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Story: 800 years ago, ancient creatures known as Greeed roamed the world, feeding on the desires of humans. However, when they obsessively tried to experience what most humans get for granted, they were sealed by their creator and forgotten by the world. Now, one of the Greeed, Ankh (using just his right arm that was sealed away) has broken the seal by stealing the Core Medals of his companions.

So he could revive his whole body while the other four Greeed, Uva, Kazari, Mezool, and Gamel, intend to steal back their Core Medals and bring chaos upon the world. Eiji Hino, a young man who wishes to help anyone he can, is chosen by Ankh to become Kamen Rider OOO after he saves him from a desire based monster called a Yummy.

However, the moment Eiji transformed, he was aided by a strange female looking Kamen Rider. Aided by Kamen Rider V, Ankh (who takes the body of a detective as a host), and the mysterious Kougami Foundation, can Eiji find his purpose on this new journey based on desire?

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After talking with Protecter212, who know more about Kamen Rider OOO and helping with some things I should know, I've decided to make this Kamen Rider OOO rp. Hope that you got that.

Rules:

Romance up to PG-13, that includes Gamel and Mezool, though they can't really feel love
PLEASE! If you're playing a character from the show, keep them in character, especially Ankh. It would be odd and uncool if he suddenly went super hyper happy.
Posts must be 3 sentences or more
Must have permission to steal one of the Kamen Riders' Core Medals.
No godmodding, most of the characters are human.
Character control is a max of four, min is two

OC Chart:

Character Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Bio:
Side: (Greeed, Eiji & Ankh, Kougami, Neutral)
Weapon:
Abilities:

Kamen Rider OOO:

Eiji Hino: Protecter212
Ankh/Shingo Izumi: Fayt-Harkwind
Hina Izumi:
Kousei Kougami:
Erika Satonaka:
Shintaro Goto:
Akira Date: Fayt-Harkwind
Kiyoto Maki:
Uva:
Kazari:
Gamel:
Mezool:
Ankh (Lost):
Chiyoko Shiraishi:

OCs:

Character Name: Sakura Nakumura
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Appearance: (normal)
(Kamen Rider V)
Bio: When the Greeed appeared, the teal colored pendant on Sakura's necklace started to react and her guardian/brother, Haru, gave her a belt with a V shaped belt and two coins, one pink and one brown. Using the items along with her teal pendant, Sakura became Kamen Rider V and aided the newly transformed Kamen Rider OOO in his first battle against the Yummy. When the Yummy was defeated, some of Sakura's memory began to come back and she decided to stick by Eiji and try to discover her past.
Side: Eiji & Ankh
Weapon: V Spear
Abilities: Uses the V belt with her Teal Core, Pink Core, and Brown Core Medals to become Kamen Rider V to use the abilities of a seal, a woodpecker, and a bear.

Character Name: Haru Nakumura
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Bio: Sakura's foster brother and legal guardian, Haru kept the V belt, Pink and Brown Core Medals until a time they were needed. When the seal on the Greeed was broken and the Yummy appeared, Haru chose his foster little sister, Sakura, to become Kamen Rider V to help Kamen Rider OOO fight the Yummy. Being the protective brother, he stays with Sakura when she chooses to be with Eiji after the fight.
Side: Eiji & Ankh
Weapon: Semi-automatic gun
Abilities: Can use martial arts against anybody, and is super fast

How do you install new themes to the PSP? I downloaded the KHBBS theme, but how exactly I get to my Memory Stick PRO Duo. And I don't have a theme folder on my PSP. Help, please. I would really like to try a new theme.

Yup, I finished the video. Here it is:

[video=youtube;YQn-fZRD1c0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQn-fZRD1c0[/video]

Look at the description on the page for references and such.

I finally got some guts and made a Youtube account. This is the first video I uploaded, a preview with a intensely amazing song.

[video=youtube;SIKoyCiQIdk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIKoyCiQIdk[/video]

Sorry about all the scene changes but that's how the song is. Hope you enjoy.

Do you think you wished you could have fought her? I mean, you fight her cat in Ven's story, she has enough darkness to create two powerful Unversed for Terra and Aqua to fight. But the way the Cursed Coach gets rid of her was a little harsh. But obviously, she won't have a reason to join the villains in the first game. Lady Tremaine is just so evil, she hates her stepdaughter's charm and beauty, she tried to stop Anastasia from being with her true love, and in the third movie (which I did watch and liked it because Cinderella actually did something on her own), she believed her misery was caused by Cinderella fitting the slipper. I would have loved to hit her with a Keyblade.

I was just at my drama club, Players, and we were playing a alphabet game where we needed to start a sentence with a letter from the alphabet to create a story, so we created this story of a man who went to jail after killing someone. I got the 'T' and so I said, 'Then, I decided to make something to pierce the heavens!!!' So I pulled a Kamina, I feel proud of myself. |3

Here is the the OOC thread to the rp thread. Here, we can converse about story ideas, plot twists, character relations, stuff like that.

Inuyasha and the Sacred Journey

Story ~ 1996, Kagome Higurashi and Toji Ishida, two childhood friends, are pulled into ancient well at Kagome's family shrine by a demon on the day of Kagome's birthday. When they climb out, they discover that they have been transported back in time to the Feudal Era and come across a half-demon dog named Inuyasha. When they are captured by a nearby village, they meet with Keade, the village priestess, and meet the demon again. Inuyasha awakes up as Kagome and Toji run back into the forest and aids them in the demon's defeat as they learn their capture was for the Sacred Jewel, sealed inside Kagome's body.

The two friends find out that they are the reincarnations of Kikyo, Keade's sister and priestess, and Toshia, a former army soldier and Kikyo's partner. During a attack by another demon, Kagome shatters the Jewel into many pieces, starting the journey to receive and remake the Sacred Jewel.

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Got it memorized? This is basically Inuyasha with the addition of OCs, so there will be changes though we will try to follow the series, and separate threads will be made for the movies.

Yes, there can be OC's who join the gang on the journey for the jewel shards or can become evil and seek the shards.

This isn't rated M, people, so romance is included, but keep at PG-13

Posts must be 3 sentences or more.

No-no godmodding, most of the main characters are human and even the strongest demon can't get away from snatch, but they can retreat. Must have permission for your character to be revived by Naraku to get the shards.

Two OC's per person, the Inu cast can be one or two, that's up to you

OC Chart:

Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Race: (Human, Demon, Half-Demon)
Bio:
Weapon:
Era: (Feudal or Modern)
Side: (Inuyasha, Naraku, or neutral)

Inuyasha:

Inuyasha: Protecter212
Kagome: Aerith G.
Shippo:
Miroku:
Sango: Aerith G.
Sesshomaru: TwilightBlader
Naraku:
Kohaku: master of keyblades

OCs:

Name: Toji Ishida
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Race: Human
Bio: The reincarnation of the warrior Toshia, Toji has been by Kagome's side since they met in kindergarten. He respects her female group of friends and denies any romantic relationship between them. Quick and fast, Toji is excellent at sports and is part of the basketball team. When he found out he was the reincarnation, Toji wasn't sure what to believe and chose to stay by his friend. There is a uneasiness between him and Inuyasha and he tries to not to talk about the Feudal Era at school.
Weapon: Sword
Era: Modern
Side: Inuyasha

Name: Shinku Nagase
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Race (Human, Demon, Half-Demon): Human
Bio: A ordinary human in Tokyo whose leads a pretty normal life on his own until he by complete accident stumbled upon a rip in time and space which sent him back to the Feudal era and remained stuck there with no way home, he decided to make a living in this era and to also make sure he doesn’t mess with history, that doesn’t mean he’ll turn a blind eye to those in need, during his travels, he wandered into the territory of the Spirit of the Wind and passed a ritual to become a Contractor, one who commands the Spirits of that particular spirit, in this case, Wind, he uses the wind itself as a form of exorcism.
Weapon: Commands the Wind Spirits but he can invoke the full power of the cntract for five minutes as the human body isn't meant to harness such power.
Era (Feudal or Modern): Modern (Currently Era now)
Side (Inuyasha, Naraku, or neutral): Inuyasha


Name:Layana (Lay-Ana) (Lay)
Age:12-13
Gender: Female
Race: Human- Demon Slayer
Weapon- Katana
Era: Feudal
Side: Good- Inyuasha
Bio: Layana was born in the Demon Slayers village around the same year as her family's friend's son Kohaku. Her parents died when an illness passed through the village when she was young. She lived with Sango and Kohaku's family until the battle at Naruku's Castle. Layana ran away from the battle in fear and laterfound out that all those who went to the battle were dead(She thought Sango and Kohaku were too) She traveled until she came a pound Inuyasha's group group and was happily surprised to see that Sango was alive.
While she thinks of Sango as a sister she does have a crush on Kohaku.
Appearance: Layana has dark brown hair with hazel brown eyes. She is about the same height as Kohaku. In battle she wears the same thing as Sango expect in Red. It is the same concept when she is not in battle but of course in red. I hope to be able to ask my friend to draw me a picture soon but I'm not sure xD

Name: Ren Yuuki
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Appearance: Here
Race:Human
Bio: Being one not to saty in one place for too long, Ren usally spent most of his day just wandering around. Too bad for him, one of the shrines he had wander into had a ancient well that led to to feudal era japan. With no idea on how he got there, he decided to wander around here for awhile.
Weapon: Here
Era:Modern
Side: Inuyasha

Name: Demetrio "Lord Kyos" Zannetti
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Race: Half-Demon (Human, Demon, Half-Demon)
Bio: originally a tourist from America he was sucked into the feudal era from a different location but there is one issue he was brought in from another year than kagome he is from the year 2011 and since he can only go back to 1996 he decided to stay. He had heard about humans being able to absorb demons for power he did this with a single weak demon and kept going until the numbers grew into the thousands or more, he lost count. He soon after took over a struggling village and brought it into prosperity using his knowledge from history to put it about 10 years ahead. one day he found a chunk of the sacred jewel (about a 20th) and put it into himself now he rules the village as the benevolent lord Kyos and always protects it, if demons attack he gets stronger due to constantly absorbing them, the jewel keeps him from being completely vulnerable during his weak period. He is usually visited by Naraku who requests his shards and his demons but Naraku will not usually attack him because of his power.
Weapon: The demons inside of him (like Naraku) but if weakened or hiding a hand forged katana
Era: Resides in feudal but is from the modern era (Feudal or Modern)
Side: Neutral (but may choose a side if prodded enough)(Inuyasha, Naraku, or neutral)

Name: Abe No Seimei
Age: appears 20s, 57
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Race: Half Demon fox (Yoko)
Bio: Abe No Seimei was born with an exceptional intelligence level, able to speak when he was only a few months old. This was because his father, Abe no Yasuhino was married to Kuzunoha, a yoko in human form that his father rescued from demons. He was also young when he saw his mother's true nature, he saw the shadow of a fox one night on his door. The next morning, his mother was gone. He searched all over..but he only entered to find his father quite paled. Learning that his mother left him, Seimei was saddened. As he grew, he learned more into his powers as a half fox demon, being able to summon spirits and create powerful barriers, even going as far as telekinesis. His brilliant mind made him the 'father of Onmyodo'. For many years, he had been shifting between the feudal and the present era. He is a complete enigma, but he seems to sympathize more with Inuyasha, seeing his methods as peaceful, than with Naraku, whose methods are destructive.
Weapon: Simple Katana
Era: Feudal
Side: Neutral, shifts more towards the good guys.

Today, during my 3rd Period class, which was Modern History, we went to the computer lab to look up something about the Civil Rights. And the guys who keeps bugging me walked up behind me and I hit him in the face with my planner. After that, he wouldn't keep quiet about it, expect for 7th Period, Biblical Perceptive, and 8th Period, Art, which he is not in. Thank goodness. Keeran, for the last time, let it go!!!!!!!!!!
:roar:

I was looking through some of my old stories I needed to fix, and I found this one. I don't know how many of you will like it. Basically, the main cast is Kairi as Sora (the main reason why I think you won't like it, their roles are reversed), Aerith Gainsborough as Goofy (she still has her staff and lives in a different world), and Hermione Granger as Donald Duck (At the time I couldn't think of anyone else). Also, Mickey will be Harry. The title is simply that these three lovely ladies are fighting for the light. Before I mumble on, here is the story!

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Prologue The voice that calls

"I've been having…these weird thoughts lately…Like…is any of this…for real? Or not?"

She felt this strange sensation of falling into an abyss.

It was cold.

It was dark.

It felt like…like she was falling into the depths of the ocean.

She leaned back, letting go, allowing herself to continue to drift away. She was falling faster now. The sensation was incredible, unreal, words could not describe it. The air that rushed over her skin was ice cold and soothing. It felt like freezing water, but at the same time like cold air. And the freedom that went with that feeling was amazing. The teen found the experience exhilarating and ethereal, when suddenly, it stopped. Just like that, it stopped.

The teen's bright blue eyes spanned open, and there was suddenly a flash of brilliant light. There, before her, was an expanse of ocean. Her sneakers were digging into the beach sand as the waves withdrew from the shore just inches in front of her toes. She was standing in front of an ocean; behind her was Destiny Islands…her home for the last nine years. But hadn't she just been falling into what seemed like the ocean? The teen had to shield her eyes from the bright midday sunlight, though it didn't take long for her eyes to adjust to the sudden change of setting.

There was someone standing in the water. The teen squinted her eyes at the figure. Shoulder length sliver hair, very tall, somewhat tanned skin. He was strong, the muscles on his arms proved it. The girl recognized him. Wasn't that…? Riku? The teen grinned mischievously. It was the prefect opportunity to play a trick on him. She took a step forward, ready to charge to at her friend. But when she took her step into the water, there was no water beneath her foot. She hadn't heard the splash of water underneath her sneaker, nor had she felt it. The girl checked to see if she was simply imaging things. No…It seemed like the water was receding away…From her!
Just then, her eyes caught on something. It was…a tidal wave! Going straight for Riku!

Riku could see it as clear as day; it was barely twenty yards in front of him, huge, and coming fast. Yet he paid no mind to it. And then, as if someone had called his name, Riku turned around to face the teen standing on the shores of the ocean and stared at her with knowing blue eyes. He looked as though he was smiling as he extended his right hand to his friend.

The teen charged into the water, one hand extended to grab her companion to save him from the tidal wave, which was now just a few feet behind him. The tip of the wave curled into itself as it hit shore. She knocked back by the powerful wave, and found herself pushed under the water, despite how shallow it had been earlier. It had swallowed both the teen and Riku, but Riku looked as though the water hadn't touched him. He was still standing, exact in the same position as before the wave had hit. He opened his hand even more, extending it to his friend. Didn't she want Riku's help?

She struggled against the water current, still trying desperately grab to Riku's open hand, when the current suddenly grew stronger and she was thrown backwards, flipping and spinning. She attempted to yell out, but only ended up with mouth full of water. Her eyes were forced shut and her lungs began to burn with the need for air. When she managed to open her eyes, the midday sun had been replaced by orange sunset.

She thrust her head up out of the water, gasping for air, shaking the water out of her short straight dark pinkish red hair. After a brief moment, the teen came to her senses and tired to regain her bearing. She was still in the ocean in front of Destiny Islands.

"Kairi! Kairi! Over here, Kairi!"

Kairi turned in the direction of the voice that was calling her name. There on the beach was a boy with spiky brown hair and bright blue eyes, waving and calling her name with a beautiful wide smile across his face. He was completely bathed in the orange tint of the setting sun. He wouldn't stop screaming her name. Kairi grinned and waved back at him just as happily.

"Sora!"

She hurried over toward him, pulling herself through orange gleaming waves to reach him. Sora only continued to giggle and smile. As she reached the shoreline, Kairi looked at him, somewhat breathless, yet managing to give him her best grin. Sora couldn't help but laugh at the goofy smile on her face, throwing his head back slightly. His smile suddenly faded as he blinked in confusion, his attention shifting skyward. There was something in the sky. And no, he wasn't being a ditz upon seeing his first cloud. There was something in the sky. The expression on his face caught Kairi by surprise and she looked into the sky to what he was looking at.

Early shooting stars glimmered against the fiery sky; making shadows and highlights on something that was falling. Sora gasped at the sight, as Kairi blinked in disbelief. What in the world was falling? Kairi squinted and adjusted her eyes to make out the features of the object. Was it…? Yes, it was a person! Kairi looked even harder at it. It wasn't just any person…It was her!

Kairi's blue eyes widened at the sudden realization, and she suddenly had the sensation of falling, as though the ground beneath her was simply given way. Sora turned to look at her, gasping. She was falling! But how could it be? She was standing on the beach, next to Sora, and he wasn't falling. She looked up, or rather, down, trying to see where she would land, but there was no ground in sight. She then turned to Sora, extending a hand, pleading for his help. But he could do nothing more than reach for her. It was as though he was standing on some invisible platform that had him nailed down. Kairi opened her mouth and began to shout his name, but nothing escaped her throat. And then, much to her shock, the image of Sora vanished, broken by a ripple as though he had been nothing more than a reflection on the surface of the water.

She leaned back. She knew at this point that it was no use to cry for help. Nothing could reach her out here, falling into the sunset. Is it a dream? Suddenly, in a flash of light, Kairi found herself surrounded by a great blue, as though she was right back where she'd started, falling into what seemed like the ocean. She spun and twirled through water-like atmosphere, falling headfirst until her legs grew heavy, and when she opened her eyes (with some effort) she found herself flipping right-side up. Her feet touched ground.

Kairi looked around. Nothing but darkness, not a soul in sight. No Riku, nor Sora. Kairi summoned up all her courage she took a brave step forward, and as she did so, a blinding came up from below her. She had to shield her eyes as the darkness she was standing on broke away and flew off. Kairi looked at the piece of blackness that were flying away, and realized that those creatures were not dark fragments. They were birds. They were doves, to be more exact. Kairi gasped at them, their white feathers drifting downward all around her. Until finally, they had all fluttered deeper into the blackness that surrounded her.

Kairi turned her head slightly to the right, so she was looking over her shoulder, then looked straight ahead of her once again. She was truly all by herself. She was on a small circular platform that seemed to be floating in the darkness. There was picture of a boy with spiky blonde hair in a purple top holding a large sword spread across it, and all around him were the faces of seven different people, each of which to express different power or weapon. (A/N: The platform Kairi stands on are: Cloud, Squall, unknown, Zidane, and Vaan. Though none of them will be captured in this story.)

But Kairi wasn't interested in the giant picture. She wanted to know where she was-and she wanted to know right and then. She ran one hand through her short straight dark pinkish red hair. What to do…? Suddenly, Kairi heard a voice-it seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere all at once…Perhaps it came from within her. Wherever it had come from, it caused the teen to look back over her right shoulder. She tried to follow the voice, slowly moving her head from the right side and to the left in an attempted to pinpoint the voice's source…

So much to do…So little time…Take your time.

Kairi was at a loss. Take her time? But there was only "so little time", wasn't there? She found herself confused and almost frightened by this series of events. What in the world was happening!

But don't be afraid. The door is still shut.

The door? What door?

Now, step forward. Can you do it?

For a moment, she wasn't sure if she could. Her feet suddenly felt extremely heavy, as if she had grown roots and was suddenly stuck to the spot. Kairi looked around for a while, wondering if she ought to obey the strange voice. Then, swallowing hard, she lifted her white Converse sneaker up off the ground and took a step forward. Then another. And another. The belt that dangled around her waist jumped as she moved, and her necklace, with the dark red stone piece and gold bead, a gift from Sora when she arrived, rocked back and forth with her movement. She managed to cross over to the center of the platform and stood still, as though awaiting further instructions from the strange voice.

Power sleeps within you

Suddenly, a beam of light appeared on her right. Kairi turned her head to look at it, and it that was a stone tablet bearing a red shield had risen up from the part of the floor that the light had touched.

If you give it form…

Kairi spun around just in time to see another beam of light fall upon the surface of the platform to her left, and saw another stone tablet had appeared, this time bearing a green wand bearing a blue symbol on its top. A lion, standing on its hind legs, looking ready to attack. (A/N: Recognize the symbol?) She then noticed that the shield bore the same symbol.

…It will give you strength.

Yet another beam of light had appeared and summoned yet another stone tablet from the depths of the flooring. Kairi turned her head. This one had appeared right in front of her. This stone tablet held a broad sword with a gold and blue hilt. All three objects spun around in place just above the stones. Kairi looked at each item, baffled, when the voice came once more.

Choose well.

After a moment's hesitation and thought, Kairi stepped toward the platform that held the sword. She pulled herself up onto the platform and took the sword into her hands. Upon further inspection, Kairi saw a small red circle on the hilt, and inside it was the symbol of the lion that she'd seen on the other items. She stared at the sword in awe, her blue eyes wide in wonder. It felt good in her hands. Like she was born to wield it.

The power of the warrior. Invincible strength. A sword of terrible destruction…Is this the power you seek?

Kairi looked up into the blackness, still hoping the owner of the voice would reveal himself. After a moment of empty silence and darkness, she looked back at the sword in her hands and nodded "yes" in reply. The sword instantly vanished from her hands, breaking up into lights as though it had made of fireflies. She was alarmed to feel strength flow into her, her body was absorbing the light of the sword!

Your path is set. Now…what will you give in exchange?

She slowly turned around to look at the remaining two items: the shield and the wand. "Give up"…? She had to give up one of those in exchange of her newfound power? Kairi jumped from the platform that once held the sword and looked at each of the items. What to give up? She started for the shield, but stopped when she reached the center of the platform. No. Who wanted to be strong and weak all at the same time? She had no choice. Her eyes drifted from the shield to the wand. She swallowed hard and walked toward it. She pulled herself onto the platform and, looking sadly at the item before her. She had decided. Gently took the wand into her hands.

The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin. You give up this power?

The wand seemed to be nothing short of amazing in itself. It had a very simple design, which would probably make it not only useful for magic, but for bashing things with as well. Her fingers fiddled with the blue lion head at the top as she tore her eyes away from the wand and looked back into the darkness. Once again, Kairi nodded. Similar to the sword, the wand broke into lights, and the teen watched silently as the lights wicked out one by one-she was not absorbing them this time around.

You have chosen the power of the warrior. You've given up the power of the mystic. Is this the form you choose?

She had to wonder why the strange voice kept saying aloud what her choice had been. But once again, she nodded her approval. Yeah. That sounded pretty good. Kairi turned on her heel, awaiting further orders from the voice. Yet as she waited for the voice, there was a large jolt that almost knocked her off the grey platform. She looked down at her feet and realized the platform was sinking into the stained glass image.

There was another jolt, and Kairi tumbled from the stone tablet onto the colored glass. She stood up quickly, realizing that the glass, too, was shattering. The pieces flew up around her and vanished into the darkness. Kairi hoped briefly that she wouldn't fall, but when the glass broke beneath her, she was disappointed to find her hopes false.

She ended up falling with quite impressive speed. There was no light around; she was engulfed in the darkness. Where had she been taken? Kairi didn't think she'd ever find out. She must be dreaming. But this felt so real…And it was lasting longer than any dream she'd ever had before. So…what was happening to her?

Her hair was fluttering about wildly into her majestic blue eyes as she plummeted further into the darkness. Kairi's eyes strained to catch the glimmer of light that wasn't going to come for awhile. The darkness seemed to last forever-which was bad news for her. Most people her age probably didn't agree, but she thought that darkness, whether it be just the dark of night or the deeper darkness of, well, this place, for example…It just seemed to hold some kind of evil.

Suddenly, like a ray of hope, Kairi's eyes managed to catch onto something that glowed a brilliant blue. She gazed at it intently, as though it was her savior. She eventually realized that it was another platform, just like the one before. It, too, had a boy painted upon it like the stained glass windows of churches she'd seen in books. But this boy had brown hair, and wore black clothes. And in place of the seven people, she saw pictures that seemed to tell some kind of story-it had something to do with a girl and some special kind of power. (A/N: In case you didn't know, the story is about Squall, Rinoa, and her sorceress powers)

After a moment, Kairi's feet touched the sooth surface, and everything she'd noticed was forgotten. A sword had appeared in her hands, almost instantaneously. She examined it carefully, and discovered that it was the very sword she'd chosen on the other platform. She checked it again. Yes, it had the lion on it.

You've gained the power to fight. Take a swing.

Kairi had almost completely forgotten about the voice. It had surprised her and she jumped back a bit, but once the surprise had faded away, she did as she was told. She took the sword in both hands and swung it around, like she did with her wooden sword often.

Use this power to protect yourself and others.

As if she couldn't figure that out for herself. Kairi almost laughed aloud. Her cheery grin, however, was wiped away when a dark spot appeared on the platform. She spun around in place to face it and leaned forward, examining it, watching a strange black like-creature that was taking shape with ever so curious blue eyes. What was it? Was it dangerous? Would it hurt her?

There will be times you have to fight.

As Kairi watched, another spot emerged, and ever more amazing was that the creature had risen out of its two-dimensional form and stood before her. By this she was aback, and unwittingly took a small step backward. Looked like one of those times. Kairi clenched the sword in both hands and watched, her blue eyes wide in shock.

Keep your light burning strong.

Suddenly, the creature jumped at her in an attempt to attack. Kairi leapt back, and then ran around to the side so she was directly behind it; and then took three good swings at the creature. The creature exploded into black mist with her third swing. The other, similar creatures flattened themselves into the floor and vanished. Kairi spun around several times, checking, making sure there was no more shadow creatures.

Behind you!

The voice had caught her off guard again. Kairi spun around so quickly to face the shadow that approached her that she almost slipped. She swung the sword wildly before her, and to her great luck, the blade struck the shadow in what appeared to be its chest, making the creature vanished with explosion of darkness. Only one was left now. Kairi struggled to regain her footling, turning around fiercely and glaring at the monster. She was about ready to attack it when the creature flattened itself into the floor, vanishing into a dark blotch that formed beneath it.

Kairi were aback by the black patch's sudden appearance. A rumbling noise. Kairi's head snapped in the direction it had come from. Her eyes went wide as she saw more of the dark blotches. They were spreading across the platform. Within moments, more of the large dark blotches began to appear on the blue glass-like surface. First near the circular rim, and then everywhere. Spreading, like a disease. Kairi looked down near her feet. These dark patches…they were everywhere! All around them!

For the first time, a sad expression appeared across Kairi's face as she realized with dismay that she couldn't move. Not because her body wouldn't obey her, but because if she did, she would step into darkness…And who knew what would happen if she did that?

Either way it didn't matter; the dark void appeared right under their feet. Kairi immediately sank into the darkness, and they gasped in shock as they did so. That's when everything seemed to move in slow motion. This shadow…This darkness…It was like quicksand, expect for the texture…It was like ice-cold air pulling at her skin, pulling her into some cold, dark void.

It felt cold. It felt wrong. It felt…evil.

She couldn't stand it. While the stuff was crawling up to her waist, Kairi tried to lift herself out of it, tried to pull herself toward what was left of the glowing blue platform, tried to grab hold of something-anything-that could help her.

The darkness was up to her neck now. Kairi threw up a hand, hoping that someone would grab her and pull her back to where it is safe…

Swallowing her face. Kairi's blue eyes went wide in terror as the last of her vanished.

She struggled as though her life depended on escaping that darkness, her eyes shut tight and her breath held as though that would help repel the evil the darkness held. But after a moment, Kairi gasped for air, her eyes opening wide and her hands grabbing the nearest object in her reach. She was grateful to find her hand press against a smooth, glass-like surface, and see a soft blue glow out of the corner of her eye. She looked around cautiously, and then slowly rolled onto her stomach, happier than ever to find that she'd ended up on another platform.

This one, however, did not have distant image of a boy on it. This platform had three blue hearts on it, each of which showed a white silhouette of a boy, the same boy in all three hearts. Who he was and what his story was, Kairi would probably never know. There was nothing else on this stained glass platform, save a beam of light coming out of the seemingly endless darkness, coming out at an angle. Kairi followed the light with her eyes and saw what it was pointing at. There, jotting out of the surface of the platform, just in front of her eyes, was a large arched door.

Kairi stood up and walked around the door, examining it, and the stopped right in front of it. It had a beautiful ornate pattern all over it: around the handles, on the edge, where the double doors met…It seemed to be somehow important, though Kairi couldn't exactly pinpoint how so. It didn't seem to lead anywhere-just to the other side of itself. It was slightly transparent, but it was standing there. She placed both hands on the door's surface and pushed.

'I can't open it…'

She folded her arms and placed one hand thoughtfully under her chin. Now what? There was nothing else here, right? Kairi turned herself around, and noticed that another beam of light had appeared. She followed the light column down to where it met the platform, and saw a peculiar red chest that had appeared. Baffled, she walked toward the chest and knelt next to it. Kairi opened the chest, only to find whatever had inside vanished. It left only a few twinkles of light behind in the chest. She sighed and closed it again, then stood and looked at the door. And when she did so, she gasped in surprise.

It was no longer transparent. Kairi blinked in confusion. But…how…? She walked back to it, but before she could lay her hands on it, she heard a strange noise coming from within. She took a few steps back. If anything was coming out of there, she didn't want to get in its way. Then it was silent. Kairi looked at the door again, starting from the bottom to the top. What was happening? Then the double doors began to part, ever so slowly.

A bright white light was emitted from within, so powerful she had to shield her eyes from it. The door opened itself wide, inviting Kairi to enter. She looked down at the floor, and then slowly raised her eyes upward to the light, allowing her eyes adjust to the brightness of it. She then began to step toward it. Kairi leaned forward as she walked, curious now as to what was creating the light, or what the light was hiding. But the light grew stronger and stronger, until it finally had swallowed her up within.

After a moment, Kairi could hear the sound of water rushing up onto shore. When she reopened her eyes, she found herself back on the island, up on one of the wooden platforms that had been built in the trees. She looked around in confusion. What was she doing back here? Had she woken up from this dream? If so, why did she found herself still standing? Was it possible to fall asleep standing? Kairi found herself hoping beyond hope that she'd finally manage to wake up.

Hold on. The door won't open just yet. First, tell me more about yourself.

Nope. Kairi sighed in dismay. The presence of that voice…It meant she was still in this…this bizarre dream world. Kairi looked up from the floor, and gasped when she saw the girl sitting on the wooden railing. She was stretching her limbs and yawning as though she had just woken up from a good nap and swinging her legs playfully back and forth. She recognized the way her auburn hair swung outward, and her green eyes, and her yellow dress. Yes, Kairi knew her. She smiled and stepped forward to greet her, when she suddenly turned to look at her. Kairi was shocked at the hardness and wisdom she saw in her young green eyes.

"What's most important to you?" she asked, her voice crystal clear.

Kairi stared back at her, hoping to see her break. But it never happened. Kairi sighed, surrendering. She didn't even have to think about the answer to that question. "Friendship."

"Is friendship such a big deal?" The girl's expression didn't change as she looked away.

A strange sense of panic washed over her. She began to back up quickly, but in doing so almost flipping over the edge of the platform and fell into the water. Kairi grabbed onto the edge of the platform and pulled herself back up onto it. As she tried to catch her breath, she saw a pair of sandals just inches away from her nose.

Kairi raised her head up to find another one of the kids she recognized from the island. The boy was dark sandy blonde hair, wearing a short white and yellow shirt and blue shorts that were longer on one leg than the other. He had the same hardness and wisdom in his face as the girl.

"What are you so afraid of?" he asked, his voice also ringing out as clear as day.

She looked at the boy before her as though he was crazy. Kairi had to wonder if these were really the friends she knew, or just images that the strange voice had pulled from her memory. It didn't matter. The voice had said to tell him more about herself. Kairi sighed in defeat, but she had to think about this question. She wasn't sure what her fear was.

"Being…being indecisive."

"Being indecisive? Is it really that scary?" He looked away after that, just like the girl had.
It was as if Kairi held nothing of interest to them, or if they didn't want anyone to see them talking to her. And it was scaring Kairi beyond belief. Kairi hesitantly moved backward. She had this place memorized. She knew all the pathways, the trees, docks, the plants…the whole island by heart. So she headed straight for the way off the platform, but instead bumped into another one of her friends from the island.

This one was pretty tall, with hair that seemed loaded with gel to keep it vertical. He was fiddling around with something similar to a volleyball, spinning it around on one finger and watching its movement intently. However when Kairi bumped into him, the boy's attention turned from his ball to Kairi's nervous figure. As Kairi was about to apologize for bumping into him, the boy spoke, his voice just as loud and clear as the two kids before him.

"What do you want outta life?" he asked, somewhat causally.

By now, Kairi had decided it was best not to argue with the voice's will. The quickest way to get out of this dream, this nightmare, this premonition, was probably to answer all the questions. Kairi straightened so she was looking straight into the boy's eyes, and tried to think without flinching. It took her a while, but she finally came up with an answer.

"To see rare sights."

"To see rare sights, huh?" It looked like the kid was going to laugh at her answer, and to Kairi's extreme surprise, the boy didn't look away as though he'd lost interest. This boy lingered amusedly on Kairi's face, until finally turning away as though he had to go off and laugh by himself. Kairi almost grew angry, and was about to step forward to smack him one, when she found that her feet was glued to the floor.

Your adventure begins at midday.

The voice!

Keep a steady pace and you'll come through fine.

Kairi grew confused. What was that supposed to mean? Midday? Her adventure?

The day you will open the door is both far off and very near.

The door? Did it mean the door that she'd seen on the other platform? The one that she was now allowed to enter? Kairi was suddenly blinded by a great white light, and stumbled forward as she waited for it to dim. When it did, Kairi found herself somewhere else, on another one of those stained glass platforms that floated in darkness. Kairi's footsteps became steady as she crossed the platform. She examined the image on the surface.

Another boy…with short blonde hair in thief clothes. He seemed to be crying, but was surrounded by angel feathers. (A/N: Zidane is a 'Angel' of Death, so he has angel feathers, got it memorized?) Kairi moved across, still examining the picture, when a beam of light shot down onto the boy's face. Kairi looked up to where the light seemed to be coming from, and then walked over to where it seemed to pointing. Yet as she reached it, she found herself surrounded by the little shadow creatures from before.

The sword appeared suddenly in her hand as Kairi ran toward the first in her reach and slashed at it ferociously until it disappeared into a burst of black fire. The rest of the shadows huddled together as they began what seemed to be some kind of group charge. Kairi could hardly help smirk as three wide swings of her sword defeated the entire group at once.

She straightened, confident now that all the little shadows were gone. Kairi turned their attention back to the beam of light, but this time it had moved. It was no longer on the boy's face. It had moved downward, and then created a circle imprint. The outline looked like white fire, ever burning and seeming to grow stronger all the time. Kairi ran toward it, dropping to her knees as she reached it. Kairi stretched one hand into the circle and, feeling nothing out of the ordinary, stepped inside it. She was starting to think that she and Riku were on some kind of training mission. Either that or a wild goose chase.

As they stood there, waiting for the voice to speak up before Kairi forgot it, the beam of light moved again. This time it went all the way over the edge, and as soon as it did so, a series of square stained-glass platforms appeared, making a sort of stairway up to another place. Kairi were pretty sure that it was another stained-glass image platform. They looked around, and seeing that there was nothing more to do on that platform, they ran toward the stairway and hurried up it, careful to not slip and fall into the pit of darkness that surrounded them on all sides.
The brilliant yellow glow of this particular platform was the first thing that Kairi saw. And there, right in the middle, just like all the other platforms before it, was a boy. Another blond, this time wearing some kind of uniform. He was quite handsome, but just behind him was the face of a young girl. (A/N: The image is of Vaan and Penelo)

Yet, both of them looked quite peaceful-neither of seemed afraid or anger. Forming a around them were the silhouettes of various people: women, men, and even lizard-like people.

Kairi pushed the thoughts out of her mind and looked that beam of light. They found it just above the center of the platform. They smiled slightly as they stepped toward it, curious now, as it wasn't running away. They stepped underneath the light and gazed up at where it seemed to come from. And then the voice that Kairi'd been waiting for made its presence known.

The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes.

Kairi was no longer sure if the voice was being cryptic or literal. Though confusion reined over her, Kairi slowly turned around to look at her shadow. Sure enough, there it was. Darker then she'd seen it before, reaching all the way from the center of the circular platform to the very edge. Her shadow turned slightly to face her, adjusting itself so that it looked like it was lying down on the floor, so it was looking at Kairi straight in the eye.

Kairi's heart stopped for a second. She hadn't done that.

Then suddenly, the shadow began to pull itself up out of the floor. Kairi stepped back in alarm, starring as it began to change its shape. It had at first looked just like her, but now its hair stretched reaching out from its scalp, some of which chose to wrap itself around the creature's head. Two eyes began to glow yellow from deep within the mask of dark tentacles. Its fingers stretched and sharpened into sharp black claws. Its feet became smaller, curving inward as you followed it to the toe. Kairi stepped slowly backward.

But don't be afraid.

A giant-shaped hole appeared in the chest area. Kairi could see right through it. "My God." Kairi said to herself. The shadow had grown to immense proportions. It loomed over Kairi, dark and menacing, staring down at her with glowing yellow glows. Kairi took small steps backward, one hand held slightly upward, hoping that it would see she didn't want to fight it. But somehow, Kairi felt that she was about to.

And don't forget…

Kairi's eyes widened in fear as the creature completed itself. Kairi stumbled backward, gasping in terror, trying to escape. She ran, still staring over her shoulder at the giant shadow creature. It was just standing there, as if it were waiting. She continued to run, but nearly slipped over the edge. She'd forgotten. There was no way out. She was on a large circular platform floating in darkness. Where could she possibly run?

She began to teeter on the edge of the platform, but thankfully managed to shift her weight on back onto the platform. A look of despair appeared on Kairi's face. Kairi swallowed hard and spun around to face the creature. Kairi had no choice but to fight it. She stared at the monster as it straightened itself to its full length.

It…was…huge.

She gripped the sword tight in her hands, and then ran forward the shadow. Its gigantic frame grew as she came closer, becoming more and more frightening as she approached. But Kairi had learned a long time ago to swallow her fear. Kairi ran at the nearest available limb of the creature-its right hand. Unfortunately for Kairi, the hand seemed to be creating a purple energy sphere. Its first attack, evidently. Kairi didn't care. She followed the hand at all costs, as if they had a lock on it. Even when the creatures raised into the air and then slammed it onto the platform.

The purple energy had disappeared as a black patch had appeared underneath its palm.
The hand was resting on the ground. An opening! Kairi leapt in the air; sword raised, and began to swing wildly at it. Her swings didn't seem to do anything to the creature, but she had to keep trying. She slashed the fingers and the palm furiously, and followed that hand everywhere it went. She wouldn't let it get away from her.

Suddenly, Kairi felt a sharp pain at her back. She spun around and saw some of the little creatures from before surrounding her. So that's what the giant had been doing: pulling little helpers out of the platform. *******. Kairi slashed at them, too, pushing them further from her, then returned to the Black Hand. She leapt at it when it was high above her head, and swung her sword at it with all her strength when it was level with her. She didn't think about the little black creature, though they were attacking her from behind and weakening ferocity of her attack at the giant hand. It seemed to be luck that they moved themselves in the way of her sword and were attacked as well. And every time they disappeared, Kairi felt her energy return.

Eventually, all the small shadows had vanished, but the giant had other means of attack. From the heart-shaped hole in the being's chest appeared a huge glowing sphere of purple energy.

Even though her alarm, Kairi didn't stop attacking the beast. Even when the energy sphere shattered into pieces and all those pieces came after her, Kairi did not hesitate in her blitz. Even though every muscle in her body had told her to run, they had merely jumped into the air in order to keep her attack rolling.

She was starting to think that this battle was going to be hopeless. She switched her focus from hand to foot and back to the hand. Nothing seemed to be working. The giant continued slamming his fist into the floor, making it ramble to the point where Kairi would lose her footing. The giant didn't even seem to notice that it was being attacked. And that's when Kairi remembered. The creature's face!

She'd read in a book somewhere about how the face would always be the weakest point on the fighter's body, since the muscles in the face couldn't be built, no matter what kind of training was endured. Kairi jumped up onto the creature's arm and began to run up toward the monster's face, clutching the sword tightly in her grip.

"Hey, ugly!" Kairi yelled as she reached the monster's face. "Your face is wide open!"

Kairi screeched to a halt in front of the monster's face. The head began to move slightly, acknowledging Kairi's presence. She raised her sword high into the air and then swung the blade swiftly downwards, the blade slicing across the giant's face, right between the eyes. The creature roared in fury, everything seems like it was going in slow motion; Kairi had won.

Kairi slid down the monster's arm, planting her feet firmly on the stained glass platform and then spun around to face it. She moved quickly backward, away from the creature for the first time. She had won, but the giant hadn't disappeared yet. It was still standing there, still looming over her. Kairi clutched the sword tighter in her hands, waiting for something to happen, when the sword suddenly vanished with a white light.

She gasped in shock-she was weaponless! And the monster was still alive! Kairi wanted to run, but she remembered where she was-a circular platform. Even so, she had to get away from the giant shadow monster. Even just being out of its reach would be enough.

She leapt backward again when the creature lashed out at her, swinging one mighty hand in an attempt to knock her off the platform. The shadow slammed his other hand down onto the platform as well, causing a great rumble in the ground beneath Kairi's feet. The creature had fallen to its knees and glared at Kairi with those terrible glowing yellow eyes.

Kairi's knees suddenly gave way, and she tumbled and fell onto the ground. Kairi felt all her fear return. She was powerless. She couldn't swallow the fear anymore. It felt like she was going to throw up all of her terror. She stared up at the creature, terrified, still trying to get away even though she was sitting on the ground. Kairi kicked her feet, pushing the ground to help her get away, when suddenly she felt a familiar texture on her hands and legs. She risked taking a glance at the floor and was horrified by what she saw. It was one of those dark patches from the blue platform! One had formed underneath her! Her heart began to race, feeling like it was going burst from her clothes.

The monster stared down at Kairi, those yellow eyes gleaming as though everything had gone according to its plan. She squirmed under the giant's gaze. Those horrible glowing yellow eyes…

But don't be afraid.

Too late.

Kairi tried to escape from the dark blotch that was below her, but this patch was different. Instead of slowly pulling her under like quicksand, it was reaching up to her with dark tentacle like things and holding her down. Along with its black tendrils was something that resembled black fire and smoke, curling around her limbs and holding Kairi down just as firmly as the tendrils.

The smoke and tendrils first began to wrap around Kairi's legs, engulfing her in darkness. They seemed to hold her tightly; it even felt like a series of cold, soft hands had taken hold of her. Kairi struggled under the feeling of it. She clenched her teeth, holding back a yell of frustration and terror.

The monster was still there, still glaring at her, but doing more then that. Its malicious glowing eyes burned into Kairi. Kairi's mind raced. She could do nothing more than to stare back at the monster, but…that malicious stare…

Suddenly, the creature raised itself so it was almost standing upright. As though it was planning to do something. Like delivering a final bow.

You hold the mightiest weapon of all.

The voice seemed to be trembling.

Kairi had finally managed to roll onto her stomach, even though those dark tendrils had wrapped around her entire torso. She tried to crawl over and grab the edge of the platform, but it wasn't working. She could barely gain more than a few inches. Kairi stretched her arm out, but her hand couldn't reach the edge. Then the dark tentacles and the black fire began to grab hold of that hold. Now all of Kairi's limbs had been caught by that dark stuff. There was nothing more she could do.

So don't forget…

The voice was definitely shaking.

She found herself slowly starting to sink into the dark patch as the tentacles began to engulf her. She turned around, checking to see if the giant shadow beast was still there. Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped when she saw it there, still looming over her. It was leaning downward as though it was going to crush Kairi with its body. Kairi's eyes were wide with terror, begging for mercy. No. She didn't want to die here. Not here. Not in this bizarre place. No. Not here. Never here. Anywhere but here.

Black tendrils of fire and smoke reached up and began to wrap around Kairi's face.

"Cold…and dark…so dark…"

You are the one…who will open the door.

The sound of water crashing on the beach shore had slowly filled her senses. She opened her eyes and stared up at the blue sky. The large white clouds rolled lazily across the blue expense. She shielded her eyes from the sky as she stared up. It looked like midday, but she couldn't really tell.

'The sky's blue today…'
She switched her attention from the sky to whatever was lying in front of her. She pushed herself into a sitting position and propped herself up with her hands. It was the ocean. A great expense of beautiful blue ocean lying out before her. No mainland in sight. She smiled sleepily and yawned, than laid herself back down to get some more sleep. She lay down, finding herself suddenly lying in some shade. She lazily opened her eyes and looked up. Her view of the sky was obstructed by a boy.

"Whoa!"

She sat straight up, all her chains jingling at the sudden movement. Still on her knees, she turned herself around to her friend, her exposed knees rubbing against the beach sand. Both friends began to laugh at each other.

"Gimme a break, Sora."

Sora giggled, tucking a loose turf of his spiky light brown hair behind his ear, and then stared straight into her companion's face, still grinning as though he knew she'd done something wrong. His ocean blue eyes were still laughing as he spoke in a tone that sounded just like a mother's.

"Kairi, you lazy bum. I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here."

Then he turned away, as if he were shunning her for her wrong doing, his nose lifted snobbishly in the air. He looked back at Kairi out of the corner of his eye, waiting for her to laugh at his imitation.

"No! This huge, black thing swallowed me up!" Kairi began to explain. The adrenaline had suddenly begun to run through her body, just like it did at the end of her dream. She tried her best to recall everything she'd seen, every detail, her blue eyes burning through the ground as she struggled to find words to explain. "I couldn't breathe, I couldn't-"

A hand dropped onto the top of her head. "Ow!" Kairi raised one hand and rubbed her new bruise.
"Are you still dreaming?" Sora laughed, dropping the false mom act. He leaned forward and stared straight into Sora's face.

"It wasn't a dream!" Kairi protested. But her words caught in her throat. "Or… was it? I don't know…" Kairi looked down at the sand, suddenly confused. Had it been really a dream? But it had felt so real… She then looked over her shoulder, toward the ocean, as though its deep depths held the answer to all his questions.

"What was that place?" she murmured, mostly to herself. "So bizarre…"

"Yeah sure." Kairi looked up at Sora in surprise and slight dismay. He didn't believe her…?

Sora had given up making fun of Kairi – for now. He walked causally toward the shoreline, and stopped just a few inches from where the water receded from the shore. Sora looked up at the sky at first, gazing at the white clouds as they rolled by. And then he turned to stare out to the horizon, as though he also believed that there was some big secret out there that he just had to know.

Kairi turned her attention to Sora. "Say, Sora. What do you think my hometown was like? You know, where I grew up."

She shifted her position so she was no longer kneeling on the sand (the texture was starting to hurt her knees) and turned slightly so that she was still facing Sora. She propped herself up with her arms, her gaze never drifting far from him.

He smiled at the question. "You've told me before, you don't remember." (A/N: One aspect I kept in the story.)

"Nothing at all?" Kairi sounded suspicious, and almost doubtful of his answer.

"Nothing." Sora had answered as if didn't bother him one bit.

"Do you think I ever wanna go back?"

"Mmm…Well, you're happy here." Sora's smile deepened as the words came out.

"Really…" She was still doubtful. Kairi finally looked away from Sora and stared out over the horizon, just like he was.

"But you know," Sora continued with a little giggle, "I wouldn't mind going to see it." He smiled at the thought.

"I'd like to see it too," Kairi replied, fixing her gaze back on Sora and resting one arm on her knees. She grinned at her thoughts. "Along with any other worlds out there. I wanna see 'em all."
Sora giggled as he turned to face his friend with a nod. "So what're we waiting for?"

"Hey, aren't you guys forgetting about me?"

Both Kairi and Sora turned around. There, standing with a log tucked one arm, was another boy. He was taller than both Kairi and Sora. He had shoulder length sliver hair, that stuck just about everywhere (but in the most stylish manner) and green eyes that were almost neon in color. He was well built for a fifteen-year-old, and held the thick log as though it was nothing. Sora grinned. He'd known this guy since…well, as far back he could remember. He and Riku had grown up together.

"So," Riku continued with a shake of his head, "I guess I'm the only one working on the raft."
Riku glanced at Kairi with a slight smile, and tossed the log to her as he walked over to Sora. Kairi yelled in surprise as she tried to catch it… and failed miserably. Riku laughed slightly than looked right at Sora, straight into his innocent blue eyes.

"And you're just as lazy as she is," Riku finished, accusing Sora as he motioned toward Kairi.
Kairi made a face at Riku as she pulled closer the log to her.

Sora giggled. He put one hand behind his head in an embarrassed gesture, and feigned a wince as Riku spoke. "So, you noticed," he laughed, a sheepish grin spreading across his face. "Okay, we'll finish it together! I'll race you!"

"Huh?"

Kairi had seated herself on top of Riku's log, and looked up at Sora as though he was craziest person she'd ever met in her entire life. There was no way she was going to race both Riku and Sora after she'd just woken up.

Riku had seated himself down in the sand next to Kairi. And then, as though Riku had read Kairi's thoughts, he yelled out, exhausted that he'd been doing all day – alone, as it turned out. He rolled his green eyes so he was looking up at Sora, the only one still standing.

"What, are you kidding?"

Sora paid no attention to their protests, and merely laughed at their expense. He then cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone. "Ready, go!"

The boy and the girl exchanged glances, then suddenly leapt to their feet and began to run along the shoreline as fast as they could. Riku looked over at Kairi, his face filled with laughter. Kairi, on the other hand, looked absolutely determined to beat Riku in this race. Riku almost laughed at Kairi's seriousness, and finally looked straight ahead. If Kairi was going to try to win, then so was he. Sora laughed the entire run across the beach, bringing up the rear of the so-called "race". He couldn't stop laughing at them as he made his way toward the "boat ruins" on the other side of the island. Both Riku and Kairi were way ahead of him, the two of them being neck in neck.

Kairi finally looked over at Riku. The boy and the girl looked at each other as they ran for a moment, and then suddenly, both grinned at each other, as though there was some kind of joke just the two of them shared, and then continued their race. Kairi's grin grew even bigger, the mysterious dream pushed out of her thoughts. Then the boy and the girl looked back at Sora, both of them grinning, and began to call out his name and urge him to run faster.

There was only this moment. This eternal summer that had been granted to the three of them in the form of an island paradise. There was only now. There was no door. No darkness. No mysterious voice. This place…

These were the Destiny Islands.

The passage to Kingdom Hearts.

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Here you go! More to come! Enjoy.

Yeah, I did. It felt kind weird, my parents had taken me clothes shopping for school, because I begin my senior year next week and well, I saw my Spanish teacher. But I saw many cute shirts I can't wear because I go to a private school!!!!!!!!

I have a older brother, whose two years older than me and he's in the army. Last week, he went overseas to the Middle East, and I am concerned because you hear on the news about all these soldiers dying in Iraq, and I know my brother will go there as well, though he won't be over there long. But I'm worried that when he does go to Iraq, he might get wounded badly or worse. I pray for him every night, but I need more support.

As we know, when Yen Sid tells Mickey of the impending doom, we see three different colored stars, indicting the the home worlds of three princesses. The stars' colors are red, blue, and green, the same colors of the wayfinders held by Ven, Aqua, and Terra. When you start as one of them, you go to one of the worlds whose the star is the same color as that characters' wayfinder, also if you do play as the characters in this order: Ven, Aqua, and Terra, the order of their first worlds is in the same order as their respective movies were released.

Snow White-1937
Cinderella-1950
Sleeping Beauty-1959

Do you think this was meant to happen or a coincidence?

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Then lets play it in style.

I did. And I found it quite interesting, my mom mentioned that the whole storyline had been redone. The first thing that was changed is Lion-O and Tygra are brother, how they are brothers, I don't know. But I prefer Snarf now, he's more adorable and doesn't talk. Cheetara turned out to one of Jaga's clerics, Panthro appeared but turned out to Mumm-Ra in disguise, and WilyKat and WilyKit are street urchins. I suppose the only good thing is Lion-O's original voice actor appeared as the king.

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I hope you're having a great day so far and that you will have many more to come. I'm surprised Jaden didn't do this sooner. Also, I hope you've gotten everything you've asked for. And as your Akiza, I give you this:

Spoiler: Your special present

Basically, in my mind, this was how Dirge of Cerberus would be if it had KH characters. Not to mention, the idea came from back when I was obossed with the two games. I might make it a rp, depending on how the idea is to everyone. And yes, Namine is a gun-wielding butt-kicker in this story, I'll talk with some of my friends on some of the story idea. Anyway, it's three years after the ending of KHII and Kairi had mysterious vanished. At this point, Riku's wearing his typical yellow and purple clothes, but he'll get some ones next chapter.

On the story!

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Chapter 1 New Beginning

A portion of a large glowing orb was sticking itself through the smoke and clouds above the world of Destiny Islands, home to the Keyblade wielders. The main island was overflowing with Heartless and Nobodies, attacking innocent townspeople. Rescue workers from many other worlds were evacuating the city and carting off the injured into Gummi ships amidst harsh island winds. Among the other world workers was a young girl with short raven black hair, she wore dark clothes that was getting soaked by the rain that was pouring down. She shouted, “Come on! Hurry up! And try not to drop anybody this time! Report!”

“Evac complete. All injured have been moved to the transports.” A worker from her world reported, she smiled and said, “Okay! Let's get outta here! Just remember to keep on guard until you're clear of the red zone! We're all done here. How about you?” She spoke into a phone as she looked into the direction of her companion, in the distance was a tall, old, and forgotten tower with a cannon covered in rust. In that area was a tall young man with long silver hair. His hair covered his eyes partilly while his clothes was soaked and stuck to his skin because of the rain, the rims of his pants and the bottoms of his shoes were covered in dirt and mud as he approached the base of the tower.

“Finished.” His voice said. “But Yuffie, I want you to check the patrol cannon.” “But we already...” Yuffie started to say as she looked up at the cannon, holding an electronic device which scanned for life signs. “What the...?” Yuffie gasped as the screen of the device flashed and had the words, "Detected Life Signs 01". The man’s voice was heard, “Just as I thought.” “Hold on! Hold on! This is crazy.”

Yuffie shouted, “There's no way anybody could be up there. No.” “Yuffie. Rendezvous with Sora and the others.” He told her. “It looks like I still have some work to do.” The phone made a noise, implying that the man hung up, Yuffie looked at the phone in surprise, “Hey, whoa!” She lowered the phone and looked, up at the cannon, she said to herself, “Riku. Get out of there! I have a bad feeling about this!”

Riku ran up to the top of the cannon, reaching the area where the last worker on the cannon was killed many years ago. Bright white light surrounded Riku as the darkness slowly disappeared in front of him to reveal... a dark skinned man with long silver hair, Xemnas, standing still with his arms out, not moving. Riku stared at him with utter hatred, and willed his signature keyblade, Way to the Dawn.

Just as he was about to attack, a stray lightning bolt struck the floor, distracting him. When he looked back up, Xemnas wasn't there. Unsure whether it was a hallucination or not, Riku was given no time to ponder as a secondary explosion occured nearby when he heard an unexpected voice call his name.

“Riku!” Yuffe shouted, she approached on some sort of hoverbike. Riku jumped on and they flew away to a nearby Gummi ship waiting for them. On the computer screen that Xemnas had previously been near, the words "start" and "fragment program" appeared, flashing on the screen. No one knew this would serve as a prelude to a new danger.

Three years had long passed since the defeat of the Organization leader, Xemnas, as well as the disappearance of Heartless and Nobodies. While most of the worlds celebrate this fleet, only a small group of people weren’t celebrating the good times, amidst the celebration, the last princess of heart, Kairi, had mysteriously disappeared. Many search parties travelled far and wide to find her, but with no results. It wasn’t long after that Sora gave up on finding Kairi, but Riku didn’t give up hope.

By the time he had turned nineteen; his hair had reached his waist, so he kept it in a ponytail. Little did he know that he would set out on his own journey when he turned nineteen. One day, Riku found himself sitting in a cave somewhere on the main land, facing down. He looked up and was surprised to see Kairi, encased in crystals with her eyes closed and hands placed on her chest. Her hair had longer as it went over her shoulders; Riku just stared in surprise as he thought to himself, ‘So... We meet again... Kairi.’

Some strange, subtle fluctuations appeared around her. Riku heard her voice as she responded to his thoughts, though her voice sounded the same as when he last saw her, it sounded very sad as she said, ‘I'm so sorry.’ Riku sighed and closed his eyes, when he opened his eyes; he was in his room of his new house on Destiny Islands, he spoke to himself as he looked out to the island, “Why? I'm the one who should apologize.”

As Riku reminisced about the past, a noise in the background signaled the start of a television news program. On the table was Riku's cell phone with a message to Riku, from Dr. H.J.P., stating "Meet me during the islands’ festival. We need to talk." Though Riku had no idea who Dr. H.J.P., he accepted the message, an anchorman began the news story

“Three weeks ago our crew left for the city of light, Radiant Garden.” The anchorman stated, the anchorwoman said, “However, the group's whereabouts still remain unknown. What really happened down there?” “Tonight, for the first time, we bring you the final transmission received...” The anchorman said, as footage appeared on the television screen; beneath it was the text "A television crew and 38 members of an investigation team are believed missing".

The Anchorman and woman described how, for the past three years, a door had remained sealed underneath the castle but was now being opened; a door leading to an area beneath the castle, another of the city's secrets revealed recently. They noted that there was evidence that "thousands of people had once been transported here",

While the Anchorwoman continued to jabber on, Riku tore his gaze from the island and looked up at the moon. One other person was looking at the moon that night, a young woman standing on the balcony of Kairi’s old bedroom. She had shoulder length blond hair and bright sea blue eyes, her outfit was a simple sleeveless white dress that stopped her knees, from there was a pair of heeled open-toed boots. Her wrists were adorned with silver bracelets with a silver ring on her right pinky; the only thing that stood out of her outfit was the black holster belt around her waist. She gazed at the moon and whispered softly, ‘Where are you……. My other half?’

The people in Destiny Island began to celebrate their world’s festival; fireworks exploded in the sky, and the streets were bustling with human activity and balloons. People were dancing. It was a very happy and festive time... though two people weren’t enjoying the festival, Riku, sitting in his solitary room and the woman standing on the balcony, turning to go inside. Suddenly they jerked their heads to look outside once more - a missile of some sort had been launched at a building, exploding amidst the screams of frightened citizens in the streets. One person exclaimed, "What the heck was that?!" A trio of helicopters flew overhead. With the aid of bungee cord-like devices, several soldiers dropped out, detached, and ran amongst the crowd, opening fire.

Another batch of helicopters arrived, carrying large containers. Some bizarre dog-like mutant creature ran towards someone and bit their chest, dragging him away. Riku was now standing in his window, as a helicopter descended directly in front of him and fired a missile. His room exploded into flames as he jumped in the air and heard someone fire at the helicopter repeatedly, destroying it. As Riku found out the shooter was the woman, one of the soldiers was ordering a little girl clutching a teddy bear to "get in there!", "there" being one of the aforementioned containers. People were being herded into containers as the city burns around them. Seeing what was happening to his home, Riku was pissed off.

“What's going on, Namine?” Riku asked, Namine kept quiet as they looked around, a trio of soldiers approached on the rooftop behind Riku and Namine. From their line of vision was a sort of computer screen with the words "Riku", "Gender: Male", "Blood Type: A" at the top left of the screen. Elsewhere, there was a girl with an elaborate device covering the top half of her head, along her back was long bushy brown hair, she said, “Found you.” She laid one hand on her cheek while the other rested on the collection of wires her hamlet was plugged into. She sent the message to the soldiers, whose screen notified that Riku was wanted Dead or Alive. They sprung to action, but Namine was faster and shot them all down.

Though he was surprised by Namine’s new weapon and action; Riku and Namine began to traverse several rooftops, killing many of those strange soldiers, who Riku could sense had darkness in them, eventually reaching the ground. Riku wondered to himself, “Now where am I supposed to meet Dr. H.J.P.?” In his message, he never gave a place to meet. Either way, Riku and Namine continued through the streets, saving civilians when he could, with them giving him their most precious items and accessories. Namine went ahead , she saw a helicopter carrying away a container filled with people, Riku went about his business.

The duo watched as a mother and daughter ran away from a horde of dog-creatures; they had a similar screen as the guards who saw Riku and Namine earlier. The girl had a green tint with the word "Clean" beside her, but the mother has a dark red tint with the words "Darkness detected" beside her. One dog creature pinned down the mother while another dog dragged the girl away, and took her inside a container. With some major convincing from Namine, Riku found the container and freed the girl; the girl ran away crying "Mommy!", to which the mother replied "Rio!"

Riku and Namine continued through the town, saving civilians and generally killing a lot of the strange soldiers. Eventually they got to the town square.... when a helicopter appeared and faced them. Riku cast Aero on himself and Namine. They floated to the nearest rooftop as Namine pulled out her gun and began to shoot at the helicopter, Riku jumped again and swung his keyblade at the helicopter many times before gravity called him back. As he was descending, Riku thought he saw someone shoot a arrow at the helicopter. Namine ran out of ammo as the helicopter fired off a few missiles before crashing, Riku grabbed Namine and dived into a nearby house via its open doorway to avoid them.

The girl with the strange headgear was also in the house, she smiled as she took off the helmet, she said, “Riku.” Her eyes glowed a bright orange as she spoke, “We've found you.” Her eyes returned to a brown colour, a rather large brute approached her from behind, he asked her in a deep and gruff voice, “Is this the one?” “Yes.”

They didn’t know as did Riku and Namine that they were in the same house, but Riku and Namine made their way through the house. On the 2nd floor, a loud crashing was heard; there was a big hole in the wall, and in walked the large brute from before. He was muscular, had blue hair that covered some of his face, Riku and Namine almost thought he looked Saix, and almost appeared more beastly than human. The girl accompanied him.

“The Proto Keyblade.” She said as she looked at them, her eyes turning orange as she spoke. “Tell us where it is.” Riku and Namine just looked at them when the brute shouted, “Hail His Darkness.” Several soldiers ran in the room also shouted "Hail His Darkness!" Willing the Way to the Dawn into his hand, Riku stood back to back with Namine, getting ready to fight.

One of the soldiers knocked one out and joined them. With the combined powers of the three of them, the soldiers were defeated. Riku looked back at the brute, he smiled, “Challenge accepted.” The girl suddenly fainted; he looks at her as a male voice shouted, "This way!"

“Luck is on your side.” The brute said, he picked up the girl and walked away, the girl said, “I'm sorry.” The brute turned around to look at Riku, he told him, “I am Azul. We will meet again.” The voice from before entered the room, he asked, “What happened here!?” Three men ran into the room, one had shoulder flaming red hair and bright sea blue eyes, he wore a long black robe over a military uniform, his companion had long midnight raven black hair and bright emerald green eyes hidden by round glasses, he wore a similar robe to the red haired man’s, though his had a zipper that was partilly zipped up to his chest, revealing a white shirt underneath the robe, on his arms were some kind of arm bands to keep his sleeves in place, the rest of his outfit consisted of brown cargo pants and black combat boots. The person who helped Riku and Namine took off the hamlet that covered the face to reveal it was a young girl around seventeen with shoulder light blue hair.

“You’re Riku, right? Are you alright?” The black haired man said, Riku looked at him and the red haired man, before turning around, he spoke, “So you’re Dr. H.J.P., nice to meet you. Not a very interesting outfit, though.” The black haired man laughed a bit, looking at himself as he said, “It took me a while to decide which costume I'd put on for today.” “But enough of the small talk. Who were those soldiers that just left?” the red haired man asked, Namine sighed, “We don't know. The large one called himself Azul.”

“Azul the Cerulean?” The red haired man asked, the black haired man looked concerned, “Of the Tsviets!? Then that could only mean...” “Commissioner!” One of the white uniform men shouted, the two men turned around, and several enemy soldiers entered the ground floor of the house.

“We'll discuss this later. WRO troops have arrived and commenced rescue operations. We could use your help, Riku.” The black haired man said, he and the red haired man began to walk away, Riku said, “Doctor.” The black haired man stopped and partially turned around, Riku continued, “I don't know what you are up to, but I want absolutely no part of it.” “But... You helped rid the worlds of darkness three years ago! We need your help once mor—”

A hail of gunfire burst through the man's stomach; Namine shot down the enemy soldier, as Riku ran to the man's side, he shouted, “Doctor!” He went to pick up "the doctor", who fell apart into several pieces. Out popped a black and white cat wearing a crown, gloves, a cape, and boots.

“That was a close one! Never was good at fighting. Luckily, I came out wearing ‘Harry.’” He said in an Irish accent happily, “You're really not a bad bloke, are you, Riku? You pretend not to care, but you always come through in the end.” Riku sighed and facepalmed, “Alright, what do you want me to do?”

“Let's run those lads outta town. I'll leave the method up to you, Namine, and the little lass. When you've tidied things up, meet me at the square in front of the east church.” Riku, Namine and the girl departed the house and continued to go around the islands, assisting the WRO and killing enemy units. To give them some insight as to who the WRO was, the girl introduced them to one WRO member who was willing to tell.

“Sir! The WRO was originally established three years ago after the defeat of the darkness. With two of Earth’s heroes at its helm, our organization is dedicated to aiding the healing process of the worlds, as well as protecting them from any who attempt further harm.” He explained, eventually the trio reached an open area in front of a church. The helicopter from before showed up and the trio got out their weapons. Though the girl and Namine were the only ones who could shoot from a distance, Riku used Aero on himself to jump into the air and strike the helicopter. After the fight, Riku jumped into the air, hitting at the helicopter a few times, then, landing on top of it, transformed into some kind of dark beast and punched it.

He jumped off as the helicopter exploded, and he transformed back to Riku. Enemy soldiers emerged from the vicinity and fired at Riku, Namine, and the girl; a truck drove in front of them, shielding them from the gunfire; WRO members poured out the back and returned fire, accompanied by the real doctor, who nodded at Riku. Riku nodded back]

Relative calm had been restored to the islands, while Riku sat on a crate with Namine and the girl standing beside him, watching the doctor talk to a WRO commander. At the end of the conversation they saluted, followed by the doctor walking over to the trio. He pushed his glasses as he spoke, “Good work, Riku. Let me introduce myself, I am Doctor Harry James Potter. You’ve already met my partner, Ron Weasely, and my creation, Cait Sith, as well as teamed up with our top Intel gather, Lukya Guado. The enemy is retreating. It seems they have finally begun their withdrawal from the islands.”

“Good.” Riku said, Harry sighed, “However, we still require your and Namine’s assistance. Reports are Twilight Town is under attack. I have a Gummi ship ready to take you to Yen Sid’s tower.”

Riku looked down... he knew he got a job to do, but felt glad he wasn’t going to be alone doing, meanwhile in a dark alley of Twilight Town, two WRO members were taking cover behind crates. One of them was engulfed by black smoke. “Hey, toss me another clip.” One said, he turned around to see no one is there, before being engulfed himself. A group of four WRO Members came running by, with the fourth one being engulfed by the smoke. The remaining three ran into a warehouse.

“Where did everyone go?” One asked, a noise was heard above and the WRO Members looked up. A scantily-clad girl with red hair and red eyes holding a weapon of some sort smirked at them, her voice sported a slavic accent. Another member asked, “Who the hell are you!?” “Rosso. Rosso the Crimson.” She said, simply, a third asked, “Tsviets?”

Her weapon opened up, and instantly she appeared behind the three WRO members and in one broad move slashed them in their necks. They fell down, Rosso smiled, “The mighty WRO... They wouldn't last a day in the Neo Organization.”

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Sam, my older brother whose in the army, came home on leave last week and he got me a early birthday present. A adorable plushie of Vincent Valentine, he said it combined my love of Vincent Valentine and my love of cuteness. I love him, here are some pics:

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Guarding my PSP and helping me beat Vanitas as Aqua

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In the recliner

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Being huggled by me

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Socializing with one of the cats

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Watching me import the pics

I'm not sure if you would be able to tell by clicking on the pictures, but he's smiling and blushing.

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It's kinda obvious if you think about it. Each of these character show something of the seven deadly sins. But isn't SpongeBob Squarepants a kids' show?

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