Chapter 7: Just in time

Elsa charged at Sora again, confident that she will be able to kill him within a few seconds yet surprisingly Sora managed to deflect all of her attacks. The two continued with this for a bit until a couple of heartless appeared next to them and attacked the two. Both Sora and Elsa instinctively stopped fighting each other and focused on the heartless. The two easily took care of the heartless without any trouble but just as they were going to return fighting each other again, six darkside heartless appeared.

"My My, isn't this quite the development. Sora, my dear, would you like to do the honors of taking care of these outsiders or should I?"

"Allow me to handle them."

Sora spoke with confidence while approaching the six giant heartless preparing to attack him. He looked at them and smiled before jumping high while dodging the attack. As he jumps high up, he points his keyblade at one of the darkside heartless before summoning Water. He managed to summon a powerful water ball directly at one of the darkside. Once it hit, the darkside faded away with the heart appearing only for a couple seconds before fading away as well.

"Sora, my dear, why does the hearts appear? I took one of this creatures down before yet no heart appeared."

Sora looked at Elsa for a moment before looking back at the heartless, dodging each attack thrown directly at him. As he was dodging every attack, he began explaining to Elsa on the heartless. He emphasizes on the keyblade's importance that it is the only weapon known to actually be able to truly take out the heartless by the way a heart appears.

"Ah, so when a heart appears, that means it is truly taken out?"

"Yes Elsa."

"Interesting, you have sparked my interest even more." Elsa spoke without her usual menacing tone, which made Sora slightly pleased. Sora took down two more darkside heartless with one of them by jumping towards it's head and hitting it with all of his strength, causing it to disappear with a heart appearing. The second darkside was attempting to hit the ground with a close fist, alert Sora that it is trying to summon more heartless.

He went in between the attack and managed to deflect it before shouting "Thunderaga" which summoned very powerful thunder magic that destroyed the giant heartless within a couple of hits. Elsa was most impressed by this, which caused her fighting urges to take over, charging directly at one of the giant heartless. She went for the bowel area of the heartless in hopes of something happening this time yet her full strength didn't do much damage. She noticed this and quickly dodged one of the attacks directed at her direction.

As she dodged the attack, she smiled at the heartless as she moved quickly to do a barrage of attacks in hopes of one of them being the finishing blow on its bowel section. Sora handled the other darkside type heartless on his own, dodging every attack with ease before charging at one of them to take them out with one swift attack. Before he could land a hit, he noticed one of the others attempting to attack him from his side. He turned towards the direction of the attack and defended himself, taking the hit and landing on his feet unscaved.

Seems like they are getting a bit more smarter...yet I shouldn't have too much trouble.

Sora looked at the darkside heartless and charged at them once again, confident that if he uses the more powerful version of thunder then he should be able to at least take out one of the darkside heartless, leaving the other easily to take care of. Since his power was still increasing back to full strength, all he needed was to buy himself some time.

Subaru and Rem continued to cover each other with Subaru somehow able to take on some of the strong heartless with powerful magic while Rem killed the Mabeast with ease. As the two were working together, Subaru remembered that the puppy would appear at any moment. He quickly told Rem that they should probably start getting the little girl to safety to which Rem agreed. Subaru quickly ran to the little girl to pick her up and start running out of the area.

As both Rem and Subaru are running to safety, Rem using her flail kills every Mabeast and heartless nearby Subaru, her objective was making sure that he along with the little girl survived the fight. They continued to run until some sort of group of rocks start to head towards their direction, Subaru looked back and knew that he couldn't just let either Rem or him receive the damage. He grabbed Rem and casted Reflect around the two, having recalled from his training with Master Sora that the ability drains a lot of power but it can protect the user from any attack. As he casted a shield around the three of them, the rocks hit the shield yet it didn't break, which was lucky for them. Once the shield disappeared, explosions surrounded the three which caused everything around them to be destroyed which put them out of danger.

"Okay, I'm lucky that ability even worked. I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself if anything happened to you, Rem, or to this girl here."

"That's right Barusu, if something happened to my sister then you would suffer a million deaths."

Subaru and Rem both turned towards Ram, surprised that she was there yet Subaru was more happy that he saved Rem since he wouldn't want to see Ram truly angry at him. Ram approached the two to check up on them before asking if the girl is alright. Subaru checked the girl and told Ram that she was okay yet as he said that, they can all hear a puppy growling which caught their attention.

'Shit, that damn dog is here. Lucky for me, Rem is still alive and well also Ram is now here with us. I'm confused on why she is here since last time it was Master Sora. Could it be my actions? Well regardless, I better let the twins handle this without me being a liability.'

Subaru began to stand behind both Rem and Ram, showing the two that he is backing from the fight. Ram believes its due to the fact that he is a liability while Rem thinks it is because he is holding the girl they went to save. The two girls accepted this and quickly nodded at each other, knowing that together they have a chance in taking down the Mabeast.

The puppy begins to grow into a large Mabeast, which causes both maid sisters to take action together, trusting in each other's abilities. Subaru watched from a distance, amazed by how coordinated Rem and Ram were with Rem using her flail for close range attacks and Ram using her wind magic to distract the Mabeast. These two are just amazing yet scary at the same time.

Rem and Ram both managed to give lots of damage to the Mabeast with Rem's flail hitting the right eye after having received severe damage from Ram's wind magic. As the Mabeast screams in pain, a couple of soldier type heartless appear and start to attack Ram.

"Darn these damn things. Leave me alone!"

"Don't worry, I got your back Ram!"

Subaru set the little girl down and quickly charged into the fight, knowing that he is stronger than the soldier heartless now. Using his keyblade he took on the soldier heartless while allowing Ram to continue assisting her sister.

"Thank you Barusu, maybe you aren't a total loser."

"As if that would bring me down."

Elsa with everything she had sliced through the stomach area of the Darkside heartless, finally being able to pull the deadly blow that destroyed the heartless. She looked at the heartless and saw no heart appear, disappointing her greatly since she wanted to feel how the heart of the heartless feels.

Sora managed to defeat the two heartless by using Thunderaga on both Darkside heartless, giving it his all which worked but left him drained of power for the time being. The two looked at the two floating hearts appearing for a brief moment before disappearing into thin air. As this happened, there was a moment of silence before the two returned to their duel. The two charged at each other and began to counter each other's attacks, proving to be on equal footing for the time being.

"Despite using your weakest of keyblades, you still know how to entertain me, Sora my dear."

"As I said, my friends give me the strength I need to face whatever challenge heads our way."

"Our? Are you referring to your so-called friends?"

Sora pushed Elsa back and just as she was going in for a kick, he quickly used Reflect to block the attack. She noticed this and jumped back, having had her instincts tell her that something was going to happen which it did with light explosions happening all around Sora. As she had gained her distance, Sora looked at Elsa with a serious facial expression.

"My friends that I saved so many times and my friends here give me the strength I need to push forward. With them connected to my heart, I'll be able to push through the darkness and light it up with the power of light."

"The power of friendship, that kind of thing is false hope for the weak minded. Believe me when I say this Sora, it is a pathetic idea. People like you and me gain power by our own strength, we put in the work. Thinking about others will only get you so far until they become a crutch."

"No! I was not strong in the beginning of my journey, I even lost the keyblade at some point but my friends allowed me to win my keyblade back. My friends gave me my strength, they are my power."

As Sora said that, he continued the duel, managing to somehow surprise Elsa as she was not prepared at all for Sora's top speed. As Sora was beginning to dominate the battle by landing a bunch of strong hits, he started to recall the time him and Riku were on opposite sides. When Riku had taken his keyblade, forcing Donald and Goofy to follow him due to their promise to King Mickey. He recalled that he was ready to take a hit from Riku's fire attack yet Goofy protected him. He then recalled not needing the keyblade since he knows his friends are by his side, which allowed him to win back the keyblade.

These memories along with others where he fought side by side with allies from every world he has been in allowed him to eventually knock Elsa to the ground and disarm her. As he does this, he could hear someone from behind him say,

"I knew you could do it, Sora."

Sora turned around and saw that it was Reinhard, standing a few feet away before standing side by side with him. Elsa looked up and was tempted to escape yet the Sword Saint used his sleeping magic at her to knock her out. As he does this, he looks at Sora and begins to say,

"I watched your little speech you gave, completely impressed by how you were able to handle someone as powerful as Elsa with your weak-no, your primary keyblade without any kind of power ups. You truly are an amazing warrior."

"Thanks Reinhard, I really appreciate it."

Sora and Reinhard stood silent for a moment before Reinhard went to pick up Elsa to take her towards the village. As he is going to take Elsa to the village, Sora alerts Reinhard that he will check on the others to which the Sword Saint nods at him and warns him to be careful. Sora smiles and quickly with his Kingdom Key in hand goes to check on Rem, Ram, and Subaru.

Subaru managed to take care of the heartless, allowing Ram to continue helping her sister in pushing back the Mabeast to a corner. As it seems like victory is right near, all of a sudden a black mist covers the Mabeast, forcing both Rem and Ram to keep their distance. As the two were at a distance with Subaru, Ram begins to question what is happening with both Rem and Subaru not able to respond.

"Disappointing. I expected you to at least know something, Barusu. You are a total loser."

"Hey, what the hell?! It's not like you know anything!"

"I know more than you, that is what matters."

As Ram finishes her comeback, they all return focus to the Mabeast when it all of a sudden screams with eyes turning from red to yellow and some dark stripes all around it. As it roared loudly, Rem grabbed Subaru while Ram grabbed the child to jump far enough to avoid an attack sound wave headed towards their position.

"Sister, I think the Mabeast combined with the heartless. It has the same eyes as those creatures and a smell the heartless on it."

"I agree Rem, this could prove to be a problem."

"Not if I have to say anything."

The voice caught all of their attention, curiously turning towards the direction of the voice to see Sora running towards their position. As he arrives, he notices that a Mabeast has combined with a heartless since he has been able to detect heartless. He got himself in front of the four while deflecting one of the fireballs thrown towards their direction.

"Rem, Ram, Subaru, I will need you three to provide me cover. I may be able to take down this Mabeast but I rather get some assistance to assure this works."

"What do you propose, Sora?"

"Just allow me to give you all an opening, Rem." Sora spoke with confidence in his new friends and relying on his friends from the previous worlds. He quickly charges at the Mabeast heartless hybrid and begins to hit it with everything he had, inflicting some damage to it. Rem and Ram entrusted the little girl to Subaru before jumping into the fight, waiting for the opening Sora will be giving them. Damn, you really are amazing Master Sora. Despite how the situation looks grim, you are still brave enough to challenge that. Makes me want to be like you, a better person which is what I will drive myself to.

Subaru thought to himself for a moment before getting his resolve strong, summoning his keyblade in order to prepare for an opening that he can take to do damage to the Mabeast. Sora summoned Blizzaraga at the Mabeast which distracted the monster long enough for Rem and Ram to both attack it from its side at the same time, seeing an opening for a combo attack. As Rem uses her flail and Ram using her strongest of wind magic, they were able to do some damage to the Mabeast.

"There we go, now just a little bit longer you two before we can end this fight." Sora shouted to make sure the twin maids understood what they had to continue doing. Both sisters nodded at this and continued to wait until Sora provided them another opening while Subaru stood on the sidelines, waiting for when he can do something. As he waited for the perfect opening, he thought about the previous versions of events that ended in his death.

He thought about his first one and how overconfident in his abilities he was which led Rem to lose herself. He then thought about the second one and how they were unable to do anything about the giant Mabeast due to lack of strength. Despite these two failures, Subaru was determined to not have a third failure, seeing that this version of events is the better one. He didn't want to die again, making him wanting to do something to assure that Rem doesn't get hurt again like she did with the Mabeast in the previous version of events and by Elsa from the first version of events.

Sora created a second opening for the sisters to do another strong attack at the Mabeast by having landed a powerful hit himself, leaving it disoriented. The Mabeast suffered a second hit, which caused it to get extremely mad and aggressive, forcing the three to go into defensive mode.

'This is bad, with that damn thing moving crazy it'll make it hard for Master Sora, Rem-Rem, and Ram to even get close. What the hell can I do?'

Subaru pondered on the thought for a moment before he recalled a lesson he took with Emilia and Puck on magic. He remembered hearing that Sora's mana inside his gate was pure light while his was shadow. He attempted to use shamak yet due to his mana ignoring his wishes, he exploded while his gate collapsed. Although Sora was able to heal him, his gate was not fully fixed by the curaga ability. Subaru knew it was risky yet he had to do something in order for Sora and the others to get the chance to finally take out this Mabeast, he had to risk it.

'Even if this results in another dead end, I have to try something. If Emilia were here, she would do everything she could to help so why shouldn't I?'

Subaru ran directly at the Mabeast while shouting at it, catching the attention of the others with Sora telling him to wait. Subaru looked at his master and smiled before going off to heal Ram first with cure, seeing as she was getting tired out real easily. Ram noticed a green and yellow bell on top of her before yellow particles surrounded her with her strength and power returned back to normal.

"That was so you don't get tired just yet, Ram. As for the rest of you, I will create the opening you need to finish this Mabeast so do it while you can...Shamak!"

As Subaru summoned a black mist, everyone quickly noticed that the Mabeast was stunned which gave them enough time to give it their all to finish the monster once and for all. With the three combining their strength, the Mabeast finally took the final blow it needed to start falling on it's side.

Subaru smiled as he finally did something yet his body started to hurt, causing him to fall to the ground for a moment before Ram quickly went to pick him up. As she was able to pick the boy up, she looked at him for a moment and then looked forward.

"That was reckless and stupid, Barusu...but thanks for that..."

"Hehe...as long as I take the most damage...everything will be okay..."

While Ram took a weakened Subaru to safety away from the Mabeast, Rem jumped a bit back away from the Mabeast to avoid being crushed by it yet a few Mabeast jumped out of nowhere and prepared to attack her while she was unable to do anything. Sora noticed this and with all the strength he could muster he managed to super glide his way towards Rem, getting in between her and the Mabeast. As he did that, he quickly got Rem out of there by shoving her to safety before using his keyblade to take out the six Mabeast.

'He...He saved me...' Rem thought to herself as she saw Sora take care of the Mabeast for a moment before he ended up collapsing to the ground due to exhaustion. As Sora fell to the ground, he started to think about his friends Riku, Kairi, Roxas, Master Yen Sid, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and all the others from the other world. He thanked them for giving him enough strength to save his new friends and for the strength to defeat Elsa without relying on his forms.

"It's my lucky charm, make sure you bring it back to me."

Huh, Kairi? Oh right, I never did return her lucky charm, did I? Hehe...seems like it's a promise I still need to keep.

Sora thought to himself while he was in a deep sleep, having exhausted all of his energy in saving Rem. While Sora continued his slumber, Subaru woke up and noticed an odd feeling in his left cheek. He felt something very soft yet not like a pillow, as he was about to poke it, he heard Emilia's voice greet him from very close range. Subaru paused himself and quickly analyzed everything before he realized where his head was at.

"Emilia-tan...am I in..."

"Yes, you don't need to say it like we are doing something weird."

Subaru attempted to look up yet Emilia told him not to and to close her eyes as she feels awkward if he were to look at him while his head is on her lap. Subaru had a red face since he had asked Emilia if he could get one someday yet he never thought he would. As he was slightly embarrassed, he asked Emilia why she was doing this to which she answered.

"You broke your gate despite Puck and I warned you to not use it but you using it proved to have helped Rem, Ram, and Sora. You put yourself in harm's way and you've been working hard on your training. I think you deserved this for having helped out a lot."

"This is...amazing...thanks, Emilia-tan."

"Just promise me to not do anything crazy like that again, you could've been killed out there. If it wasn't for Ram, you probably would've been squashed by that giant Mabeast."

"I know Emilia-tan but I promise I'll do better and be more careful."

"You promise?"

"Yes, I promise."

The room went silent for a moment, with the two feeling a bit awkward yet happy to be in each other's presence. Meanwhile in the other room nearby, Sora had just woken after returning back to reality from the dream he was in. He looked around and noticed that he was in the same room he found himself many days ago. As he looks around, he notices Rem was on his right side to which he greeted her with a smile. Before Sora was able to do anything, Rem jumped at him and began to hug him very tightly, completely confusing the keyblade wielder.

"Sora-kun, you are alive!"

"Hehe yes Rem, I'm still alive."

Rem continued to hug Sora, fearing that he would never have woken up again since he had used up all the strength and power he had left inside of him. After a moment of hugging, she got off the bed and began to apologize to which Sora dismissed it by saying, "It's okay Rem."

"I'm sorry, Sora-kun."

"No need to be sad Rem...you are always calm but you are also holding some fear in, aren't you?" Sora had asked out of curiosity, feeling like it could be possible to help out Rem if she opens up what she really feels in her heart. She looked down a bit disappointed towards herself before speaking on what Sora had asked.

"I do understand that I am a powerless and incompetent demon clan dropout. So no matter what I do, I can never match my sister. I am merely her replacement, and I have always been inferior. Good for nothing...Why was I the one to keep my horn? Why could Sister not be the one to keep hers? Why was she born with only one horn? Why did...we have to be twins?"

Sora took in all the things Rem said, having been familiar with this feeling of self weakness many times before. When he lost the keyblade and both Donald and Goofy, when Kairi was taken, when everyone was taken down by the heartless wave before he started to mess around with the power of waking, and when he watched Kairi get killed by Master Xehanort. He understood the pain she was going through which he placed his hand on her arm.

"I know how you feel Rem, if you want to know the truth, this keyblade didn't choose me."

"What do you mean?"

"It was not mine to begin with but I earned it thanks to my friends. I also remembered seeing everyone being swallowed by the darkness, which left me sad until I was able to break everyone free from their prison. And then when I watched my closest friend get striked down by Xehanort. There is a lot of sadness in our lives Rem but that doesn't make us inferior, we just move on with people by your side. You said your sister lost her horn, well she still manages to keep moving forward despite not having it, which should make you feel special for having a horn then. All you can do is move forward, with your friends and those closest to you being by your side."

Rem stood silent, surprised that Sora would reveal some of his struggles he had in life, having lost a weapon that was chosen to him, the people he lost during his journey. She looked down and was still sad that she wasn't careful and forced Sora to use too much of his energy which could've killed him. Before she could say anything, Sora started to speak with happiness in his voice,

"You are kind, hardworking, always doing your very best, and from what I can tell you are pretty strong. Without you, I don't think those children would've been saved. So thank you Rem, for having helped me save more innocent lives."

"Sora-kun...if my sister had her horn, she could've been more useful than me."

"Who knows, but one thing for certain was that you were there when it was needed the most and I'm glad you were there alongside me to save the children."

Rem was shocked by this, she looked at Sora and could see his kindhearted smile that would put her at ease normally yet she still had doubts in her. She still believed she was inferior to Ram, to be told by someone that she was helpful with mentioning her sister was new for her.

"I...I told you that I am only my sister's replacement."

"Don't say that Rem, it's a little sad hearing that. All of us are unique and although I don't know how exactly Ram lost her horn, you have yours which makes you that much important. You are nobody's replacement because nobody can replace you."

"I'm very weak Sora-kun even if I have my horn, so I'm certain I will end up leaning on you."

"It's alright, because along with everyone else, you give me the strength I need to fight. You are my power."

Rem was left without words by the simple thought of being Sora's source of strength, leaving her to smile and to start crying tears of joy. Never in her life did she felt like someone would care for her because of who she is but the fact that Sora is seeing her as Rem rather than as Ram's twin sister made her very happy.

"You really are amazing, Sora-kun."

The two smiled at each other with Rem charging for another hug, feeling something inside of her she has never felt before. Sora was at first stunned by this but eventually he hugged back, which only made Rem feel comfort and happiness, something Sora was hoping to achieve. After a moment of hugging, she started to walk towards the door in order for Sora to rest some more. Before leaving, she looked at the young boy and smiled.

"I know Kairi means a lot to you like the others Sora-kun, but she will be my love rival for you. I will win your heart just as you won mine."

"Wait what-" Sora attempted to say anything but Rem had left, feeling so much joy in her heart to which Sora could feel. Love...rival? Sora thought to himself, never truly grasping on what she meant by that.

Sora, Rem, Ram, and Subaru returned to the village the next day with Emilia wearing a strange coat that made it hard to detect who she was. As they arrived at the village, they found Felt and Reinhard there. Felt charged at both Sora and Subaru, happy that those two were still alright before bragging on how strong she was compared to the heartless. The three laugh before Reinhard approaches the gang.

"It is good to see you both standing well, my friends."

"No thanks to Subaru, his magic was what allowed us to take the win. Oh right, where is Elsa anyway?"

"That bitch is going nowhere."

"Miss Felt, please try to refrain from speaking like that but yes, she is still under my magic influence. I will be heading to the capital after this to make sure she pays for her crimes as the Bowel Hunter."

"Will we ever see you again?"

"Don't worry Subaru, we are bound by fate so we should cross paths at some point."

"Then Reinhard, until our next meeting."

"Yes Sora, until our next meeting."

Sora and Reinhard shook hands, understanding that it'll be a while since they cross paths but that they enjoyed each other's company. Reinhard then looked at Subaru and encouraged him to continue to practice, letting him know that he had the potential to get stronger to which Subaru promised to give it his all. Felt also said her farewells to the two, making a promise to hangout with them again regardless where they crossed paths to which both boys agreed.

Once Reinhard and Felt left with Elsa as their prisoner, the villagers and the children went to thank Subaru and Sora. The villagers were well accustomed to who Sora was with just one day but they were curious on who was Subaru. He looked at the villagers and introduced himself in his own unique fashion.

"My name is Natsuki Subaru, Master Sora's keyblade apprentice!"

The children saw Subaru as cool and started to mess with him for a bit while Sora looked at the villagers and asked if he could do one last thing. The villagers questioned Sora out of curiosity on what might that be to which Sora responded,

"I have something that'll help the children if they ever are in danger again or if they have nightmares at night."

Sora approached the kids and quickly closed his eyes before a dream eater appeared in front of everyone, surprising the children. Emilia noticed this and quickly went to ask Sora if he was a spirits arts user to which Sora replied that he doesn't know what that is yet he assured her that he probably wasn't. This confused her since normally spirits arts users are able to summon spirits yet for Sora to not have that as well and show something similar left her intrigued on the boy. The first spirit to appear was the Meow Wow, who went towards the girl with long reddish brown hair that extends to her shoulders, also known as Petra Leyte.

"This spirit dream eater as chosen you protect you, Petra"

"Thank you Sora, I promise to protect it."

Sora smiled and quickly summoned other dream eaters, each one choosing a child that it felt most comfortable with before finally Sora explained to everyone what the dream eaters are. Subaru was even more amazed by what Sora can do, which made him even more excited when the day comes that he finally surpasses his master.

"Puck would be jealous seeing them. Wouldn't you agree?" Subaru asked towards Emilia, wanting to see what she would say yet to his surprise she agreed as she found the dream eaters quite adorable. Puck was able to sense this and quickly appeared to see what was making Emilia feel this way only to spot the dream eaters.

"How dare you Emilia? I'm supposed to be the cute one."

"You are! They are just so adorable."

"I'm more adorable!"

Subaru began to laugh at this, feeling happy that although he died twice, he managed to reach his goal the third time. He looked up at the sky and knew that he needed to learn more about this witch's scent that he heard from Rem during the last version of events, realizing that somehow he had a scent that could lead him into trouble.

"Hey Subaru, are you alright?"

"Huh? Oh yes Emilia-tan, I was just thinking about how happy I am that we all made it out of this alive. There is so much I want to do..." Subaru paused himself for a moment, beginning to compare himself from the moment he arrived to this world. He knew how weak he was compared to what power he gained now. This made him feel some self worth yet those thoughts would go away when he began to think about Emilia, how he owed her so much because without her, he probably would've never been where he is now.

"Emilia-tan, thank you."

"Huh? Why all of a sudden you are thanking me?"

"You were there for me when I had nobody, you still saw me as someone to care about even though I'm a nobody. You honestly make me feel like I'm not alone, which is why I want to take you out on a date."

"On a...Dayte? What is that?"

"Oh right, it is when a girl and boy go out together alone."

"Oh, so like Sora and Rem, they both went alone so did they went on a dayte?"

"I mean you could say that, I guess, but let me take you to one. I want to show my appreciation to you for all that you've done for me."

Emilia stood silent for a moment, unsure on how to respond to this since she still viewed Subaru as a lost child yet seeing the growth he has done since she saved his life was what helped her accept Subaru's offer in going on a date. Subaru was happy to hear this and quickly started to think of the ideas they can do, which caught her attention. As Emilia tried to calm Subaru down, Ram crossed her arms and kept her distance until the children approached her, wanting to thank her for saving Subaru. She stood silent as they were giving her some candy and a shiny stone. This left Ram in silent yet she humbly accepted the gifts before the children went to play with their dream eaters gifted to them by Sora.

Rem and Sora both looked at the children and smiled as they were all safe yet they noticed that the blue haired one was missing again. Sora asked the children if they knew what happened to her to which Petra was the one to respond.

"Meili is resting in my house, for now her parents aren't here so she will be staying at my place until then."

Sora nodded, happy that at least the child they all risked to save were all okay and alive. As he went back to watching them play with the different dream eaters, Rem grabbed Sora's hand to which the keyblade wielder allowed it. As he let this happen, she eventually grabbed his entire arm in an affectionate manner to which made him think of what she said to him earlier.

Love rival to Kairi...love...Sora thought to himself, as he now wants to know more on the meaning of loving someone that is more than a friend.

As everyone was enjoying themselves in the village, a mysterious figure was looking from a distance. He had his arms crossed and had observed everything that had happened with Subaru and Rem dealing with both heartless and Mabeast to Sora defeating Elsa with the power of friendship.

"You really have some way of doing things, Sora. Despite having the chance to reuse your strongest keyblade chain, you were confident your kingdom key could do something, which it did in a surprising manner. That power inside you restored all of your power you had gained and lost from your many journeys but how long before that power inside you proves to no longer serve the purpose to save the ones you care about."

The mysterious figure disappeared, having seen no point in watching the village anymore meanwhile in the mansion, Roswaal sat down on his desk with a book on his hand. He read the contents of it for a moment before closing the book and setting it on his desk. He turned towards the window that shows him his entire courtyard.

Things may be going a bit off from what course is supposed to go yet I can still change things, after all the book is never wrong. Don't worry master, we will meet again once more. I promise, no matter what it takes.

With this, it concludes the first Arc of Kingdom Hearts: Saving life in Another World (basically the combination of arcs 1 and 2 of Re:zero). From here on out I will be posting chapters at least one to two time a week (three if I'm lucky) to allow some breathing room but I do enjoy when you all give your theories or ideas on how this story will go. The next arc of this fanfic will actually add more to arc 3 in a way that I hope to surprise you all. Also I should clarify a few things.

1. Sora can use the powers he once lost (like the drive forms and other previous keyblades) because a power inside him that hurt the mysterious figure returned him his power.

2. The power of friendship actually gave Sora a power boost that allowed him to be much stronger even though he was in his normal state with Kingdom Key.

3. Sora's dream eaters are still his to control, he will just be allowing them to protect the children on their own accord but should he want to use them, they will obey him.

4. The Darkside heartless were not taking damage by Elsa's attacks not because she is weaker than them but because she is testing how strong the heartless are.

The next chapter will be a long one covering Memory Snow but with a few twists that'll effect the next arc. I hope you all enjoy this and if you have any suggestions, just write them down in the reviews or PM me and I'll get back to you asap.

Update 11/02/20: Had to repost this chapter since it was causing me so much trouble.