A Certain Magical Keyblade Wielder

by KHVSFF

Waking up in an unfamiliar city, Sora has no idea where he ended up. After vanishing from his world, he will have to find a new way home in this mysterious city. Along the way, he'll meet new friends & foes while also facing new challenges in his life. However, he won't be alone as a familiar, yet misfortunate spiky-haired boy will help him navigate Academy City and its secrets.

7. Chapter 7: Explanations & Events to Come

*Disclaimer - I do not own the copyright to Kingdom Hearts or Toaru Majutsu no Index

*A/N - Greetings everyone! Hope everything is going well. The same can't be said for Sora. Having only gotten to Academy City and not even a full day in the city he's ended up in all sorts of crazy events. Heartless, High school, and now the Magic Side taking an interest in him. What other crazy scenarios is the Keyblade's chosen wielder going to end up in? In addition, I'd like to thank everyone for sticking around this story and hope you're in for the long run. Take care and hope you enjoy it.

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Shifting his head to look over at the long black-haired girl who tied it into a ponytail and the blade that she was carrying, which was pointed right at him, Sora felt his heartbeat start to pick up.

He had just barely met this girl who he assumed to be one of Touma's friends based on their brief exchange of words and now she wanted to attack him out of the blue!

Not wanting to get hit by the weapon, he threw his hand in front of him and was about to summon his Keyblade in case the girl decided to fight him. Everyone looked in awe at the sudden move and weren't sure what was going to happen next. Touma on the other hand was starting to sweat bullets as he realized a fight might break out any second now.

"Whoa! Whoa! Time Out! What's going on here? Kanzaki!? Why are you on the offensive?" Touma shouted at the dark-haired beauty.

"I'm all for shoot first, ask questions later, but don't you think it's a bit too soon?" Tsuchimikado nonchalantly replied to Kanzaki.

"Too soon!? What do you mean by that?" Sora questioned the blonde-haired boy.

Hearing the black spiky-haired boy's comments, Kanzaki couldn't help but glance over at him and peer into his eyes. Suddenly she felt her cheeks become warm. She didn't want the situation to turn out any worse.

"I-I'm sorry! This is my fault!" Kanzaki yelled while pulling her blade to her side and bowing her head.

"Huh?"

"Nee-chin?"

"Uh…what?"

Everyone's reaction was that of total confusion and bewilderment. To go from a sense of tension and quite possibly a fight about to break out to changing it up with an apology.

'What sort of last-minute genre change is this!?' Touma exclaimed in the depths of his head.

Taking a second to let the awkward moment pass, Touma coughed into his fist which drew Kanzaki's attention from the ground and had her stand straight up from bowing.

"Err… Kanzaki, could you please tell us what's going on? I'm utterly lost."

"Well… I went about this the wrong way."

"The wrong way?"

"Mm. *sigh* Let me start over please."

"Go right ahead."

"Thank you."

Turning her attention back toward Sora, the one pant-legged girl immediately bowed and began to apologize to him.

"I am truly sorry, Sora."

Startled at the sudden change in attitude from the black-haired girl, the Keyblade wielder casually waved at Kanzaki.

"It's all right. At this point, I'm used to people threatening me upon meeting them for the first time, haha."

Surprised by the boy's words, everyone there just looked at the brown spiky-haired boy with puzzled looks.

"Right… Well, again I'm sorry for brandishing my blade against you. It was based on instinct and rumor" Kanzaki explained to the Keyblade wielder.

"Instinct and rumor? What do you mean?"

"What rumors, Kanzaki?"

Deciding to get to the root of the situation, Kanzaki began to delve into her side of things.

"I received reports on my way to Academy City that a monster attack appeared within the city. I had only just arrived when the news coverage was being displayed everywhere you could see."

'Hoo boy…' Sora thought to himself. He really put the spotlight on himself.

"Moreover, after meeting with our allies in the city it was then that I was told of the presence that the monsters had around them."

"Darkness" Sora affirmed which got Kanzaki to nod her head.

"Hold up. You can smell Darkness on people? What in the world?" Tsuchimikado questioned, feeling lost on the matter.

"Not exactly like that. It's… more of a feeling that I can sense."

"Moron" Touma commented which got him a slap to the head from the spectacle-wearing boy.

"Anyway, I also received a report of a surge of power and magical traces where the monsters were located. Which leads to you" Kanzaki continued saying to Sora.

Ruffling the back of his hair, Sora knew that his actions would have consequences sooner or later. It's not every day you see someone running toward a tornado that was made up of dark monsters that were taking away people's hearts.

"Yeah…"

"So, why do you two need to see Sora? Are you here to ask him questions?" Touma asked the two Necessarius members.

"Bingo Kami. There are some things that our bosses want to know about the incident along with identifying the one who stepped in to save the day" Tsuchimikado stated while pointing over at Sora.

"But why did you look like you wanted to attack me, Kanzaki?"

Moving her head to look at Sora's right hand, Kanzaki's eyes were glued there.

"There's… something different about you, Sora."

"Come again?" Touma asked, not sure what the girl meant.

"As one of only 20 saints, I'm able to detect traces of light coming from religious artifacts or sacred locations that once held or are still holding traces of power. And before you three arrived here I… felt traces of light coming my way."

"A saint?" Sora curiously questioned.

"Saints are basically powerful people on the Magic Side. They possess characteristics that match those of the Son of God and allow for them to draw on his power" Tsuchimikao explained to the confused-looking boy.

"I see… I guess that does make a bit of sense." Sora had no idea how this world's magical power structure worked but for now, he would just go along with the conversation. "But why did you look like you wanted to attack me?"

Having a frown on her face, the dark-haired beauty brought her head down.

"Lapse of judgment. Seeing you on the news and getting a glimpse of the abilities you used to fight back against those monsters caused me to be on guard. Until earlier no one had ever seen those monsters before and yet everyone back at headquarters is on edge" Kanzaki stated which got Tsuchimikado to frown.

"No kidding. Not even you know who had no idea about these monsters?"

Shaking her head, Kanzaki continued to speak on her behalf.

"No one. And it's throwing everyone off. Headquarters was only able to receive the reports made by our allies in Academy City followed by footage of the event captured."

"Is it safe to say that not only is the Magic Side freaking out right now but the Science Side as well?" Touma asked the group.

"Not a bad suggestion, Kami. I haven't checked in on the Science Side of things, but I'd put money on the idea that they're also in the dark about this whole thing."

"Which leads to the next factor in all this."

As Kanzaki said this, she turned her head to get a better look at Sora and his appearance, noticing the stylish clothes he was wearing.

"Right, I'm guessing you have questions?" Sora asked the teens.

"You think?" Tsuchimikado remarked.

"Hmm. Where to start… *ahem* I might as well start by answering any of your questions. So, who is first?"

Raising her hand quickly, Kanzaki beat Tsuchimikado who looked betrayed at the dark-haired girl.

"Sora, the traces of light surrounding you… what… or who are you?"

To answer her question, the Keyblade wielder raised his right hand for everyone to see before he summoned his Keyblade in a flash of blue light.

"Well, I'll be."

"That… That's the trace of light. No. It's like a- "

"It's emitting power like an artifact" Tsuchimikado added.

"Yeah. Sora, where did you get this weapon?"

Bringing the Kingdom Key closer to his face, Sora held a small smile on his face.

"I was more or less picked to wield this weapon. It's known as a Keyblade."

"A Keyblade?" Kanzaki repeated.

"It's a weapon imbued with light and allows me to combat the Darkness. And those dark creatures you saw on the news are known as the Heartless."

"The Heartless? Catchy name."

The Keyblade wielder couldn't help but chuckle a bit.

"Heh. Wait till you hear about what they go after."

"Let me guess. People's hearts."

"Yep. The Heartless are manifestations of the darkness within people's hearts and- "

"Wait. Repeat what you just said, Sora."

"Uh… the Heartless are manifestations of the darkness inside people's hearts?" Sora repeated to the girl.

"Darkness within people's hearts… How is that possible?" Kanzaki asked, trying her best to grasp her understanding of the topic.

"Everyone has a little darkness in their heart along with light. It's part of what makes everyone who they are."

"So, you're saying Kami over here has some Darkness in his sweet illusion-breaking gold heart?" Tsuchimikado questioned, shooting the black spiky-haired boy a smirk.

"Very funny."

"Mm-hm, as I said, we all do," Sora said, bringing his hand up to his heart and feeling a wave of contentment course through him.

Deciding that things were getting to become more complex to explain, Sora reached into his pocket and started tapping away until he managed to open up a tab on his Gummiphone that had records of data regarding everything in his adventures. Along with information compiled on the Heartless.

"But *sigh* putting aside darkness in everyone. What is the Heartless goal? Why did they suddenly appear out of nowhere and why hasn't anyone seen them before?" Kanzaki questioned, still feeling lost about everything being said which was understandable for the saint.

This was a great deal of information to consume all at once.

"The Heartless's main goal is to seek and consume hearts. And they'll stop at nothing to get what they want."

"Sora, I'm still not quite following. Why are the Heartless here now? I mean, not to drag this place down any further but… Academy City practically has its own menacing nickname. The Dark Side of Academy City" Tsuchimikado stated.

"I… I don't know. Honestly, none of this makes sense at all. But at the same time, it does."

"When does anything dealing with the Magic Side make sense?" Touma remarked while having a tired look in his eyes.

"The Heartless tends to come in two forms. Purebloods and Emblems. Pureblood Heartless are natural and born when people's hearts are normally consumed by Darkness. While Emblem Heartless are created" Sora continued explaining as much as he could.

"And those Heartless you fought earlier, did… Did they take people's hearts?" Kanzaki asked, recalling the footage she saw.

"Yeah…I wasn't there in time to stop them," Sora replied.

"...So, what do we do?"

Startled by the sudden question from Touma, Tsuchimikado, Kanzaki, and Sora all looked over at the dark spiky-haired boy for further explanation. But the saint had her own question spring to mind.

"Is there any way for us to get rid of the Heartless once and for all? Kanzaki asked the brown spiky-haired boy.

Having no say in the matter, the two Necessarius members turned their attention over to the Keyblade wielder who looked deep in thought before he turned and addressed everyone.

"This."

Raising his Keyblade once again, Sora began to answer the boy's question.

"I already mentioned this to Touma, but the Keyblade is the only weapon that I know of that completely destroys the Heartless. Sure, anyone can kill a Heartless but only the Keyblade truly gets rid of them for good."

"So, if Kanzaki over here killed a bunch of Heartless?"

"Then they would later reappear and go back to seeking hearts."

"A monster that can be killed but can't be stopped… talk about shit hitting the fan" Tsuchimikado commented while taking a few steps back and casually kicking the ground.

Going blank for a second, Touma began to have some questions pop into his head.

'Would… Would my right hand be able to destroy a Heartless? I mean, it negates anything supernatural. Esper and magic powers. But… are the Heartless technically magic monsters?'

Snapping out of his thoughts and back to the group, Touma would have to ask Sora about his idea.

"Sora, how is it that you know so much about the Heartless?" Kanzaki asked, tilting her head at the boy to read his face.

Having had a feeling that this question would be brought up, Sora let out a sigh and began to brainstorm about how he should go about answering the question.

'I need to obviously stick with my story about not being from Academy City and from what I'm understanding from everyone's comments about the magic side it sounds very finicky. And I need to avoid mentioning anything else not from this world… great.'

Letting go of the Keyblade and having it flash and disappear, Sora then crossed his arms and began talking.

"I've had many run-ins with the Heartless now. And the first time I received the Keyblade was when the Heartless were attacking me and my friends. They've honestly managed to become a pain in my life."

The trio could tell from the tone in Sora's voice that there was quite a story behind his words but decided to not ask him about it now.

"I see…" Kanzaki muttered, feeling like she now better understood the boy.

"Wait a second. Sora, you mentioned you received the Keyblade when the Heartless attacked you and your friends. What did you mean by that?" Tsuchimikado asked, picking up on that detail.

"Well, the Keyblade is a special kind of weapon. It chooses its wielder, and it chose me."

"Come again? Did you just say that your weapon chose you?" Touma put forward while having a dumbfounded look on his face.

"Yeah. You heard right. The Keyblade chooses its wielder. In fact, my best friend was supposed to be wielding it, but his heart was tainted by the Darkness which made the Keyblade choose me instead."

"...Right…" Touma had no response to hearing that the key-shaped weapon was picky with who used it.

"What if someone tries to take the Keyblade away from you?" Tsuchimikado questioned.

"Here. Check it out."

Summoning the weapon back into his right hand, Sora handed it to the blonde-haired boy who began to swing it around and get a feel for it.

"Wow. This is pretty light. I can't see how you'd be able to attack anyone with- "

Out of nowhere, the Keyblade flashed in a bright light before ending up back in Sora's hand while Tsuchimikado looked down at his hand and then back at the Keyblade wielder.

"Now that's a fancy trick. You're making me wish I had one."

"Haha. Sorry. I don't know how to exactly help your chances of getting one but thanks anyway."

"Hey, Nee-chin, you wanna give it a shot? See if your saintly powers will do anything?"

Startled by the suggestion, Kanzaki gave the idea some thought before nodding her hand and asking Sora to try, to which he happily accepted.

Now holding onto the Keyblade in her hand, Kanzaki could feel a sense of power begin crawling up her arm. There was no light or anything really on her arm but more akin to a feeling. Like, the weapon was emitting a warm and comforting light and she felt better being around it. Such a strange feeling. Truth be told, she wasn't even that put off by the weapon's design.

However, what was even stranger was that the weapon had not disappeared from Kanzaki's hands yet which amazed everyone in attendance. Tsuchimikado clicked his tongue while waving off the girl. Touma merely watched what was happening while having his own thoughts on the matter. And Sora was beyond amazed at how long she was able to hold onto the weapon before it would flash and be right back to him.

"Hey, Kanzaki, could you try swinging it around a bit?" Sora requested the girl.

Doing as asked, she began to swing it lightly to the side and then back again while trying to get a feel for the weapon. The tip of the blade next to the crown teeth started to glow with a faint light, however, this seemed to go unnoticed by the teenagers.

"The balance on this weapon is strange. It's almost as if the weight is being dispersed or changing constantly. Being heavy and then light."

"That's rich coming from a saint who has twice the manpower of a regular person. No offense Kami."

"None taken? Wait a minute. What are you talking about? You're normal" Touma bluntly replied to Tsuchimikado.

"Anything else strange about the weapon?" Tsuchimikado asked while ignoring Touma's comment.

"Nothing of the sort. Although, it's almost like I can start chanting a- "

Before Kanzaki could finish speaking, the Keyblade flashed in blue light before being placed back into Sora's hand.

"Wow… You were almost able to cast a spell" Sora stated while being awestruck.

"I didn't even know what I was casting. I just… felt like a sense of light coming to me" Kanzaki answered, having her thoughts about what transpired.

"Well, not to state the obvious but Kanzaki does have the influence of a saint. It's only natural she would be able to do something normal people couldn't with your weapon. Which leads me to the next big thing we need to talk about" Tsuchimikado said, gaining everyone's attention.

"Oh great. Here comes the bad news" Touma muttered, feeling that something misfortune was about to happen.

"What now?"

"Sora. What are your plans now?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I mean, what do you plan on doing now? I'm sure you already know but the higher-ups in Academy City now have their eye on you. Whether that's a bad thing or a really bad thing I am not sure. But either way that's not a good thing to have in your case."

"Not to mention, news of what happened with the Heartless will have spread across the church and every other magic faction" Kanzaki added.

"Exactly. Both Magic and Science Sides will now be looking at you. But where do you stand on all this, Sora?"

"I…" Sora couldn't come up with an answer on the spot. This was a very complex situation he found himself in.

'Not even a day in this world and I've managed to get practically everyone's attention' the Keyblade wielder stated to himself.

Taking a step back and looking at everyone one at a time, Sora knew that his life was about to get a whole lot harder in this world. But when wasn't his life ever easy? This led to the boy having a grin on his face before nodding to himself and addressing everyone.

"I guess I stand with neither side."

"Say again?"

"Heh. Interesting."

"That is not what I thought you would say."

"But you wield magic? You don't want to side with Kanzaki and everyone else who can use magic?" Touma asked, confused about the boy's statement.

"Nope. I'm not going to pick sides."

"Won't that make things harder for you? I mean- "

"I know things are going to get harder, Touma. But the Heartless aren't something that I can just let wander throughout the city and hurt people. I have to stop them. And… honestly, I don't know how the Magic Side will react to my rash decisions" Sora explained to his spiky-haired friend.

Hearing the Keyblade wielder's conviction, Touma couldn't help but smile while thinking of himself. All the situations he tended to find himself in and how his one goal was to pave a path that everyone can walk. His strong desire is to aid those who are in need. No matter the cost. Everyone deserved to see the world for all that it had to offer.

"Sora does have a point."

"Tsuchimikado?"

"Think about it, Kami. If Sora does decide to come over to the Magic Side, then he'll have to follow orders and be limited on what he can and wants to do" Tsuchimikado explained.

"I… I have to agree with Tsuchimikado" Kanzaki said, which surprised the blonde boy.

"Nee-chin? This is surprising. I would have thought that you would be chewing my ass out for agreeing with Sora's idea."

"Normally, yes. I would have. However, things are different."

Shifting her body so that she was now staring up at the city buildings that caused her to move her head back, Kanzaki let out a small smile.

"With the sudden appearance of the Heartless and now knowing a bit about them thanks to Sora, I say that his plan is probably for the best. Besides, the Heartless have only been spotted here in Academy City. There must be a reason for that."

"You've got a point" Sora added to the dark-haired girl's statement. "I still don't know how the Heartless showed up. And that alone raises a lot of red flags to me."

"This also raises another problem were you to join the Magic Side. What if the leaders of the Magic Side begin to hide things from you?" Kanzaki suggested.

"Tch. We all know that is honestly something that's going to happen" Tsuchimikado remarked.

"So, should I just stay away from just the Magic Side? Or the Science Side as well?"

"Hm… I am not exactly sure what to do in this situation, but I would say be cautious toward either side. Sure, the Science Side has good people on it, but there are also some crazy bastards that will do anything to gain power and influence and hurt anyone that gets in their way" Touma stated while remembering his encounters involving the Science Side of Academy City.

On the same topic, Touma began to recall the many people who he could consider to be good and were involved with the Science Side. The first to come to mind was Biri-Biri. Sure, she tended to be difficult at times but if you needed her help she would be there to help. Plus, it did help to have a Level 5 esper on your side at times.

Another person was Yomikawa Sensei. That woman… she probably enjoyed seeing him and the other high school students suffer through her extracurricular activities. And she did tend to act like a stern adult. But truthfully, she was also someone you could count on to help you.

"Right… Sounds like I've got my hands full."

Before anyone else could comment on the Keyblade wielder's comment, someone's phone began to start going off. Tsuchimikado reached into his pocket and immediately frowned at seeing who was calling him.

"Sorry about this."

Moving away from the group, Sora could only watch as Touma and Kanzaki had curious looks on their faces. A sudden realization dawned on the wielder of Imagine Breaker as he figured he could ask a question.

"Hey, Sora."

"Yeah? What's up?"

"Could I try holding your Keyblade?"

Surprised by Touma's sudden request, Sora remembered that the boy hadn't gotten a chance to hold the weapon yet.

"Sure! Here you go."

Summoning his Keyblade, Sora handed it over to Touma who looked at the weapon and decided to try something before getting to the meat of his idea.

Using his left hand, the black spiky-haired boy grasped the Keyblade's handle and began examining the weapon. It felt… strange. Almost like it was pulsating in the palm of his hand. But that could have been his mind playing tricks on him. Lifting the Keyblade higher into the air, Touma figured he should try giving his idea a go.

'*sigh* Well, let's see if the Keyblade will instantly disappear when I touch it with my right hand.'

Slowly moving the weapon so that it was in front of him, Touma began bringing his right hand to grasp the handle when something unexpected happened.

Now holding onto the Keyblade with his right hand, Touma raised it in the air and waited for it to instantly disappear but strangely it wouldn't. This caused Sora and Kanzaki to look bewildered and have many questions.

"W-What…"

"How did… Touma?"

"I have no idea. I'm just holding it. But from what you said about holding it, Kanzaki, I'm not feeling anything of the sort. It's just like I'm wielding a blade."

Narrowing his gaze onto the weapon and Touma's right hand, Sora wondered if this is what the boy meant about his power being able to negate anything supernatural. However, if that was the case then shouldn't the Keyblade have flashed out of his hand? Sora wanted to try something out now.

"Hey, Touma, let go of the Keyblade."

"Like just drop it?"

"Yeah. It's ok."

"All right…"

Doing as told, Touma let go of the handle and let the blade fall from his hand when suddenly as soon as his hand stopped touching the weapon it immediately flashed and appeared right in Sora's hand.

"Now try holding it with your left hand and then your right again," Sora told the boy.

"Got it."

Repeating his actions from before, Touma held the Keyblade in his left hand and then moved it over to his right hand where it stayed in place leaving Kanzaki to eye the weapon suspiciously now.

"Kamijou is able to hold onto it for so long… meanwhile, I was able to hold it for only a bit longer than Tsuchimikado."

"But it looked like you were about to start casting a spell or something else. Don't forget that, Kanzaki" Sora addressed the girl who nodded at his words.

"Hmm… Do you feel anything different now, Touma?"

"Nothing. It's honestly just like I'm holding a sword now."

"Let's see… Here. Hold onto the Keyblade while I try to summon it into my hand."

"Fair warning. This poor Kamijou would like to apologize in advance in case something happens to you."

"It'll be fine… I think."

Kanzaki was now completely focused on the two boys' actions and was watching the scene unfold in front of her without even needing to blink.

"Here we go!"

Throwing his hand in front of him, Sora did what he always did and summoned the Keyblade into his hand expecting there to be a blue flash of light in his hand.

However, that was not the case.

"Uh… Sora. What's going on?"

"I-I don't know! This has never happened before."

"Never!?" Kanzaki asked, her voice spiking up in both worry and a hint of excitement.

"Oh crap. I didn't break it did I?" Touma asked, feeling guilt wash over him.

"No, no. You didn't. But you did manage to leave me with even more questions now" Sora replied while flashing the boy a reassuring smile.

Taking a step toward Touma, Sora carefully eyed the Keyblade and looked to see if there was anything happening to it. Unfortunately, or in his case fortunately there was nothing out of the ordinary happening.

"Let it go please."

Doing as told, Touma let the blade out of his hand, and it once again flashed in a bright light before appearing in Sora's hand again.

"Haha… I have more questions now."

"Kamijou, you certainly know how to make things more exciting," commented Kanzaki while looking over at the boy warmly.

"*sigh* You can thank my misfortune for that."

Before anyone else could add to the conversation, Tsuchimikado started walking back to join the group.

"Hey, kiddos. What did I miss?"

"Nothing all that interesting," Touma casually replied.

'Nothing that interesting!?' both Kanzaki and Sora thought after hearing Touma's response.

'Does Touma not want Tsuchimikado to know about the Keyblade not functioning normally?' Sora thought to himself.

'What is Kamijou up to now? Why not let Tsuchimikado know about what we discovered?' Kanzaki pondered in her head.

"Huh. That's kind of depressing. Did you at least thank Kami for all the trouble, Nee-chin?"

"Bwah!"

Kanzaki suddenly made a strange noise which made Sora go wide-eyed and look at her, hoping she was okay. Touma was just puzzled.

"W-We don't have time for that now!"

"Err… Kanzaki, what are you talking abo- "Touma began saying.

"Heh. As much as I want to see Nee-chin spill the beans and thank you properly, we actually can't. Just got done talking with headquarters and they want an update on the situation."

"What did you tell them?" Kanzaki asked, thankful that the conversation was moving away from… where it was originally going.

"Same old stuff. We have information that needs to be investigated and analyzed before returning. That should buy us a few hours until they send someone else here. Probably Stiyl" Tsuchimikado explained.

"Guess you were right, it sounds like they're really being uptight," Kanzaki said which got the blonde spy to grin.

"Of course, I'm right. Anyways, we should probably end things here for now. I'll head on ahead and get things situated."

Getting several feet away from the group, Tsuchimikado then called out to one person in particular.

"Sora."

"Yeah?"

"Watch yourself."

"Huh?"

"Academy City. While it looks all nice now, don't be too surprised by what you'll find hidden underneath its fine and dandy appearance. There's a reason this city has a Dark Side."

"...I understand. I'll be careful."

"Good to hear. Nee-chin, see you later. And Kami?"

"What now?"

"Your fly is down."

"Very funny you sis-con bast- "

Touma suddenly stopped speaking as he looked down at his pants and realized that the boy was right. The fly on his pants was down. Flustered beyond belief, he quickly zipped himself up while swinging his head to the side to see Sora just looking up at the city and whistling to himself. Kanzaki on the other hand had closed her eyes and looked as red as a tomato.

"You've got to be kidding *sigh* Such misfortune."

"Haha! Take care, Kami."

Seeing the blonde boy's form get further away, the trio now looked at each other. There were so many more questions they had about the Keyblade and how it reacted to Kanzaki and Touma holding it. But for now, it would have to be put on hold.

"Hey, Touma, why didn't you tell Tsuchimikado about what we discovered with the Keyblade?" Sora asked the high school boy.

"Do you not trust him?" Kanzaki questioned.

"Do you, Kanzaki?"

This left the dark-haired beauty stumped. She should have quickly responded and retorted his question but deep down she had her answer.

"I trust him… but not with this."

"That's a bit… strange. Shouldn't friends confide in each other about something not normal?" Sora casually commented.

"This whole situation is unlike anything I've ever dealt with. Honestly, I doubt anyone has had to deal with this before."

"Which is why I decided to not mention anything. While he is my friend… sadly… I don't think he should know about this. Plus, I trust you Kanzaki. More than him" Touma answered.

"Y-You trust me?"

"Of course! Honestly, I'm glad it was you who found out about this strange mystery. I know that you will keep this to yourself while Sora and I try to uncover anything else about what happened. If I had to pick anyone from the Magic Side to keep this quiet for now it would be you."

Feeling a burst of happiness in her heart, Kanzaki had a bright smile on her face that she tried breaking down but ended up making it even more noticeable. All while having red blush appear on her cheeks.

"I understand, Kamijou. I won't disappoint you and keep this to myself."

"Great. And I'll let you know if anything comes up."

"That's good to hear. Well then, I should probably catch up with Tsuchimikado. Sora, while our first meeting went… bad. I hope that you know I'm glad to have met you and gotten to know a bit more about you and the situation involving the Heartless."

"Not a problem. And it's water under the bridge. I consider you a friend now and friends help each other."

"I'm happy to hear that."

"Mm. And if you hear anything more about the Heartless or even if they're spotted outside of Academy City, then please let Touma know so he can tell me" Sora asked, hoping to learn more about the rest of this world.

"Gladly. Until next time."

And with that, Kanzaki began making her way in the direction that Tsuchimikado went, leaving Sora and Touma alone to themselves.

"Well, should we head back? I'm sure Yomikawa is wondering where we went" Sora said, which made Touma groan.

"Oh man, why did you have to remind me of Yomikawa Sensei? Crap. I'm screwed. Again."

"Don't worry. I'll say it was my fault."

"...That still doesn't help me!"

This led to the two spiky-haired boys making their way back to the high school while discussing the possibility that today might be the day that Touma dies. Thanks to Yomikawa's strict regime she has the students run for physical education. And now she'll be gunning for Touma. Sora could only laugh half-heartedly for the boy.

---

*Breakpoint*

---

Catching up with Tsuchimikado, Kanzaki began to consider everything that she had just learned thanks to Kamijou and his newest friend, Sora. Everything surrounding that boy just sparked her curiosity. However, there was so much more that didn't add up about him.

Before she could ponder about the boy any further, she spotted Tsuchimikado who was now leaning against a wall looking down at the ground. He appeared to be gathering his thoughts.

"Nee-chin… what are your thoughts on him?"

Knowing exactly who Tsuchimikado was talking about, Kanzaki answered truthfully.

"He seems very friendly and easy to talk with. However, … I have questions."

"Same here. Sora seems like a well-rounded person. But there are too many problems and questions around him."

"For starters… that weapon of his. It's unlike anything I've ever seen before" Kanzaki answered while picking up a can that was near her foot and throwing it into the nearest trash can.

"We know for a fact that none of the artifacts confiscated by the church look anything like a giant house key" Tsuchimikado replied, continuing to walk and talk.

"Not to mention, the power inside that blade. I've never felt anything of that magnitude before. And that alone was just from seeing it out in the open when Sora summoned it which is another thing in of itself" Kanzaki explained.

"Tell me, what did you feel when you held onto it? You mentioned feeling a sort of warm light from it."

Recalling the sensation of holding the Keyblade, Kanzaki didn't know where to start about her experience with the blade. In truth, thinking back to the blade and the wielder himself, she was unsure what to think. Sora as an individual was a complete mystery.

"It's like I said, it felt nice to be around. But what I'm more concerned about is where did he come from."

Shrugging his shoulders, Tsuchimikado had that same exact thought cross his mind. There was no way someone of Sora's caliber just up and appeared in Academy City out of nowhere. Plus, showing up and battling monsters that have never been seen before just sounds absurd. There was more to the boy.

"No offense to Sora, but I'm finding it hard to believe that he's carrying around that much firepower. That Keyblade of his… we're not the only ones that are going to be keeping an eye on him that's for sure" the blonde-haired spy stated.

"…I do believe that he won't become our enemy though."

"Kanzaki- "

"Look who he's with now."

"You think Kami is going to be able to stop him if he flips suddenly? Again, we have no idea what that weapon of his is capable of. I think he's a cool guy, but we don't know everything about him. There are too many questions shrouded around him."

"Then we wait. I mean, didn't you say yourself to be cautious about the Magic Side?"

Hearing what she said, Tsuchimikado smirked.

"Double crossing spy, Kanzaki. Get him to think I'm with him but I'm against him… while also still being on his side."

Letting out a sigh, the saint couldn't do anything but shake her head. While they could continue to discuss the circumstances around Sora, they had to prepare and get ready for their next set of orders from headquarters. However, Kanzaki still had her own thoughts about the Keyblade and its wielder. What will they do next?

---

*Breakpoint*

---

After having walked all the way back to the high school, Sora and Touma were now standing in front of the gym doors where one of the two spiky-haired boys was practically sweating buckets.

"Uh, Touma, are you going to be, ok? I don't know if a healing spell would, you know, heal you."

"I'm good. Just thinking."

"Thinking?"

"Yeah. About what my last words should be before Yomikawa- "

"Before Yomikawa what?"

Feeling the wind get knocked out of him without even getting hit, Touma looked behind and saw not only an attractive older woman but a woman that looked ready to make his life a living hell.

'Help…' the wielder of Imagine Breaker mumbled in his head.

"Hey, Yomikawa. Ehe sorry about being late" Sora tried to casually say.

"Late huh? Tell me, do you think the class is still in session?"

"Oh, crap…"

"Yep. Kamijou gets what I'm saying."

"Uh… I thought gym class was still going on?"

"Gym class ended about five minutes ago."

"..."

"..."

"I take full responsibility" Sora replied before either Yomikawa or Touma could respond.

"Sora. No, it was also my fault. I was the one with him" Touma tried reasoning.

It was at this point that Sora caught onto what Touma was secretly getting at. To avoid mentioning ditching class to follow Tsuchimikado, he was pushing the topic elsewhere. If that were the case, then he would help his friend.

"*shaking his head* No, it was me. I wanted to check something out and you told me we had class. This one's on me."

Taking a second to eye the Keyblade wielder, Yomikawa couldn't help but let out a sigh while doing her best to hide the small smile that appeared at the corner of her lips.

"Haha, *sigh* Sora."

"Yes…?"

"Normally, Kamijou would be having to run twenty extra laps around the gym."

The sound of Touma making a sound in his throat *gulp* could be heard along with him looking like a deer in headlights.

"But… seeing that today has been unlike any other, why don't you run the exercises for him?"

"Say what now?"

"Yomikawa Sensei?"

"You two heard me. Let Sora run through the obstacle course."

Shooting the black spiky-haired boy a look, Sora had a grin on his face before addressing Yomikawa.

"Sure! Let's see how it looks."

"Great to hear! Take some notes, Kamijou."

"With what?"

Whether the two who were now making their way to the gym did not hear him or just didn't have a good enough response to his comment it didn't matter as Sora and Yomikawa continued to make their way into the gym. Touma soon followed suit as he hoped the Keyblade wielder would be ok.

---

*Breakpoint*

---

Pushing open the doors to the gym, Sora saw what appeared to be a large gymnasium with different obstacle courses throughout the large room. Cones were put out in several rows, a wall with colored rocks and harnesses next to it, a net that was tied to several poles, and other obstacles that looked interesting.

"Yikes…" Touma muttered, walking through the gym doors.

"Ah. What are the obstacles here?"

"Glad you asked, Sora! See, Kamijou? Why can't you be this interested in the obstacle course?" Yomikawa questioned the black spiky-haired boy.

"Because you're usually more… harsh when it's just me running the obstacle course" Touma replied to the teacher.

"I'm not harsh. I'm just preparing you for life."

"Running around and going through various exercise obstacles is supposed to prepare me for…"

Both Sora and Yomikawa looked at Touma wondering why he suddenly stopped talking.

Meanwhile, internally Touma was realizing that in the pursuit of having an ordinary high school student life, he ended up getting caught in many situations that forced him to do some crazy extracurricular activities.

'Didn't I have to go through something like all these obstacles in the last incident I was involved in? *sigh* Such misfortune…'

Hanging his head down, he just sighed and waved at Yomikawa to have her continue explaining the obstacle course to Sora.

"Okay? Anyway, back to what I was saying. The first obstacle course is high knees, followed by rock climbing, and then an upper arm strength, which ends the main course with running up a flight of stairs and back. But it's all timed adding to the speed of everything getting done quicker" Yomikawa explained to the Keyblade wielder.

"What's the fastest time anyone has gone through the course?" Sora asked, bringing his hands behind his head into his signature pose.

"Why? Feeling a bit confident you'll beat the time?" Yomikawa asked while having a teasing tone in her voice given that she knew what the boy was capable of.

"Maaaybe. Haha!"

"Well, since I have this obstacle course adjusted for high schoolers instead of Anti-Skill trainees, I'd say the best time is about six minutes."

"Six minutes? You told me it was five!" Touma shouted, pointing his finger at the older busty woman.

"That was because I know you, Kamijou. I'm aware that you tend to get yourself involved in some… let's say random incidents. And you've proven yourself quite agile."

"Can't blame you there. This helpless Kamijou doesn't do it on purpose… all the time."

Taking a step toward the obstacle course and checking out everything in front of him, Sora couldn't help but chuckle to himself. This was going to be a piece of cake!

"Yomikawa."

"I take it that you're ready?"

"Yep! Just say when."

Pulling out her phone from her pocket, Yomikawa prepped the device to act as a timer for the boy. She gave Sora one last look giving him a nod to let him know that everything was ready. This led Sora to take a running stance and readied himself.

What he would do next would leave the teacher and student shocked. Granted, Yomikawa already had an idea about the boy's abilities, but she was still startled by the result.

"Go!"

---

*Breakpoint*

---

"How in the world?" Touma muttered while walking right next to the Keyblade wielder.

"Ahaha. I don't know what to say exactly. Experience maybe?" Sora replied, crossing his arms behind his head and having cheerful look on his face.

"You beat the time Yomikawa set."

"No biggie."

"Sora" Yomikawa said, catching up to the two boys after closing the gym doors. "You beat the record. And you beat the Anti-Skill personal best."

"Oh… guess I was lucky" Sora nonchalantly responded.

"You beat it on your first try."

"…I was really lucky."

"Right. *sigh* I should have figured that you would beat the time I told you. I also shouldn't be too surprised after what I saw you do today. But still, it's hard to wrap my head around the idea that you completed the course like it was nothing" Yomikawa stated to the boy while having both a smile and an exhausted look on her face.

"So, what now, Sensei? Are we still in trouble?" Touma had to ask the question that was gnawing at his head.

"Normally, yes. But today's been strange enough as it is. Let's get you back to class Kamijou. Sora and I still need to make sure he's got all his paperwork submitted for the Academy City's database."

"Great…" Touma said, hoping that he wouldn't receive a boulder-crushing hit from the Iron Wall.

"Hey, Yomikawa" Sora addressed the blue-haired teacher.

"Yeah, Sora. What's up?"

"After we get my paperwork done, then what's next?"

"…what's next huh."

Stopping in her tracks and looking over at Sora who also stopped, Yomikawa had to really give the boy's question some thought. So much had happened in such a short amount of time. The young woman didn't have a clear idea of what was going to happen next.

Facing the boy in question, she decided to put off a collected face and give him an answer. Something that would give him a minute to pause and think about.

"Well, depending on what your status in the database is looking like on my Anti-Skill side of things. If you're in the clear, then we can get you started on the ickier side of things. Finances and living quarters and of course education occupancy."

"Oof. That sounds fun" Sora humorously stated.

"What. Afraid of a few little books?" Yomikawa joked with the boy.

"Nah. It's not the books I'm worried about. It's the tests."

"Tell me about it" Touma added his two cents.

"Well, I don't see what's so bad about tests. I mean, it sounds like you're more scared of tests than dealing with those monsters today."

"Haha… You might be right about that idea" Sora said while chuckling.

Before she could say anything else to the boy, Yomikawa looked ahead and could see a familiar face making her way toward her and the two spiky-haired boys.

"Komoe? What are you doing over here? Don't you have a class right now?"

"As a matter of fact, I do. But I was asked to come to the teacher's lounge for something. I had Fukiyose-san manage the class while I'm out."

"Of course," Touma said under his breath.

"Why'd you get called to the lounge?" Yomikawa asked, confused about the situation.

"It had something to do with you and Sora."

"Something to do with us?" Sora asked.

"Yep. Now, if you two could stop by there that would be great. And Kamijou?"

"Y-Yes, Sensei?"

"Why don't we take a walk back to class? Wouldn't want you missing out on today's lecture."

Seeing no way out of this predicament, Touma could only nod while glancing over at Sora and Yomikawa. He figured attending the rest of today's classes, which was only one more class, wouldn't hurt. Hence, he followed Komoe back to class leaving the other two by themselves again.

"Well, shall we see what's up? Maybe it's about your documents?"

"Sure! Let's go check it out."

With that being said, the two began making their way to the teacher's lounge. Hoping that whatever was there was good news.

As soon as the two entered the teacher's lounge, Sora was puzzled at what he was seeing.

Standing there in the middle of the room was a strange-looking machine that had a white color to it with a red-tinted ball at the top of its head. And what was even stranger was that the machine had what appeared to be a scanner for its eyes with a speaker where its mouth should have been. Plus, it had silver robotic hands which were holding a stack of papers.

"Um… what?"

"I have no idea. I've never seen a machine of this design before. And how did it get in the school?" Yomikawa questioned.

Deciding to see what was up, Sora walked up to the machine and greeted it with a friendly smile.

"Hi, there! Err… nice to meet you. I'm Sora. Do you- Can you speak?"

Suddenly the machine started waving its arms and basically giving Sora the stack of papers that it was holding. This caused the boy to take the stack and look over at Yomikawa who was puzzled about the whole thing. She then took one look at the paper and realization dawned on her.

"Oh! Sora, do you know what this is?"

"No. Should I?"

"It's your papers!

Sora had a surprised expression on his face.

"My papers? What does- Oh! Was I accepted then!?"

"Not sure. Let me look."

Grabbing the papers and taking a seat Yomikawa got to work looking over the papers while Sora awkwardly stood there while smiling and waving at the machine.

Consequently, the Keyblade wielder wasn't sure if his mind was playing tricks on him but he could have sworn that the machine waved back or looked like it wanted to wave back and just moved one of its arms.

But before he could ponder the idea anymore, Yomikawa suddenly bolted up from her seat.

"Shoot! I think I left my Anti-Skill badge back in the gym. Sora, wait here please."

"Got it. I'm not going anywhere."

Nodding at the boy's response, Yomikawa got up from her seat and made her way out of the lounge leaving Sora and the machine alone.

---

*Breakpoint*

---

However, out of nowhere, the machine started to make a clicking noise before what sounded like a lever being opened could be heard causing Sora to look over at the robot and feel his jaw drop to the floor.

"It's so great to see you, kupo!"

Standing or rather floating inside the machine was a small white creature with purple wings on its back while having small hands and feet and a large red nose. But the standing out feature was the large red ball hanging atop its head. A Moogle.

"Wh-What!? How!? I…Wha?" Sora was at a loss for words.

"Heehee. I figured you would be like that, kupo."

"H-How are you here? Um… Sorry I don't know your name."

"It's not a problem at all, Sora. My name is Moogla, kupo" the Moogle now known as Moogla stated.

"Moogla… that's a nice name."

"Thank you, kupo!"

"Have… I met you before. Or done business with you on my journeys before?" Sora asked, curious if Moogla and he had met before.

"I'm afraid not. This is our first-time meeting. But! I did hear of all the crazy adventures you've been involved in from my family, kupo."

"Your family? Oh! The Moogles that I've met in the different worlds."

"Yep! Though, not every Moogle you've met is my sibling. But still, nonetheless, I know very much who you are, kupo."

Realization seemed to hit Sora at that moment when he put two and two together.

"Wait!? Your family. Can you get in contact with them right now!?" Sora hurriedly asked.

If there was a way to contact Moogla's family, then he could let his friends know that he was okay!

Hearing this, Moogla's ball on her head suddenly started drooping down and she lowered her head.

"I'm sorry, Sora… I don't think that will be possible, kupo."

"Huh? How…come. Did I come off too strong?"

"Not at all, kupo. It's just… I haven't been able to contact my family in quite some time, kupo" Moogla sadly replied.

"Oh no…"

"Yeah… I don't know what happened. But it's been like that for several months now. I have no way of contacting them since communication between other worlds is still something that's being worked on as we speak, kupo."

"Right…" Sora murmured as he pulled out his Gummiphone and started looking at it.

He still didn't know much about the device or how it was created or internally worked. But now he was more appreciative of the technology behind it.

"How long have you been here? In this world?"

"For about a couple of months now. This world is very different from other worlds I've visited before. The concept of magic is very different from what you or I are familiar with. And for a while, I was worried that my time here would be really bad, or someone might do something bad to me, kupo" Moogla said while floating back and forth around Sora.

"But I was found by a very nice old man! I later found out that he has a great deal of influence in this world or rather this city. He's actually someone you've just met, kupo."

Taking a second to process Moogla's statement and ponder about everyone that he's met just today, Sora was puzzled until he recalled a certain doctor.

"No way! You met Heaven Canceller!?"

"Yep! He's quite wise for how old he is. Though, I think he's lying about his age, kupo."

"Ahaha! I bet. So, you're working for him?" Sora asked.

"To some degree. I help him when it comes to situations involving business or finances since I'm quite familiar with all that stuff. Coming from a business selling to other heroes on other worlds does rack up experience and skills, kupo" Moogla explained to Sora.

"However, I am also working on building a business of my own selling and trading items of various degrees, kupo."

"Really? Like what?"

"Well, right now I've managed to get a sponsorship in place for a certain brand of milk that's extremely popular throughout the city. Along with supporting and partnering with a bunch of event organizations that are scattered across the city since Academy City tends to go big with its activities given that it's mostly focused on esper related education and activities, kupo" Moogla stated.

"Wow. Sounds like you've got things going well for you."

"You're right about that. But I've still got a long way to go, kupo."

"And I'm guessing Heaven Canceller asked you to stop by and drop off the papers directed to me?" Sora questioned, eyeing the menacing stack of papers.

"Right again! He said that everything went through successfully and that Yomikawa would help you get the rest of the paperwork done to have you be situated in Academy City. Plus, he also said that your new Academy City I.D. and newly registered bank account card would be somewhere in that stack, kupo."

"Haha… I guess I should get used to things being a bit more complex huh?" Sora asked Moogla while looking overwhelmed.

"It's quite a lot to process huh? Don't worry. I was like that at first but after getting used to everything then things made more sense, kupo" Moogla replied, getting Sora to smile at the kind words.

"Thanks, Moogla. *sigh* I… It's really nice to see a familiar face…"

Sora couldn't help the sad tone he had while saying that. Being in a new world all on your own was quite the hurdle. But seeing something or someone from back home did manage to get him to feel a bit better.

"I'll bet… hearing about what you and your friends went through… It's… quite scary, kupo."

Grasping at his right hand slowly, Sora couldn't help but let out a small smile, "…Yeah."

"But still, thank you. For what you and your friends have done, kupo."

Hearing the unexpected thank you, Sora couldn't help but feel warm and a sense of appreciation flow to his heart.

Shaking his head and pushing the sad feelings roaming throughout his heart to the side, Sora suddenly recalled a very important matter he neglected to focus on, but seeing the floating Moogle in front of him brought that matter back.

"Hey, Moogla, you said that you were technically still in business right?"

"Correct, kupo."

"Is there any way for me to exchange my Munny?"

"Your Munny?"

"Yeah, I was just curious since this I don't think this world uses Munny. But instead uses some other form of currency" Sora explained to Moogla.

Spinning around in the air and entering the machine that was housing her, Moogla started moving her small hands around until she found what appeared to be a strange-looking device with a funnel at the top of it.

"I haven't used this thing for quite some time, but it should work just like usual, kupo."

"What's that?"

"It's something that one of my brothers and I created. It processes any amount of Munny and checks the balance. Giving us Moogles a faster way of checking someone's finances. But since this world or rather city uses a different kind of currency then I had to put this tool away, kupo" Moogla said while holding the device.

"That's neat. So, I take it you can convert my Munny to Academy City's currency?"

"Yep! Thankfully, I've managed to work out a connection with the bank which is standing at a good level for transactions or trading. Could you go and grab your new bank card while I make sure everything is all good, kupo?"

"No problem!"

Walking over to the intimidating stack of papers, Sora made sure to not topple over the large stack and began looking for the card. And felt what he suspected was a card and pulled it out and looked down at his hand only to find out that it was his I.D., and the picture was the one he took at the hospital.

Chuckling at his photo, Sora put the I.D. back on top of the stack of paper and continued looking for his new bank card. Luckily, he felt another card and pulled it out of the stack. He was now looking at a white card that had the initials "A.C.E."

Turning the card around and looking at the back, Sora spotted his name on the card along with the full name of "A.C.E." which was Academy City Express. This must have been his new bank card.

Making his way to Moogla, Sora walked up to her and handed her the card.

"Got it right here."

"Thank you! Now, let's see your Munny, kupo."

Reaching into his pants pocket, Sora pulled out the sack that he usually carried all his Munny in. However, while pulling the bag out, he realized just how heavy it was and had to carry it with both of his hands. Nervously looking over at Moogla, he realized that he might have saved up quite a bit of Munny.

"Guess I was carrying around a piggy bank? Ahaha."

That attempt at a joke suddenly made him realize that his new friend Ham who was back in the Toy Box world he visited where everyone was a toy was actually a piggy bank.

"Oooh! I'm curious about how much there is in there. Here, pour the Munny down the funnel and we shall see what you have."

"Right!"

Doing as told, Sora began to pour the Munny sack into the funnel watching as all the currency was disappearing. He didn't know how and just summed it up to magic.

Once the bag was now completely empty, Sora folded the bag and put it back into his pants pocket for later use.

"Alrighty! Let's see how much you've accumulated in your travels, kupo."

Pressing a few buttons on the device, Moogla and Sora watched as the screen on the device started increasing. The counting soon stopped on a number that caused the spiky-haired boy to tilt his head and look at the Moogle weirdly.

"Hey, Moogla, I… think your device is off. Why are there so many zeros?"

The floating Moogle slowly turned her head to look at Sora while just staring at him. She would then shake her head and clarify to the Keyblade wielder.

"…Sora. What you're seeing is correct, kupo" Moogla bluntly replied.

Hearing that, if Sora was drinking anything then he would have to spit it out in both shock and confusion, however, he was not holding a beverage in his hands and instead started choking on air.

It would be a few seconds until he calmed himself down and had to check the device's screen to see what the Munny conversion turned out to be.

"T-There's gotta be a mistake, right? I mean, that seems like a whole lot of Munny" Sora tried reasoning with the Moogle.

"Actually, that's in what's called Yen, Japan's currency, kupo."

"Japan?"

"That's the name of the country you are in now. Sora, not to be harsh but maybe you should take a look at this world's map and get an idea of the layout. You'll also be surprised to find how big Academy City is, kupo" Moogla explained to the otherworldly visitor.

"Right. I'll be sure to ask Touma about that… without raising awareness."

"Good to hear, kupo."

"Now…" Taking another look at the amount being displayed on Moogla's device, Sora had to ask a question that he had no idea what the answer would come out to be.

"What should I do now?"

"Well, thanks to checking out your new bank card I can set it up to receive separate installments of your exchanged Munny. It'll take a few days until the full amount is deposited into your account. I believe Heaven Canceller might have included more information for you to look over regarding your Academy City accounts and whatnot, kupo."

Without warning, Moogla floated up to Sora until she was only a few inches away from him.

"Also, I believe you have a phone with you if I'm correct. Could you pull that out please, kupo?"

"Sure. What for?"

"I'll install an application onto it that will let you see how much Munny is currently on your bank card, kupo."

"Whoa! How are you able to do that? And how did you get so good with technology?" Sora asked while amazed at Moogla's skills.

"A lot of practice. Plus, it's a hobby of mine that I managed to work into my business, kupo."

After tapping away at the boy's device, Moogla now gave it one last look and then handed it back to him.

"There we go! All good. Now, you'll be able to see your current Academy City balance at any time. Along with other features, I'm not sure you'll need them now but if anything happens there are instructions on the application to help you in case you get lost, kupo" Moogla explained while giving the boy a thumbs up.

"*phew* That's great to hear. There's a lot here…" Sora replied, doing his best to make sure none of what Moogla was explaining went over his head.

"As I said, it's a lot to take in but you'll get used to it with some practice. And don't forget to ask for help, kupo."

"That's nice to hear. And… does Heaven Canceller know about… you know…the other worlds?"

"Hmm… I want to say no. But I'm not so sure. He didn't really question me on my appearance and helped me get settled here in the city. If he does, then he's keeping it to himself, kupo" Moogla said while wondering about the doctor and what he truly does know.

"I see… what else… Oh! You said that you were still in business and whatnot. Will I be able to find you in the city? Or do I have to go to a certain location?" Sora asked, wondering where he could find the Moogle later.

"Excellent question! Around the city, there will be other machines that look like the one I'm operating now. All you need to do is grab its attention and it'll recognize you while showing a small but limited item shop for you to exchange your Yen or Munny depending on what you have at the time, kupo" Moogla elaborated to the boy who had an excited look on his face.

"Nice! I take it you'll be elsewhere since it sounds like these machines are running without you inside them?"

"Correct! Thanks to Academy City's advancement with technology, it was somewhat easy to take old, refurbished machines and fix them up while giving them the task of roaming the city. They normally act as cleaner robots that pick up trash but have a secret function of acting like a Moogle shop, kupo."

"Heh. I can't wait to see- "

Suddenly, before Sora could finish speaking, the sound of someone making their way to the teacher's lounge could be heard. Moogla immediately flew into her machine and started to close it before speaking to him one last time.

"Sorry for the rush. I'll make sure to get your Munny transferred into your bank card and into Yen. But I don't want to freak anyone out" Moogla said to Sora who could only nod his head.

"Got it. And thanks once again, Moogla. Take care."

"Yep! Bye kupo!"

And with that, the machine holding Moogla began to close making it look like it never even opened or that the Moogle was never in the teacher's lounge.

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*Breakpoint*

---

The door to the teacher's lounge opened and Yomikawa had an exhausted look on her face.

"Sorry, Sora. Had to deal with a couple of students causing a ruckus. Followed by a few teachers coming up and asking questions about the incident" Yomikawa stated while making her way into the teacher's lounge.

"You're good. I was just… relaxing here…" Sora replied while shooting the machine that Moogla was sitting an unsuspecting look.

"Uh… ha. Okay? Anyway, let's take a look at those papers."

Shuffling the stack of papers around, Yomikawa seemed to know what she was doing. Moving the once menacing stack around until it was now separated into separate piles, Sora relaxed a bit knowing that looking over everything now didn't look so intimidating.

"Let's see… this pile deals with your residency…"

"Where I'll be staying?" Sora asked, having forgotten a vital part of his time in this world.

Where would he be staying?

"Yep. And from the gist of it…"

Sorting the papers so that she could read them all like a book, Yomikawa seemed to speed through the entire pile until she let out a huff of air.

"You now have a dorm that's located… huh. Well, I'll be…"

"What?"

"Your new dorm is located next to someone that you know. I'll let him show you to your place."

"…Ok?" Sora wasn't sure what the blue-haired woman meant but he would worry about it later.

Closing her eyes and trying to find out where she went wrong with her statement, Yomikawa now opened her eyes and stared at Sora who was unsure of what was happening to the woman.

"It's Kamijou. He's the someone I meant."

"Ooooooh… you could have just said that."

"Trying to lighten the mood. Paperwork is such a drag sometimes."

"Right, right. Gotcha there" Sora replied.

"And this pile- "

Picking up another pile of papers, Yomikawa once again speedily read through all of it and had a puzzled look on her face.

"Err… I guess you already have an account associated with the bank. Meaning that your card is good to go. Don't lose your card otherwise, it's a pain to get a new one. Trust me, I know" Yomikawa stated while thinking more about how convenient everything was sounding and started looking around for the card stated in the papers.

"Got it. And I take it that this is the card?" Sora asked, holding up the card that Moogla had him pick up.

"Yep. That's it. I take it you saw it in the stack?"

"Haha, I couldn't help it."

"Mm. And now the final pile."

Grabbing the last pile, Yomikawa seemed to zoom through the papers and had another contemplative look on her face. This was not a good sign to Sora.

"What's wrong?"

"*sigh* Something's not right… basically, you'll be attending school. But not just any school – this school. And you'll be assigned to Kamijou's class and…"

Yomikawa's silence did not make Sora feel any better. His hands started to get sweaty and he tried to read the expression on her face while hoping that nothing bad was going to be said.

"… as of this moment you are not classified under the leveling system."

Sora blinked a few times before he waved his hand in the air and let out a sigh of relief.

"Pssh. That's all. I don't see what's wrong with that?"

"A lot, Sora. A lot is wrong with this. Practically everyone has now seen you on the news. And not to state the obvious but the abilities you showed off were not just something to cast off" Yomikawa explained while bringing a hand to her forehead and looking over the pile of paper again.

"But I'm classified as an unknown. I don't get what's the big deal."

"The big deal is that people will come looking for you and asking you what level you are. And that's bound to bring some unwanted attention."

Grimacing at the point the teacher just made, Sora also remembered that he was hiding the fact that he used magic and instead had an esper power that was related to light manipulation. But realizing that he now had both the Magic and Science Side taking an interest in him, he let out a loud sigh. Things were definitely going to get complicated.

"So, what do I do? Is there anything I can do?" Sora questioned Yomikawa who began to take on a thinking pose.

"For now, I would just go along the lines that your ability is being re-evaluated and you'll be going in for tests soon to determine what level you truly are. Which reminds me…"

Sora immediately gulped. He began to grow worried that she would prod him for complicated questions that required depth.

"You'll need a proper schedule and list of homework since now you'll be attending classes here."

"…Yay…" the Keyblade wielder said weakly.

"But I can talk to Komoe about that later. Looks like class is about to let out" the Anti-Skill officer said while taking a peek at the clock and seeing classes were about to let out for the day.

"Again… Thanks, Yomikawa. I doubt I would have gotten this far without you" Sora said while feeling grateful to the teacher.

"Don't worry about it, Sora. It's our job as not only adults but teachers to lend support to students and help them on their way to growing up" Yomikawa replied, feeling appreciated by the boy's words.

"Well then, what now?"

"Now. You should head on over to Komoe's classroom. By the time you get to her class, it should be over."

"Got it. See you later, Yomikawa. And… I'll say it again, thanks."

Excusing himself from the room, once Sora was out of the teacher's lounge, Yomikawa couldn't help but smile to herself. He was an interesting teen but that cheerful personality of his made her glad that she helped him. The boy really did have a full day of craziness. Speaking of crazy…

Looking over at the strange machine that had just been idly sitting by and not doing anything seemed to perk up and make its way over to the blue-haired teacher. This should have alarmed Yomikawa but instead, she just kept her eye on the robot.

'Such a strange looking machine… wonder if it's a new cleaning model?' the Anti-Skill woman thought to herself.

But rather than worry about it any more than she needed to, Yomikawa went back to looking over Sora's paperwork just to make sure the boy would be set down the right path. She also began to wonder what else was going to happen to him. The teen years were when everyone experienced amazing and memorable times. She began to wonder what memories Sora was about to make in his time at Academy City.

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*Breakpoint*

---

Walking down the school hallway and encountering many of the other students, Sora began to wonder if this is what his old high school at Destiny Islands would have been like. Everyone coming out of class and meeting up with each other to discuss plans of hanging out or getting together to plan future events. Would he, Kairi, and Riku be doing the same thing?

That thought of his would-be dragged to the back of his head as he suddenly realized that many of the students were also beginning to look at him strangely. Some students even started whispering to each other while also watching his every movement. This left Sora puzzled until he remembered the elephant in the room. The news coverage of the Heartless attack.

While he shouldn't be surprised about this thanks to his earlier confrontation with Komoe's class, Sora still felt slightly off put that he gained so much attention on him thanks to stepping in and dealing with the Heartless. However, he realized that even if he was put into another similar situation, he would step in without hesitation. But still… seeing everyone staring at him made him feel weirded out. So, being the kind of person he is, Sora waved at practically everyone.

"Hey there."

Seeing the boy pay everyone attention, all the students looked shocked and either waved back at Sora or froze up and weren't sure what to do now. This got the Keyblade wielder to fight back a chuckle while continuing to make his way down the hall.

Furthermore, what the otherworldly hero did not realize was that there was a certain older girl who saw the boy walk away. She began to examine him from a distance and couldn't help but smirk to herself. Appearance-wise, the older girl had shoulder-length black hair, fringe tied back, and an attractive figure. She was also currently wearing a school-issued sailor uniform. She also had a nickname within the school which was that of the "Beauty Senpai."

But before she could examine the Keyblade wielder any longer, someone called out to her which drew her attention back to focus.

"Kumokawa-san?" one of the female students said to the black-haired girl.

"Senpai?" another student muttered, looking at the girl who appeared to be in deep thought.

"Huh? Oh? Sorry was just thinking about something."

Nodding at the girl's comment, the students went back to looking in the direction that Sora was walking having their own thoughts about the boy who was featured in the news.

However, Kumokawa Seria kept her eye on the Keyblade wielder while also having a small glint in her eye.

'I see… guess they've got plans for you. But to have you be so close to my cute kouhai… I wonder…' Kumokawa thought while observing the brown spiky-haired boy.

Whatever the higher-ups of Academy City were plotting around the boy who wielded the giant key, it was certainly not anything good. The dark-haired girl knew for a fact that the boy's life was going to become more difficult. And, seeing that he was so close to a certain Kamijou Touma it was safe to say things were not going to be easy for either of them.

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*Breakpoint*

---

Standing outside the classroom door, Sora didn't want to waltz right in and figured to knock before entering. To his surprise, no one responded which gave him the okay to go in.

Upon entering, he saw only a few students now in the class including Touma's friends Aogami and Fukiyose followed by Komoe who looked to be putting something away. There was still no sign of Tsuchimikado which wasn't that surprising. His eyes then tracked across the room and spotted a fellow spiky-haired boy who had his face planted down on his desk.

"Uh… Touma? You good?" Sora asked, tilting his head, and looking concerned.

"This Kamijou is doing incredibly well. Thanks for asking" Touma replied while having his voice be muffled by the desk.

"Oh, lighten up. Attending class for once is not going to hurt you physically" Fukiyose commented while walking over to the boy's desk.

"Look on the bright side, at least he showed back up and had a valid excuse. Unlike Tsuchimikado who just took off" Aogami reasoned to the Iron Wall girl.

"*sigh* Don't remind me. That blonde-headed idiot…" Fukiyose responded by slamming her fist into her hand and having a small burst of wind appear on impact.

"Let me be clear, Fukiyose. This poor Kamijou may be… well, poor. But he is not hopelessly stupid. It's just… there's so much homework!"

"I don't know about that…" Aogami muttered, remembering Kamijou's scores on his last test.

Hearing what the blue-haired Delta Force member said, Touma, shot him a deadpan look. This caused Aogami to respond with a thumbs-up.

"Well, you wouldn't have so much homework if you didn't ditch class all the time" Fukiyose stated.

"It's not my fault! I'll have you know that this Kamijou does his very best to show up to class like a good, ordinary high school student. But my misfortune tends to be the bane of that lifestyle."

"Seriously Kamijou? You're going to use your so-called misfortune as an excuse again?"

"You don't understand. I do my very best to follow a straight path to school to ensure I make it on time."

"And yet you come up with the most ridiculous sorts of reasons for why you either show up late or don't show up at all," Fukiyose said to counter the boy's weak reasoning.

"Ha… you have it lucky. You probably get to ride comfortably on a bus and do nothing but sit in a relatively safe space until you reach the school. Meanwhile, life is not so kind to this poor Kamijou and he has to deal with being chased by an old lady's dogs, and groups of thugs either harassing unsuspecting girls or thinking that I'm messing with them which results in getting chased for several blocks until they run out of stamina, or tripping on a bottle left undisposed of and ending up in a hole that's being worked on by the hard construction workers of Academy City" Touma elaborated to the dark-haired girl.

Sora couldn't help but glance over at the boy and feel sad for him while also amazed at the kinds of situations that he managed to find himself involved in before attending class. It was also right then that he took another look at Touma, Fukiyose, and Aogami continuing to talk about Touma's mishaps or him just coming up with excuses to miss class which resulted in him standing up to defend himself.

The sight of the three friends arguing with each other made Sora's heart twinge slightly. He began to look around the classroom and have a single thought looming in his head.

His friends.

Seeing the trio of friends talking with each other made him smile while recalling moments he shared with his two best friends. But before he could start thinking more about those two and feel even more sad, Komoe now appeared next to the trio while smiling.

"It's good to see you three getting along."

"We're not!"

"We're not!"

Came the reply of both Touma and Fukiyose while Aogami merely shook his head.

"Well, either way, you're still talking with each other. And it looks like you're all interested in what each other has to say."

"Sensei, these two idiots need to learn to quit causing a commotion in class. And besides, where is the last idiot? Didn't he say that he had stomach problems?" Fukiyose said to the teacher.

"I'm not sure where he went but I'm disappointed that he skipped class" Komoe commented while growing sad that her student would miss her class.

"That's rough. Making Sensei start to cry" Aogami replied. "Isn't that Kami-yan's job though? Since he's always missing class."

"Oi! Are we really going to start this discussion over again!"

Moving the topic away from causing another argument amongst the trio, Komoe looked over at Sora who continued to watch the group of friends.

"Sora, were you able to get everything cleared up with Yomikawa?"

"Yep. I believe we got most of it done" Sora answered the teacher's question.

"Great to hear! Well, I'll head on over to see what's going on. Kamijou, you should get Sora situated and show him around the city."

Hearing Sensei's idea, Touma figured that he could indeed do that as well as make it in time to get to the sale that was going on later today. Killing two birds with one stone or however, that phrase went.

Nodding his head, the wielder of Imagine Breaker looked over at Sora to gauge his reaction. The boy immediately gave a thumbs-up to the idea.

"All right then, we'll go do that."

"Mm! Take care and don't forget about the extra lessons we'll be having tomorrow, Kamijou-chan!" Komoe stated extremely sweetly to Touma who had a crestfallen look on his face.

"Geh…" was the sound coming out of the boy's mouth.

"Heh. We'll see if Tsuchimikado shows up tomorrow as well" Aogami added while grinning maliciously.

"*sigh* I'll worry about it later. Come on, Sora. We've got a lot of ground to cover."

"Right! See you guys later."

Waving back at the newcomer, Sora was really happy to have made a few new friends in his short amount of time being in this world. The boy followed Touma making his way out of the class and toward the exit of the school. The hallway had died down from all the commotion earlier which was nice but also raised another concern. How would the rest of the city act?

Standing outside the school now, Sora followed next to Touma while pulling his phone out and looking through it to see what his current balance of Munny err… Yen was now. Thanks to Moogla, it was as simple as tapping an emblem of a Moogle on his phone and then being shown a bunch of other information which he didn't know anything about. But what stood out was that there were small blobs of clues to help him navigate followed by seeing how much Yen he had now.

He figured he owed it to Touma and wanted to do something nice for him.

"Hey, Touma, what now?"

"Well… seeing that we're getting into the evening."

Looking up at the sky, Sora also realized that the day was coming into the later hours of the day. He really did have one eventful-filled day.

"I should probably go and get a few groceries for my dorm. Chances are that Index ate everything…again."

Hearing this, Sora now knew how he wanted to thank Touma for all of his help today and most likely for the future as well.

"Touma! Let me take of that."

The boy wielding Imagine Breaker raised his eyebrows.

"Huh? Take care of what? My bag?"

"No, no. Your groceries."

Startled by what he heard, Kamijou Touma didn't know whether he got hit in the head by Fukiyose earlier and was now hearing things and facing the now permanent damage to his head or if he just made up in his imagination that Sora was offering to pay for his groceries. This led to him shaking his head.

"Come again? For a second, this Kamijou could have sworn that you said you'd pay for my groceries."

"I did."

Guess he didn't have head damage. Yet.

"Sora, I appreciate the offer but I can't do that."

"Why not?"

"I just can't. It'll be wrong of me to ask you to do something like that. Besides, I don't know if you've forgotten but how are you going to pay for the groceries in case you do get them?" Touma asked the brown-haired boy.

"With this!"

Throwing his hand into his pocket, Sora pulled out his newly issued bank card and showed it off to Touma.

"When did you get this?"

"Earlier when I was with Yomikawa getting me all situated with the Academy City database. So much paperwork…" Sora responded while feeling his brain fry up at the information overload he recalled and realized that he'd have to learn.

"I see…"

"Oh! Yomikawa also said that you would be able to show me to where my new dorm is."

"Your new dorm? What the- "

Almost by luck or fate, Touma's phone started going off. Opening the device up, he was met with what could only be called coincidence. This led to him reading a wall of text from his physical education sensei.

"Sorry! I forgot to send this out earlier but Sora was issued a dorm to himself since he's now going to be a student at our school. And wouldn't you know it, his dorm is right next to yours. Do be sure to show him around and whatnot. Tomorrow Komoe and I will break down Sora's test results and get him caught up to speed on the school year. We'll discuss it and relay the information to you tomorrow during the extra lessons. Don't forget! Take care!"

Yomikawa really did know how to drop a ton of information on you out of nowhere.

"Ha… Well, that makes this Kamijou's life easy. For once. But getting back on track, Sora I can't have you pay for my groceries. That doesn't sit right with me" Touma argued.

"Hmm."

Thinking about how he could get the stubborn boy to cooperate and let him do something nice, Sora was about to keep on pushing the idea until he thought of something that would be a win-win scenario.

"How about this, Touma? You let me buy you your groceries- "

"Again, I appreciate the offer, but this Kamijou doesn't want to have to owe you anything."

"I didn't finish. You let me buy your groceries while I also buy my own groceries."

Touma tilted his head while listening intently.

"And then we work together to have dinner together. You, me, and Index. Oh! Can't forget Sphynx. The four of us eating together" Sora explained while raising his hands and having a confident smile on his face knowing he set his plan in motion.

Considering the way Sora worded his explanation, Touma wanted to counter it yet again with a determined comment about declining the offer… but hearing the boy's reasoning made him doubt his willpower.

'A meal together does sound nice…'

"Come on, Touma! Let me at least do this for you once. You've helped me a great deal today and the way things are going you're probably going to help me a whole lot more."

Sighing in defeat there was nothing else to do but accept the friendly offer. Besides, it wasn't like this kind of offer ever happened. It'll probably be the first and last time it ever happens.

"…Fine. *sigh* All right. You win."

"Yes!" Sora exclaimed while pumping his fist.

"Let's get going. It's getting closer to the evening hours and that's when everyone starts hauling ass to the stores" Touma stated while taking on a thinking pose.

With Sora's influential offer, he would be able to purchase a little more than usual which got him thinking about what he could cook up to quell the monster in his dorm known as Index.

After giving it some thought, he finally landed on something that would not only appease the dorm-dwelling beast but be something that Sora might like a good deal. Plus, he was craving this dish for some time now.

"How about curry?"

"Curry? What's that?"

"Hold up. Sora, what did you just say?"

"Um… what's curry?" Sora repeated his question while feeling as if he did something wrong.

"…Are you serious?"

"Touma, I'm being serious. I'm not sure I know what curry is. I don't think I've cooked it before."

This got Sora to start wondering if he cooked anything related to curry back in his time in Twilight Town with Uncle Scrooge and little chief. But nothing came to mind leaving him to shake his head.

"What have you done in life?"

"What?" Sora responded while looking stunned by that comment.

"Nevermind. *sigh* That's it. We- No. I have a mission now!" Turning to look at Sora, Touma raised his right fist into the air and now pointed it at the puzzled Keyblade wielder.

"Sora… Your life has been clouded. Clouded by illusions that you yourself were not aware of. But that ends today. As your friend, I will do what I must and destroy those illusions blocking you from knowing what curry tastes like!" Touma shouted with such conviction and determination that Sora was now amazed instead of confused.

Smiling at the boy and crossing his hands behind his head, Sora was thankful. In a strange kind of way, he didn't know what was happening now.

"Thanks, Touma… I guess?"

"You're welcome. Now, let's do this!"

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*Breakpoint*

---

Later into the evening…

Making their way to the dorm complex that was not only housing students of Academy City but Touma as well, the two boys were chatting away while carrying many bags with them. They had gotten through a unique experience together now. Battling the one thing that Sora had never dealt with in his entire life.

Hungry Level 0 students looking to buy discounted food at rush hour.

"Hahaha! We did it. I never thought it would be possible."

"Yeah, we did. But is it always like that?"

"You mean all the starving Level 0 students fighting tooth and nail for the best-priced food? Then, yeah, it's always like that. But it only happens once a week. The rest of the time everyone is really chill and friendly" Touma explained while having a victory smile plastered on his face.

"That's good to hear. Everyone looked ready to kill each other. Especially that one guy with the long hair. He tackled that one other guy who was wearing the hat" Sora explained, recalling the carnage inside the store.

"Oh? That's Shuichi and Tsubaki. Those guys go to a different school but they're pretty chill. I often see them at the store, and we chat for a bit. Shuichi does have a killer uppercut though. I got into a fight with him one time."

"Err… what did you two fight over? I'm guessing it was over food" Sora asked, growing curious about the situation.

"It was over a sack of potatoes that were discounted at sixty percent. That was a one-time deal and had never happened before! Shuichi and I teamed up to fight everyone for the potatoes and at the end when it was just the two of us we duked it out" Touma said, reminiscing about the event in the store.

"Who won?"

"I did, of course."

Perking up, Sora was excited to hear his friend win the duel.

"Really!?"

"No. Sorry. That was a lie. I got thrown back into one of the isles and ended up destroying most of the groceries that I had already picked. Ended up going home with a quarter of what I was supposed to get" Touma replied, head downcast and recalling his defeat.

"Oh… Uh… better luck next time?"

"Oh, I'm winning the next time potatoes are on sale."

Touma said while raising his right hand into the air and balling it up.

Before Sora could respond, he saw the dorm complex coming up into view and started to wonder what his new dorm would look like.

'Is it going to be empty? I mean, I'm glad that I have a place to sleep… I wonder if it's going to be the same size as Touma's?' the Keyblade wielder wondered.

Snapping out of his thoughts, Sora realized that he was now following behind Touma up the stairs and onto the higher levels. Making their way up to the boy's dorm but not before coming across the one that he was assigned and seeing what appeared to be an envelope taped onto the door.

"Looks like the dorm manager knew about you taking the dorm" Touma commented.

"That's nice."

Reaching to pick up the envelope, Sora found inside a key to the dorm followed by paperwork that he did not want to look over. He'd already had an information overload today and the last thing he wanted to do was read what the letter had to say.

Turning to look over at his friend, he wasn't sure what they should do first.

"Hmm. Sora, want to check out your dorm first? And then you can come on over for dinner?"

"Sure! Sounds like a plan."

Nodding at the boy's words, Touma went over to his dorm and began to unlock the door when it suddenly slammed open, and a white blur latched itself onto the boy. Screams could be heard echoing down the dorm hallway and into the city.

"Waaaaitttt! Index! Stoooopppp!"

"Tooooouuummmmaaaa!"

That gnawing feeling you get when you want to step in and help someone with something is exactly what Sora was feeling now watching Index start biting Touma's head. However, he had already taken one for the team and decided to stay out of this.

The biting would continue for another whole minute before the young girl started to sniff something and looked down to see all the groceries.

"Ah! Sphynx! We're saved!"

Appearing out of the nun's clothes was the small calico cat who tilted his head upon seeing Sora again.

"Meow?"

"Hey there, Sphynx! Good to see you again!" Sora replied to the cat while offering a wide smile.

"Oh? Sora? What are you doing here?"

"Well, it's kind of a long story but… I'm going to be your neighbor now."

"That's great to hear! Also…"

Hearing Index suddenly stop talking got Touma and Sora to look at each other. Had something happened?

"Would you mind telling me what happened today?"

"Hm? What happened today?"

"…The TV."

"Ah… right," Sora said, realizing that this was going to be a fun conversation.

"Well, we can talk about it inside while Touma gets dinner ready."

"Well come on in!" Index enthusiastically said while bolting inside the dorm leaving Touma to have a deadpan expression at his roommate's antics.

"Shall we?"

"Yep. Thank you."

The duo now began making their way into the misfortunate boy's dorm all while about ready to have an interesting evening dinner together.

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*Breakpoint*

---

Now situated inside the dorm and leaving Touma to get dinner ready to which Sora asked to help but was declined by the ever-determined chief in the kitchen. He also mentioned something about illusions being destroyed again but that left the Keyblade wielder stumped and decided to just chat with Index.

"All right, where do you want me to start?"

"Start from the beginning. What were those monsters that appeared all over the news? It was being broadcasted front and center even stopping other shows from being shown. I missed my show today thanks to the news."

"Right, well, those dark monsters with the large yellow eyes are known as the Heartless. And they are the manifestations of Darkness from people's hearts" Sora explained.

"The Heartless… why have I never heard of them before?" Index asked the boy.

"I…I'm not sure about that. But my weapon- " Holding his hand out and summoning the Keyblade, Sora showed it to the nun. "Is the only thing that I know of that can completely defeat the Heartless."

"When you say completely defeat the Heartless, what do you mean by that?"

Shrugging his shoulders and pulling out his Gummiphone in case he would need to answer a question that he did not know, Sora continued to explain.

"Anyone is able to kill a Heartless but sooner or later it's going to reappear somewhere else given enough time. But with the Keyblade it stops the Heartless for good."

"Then… it almost sounds like…"

"Huh? What did you say, Index?"

"Oh, sorry. I was just thinking if there was anything I know that might be similar to the Heartless in that a certain item or person can destroy something for good. But I'll need to give it some more thought" Index explained while still thinking if there was anything like that in her vast memory space.

"I see, well, that explains the Heartless. But as for everything else, then that was just me using my abilities" Sora stated.

"Wait, are you serious?" Touma surprisingly asked from the kitchen.

"Yeah, I used my Flowmotion ability which imbues my body with magic spreading around and letting me run up walls or warp to things that are in sight or do all kinds of attacks as well."

"…Sora, how powerful are you?" the spiky-haired misfortunate boy asked.

Taking a second to consider the question, the Destiny Island resident wasn't sure how to respond. Sure, compared to others he was strong but… he still had a lot to learn.

"I'm not sure how to answer that, but what I can say is that when it comes to my friends and those in trouble even if I don't know them, then I'll do what I can to make sure everyone gets to go home safe" Sora affirmed to the boy's question.

"That's really admirable, Sora" Index commented, smiling at the boy's response.

"Nah, not really. You should hear my best friend, Riku's, response. He was someone who had fallen into the Darkness but did everything he could to overcome it, and wouldn't you know it? He overcame it and now fights with both light and darkness. And he's even a Keyblade Master" Sora eagerly said while recalling Riku's journey.

"A Keyblade Master? There's a class ranking?" Touma curiously asked.

"Kind of. I'm still fuzzy around all the details but back when there were a lot of Keyblade wielders they trained to master their skills and when they were ready they went through a test to become a true Keyblade Master."

"Are you a Keyblade Master?" Index asked, relating the magical exam to other classifications in the Church of England.

"I…"

Sora hesitated a bit on answering her question. Thinking about the Mark of Mastery brought a sour taste to his mouth.

"No. I'm not a Keyblade Master. I failed my exam."

In the kitchen, Touma was about done with cooking the curry when he heard Sora's response. This got the spiky-haired boy to start thinking.

'You're kidding me!? How can someone fail a test but do what he did today and not be considered a master?'

Deciding to change the mood after hearing Sora's downcasted response, Index had to wonder about something else.

"Sora… What else are you able to do with your Keyblade?"

"Well funny you should ask that because in all honesty there is still so much that I don't know about the weapon. Again, I was practically self-taught for quite a while before I took the exam. I'm still utterly clueless about a lot of things and not that smart as well."

Before Index could retort Sora for calling himself dumb, Touma had now begun leaving the kitchen and was carrying some plates of curry. Dinner was now done.

"All right, who is hungry?"

"Mmmmmeeeeeeeeee!" Index shouted, leaping toward the plate of food.

"Here you go, Sora."

"Thanks."

"With this, your illusions of not tasting a Japanese classic dish are about to be shattered" Touma commented which got Sora to raise his eyebrows again before focusing back on the food.

"MMMThhhawnkk tywoooo Twouuuma!"

"Index. How many times do I have to tell you? Don't eat with your mouth full."

"Bwehttt it's gwood!"

Smiling at the two friends bickering with each other, Sora decided to try a taste himself and grabbed a spoon, and brought the curry to his mouth.

The Keyblade wielder's eyes suddenly shot up and he had to take a second to realize what he had just done or rather tasted. The curry was good! Scratch that, it was better than good. It was amazing!

"Whoa….what… Touma this is good!"

"Told ya. You can now consider your illusions shattered."

"How is it this good though?!" Sora exclaimed.

"Uh, what do you mean? It's simple curry. Nothing too special."

"You don't have to be so humble. This is amazing!"

"You've got it all wrong. I didn't do anything that special" Touma retorted.

Sora didn't respond and just went back to enjoying the delicious curry. This was definitely one of the best meals he has had in quite some time maybe ever in his life. The boy's food definitely toppled his own cooking.

Making his way to the kitchen and grabbing his own plate of curry followed by Index's second helping, Touma sat down and handed the growing nun her next plate which made her eyes grow wide and light up. She hurriedly grabbed the plate while yelling out thank you.

Now all together, the trio enjoyed a hearty dinner together while laughing and chatting about a variety of things. Leaving the perfect picture of a good time together.

Something that Sora was needing.

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*Breakpoint*

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After having dinner together and spending some time talking, it wasn't long before Index was full to the point that the young nun flopped down on her bed with Sphynx having a full tummy as well and having smiles on both of their faces.

Sora offered to help Touma with the dishes which the boy was hesitant to accept but ultimately allowed for the help. Leaving the dorm now clean and looking normal minus the messy area around the television thanks to Index but other than that it was clean.

And now standing in the hallway while leaning back against the wall, Sora was talking with Touma about what his next plans were going to be.

"So, tomorrow not everybody has class?"

"Right, except for me, of course."

"Hmm. Do you think that I'll need to go then? I mean, aren't there things for me to do?"

"Yomikawa mentioned in her text wall that she and Komoe will talk about your situation tomorrow. If anything I'll shoot you a text or just come tell you myself" Touma explained.

"Right, then what should I do tomorrow?"

Not sure what the boy should do with his free day, Touma figured it would be best that he get familiar with the city.

"Maybe get used to the city? Take a train to another district or go for a walk. Familiarize yourself so that you don't get lost."

"Yeah, yeah that sounds like fun."

"Do you have a map to get around the city?"

"I don't think so. Do you know where I could get one?"

This led to the misfortunate boy explaining to Sora about where to find a map of the city and opening his strange-looking phone up and seeing that there was actually a map on the device.

Sora was left puzzled about how that happened but suddenly recalled a certain floating Moogle that was tapping away on his Gummiphone.

"Looks like your good. If you need anything else just come knocking. If I'm not here then Index is. She might not be familiar with everything in Academy City but she does know a thing or two."

"Got it. Thanks again, Touma. For everything" Sora said wholeheartedly.

"Again, no problem at all. And have a good night."

"Back at ya! See you."

And with that, Sora excused himself from the boy's dorm and walked over to his own. Pulling out the key that he was given by the dorm manager, he inserted it into the door and opened it to the dorm. Upon first reaction, Sora let out a small smile.

It was nearly identical to Touma's except for the housewarming atmosphere that his had. The entire place was covered in darkness which made him reach for the light switch and see how empty the space was aside from a small television and what appeared to be a rolled-up bed.

Feeling the day's effect take its toll on his body now, Sora kicked off his boots and took off his jacket while unrolling the bed and laying it out. He also reached into his pocket and pulled out his Gummiphone along with two other items that meant quite a deal to him.

Oathkeeper and Oblivion's keychains.

Laying down on the bed, Sora got himself comfy while reaching for the Gummiphone and checking what time it was.

"10:49 P.M."

It wasn't too late but again, so much had happened.

Placing the phone next to him, he then reached for Oathkeeper and Oblivion and could still see that they appeared only partially there in front of him. So many questions popped into his head for why the two keychains were like this but everything ended up leading to another question.

This led to him thinking about everyone back home and how… he wasn't sure he'd ever see them again. But… that was ok. Everyone was safe. Everyone… was… safe…

The Guardian of Light had now fallen asleep and had a sad smile appeared on his face.

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*Breakpoint*

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Later into the night

Sora could feel something around him. Something that was light?

Suddenly, a wave of invisible air seemed to push down on the boy and a flood of memories began to pour into his consciousness. This forced the sleeping boy to begin seeing all kinds of things. Memories to be exact.

Images of his past adventures and all the amazing abilities and experiences that he was able to experience. Magical spells that he remembered using against the Heartless and how his journey was supported by so many people. All the good and bad times. Everything was now being remembered. Even the bad stuff.

Memories of the Organization and the Heartless and all the villains that he faced in the past. All the difficulties that he faced in his many adventures. It all came rushing back to him. Including the memory of being surrounded by so many new faces. Along with shaking someone's hand who was also wearing a large red cap.

However, that memory soon faded and another one appeared. Only this time it was not a pleasant memory. The sight of a boy with dark grey hair and holding what appeared to be a crossbow gun pointed right at him. With no hesitation in his eyes, the boy pulled the trigger and…

Sora jumped up from laying down on the bed and began to take several fast-paced breaths.

It would be a minute before the boy calmed himself down and began to run a hand through his spiky hair. He was now fully awake and couldn't go back to sleep.

Deciding to check the time, Sora saw the time on his Gummiphone.

"1:23 A.M."

Letting out a sigh, the boy looked at the glass door and figured he could use some fresh air. Now standing outside on his small balcony with a view of a different part of the city, Sora had to admit that Academy City was an amazing place. But there was more to this city than meets the eye.

Moving his sight down to the ground, the boy began to check the dorm complex out and wonder what sights he should check out tomorrow or rather later today. However, in the corner of his eye, Sora spotted something strange. It looked like someone was crawling around the corner of another building a bit away from him. He scrunched his eyes to get a better view but couldn't really see what it was.

Everything soon came to a stop when he realized what it was that he was staring at. When the dark figure moved itself to look around and shift its body, Sora now knew what it was.

A Heartless.

Feeling goosebumps on his arm and his body tense up, the Keyblade wielder took action and rushed to grab his boots and jacket. Sora figured he could unlock his dorm door with his Keyblade and didn't grab his dorm key.

Poking his head out of the balcony, Sora tried to see where the Heartless was now and couldn't see anything. But rather than wait any longer, he closed the glass door and jumped into the air aiming himself to fall to the ground. Upon impact, he rolled on the ground and began to run in the direction that he saw the Heartless in.

'Looks like I'm not getting any sleep tonight.'

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*Breakpoint*

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In another part of Academy City

Underground in a parking lot, the sound of gunfire could be heard along with screams. Given the appearance of the Heartless, many on the Science Side had decided to take action on their own terms. Which led to many new contracts being sent out for a challenging order.

Capture a monster alive.

Upon hearing of the many incoming requests to capture these monsters, the dark side of Academy City went into an uproar. Not only at the demand but the prize included with the mission.

Hence, this is why in this underground parking lot the sounds of combat were heard. However, no one here was very familiar with these kinds of monsters leading to there being casualties. Cockiness had gotten the best of these dark-side operatives which is why there were now guns placed all over the parking lot followed by what appeared to be debris.

One operative was now laying on the ground with her entire body covered in dirt and blood due to her trying to escape the incoming monsters. So many of her teammates were overwhelmed by the monsters and… she could remember the screams of everyone getting attacked.

What was even more traumatizing was that after the screams came the silence. Just thinking about it made the operative start sobbing and shaking. Looking around the place, the operative saw a walkie-talkie in front of her and figured that if she was quick enough, she could call for backup. But… those monsters are still in the parking lot.

Knowing that time was leaving her, she slammed her fist into the ground and leaped up at the walkie talkie managing to hold it, and started screaming into it.

"Hello! Heeeeelllpp! Pleaaase! Backup! We were overrun! I repeat- "

Before the girl could continue screaming into the device, she turned around and saw many yellow eyes looking at her. Dropping the walkie-talkie, the operative began to run away and thought that she could make it to the upper level and get away. But that was not going to happen.

Appearing in front of her, a puddle of darkness began to appear, and out came many more small creatures leaving the girl with no way out. She then closed her eyes and began sobbing before reaching into her belt and pulling out something that would cause a big blast.

A grenade.

Pulling the pin on the grenade, the operative dropped it where she was now standing and began running to the stairs that would lead to the upper level while also screaming.

"Geeeettttt awwwwwaayyyyyy!"

She threw punch after punch and used her body to push past the monsters all while feeling scratched and clawed. She was now at the stairs when she turned around and had a blast of air and debris hit her.

Not leaving anytime for the monsters to get to her, she jumped up and could feel her leg go numb but ignored it and let adrenaline take place and hurry up the stairs. Pushing the door leading to the base floor open, the operative began running as best as she could while now limping away from the parking lot.

Reaching the exit of the parking lot and seeing the night sky, the girl began to sob and forced herself to run out in the middle of the street before falling to the ground and start crying her eyes out.

She had made it.

Hearing the sound of a van coming up on her, the girl turned her head and saw the vehicle she arrived in with her team. She was saved.

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Inside the Windowless Building located in School District 7

Floating inside a tube was the General Chairman of Academy City, Aleister Crowley. So much had happened throughout the day that there was much to consider. And one thing that interested him greatly was how it was all connected to a certain someone. A certain teenage boy.

Pulling up multiple screens around the tube, each screen was showing pictures and clips of the boy wielding the giant key and fighting back against the mysterious dark creatures. There was no recollection in his memory of these creatures or anything similar to them at all.

However, there was no denying that once the boy began engaging in combat with those monsters, Aleister couldn't help but sense something strange…

Almost as if there were traces of light…

Those thoughts of the man floating inside the tube were brought to a halt when another screen urgently appeared in front of him. Activating the screen, Aleister was now seeing something more interesting.

The footage shown to him was of the boy in question running across a street while looking in the direction of something.

"It appears it is going to be an interesting night after all."

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In another part of the city, another dark side team was sitting idly inside a van.

The team in question was Item, led by the fourth-ranked Level 5, Meltdowner. Better known as Mugino Shizuri.

She and her team were now analyzing a map that had been sent to them by their support group based on the mission's details. Multiple sightings of the monsters had greatly increased in the past hour leading to Item discussing where would be the best place to start their operation.

"Say, Mugino, how do you feel about an underground parking lot?" Frenda asked while fixing her beret.

Having an annoyed look on her face, the tea-colored-haired girl put down her tablet and began to ponder the blonde's question.

"That's a hard pass. I'm not in the mood to have to deal with the ceiling collapsing on me from using my power."

"That's only because you super use your power a bit much" Kinuhata replied, eating out of a bag of chips.

"Maybe if you use only one beam instead of multiple then the ceiling won't collapse?" Takitsubo commented while looking tired.

Letting out an annoyed sound, Mugino shot Kinuhata a look.

"Just because you said that I'm picking the parking lot and you're staying next to me when I drop the ceiling."

"*sigh* Great."

Taking another look at her tablet, Mugino spotted another area where the monsters were recently spotted and had a grin appear on her face.

"Nevermind, Kinuhata, today's your lucky day."

"Oh? Super change of heart?"

"Better. Here is where we will be heading."

Pointing at her tablet, the brunette girl was indicating what appeared to be an old warehouse that appeared a district away.

"An Anti-Skill warehouse?" Frenda questioned.

"Abandoned. Was a training site but disclosed not that long ago" Takitsubo stated while checking out the place on her own tablet.

"Oh. How fun."

"Don't be a sour puss. Besides, the job will be simple. We take out however many there are of these monsters and lead one away for capture. Be done in about an hour so I can get back to my beauty sleep" Mugino stated while brushing her hair off her shoulder.

"I could make a super comment about your so-called beauty sleep, but I think I'll hold off on it" Kinuhata commented off-handedly.

"Want me to tell the driver?" Frenda asked but was waved off by the Level 5.

"No need. Just sent him the location. And now we plan on how to go about this."

This was Item. One of the dark side teams that was well known amongst those dwelling in the dark side of Academy City. However, they had no idea what they were walking themselves into.