Hey guys and dolls I hope you all had a good 4th of July. So last time, we saw our heroes go back to Hollow Bastion to search for Merlin. But he was there. Rather than Merlin, the group was led to Ansems' old computer study by Sora's old friend Cloud.
When they got there they met Cloud's girlfriend, Tifa Lockhart, Leon, and an old ally of theirs, KING MICKEY!
What will the turnout be? Let's watch.
Sorry if this took me a while. Overtime is starting back up and it's so freaking hard to keep track….so yea.
Anyways stay tuned for the next chapter as we get into a little backstory. And prepare to have your seatbelts fastened…for this going to be a wild ride
To Jacob9594: Yeppers, trust me, Cinder is going to get what's coming to her at some point in the story. You got it, but yea the beginning is a bit more light-hearted...sorta, but with the ongoing threat of Organization XIII, Yang's anger brewing, and Cinder getting the power of darkness...This is when things get dark.
To RonaldM40196867: Xigbar is always there. Thanks. I think I'm proud of how we are in the middle, meaning we area some at the closing, all we gotta do is get to the second visit and we are going to the final and we're done. Yes, that was Mickey Mouse. no, not yet.
To Gamelover41592: As I mentioned before, I'm not a fan of Tron and I didn't want to have to keep going in that world back and forth like in the marine game...I just wasn't a big fan of it.
To Robbery: Cinder is going to get what's coming to her at some point in the story.
Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Disney, and Square Enix.
RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and creator Monty Oum (R.I.P.)
Hollow Bastion/Study
For Sora and the others, it was a major sign of shock. For King Mickey, the king himself was right there in their presence! After two years of searching….he was finally there with them all, and they could not be any happier.
As Mickey closed the door to the study and dropped his hood, Donald ran over to hug him tightly, and Goofy ran over and lifted them up in a large hug. Oswald smiled a bit as he crossed his arms and Ortensia felt happy for those three goofballs to be reunited.
Sora was smiling wide. "Your majesty, long time no see!" He said with a smile.
But then Mckey shushed him for a moment before looking around and back at him. "The Organization might be listening." He said softly. He did have a point, you never know where those organization jerks could be lurking at. When Goofy put him down. Mickey then looked at them all. "I'm so glad to see you all in one piece." He said with a smile, with Sora, Donald, and goofy smiling.
Mickey then saw the Remnant teens and approached them. "Jaune, Ruby, Sun, it's finally nice to meet you three." He said with a small smile.
Ruby smiled and bowed a bit. "You as well your majesty." Ruby said, with Jaune and Sun bowing as well. Mickey then frowned, with Ruby noticing. "What's wrong?"
Mickey looked at her with a regretful look and sadness. "I'm sorry…for being unable to save your friends in time." He said. "I just feel so awful."
The three teens looked at eachother and back at him and shook their heads. "Hey, it ain't your fault." Sun said, trying to make him relax.
"No it isn't!" Mickey exclaimed. "If I did not arrive late, you would all be safe…and you would not have been dragged into this whole mess." Mickey sighed as he looked down, but then he felt hands holding his and he looked up to see Ruby giving him a calm yet stern look.
"Your majesty, we appreciate your apology, but there really isn't anything to apologize for. We all tried our best and we weren't strong enough. Master Yen Sid told us about your strength, and we don't blame you one bit, we were all outnumbered..and we never faced enemies like the Organization before."
"And besides," Jaune said to him. "I don't think it would have mattered anyway, apparently the many different worlds we have been, a member of the organization has always been eating me and Ruby…so I'm pretty sure we would have been dragged into this even if we didn't wish to." He said.
Mickey looked up at him with confusion. "Wait…why would the Organization be interested in you?" He asked. "Not being rude, but why?" He asked.
"We….don't really know either." Sun said. "But apparently they are only interested in Jaune and Ruby though." He said. It was still a pretty big mystery, and they wanted to know about it.
"Hmm, let's worry about that later." Mickey said as he then turned to Oswald and Ortenisa, the two keyblade wielders looked at eachother with small smiles. "Oswald."
"Mickey." the rabbit said.
"Wait, you guys know each other?" Sora asked.
Both Mickey and Oswald both sheepishly smiled. "Well..sorta..it's kind of a long, complicated story." Oswald said. "But we can talk more about that later."
"Agreed," Mickey said as he went over and Ortneisa and him hugged. "Nice to see you, Ortensia."
"You as well, Mickey." She said with a simple as she gave him a peck on the nose. Mickey then went over to Stitch and the koala-like alien looked at him with curiosity.
"Whos this?" Mickey asked.
"His name is Stitch." Sora said. "We found him when we first arrived in Hollow Bastion, and he's been traveling with us ever since." He said.
"Hi," Stitch said as he then went and glomped Mickey, startling the mouse. But Donald was not too happy.
"HEY! Get off the king!" Donald said as he then ran and tried to grab Stitch, but then the alien let go of Mickey and jumped out of the way as Donald fell on the floor, Stitch then jumped on Donald's head and hopped into Ruby's arms. Donald then got up and gathered. "You…" He said as Stitch blew him a raspberry.
Mickey chuckled and then turned to Max. "Max! I didn't know you were a part of the group now." He said.
Max then twiddled his fingers. "Wel, I haven't seen my dad in a long time and I wanted to join him. Catch up on times you know?" He asked.
Mickey smiled. "Don't worry, I understand." He said as he smiled and went over to Leone, Cloud, and Tifa. "Gosh, I haven't seen you guys in a long time." He said with a smile.
Leon smirked. "I should say the same thing, King Mickey." He said with a smile, and Cloud returned the smirk.
Tifa then picked up Mickey and glomped him hard, the mouse being right in her chest. "Oh, you're still cute as I remember." tifa cooed a bit.
"WAK! Put him down!" Donald exclaimed with anger as he jumped up and down, not too amused with what the busty girl was doing. Tifa sighed and put the mouse down, the mouse being red in the face and catching his breath.
Micke then coughed a bit before catching his breath. "A-anyway," Mickey said as his blush began to go away, but his shock was still slightly there. "You guys mentioned the Door to Darkness?" He asked.
Goofy and Donald stood still and saluted. "Yes sir!" Goofy said. "We need the secret password." He said.
Mickey then raised an eyebrow. "Password? You mean like a code?" He asked, with the others nodding their heads in agreement. "Well, the Door to Darkness can only be opened by the Seven Princesses of Hearts. There's Snow White, Aurora, Jasmine-"
"Of course!" Leon exclaimed as he then went right to the computer room. "I'll meet you all at the computer."
Mickey then looked at the group. "If you guys don't mind me asking, what are you trying to do?" He asked with confusion.
"Well, we found Ansems computer." Ruby said. "And we are trying to get access to hsi research, but we don't know the password. So we need to figure out the code in order to gain access." She said,
When she said that, Mickey's eyes winded with surprise. "Really?" He asked as the others nodded their heads. "Then that must mean that you might be able to find out where he might be!" He said with a smile on his face.
The others looked confused though, especially Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Sora gave a chuckle. "Your majesty, stop joking around. We already defeated Ansen, remember?" He asked.
Mickey looked up at them and crossed his arms, making the others confused. "Well, it looks like I have a lot of explaining to do." He said to them.
The others were a bit confused, but they still decided to hear what he had to say. "Ok?" Sora said with some uncertainty. But then his eyes winded a bit. "But I have one question though." He said.
"Hey," They all turned to see Leon peeking his head out of the corner. "Are you all coming? Or are you just going to stand around?" He asked as he then went back. Sora and the others turned to see Mickey nod at them.
"You all go on ahead, I got some thinking to do first." He said, but that made the others concerned a bit. Mickey then smiled. "Don't worry I'm not going anywhere." He said.
Sora then smiled at him. "We'll hold you to it." He said, with the oaths agreeing. "C'mon, let's go." He said as they all walked away, leaving behind Mickey, who then leaned against the bookshelf as he took a glance around.
"Ansem…where are you?" He asked. He then took a glance at the portrait of the one supposedly called Ansem and sighed. "This is going to be a really long explanation.." He muttered.
Back in the computer room, the others were now facing the large computer with interest. Leon had something to say.
"I think I might be able to get into the DTD." He said to them.
"Really?" stitch asked with a smile.
"Yes," Leon said. "Remember how the king said that the Seven Princesses can open the door to Darkness?" He asked.
"Yea," Sora said. "But what does that-'' But he then stopped as the others began to process what he said and their eyes winded with realization. "Oh!" He said with awe. "Now I get it." He said.
Leon smirked and held shi hand to the computer. "Sora, care to do the honors?" He asked. Sora smiled and went to the computer and began to type in the password to the DTD, and all it took were seven names.
Snow White
Cinderella
Alice
Aurora
Jasmine
Belle
Sora then stopped typing as he then thought of the last name of the princess. A name that he longed to see again. He gave a deep sigh a bit as he then typed it in.
Kairi
PASSWORD ACCEPTED
And with that the group was now finally on the computer, now they can look at many things, including many Ansems files. "Alright, we're in!" Ruby said with a smile as the group smiled as well
"Good." Leon said as he then turned to the group. "Listen, I need to head back into town for a while, see if Yuffie or anyone else needs something." Leon said.
Max raised an eyebrow. "Wait, you're not going to look at the data with us? I mean there could be something useful for you in here." He said.
Leon shook his head. "I got all I need. Besides, I'll be right back, just going to check on some things." He then turned to the group. "Why don't you all get started on loading the data and copying it down." He said. Sora and the pens not too familiar with computers looked a bit dismayed. "Don't worry, it's just a few keystrokes. You'll be fine." He said as he then took his leave, but not before facing Cloud and Tifa. "Cloud, Tifa, are you coming with me?" He asked.
The two however shrugged. "Why not," Cloud said. "After all, we are going to go see if we can find Merlin. Ruby wants to speak to him so.." He said as he and Tifa began to follow Leon, not before they waved goodbye to the group.
Finally, the group was all alone with the computer "Ok, all we gotta do is copy the data and we should be good right?" Jaune asked as he looked around and sighed. "Possibly it would be better if we had a mouse…"
Sora then hit some keys and the computer started up, spooking him a bit. "Woah! Guys, it's doing something." He said as they all looked at the screen. "What should I do?
"Well…" Ruby pondered. "Maybe it wants to know what we want to know." She said,
Sora then smiled and typed in Riku and Kairi's names on the keyboard. It began to buffer a bit before showing something on the screen
SYSTEM ERROR
The message brought a shock to Sora, but at the same time, he was shown to be crestfallen. "No way…" He said in sadness. "Even Ansem's computer doesn't know where they are." He said as he turned to walk away.
Jaune then looked at the computer and got to typing.
"Jaune, what are you doing?" Ruby asked.
"I want to see if maybe it might know anything about Remnant," Jaune said as he then typed in the name on the computer, but he got the same response. "Damn.." He muttered, but then he felt a hand touch his shoulder.
"Type in 'Ozma and Salem'" She said to him. Jaune nodded and began to type in the names. It then began to buffer, raising some hope in Ruby, Jaune, and Sun….but unfortunately, it was met with the same result…nothing. "Shoot…" Ruby said with a depressed tone of voice.
"Well, think about it," Sun said to them. "Do you really think this guy would have any access to us or Remnant?" He asked. This made Ruby and Jaune ponder about what he said..and it didn't make any sense. But then again, they were told that Ansem did try to rule many worlds and had some files on worlds…so he must know about Remnant ...so why can't they find anything on here?
"Say, Jaune, can I give it a swing?" Goofy asked, making Jaune look confused, but then he shrugged and moved out of the way and Goofy began to type.
"Whatcha doing, Goofy?" Donald asked.
"I figured about asking the computer if it knows anything about Nobodies," Goofy said that he impressed everyone with his idea.
"Good thinking, Goof," Sun said as they all looked at the computer, but all it showed was a heart image and some writing. "What the heck is this?" He asked. But then the same image as before popped up. "What? Another error?"
"Hmm, let's try the Organization." Goofy said as he typed in Organization XIII, but the same error came up.
Sora then growled in anger. "Stupid piece of crap!" He said as he pounded on the keyboard, much to everyone's shock.
"Sora, stop!" Ruby exclaimed as she and Jaune tried to pry the keyblade wielder off.
"You're going to break the damn thing!" Jaune exclaimed in annoyance as Sora still pounded on it, but then they were suddenly treated to an image of an older man with long blond hair, a blond beard, and a mustache and was shown to wear a white suit with a red scarf over it.
The image of the man made them a bit confused though. Who was this guy and why was he on Ansems computer? "Who's this guy?" Sora asked.
"I don't know," Max said. "But I like that scarf he has on." He said.
"So, you got things working then?" They all turned to see Mickey smile and walk towards them. "Now that you have access inside, the computer should be able to tell us everything." He said.
That was when the group then frowned. "Well yea," Ortensia said. "But the issue is that when we try to type stuff in, the computer keeps saying that it was corrupted or something."
"Whoever this Ansem guy was," Oswald said. "He must have wiped the data to ensure no one could get their hands on his notes or something." He said as the others nodded in agreement. "That or he put the data somewhere god knows where."
Sora then showed Mickey the image of the man. "All we got is an image of this guy." He said.
When Mickey saw the image, his eyes widened as he went over and looked closely. "Oh my gosh!" He said with shock. "Ansem the Wise!" He calmed with shock. The group then looked at each other with confusion.
Sora put his hands on his hips and looked at the small king. "Are you still teasing us again?" Sora asked.
Donald then sighed. "Your Majesty, not to be rude, unlike a certain someone." He said as he gave Sora the stank eye. "But do you remember what Ansem looked like?" He asked.
Mickey nodded. "Yes, and that is him right there, on the computer!"
At this point, Sora sighed, walked over, and grabbed the king's arm. "Excuse me, but can you come with us please?" He asked as he then began to drag the king out of the room, leaving the group a bit bewildered.
"Uh…is he allowed to do that?" Stitch asked.
"No!" Donald exclaimed as he ran over and hopped on Sora's back. "You stop disrespecting the king right this instant!'' He said as he began to bonk Sora's head, but the keyblade wielder didn't seem to notice or care because he was still dragging Mickey, and the others following them.
10 Seconds Later….
The group had made it back to the study, and everybody was now at the large portrait of Ansem, which was somehow back on the wall…
Sora then pointed his right index finger to the portrait. "You see? THIS is Ansem, you know, the one who we all worked really hard to defeat?" Sora then looked at the portrait as his left hand turned into a fist. "And the one who made Riku suffer…." He muttered that last part with anger.
Micky then looked at the portrait, and then he sighed. "right...I still have things to explain." He saw everybody giving him a questionable look and he sighed. "Sora, Donald, Goofy." He began. "It is true, the man in the portrait is the one who tried to take over Kingdom Hearts…the one you three defeated."
"See?" Sora pointed out, but then Mickey held out a hand.
"However," Mickey started. "The one you three actually defeated was his Heartless." He said. "You see, that was not actually Ansem, he just went around telling everybody that he was." He said with his arms crossed.
The three then looked at Mickey and then looked at the portrait. "So wait…" Sora said as he was beginning to try to process everything…and then he, Donald, and Goofy's eyes winded.
"WHAT?!" They all shouted, shaking the room a bit and making the smaller characters jump in surprise.
Sora himself was not too happy. "You mean, we went through all that trouble just to defeat an imposter?" He asked.
Mickey nodded. "Yep, nothing more but a fake." He then noticed the disappointed look on Sora's face. "But hey, he still had to be stopped." He said.
Donald himself was also disappointed, the woman they thought was Ansem..was nothing more but a faker. "Oh, I can't believe it." He muttered.
The ones who were not part of the first adventure were sorta lost. Mickey saw their confusion, and he then began to explain what happened during Sora, Donald, and Goofy's first adventure. They were pretty shocked at the events that occurred.
"I..I had no idea." Ortensia said with horror.
"So that means…" Ruby said with her hands over her mouth. "W-we could have been lost in darkness…all of our homes and friends…destroyed and taken by darkness..and we didn't even know it." She said with shock…this was pretty terrifying for her, and Jaune and Sun went over to put their hands on her shoulders to relax her, and Stitch went over to hug her leg.
Oswald looked upwards in thought. He was never told of this event. Of course, Yen Sid never told him about it…most of it at least.
Goofy was confused though. "So then…if the one we fought wasn't the real Ansem…then what happened to the real one?" He asked.
Mickey then pondered in thought. "I don't know, that's what I'm trying to figure out." He said. "With his help, he might know all about Organization XIII's plans." He then turned to the group. "You know, I was this close to finding him once, but unfortunately I was unable to do so after being stuck in the Dark Realm." He said.
"Question, if that's alright." Max said as he raised his hand.
"What is it, Maxie?" Goofy asked.
Max then pondered. "So that guy named Ansem but wasn't really Ansem became Heartless…if he became Heartless…does that mean a Nobody was created as well?" He asked, and that was…a very good question for the group to know.
Mickey nodded his head. "Yup! And..well..you might be even more shocked." He sighed. "Because that Nobody is the leader of the Organization." He said.
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"WHAT?!" They all shouted at once, shaking the entire room, and knocking some books right off of the shelves, Mickey covering his ears.
Mickey then turned to the portrait. "Now, I know I've seen this fake Ansem before, and I've seen the face of Organization XIII as well." He then tilted shi head. "Gosh, it felt like being around the same fella." He said.
"So..where did you meet the faker?" Sora asked.
Mickey frowned. "I honestly can't remember it's been so long since I saw him." He sighed again. "Ansem the Wise…the real Ansem…must know the imposter's true identity, that's why I got to find him." He said.
Sora's fists tightened as he glared up at the portrait. "You…" He said in anger. "You did all of this…caused this mess! Because of you, Riku and Kai- '' But then his anger was gone as he looked down at the king. "Your Majesty, do you know where Riku is?" He asked.
Mickey then looked at Sora with a face speaking of both sadness and regret. "He-" but then stopped and turned his head away. "Sorry, Sora…I can't help." He said with regret.
Sora then looked at him with confusion and shock. "But-" He tried to say, but Mickey shook his head.
"I'm sorry Sora." He said with regret.
Sora was at a loss for words, Mickey was with Riku when they closed the final door…does that mean that Riku…no! Of course not, he couldn't think that! He then asked differently. "What about Kairi? Organization XIII kidnapped her!"
Mickey turned to Sora in alarm. "What?" He asked in shock.
"And you already know about our friends being captured by the organization," Ruby said to him.
Mickey looked at her and then at the portrait of the fake Ansem. "Everyone," He began. "I was planning to go get help from Ansem the Wise. but now I forget the most important thing." He said with a smile forming on his face, "Helping others should always come before asking others for help. For you see we're safe and sound…and free to choose." the others then began to form smiles on their faces. "So there's no reason we should not choose to help our friends." He said as they all nodded and smiled. "Let us look for Riku, Kairi, and the people from Remnant together!" He said.
"YEA!" They all shouted, but then they heard a door open.
"Hey everyone!" they all turned to see Tifa and Cloud walk in, and they had Merlin with them as well.
"Ah, hello everyone." Merlin said with a smile. "Sorry if I wasn't at the house to-" but when he saw Mickey, he smiled. "Why, King Mickey, my old friend." He said with a laugh as he went over to shake the young king's hand.
Mickey smiled. "Nice to see you Merlin." He said with a grin. "How have you been?" He asked.
Merlin then shrugged his shoulders. "Eh, between helping Leon and the others deal with Heartless and deal with that blond toothpick-chewing buffoon? I've been alright." He then turned to Sora and Co. "Now, I was told that you all wanted to speak with me?" He asked.
The group looked at Ruby, who sighed and went right up to him, making him a bit nervous and worried. "Merlin," she began. "When me and my friends were in many different worlds, we kept on hearing two names…Ozma and Salem." She said as the room then tensed up a bit. Merlin looked at her. "The King of Atlantis mentioned to us how this Ozma person wanted to use the Heart of Atlantis to stop Salem. And then when we were in Agrabah, Genie mentioned something about my Silver Eyes." Ruby sighed again and looked at him. "Merlin...I only know so much…and I don't have the Relic with me, so I need to know from you...please ... .tell us..about who Ozma and Salem are." she then looked at him with pleading eyes. "Please…" she begged him. "I know you might not know much but I-"
"My dear," Merlin spoke, his voice sounding of concern. "Are you sure you want to know?" He asked.
"Yes, I am so tired of secrets…I was only told a little bit about Salem, and my headmaster Ozpin…he might have some connection to this Ozma guy. Please…tell us." She said. Merlin saw her look and he shot a worried glance over to Jaune, who looked to be pleading as well.
Mickey then thought of something. "Ozma…Salem…I feel like I heard those names somewhere before.." He thought with confusion
Merlin sighed as he then began to wave his wand. "If you're sure…." He said as smoke then began to appear throughout the study. And everybody was engulfed in it.
The Tower
As the smoke engulfed the library, the whole group began to feel funny. Almost as if they were entering a deep sleep. After a few minutes, the smoke cleared up and they soon found themselves in a tower. And they soon saw a woman with fair skin, pale platinum blond hair, and light blue eyes. Most of her hair was shown to be tied up on the top and the remainder of her hair hanging at the bottom. Her outfit was shown to consist of a white two-piece dress consisting of a sleeveless, diagonally overlapping white backless top that was raised with a blue halter-top square collar that was adorned with an aquamarine-colored rhombus-shaped crystal that was on the clavicle surrounded by two small white rhombuses. She was also wearing a long, white, high-waisted skirt that was a faint purple tint, and was adorned with white diamond emblems and white wavy lines near the bottom hem, ruffled around the waist and completed with a purple sash. Finally, she had on gray circular earrings, a pair of dull brown bracers, and a thin leather strip that held the same crystal on the sash. Her nails were shown to be painted pale lilac, and finally a pair of faint purple heels flats.
Alright, everyone, we are going to stop right there. Originally I was going to have the whole story in the chapter, but I thought it would feel a bit overwhelming to do in one sitting. So it will happen in the next chapter.
So hey…I just found this out but apparently, Rooster Teeth took the entire RWBY series off of Youtube…kinda sucks because I was going to rewatch Volume 6 episode 3 to get the story down…but I guess I'll have to figure something else out.
Anyways, don't forget to read and review. I'm always happy to hear from you guys and happy to answer any questions you have for me.
Stay tuned for the next chapter as we get into the full story of Ozma and Salem. And prepare to have your seatbelts fastened…for this is going to be one heck of a revelation for the teens of Remnant. Aloso don't rush me for when it will be released. I got a lot on my plate right now.