Kingdom Hearts: Keyblade Wielder of Souls

[Blackblood]

Wazu, everyone! Blackblood here with a new (to this site anyway) fanfic. It's a crossover between Kingdom Hearts and Danny Phantom. Even though I will be posting it here, here's a link to the FanFiction.net page if you want to read it there.

FanFiction.Net - Keyblade Wielder Of Souls, a Danny Phantom fanfic

Now that we have that out of the way, here it is. Kingdom Hearts: Keyblade Wielder of Souls. Enjoy!


Kingdom Hearts
Keyblade Wielder of Souls

Chapter 00: Prologue: The Secret Report of Ansem the Wise


“…I decided to review the data obtained at my basement lab. That is when I discovered the “Ansem Reports.” Though they bore my name, the only one I had written was #0. Apparently he had gone to pen numbers 1 through 8 himself. Yes – the first subject of my foolish experiments.”

“Interesting.”

It was another day in the Ghost Zone. It looked like it always did, with the exception of a mysterious white cloaked figure. The figure was looking through what seem like a journal of some sort.

“In the “Ansem Reports” my apprentice Xehanort had written under his name, I found the records of his hideous experiments along with his hypothesis about the door that had appeared out of the darkness in my basement.”

“It seemed he discovered what had happened, yet I wonder why he did nothing.”

The cloaked figure flipped through the pages, closely examining each one with intense concentration. Six white portals began to form around him, with similar looking figures, though armor was visible, appearing out of each portal. They began to listen to the first white cloaked figure.

“I became familiar with an unusual “entity” while pursuing the truth. It is the soul and body that remain when a being losses its heart. When a Heartless is born, these entities disappear from the realm of light, to be reborn as entirely new beings in a completely different realm.”

“Ha!” sneered the first cloaked figure. The other cloaked figures joined in laughing at this statement. The first cloaked figure unzipped his cloak to reveal his armor underneath. He then looked towards his fellow cloaked figures.

“That fool believed that both the body and the soul combined became a Nobody! He was wrong. The shell of the body becomes a Nobody, while the soul…the soul would linger on, immortal, as a ghost!”

[Blackblood]

Chapter 01: It Is Happening Again


A large tower came into view as the Highwind, piloted by King Mickey, drew closer towards it. The King had received a message from his former mentor, Yen Sid, summoning his majesty.

As he landed the Highwind, the King wondered what Yen Sid wanted. Could it be that the Heartless and the Nobodies were once again becoming a threat? King Mickey shuddered at the thought, though he knew that it was only a matter of time until their numbers grew large again.

The King had walked up the stairs, getter ever closer to his mentor. He finally reached the top floor, and entered.

The King looked around to find his mentor staring outside the window. The King walked towards the old wizard and then stopped right next to him. “You summoned me, Master Yen Sid?” said King Mickey, staring at his old mentor.

Yen Sid nodded slowly and looked in his majesty’s direction. “Indeed, I did,” he spoke, looking back outside and pointing towards the stars, “look.” King Mickey looked in the direction his mentor was pointing at.

The King saw that a bright star was fading in and out, as shooting stars crisscrossed over it. It didn’t take long for his majesty to figure out what was going on. He looked back at Yen Sid and replied, “It’s happening again?”

“Indeed,” replied Yen Sid as he looked at King Mickey, “A new Keyblade Wielder.”

[Blackblood]

Chapter 02: A Message From The King

Sora and Riku were hanging out at the old spot, enjoying the sunset. Finally, after two years, they were home. Sora could still feel his mother’s tears of joy on his shoulder, having been reunited with after all this time. When Riku saw his parents, their reaction was exactly the same.

Sora and Riku were talking about the journey they had, of both the bad and good times, when suddenly, Kairi called to them, running over to the old spot. She showed them a bottle with a letter in it, when Sora saw the King’s stamp on it. He grabbed the bottle from Kairi, opened the bottle, pulled out the letter, and opened it.


Dear Sora, Kairi, and Riku,

The stars are showing a vision, a vision that both me and my mentor Yen Sid, have seen before. Yen Sid saw this vision the day before you, Sora, received your Keyblade, as did I before Riku received his.

This vision in the stars could only mean one thing. A new Keyblade Wielder is about to receive his or her own Keyblade. Unlike the previous times, when we were unable to come in contact with Sora or Riku, we have the chance now.

I’ve sent you this message to invite you to join me in meeting this new Keyblade Wielder, and answering any questions he or she may have. If you would like to accept my invitation, simply meet me here in my castle. Kairi may come if she wishes, but it’s not necessary.

Sincerely,
King Mickey Mouse


“Well, what do you say, Riku?” said Sora looking over to his best friend. Riku nodded and replied, “Sure, I’m up for it.” Kairi quickly replied, “And I am, too!” Sora looked at her and quickly replied, “No, you’re not. I’m not gonna risk you getting hurt or lost again.”

“I agree,” replied Riku, staring at his friend. Kairi pouted, placing her hands on her hips, and replied, “Look, I’m not a damsel in distress. After all, I was able to hold my own against the Heartless in The World That Never Was.”

Riku looked back at Sora and said, “She’s got a point.” Sora looked at Riku with uncertainty. Kairi noticed that she was winning the argument, so she quickly added, “And besides, I’ve missed out on most of the adventures you two have had.”

Sora was stumped. He tried to make an excuse, but couldn’t think of anything. He sighed and replied, “I give up, you win. You can come with us.” Kairi smiled and cheered. “I’ll go get the Highwind 2 warmed up,” said Sora as he walked towards the gummi ship.

As soon as Sora was out of earshot, Riku turned to Kairi and said, “You know, you’re lucky. The reason you missed out on the adventures was mostly because you were captured by the bad guys.” Kairi continued to smiled and replied, “I know, but you how naïve Sora can be. I had a feeling he would give up.”

Riku chuckled and replied, “Smart girl. Come on, let’s go.” Kairi laughed as she joined Riku in walking to the Highwind 2.

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Chapter 03: A New Journey Begins

It was midnight when Sora, Riku, and Kairi arrived at Disney Castle. As they landed the gummi ship, Sora spotted Chip and Dale jumping up and down, as they usually did.

Kairi was the first to exit the gummi ship, looking in awe around the hanger. After all, she had only been on four different worlds previous (Traverse Town, Hallow Bastion, Twilight Town, and The World That Never Was), so to see a new world was exciting for her.

“So, where’s the King?” asked Riku, having exited last. Chip quickly replied, “In his throne room.” Dale added, “Just follow us.” And with that, they both scurried off. The three teenagers followed suit.

When they arrived at the big double doors, Riku stopped his friends. He looked at the doors and replied, “I’ll take care of this.” He then attempted to push right door open. “Uh, Riku?” said Sora as he walked next to Riku. He then lightly pushed part of the left door and a small section of it opened.

There was a short silence before Riku sneered, “Yeah I knew that. I just wanted to see if this one can open.” Sora chuckled as he walked into the throne room.

When they all had entered, they saw the King sitting on his throne, waiting for them. When he saw them, he jumped up and shouted, “Welcome, my friends. I see you’ve all accepted my invitation to join me in finding the new Keyblade Wielder.”

The teens nodded. Sora then asked, “Your Majesty, where’s Donald and Goofy?” The King turned to Sora and replied, “They’re in Radiant Garden, helping Leon and the others with the Restoration Project. So it’s only going to be us this time.”

Sora was disappointed. He was hoping to see his old friends again. Kairi noticed Sora’s disappointment and was about to say something, when Riku interrupted. “So, your Majesty, when do we leave?”

“Curse Riku’s timing,” thought Kairi as the King turned to Riku. “When can leave whenever you three are ready.” Riku nodded and replied, “Well I’m ready. What about you two?”
Both Sora and Kairi nodded and then all three teens turned to the King. “Alright,” said the King, “let’s go.” They all walked back to the hanger, when the three teens noticed that there was a new gummi ship. They all looked at the King, who quickly replied, “From what Master Yen Sid told me, it is a long ways away. So we will be taking the Highwind Mark V.”

The Highwind Mark V was three times the size of the original Highwind. It looked like it could hold 15 passengers. Sora turned to King Mickey and asked, “Why are we taking a huge gummi ship like that?” The King replied, “It may be the biggest gummi ship ever constructed, but it is also the fastest gummi ship there is.”

“I don’t really care how big it is,” said Riku, unphazed on the gummi ship’s size and turning to Sora, “I just don’t want Sora driving.” Sora quickly replied, “Hey! What’s that supposed to mean?!”

Riku smiled and replied, “Donald and Goofy told me about your piloting skills when I took the Keyblade from you in Hollow Bastion.” Sora looked dumbfounded, but quickly shook it off and replied, “They told you that?! Well, that was almost two years ago, I’m a better pilot than I was then.”

King Mickey motioned for Sora to calm down. He then said, “Don’t worry, I’ll be piloting the gummi ship. Now let’s go.” The group entered the Highwind Mark V, walked to the cockpit, sat in their seats, began the launch sequence.

“Well, here we go,” thought Sora with excitement, “the start of a new adventure.” Then he remembered that he didn’t even know where they were going. He said aloud, “Your Majesty, where are we going?” The King looked back at Sora and smiled. “To Amity Park!” And with that, they basted off into space.

[Blackblood]

Chapter 04: The New Threat Revealed

BOOM!


Danny Phantom smashed into the wall of the mall with great force, causing people to run for cover. Danny looked up to see Valerie speeding towards him, her Ecto-Blaster pointing straight at him.

“NO! Don’t hurt Danny Phantom!!”

Both Danny and Valerie turned in the direction of the voice to see Paulina running towards Danny. She leaped into the arms of Danny, catching her with vast reflexes. Danny was caught by surprised, but enjoyed the fact that Paulina was in his arms.

Valerie was surprised as well, but quickly shook it off, and pointed her Ecto-Blaster to part of Danny that would only hit the ghost-boy, not the young teenage girl, and pulled the trigger.

The blast hit Danny in the stomach, missing Paulina by an inch, and sent the ghost-boy flying, as the teenage girl flew out of his arms. Danny crashed back into the wall as Valerie charged towards him.

“BEWARE, FOR I AM THE BOX GHOST!!!”

Both Danny and Valerie turned to annoying ghost, shot a blast, and sent him flying. Valerie then turned back to Danny, but found that he was gone. “Damn,” cursed Valerie as she flew off in another direction, “He got away again. But I’ll get that phantom menace someday.”

Back in the crushed wall, Danny Phantom walked back through the wall, exhausted. He then turned invisible and flew over into a nearby store. Two other teenagers were there, browsing through the items, looking as if they didn’t really care about what they were trying to find.

Danny Phantom landed behind them and transformed back into his human self. The two teenagers turned to him, smiling. “She really whupped your butt good,” said Danny’s best friend Tucker Foley. Sam Manson added, “For once, the Box Ghost was helpful.” Danny put on a fake smile and replied, “Ha ha, very funny guys.”

“You can usually handle Valerie better than that,” stated Tucker, as he went back to browsing through the useless items. “Yeah,” replied Sam, suddenly looking worried, “is something wrong?” Danny leaned against the wall and replied, “I don’t know why, but it feels like I have less energy. And it looks like it’s not just me. The ghosts in the Ghost Zone seem to have lost a lot of their energy.”

“Now that you mention it,” replied Sam, “Vlad seems to have been really exhausted lately.” Danny looked at her and replied, “Something strange, and I mean stranger than normal, is going on around here. And I don’t like it.”


Meanwhile, in the Ghost Zone…


Many ghosts had gathered in the center of the Ghost Zone. They were having a meeting of some sort. In the center of the crowd of ghosts, was Skulker, waiting for the ghosts to settle down. He turned to the Lunch Lady, who nodded. She then turned to the crowd and took a deep breath.

“SHUT UP!!!”

In an instant, the whole crowd of ghosts silenced. Skulker turned to the crowd and began to speak. “As you all know, for some strange reason, we seem to be weaker. I’ve noticed that even the ghost child has been affected.” Johnny 13 interrupted, “Yeah, and what are we supposed to do about it?” Skulker shot Johnny a glare and replied, “Quite whelp!” Johnny quickly stood down as Skulker continued.

“Now, I have a theory on what has been going,” said Skulker, pacing in a circle, “the ghost child’s father, though very rare, has his moments when it comes to ghost hunting.” The crowd of ghost began to laugh, but Skulker quickly cut them off. “Now, I believe he might have developed some sort of ghost hunting machine that weakens ghost energy.”

“Excellent theory, but nowhere near correct.”

The voice had came out of nowhere. The crowd of ghosts looked everywhere for the source of the voice. Suddenly, seven white portals materialized in the center of the crowd of ghosts. Seven armor-clad, cape wearing figures walked out of each portal.

“Who are you?!” demanded Skulker, glaring at the figures with dagger-like eyes. The figure in the front turned to face Skulker and calmly replied, “We are the Chasers. A group of ghosts, almost like you.”

“Almost?” said Ember McLain, stepping out of the crowd and standing next to her boyfriend, “what do you mean by almost?” One of the other Chasers turned to her and replied in a female voice, “We do not come from this world. We are ghosts from worlds far beyond this one.”

“We do not know why we came here,” added another Chaser, with a voice much deeper than the first Chaser, “but we do know that we are the only ones here from our worlds.” Skulker grew tired of this banter and shouted, “What is the point of all this?!”

The first Chaser faced Skulker and replied, “The point is that you all shall now serve under our command.” There was a short silence, quickly followed by a loud burst of laughter. Except for the Chasers, everyone was laughing.

Johnny 13 was the first to settle down, and replied, “What makes you think that we’ll serve you?” Ember added, “You guys don’t look tough at all.” Skulker replied, “I beat even the Box Ghost could take you down.”

The whole crowd of ghosts agreed. They all began to egg the Box Ghost, telling him to take down the Chasers. For once in his afterlife, other ghosts cheered for him. His confidence grew so much, that he flew over to the Chasers and proclaimed, “I, the Box Ghost, shall defeat you, creating a great fear in you, for I am the Box Ghost!”

He charged for the Chasers’ leader, when the leader quickly dodged the Box Ghost, grabbed his head, and lifted him up into the air for the crowd to see. The ghosts went dead silent.

“As we stated before,” exclaimed the Chaser leader, “we are not of this world. We have powers never before seen in this world. Including this one.”

The Box Ghost tried to shake free of the Chaser’s grip, when suddenly, a shock of pain went through his body. A white vortex of lighting surrounded the Box Ghost. The crowd of ghosts stared at him with looks of shock and horror. The Box Ghost suddenly stopped shaking, staying dead still, as the vortex disappeared. The Box Ghost then began to evaporate, disappearing in a cloud of black, shadow-like smoke. Then he was gone.

“We,” said the Chaser leader calmly, as if he had done nothing, “have the ability to send any ghost into the deep depths of Oblivion.” Another Chaser stepped forward and said in a screechy voice, “So, will you serve us now?”

The entire crowd of ghost hesitated at first, but ended up bowing down to the Chasers. His head down, Skulker asked the Chaser leader, “What should we call you?” The Chaser leader slowly removed his helmet to reveal his face. He had light-tan colored skin and shoulder-length, spiky white hair. He smiled and answered, “You will call me Master Xehanort!”

[Blackblood]

Chapter 05: A Dream And An Arrival

Danny and Sam were relaxing on a beautiful beach, where the water was crystal clear and the sand shined white in the sun. They looked at each other, and then began to lean into one another. Their lips were barely an inch away from touching, when all of a sudden, Sam stopped and sat straight up.

Danny was surprised by the sudden withdrawal and looked into her eyes. They had widened in size, a look of fear in them. Danny turned to see what had caused her to stop. He immediately saw what had caught her attention. It was person falling from the sky.

Danny squinted to see who it was. He was shocked to see the person who was falling…was him! The instant he realized who it was, he fell backwards. Instead of landing on the sand, however, Danny continued to fall, watching Sam call out to him.

The vision of Sam disappeared, as everything went dark. Danny felt as if he was rushing through water, but was completely dry. He had no idea what was going on. He suddenly started to slow down and the feeling of water was gone. He slowly began to fall forward and then suddenly, he felt his feet touch a nonexistent floor. He looked everywhere around him, but all he could see was darkness.

He stepped forward, and just as he did, the floor began to move. Doves began to fly from the floor to reveal the ground beneath Danny watched the beautiful doves fly away into the darkness and fade away. He then looked down at the ground to see that he was on a platform. And on the platform, was a painting of…Sam?

“What is going on?” thought Danny, as he gazed at the painting. He then noticed that he was in his ghost form. He couldn’t remember when he had gone ghost.

You have been chosen

The voice came out of nowhere. Danny looked all around him to find the source of the voice, but there was no one there except for him.

You, child of the living and of the spirits, have been chosen

“I heard you the first time,” shouted Danny, getting frustrated at the voice. Suddenly, he felt a shiver run up his spine. He turned around to see a strange little black creature with yellow eyes.

You will face many new enemies, but do not worry…

Danny kept shooting blasts at the creatures, but it was no use. The creatures quickly overwhelmed him, tackling Danny to the ground.

You have the power to protect her

The last thing Danny saw was the yellow eyes of the creatures before everything went black.

“Ah!” shouted Danny as he quickly sat up. He quickly looked around to find that was in his bed. It was all just a dream. Danny took a deep breath and lay back down. “What a strange dream,” thought Danny as he closed eyes, “it felt so real, though.” Danny then sat back up again and said, “Wait, was I about to kiss Sam?”

“I knew it!”

Danny turned to see his sister Jazz standing in the doorway. “What?” replied Danny, confused at Jazz’s statement. Jazz smiled back and answered, “You love Sam.” Danny stuttered, “Wh-what? What are you talking about?” Jazz shook her finger and replied, “You said you almost kissed her.” Danny quickly replied, “In my dream! In my dream, I almost kissed her.” Jazz was still unphased, and quickly replied, “Well, aren’t dreams just one way to see your wishes come true?” Danny couldn’t think of anything, so he sighed and replied, “Whatever, I’m going back to sleep.”

Jazz’s smile grew as she turned around and walked out of Danny’s room. “Danny can deny it all he wants,” thought Jazz as she triumphantly walked back to her room, “but I know he loves Sam, and one day, I’ll get them together.”

The next morning, in the forest near Amity Park…

The Highwind Mark V landed softly on the ground, making sure not to be seen by anyone. Kairi got out of her seat and walked over to her sleeping friends.

“Sora, Riku, wake up you two,” said Kairi as she attempted to wake the two teenaged boys. King Mickey stepped forward and cast Thunder on the boys. “Ah!” they both screamed as they fell out of their seats and onto the floor. They quickly got to their feet, with their Keyblades in hand, ready to fight. But they were met with the snickering faces of Kairi and the King.

“Good morning, you two sleepyheads,” laughed Kairi as the King walked up to the boys. “Your Majesty, are we here?” asked Sora as he and Riku put their Keyblades away. The King replied, “Yes, we are in Amity Park.”

“So, when do we go find this new Keyblade wielder guy?” asked Riku. The King turned to him and answered, “First off, I don’t know if the new Keyblade Wielder is a boy or girl. We don’t even know what he or see might look like.” Sora put on a worried look and asked, “So, how are we supposed to look for someone when we have no idea what the person looks like?”

“Well, I guess we’ll just have to look around the area, and try to find someone with a Keyblade,” replied the King as he took a deep. “And secondly, you three will have to go by yourselves. I can not go with you?”

“What,” said Kairi, shocked at what the King had just said, “but your majesty, why not?” King Mickey turned to her and replied, “Because only humans live on this world. If I am seen, it might cause a panic.” The teens looked at each other and then at the King and nodded.

“Well,” said Sora in a confident voice, “let’s go find the Keyblade Wielder!”

[Blackblood]

Chapter 06: The Keyblade Wielder of Souls Revealed

“Then everything went dark,” whispered Danny, telling his friends about the weird dream he had last night. He decided to skip the part where he almost kissed Sam, but told them everything else. “The last thing I heard was the voice saying “You have the power to protect her,” and then I woke up.”

“Strange,” replied Sam as she stood up from the table they were eating at. They were having lunch outside today. Nobody else was outside due to the dark rain clouds in the sky, though there was not even a drizzle to be felt. “Sounds like something out of some Circle-Hard video game,” added Sam, “You know, the company that makes that Final Nightmare series?”

“Yeah,” replied Tucker as he went to typing in his PDA, trying to see if there was any information on these strange creatures Danny dreamt about. “There nothing here about those black creatures you described,” he finally said after a long search, “not even in the Ghost Zone.”

Danny sighed and replied, “What I’m wondering about is who exactly “her” is. Who am I supposed to protect?” Danny turned to his friends for an answer, but they simply shrugged.


Meanwhile, in the Ghost Zone …


A group of the few good ghosts had gathered for a secret meeting at Pandora’s Castle. They had all been summoned by Clockwork, who for some reason, refused to have this meeting take place in his tower.

“My fellow spirits of the Ghost Zone,” said Clockwork as the crowd of good ghosts settled down, and as he changed into his adult form, “It seems that the prophecy of darkness is here at last.” Immediately, chatter broke the crowd’s silence, all of them in shock upon hearing this news. “You mean the Heartless have finally found this world?” shouted Frostbite, fear in his voice.” Clockwork, now in his elder form, nodded.

Pandora quickly replied, “How are you certain of this?” Clockwork opened a portal into the living world, showing the dark clouds in the sky. He changed into his child form as he said, “As you can see, it is only a matter of time before this whole world is covered in darkness.”

He changed into his adult form and added, “But that is not the only threat this world faces. It seems that seven spirits that are not from this world have seized control over the thousands of evil ghosts, as a plot to return to their worlds.”

“Is that why you held the meeting here,” asked Frostbite, “instead of at your tower?” Having turned into his elder form, Clockwork replied, “Yes, that is the reason. They were near it when they took control over the other ghosts.”

“How where they able to convince the other ghosts to serve them?” asked Pandora, “I mean, knowing them, they would never would have agreed to serve them.” Clockwork, in his child form, replied, “They have a unique ability. They can send any ghost into the dark depths of Oblivion. I saw the Box Ghost meet his end this way, at the hands of the leader of this group of seven, who call themselves The Chasers.”

Shocked by hearing the news of the Box Ghost’s demise, the crowd of ghosts began to chatter again, unaware that a Chaser had witnessed the entire meeting. The Chaser suddenly opened a portal and entered it.


On the other side of the Ghost Zone, in Clockwork’s Tower…


A portal suddenly appeared as the Chaser from before walked out of it. The Chaser turned to Master Xehanort, who along with the other five Chasers, had waited for this Chaser to return.

“So, Yemd,” spoke Master Xehanort, “what is Clockwork up to?” Yemd removed his helmet to reveal his yellow eyes and black-colored mullet, and then replied in a screechy voice, “He had no plans of attack. All he did was inform the good ghosts of our presence.”

Master Xehanort smiled and replied, “Is that all? I would have expected more of him.” Yemd quickly replied, “Well, there was another thing, he showed the ghosts that the Heartless have arrived in this world. He opened a portal to show that the living world had dark clouds.”

Master Xehanort’s smiled did not fade as he replied, “Now that explains his lack of a plan. Because of those clouds, his sight of the future is clouded.” Master Xehanort’s smiled then faded as he added, “But those clouds mean we might have bigger problems than before. Those clouds mean that a new Keyblade Wielder is about to receive his or her own Keyblade.”

The female Chaser turned to Master Xehanort and asked, “Do you have an idea of who this new Keyblade Wielder might be, Master Xehanort?” The Chaser leader turned to her and answered, “I believe that if anyone on this pathetic world would be worthy of receiving a Keyblade, Kerrix, it would be the ghost-boy.” The other Chasers nodded and agreed to their leader’s suggestion.

“What would you have us do, Master Xehanort?” asked the deep voiced Chaser, bowing down to his leader. Master Xehanort turned to the Chaser and replied, “You will not need to do anything, Roxe, for I think we should send our prisoner to deal with ghost-boy.”

He turned to the wall and opened a portal to reveal a man with long, spiky red hair chained up. Roxe, who happened to be the largest of the Chasers, stood up and walked to the chained man. He picked him up with great ease, and placed him on his shoulder.

“Make sure to give him his chakrams before releasing him,” added Master Xehanort with a grin, “he may be a ghost like us, but he still needs them to fight.” Roxe nodded as he opened a portal to the living world and entered it.

“Master Xehanort,” asked a Chaser, with a voice chillingly cold, “are you sure his memory has been wiped clear?” Master Xehanort turned to the Chaser and replied, “Do not worry, Venn, everything he once had memorized is deep within his subconscious. Only someone from his past can help him remember who he once was. He is completely under our control.”

Yemd turned to Venn and said, “Got it memorized, Venn?” All the Chasers, excluding Venn, laughed at Yemd’s statement. Venn simply stared at Yemd and thought, “One day, Yemd, your sense of humor will be the end of you.”


Back in the living world, at Amity Park Mall…


“Where the hell are we supposed to find this guy?” Riku asked out loud, as he, Sora, and Kairi walked through the mall. Sora simply shrugged, when suddenly, Kairi had an idea. She walked over to a mall employee and asked, “Excuse me, but can you tell me what day it is?”

The mall employee replied, “Today is Monday. Shouldn’t you and your friends be in school?” Kairi quickly replied, “ Well, you see, we are new in town, and we actually don’t start school until tomorrow. But we want to go there, you know, just to check it out.”

The mall employee smiled and replied, “And let me guess, you three need directions? You just need to go south on Elm Street until you get to corner of Elm Street and Crystal Lake Avenue. You take a right, and you’ll be at Casper High.”

Kairi smiled and replied, “Thank you, miss.” The mall employee nodded and replied, “Your welcome. Oh, and welcome to Amity Park.” Kairi then walked back to Sora and Riku, who immediately asked her what she was doing.

She smiled and answered, “You know how you guys got your Keyblades at an age that you should have been in school? Well, maybe the new Keyblade Wielder will be young as well, and would be in school.” Riku and Sora looked at each other, then back at Kairi and said simultaneously, “Smart girl.” Kairi chuckled as she skipped to the exit as her friends followed her.


Back at Casper High…


“Hey, Fen-turd! Think fast!” yelled Dash Baxter as he threw a dodge ball hard at Danny. The dodge ball connected with Danny’s face hard, causing him to land hard on the gym floor. “Fenton, you’re out!” yelled Mrs. Tetslaff, the P.E. teacher. Danny tried to get back up, but was hit yet again by a dodge ball, this time thrown by Kwan, Dash’s best friend.

After a few more failed attempts of getting up, Danny was finally able to make it to the “out” bench. He sat next to Tucker as they both watched Sam face off alone against Dash’s team.

Sam was incredibly good, having single-handily eliminated most of Dash’s team. It was all down to her and Dash, after having disposed of Kwan. Dash had the dodge ball and was about to throw it, when suddenly, the whole place shook.

“What the?” said Dash, letting go of the dodge ball, which Sam quickly grabbed and threw at Dash. The ball hit Dash in the face, knocking him to the ground. “Team Manson wins!” proclaimed Mrs. Tetslaff, who did not notice the shake from before.

In fact, it seemed as if only Danny, Tucker, Sam, and Dash had noticed the shake as everyone else had for the locker rooms. Danny suddenly saw his ghost sense go off, as he run up to Sam and Tucker and whispered, “Meet me outside.” With that, Danny headed for the door, and when he made sure nobody was looking, Danny went ghost.

He went intangible and flew through the wall. Sam and Tucker, after having dressed out, meet up with each other and were about to head outside, when suddenly, the fire alarm went off. The students of Casper High filled the halls in an unorganized fashion, and ran outside, forcing Sam and Tucker to be swept along with them.


Meanwhile, a block away from the school…


“We’re almost there,” proclaimed Sora as he and his friends walked closer to the corner of Elm Street and Crystal Lake Avenue. “Wait,” said Riku suddenly, stopping his friends. Kairi turned to him and asked, “What’s wrong Riku?”

Riku didn’t answer, but simply pointed to the sky. Sora and Kairi looked up to see dark clouds. The clouds looked oddly familiar, although they couldn’t figure out why. “They look like,” stated Sora, when suddenly he remembered, “they look exactly the same as those that night at Destiny Islands!”

Suddenly, the three teens heard a noise around them. They looked back down to find themselves surrounded by Shadows and Neo Shadows. They all got out their Keyblades and began to slash at the Heartless, Kairi taking out Heartless one-by-one, while Sora and Riku used amazing abilities to take out groups of Heartless at a time.

Sora suddenly thought of something and yelled, “Wait, if they’re here, then they might also be at the school.” Riku and Kairi nodded, as all three began to run towards the school, slashing at any Heartless that got in their way. Unaware of another person’s presence, a man lowered his camera and said, “This is so going on YouTube.”


Back at Casper High…


Danny flew over to the entrance of the school, where he found the source of the shakes. It was a man in a black cloak with long, spiky red hair, with what looked two large rings in his hands.

Danny had never seen a ghost like this before. His skin wasn’t pale like the other ghosts he had fought, but nonetheless, this ghost had to be stopped. He flew toward the ghost, when suddenly, the ghost turned to Danny, and shot two fire bolts at Danny.

Right before he was hit, Danny saw the eyes of this ghost. They were blank, no emotion in them at all. Danny was hit hard by one bolt, while another hit the school, causing the school’s fire alarm to go off.

Danny quickly got to his feet and shot an energy blast at the ghost, which gracefully dodged it. The ghost jumped over Danny, and shot a large fire bolt into Danny’s back. Danny hit the ground hard. He turned over to look at the face of this ghost. He was preparing another attack, when suddenly, Sam’s voice was heard screaming, “Danny!”

You have the power to protect her…


Just across the street from the school…


Sora and the gang crossed the street and had walked into the front of the school, when they heard a girl scream. They saw that a boy with white hair was on the ground with a figure standing over him.

Just as the figure raised his weapons, Sora ran to the aid of the boy. The figure thrusted his weapons down, when Sora had reached them and blocked that attack. As soon as he saw the attacker’s face, Sora gasped. “Axel?”

Danny was prepared to go intangible, when another boy with brown, spiky hair appeared in front of him and, with some strange weapon, blocked the ghost’s attack. He then heard the boy say Axel. The ghost’s eyes suddenly flashed with what looked like different scenes of this ghost’s past life. The ghost’s eye suddenly stopped flashing as the ghost fainted and fell into the boy arms.

Suddenly, the black creatures began to appear around him, as he heard a voice from behind him yell, “Run!” He looked back to see another boy with long, silver hair and a girl with red hair run toward the creatures with weapons similar to that of the first boy’s.

After Riku had yelled for the people to run, the students and staff of Casper High did not hesitate, and quickly fled, with the exception of the white-haired boy, an African-American boy, a redheaded girl, and a goth girl. Riku tried to tell them to run, when a Neo Shadow charged into him.

Danny got up to his feet and then turned to his friends and sister. As soon as his eyes rested on Sam, everything flashed.

You have the power to protect her…

When Danny received his eyesight again, he saw that the ghost from earlier was lying on the ground, and that the three other teens had been slicing through the black creatures. Danny turned to see the black creatures had begun to stalk Sam, Tucker, and Jazz.

The redheaded teen ran to over to Tucker and Jazz, and began to defend them from the black creatures. Danny turned to see that Sam was defenseless as a large group of the black creatures surround her.

You have the power to protect her…

“You got that right,” thought Danny as he flew towards Sam. He landed in front of her and began to shoot blasts at the black creatures, each disappearing when hit.

All of a sudden, they backed away from Danny and Sam. Danny was confused, when suddenly, Sam screamed. He turned to find her surrounded by some sort of dark energy. “Sam!” yelled Danny as he reached out to her. He grabbed her hand and pulled himself into the darkness. Everything began to fade in darkness, as Danny whispered, “I’m here, Sam.”

You have the power to protect her…until she has the power to protect herself.

The darkness faded as everything came back into view. Danny was holding Sam tightly in his arms. He let go of her, both of them blushing when he noticed something. In Sam’s hand, was a weapon like the ones those other teens had.

Sora had just slashed through a Heartless when he looked over to see the white-haired boy hugging the goth girl. That was when he saw it in her hands. He then shouted to his friends, “She’s the new Keyblade Wielder!”

[Blackblood]

Chapter 07: Escape From Amity Park


“What’s a Keyblade?” asked Tucker, hiding behind Jazz as they were being defended by the red haired teen. Jazz thought about this question, when she realized it must be what those other teens were using as weapons. Jazz told this to Tucker, who had difficulty understanding it at first.

Before Danny could figure this out for himself, the black creatures had returned and were charging towards him and Sam. Danny attempted to blast them, but they dodged his attack and headed for Sam. Danny quickly turned around, only to find that Sam, as if by instinct, was slashing through the black creatures with her strange new weapon.

“Huh?” thought Sam as she sliced through one the black creatures. “How did I get this thing? Its like those weapons those other teens have.” She had little time to think of this as she defended herself from the attacks of the black creatures.

“Hold it there, Ghost-Boy!” Danny turned quickly to see the end of an ecto-blaster rifle, which was in the hands of Valerie. “Whoa, Valerie, I don’t know if you’ve noticed,” said Danny, in an attempt to convince the ghost-hunter, “but we’re kinda busy here. So if you don’t mind…”

“As a matter of fact, I do mind,” interrupted Valerie as she cocked her weapon, “for all I know, you might have caused all this.” Suddenly, one of the black creatures jumped off the roof of the school and rammed into Valerie, knocking her off her hoverboard. The ghost-hunter hit the ground hard, losing consciousness the instant her head hit the pavement.

“Valerie!” yelled Danny, but the girl didn’t budge. The black creatures began to swarm around her, when the silver-haired boy sliced through their ranks, and began to defend her. Danny flew down and began to help the silver-haired boy fight the black creatures.

“Damn,” thought Sora as he continued to fight back the Heartless, “if only the King was here...” A split-second later, an orb of energy came out of nowhere and took out a Neo Shadow. Sora turned to see King Mickey was running through the swarm of Heartless, Keyblade in hand.

The King leaped into the air and landed right next to Sora. The King and Sora nodded to each other and then proceeded to fight the Heartless, both standing their ground as more and more Heartless charged for them.

Sam had just sliced through a black creature, when she saw an anthropomorphic mouse with a weapon that looked just like the brown-haired boy’s, only the colors were inverted. It joined the battle, and was quickly disposing the black creatures. Suddenly, she heard a groan of pain.

Sam turned to see the red-haired girl was just knocked to the ground. Jazz quickly asked, “Are you alright?” The red-haired girl got to her feet and replied, “Yeah, I’m ok.” Sam, however, could see that the black creatures were starting to gang up on the teen. She quickly dashed over to the redhead, and then slid to a stop right next to her.

“Need any help?” asked Sam as she began to slice through the black creatures. The redhead slash a black creature down the middle, turned to Sam, smiled, and replied, “Sure, why not?”

“Your Majesty!” shouted Sora as he cast a Thunderga spell at the Heartless, “we’ve found the new Keyblade Wielder!” The King sliced through a Shadow, then replied, “Great job, Sora. Where is this person?”

As Sora spun around, slicing through a couple of Neo Shadows while doing so, he pointed in the direction of the goth girl. The King spotted the new Keyblade Wielder fighting alongside Kairi, defending two other students.

Although it wasn’t exactly the right time to ask, Kairi couldn’t help but asked, “So, what’s your name?” The goth girl slashed through a Shadow and replied, “Name’s Sam Manson. What’s yours?” Kairi dodged an attack before answering, “My name is Kairi.”

From behind them, the redheaded girl suddenly shouted, “I’m Jasmine Fenton, but you can call me Jazz!” Kairi and Sam were a little taken off guard by Jazz’s enthusiasm, but quickly recovered and continued to fight the Heartless.

Jazz turned to Tucker and gave him a face saying “it’s your turn.” Tucker tried to resist, but failed miserably. He whispered, “My name is…” but Jazz cut him off and told him to talk louder. Tucker took a deep breath and yelled out, “Techno-Geek: Tucker Foley!”

Satisfied, Jazz turned to the direction of her brother and the silver-haired boy and yelled, “Your turn!” The silver-haired boy slashed through five black creatures and replied, “Is she serious?” Danny blasted a few black creatures before he answered, “Yes, and she probably won’t stop bugging us until we do it.”

The silver-haired boy sighed and then shouted, “Riku!” Danny quickly replied, “Danny Phantom!” It seems that the brown-haired boy and the mouse heard what was going, because a second later, the brown-haired boy shouted, “Sora!” quickly followed by the mouse yelling, “King Mickey!”

“Well,” said Riku as he picked Valerie up off the ground while fighting back the Heartless, “I’d say that now would be a good time to fall back. We can’t keep fighting them all day.” Danny nodded as he and Riku, with Valerie on his shoulder, fought their way over towards Sora and the King. Kairi and Sam, with Jazz and Tucker following them, did the same.

As the three groups formed together, Danny yelled, “Get behind me!” They obeyed, as Danny began to gather energy. The swarm of Heartless began to charge for them, when Danny unleashed his Ghostly Wail, destroying the huge swarm.

His energy fading fast, Danny involuntarily changed back into his normal self, falling to his knees of exhaustion. “We can’t rest here,” said the King, “let’s head for the Highwind Mark V, then things can be fully explained.

Sora grabbed the unconscious Axel while Sam helped Danny to his feet, then they all followed the King into the forest, where the gummi ship was being hidden. Though against their better judgment, Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz entered the ship.”

Riku, still carrying the knocked out Valerie, was the last to enter. Right before he was inside, he heard a strange thump. He looked around, but saw nothing. He decided that it was nothing and entered the gummi ship, just as it began to lift off. It turned towards the sky, and then blasted off into space.

When they got passed the atmosphere, the King stopped the gummi ship, and then turned around to face everyone. The unconscious Axel and Valerie were up against the wall, while the rest of the teenagers were sitting in the passenger seats, staring at the King.

“While, since we know everybody’s name,” said the King, “We can skip introductions. Now we can just get to the explanations.” Danny quickly replied, “Yeah, first off, what the heck were those things we fought?”

“Those are what we call the Heartless,” answered Riku, crossing his arms, “They are creatures born out of the darkness in people’s hearts.” Riku turned to Sora, who continued, “There are many different types of Heartless. The two types you saw were called Shadows and Neo Shadows.”

“What is it that they do?” asked a concerned Jazz. Kairi turned to Jazz and answered, “The Heartless have no hearts, so they seek those who have hearts, and steal them away.” The King quickly added, “That’s not all. Their main objective is to take the heart of the world.”

“Heart of the world?” asked Tucker, obviously very confused at what the King had said. Sora quickly answered, “Each world has a heart, for that is what gives itself and its people life. If the heart of the world is stolen or destroyed, the world will disappear.”

“Disappear?!” shouted all the Amity Park residents, excluding Valerie. The King quickly added, “That was before Sora and I locked the Door to Darkness. Although there are still many Heartless out there, they’re not powerful enough to steal or destroy the heart of the world.” The Amity Park residents all let out a sigh of relief.

Sam looked at the weapon she was still holding, and then asked, “So, what is this thing?” Kairi turned to Sam and replied, “That is a Keyblade, which means you are a Keyblade Wielder.” The King nodded and then added, “The Keyblade holds great power. It has the power to lock the heart of the world, and release the hearts taken by the Heartless.”

After hearing this, Sam examined her Keyblade intensely, taking in every detail of it. She then noticed that a keychain was attached to the hilt of it. She asked, “What’s with the keychain?”

Sora turned to her and replied, “That, in a way, changes the Keyblade into different forms, both in shape and in power.” Sora then reached into his pocket and pulled out another keychain. It was in the shape of star and looked hand made. Sam saw out of the corner of her eye that Kairi began to blush.

Sora took off the keychain on his Keyblade, then attached the new keychain to it. A bright light suddenly surrounded it. When the light faded, Sora’s Keyblade had changed into a beautiful form. “This,” he said, showing the Keyblade to everyone, “is the Oathkeeper Keyblade.”

“Ok, now that is cool,” replied Tucker, putting all the information about the Heartless and the Keyblades into his PDA. As Sora changed his Keyblade back to normal, Riku suddenly said, “Ok, we explained about the Heartless and the Keyblades, so I think we should get going now.”

“Go?” asked Jazz, “go where?” Riku turned to her and replied, “We’re going to see Master Yen Sid. He told the King that after we find the new Keyblade Wielder, to bring her to him.” Jazz quickly replied, “But what about our home? We need to go back and protect it from the Heartless!”

“Don’t worry,” said the King, “I had cast a spell before we left so that the Heartless won’t be able to enter your city. Not for now, anyway.” He then added, “But we need to take Sam to see my old master.”

The Amity Park residents were unsure about this idea, but if the King was right, then their home would be alright. They agreed, and after everyone got into their seats, the King blasted off for Twilight Town.


Meanwhile, in the Ghost Zone…


There were six Chasers in Clockwork’s tower. They had just watched through a portal that the Highwind Mark V had blasted off. “Good,” said Master Xehanort, “everything is going according to plan.” Venn walked up to his leader and asked, “Are you sure Stealx will remain undetected?” Master Xehanort turned to Venn and replied, “Yes, he will. After all, he is undetectable to the ghost-boy’s Ghost Sense. And even if he wasn’t, the ghost-boy would probably think it was Axel setting it off.”

Master Xehanort turned back to the portal and said, “When Stealx gets to one of our worlds, he’ll be able to open a portal connecting wherever he is to the Ghost Zone. Then we’ll be able to return to our worlds with our ghost army.”

Venn simply crossed his arms and thought, “I hope your right, Master Xehanort.”

[Blackblood]

Chapter 08: A Detour To Radiant Garden


“Ok, Tron, lets run that systems check,” said Squall Leonhart, now known as Leon, as he typed into Ansem’s computer. A few seconds later, Tron wrote back, “Systems check, complete. All systems are up and operational, Leon.”

“Good job, Tron,” replied Leon, “you can sign off now if you want to.” Tron wrote back, “Thank you, Leon. Tron, signing off.” Leon smiled and nodded as the computer went into hibernation mode. Leon then turned to leave.

RED ALEART! RED ALEART! MULTIPLE HEARTLESS BEHEMOTHS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED HEADING TOWARDS RADIANT GARDEN!

“Crap,” said Leon out loud as he rushed back to the computer, and began to enter the code to activate Radiant Garden’s defenses. Suddenly, he heard someone running into the lab. He turned around to find it was Yuffie, who quickly said, “Leon, Radiant Garden is surrounded.”

“Do you think we have enough power to take them out?” asked Leon as he went back to turning on the defenses. Yuffie shook her head and replied, “No, we can maintain a defense, but not for long.”

“Damn,” replied Leon, when suddenly, he had an idea. He turned to Yuffie and ordered, “Yuffie, find some way to contact the King, maybe even Sora and his friends.” Yuffie nodded as she ran for the exit.

A few minutes later, Leon finished activating Radiant Garden’s defenses. He quickly turned to the exit, pulling out his Gunblade while doing so, and ran out to town.


Meanwhile, on the Highwind Mark V…


“This thing is so cool!” proclaimed Tucker as the gummi ship continued to head for Twilight Town. Most of the passengers had fallen asleep, with the exception of Tucker, the King, and Riku. The King was piloting the Highwind Mark V, while Tucker and Riku sat next to him.

Tucker kept asking about the gummi, annoying Riku, although the King happily answered his questions. Suddenly, the controls made a noise and a screen came on. The noise was loud enough to wake up the sleeping passengers as they got up and walked over to the front.

All that was seen on the screen was static, when suddenly it became clear, and showed the face of a young woman with short black hair. She immediately cried, “Your Majesty! This is Yuffie! Radiant Garden is under attack by multiple Behemoths! We need help, as soon as possible! If you could, try and bring Sora and his friends to help as well! Yuffie, over and out!” The screen then went to static again.

The King nodded and replied, “It looks like they need our help. We’ll have to take a detour to Radiant Garden.” Danny replied, “What about Master Inn Mud?” Riku turned to him and replied, “It’s Master YEN SID! And don’t worry, we’ll help out there, then quickly head over to Twilight Town, right your majesty?” The King nodded and began to type in the directions into the navicomputer as everyone sat back in their seats. Suddenly, they heard a groan coming from the back.

They turned around to see that Axel and Valerie were beginning to wake up. Riku quickly pulled out his Keyblade and ran over to Axel. Sora yelled, “Wait, Riku! Don’t hurt him, he helped me, Donald, Goofy, and the King get into the World That Never Was!” Riku looked over at Sora and replied, “He’s part of the Organization and he kidnapped Kairi!” Sora quickly replied, “He said he was sorry for what he did. He just wanted to see Roxas again.”

While the two friends were arguing, the Amity Park residents went up to Valerie. “Ugh,” groaned Valerie as she shook her head. She opened her eyes to find Danny, Jazz, Sam, and Tucker right in front of her. “Uh, hi?” she said as she tried to get up. Jazz stopped her and replied, “You hit your pretty hard, try not to move around so much.”

Right next to Valerie, Axel groaned, “Ugh…where the hell am I?” He opened his eyes to see the end of Riku’s Keyblade in his face. “Uh…did I do something wrong?” asked Axel, looking for his chakrams, only to see them across the room. “Damnit,” thought Axel, when suddenly, he realized something.

He wasn’t dead. He was very much alive and kicking. He looked around to find he was inside a gummi ship, piloted by King Mickey. He also saw Sora, Kairi, Riku, and some people he didn’t recognized. Then one kid turned to look at him. Though he had never met him, Axel couldn’t help but feel that this boy’s face looked familiar.

“He needs to be destroyed,” shouted Riku, keeping his Keyblade on Axel. “Riku, the Organization is gone. He sacrificed himself just to help us.” Axel pushed Riku’s Keyblade away, got to his feet, and replied, “Yeah, relax there Riku. Organization XIII is dead. Got it memorized?”

Riku quickly pointed his Keyblade at Axel, who simply shrugged and replied, “Hey there, Sora. How are things going for ya?” Riku replied, “Silence Nobody!” To Riku’s surprise, the King replied, “its ok, Riku. I feel we can trust him.” Riku didn’t move for a while, his Keyblade right at Axel’s chest. Finally he cursed and withdrew his Keyblade, letting Axel walk by him. Out of the corner of his eye, Riku saw Axel stick his tongue out at him. Riku simply sighed and sat down at his seat.

While this had been going on, the Amity Park residents had been explaining to Valerie about everything that had happened. After they had finished, Valerie took off her ghost-hunter suit and sat at a nearby chair. “So I guess Danny Phantom wasn’t behind those “Heartless” at all then.” The Amity Park residents nodded as they headed for their seats.

Valerie looked around the gummi ship, when her eyes landed on the silver-haired kid, Riku she believed his name was. “Whoa,” thought Valerie as she stared at him, “he’s a hottie!”

A half-hour later, the Highwind Mark V landed next to the town of Radiant Garden. The doors opened as the King, Sora, Kairi, and Riku ran out, slicing through a couple of Heartless Soldiers that had just appeared. The King turned over to the Amity Park residents and Axel, and said, “Come with us, we could use all the help we can get.” They nodded and followed The King into town.

After they had all gone, a Chaser suddenly appeared out of thin air. “Hmmm…” he said to himself, looking at his environment, “Hollow Bastion. I thought we were going to Twilight Town. No matter.”

He took off his helmet to reveal his face. He was black with blue hair and eyes. He then pulled out a communicator and turned it on. The screen showed only static for a while, until Yemd appeared.

“Stealx!” said Yemd with a smile on his face, “it looks like you succeeded.” Stealx nodded and replied, “Like there was ever any doubt. We have landed on Hollow Bastion, near the town.” When he heard this, Yemd began to think. He then replied, “Get away from the town, we don’t want to risk being discovered yet.” Stealx replied, “Understood. I’ll contact you again when I’m in a good spot.”

“Good. Yemd, over and out,” said Yemd before the screen turned to static again. Stealx put away his communicator, and then disappeared.


Meanwhile, in Merlin’s House…


“Well, thanks to Radiant Garden’s defenses, there are only two Behemoths left,” said Cid, as Merlin looked over his shoulder. Merlin frowned and replied, “Yes, but we barely have anymore energy. It’s up to Leon and the others.”

Suddenly, the door flew opened. The old timers turned around to find the King and Sora in the doorway. “Thank goodness, you came!” cried Merlin with a smile, “quickly now. Off to the Great Maw.” Cid added, “Yeah, Leon and the others are there.” Sora and the King nodded and then ran back outside, where everyone else was waiting. “To the Great Maw!” yelled Sora as he and the King lead everyone else off to the Great Maw.

“Damn,” yelled Leon as he continued to slice through Armored Knight after Armored Knight, “Yuffie! I hope your message got to them!” Yuffie threw her ninja star through a Morning Star before yelling back, “I hope so, too! But for now, just keep fighting!”

Yuffie turned to find an Assault Rider charging towards her. She braced for impact, when suddenly, a lightning bolt struck the Assault Rider and destroyed it. “Thanks, Donald!” shouted Yuffie. The duck squawked back, “No problem, Yuffie!” Yuffie turned back to the Heartless, while thinking, “I think he said no problem, or at least something like that.”

Tifa and Goofy were fighting with a Behemoth, impressively holding their own with it, while Aerith stood in the sidelines, giving potions and ethers to anyone who needed them. She looked around at the battle, when she noticed figures were coming out of the Crystal Fissure.

She squinted, trying to make out who it was, when she realized who they were. She then yelled, “They’re here!” The Radiant Garden Restoration Committee turned to see Sora, the King, Riku, Kairi, and some other people they didn’t know standing at the entrance of the Crystal Fissure. Sora smiled and yelled, “Who said you guys could start the party?!” He then charged forward, Keyblade in hand.

[Blackblood]

Chapter 09: The Ghost Army Unleashed


Riku, Kairi, the King, Axel, and Valerie ran after Sora. Danny was about to go ghost, when Sam stopped him. “You can’t go ghost, Valerie will wonder how the ghost-boy got here,” she said, “She might even figure out you’re Danny Phantom.” Danny realized that she was right.

He noticed that Sam had her Keyblade out. He quickly looked into her eyes and commanded, “No, you’re not going out there.” Sam replied, “Danny, I have to. They need all the help they can get. Besides, you saw how I fought against the Heartless back home.”

Danny couldn’t help but face the facts. Sam was right, as always. He let Sam run off as he walked back to Jazz and Tucker. Tucker smiled and replied, “Not as much fun sitting in the sidelines, is it?” Danny sighed and replied, “Damn straight.” Jazz glared at Danny and replied, “Watch your language, little brother.” Danny rolled his eyes and turned to battle before him.

Sora ran up next to Donald and Goofy, who were happy to see their old friend. “Just like old times, eh?” said Sora as he sliced through a Soldier. Donald replied, “Unfortunately, you’re right. Heartless, Heartless, Heartless, there’s no end to them.” Goofy then said, “Gwarsh, Donald, at least it means that we get to spend more time together.” Donald rolled his eyes as he cast a Firaga spell at a group of Shadows.

The King and Axel ran up to Leon and began to fight alongside him. “I see you got our message, your majesty,” said Leon as he slashed through several Morning Stars. King Mickey took out an Assault Rider before asking, “Is this Maleficent’s doing?” Leon replied, “We can only assume so.”

Leon then noticed Axel next to him, and was about to attack him, when the King said, “Don’t worry, Leon. Axel’s with us.” Axel slashed through a group of Soldiers, and then replied, “Got that memorized, Leon?”

Sam, Valerie, and Kairi charged into the swarm of Heartless, weapons at the ready. When they reached the swarm, they attacked. Although they were rookies at fighting, Kairi and Sam were holding their own. They sliced their way through the swarm, taking out Heartless one by one. Valerie, however, was far better than both of them. Using her ghost-hunting equipment, she was able to take out Heartless much faster than the other two teens.

Riku joined Tifa and Yuffie as they fought against a Behemoth. Tifa ran up to one of its legs, and gave it a hard roundhouse kick. As she did that, Yuffie tossed her ninja star and got the Behemoth in the eye. Riku then went to the attack on its horn. Sure enough, it was quickly disposed of.

Kairi and Sam were back to back as they fought off Soldiers and Shadows. “So, is this much different from your average life?” asked Kairi as she sliced through another Soldier. Sam slashed through a Shadow before answering, “Not really, except for the fact that I’m the one who’s fighting, instead of Danny.”

Kairi cast a Blizzard spell and then asked, “Yeah, why isn’t he fighting?” Sam sliced through a Shadow and a Soldier, and began to explain Danny’s situation. After having finished, Kairi replied, “So, was it before or after he got his powers that you fell for him?”

Sam staggered and stuttered, “W-What?” She quickly regained her balance and fought back the Heartless as Kairi replied, “I can see it in the way you look at him.” Sam decided to try and change the subject.

“Well, what about you and Sora?” asked Sam as she slashed through a Morning Star. Unlike Sam, Kairi didn’t stagger and simply replied, “Well, of course I like him. And I can tell he likes me. It’s just seems that no matter how many Heartless and Nobodies he’s faced, he’s still too shy to ask me out.”

Sam couldn’t help but laugh, as did Kairi, and they continued to fight through the Heartless.

“I wonder what they’re laughing about?” said Tucker as he, Danny, and Jazz sat at the entrance of the Crystal Fissure. Jazz replied in a know-it-all tone, “Probably about their love lives.” Tucker turned to Jazz and replied, “How do you know?” Jazz gave him a look that said “because I just know.”

Danny paid no attention to their conversation, and instead kept his focus on the battle before him. “I should be out there, helping them fight…making sure Sam doesn’t get hurt,” thought Danny as he watched her fight against the Heartless.


Meanwhile, near Maleficent’s Castle…


Stealx found the perfect spot to open the portal. He took out his communicator and contacted Yemd, but was surprised to see that it was Venn. “Hello, Stealx,” Venn replied with his chilling voice, “Yemd and the others went to gather our ghost army. You may open the portal whenever you are ready.” Stealx nodded and replied, “Understood. Stealx over and out.”

Stealx put away his communicator and then proceeded to focus his energy on making a portal. It would be difficult, for his was no longer on the same world as the Ghost Zone, and that making a portal to a far off world would be difficult. But he knew that it was possible.

After a few minutes of concentration, Stealx was able to open the portal. After doing so, he got down on one knee, and bowed to the portal, or rather, the person who came out of the portal. “Excellent work, Stealx,” proclaimed Master Xehanort, “you may stand.”

At his leader’s command, Stealx stood back up. The rest of the Chasers walked out of the portal, each one of them carry a thermos. Venn was the last to step through the portal, and handed Stealx one of two thermoses he was carrying.

The portal was active for just a few moments more, before vanishing into thin air. Then the Chasers turned to their leader, awaiting his next word. “Phase one is now complete,” Master Xehanort proclaimed, “we have returned to our worlds!”

He took a deep breath and added, “Now, we must find a base of operations.” He looked to his right to see Maleficent’s Castle. He sighed and said, “It seems Maleficent has already acquired her old castle.” He turned back to his followers and continued, “It would seem that we need to seek another world for our base of operations. Let us leave this world.”

“Master Xehanort,” said Yemd all of a sudden, “perhaps, before we leave, we should leave Hollow Bastion a going away present.” Master Xehanort smiled at this suggestion and replied, “Grand idea, Yemd. Proceed.”

Yemd turned to the direction of the town, and then pressed the release button on the thermos. He released a few hundred Octopi ghosts before shutting the thermos off. The ghosts turned to him, awaiting his command.

Yemd took a deep breath and yelled, “Go! And reek havoc on the town of Hollow Bastion!” Without hesitation, the ghosts followed their orders and flew in the direction of the town. Having released the ghosts, the Chasers gathered together and opened a portal. They entered and disappeared.

“Hmm…this is all very interesting.”

All of a sudden, a ghost appeared out of nowhere. He had black spiky hair, a white suit and cape, blood-red eyes, and had ghost-blue skin. It was Vlad Plasmius.

He had a smile on his face as he took a look of his surroundings. “So, this is but one of the worlds those “Chasers” were talking about,” Vlad said aloud. He chuckled and continued, “It was definitely a wise decision to remain invisible during their conversations, or else I would have never known about these worlds.”

As he continued to scan the surroundings, he continued to talk to himself. “That Ansem Report and Secret Ansem Report really did explain a lot as well. These “Heartless” sound like the most excellent creatures to use as minions.”

Due to his carelessness, Vlad was unaware of a large figure sneaking up behind him. When the figure was close enough, he slammed his fist hard into the back of Vlad’s head, knocking the half-ghost out.

The figure laughed with pride as Vlad turned into his human form, known as Vlad Masters. The figure picked up Vlad with great ease, and placed him on his shoulder. He then proclaimed, “Ha! My dear Maleficent will be so pleased when I bring her this intruder.” The figure ran in the direction of Maleficent’s Castle.


Back in the Great Maw…


The King, Sora, and Riku teamed up to take on the last Behemoth, while everyone else fought back the Heartless. The King and Riku started to attack its front legs, as Sora went directly for its horn. It didn’t take long for the Keyblade Wielders to vanquish the Behemoth.

When the last Behemoth was gone, the rest of the Heartless began to retreat. It looked like the battle was over. Suddenly, hundreds of Octopi ghosts, appeared from the sky, flying down towards the Great Maw.

“How did ghosts get here?” thought Valerie as she fought back several ghosts. She was suddenly caught from behind by a ghost, landing hard on the ground, although still conscious.

“Valerie’s down! Now I can help everyone,” thought Danny as he stood up and began to go ghost. As he did, Valerie picked her head up just in time to see Danny’s transformation. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Her ex-boyfriend was her arch enemy. She quickly put her head down, pretending she was knocked out.

Having turned full into his ghost form, Danny flew over to the other fighters and began to help fight the ghosts.

Riku was the closet one to Danny, and asked, “What took you so long?” Danny replied, “Well, you see, these powers I have are a…” Danny blasted a group of ghosts, then continued, “…are a secret to everyone on my world, except for my sister Jazz, Tucker, and…” Interrupted by a ghost heading his way, Danny went invisible, snuck around it, then reappeared and blasted it. He then continued, “…Sam.”

“Valerie over there,” Danny pointed to the “knocked out” ghost-hunter, “she sees me as her arch enemy, but it was all just a misunderstanding.” Riku slashed through a ghost, before replying, “So, what you’re saying, is that you have an alter-ego?” Danny dodged some attacks before replying, “Yeah, that’s what I’m saying.”

Sam had just sliced through a ghost, when she turned around to see some Heartless had appeared and running over to Jazz and Tucker. She dashed in the direction of the Heartless, when another group of Heartless formed around her.

She was about to attack, when she felt the Keyblade moving by itself. It thrusted itself into the sky, and began to suck in all the Heartless nearby. It then thrusted in the direction of the Heartless near Jazz and Tucker. It began to shoot the Heartless that had been sucked up at the Heartless near Jazz and Tucker, hitting its target every time.

When she was finished, all the Heartless had been destroyed. Kairi ran up to Sam and said, “Wow! What do you call that limit attack?” Sam thought about it, remembering that it felt like she was holding the Fenton Thermos. She then replied, “It’s called “Phantom Thermos.” Then she thought about it, and asked, “Um…what’s a limit attack?”

Having seen the attack, the remaining ghosts got scared and flew away. Danny turned around and flew over to Sam. He changed back as he landed in front of her and said, “Wow, Sam. That was cool.” Sam blushed and replied, “Thanks Danny.”

Jazz and Tucker ran up to the three and Tucker said, “Thanks Sam, you saved us.” Jazz added, “That was really impressive, great job!” This made Sam blush even more. She suddenly remembered about Valerie, but turned to find that she was already back up and walking towards them.

“Ok, just get him alone and you’ll finally get your revenge,” Valerie told herself as she walked over to her friends. “Are you ok?” Valerie was startled by the sudden voice, and turned around to find Riku standing in front of her. “Um…yeah,” stuttered Valerie, feeling embarrassed for some strange reason, “I-I’m alright.”

Riku put his hand on her shoulder, to Valerie’s surprise, and replied, “You sure?” Valerie blushed, and took a minute before replying, “Yeah, I’m fine. I’m…um…just embarrassed I was knocked out again, that’s all.”

Riku smiled and replied, “Don’t be. You’re a great fighter by my standards.” Valerie felt her heart beat faster, having no idea what to say. She didn’t have to, for Riku said, “Come on, let’s go see how the others are doing.” All Valerie could do was nod and follow Riku.

It seemed as if everyone had gathered into one big group and had already introduced themselves to each other by the time Riku and Valerie got to the group. After Valerie introduced herself to the Radiant Garden Restoration Committee, she went and stood next to her friends as Leon turned to face the King.

“Your Majesty,” said Leon, bowing to the King, “thank you for coming to our aid. But, do you know what those strange creatures were just now?” The King shook his and was about to reply, but Danny interrupted. “We do.”

They had all traveled back to Merlin’s House before the Amity Park residents told them all about the ghosts. After the explanation, King Mickey replied, “So, we now know that these creatures are ghosts, right?” He turned to Danny before asking, “Do you know how they got here?” Danny and all his friends shrugged, having no clue as to how the ghosts were here.

“Hmm…maybe Master Yen Sid will know!” Sora said, the thought having just crossed his mind. King Mickey thought about this, and then proclaimed, “He just might. Come on, everybody! It’s time to go see Master Yen Sid!”

Before they left, the King gave the teens munny and told them to split up and gather supplies, incase something else happens on their way to Master Yen Sid. Somehow, Danny and Valerie got paired up and began to walk to through the market.

“Um…hey,” Valerie suddenly said, breaking a long silence between them, “Could I talk to you in private.” Danny thought nothing of it and replied, “Sure.” They entered an alley, when all of a sudden, Valerie pulled out her Ecto-Rifle and shoved it into Danny’s face.

Danny lost his voice and didn’t know what was going on, but Valerie was quick to explain. “I saw you transform,” she said, not even moving a muscle, “I wasn’t unconscious when I was hit. In fact, I was about to get back up, when I saw you transforming. I decided to stay down, so that I could get you alone.” She began to powered up her rifle and said, “Say your prayers, Danny Phantom.”

“Wait, Valerie!” said Danny, having found his voice again, “I didn’t mean to make you dad lose his job, it was just…” But Valerie interrupted him, putting her rifle into his mouth. “Shut up, Danny!” shouted Valerie, tears in her eyes, “I can’t believe my ex-boyfriend has been my arch enemy all this time. Don’t make this any harder for me.”

Sudden, Valerie’s rifle was knocked out of her hands. She turned to find the Riku had taken her weapon. “Maybe you should let him explain,” said Riku, a sort of maturity heard in his voice, “before you go killing him.”

Her eyes were like Niagara Falls, she had trouble breathing, but after a minute, she regained herself, turned to Danny, and replied, “Explain.”

Danny told Valerie about how he tried to stop Cujo the Ghost-Dog and how they had accidentally destroyed Axion Lab. He explained that he never meant to get her father fired and that he’s sorry for everything that has ever happened to her.

After he had finished, he looked into Valerie’s eyes and waited for her response. She tried not to, but Valerie ended up crying again. Riku handed her the rifle back and said, “Ok, now you can kill him.”

Danny was shocked by Riku’s statement, watching Riku walk up to a wall and lean on it. Danny turned back to Valerie, only to find her staring at the ground, still crying. To his surprise, Valerie dropped the rifle, ran up to him, and hugged him. “I’m sorry, Danny,” she cried as she squeezed him tightly, “I just wanted to get revenge so badly, when I should have gotten the facts first.”

She released Danny from her hug, and then said, “Now that I think about it, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t know that it was only because I was well off with money, that I was popular. Because of you,” she said, hugging him again, “I have true friends now.”

She released Danny again and then walked up to Riku. She took a deep breath and said, “Thank you, Riku.” Riku simply smiled and replied, “Your welcome.”

After having gathered all the supplies they needed, the teens, Axel, and King Mickey entered the Highwind Mark V and waved goodbye to the Radiant Garden Restoration Committee. Sora was disappointed that Donald and Goofy decided to stay, but understood that they wanted to be here incase more Heartless or ghosts show up.

They then went into the cockpit and began to make ready to lift off. The Highwind Mark V lifted off the ground and began to hover over Radiant Garden. “Off to Twilight Town!” proclaimed King Mickey as they blasted off into space.


Meanwhile, in Maleficent’s Castle…


“Ugh…my head,” groaned Vlad as he began to stir. “Maleficent, he’s awake!” Vlad opened his eyes to find himself in some sort of chamber, locked in chains. He saw his capturer, a large and fat anthropomorphic cat. “Hmm…could this be a Heartless?” thought Vlad, when suddenly, the door to the chamber flew opened.

A woman with green skin, yellow eyes, and devil-like horns walked into the chamber. She wore a black robe that seemed to slither on the floor. On her shoulder was a raven and in her hand, she held a staff. “This must be Maleficent,” thought Vlad as she continued to walk towards him.”

She stopped, turned to her assistant, and replied in a spine-chilling voice, “Thank you Pete. Now, leave us!” Pete bowed and replied, “Yes, my queen.” Pete then walked out of the chamber and closed the door.

She turned to Vlad and asked, “Why did Leon send you?” Vlad was confused and replied, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Maleficent didn’t miss a beat and quickly replied, “Don’t be a fool, tell me what is it your after.” Vlad smiled and replied, “As I said, I have no idea what you’re talking about, and more importantly, I don’t care.”

Vlad turned ghost, and went through the chains with ease. He looked back at Maleficent, only to be surprised to see she was unfazed. He suddenly realized he was surround by demon/angel-like black creatures with yellow eyes. He turned back to her and asked, “What are these creatures?”

“Hmm,” said Maleficent as she began to pace, “Those are interesting powers you have there. And if you do not know what the Heartless are, then you could not be working with Leon.” Vlad looked around at the creatures and replied, “So these are Heartless?” Maleficent turned to him and asked, “I thought you didn’t know anything about the Heartless?”

Vlad turned to her and pulled out documents, showing her. “I see,” she said, her eyes on the documents, “you got your hands on the Ansem Reports.” Vlad smiled and replied, “As well as the Secret Ansem Report.”

Maleficent shot her eyes at him and replied, “Really? Let me see them, then.” Vlad pulled the document back and asked, “Why should I?” For the first, he saw Maleficent smile. “Because I think this could be the start of a beautiful relationship.” After hearing her say this, Vlad smiled as well, and replied, “Indeed.”

[Blackblood]

Chapter 10: Memories Of The Past


“Your mind’s made up?” said Axel as he leaned against the wall, staring at the ground. A blonde-haired kid in a black cloak turned to him and replied, “Why did the Keyblade choose me? I have to know.” Axel jumped from the wall, turning to the blonde-haired kid, and shouted, “You can’t turn on the Organization!”

“Hmm…it seems that he is still holding on to his memories of his time in Organization XIII,” said a female voice, “I don’t think I’ll be able to erase his memories completely.” Axel opened his eyes, but everything was blurry. “You don’t have to,” said another voice, this one male and screechy, “Master Xehanort said we only need to lock his memories away, so we can start Phase 1.” Axel could barely make it out, but he believed he saw the other person nod, and then everything blacked out again.

“You get on their bad side and they’ll destroy you!” continued Axel, shouting at the blonde-haired kid. The blonde-haired kid turned his head, although not looking at Axel, and replied, “No one would miss me.” The blonde-haired kid then began to walk away as Axel whispered to himself, “That’s not true…I would.”

Another scene suddenly came into Axel’s mind. This time, the leader of the Organization, Xemnas, was standing in front of him. “Axel, your orders are to find the Key of Destiny and bring him back to us,” said the Nobody. Axel nodded and the scene quickly faded.

“Your memories are strong, Nobody,” said the female voice from before, “too strong to destroy. But not strong enough for me to hide away.” Axel suddenly heard footsteps, coming closer with each step.

“Memory,” said a cold voice, obviously belonging to the person who just came in, “state your progress with the prisoner’s memories.” The women, who Axel assumed was Memory, replied, “I’m 50% complete, Venn.” Venn sighed and asked, “Are you sure that his memories will not be unlocked?”

Memory laughed and replied, “As I have told you and everyone else, only someone from his past can unlock his memory. And seeing as we are nowhere near close to any of our worlds, there is a very slim chance of that happening.”

Venn merely sighed again and replied, “And that slim chance is what I’m afraid of. I just hope you’re right, Memory. As you were.” Axel heard the footsteps walk away as everything went black again.

The scene before him now was that of the Alternate Twilight Town, watching the blonde-haired kid fight off some Nobody Dusks. Axel noticed that the blonde-haired was no longer wearing an Organization cloak, but some rather stylish duds. As the blonde-haired kid took out the last Dusk, Axel began to clap.

Axel said the blonde-haired kid’s name, but for some reason, it was blocked out, as if he couldn’t remember it. He then continued, “All right. Fight, fight, fight.” He then began to walk over to the blonde-haired kid.

Axel saw the look of confusion on the blonde-haired kid’s face, to which he replied, “You really don’t remember?” Axel stopped and added, “It’s me.” He then proceeded to remove his hood before continuing, “You know, Axel.”

The blonde-haired kid looked even more confused and replied, “Axel?” Axel sighed and replied, “Talk about blank with a capital “B”” He then continued as if he was talking to himself. “Man oh man, even the Dusks aren’t gonna crack this one.”

Fire flew from his hands, as he drew his chakrams. The blonde-haired kid then said, “Wait a sec, tell me what’s going on!” Axel examined his surroundings as he said, “This town is his creation, right? Which means we don’t have time for a Q&A.”

“You’re coming with me, conscious or not,” said Axel, getting into a battle stance, “Then you’ll hear the story.” Then everything faded once again.

Another scene formed in front of him. This time, he had been ordered that if the Key of Destiny did not come with him, Axel must destroy him. Knowing he could not betray the Organization, Axel followed his orders.

He went back to Alternate Twilight Town, and had two Dusks corner the blonde-haired kid in front of his computer-generated friends’ hangout. Axel then exited out of a portal and confronted the blonde-haired kid.

“Look at what it’s come to,” Axel said to the blonde-haired kid, “I’ve been given these icky orders to destroy you, if you refuse to come back with me.” The blonde-haired kid hesitated before replying, “We’re…best friends, right?”

Axel scratched his head as he replied, “Sure…but I’m not getting turned into a Dusk for…” Axel suddenly realized what the blonde-haired kid had just said, and with excitement, replied, “Wait a sec! You remember now!?”

The blonde-haired kid stuttered, “Y…eah.” Axel replied, “Great!” He then thought the he had to make sure, and said, “But, you know, gotta make sure and all. So umm…” Axel pondered on what to ask his best friend, when he thought of something.

“What’s our boss’s name?” he asked, anticipating the blonde-haired kid’s answer. To his disappointment, there was none. Axel sighed and said, “Can’t believe this…” The scene then faded once again.

“75% complete,” said Memory, a sound of pride heard in her voice, “Soon, all his memories will be locked away.” The scene quickly turned black.

The blonde-haired ki