Kingdom Hearts: SfE Part 2 - The Final Keyhole and the Mark of Mastery

Kairi stared at her and Sora's Nobodies. "How?" The pain's gone now...
Naminé opened her eyes and looked at her hands. "Did someone separate us from your hearts...?"

 

"I....guess so...."Sora said. "Who would....."Roxas stopped when he saw Riku coming towards them. "Sora, are you alright?"Riku asked, concerned. "Yeah, Kairi and I are fine."Sora said, smiling. Roxas, however, was giving Riku the biggest death glare possible. "Wait....how... did....what is this, I don't even..."Valerie was still lost. "While I'm confused as well, we don't have time to try and understand things. We need to get to the station."Riku said. "Right! Its this-a-way!"Sora pointed the way. Valerie was poking Roxas, making sure the blonde was real. "Will you stop?!"Roxas was alittle annoyed.

 

"Well, who cares how it happened," Jeffrey said. "It just means more people on our side." He looked at the station as they approached it. "Good thing we don't need tickets for the train. I don't think they'll take dollars."

 

"I wonder how it would work out if we used our currency anywa-"As they approached the station Valerie seemed to come to a standstill. There was a young man around their age-maybe Rikus- standing around the train station, looking alittle lost. The mystery guy had raven black hair barely grazing his shoulders and upon turning to the group revealed blue-green eyes, almost like a pale aquamarine color. Valerie's jaw dropped instantly at the sight. "Uh...Valerie?"Sora waved his hand in Valerie's face. Roxas looked to the mysterious man, wondering if he was a nobody or just some stranger. Riku looked to Valerie, wondering what caused the girl to be so speechless.

 

"What's up with you?" Jeffrey asked, waving his hand in front of Valerie's face. "What' so special about that guy?"
"Well..." Kairi started, "he does look kinda familiar."

 

"Do you know him...?"Roxas saw Valeries face. "Know him? Don't YOU guys know who that is? It's-"Valerie was interupted when the mystery guy noticed them. "OH look, maybe he recognized you."Sora smiled. Riku noticed the 'Oh no' look on Valerie's face, confused. "Uh....hey, I couldn'y help but notice you guys...um...do you know where I am? I just kinda....got here and...."The young man noticed Valerie. "Is she okay?"He asked. Valerie looked...stunned to say the least.

 

"Last Train arriving for the day. So all you loiterers get out the door or into the train, we'll be closing up soon." A nasal-y female voice chirped onto the loud speaker, who happened to be at the ticket counter. "Seriously dolls, make it or break it. But you still gotta buy a ticket." The lady groaned. "Some of us have a New Year's party to spend with our families."

 

"New Years.....?"Roxas and the mystery man sounded confused. "New years?!"Sora and Valerie sounded suprised. "Wow...where did the echos come from?"Riku gave the group a small look of amusement.

 

"It's New Years already?" Jeffrey asked, slightly confused. "It feels like just yesterday that December was just starting." He pulled a few dollars out of his pocket. No munny...

 

"Yeah, New Year's Eve." The woman repeated. "C'mon, either get a ticket or go, you're the last people here." She bitterly stated, annoyed that these people wouldn't leave to let her go for the twinight.

 

Riku went up to the ticket woman, going into his bag. "I hope this can cover it for me and my friends." Valerie, Roxas, and the mystery man felt their jaws drop when they saw Riku with so much munny. He's loaded....! Sora just smiled, glad that Riku was there to help them out.

 

"Alright, Tickets to the only train coming in, Sunset Terrace." The woman took the munny and gave Riku the proper amount of tickets. "Thank you, have a nice new Year." With that, she closed up her window and left to go party somewhere to watch the clock.

 

"Thank you-wait!"Riku was too late to say that was the wrong train they wanted as the window closed. "Way to go, Mr.Rich. You got tickets for the wrong train."Roxas slowly applauded. "Well, it was the last train left..."Sora gave a sad sigh. "S-Sorry you guys couldn't get the right train..."The mystery man said. Valerie was looking at the young man, knowing something was amiss.

 

"Did we even need to pay for tickets?" Jeffrey asked. "You didn't pay for any the last time you went to Yen Sid's Tower, did you, Sora?"

 

"Yes, actually. Thats why the king gave us the bag of munny from..." "My Twilight Town."Roxas interupted, putting emphasis on the 'my'. "Um...is your friend okay...?"The mystery man got closer towards Kairi to ask her the question. "Perveeeerrrt! Stay away from them!"Valerie pushed him away. "Val! What's wrong with you?!"Riku bopped Valerie on the head. "How could you call someone that when you don't even know them?"Sora huffed. "Ouch. Harsh."Roxas said. The accused 'pervert' looked confused beyond belief. "B-But he...he..."Valerie was confused.

 

"Pervert?" Jeffrey muttered. He looked at the boy again. Wait, does she think... "Val, I know he looks like him, but there's no reason to jump to conclusions..."

 

"There is a perfect reason to jump to conclusions!"Valerie huffed. "I-I'm sorry, but who are you talking about? I-I don't even remember getting here, let alone-" "Wait...you don't remember how you got to Twilight Town...?"Roxas asked. The young man shook his head, frowning. "Thats strange..."Riku said. "M-Maybe he's a nobody! That would explain it!"Sora said. "Are you sure, Sora? He could just have amnesia..."Riku said. "I'm...kinda sure..."Sora said. Roxas shook his head, groaning at his somebody's stupidity.

 

"Well, we can figure this all out later," Jeffrey said, shrugging.
"If the train to the Tower isn't there, we can at least spend some time at Sunset Terrace," Kairi added.

 

Roxas looked off to the town outside the station. "I guess...the Terrace wouldn't be bad either..."he muttered. "Hey, are you okay...uh.... heh, I guess I was so busy following you I forgot to ask for all of your names..."The guy gave a nervous laugh. "I'm Sora. The guy that paid for our train tickets is Riku." "They weren't the right ones..."Riku muttered, dissapointed. "I'm Roxas. Thats Kairi, Naminé and...."Roxas looked over to Valerie and Jeffrey. "I'm Valerie, and thats Jeffrey."Valerie smiled. "Nice to meet you all, I'm...."The young man paused, frowning slightly. "You don't even remember your name...?"Riku asked. "Well duh, he's a nobody. He doesn't even have one yet."Sora explained. "Um...the train?"Valerie could hear the train whistle, signaling those to get on board before it left.

 

"So, are we going to go or not?" Jeffrey asked after the whistle sounded. "If we are, we better hurry up before the train leaves."