The man scoffed and lowered his blade. "Why a kid...?" He asked, mainly himself. He looked at Sora and began to walk towards him. Angel made a motion with her staff and threw a shield around her friend.

"Stay away from him!" She yelled after prying the girl's hands off of her mouth. The girl still had a pretty tight hold on her though. The man glanced at her.

"Easy... I'm not here to hurt anyone. I just want to have a look at the keyblade." He said to her calmly.

"Not likely!" Angel growled. The barrier around Sora dropped, since magic was new to Angel, and Sora charged the guy.

"Sora, no!" Angel called. The man of course, beat the kid and Sora fell unconscious. Angel tore free from the girl and ran to Sora. She glared at the two strangers.

"What's your problem?!" She yelled.

"Hey, nice going Leon." The girl said cheerfully as she examined the boy. Leon sighed and carefully picked the kid up.

"It was the only way to get it away from him." Leon said to Angel. "Come with us." He said as he began walking off. Angel picked up the keyblade and followed after Leon and the girl.

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Leon then explained to Angel who they were and why they were here, while Sora slept on the empty bed.

"I see..." Was the only thing she had to say.

"That still doesn't explain why you attack him!" Angel growled. Leon sighed and placed a hand on his head as he leaned against the door. Yuffie watched the brunette for a moment before looked at the others.

"Hey, he's coming to." She said to them as he began to sit up. Angel scurried over to the bed and sat on the edge.

"Those creatures that attacked you are after the keyblade... But it's your heart they really want, because you wield the keyblade." Yuffie said to the groggy brunette. He blinked and looked at the girl, seeing Kairi instead of Yuffie. He sat up and stared at her.

"I'm so glad you're okay Kairi..." Sora said. Angel fell over onto the bed in disbelief. Yuffie put her in hands on her hip.

"Kairi? Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie!" She said to him, properly introducing herself. Sora blinked a few times to get his head straight and looked at the black haired girl, flushed. Angel slowly sat up and pat his back.

"It's okay- you did take quite a beating..." She said to him in a soft voice. Yuffie sighed and glanced over at Leon.

"I think you might've over done it Squall." She said to him. Leon lightly pushed off of the door and looked at the three of them.

"That's Leon." He corrected sternly. Angel pushed off of the bed and stood. She still didn't trust the guy, even he had told her everything- or claimed to any way. Sora was now focusing on the keyblade leaning against the dorm frame.

"The keyblade..." He murmured quietly.

"Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures." Yuffie explained to him.

"That's how those things were tracking you." Angel told him, causing the brunette to shift his gaze to herself.

"Getting it away from you was the only the conceal your heart from them." Leon spoke. "But it won't work for long. Still, hard to believe that you of all people were chosen..." He added, carefully picking up the strange blade. It quickly disappeared and re-appeared into Sora's hand. The brunette jumped and stared at the keyblade in awe. He looked at Leon with a sudden serious expression.

"Alright, somebody start making since. What's going on?" He asked.

"Your world isn't the only one out there, and they were all a secret until the heartless came. Everything changed after they showed up." Leon explained.

"The heartless?" Sora asked curiously. Yuffie sat down on the bed beside. "The one's who attacked you- you remember?" She piped.

"Those without hearts. They're attracted to the darkness within someone's heart." Angel said, looking down at the confused brunette. She sighed quietly and shook her head.

"And there is darkness within every heart." Leon added. Angel couldn't help but raise a delicate hand to her own heart and moved to her gaze to the floor beneath her feet. Yuffie curisouly looked over at Sora.

"Hey, you ever heard of a guy named Ansem?" She asked. He simply shook his head. "He studied the heartless, and recorded all of his findings in a very detailed report. Down side is, the pages are scattered all over the place." Yuffie explained casually.

"And the keyblade is the only way to find them..right?" Angel asked as she slowly raised her head and looked at Leon, who nodded lightly. She sighed and called forth her staff. "Well, if he's going then so am I." She said. Sora blinked and looked over at Angel.

"Wait a second, I didn't ask for this." Sora spoke up, semi-glaring at Leon.

"Tough." Leon responded as he turned his back to the kid. Yuffie smirked.

"The keyblade choses it's master- and it chose you." She informed the brunette. Just then, a soldier appeared and Yuffie yelled for Leon. Leon desposed of the creature.

"Yuffie, go!" He called. Sora had taken a defensive position in front of Angel without knowing why. As Yuffie ran out of the room, Leon readied his blade.

"Sora, let's go." He said, then jumped out of the window. The two watched him disappear into the alley way for a moment before quickly leaving the room. Angel called her staff to her hand when they met up with him outside.

"Don't worry about the small fry- find their leader!" The man called to them before running off. Sora put a hand on his head.

"None of this makes since... Why is this happening?" He said quietly. Angel gently placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I know..but this is your destiny Sora... And with this, we can find Riku and Kairi. I just know it." She said to him. Sora looked at her and nodded lightly.

"Yeah, you're right." He said in response. Then the two chased after Leon. They searched the different districts. When they got to the third district, they look around for a minute. Angel slowly inches towards the stairs, a very bad creeping up her spine. Sora had already ran down the stairs to get a better look of the area. He let out a yelp of surprise when Donald and Goofy landed on top of him. Where did they even come from? Angel heard the yell and rushed to his side, her eyes going wide.

"Sora! Are you okay?" The two got off of the boy after declaring that they found the key and looked at her.

"The king didn't say anything about-" Donald began to say, but his sentence was cut short by a large heartless piecing itself together before them. Angel's eyes went wide.

"Holy crap..." She muttered under her breath quietly. She saw the thing getting ready to attack Sora and quickly readied her staff, shooting a powerful thunder spell at it, knocking it back a bit. "Sora, get up!" Angel called to the brunette still on his belly. She launched a few more of those thunder spells at the enemy, keeping it distracted and off of her dumbfounded friend. Sora got up and readied himself for battle. Angel cried out when the Guard Armor grabbed her and picked her up off the ground, it's thick metal claws squeezing her a little tighter each minute.

"Angel!" Sora yelled, then charged the enemy. Whacking the claw with the keyblade as hard as he could. Donald and Goofy also fought the creature, Donald being careful not to hit the girl with any of his spells. When the claw finally gave out, an unconscious Angel fell into Sora's reaching arms. Sora caught her and fell to his butt, holding her close. Much like an brother terrified of losing his beloved sister. Donald and Goofy managed to take out the heartless on their own, after it had been weakened by the keyblade wielder. Sora slowly stood, carefully lifting Angel as he rose. Leon and his gang entered the area, Aeris covered her mouth with her hands and ran over to Sora and the unconscious girl.

"What happened?" She asked. Sora shrugged lightly.

"Not sure..but I'm guessing we found their leader." He answered quietly, looking down at Angel. Aeris closed her eyes and gently placed a hand over Angel's forehead. After a few minutes, she opened her eyes and smiled at Sora. "She's alright. Whatever you were fighting just knocked her out." She explained. Sora sighed out of relief. "Strange though... She sure is a long way from home." She added quietly. Sora blinked a few times, but didn't ask. Instead, he looked at Donald and Goofy.

"Who are you guys?" He asked curiously.