Kingdom Hearts 3: Bliss of Heart

Inspired by the Kingdom Hearts games (which I do not own), and several movies and TV shows that I'm gonna put into this thing (which I do not own). In case you missed it: I don't own any of this stuff! That's all on Disney and Square Enix. There will be individual disclaimers throughout the story. I'm not giving away any spoilers!! I DO, however, own the plot and any characters I come up with. My own characters will be listed as mine when they appear.

Chapter 1: Author Unknown

At Radian Garden…

Leon was sitting in Merlin's house, with the other members of the Restoration Committee talking about where they could set up a new headquarters. One: because they were running out of room, and two: because Merlin wanted his house back. Aerith had called in sick; she had a bad case of the flu.

"We could move into Maleficent's old castle, it's just empty now, sept' for some Heartless," Cid suggested.

"Na, we need somewhere new, something we built ourselves!" Yuffie piped up.

"I don't care where you go, but your constant popping in on me is going to stop!" Merlin yelled.

Leon wasn't even taking notice of the conversation. His mind was drifting back to a time long gone…

At the Great Maw…

The area was deserted. No one around but a couple Heartless. And even those creatures seemed to lose interest with the bleakness of the area and started to march towards town. Had they stayed a little longer, they would have found that they would have had a visitor.

Suddenly there was a flash of light, and when it departed, a woman with black hair layered with three caramel highlights on each side appeared. She was wearing what appeared to be a ripped and tattered ball gown. Her eyes were closed, as though she was unconscious. Fact of the matter, she was. The woman fell as though in slow motion and collapsed on the ground. She let out a soft groan, along with one word which barley left her lips. "Squall…"

Back in Merlin's house…

"Rinoa!!" Leon yelled as though in distress. Everyone looked at him with curiosity.

"What's a Rinoa?" Yuffie asked.

"… Nothing, just an old friend… I think I dozed off," Leon replied.

"Oh… O.K.!" Yuffie said happily and returned to a heated argument with Cid about something or other. Merlin was only annoyed by them; whatever they were arguing about, it didn't have anything to do with a new headquarters.

"Hey guys… I don't fell so good," Leon lied as he stood up. "I think I'm going to head home." No one seamed to take much notice of him except Yuffie, who raised a hand in farewell. The man walked out of the building and out into the streets, and he really had the intention of going home. Suddenly there was a burst of light near the outskirts of town. He turned and stared in that direction. "Is… is it really you?" he asked no one in particular. He started in the direction of the now receding light, and quickly broke into a run.

A bit later...

Leon charged right through a small group of Heartless and headed for the Great Maw as fast as he could. He finally got there and...

It was Sora.

Well, not as awesome as seeing your long-lost girlfriend, but exiting just the same.

Wait... who was he with? Kairi?

"Hey! Sora!" Leon yelled as he ran over.

"Leon!" Sora motioned for Kairi and the other boy he was with to follow him, and they started towards Leon.

"Hey guys," Leon said as they finally met up.

"What's up Leon?" Kairi asked.

"Er... not much," Leon replied. "Uh... you've grown a lot."

"Thanks!" Kairi said with a smile.

Leon turned to the other boy. "Sora... who's this?"

"This is Riku, Leon!" Sora said. "You know, my best friend who fell to darkness then became a good guy again and stayed behind the Door to Darkness."

"Hey," Riku muttered.

"He reminds me of you sometimes," Sora whispered to Leon.

Leon almost laughed. Almost.

"So what are you guys here for?" Leon asked. "I'd think you would be relaxing on the islands now."

"Yeah... about that..." Sora muttered.

"We got a letter from Mickey." Riku said. "Er... the King."

"And what did the letter say?" Leon asked.

"Here, see for your self." Riku thrust a small sheet of paper at Leon, who took it and began to read.

Dear Sora, Riku, and Kairi,

I apologize that I may not come in person to deliver this letter, but I am held up with a very pressing matter at Disney Castle. I hate to ask this of you, as I know that you are probably settling back down on the Islands, but I have a task for you. There is a strange happening: worlds have collapsed on themselves, with no sign of Heartless assaults. I myself am investigating these things from afar, but I wish for you to visit, or even revisit, worlds and seal, or check, their Keyholes. You see, Wonderland and Deep Jungle are two of the worlds that have fallen. Please visit Radiant Garden first, as Leon and the others are aware of these events, and if this letter were to fall into the wrong hands… well… you know. Anyway, they have more information.

Hope to see you all soon, and good luck,

M.M.

"Alright Leon, the King's letter said that you had information," Riku said as Leon finished reading.

"I... er... to be quite honest, I haven't got a clue what the King is talking about," Leon replied.

"What?" all three asked in unison.

"Come on, let's get back to town and see if we can figure things out," Leon replied.

Back in Merlin's House...

Once everyone was up to speed, Yuffie immediately cried out, "What if the King didn't really send it?"

"Well, that would be the most logical answer at the moment, but it leads to another question," Merlin replied. "Who did send it, and why?"

"Two questions, genius," Cid smirked.

"It should be easy to figure out the why," Leon said, ignoring Cid. "Whoever sent ether wanted Sora, Riku, and Kairi off the Islands or they wanted them here. Or both."

"Still, why would they want either of those things?" a new voice said.

Everyone looked up to the roof to see the Gullwings, Rikku, Yuna, and Paine, hovering over them.

"How long have you been there?" Cid asked.

"About two days," Rikku smiled. "It's warm up here."

"Seven minutes and thirty two seconds exactly," Paine said in her usual uninterested voice. "Give or take a few seconds." Rikku blew Paine a raspberry.

Leon groaned. "You guys are part of the Restoration Committee, so come on down from there..."

"Yeah, come on down so I can kill you!" Yuffie cried angrily. "I've been waiting for this since the Ice-Cream!"

"Yeah, let's go RIGHT NOW!" Cid shouted.

"...What ice-cream?" Sora asked. Kairi just looked confused.

"Do most of your meetings work like this?" Kairi looked to Leon.

"Only on Wednesdays," Leon said, burying his face in his hands.

"But... today is Friday..." Sora scratched his head in confusion. Leon lowered one of his hands long enough to glare at Sora. "Oh."

Suddenly Merlin perked up. "I know," he said. "Why don't you go fight out on the street. You'll have more room to blow each-other up out there."

The Gullwings zipped out the door with Yuffie and Cid in tow.

"That was surprisingly easy," Merlin muttered as he pulled a pipe out of his robe pocket.

"You still haven't gotten your house back?" Sora asked.

"I don't get a wink of sleep anymore, what with these hooligans charging in night and day!" Merlin said angrily as he lit his pipe and started puffing on it.

"Back to the letter?" Riku suggested, annoyed.

"Oh... right," Merlin said as gunshots were herd from outside.

"What?! GUNS?! Where the ell' did you get GUNS?!" Cid's voice was heard.

"Oh yeah... forgot to tell them Yuna bought guns," Leon muttered.

"Letter? Anytime now," Riku said, slouching over in his chair.

"Yuna bought guns?" Sora asked.

"Is Yuna one of those girls?" Kairi attempted to catch up.

"Letter... important..." Riku muttered.

"Yeah, she's one of the Gullwings," Sora told her. "Those three girls are treasure hunters."

"Rikku was the cheery one," Leon informed. "Yuna was the one who didn't say anything. She's alright. Paine was the emotionless one."

"Speak for your self, emotionless," Sora said with a smirk.

"Maybe it's just Tidus, Wakka and Selphie pranking us," Riku tired again.

Merlin continued to puff on his pipe, and the smoke was starting to fill up the room, making Kairi feel a bit dizzy. Merlin was off in his own world tuning everyone out.

"You want emotionless?" Leon asked. "Look Cloud up."

"Well since he disappeared after the fight with Sephiroth, that could be hard," Sora shot back.

"Who's Cloud?" Kairi asked, her head spinning from Merlin's pipe fumes.

"A real strong warrior with a huge sword," Sora said, not looking at her.

"It's a little sheet of paper with words on it..." Riku explained.

Merlin continued puffing on his pipe, Sora and Leon got into an argument about something, and Riku continued to try and fail at getting the others' attention. Kairi just sat there taking it all in.

"Oh YEAH?!?" Sora yelled. "I bet YOU couldn't beat Sephiroth in a fight!!"

"YOU hardly even winded him!!" Leon retorted at the top of his voice.

"Oh, it's ON!!!"

"BRING IT!!!"

"I WILL!!!"

"JUST TRY!!!!"

"I WILL DOMINATE!!!"

"I'LL KICK YOUR BUTT LIKE I DID IN TRAVERSE TOWN!!!"

"YOU DID NOT JUST GO THERE, LEON!!!!!!!"

"I DID!!!"

"We found it in a bottle... it had the King's seal on it..." Riku covered his ears as he said it.

This went on for about thirty minutes until Cid hurled Rikku through the door. That got everyone's attention. Anyway, after Merlin fixed the door, confiscated everyone's weapons, and healed several black eyes and one broken leg, everyone was sitting down at the table.

"Alright, now that we have come to order," Riku started. "I believe I have devised a plan of action."

"Go ahead," Sora said.

"First, we need to check out Wonderland and Deep Jungle. If they really are gone, then at least some of the letter is true. Next Sora, Kairi and I can fly to Disney Castle and see Mickey... the King himself. Question him."

"I can look into the world-not-being-there thing right now," Cid said as he stood up and walked over to the computer. "Oy! Tron! Ya there?"

"Quite, User Cid," came a familiar voice.

"Tron!" Sora cried happily. He jumped up and ran to the computer. "Hey Tron, how have you been?"

"Ah! User Sora! It is so good to hear your voice again," Tron replied. "Oh... and I have been suffering from strange symptoms lately. In a few words: an undeniable need to dance. Have you been messing with my programing?"

"Er... no Tron, I haven't done a thing," Sora said as he arched an eyebrow. Yuffie coughed discreetly in the background.

"Tron," Cid said. "We need ya to give us a live view of Wonderland and Deep Jungle. They should be in your database."

"Accessing."

"..."

"..."

"... Projecting."

Suddenly the screen was sporting two pictures of what looked like small Asteroid fields.

"There are no signs of any life," Tron reported unnecessarily.

"We got that Tron," Leon muttered.

"Man..." Sora said. "I was hoping that they were still around."

"Sora, didn't Alice live on Wonderland?" Leon asked nervously.

"Yeah, but you don't need to remind me, because I feel bad enough."

"No, Sora," Leon said. "She was a Princess of Heart."

"Oh... yeah," Sora froze. "Er... what happens when a Princess of Heart dies?"

"I have no idea," Leon replied. "My guess is she would be reincarnated into some kid somewhere."

"I can search the database for information if you wish," Tron said.

"Go ahead," Cid muttered as he stuck a tooth pick into his mouth and started chewing.

"Searching."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"... No results found."

"That's helpful," Sora muttered.

"Guys?" Riku finally said something.

"What?" Everyone looked back at him.

"I think the Restoration Committee should do the research. We gotta get to Disney Castle."

"Yeah... I suppose," Sora replied.

"What are you guys fly'n anyway?" Cid asked.

"Er... it's small," Riku started. "There aren't many places to hide Gummi ships on the Islands, so it had to be small."

"What's it called?"

"The Mabrik. It isn't the best ship of all time, but it's fast," Riku answered.

"We'll see you guys later," Sora said as he walked out.

"Yeah, see you later!" Kairi echoed as she followed Sora out the door.

"See ya..." Riku muttered as he followed them.

Seconds after they were out, Yuffie looked at Leon and commented, "That Riku guy was kind of cute."

Everyone groaned.

Later, in space...

Riku activated the warp drive as Sora and Kairi climbed up the ladder to the cockpit. The ladder came from the living quarters; it consisted of two bunk beds, a fridge, a microwave oven, a few cabinets, a door that led to a bathroom, and a table. All in one small room. Yeah. Cozy.

Sora and Kairi got into the cockpit just as the Mabrik's warp drive kicked into gear and the ship jolted a bit.

"The trip will take about ten hours," Riku informed Sora as plopped down into one of the co-piolt seats. "Talk about jetlag. What do you wanna do until then?"

"I don't know..." Sora muttered, a little upset at the loss of Tarzan and Alice. And his other friends from those two worlds of course. "How about a game of Spades?" He held up a pack of cards.

"Nah... that's what we played on the way over," Kairi said as she sat down as well. He reached into her pocket and pulled out a pink Nintendo DS Lite. "New Super Mario Bros. mini-game multiplayer?"

"You are so on." Sora reached into the glove compartment and pulled out his lime green DS as Riku grabbed a red one and started up the connection.

I don't own any of the Final Fantasy characters in this chapter, nor do I own the Nintendo DS. The lime green one is a European exclusive, I think. I don't own Mario either, but I think that goes without saying. Oh! Almost forgot. I don't own Tron either. Or Tarzan and Alice, since they are mentioned in this chapter. Don't own Mickey Mouse, since he wrote the letter... Don't own Merlin the Wizard... as stated at the beginning, I don't own the Kingdom Hearts characters such as Sora, Riku, and Kairi.

Rinoa was Leon's girlfriend in Final Fantasy VIII. She will make a physical appearance later, but I'm not telling when.

Yuna buying guns is a reference to her signature weapons in Final Fantasy X-2.

I'm really not all that happy with this chapter, but the story has to start somewhere, and this just seemed easier than having to get them from Destiny Islands to Radiant Garden. The next chapter has better dialogue and more action, so just wait. Things pick up soon.

On a side note, you'll notice that their trip to Disney Castle is taking them about ten hours. Yes, trips between worlds are not cakewalks. You remember how close Disney Castle and Radiant Garden were on the KH 2 world map? Yeah.