For those of you confused, I was trying to put in a mix of a flashback into this. To mostly explain on HOW Sora ended up there. Though I feel like a dumbass for not putting in the 'aftermath' of what happened on Donald and Goofy's side. I think I was trying to leave it up to interpretation but...yeah.

And thinking about it a bit more, Sora is, in a way, supernatural himself. He wields a magical club key that lets him do CRAZY feats. And it's been dialed back a few notches due to the barrier over the world. I actually got a plan for it's relevance in this story, but you got to wait and see.

Last obligatory disclaimer since I don't have to keep doing this: I don't own anything from the Darksiders series and the Kingdom Hearts series.

"We're under attack!" Shrilled a small chipmunk with a black nose and a single tooth. He had on a worker tunic with a hidden mickey symbol, and gloves.

"We gotta get out of here!" Another cried out panicking. While he has the same outfit as the first one, he has a red nose and buck teeth.

"We're trying!" Donald shouted as he frantically maneuvered the ship to dodge the blasts. But the Heartless ships were unusually persistent. Sora and Goofy had been firing at the ships, managing to take down several, but more just kept coming!

"Where did they even come from?!" Sora exclaimed as Donald tried to lose them.

"We can wonder about that later!" Donald shouted. "We have to get away from them!" He looked to the engineers. "Chip, Dale, can you activate the warp?"

"We can't at this point!" Chip called out.

"Well, THINK of something!" Donald exclaimed.

"We're trying!" Dale called out.

Donald gave a growl as he piloted the ship. He has to lose them somehow. Sora had put all of his focus on blasting down the ships. He has no idea how long it had been going, but he and Goofy had managed to bring down enough of them.

"Okay! I think we're good!" Sora said.

But then: "Uh oh!"

"What?" Sora asked.

"We're picking up something big!" Chip answered, before they passed an asteroid…

…And his eyes went wide. "Oh my…" He let out in shock.

It…was a massive ship. How did they manage to make something like THAT? It isn't like some of the other ships and such on the other routes they had went through. The cannons aimed at their ship, before they unleashed their barrage.

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Sora jumped as he woke up. He had been hiding out in a building where he had found shelter. He mostly climbed the building and found a room with no windows. He had to barricade the door, just in case before he slept.

He heaved a sigh before leaning against the wall. The boy had been walking for days. Or at least, it felt like days. He can't exactly tell with the sky. He knows that the sun is out, but even at night, the sky remains cloudy.

A while before, he was ambushed by a small band of demons. Probably just…scavengers, but they certainly surprised him. It was during one of the nights where he was resting…and they had come in through the windows. It was his first encounter with several demons. It nearly went badly, but…he managed to pull it off, taking them down.

But the boy will admit, that was close…REALLY. Close. The demons don't play around. After his journeys (along with being a part of a war in the Land of the Dragons), he quickly learned how to adapt. That training for the war had been…something. So, he mostly learned on finding at least a place where he won't be ambushed like that again. There are some demons that can climb, so climbing trees won't be able to save him.

Not to mention that there is a possibility that they would track his scent. He should at least find a place where he could bath to get the scent off of him…not to mention the blood from the demons that got onto him.

Of course, he had several more run ins with some more demons. Probably the grunts, like the Shadow Heartless and the Dusk Nobodies. But they're still dangerous, regardless. And even if you're stronger, they can overwhelm you in numbers. He couldn't forget the many times he had nearly died because of that carelessness. And without his friends around, he couldn't afford to be careless.

Shaking his head of his thoughts, he slowly stood up and stretched his legs. He doesn't know what time it is, but he should at least go on out and see. The boy moved some of the stuff aside and peered out a bit. It looked to be dawn now. He opens the door further to see outside better, looking at both ways for any sign of danger. There is none. For now.

He gently closes the door, heading over to where he had placed his things – the bag and his weapon. The Keyblade is placed next to him, in case anything happens, like a demon had managed to find him, and is trying to get in. Sora pulled the bag over his shoulders again, and slowly opened the door again. Looking around a bit more, he had to make sure that there wasn't anything waiting for him. Seeing none, he carefully slides out of the room, and closes the door behind him.

"Back on the road again…" he muttered before he walks off. He ignored the bodies he walked past, as he headed outside.

Several more days (is it days? Again, he can't tell) had passed, since then. As the buildings soon turned to nature, it's becoming a bit more difficult to find shelter for the night – and it's dangerous to continue as well. He couldn't make a fire, as it would draw attention to him. It was one of the lessons Shang had given him, that it would make for an ambush. Not unless he's able to find a decent cover. But because he's unable to find a cave, he had to settle for finding other areas to sleep. With the place overrun by plants, there isn't no visible paths so far. So the demons hadn't even attempted to go through here. Sora proposes that it's probably a good thing. So he had to sleep in the trees while he was traversing through it. And after a couple of days, he soon got out of the forest.

And into another large city.

…And unfortunately for him, he seems to be near where that ominous tower is.

"…Well that's just great," Sora said with a look. "I ended up in the city where that tower is." Which is likely to have more demons. Great.

The boy looked around. There's probably other places he can get to through this city. Who knows how big this world is. And after seeing the other city he went by days (or weeks) ago, something tells him that he won't see any other humans. The End-War occurred, and Hell had won…so there's no way that there would be any survivors of humanity. In all honesty, Sora isn't sure if he should be thankful that it didn't happen to the other worlds outside of this one…or feel awful that the people on this world suffered. They were probably living normal lives up until that moment. Like he did at one point back then.

There's no greater sadness, in knowing that all you knew and loved is…gone. These people thought that they were safe. Not just them. A dog waiting for their master to come home from work… A cat curled up in their nook… So much life. Although there are no humans, there's still life on this world. With trees, flowers… the animals that are still surviving, despite how hellish the world had gotten (literally).

Sora gave a sigh. "…Being sad like this won't help me out," he said to himself. "Gotta keep moving forward." So he continued to walk.

While a part of him wants to cut down the being responsible for this…he's not powerful. They're called the 'Destroyer' for a reason.

Yet people say that it was this 'War' guy that had caused it. How can a single person start this off? He's supposed to be a person who brings balance, right? Why would someone who protects it cause the world to end prematurely?

…Why does this concern him so much? It has nothing to do with him. He raised his head and kept moving forward.

(Had he looked up, he would have noticed a rather sizable meteor heading towards the deeper part of the city he was heading towards. Nor did he notice how warm his hand felt.)

A few hours had passed since he first walked into the city. Looking around, it felt…eerie for there be nothing but silence. There are crows about, sure, and the wind blowing, the bubbling of magma under him…but no sounds of life. His shoes hardly made a sound as he walked through what used to be a road. He passed by several abandoned cars. They look really…old. And falling apart as well. (He could have sworn he saw a withered hand on the steering wheel but kept going. He didn't want to see the rest.)

Sora could also see black spikes with red runes on them jutting out from the ground, and large chains as well. And it occurred to him that he forgot to ask Ulthane when the End-War had begun. If it was just a year or so ago, there was no way for there to be skeletons or anything of a sort. No. It felt like that many, MANY years had passed on this world. How many years is the question, though.

No sign of demons yet, but…it doesn't mean that he's safe. He learned the hard way in lowering his guard before. He had learned since.

Speaking of… during his travels, he learned that a few of his spells had been weakened slightly. He can still do the 'Ga' tier spells, but they weren't as powerful as before. Not to mention that he can't use Magnaga, his Drive Forms or even his Summons. He'll have to make do with what he got. At least he got a consolation that he can change his Firaga Spell into a large fireball again, as well as making Thundaga into a field of lightning of a sort. He had gotten a bit of practice on the demons, so at least it's good for SOMETHING. Though he slightly lamented not being able to use Magnaga. It was, like, one of the most useful spells. He still has Reflectaga, which is also useful.

He got himself out of his thoughts, to keep an eye out for any potential danger.

The boy soon comes across an area with several corpses. He cringed a little. It isn't getting easier to see things like that. He understands that people do die…but it didn't cease to unsettle him. People who had their hearts stolen by the Heartless had their bodies disappear. People do mourn, but with no body, it felt incomplete in a sense.

He had seen skeletons, but these…

The bodies have become completely grey – decayed looking. They look shriveled up, wrinkled…and their nails on their fingers and toes looked to have grown into claws. He could tell that some are men, and some are women, due to the females still having hair, compared to the men, who had…their head cracked open from the crown and shirtless. They're all barefooted as well, with only skirts and pants. They have a glowing hole in their chest as well.

Sora shuddered a bit before he carefully walked over them and around them. After he had crossed them, he looked over at them again before turning around to walk off-

The boy paused. Was that…groaning? He looked around a bit for the course…before he heard movement behind him. He turned around and did a take in shock as the corpses began to rise, hissing and groaning.

Oh great. Undead. These were once people…but they had died before. He just must be careful not to get scratched or bitten by them. He had to partly blame Yuffie for making him watch those movies with her.

"Okay…" he muttered as he drew his Keyblade. "I'm fighting against zombies. Not the most unusual thing I've done in my life…"

He got on his guard- and they attacked.

They lunged at him. He moved away quickly from the first one and slashed at the second one. At the third one, he used Reflectaga to protect himself from the hit. It bounced the attack off- then he quickly made the barrier unleash its counterattack, quickly obliterating four of them. Blood covered the barrier before it went down, bits of it on his shoes. He moved onto the others, doing a combo on one, and unleashing a fire ball onto another. He blocked an attack to his front before he noticed one trying to attack him from behind. He quickly slid under the other as the one trying to ambush him had instead attacked the one coming for him. He did a few slashes before they went down.

He took care of the rest. Slash. Fire ball. Freeze. Reflect. Slash again.

Soon, he's the only one standing. He noticed the last body fading away in embers and ash, leaving no trace of a body behind. He looked around. It's the same for the rest as well.

"Do they just…turn into ash or something?" Sora asked himself, looking around. While he thought about it…it was the same thing for the demons as well. But they also couldn't possibly turn into ash as well, did they? This world is so strange…

Sora shook his head. "I better get going. There could be more of them out here," he muttered before he soon heads off again.

It looked to be near sunset when Sora enters a part of the city. Somehow, he had only moved a little bit closer to where that tower is. But…since he's a bit closer now, he noticed that it's floating up from the ground. He walked a bit, looking at the tower. "How did they managed to keep it floating up like that?" He asked out loud.

But since it's floating off from the ground, there isn't any likely place to get into that tower. On the plus side, he wouldn't at least try to get in there himself.

Sora stopped where he's at and looked around a bit more. He seems to be near…something. There's a feeling in the air that's just…just…he can't even describe it. So much darkness…but…also…evil. It's not powerful, but it's there. But what exactly is that? HOW did he sense something like that?

The boy looked around cautiously before he walked off. As he got past a building he looked- and did a double take and hid. There are several more demons walking about, some patrolling or others arguing before they fought each other. He leaned back against the building. Okay…there's a lot of them, and he can't take them on by himself. He looked around a bit before he looked up. They're in a building…maybe he can use this to walk over them.

Nodding to himself, he quickly scaled the building. He got onto the roof and looked around. So far so good. He stood up and walked on the roof. He saw the part of the building was just a floor beneath him. Sora jumped off and landed on it. He stepped forward again-

"AH!" He yelped out as the roof gave under him.

He landed on the table, which shattered on impact. "Ow…" he muttered. 'I hope they didn't hear that,' he thought, rolling himself over. He pushed himself up and checked himself. No damage on his body, and nothing broken. So that's good. But where is he now? He got up and looked around a bit. He seems to be in a building. There are some desks with computers (they look nothing like the ones Cid has, or even the one that helps them access the data scape in Ansem's Computer). There's also some chairs…but that's it. He walked a little bit forward. He gave a grunt, looking around. It doesn't look like any of them had heard him. He walked to the window and looked out.

He saw a platform of a sort, with chains and a spire from it. There's only one path leading to it…

And yet he saw something from the center. An aura of black and orange. What is that? He leaned onto the window, narrowing his eyes to get a better look.

A part of him wants to check it out…but another part of him is telling him to stay away from there.

And he's mostly inclined to listen to that feeling. He better get on out of here then.

Looking around, there are stairs…but it's practically destroyed, having a rather sizable hole below. With the potential of demons underneath the floor, he isn't willing to risk jumping down there through the hole. So…

He looked back at the window he was looking out earlier. He gave a look and went over to it. Looking over it, he saw that he could at least shove it up to allow him to get out through the window. So he did that. He slowly got out of the window and carefully climbed down. Once his feet found the ground under him, he looked around a bit.

So far so good…

He walked forward. But as he got near the opening, he stopped. His ears picked up sounds of battle.

Despite his better judgement, his curiosity won over, slowly moving up to the opening. Just in case, he got out his weapon, having it ready to fight if he must. He soon got near and nearly jumped out of his skin when a demon emerged but... it was running away? He blinked at that. Why is it-?

Suddenly, something flew out and impaled it, with it growling in agony as it fell onto the floor. Startled, Sora slapped a hand over his mouth and pressed himself to the wall, eyeing what impaled the demon. It's a rather large broadsword…yet despite the uneven edges, and the odd design…what makes the sword menacing are the skulls etched onto it. Three faces are more prominent.

Someone soon walks into view, as the demon tries to crawl away, despite being impaled. That person is a large beast of a man, really tall and wearing mostly red and black with armor on him. He has a large gauntlet on the left hand, and boots.

Sora watched as the man takes the menacing sword in hand, effortlessly pulls it out…before the man flips it in his hand, before he swipes his sword, decapitating it. The head rolled off before the demon's body burned up and turned into ash.

'Whoa…' Sora thought, gulping a bit. That man is…tall. REALLY tall. Easily towering over him, even though he isn't remotely close. And REALLY beefy (not like that of an average man. No…more…monster shaped). He was sure if he stood next to him, he would surely tower over him.

…it's probably a good idea to leave before the man notices him. Sora could either wait, and the man will leave…or the boy could risk leaving while the giant man is still around. And he's near, so it would be easy for the man to…well, he'd rather not end up like that demon. Weighing his options…Sora decided he could try to sneak away. He lowered his hand and looked around a bit with his eyes before he slowly took a step. Then another. He risked a third step-

He jumped when he stepped on something that made a noise, with Sora managing to catch sight of an otherwise imperceptible twitch of the man's head.

Sora barely had time to react, backing up a little- until the edge of a sword is near his neck, keeping him pinned. He stared down at the menacing sword that could have severed his head if he wasn't quick enough. His heart thrummed in his chest, feeling the sheer terror run through him.

"Who are you?" A cold voice him. He looked up to see the man. He can see the front of the man, seeing that he has a hood over his head, two long strands of silver hair coming out the hood, and two glowing eyes, the edges glowing red somewhat, staring down at him.

And to Sora's dismay, as he gulped nervously, he's at the mercy of the massive man.

Another edit to make here, I figured that Destiny Islands was a little limited on technology. But if we're going realistic, it should be a BIT modern to have cars and boats. The rowboats are to get to the Play Island. I akin the main island to something like Inaba from Persona 4 - a small town that is a BIT modern but not with a lot of technology. (Look at how Sora just smacked the keys on a computer. That boy has not been around technology much.)

So yeah, a modern fishing village that has a school you can walk to.

Also, I find it amusing on how much War had changed from Genesis to Darksiders 1. And gave an interesting introspection of his character. He's still a buzzkill and an asshole at most, but he is the most serious. Though all of this gave me some rather interesting ideas...

If you had read the original chapters, you'll know that they won't team up instantly. For he has his own business to deal with and has no time for a human teenager. (He smacked away the golden rocking horse out of Strife's hand after all. He's all business and no play.)

...Though I seriously refuse to accept that Sora is canonically 5'1". No boy should be THAT short. It may be for a cartoon/anime, but...c'mon! He at least reaches War's waist. There. My story, my rules.

As always, leave either a review or a critique. Any flames will be removed and tossed into the pits of hell where they belong.