
More characters appeared in this chapter, and there was two of them that I really wanted to add to this story, Noctis and Prompto. I don't think I've seen the characters of FFXV in a KH fanfic yet, so I wanted to add them, and the others will appear later in the story. I wanted to write a scene with Krista (Attack on Titan) and Naminé since those two look like each other. The girl who 'tried' to steal Sora's munny is from another anime, although it was a game before being animated.
To those who asked about Master Eraqus (spoilers of BBS and 3D): Yes, Eraqus' body died, Master Xehanort was the one who delivered the final blow to him, however, Eraqus did not lose his heart because he transferred it to Terra (watch the conversation between Terra and Xehanort in Blank Points). He's alive in this fanfic since, personally, I think that Eraqus will come back somehow, thanks to the data that Ansem the Wise put inside Sora (KH3D ending) since, according to him, that data is for "finding yourselves or your lost friends in your hour of need". Besides, it was stated in KH3D that the heart is never lost for good, and that Nobodies could grow their own heart, so basically Roxas has a heart, but lacks of a body of his own, just like Eraqus, and I think that almost everyone expect Roxas to return in KH3.
To Anthony627AA: I'm glad you liked the tenth chapter, and I hope you liked this one too!
To AnimeMasterDub: Sorry if some of your questions were unanswered. If that happens, it's because I prefer to not reveal that information. (I'm like Tetsuya Nomura lol)
To Ventusblade: Thanks! There are more people who asked about Master Eraqus, so I wrote an answer to that question before the first answer of the reviews. Regarding Roxas, well, I don't think I need to say anything if you read the chapter.
To Otaku-san32: I can't wait to write that part of the story either, but more things have to happen before that tournament, so we'll have to wait.
To SunnyLighter: I decided to send Ven and Aqua to that world, so I hope you liked that decision. Lea and Isa's debut is getting closer…
To Guest: There are more people who asked about Master Eraqus, so I wrote an answer to that question before the first answer of the reviews.
To JGM16: You're right, I shouldn't have put those two in the poll, but at least it was Xion the one who won. I'll stick to the other Keyblade wielders for a while.
To Guest: Thanks and no problem!
To animelover276: Yeah, I used to watch it all the time too, good times. The debut of Lea in this story is getting closer…
To KH-Hardcorefan4483: I always enjoy writing that kind of scenes, so I really liked that part too. As you could read, the next world is Amestris (FMA: B)
To Ultima Z: Thanks for voting, but Xion was the winner at the end, sorry.
To StarTrail: Natsu will be always Natsu lol. FMA is the next one, so I hope you like the next chapters. Probably RWBY will be the next (anime world) that Sora will visit after FMA, but I still have to put some things together.
To Great fan-M: (1) Hey, don't you dare threatening me or I'll put Sora in the jail again (just kidding lol) About Braig, I don't know to be honest, I haven't planned something for him yet (2) There are more people who asked about Master Eraqus, so I wrote an answer to that question before the first answer of the reviews. (3) I suppose you mean the trial, right? Well, who know what will happen in the future (evil laugh) (4) If I knew how he does it, I would tell you lol. (5) Well, his Senzu Lines are complete now, so no one can say he's unsymmetrical now, and the only thing about Riku that's not symmetrical is his Keyblade. I was more focused on the battle than in Kid's OCD, though. (6) Actually, it was based of that scene. Yes, I'm a fan of SAO, that world will be in this story after all. (7) I'm glad you liked the outfits, I found them in Google lol, some of them were deleted from the site they were uploaded, so I don't know who made them.
To keys of fate: I'm glad you liked that scene, I enjoyed writing it. The House of Mouse was a good show, and don't want people to forget about it.
To Daxen123: As you wanted, I sent Aqua to that world along with Ventus.
To KeybearerSky13: I'm not accepting OCs, sorry.
To Guest: I'll need Sora's outfit for the Drive Forms in a future, and I can't picture Ventus, Terra and Aqua in different outfits to be honest.