What's up, everyone! This is GKC here bringing you a new story set in the Kingdom Hearts universe. Well, I should say that it begins during the time of the First Keyblade War then drifts over to the main games. And joining me on this adventure is my friend, Titanic X.

Both of us are dropping in our own OC Keyblade Wielders that come from the timeline of Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ.

During this story, our characters will be given newer Keyblades or may even change outfits. However, during the timeline of Kingdom Hearts 2, they will only have access to one Drive Form.

Now for the disclaimer: We do not own, except our OCs, the Kingdom Hearts series. All rights belong to Disney and Square Enix.

Now let's get this party started… BEGIN!

Kingdom Hearts: Unchained Souls

Chapter 1: From War to a New Adventure

[The Badlands]

How did it come to this...

BANG!

How did we not see it?

A pair of tired crimson eyes watched the chaos erupting all around him.

Is there a reason the Foretellers ordered us to fight…?

The owner of the crimson eyes was revealed to be a young man in his teens with messy, raven black hair matted with sweat and dirt. Cuts and bruises were visible on his pale skin. Clad in magenta, gold, and tan armor that seemed to be cracked. On the rumbling earth is a broken helmet with a shattered green visor, a fox's head as a crest, and two golden horns.

The young man used a key-shaped sword that seemed to be modeled after a pin tumbler lock key to support himself. It had a dark grey guard with some golden highlights on the sides. Two rods on each side of the guard. A dark grey, near black, blade with two pointed edges on the tip that resemble wolf ears with a golden Keychain that had a wolf's head token.

Fight those that we've laughed, cried, trained, and worked side-by-side together…?

The warrior heard a cry from behind him, forcing him to roll out of the way of a fellow Keyblade Wielder's blade. With a battle cry of his own, he raised his Keyblade and struck his attacker down, watching with a grimace as they disappeared into motes of light while a heart drifted upwards into the sky.

Why… Why must we fight…? We were supposed to fight the darkness… not each other...

The young man fell to his knees in exhaustion. His Keyblade falling out of his hand.

Where are my friends…? Have they been lost already to the battle…?

He could see more Keyblade Wielders. Those from his own Union, Vulpeus, and others from Anguis, Leopardus, Ursus, and Unicornis. All of them were fighting relentlessly for a reason that has escaped them.

Have to… keep going… have to… find them...

The young warrior forced himself to stand, despite his exhaustion and injuries. His Keyblade, Fenrir, pulsed faintly with a green aura as if commanding him to stand up.

The next thing he knew, a blast of something akin to light blazed past him, and a feminine figure clad in blue, white, and golden armor landed, brandishing a Keyblade of her own, but much different. Her helm was still firmly clamped around her head, a pair of bluish visor eye covers flashing as V-fin antennae on the forehead gleamed. A cry resonated from the figure as she brought her Keyblade up in a block. The wings on her flight pack flexed as she tried to keep the man from cutting her down.

The blade itself was metal, like all the others, but at the front of the blade were twin V-fin antenna that was golden in color, a reddish beam of light connecting the two. The hilt was white and simple, a button on the side for the reddish beam to activate and deactivate. The keychain was a small robotic head with the same V-fin as on her helm. She looked over her shoulder as she swung her blade around, cutting another Keyblader in half, causing him to dissipate.

"You okay?" She called as her helm's face covering retracted, revealing her features. She had deep brown eyes and tanned skin, brown bangs falling above her eyes, and some of them poking out from underneath a headband to keep them out of her eyes. A scar was on her left cheek, but she was for the most part okay from the fight.

"I've…" He grunted, holding his aching side. "I've been better." He looked into her eyes. "You have to go… this war… this war is near its end."

One of my first comrades and friends… I can't let her be eliminated by this pointless war...

The female warrior shook her head. "No can do!" she hissed, closing her helmet back up. "As long as we're together, we'll get through this!" Her helmet's visor eyes flashed as she tensed. "Besides… I'm not going down that easily. You know how stubborn I am!"

As she said these words, she jammed her blade into the ground, generating a thick blast of wind that covered the area, blowing back three other wielders as they came at the duo. She looked up, snarling. "And besides… I'm not too keen on dying without knowing the real cause for this stupid war!" she growled. Her wings flared and she leaped into the air, kicking on her flight pack and diving down, speeding towards another attacker, jabbing her with the blade and causing her to vanish, a Heart floating freely before fading.

The young man took hold of his Keyblade and cast a quick Cure on himself, healing his wounds and revitalizing himself.

I always did have the strangest of friends… but I'm okay with that.

With a battle cry, he leaped into the fray once more. His Keyblade clashing with another until he cut down the wielder. Cold crimson eyes watching as the Heart floated into the sky.

His companion shot a glance back. "I have to ask… what do you think caused this? This whole pointless war? What was the reason?" she asked as she caught another wielder in the gut with a fist before her blade finished him.

"If I knew… I would tell you." He replied, casting a Thundaga spell that took out a group of other Keyblade Wielders.

"Then that is why we should fight. To learn of the truth!" the woman declared, thrusting her blade into the air before she drove it down, causing a fire to erupt and dispel a huge blast of Ice that came at them from all sides. "Because I don't like this war any more than you do! So… are you in?"

The male warrior slashed another wielder across her chest, finishing the girl off as her Keyblade fell to the ground amongst the rest of the fallen Keyblade Wielders.

Even if we survived, I knew in my heart… that the answer would not come to us, no matter how much we searched.

"Not like we have much choice…" He replied, coming to his friend's side. "Are you with me?"

She looked at him, holding her own Keyblade, and another one she had stolen from a fellow Keyblade wielder as he fell, this one resembling more of a gun than a Keyblade. She nodded and held up both before spreading them. "Always by your side!" she remarked.

A smile wormed its way to his face as he took his own Keyblade with both hands. "Then let's go!" He declared, charging forward.

She followed right beside him, her flight pack charging and igniting, giving her flight. The two sped into the fray, their drive and purpose clear: to survive… and seek the truth.

[Hours Later]

Silence rang in the open air. Keyblades from fallen wielders littered the earth like tombstones. Rain sprinkled down from the heavens as two figures limped through the field of death.

The young man, his Keyblade armor practically destroyed, carried his dying comrade on his back. His own lifeforce dwindling as the war took its toll on his body and forced him to collapse on the ground. His female companion tumbling off his back as they laid there, bleeding and near death.

"Well… we… we survived… but not for long…" she hissed, despite her own wounds.

"I'm sorry…" He said to her, his throat dry and muscles aching from overstraining his body. "I shouldn't… have gotten you involved…"

"No… I...I chose of my own will to get involved," she remarked with a wry smirk. "So don't… blame yourself…"

His gaze trailed to the wounds she sustained, each of them life-threatening. If only he had more magical energy...

"The Foretellers… accepted this outcome…" He said aloud. "They knew this would happen, yet… they tried so desperately… to avoid it…"

"Figured as much…" the woman gasped, chuckling darkly. "Those… idiots… I… If only we could… defy that damn book…"

"If… I had a chance… to meet the Master… of Masters…" He grimaced as he forced his body to turn over. "I'd… punch him… right in his stupid face…"

The woman nodded. "Sometimes… you gotta fight for your own future… Something I intended on doing… and surviving for…" she panted. "I… I wanted with all my being… to beat the odds… and say…" She coughed before smirking in defiance. "Screw… destiny… in its ass…"

The young man chuckled softly before coughing up a bit of blood. "Ah… dying sucks… there are… so many things I… never got to do…"

His companion nodded, trying valiantly to summon enough strength to heal them both. But her own massive reserves of magic and willpower were severely depleted. "I know how you feel…" she gasped. "But… we just gotta… find a way… to beat the odds… I would live to screw destiny this one time…"

"Did I… ever tell you… that I never kissed… a girl?" He asked weakly.

She looked at him with a look of disbelief. "Now you tell me…?" she asked. "You're joking…"

"Well… I'm dying here… can't I get this off my chest?" He joked while a trickle of blood dripped down his chin.

She couldn't help herself as she chuckled. "True…" she whispered. "But… I won't… let us die… somehow…" She hissed as she struggled to grasp her blade, her energy starting to slip away, but she managed to channel enough into it to heal some of their wounds, but it only delayed the inevitable.

"Hey… it was a good try…" He assured her. "But even Keyblades have… their limits…" The warmth of his friend's healing dulled the pain, for now. "So… anything you… want to say… before we go…?"

"Just one thing…" she grimaced as she raised a hand to the sky, and flipped off the bird. "Screw… you… Destiny…! One day… we… will defy you… and your damn prophecies…!"

"Wow… you really… are a record player…" He said dryly.

"Sorry… I just… hate that damn thing… and the lies about us being fated to do certain things…" she rasped. Her eyes burned with fierce defiance as she flopped her arm down. "But yeah… all I can say is that…" Then a smile crossed her face. "Whaddya think… the other side will be like…?" she asked.

"I don't know… bright maybe…?" The young man said, reaching up with one hand towards the sky. "It could be like Kingdom Hearts… a world of light… a paradise…" He allowed his hand to fall, unintentionally landing on the girl's own hand.

"As long… as it's free from fate… I could care less about how it looks…" His companion whispered, her battered helm finally collapsing into pieces. "Just promise me that… if we do go… you'll be there with me… so we can finally say… we won against fate one day…"

He chuckled painfully as he took her hand into his. "Yeah… I promise… we'll be together… to the end…"

Her eyes finally slipped closed as she sighed one last time. "For the future…" she whispered before she took her final breath.

He watched the dawn for the last time… before he closed his eyes for the final time and passed away with his companion.

[Dive to the Heart]

Two figures fell down separately into a stain-glassed void.

The figures are revealed to be the boy and girl that had just perished during the Keyblade War.

The boy and girl landed softly on a station that depicted the five Unions. However, all of them seemed to be covered in a black fog. The image is then replaced by a stain-glass image of them sleeping side-by-side amongst a field of Keyblades.

Awaken...

An inaudible voice commanded. The boy is the first to awaken followed by the girl.

"This place…" He said softly.

Who are you?

The boy blinked in confusion then spoke, "Ren."

The girl looked around and spoke as well, "Titania."

...Do you know where you are?

Both teens shook their heads.

This is a world within a dream. A world forged from within your own hearts.

"Our hearts?" Ren raised a brow in confusion.

Yes, however, your hearts have stopped in the physical world. Fortunately, I can help you two.

"How so?" Titania asked.

I can bring you both back to life. However, this comes at a price.

The girl's eyes narrowed. "What price?"

The memories of your past will be erased, that includes the experiences and friendships you've known all your life will be gone, save for your own memories of each other.

"You can't be serious!?" Ren exclaimed. "You want us to forget the past?"

Yes. Where I am taking you is a time not suited for war, but for hope to live on.

Titania's eyes hardened. "Something tells me there's more to this," she muttered.

Correct. In the future, nearly all of the Keyblade Wielders are gone. Nothing more than pages of a storybook. However, a boy will be Chosen by the Keyblade when Darkness grows to consume the worlds. That is why I am sending you there. Whether you know it or not, you will be assisting this boy on his mission.

"You're not leaving us with many choices, aren't you?" Ren questioned. The inaudible voice didn't reply this time. "I guess not."

Titania's eyes flickered as she looked at her friend. "You think this is fate? Because I say we should have our own choices here."

Then here are your choices: Lose your memories and help the boy or die.

"Well, when you put it like that," Ren said while rubbing the back of his head. "How can we refuse? Alright, I'll do it." He looked to his friend. "Titania?"

She nodded. "I'm game. But… I don't like it."

Excellent. Remember this… May your heart be your guiding key.

The teens' eyes widened at the familiar phrase, but before they could question it, their vision drifted into darkness and the world around them ceased.

[Destiny Islands]

"Hey! Ren, Titania! Wake up, you two!" A loud voice shouted from outside of a seemingly normal two-story house.

A groan comes from a lump on a messy bed that seemed fit for a boy's bedroom with a small television, a video game system, several piles of dirty clothes and magazines laid on the wooden floor. The lump kicked the blankets and sheets covering it off to reveal Ren, who looked younger and half-naked.

"Ugh, my head…" He groaned. "What a weird dream."

A knock on his door drew his attention. "Ren; Sora and Riku are here." A mature female voice spoke. "Your friend, Titania is already up and downstairs."

"Okay, mom," Ren replied while yawning. He stepped out of his bed in only a pair of black and red boxers. He marched over to his closet and took out his day-to-day clothes. Once he was dressed, he looked at himself in the mirror. His black hair reached his shoulders and looked rather feathery with a few bangs dangling over his forehead. His crimson eyes bright yet tired from getting up from sleeping.

His outfit consisted of a sleeveless dark grey vest with a hood and three silver snap-on buckles, a dark red undershirt, light brown trousers with a few black leather belts wrapped around both legs, red combat boots with three black straps at the top of the boot and black soles, and a pair of black fingerless gloves with dark steel metal bands on his wrists.

Ren marched outside of his bedroom and quickly walked downstairs. The smell of breakfast filled his nostrils when he came into the kitchen/dining room. "Good morning." He greeted.

He saw a woman in her early thirties with long black hair, crimson eyes, and pale skin like him. She looked undeniably beautiful. She wore a yellow blouse with a black thigh-length skirt and a pair of pink slippers. There was also a pink apron on. She turned to the boy with a smile on her face.

"Good morning, sweetie. Your friends are at the table." Ren's mother said as she worked over a hot stove as the scent of bacon and eggs watered the boy's mouth.

"Okay, mom. Thanks." Ren nodded with a grin of his own as he strolled to the dining room table. He sees three occupants at the table eating a plate of his mother's cooking. "Hey, guys," He waved to them.

Titania was about the same age as Ren, but a bit older. Her hair was short and rather messy, and she wore a bandana around her forehead to keep her bangs out of her eyes. Her eyes were a deep brown color and she looked to be very fit for her young age, and she wore a tank top that was blue and camouflage colored shorts with sneakers on her feet and a pair of fingerless gloves. She waved. "Hey!" she called.

Gorging himself with bacon is a young teenage boy with spiky brown hair, blue eyes, tanned skin, and lanky build. This is Sora, a fourteen-year-old with a tendency to daydream. He wore a red jumpsuit that has a long zipper running through the middle, ending with puffy shorts. He wears a crown-chain on his left side and a loosely worn blue belt. Over his jumpsuit, Sora wears a black hoodie that is blue on the inside, and black on the outside with white sleeves ending in grey edging. He wears white gloves on his hands with blue, black and yellow straps. He wears a crown pendant around his neck. His shoes are mainly yellow and black with belt-straps holding them closed. The lower portions are grey and end with a small triangular patch of blue. "Hey, Ren." He greeted with a mouthful of bacon until he was bopped on the head.

"Sora, don't eat with your mouthful." A teenage boy with silver hair with bangs, pale skin, bright blue-green eyes, and a muscular build chastised. He was a year older than Sora and seemed to be the same age as Ren and Titania. He wore a yellow-and-black tank top with white-trimmed, black straps criss-crossing his chest and upper back with a white on each end. He a sports pair of gray-trimmed, black gloves with matching black wristbands, dark blue pants with brighter blue baggy pant legs connected with white-studded suspenders and are buckled with small black straps on his ankles. On his hip, he wears a black belt with a silver rectangular buckle. His white-and-blue shoes have white-trimmed, black straps, gray soles, and are decorated with yellow strings on the inner sides, some of which criss-cross each other.

"Sorry, Riku." Sora apologized after swallowing his food.

Ren chuckled at the usual behavior his friends seem to do. He sat down at the table as his mother placed a plate of bacon, eggs, and buttered toast in front of him. "So what's on the agenda today, you guys?" He asked while munching on a piece of bacon.

"Whatever your plans are, I guess," Titania remarked with a shrug.

"We're going to the islands and building the raft," Sora stated after finishing his food. "Kairi said she would meet us there."

"Cool," Ren nodded with a grin. "Titania and I will join you guys."

"Great, I can use the extra help. Can't get nothing done with Sora around." Riku teased.

"Hey!" The brunette exclaimed, insulted by his best friend/rival.

The girl laughed. "True indeed!" she giggled.

"Come on!" Sora whined.

"Relax. We're just joking," Titania remarked playfully.

"Not funny…" Sora pouted.

Ren laughed hard. "Oh man, you guys are killing me."

Riku stood up from his seat. "Well, shall we head out? We've got a lot of work to do."

Ren quickly scarfed down his food and wiped his mouth with a napkin. "Right! Can't keep Kairi waiting." He said with a grin.

The trio nodded and within minutes they were all out the door.

"Bye, mom! Titania and I will be back before dinner!" Ren called out as he and his pals ran off to the boats to row to the islands.

[Later…]

After the four teens rowed in their boats toward the island, they were greeted by a fourteen-year-old girl with dark red hair, violet-blue eyes, pale skin, and a necklace with a silver bead around her neck. She wears a white top with a black one underneath which slightly exposes her navel, purple bike shorts underneath a purple skirt with a blue belt, and white slip-on shoes with purple caps. She also features a black choker, a yellow wristband as well as a purple arm band on her left arm and a pair of bracelets on her right arm.

"Hey, guys!" She greets the four.

"Hey, Kairi." Sora waved immensely at the girl, much to the others' amusement.

"Glad you decided to wait for us." Riku said as he trussed up his boat.

Kairi giggled. "Well, you didn't expect me to start building the raft without you, right?" She noticed her other friend. "Hey, Titania."

The other girl winked. "Hey. So, we gonna work on that raft or what?"

"Yep," Kairi nodded. "Come on. Let's start working."

"That girl is just a bundle of energy." Riku shook his head with an amused grin.

"But that's what makes it all the more fun." Ren stated. He jumped out of his boat and followed after the redhead.

"Hey! Wait for us!" Sora shouted, running after the other teens.

Riku glanced at Titania. "Come on. Let's follow your boyfriend and the others."

"He's not my boyfriend!" She yelled as she chased him down.

Riku laughed as he fled from the girl. "You say that, but your face is all red." He teased.

After a lengthy chase, the group of friends settle on the beach.

"So what do we need?" Sora asked.

"Enough food for the five of us, for one." Riku pointed out.

"We also need strong lumber and rope to make the raft." Ren added.

Titania nodded. "True. So, who's gonna get what?" she asked.

"Well, Sora and Kairi can check the beach for any food. I'll find some lumber while you and Ren find rope." Riku said.

"Hm, I think that's a good idea." Ren nodded.

Sora jumped up. "Alright! We've got ourselves a mission!"

The brown-haired girl nodded. "Yes!" she chirped, getting to her feet.

Kairi giggled. "You two are so alike, it's almost funny."

"It's kinda scary, really," Ren muttered.

"Yeah, Sora's bad enough. With Titania added in the mix?" Riku shuttered.

"Hey, we can hear you!" Sora exclaimed.

"Ditto!" the girl shot back. Her eyes flashed as she flicked a rock in their direction, causing it to land in the sand, throwing some of the stuff in Riku's face.

The silver-haired boy spluttered. "Not cool!"

Ren rolled his eyes as he strolled off to the other side with his hands in his pockets. "I'm off to find rope."

"And I'm off to find food." Kairi added, walking towards the beach.

The group then proceeded to split up and go about their tasks.

Titania came across Ren, who was climbing up a tree to reach a set of strong vines. "These should help tie up the raft." The boy said to himself. "Heads up." He pulled the vines and dropped them down to Titania.

The girl caught them with ease and started to create a pile of vines.

"Hup!" The raven-haired teen dropped from the tree with a flourish. "And he sticks the landing." Ren grinned when he landed on his feet.

The girl cracked a smile as she picked up the pile. "C'mon. Let's get back to the others."

The boy nodded. "Right." He said, resting his arms behind his head.

The duo returned to the beach to find Riku working on the raft while Sora and Kairi arrived with their arms full of food.

"Hey!" Titania remarked as she spotted the two. "About time you showed up!"

"Sorry, Sora was sleeping on the job… again," Kairi glanced back the slightly embarrassed brunette teen.

"I'm sorry! I just got sleepy all of a sudden." Sora argued.

The girl rolled her eyes. "Figured as much," she remarked.

"Come on. You can argue later." Riku said, using the last of the rope he used to tighten a knot around the raft. "We've still got to finish this thing."

Ren nodded. "He's got a point."

The group nodded and went back to work.

"I wonder if we'll really find another world if we go to the end of the sea…" Sora wondered, sitting on the raft. "I wonder what it's like…"

"Everything will be answered when we get there." Riku replied, using a pocket knife to shave a wooden pole down to an appropriate length. "We'll know the kind of world that Kairi came from, and why we're here…"

"Yeah? Well… I believe that maybe this world was different long ago. Like all worlds were one… not many as they are now," Titania remarked as she tied a knot.

"That could be the reason, but we won't know until we find those other worlds." Ren pointed out while carrying a box filled with non-perishables.

"True on that one, Ren," she drawled.

Kairi stood up with a bright grin. "Oh! I'm making something cool right now!" She presents an unfinished talisman. "It's a necklace of thalassa shells. Long ago, sailors would wear them and pray for a safe trip. And pray that no matter where they went, they'd come back one day…"

Sora jumped up with a flag pole in hand. "Don't worry!" He runs off to the water's edge and hoists the flag up high. "Let's go! Let's go see the world! Together!" He looks back at his friends with a toothy grin. "Right?"

"Yeah," Ren nodded. "Together."

Riku shook his head with an amused grin while Kairi beamed up happily.

Titania merely rolled her eyes and sighed, though she too had a smile.

A few hours later, after they finished working on the raft, the five friends sat at their favorite spot, watching the sunset as they talked about what they may find amongst a multitude of worlds.

"I wonder what we'll see out there." Ren wondered, laying on the ground at the base of the tree.

"Who knows." Riku shrugged. "If we have to, we'll think of something else."

"So, suppose you get to another world." Kairi chimed in. "What would you do there?"

The silver-haired boy hummed. "Well, I haven't really thought about it." He admitted. "It's just… I've always wondered why we're here on this island."

"I know what I would do. Try out some new food." Sora grinned from beside Kairi.

The redhead rolled her eyes while giggling. "That's just like you, Sora."

"What about you, Titania?" Ren asked.

"I'd say I'd want to try and learn more about it," she said. "I mean… I'd like to learn about the world as a whole, and maybe try and find a connecting factor to other worlds." The brown haired girl shrugged. "If that even makes sense."

"Nope, you lost me," Sora admitted, lazily reclining on the tree trunk.

"What a surprise," Riku remarked sarcastically.

"I mean, were all the worlds one planet at some point," Titania clarified. "If so… what caused them to separate, and why?" She sighed. "Then again, maybe it's just my imagination for thinking that. Who knows?"

"Yeah, no kidding." Ren rolled his eyes. "If that were true then how come our own world still feels big even when there seem to be other worlds? We don't know how it's possible or why because trying to think about it is only gonna pass over Sora's head."

"Hey!"

Everyone cracked up at the boy's expression.

Kairi looked up at the sky. "It's getting late. We should be heading back home." She hopped off the tree followed by Sora while Ren, Titania, and Riku stood up.

As the girls ran ahead, Sora and Ren stopped when Riku called out their names, tossing them each a star-shaped fruit. "You two wanted one, didn't you?" He asked.

"A paopu fruit…" Sora trailed on, looking at the fruit in confusion.

"What?" Ren blinked as he stared down at his own paopu fruit.

Riku passed by the duo, "If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined." He said. "They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what."

"Huh?"

"C'mon, I know you guys want to try it." The silver-haired teen teased the other boys.

Ren's cheeks burned bright red while Sora only looked more confused. "What are you talking-" The brunette stopped when he realized what Riku meant and quickly tossed his paopu fruit away.

"Riku, that isn't funny!" The crimson-eyed boy shouted, chasing after the other teen with Sora following him.

[Disney Castle]

In another world, in a cartoonishly large castle, a loud guttural voice screams, "OH NO!"

Running through the halls of the castle is an anthropomorphic duck with white plumage, a yellow-orange bill, legs of the same color, light blue eyes, and a short tuft of feathers on his head, visible under his hat. His outfit seemed to resemble a medieval court magician's outfit.

This is the Royal Magician of Disney Castle, Donald Duck.

"The King! The King!" He quacked, stomping around while waving a rolled up paper in his hand/wing frantically. "Goofy!" He called out for the Captain of the Royal Knights and found who he was looking for in the garden… a sleeping black-furred anthropomorphic dog with droopy ears and two bucked teeth. He wore armor and an orange tunic.

The duck bristled and took out his staff, casting a thunder spell. "WAKE UP!"

Goofy cries out in comical pain as he sat up with a goofy grin on his face.

Donald got up in the dog's face. "Goofy… calm down and listen to me…!" He said, despite his own frantic behavior. "The King is…!"

"King?" Goofy repeated, still a bit drowsy.

"No!" The duck grabbed the canine knight's shoulders. "We can't make a fuss! We can't let anybody know about this. Okay? So calm down and…"

"What is all the fuss about, Donald?" A feminine voice inquired, freezing Donald in his place while Goofy released an 'ahyuk'.

Donald looked back to see a female anthropomorphic mouse in a royal pink dress and a female duck in a purple regal dress. These two are Queen Minnie and Donald's girlfriend, Daisy.

The Royal Magician chuckled nervously when he caught the looks of both women.

[Destiny Islands]

Back at home, Ren laid on his bed with the paopu fruit that Riku gave him in his hand. He stared at the star-shaped fruit with a neutral gaze.

"Why would Riku bring that up…?" He wondered.

His thoughts drifted to Titania. Sure, she was pretty and he's known her since they were kids, but...

A tinge of red burned the boy's cheeks as he sets the fruit on a small table beside his bed. "Ah! What am I thinking!? There's no way she'd go for a guy like me!" He grabbed his pillow and covered his face.

Then again, one could never tell the future.

Sighing, Ren sat up and marched out of bed. "Maybe I should get some fresh air to clear my head-"

He stopped when his chest started to hurt.

"Ugh!" He groaned. "My chest… what is…"

The boy felt as if something were missing in his heart. Like he was forgetting something… but what?

CRACK!

Thunder rang while lightning flashed, forcing the teen to look outside a window. He witnessed a lightning storm over at the islands… the islands where the raft laid.

"Oh no! The raft!?" Ren cried out, running back to his bedroom to grab his shoes.

With his footwear on, he sprinted down the hall and knocked on Titania's room. "Hey! Tania, we have to go!"

The girl groaned as she came out. "Whuzzgoingon?" she asked.

"There's a storm! It's on the island!" He rapidly replied. "We have to go and make sure the raft doesn't sail off!"

That got her on her feet in a flash. "Right behind ya!" she blurted.

The duo quickly ran out of the house and down the docks. They spotted Sora about to climb on his boat.

"Ren! Titania!" The brunette called out.

"Sora! You're heading to the island too?" Ren questioned.

"Yeah, I can't let the raft get dragged out into the sea," Sora replied.

"We're coming with you," Ren said as he climbed in his boat. "Tania, climb in."

The girl did just that. She was in the boat in a flash. Once she was seated, the small group of boats headed off towards the island.

Once they made it to the island's docks, they left their boats behind but found to their surprise, Riku and Kairi's own boats.

"These boats…" Ren said softly as the rain started to pelt them.

"Riku and Kairi are here too?" Sora wondered.

"Guess so," Titania said seriously. Her eyes narrowed as she looked around. "But where are they?"

"They must be at the raft right now." The crimson-eyed boy replied. "Let's go help them."

The trio took off to the beach the raft was located. However, they failed to notice the shadowy beings emerging behind them as they ran.

As they ran, Ren spotted a figure at the usual spot they would hangout. "Over there!" He gestured.

"Riku!" Sora shouted, catching sight of his best friend's silver hair.

The boy noticed them and looked back… with a strange glint in his eyes and a smirk on his face.

"Kairi isn't with you?" Sora questioned, but Riku said nothing. However, dark tendrils emerged from beneath the older boy's feet, shocking and surprising the trio. "Riku!?"

Titania looked down, her eyes widening. "The hell is that stuff?!" she blurted.

Riku, still smirking, outstretched his hand to his hand to them. "Sora, Ren, Titania… Come with me." The shadows started to surround him.

"Riku, what are-" Ren tried to speak until he felt something grab his feet. Looking down, he noticed black imp-like creatures with glowing yellow eyes seemingly pile onto him. "Hey, what the hell!?"

"AHHH!" Sora screamed as the same creatures gd onto him.

Other dark monsters came out of the shadows and surrounded the trio.

"The darkness isn't to be feared, my friends." Riku reassured them as the darkness began to overlap Sora, Ren, and Titania. "You don't have to worry. Kairi is with me as well…"

Before they could call out to Riku, the darkness completely overcame them.

Each of them felt as if the shadows were growing closer. Their hearts felt cold.

Fear not the darkness.

Sora's eyes shot open. "It's that voice again…"

"Who… is that?!" Ren wondered aloud.

"What…?" Titania whispered.

A savage roar echoed in the darkness as if angry. Before the trio of teens could react, their right hands began to glow with an unearthly bright light.

For within each of you there lies the strongest weapon in the world...

Sora, Ren, and Titania gasped as the light began to take form… into a key-shaped sword.

"What is this?" the girl wondered.

In Sora's hand, he held a skeleton key-shaped sword with a silver shaft and teeth, a yellow guard, a blue handle, and a keychain with a mouse-shaped head. The teeth of the weapon seem to form the outline of a crown which matched the crown charm that Sora wore.

Ren wielded a similar weapon, but it has an orange handle and a black, circular guard with rough edges. The shaft is a smooth, white rod that ends in a black spike. The teeth form a black, sideways fleur-de-lis. The token of the keychain is a black arrowhead with a diamond-shaped gap in its center.

Titania's weapon was unique in that it was more tech-based than the other two. At the front of the blade were twin V-fin antenna that were golden in color, a reddish beam of light connecting the two. The hilt was white and simple, a button on the side for the reddish beam to activate and deactivate. The keychain was a small robotic head with a golden V-fin on it, and twin yellow eyes below it.

"A key!? Or is it a sword?" Sora wondered aloud.

"I don't know… but we'd better get ready! Something's coming!" Titania blurted.

"No kidding!" Ren declared as the shadows around them seemed to repulse from the light. Sprouting from the ground were more of the imp-like shadows. "Let's take these things out!" He held his 'Keyblade' in a one-handed sword fighting stance.

"Yeah!" Sora nodded with a determined glare, holding his own weapon with both hands.

The boys made the first move. Sora attacked by slashing rather sloppily at one of the shadow imps, destroying it as a tiny heart floated off into the sky. Ren, releasing a battle cry, leaped into the air and slashed with one slice, bisecting two of the imps.

Titania tensed before she lunged, swinging her blade and cutting it clean in half with the beam on her weapon. She whirled and jabbed another shadowy "imp" with her weapon, letting a small heart float free.

"Man, for a sword with no edge, this thing is pretty sharp." Ren commented, hefting and twirling his Keyblade with a grin while cutting down another shadow monster.

"Yeah, this thing is pretty cool." Sora added, stabbing one of the shadows and destroying it.

Suddenly, a large shadow overcasts the three teens. Stopping, they look back and with wide eyes and gaping mouths, they cried. "EH!?"

Standing over them is possibly the largest and biggest shadow creature they've ever seen with a heart-shaped hole in its chest.

"That's a big monster…" Ren gulped with a hint of fear.

The giant raised a fist and prepared to crush them. Instincts took over and forced the teens to roll out of the way.

You needn't be afraid.

Landing on their feet, Ren, Sora, and Titania readied their Keyblades as more of the monsters started to come out of the darkness.

"Retreat doesn't seem to be an option here." Ren remarked with a glare.

"I dunno what's goin' on here, but…" Sora spoke as he and his friends went on the attack.

"I'm not giving up, no matter what the odds!" Titania hissed, her blade flashing as she swung it.

"Eat this, freaks!" Ren yelled, slashing upward with his sword, cutting another imp in half.

Sora bashed and slashed his way through. "How's that!? I didn't spend all that time sparring with Riku for nothing, ya freaks!" He shouted.

The trio attacked ferociously with the dark monsters until only the big one was the last enemy. The giant glared down at them with unblinking yellow eyes as it prepared to crush them.

"How the heck are we supposed to beat this thing!?" Sora wondered as he, Ren, and Titania stepped back to avoid being smashed into pancakes.

"The face! Attack its face!" Ren shouted, jumping up the giant's arm and running along the limb. He leaped into the air and slammed his weapon onto the monster's cranium, seemingly hurting it. "Tania, Sora!"

The brunette boy glanced at the girl. "Let's do this!"

She nodded. "Roger!" she remarked.

The two leapt onto the other arm just as the giant tried to swing it to crush Ren, but the ravenette managed to avoid being squished by leaping off of it. Sora and Titania made it to the head and raised their swords.

"Hey, ugly! Your face is wide open!" Sora shouted.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Titania sprang into the air and jabbed her sword right in between its eyes with a loud battle cry, the red beam creating a nasty gash as she pulled it out.

Sora released an 'Oraaa!' then sliced the giant's head clean off.

The trio gathered again, readying their swords as the monstrous shadow started to disappear.

"How'd you like that!" Sora exclaimed with a grin.

"Let's finish it off, right-" Ren started to say until the earth beneath them started to rumble and crack.

"This is not good…" Titania muttered.

The teens look up and see, to their horror, a giant dark vortex like a black hole that began sucking up everything, including the weakened giant.

Sora, Ren, and Titania tried to hold on as best as they could, but the force of the vortex was too much and they were dragged into the void.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Sora screamed.

"GAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Ren cried out.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Titania yelled.

[Gummi Ship]

Meanwhile, Goofy and Donald were on their way to Traverse Town in the Gummi Ship to find someone with a 'key' as mentioned in the King's letter.

"Ahyuk!?" Goofy looked out the canopy to see a star blink in the sea of space. "Donald! Look! The star…!"

The knight and the magician watched as the star flickered once then twice and finally… vanished.

A/N: That's it for the first chapter.

Titanic X: And so begins a new adventure, peeps! :)

But what will our heroes discover on this journey and why were Ren and Titania chosen? What does the future await for them?

Titanic X: I guess we'll have to find out. :3 So… until next time!

Both: Ja ne! :D

{Equipment}

[Sora]

Keyblade: Kingdom Key

Accessory(s): None

Item(s): None

[Ren]

Keyblade: Midnight Roar

Accessory(s): None

Item(s): None

[Titania]

Keyblade: Future's Foundation

Accessory(s): None

Item(s): None