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Guardians of Remnant: Dawn's beginning

Chapter 1 – Prologue

Long ago

An area long forgotten in the deepest pits of Remnant, stood two beings at odds with each other. One of light and one of darkness.

There was no fighting, as that has long since passed. The only thing that remained was their endless attempt to understand one another. To pull the other to their side. To finally end this war for understanding.

The being of Darkness, displeased with the progress of her conflict decided to end it for now. So she decided to recite a story that she had heard among her many travels.

"Long ago, people lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of light" she began. "Everyone loved the light. Then people began to fight over it. They wanted to keep it for themselves. And darkness was born in their hearts. The darkness spread, swallowing the light and many people's hearts. It covered everything, and the world disappeared" she said. The being of light grimaced, staring at the being of darkness with disapproval. He knew where she was going with this, and he wasn't happy.

But small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children" She Continued. With these fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. It's the world we live in now". She raised up her arms in a way that said "Yea, right here, this god forsaken wasteland that you call a world"

"But the true light sleeps, deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are still scattered, divided from each other. But someday, a door to the innermost darkness will open and the true light will return". She finished.

After finishing her tale she began to laugh hysterically. The being of light stood unwavering in her attempt to sway him over with such a tale.

The being of Darkness then continued to speak. "Hmph, it amuses me how much mankind has grown fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past. You and I both know that story is so far from the truth" the woman said.

"The mere notion that the brightest lights can defeat the deepest darkness is a noble thought….but a foolish reality. Even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die. And when they are gone... darkness will return". She glared at the being of light menacingly before she continued.

"So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called "free world", but take heed... there will be no victory in strength". She said with an almost innocent smile.

The being of light smiled in return and responded. "But perhaps victory is in the simpler things that you've long forgotten. Things that require a smaller, more honest soul" He said with a confident smile on his face. "I believe the soul is the doorway to something so much greater than we can possibly imagine".

"Oh, I couldn't agree more, but what does every door need?" the darkness replied with a devious smile on her face. "A Key". She said plainly before disappearing into the darkness leaving the being of light alone in his thoughts.

6 months ago

April 19th

Soon after Sora arrived at Beacon Academy.

"So this is Beacon Academy" Sora stood in one of the many hallways in awe of the superstructure he found himself in. "Master Yen Sid said that it would be big but I never imagined this, how am supposed to find anything in this place!" the spiky haired boy exclaimed.

Following Sora's Mark of Mastery exam, Sora went to do some training on his own for a few weeks until Master Yen Sid contacted him and told him to go to the world of Remnant and report to Professor Ozpin of Beacon Academy. The world had a huge influx of Heartless in addition to the monsters they had already. Creatures known as "Grimm". When Sora asked where he would find this academy and its headmaster, Yen Sid simply responded while stroking his long beard "Worry not Sora, follow your heart and you will find your way"

"I know the Master is wise and all, but he is really bad at giving directions. Sometimes I just wish he doesn't have to be so cryptic and mysterious about everything". Sora Sighed in resignation. "Maybe I should just find a teacher or something". Sora looked up at a clock. It was currently 8:55 AM. "Everybody is probably in cla-AHHHHHH!"

Sora was suddenly tackled onto the hard floor but what seemed to be a red blur. After cringing in pain from the sudden hit, Sora opened his eyes to see a girl with silver eyes and shoulder length black hair with red tints in it on top of him. She was dressed a black blouse, a black waist cincher with red lacing and a skirt with red trimmings, complete with a red cloak.

Sora stared up at the girl with a curious look. The girl stared back at Sora, soon realizing the position the two of them were in. Her face was then as red as her cloak. She jumped up waving her hands apologetically while speaking about as fast Sora's valor form. "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I didn't see you I'm really in a rush I'm going to be late for class!" The girl said to the Sora panicking and embarrassed.

Sora then got up and smiled "Hey it's alright, accidents happen all the time, don't worry about it" He told the girl reassuringly. The girl sighed in relief. Sora, for some reason didn't mind what happened, he actually thought the girl was really cute. But that could come later, he had a job to do.

The girl now calm, didn't want to admit it but she thought the boy was cute as well. So she decided to introduce herself to the boy. "Anyway, hi I'm Ruby, it's nice to meet you. Are you here for the tournament later this year?" She put her hand out to the boy for him to shake.

Sora took her hand and shook it. "Hi, I'm Sora. I'm actually new here, I'm supposed to meet a guy named Ozpin, you wouldn't know how to find him would you?" Sora asked smiling and rubbing the back of his head.

"Professor Ozpin? Yea just take the elevator at the end of the hall and go to the top floor. That'll be his office" she said with a warm smile.

"Really, that's it? Ive been walking around this school for an hour and all I had to do was take the elevator up!" he said surprised and embarrassed.

"Yep that's it! You should probably hurry if Ozpin was expecting you, otherwise you'll have to deal with professor Goodwitch"

"Who's Professor Goodwitch?" Sora asked.

"She's a teacher here at Beacon and Ozpin's assistant. Let's just say…just stay on her good side, for your sake" Ruby answered with a concerned look on her face. Sora was starting to sweat beads.

"This Professor Goodwitch sounds scary, but she couldn't be all that bad with a name like Goodwitch" Sora thought to himself.

"Listen" Ruby continued. "If your nervous, just press all the buttons in the elevator so you can have time to prepare yourself" she said almost as if from experience.

"Yea that's sounds like a great…no wait, if I'm already late and I press all the buttons wouldn't that just make it worse when I do get up there?" Sora explained.

"Uh…yea now that you mention it don't do that" Ruby replied sheepishly. The two of them began to laugh at the thought.

"Anyway it was nice meeting you Ruby. If you're free later I would love it if you could show me around the school" Sora said giving his signature wide grin.

"Yea sure, I would love to! How about 7 tonight? Ruby asked excitedly. "Sounds like a plan! See you then!" Sora said giving a thumbs up.

Ruby watched the boy as he left. She still had a huge smile on her face. "Sora…he seems so nice and genuine. It's weird, I could just feel the light just resonating from him" Ruby said to herself

Ruby was so lost in thought she didn't hear the set of footsteps behind her. "SOOOOO…who's the boy little sis? A girl said teasingly.

Ruby jumped back and saw it was none other than her sister and teammate Yang Xiao Long. Yang had long blonde hair and lilac eyes. She wore a tan vest with gold piping over a yellow low-cut crop top with a black crest that resembles a burning heart, black shorts under her belt, which resembles a pleated skirt in the back. Over her short shorts is a white asymmetrical back skirt, and brown knee-high platform boots with orange socks of different lengths.

She also wears fingerless black gloves underneath her weapons, The Ember Celica, which resemble two yellow mechanized gauntlets that fire powerful projectiles. To finish it off she wears an orange infinity scarf around her neck.

Yang can be very impulsive most of the time. She usually likes to tease people all the time just like she was doing to Ruby. Despite her friendly and fun personality, she can often let her emotions get the better of her. You wouldn't like Yang when she's….upset.

"YAAAAANNNGG, it's not like that! I just met him, he's new and I helped him find where Professor Ozpin is-AHH!" Ruby squealed in protest before she was pulled into the death inducing bear hug of Yang.

"Oh Ruby, your growing up so fast I'm so happy for youuuu!" She said happily while squeezing Ruby's head into her breasts. "Ynnnngg can't breathe" Ruby struggled to get out. Yang then released her from the brink of death. "Sorry you know I'm just playing with you sis, but seriously who was he? He seemed nice" Yang said as though nothing happened.

Ruby, with oxygen in her lungs once again then said "Yea he is nice, but like I just said I just met him. His name is Sora" Ruby explained but then noticed two other girls appear from behind Yang. The first of the two girls then interjected into their conversation.

"This doesn't matter right now you dunce, were going to be late for class!" The girl rudely exclaimed.

This girl was none other than Ruby's teammate Weiss Schnee, Heiress of the Schnee dust company, one of the largest producers and exporters of Remnant's most common form of energy propellant, an element simply known as Dust.

Weiss had icy clue eyes and long white hair pulled back in an off-center ponytail, at the base of which is a small tiara that resembles icicles. She is dressed in a pale blue bolero jacket over a similarly colored thigh-length dress with a piece of black lace making up the neckline of the dress. Holstered on her side was her multi action Dust rapier, Myrtenaster

The inside of her bolero is red and the sleeves turn blue as they get closer to her wrists. The back of the bolero displays the Schnee Crest, which bears a resemblance to a snowflake.

She also wears an apple-shaped necklace along with a pair of thin, rectangular earrings, and white heeled wedge boots that go to her mid-calf. The most unique feature that Weiss has besides her cold attitude to people would be the crooked scar down her left eye.

But Ruby knew Weiss better than that, she knows that under than cold exterior is a heart of gold, loyal to those she deems her friends. Weiss had a hard upbringing, always expected to be perfect in every way, never being able to make her own choices. This made it hard for her to trust and accept people who get close to her.

"We don't have time for boys! Wouldn't you agree Blake?" Weiss asked the second girl.

The girl in question was Blake Belladonna, the final member of Team Ruby, a Faunus, and a former member of the Faunus extremist group, The White Fang.

Blake had long, wavy black hair, amber eyes, complemented by light-purple eye shadow flaring backwards. Blake wears a black buttoned vest with coattails, and a white sleeveless undershirt that exposes part of her midriff with white shorts, black low-heeled boots and stockings that start off black at her hips, but gradually fade to purple as they near her shoes.

On the outside of her stockings, there are white emblems that resemble belladonna flowers. She has black ribbons on both of her arms, with a black detached sleeve and a silver band on her left arm. She also wears a detached scarf-like collar around her neck, a gray magnetic plate strapped to her back like a backpack, for holstering her multipurpose weapon, Gambol Shroud.

Blake tops it off with a black ribbon tied in the form of a bow which she almost never takes off, even when she goes to sleep. This bow is a cover for her Faunus heritage, a pair of black cat ears.

Blake can be pretty mellow most of the time. She is usually cool, calm, and collected most of the time. There are times when she can display a temper, especially against people who discriminate based on racial prejudice.

Despite her past actions with the White fang, Blake has the utmost respect for people's lives, Human or Faunus. She doesn't want to achieve equality through fear and violence, but through peace and understanding. Even though she has left this part of her life behind, parts of it still come back to haunt her.

Blake was only half listening to the rest of her team's conversation as she was engrossed in the book she was currently reading. "Ruby's a big girl, she can make her own decisions, Weiss" Blake said with little emphasis or emotion, never looking up from her book.

Weiss pouted and decided to forget about this matter for now. "Fine, never mind, ill drop this for now. But Ruby, you need to seriously stop changing the time on our alarm clock!" Weiss criticized the red hooded girl.

"What kind of person sets their alarm for 6:30 if their first class is at 9? I mean I would have thought you of all people would need more sleep. Maybe then you wouldn't be so cranky all the time!" Ruby said jokingly.

"Cranky? I am not Cranky, so stop saying those kind of things! You know it takes at least two hours for me to look exceptional and presentable. I can't just go out however I like, I have an image to keep. To be completely honest it doesn't surprise me how much you need to sleep considering the amount of sugar you consume!" the heiress angrily replied.

Before their spout could continue, Blake decided to look up from her book and interject "Hey guys" She said to Ruby and Weiss. They turned to her and noticed she was pointing toward the clock. It was now 8:59. Both Ruby and Weiss squealed and ran as fast as they could, leaving behind a trail of smoke. Yang turned to Blake and laughed "nice one Blake" She said. The Faunus gave a light laugh in return. "Those two are hopeless, you would think they would realize by now that Professor Port always arrives to class 10 minutes late" The two laughed and continued to walk to class.

Unbeknownst to Sora and the members of Team RWBY, in the distance within Beacon forest stood a group of 13 men in black coats. The leader of this group looked on as he saw Sora head up to the highest tower in Beacon and the members of Team RWBY depart.

All the while having a dark and devious smile upon his face. He appeared to be a simple old man, bald except for thin eyebrows and a curled, silver goatee. His ears were pointed and his eyes were yellow.

He had broad, hunched shoulders and a crooked back. His overall appearance can certainly be deceiving, hiding the immense power he possessed. This man was known as master Xehanort

A second man walked to the side of Master Xehanort, pulling down his hood, revealing long blue hair, pointed ears, yellow eyes, and an x shaped scar between his eyes. Master Xehanort noticed the man and asked in his cold raspy voice "Speak your mind, boy. I don't have time for dillydallying".

"It's nothing master" The Luna diviner said. "It's just that the boy still isn't strong enough to be one of the lights, yet here he is".

"I admit, I am disappointed in his progress, but all in good time, Isa" The seeker of Darkness responded calmly.

"What of the thirteenth vessel? We are still in need of one last darkness" Isa asked.

Mater Xehanort, hunched over with his hands behind his back as always, turned to Isa and responded "Do not worry yourself with such concerns. My younger self has already saw to this predicament. A young woman, a Ms. Cinder Fall, has agreed to join us".

"That's wonderful news master. I will see that she is properly trained in the use of darkness". Isa said plainly

"Hmph, I don't think you will have much difficulty, I was told she has a strong connection to the darkness. She will have little trouble using it".

Xehanort then stepped forward and raised his hands to the sky "Soon, at the fated place, our thirteen darknesses will clash with the seven lights and the X – blade will be forged! Then the Keyblade War will be Reborn! Finally the promise of a world in true balance will be a reality!" Xehanort exclaimed victoriously.

3 months ago

July 22nd

In the ruins of what was once the Southern District of Vale

Under a beautiful, blue, heart shaped moon stood three warriors. They were bruised, bloodied, and tired after a long and heated battle.

In their battle against Xehanort, Sora and his friends managed to defeat all of his darknesses. All of them faded back into the darkness from whence they came.

All that remained was Master Xehanort himself.

Despite the odds in Sora's favor, Xehanort still managed to open Kingdom Hearts and obtain the X – Blade. His power was simply overwhelming.

After engaging Xehanort, Sora was then thrown into the Realm of Darkness. There he met Aqua, a former pupil of Master Eraqus. Together they freed themselves from the Realm of Darkness and found themselves at Castle Oblivion.

There, Sora would unlock and free the people connected to his Heart.

A denizen of the dark, someone who truly embodied the very essence of twilight

Roxas.

A witch with the power to control the memories of Sora and those connected to him. Someone who's innocence, purity, and wisdom knows no bounds.

Namine.

A puppet who was never meant to develop their own identity. A forgotten memory comprised of happiness, kindness, and sorrow.

Xion.

An imperfect replica of Sora's best friend. A person whose memories were nothing but lies, doomed to a meaningless existence.

Riku's Replica.

Finally, a person with a shattered heart, who found sanctuary within the heart of a young boy. Always watching over Sora since he was young.

Ventus.

Together these seven heroes traveled back to Remnant in hopes of stopping Master Xehanort once and for all.

Soon after returning, the battle with Xehanort was reaching its end, as most of Sora's allies were defeated, unable to continue fighting.

Even Sora's new reinforcements were soon defeated.

The only ones left standing against Master Xehanort was Aqua, Sora, and Ruby.

Master Xehanort stood with the X - Blade at his side.

Aqua had her Stormfall Keyblade, Sora had his signature Kingdom Key, and Ruby had her High caliber sniper scythe, Crescent Rose.

While Sora and Ruby engaged with Xehanort, Aqua managed to find an opening and fired a beam of light from her keyblade.

The beam pierced through Xehanort, bringing him down to one knee.

"Why you insolent child! I've lost my patience with you!" Xehanort shouted in anger. "Dark Firaga!" Xehanort shot a large blast of dark fire from his keyblade toward Aqua.

Aqua was fast enough to dodge it and cartwheeled to avoid the blast, but she wasn't fast enough to see what was coming next.

Xehanort had suddenly leapt into the air above Aqua. "Meteor Crash!" Xehanort struck the ground with the full force of a meteor, enveloping the Area in a fiery blast. Aqua felt the full force of the attack and was knocked back against the shattered wall of what was once Junior's Club.

Aqua was slow to get up, her right shoulder was dislocated, a few of her ribs were shattered, and several bones in her left leg had been broken. But she still managed to get up, ready to fight.

Unfortunately she still wasn't fast enough to dodge the next of Xehanort's attacks.

"Dark Haze!" Xehanort enveloped his body in darkness and charged at Aqua, bringing down the X – Blade across her chest, sending her flying and destroying what little remained of Junior's club.

Aqua was out cold unable to keep on fighting. Xehanort slowly approached her motionless body and raised his keyblade above her ready to strike her down for good. "I do believe you've overstayed your welcome, Master Aqua" Xehanort said in a mocking tone.

"Leave her Alone!" came the voice of a young girl. Xehanort turned around to see a red blur charging at him at impossible speeds, swinging her scythe around her and bringing it down, slashing his cheek.

Xehanort slapped her away sending her crashing into the ground. Luckily Sora managed to catch her in time.

"Are you ok Ruby, are you hurt?" Sora asked with the utmost concern for the girl he had grown to care about so deeply.

"Yea I'm ok, thanks." Ruby said with a warm smile. Then it became serious once again. "We have stop him before he kills her!" Ruby regained her bearings and stood strong.

The two turned back to Xehanort.

"I'll deal with you two next!" Xehanort angrily exclaimed pointing towards the two young heroes. "I have business that needs attending to-Grahh!" Suddenly Xehanort started to writhe in pain, falling to one knee. A strange gold light began to surround his body. His face twisted into a combination of rage and shock. He turned to Aqua, still on the ground but awake and looking at him smiling.

"What...What have you done!?" Xehanort demanded.

Aqua just continued to smile and said quietly "Checkmate".

As if on cue, a large burst of light emerged from Xehanort's body sending him flying in the other direction. Xehanort rolled across the ground and into the rubble.

Where Xehanort once was before the light appeared, was two bodies sprawled out across the ground, unconscious.

It was the bodies of Master Eraqus and his pupil Terra.

"Terra...Master...welcome back" Aqua said smiling, tears flowing down her face.

Xehanort rose slowly from the rubble, taking in his surroundings. Sora stood ready to strike with his Kingdom Key.

"Its over Xehanort! You cant keep this up! There's still time to stop this, nobody else needs to get hurt!" Sora pleaded with the seeker, hoping to get through to him.

Xehanort's face twisted in anger but then it changed into one of amusement. "You think I care about who gets hurt! You think I got to where I am today by working towards peace? I have waited so long for this moment, and I will not let your naive idealism stop me! I cant wait any longer". Xehanort turned his head towards Ruby and said "Im done waiting".

He pointed his keyblade toward Ruby and said quietly "Mega Flare" A powerful burst of Light erupted from his keyblade and shot towards Ruby.

"NOOO!" Sora yelled. He ran at blinding speeds seemingly vanishing and reappearing next to Ruby, pushing her out of the blasts path. Sora had his arms extended out to his sides ready to take the blast. He was willing to lay down his life in order to save Ruby. He was prepared to die, but he didn't want Ruby to see how scared he was. Before the blast hit, Sora turned around and gave his signature smile to Ruby. He just wished he had more time to be with her, he had so many things he wanted to tell her.

Ruby looked on in shock as the blast hit Sora, destroying everything in the nearby area. All that remained was a crater in the ground, smoke flowing out of it.

She couldn't believe it.

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Sora.

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Sora was dead.

"Noooo!" Ruby screamed, tears flooding her eyes and traveling down her face. Sora cant be dead, he just cant be! Ruby thought. Sora meant everything to her. In the time that they had known each other Sora quickly became one of her best friends. In fact, he was her best friend. She had the most fun whenever he was around, always smiling and laughing. She didn't understand how she felt until now.

But now he was gone.

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Or at least, thats what she thought.

When the smoke cleared, a strange golden light could be seen. A golden barrier had been covering where the blast hit. The barrier dissipated, and rising from the ashes was a boy with spiky brown hair.

"Sora! You're ok!" Ruby said happily, tears still flowing down her face.

Sora looked around, not sure of how he was still alive. "Yea" Sora said surprised "but how..Whoa!".

Sora looked down at his hand where his Kingdom Key was. Or rather where he thought it would be. In place of Sora's Kingdom Key, was a completely different weapon altogether. It was comprised of two Kingdom Keys crossing each other, a large blade extending from the center.

In Sora's hand was the X - Blade.

He looked back to Ruby and extended his hand out to her. "Are you with me?" he asked

Ruby smiled and replied "Always". She took his hand and stood up. Both facing Xehanort, with a new sense of confidence and strength.

Realization now dawning on Xehanort of what transpired, he began to lash out angrily.

"No, thats not possible! It was mine, MINE! You shouldn't be able to wield it!"

This made Sora remember something Leon said shortly after meeting him.

"Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one."

Sora looked at the X - Blade in his hand. Quietly, he said to himself "The Keyblade's Chosen one"

"What did you say!?" Xehanort demanded, full of rage.

"I was once told that I was the Keyblade's Chosen one. I never really thought about it until now, but what if it didn't just mean any Keyblade, but the X - Blade itself?"

"Preposterous! The X - Blade is a weapon made of pure divine power! It is the very foundation of Kingdom Hearts! A tool to be used by only the strongest of hearts! It Yields to no single master!"

The X - Blade glowed as if in response to Xehanort's claim. Sora looked down at it and back to Xehanort. "It looks like the X - Blade doesn't necessarily agree with you" Sora said with a confident smile on his face.

Sora and Ruby looked at each other, nodding as if understanding each other completely, then looked back to Xehanort.

"Lets finish this!" The two said in unison.

Sora then charged towards Xehanort, the X - Blade glowing, building up power for one final attack.

Xehanort, now defenseless and nowhere to go, only stood there showing a new side of him never seen before.

Fear.

"Its now or never" Sora Thought, ready to activate one of his strongest attacks. "Zantetsuken!" Sora vanished and reappeared behind Xehanort, a large slash of light appearing on Xehanort's body, causing incredible amounts of damage. Xehanort was now on his knees, reeling from the powerful attack.

Ruby decided to follow Sora's attack with her own. She used her semblance to dash back and forth towards Xehanort, slicing him horizontally across his waistline. Now behind him she decided to follow up with another attack. She spun her scythe towards Xehanort vertically, slicing down his back. Upon stopping Crescent Rose's motion, planting the scythe into the ground, Ruby fired a round from her rifle into Xehanort's back.

The force of the shot sent Xehanort rolling several feet forward.

Xehanort rose extremely slow, clutching the area around his heart. Darkness was leaking out of the wounds Sora and ruby inflicted on him.

Xehanort looked up to see the glowing moon of Kingdom Hearts, as of to question it, wondering where did he go wrong.

To Xehanort's dismay, the clouds surrounding Kingdom Hearts began to converge, ready to conceal it away within the darkness once again.

Before disappearing completely, something caught Xehanort's attention.

In the distance, floating away from Kingdom Hearts, was a small group of lights.

Xehanort stood in shock, realizing the true meaning behind these lights.

Just as fast as he had seen them, they disappeared, Kingdom Hearts lost within the darkness once more.

"Five? Xehanort questioned.

Xehanort began chuckling.

Sora and Ruby looked at Xehanort with curiosity. Sora looked up to see what he was talking about, only to see that Kingdom Hearts was now gone. It was over, they won. The X - Blade in Sora's possession glowed briefly before disappearing, leaving behind Sora's Kingdom Key.

He looked back to Xehanort as he stopped his fit of laughter.

"AHHH!" Xehanort cringed in pain as his body slowly began to fade away into darkness. "It seems, that all this time, I've been following a lie. They told me I would be able to change the world. They said it was my destiny and I was foolish to believe them. I've been following an empty promise all this time. They knew exactly how this was going to end" Xehanort said with regret.

Xehanort closed his eyes and smiled. "It appears, in the end, I was nothing more than a pawn" Xehanort said before fading away completely.

Xehanort had finally been defeated.

Shortly following Xehanort's defeat, the various students, teachers, and keyblade wielders that fought so hard against Xehanort began to tend to their wounded and clearing the destruction left behind.

Sora and Ruby stood together, looking upon all of their friends and allies.

Ruby turned her head to Sora "Its amazing everyone's ok, considering everything we were put through".

She then grew concerned, seeing the serious face Sora had.

"Sora, what's wrong?"Ruby asked

"Oh, its nothing, its just -"

"What Xehanort said, before fading away?" Ruby could tell it was still on his mind.

"Yea, thats it" Sora replied in a low voice. "Who was he talking about? Who told him to forge the X - Blade and open Kingdom Hearts? Who would set him up only for him to fail in the end? It just doesn't make any sense"

Ruby remained silent, feeling sorry for her friend.

Sora turned his head to Ruby and smiled "But that doesn't matter right now. I'm just happy your ok" Sora said.

Ruby blushed from the Sora's sudden comment.

Then she did something unexpected.

Ruby pulled Sora's arm and held it close to her side, resting her head on his shoulder. Tears began forming in her eyes.

"You're glad I'm ok? Sora, I thought you were dead!" Ruby raised her voice, clutching to Sora's arm tightly, afraid of losing him. "I don't know what I would have done if I lost you!"

Sora was a bit rattled from Ruby's kind words, but appreciated how much she really cared about him. A bunch of thoughts passed through Sora's head. "Does she have feelings for me? Does she feel the same way about me that I feel about her" Sora Thought to himself.

Sora had known for a while how strongly he felt about Ruby. The two of them would always get along, always laughing, smiling, and generally enjoying each other's company. Before coming to Remnant, Sora always thought that he had feelings for Kairi, but after meeting Ruby he realized how wrong he was. whenever Ruby wasn't around Sora would feel lost. He was in love with the sweet, innocent, and beautiful Ruby rose.

"Well, now's a good time as any, maybe I should just tell her how I feel" Sora Thought to himself. Confidence began to grow inside of Sora, only to be replaced by doubt and fear.

"What if she doesn't feel the same way?" "How is it that after fighting against hordes of Heartless, Nobodies, Grimm, and two Organizations, that the thing that scares me the most is being rejected by a girl?" Sora began to panic inside his head.

With all his confidence reduced all Sora could muster out was "Ruby..." Sora's voiced cracked. "I don't know what to do anymore"

Ruby raised her eyebrow at him "What do you mean"

Sora pulled away gently from Ruby's grasp.

"All this time, ever since I got the Keyblade, all I ever wanted to do was protect my friends" Sora said looking down.

"But ever since I arrived here on Remnant, that changed"

Sora chuckled "It may be selfish but...I think maybe, I kept on fighting more for you than anybody else."

"More...for me?" Ruby questioned, fear and excitement filling her body, impatiently waiting for his next words.

Sora began to blush furiously, "I mean...I've always admired your confidence, your conviction to be a huntress, and how much happier you make me feel when your by my side"

Sora gulped hard. "I didn't understand it at first, but in the end, I.."

Ruby was struggling to control her heightening emotions at this point as she waited for Sora to finish.

"I fell in love with you" Sora finished.

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It felt as though time had stopped for Ruby. All she could do was stand there, frozen, processing the words Sora said.

She just stood there, staring at at a red faced Sora, who now scratching the back of his head.

"I know it must be weird to hear me say that, and I understand if dont feel the sa-"

Sora was interrupted by the feeling of something warm on his lips.

Ruby's lips.

Was this real? No it couldn't be. Ruby was kissing Sora! Maybe this was all a dream. Any moment now, Sora would wake up from this ever sweet dream. Even Sora wasn't so oblivious to realize that this was actually happening.

Soon all thoughts left Sora's mind and he kissed her back, pressing his lips softly onto hers as he cupped her face. Ruby began to lean further into him, placing her hand on his chest to steady herself. They soon broke the kiss off, Sora was at a loss for words.

Ruby, with a loving smile said "I love you too, dolt"

Sora, still caught up in the moment of that kiss, recognized that last word clearly.

"Dolt? Hey thats Weiss's line! Sora said, giving a light laugh.

Ruby giggled at Sora's reaction. "Yea I understand why she uses it now"

The moment was then interrupted and ruined from an eruption of cheering and applause.

Sora and Ruby turned to see the source of the commotion, only to find themselves extremely embarrassed as their friends had been looking on and cheering. Master Eraqus and Yen Sid gave a nod of approval. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were jumping around in excitement. The Radiant Garden Crew gave supportive smiles, except for Yuffie who was giving Sora a thumbs up with a huge grin on her face.

All of the Keyblade Wielders and Huntsman were cheering, especially Roxas, Xion, Namine, Riku's Replica, and Ven as they all knew how strongly Sora felt about Ruby from residing in his heart. Blake and Weiss were laughing happily. Lea stood with a wide smile on his face and shouted "Keep this moment memorized!"

Kairi looked on with a sad smile. She was happy for Sora, but at the same time she felt as though she lost her chance. She wasn't fast enough to jump on the opportunity. But she wasn't going to ruin this moment for Sora, he was still one of her best friends, no matter what.

Riku walked over and patted Sora on the back "Nice job buddy, you beat the bad guy and got the girl, a fairy tale ending" He said teasingly.

Sora and Ruby laughed at this "Thanks Riku" Sora replied

"Ohhh little Sis!"

"Huh? Yanggggg!" Ruby's voice was muffled as Yang trapped her in another death inducing bear hug.

"Im so happy for you! I thought you would never make a move, oh your growing up so fast!

"Well it wont be much of a fairy tale ending if the girl is killed off right away" Riku said jokingly. "Come on Yang, thats enough, you can hug her later" Riku said as he dragged Yang away. Yang tried to resist but ultimately gave up seeing it would be futile.

Sora and Ruby laughed as they followed Riku and the defeated Yang. Sora locked his hands with Ruby. Ruby, in turn squeezed his hand gently, never letting the smile drop from her face.

Sora and Ruby knew that there was sure to be harder times ahead of them, but they felt brave knowing they would face it together.

Present Day

October 19th

The scorching desert surrounding the kingdom of Vacuo

A large scale battle was taking place outside the imposing black walls guarding the harsh city of Vacuo.

The kingdom of Vacuo itself is distinctly set up in three different sections. The first being the Outer wall, which proudly stands over 100 meters tall. It is Vacuo's first and greatest line of defense. The second section is the agrarian section, where various farms and lakes populate the land. It is considered the largest green area within 100 miles. The Third section is The inner Wall which is the last line of defense for Vacuo. Contained within its borders is the city itself. The various buildings and skyscrapers that dot Vacuo's skyline date back hundreds of years.

Vacuo is well known for residing in the harsh environment of the Western Continent's expansive desert. Because of the open area that it resides it is often open to Grimm attacks.

Constant skirmishes along Vacuo's borders have both hardened its city and its people.

The battle taking place currently is being handled by three keyblade wielders and Beacon Academy's youngest huntress in training, Ruby Rose. The city was surrounded by a few hundred Grimm and requested backup from Beacon Academy

Ruby was currently engaged with a pack of Beowolves. Ruby stood ready with her Crescent Rose as the first Beowulf charged at her. Ruby spun around trapping the Beowulf in her scythe. She then fired a round off from her rifle, the force of the shot allowing her to cut the Beowolf's head clean off.

As several more Beowolves began to charge at her, Ruby spun her scythe, reloading her rifle mid spin. She then planted the scythe into the ground firing off several rounds, taking out five more Beowolves with deadly precision.

An Ursa lunged toward Ruby from behind her. Luckily she noticed, dodged its claw, jumped up and fired her rifle midair. The kick of the shot sent Ruby flying back.

She stopped her momentum by planting Crescent Rose into the ground and flipping onto its handle, regaining her balance. she saw a creep lunging at her, spun around on her scythe planting her feet against the back of the scythe.

Ruby placed her hand on the trigger and fired once more, sending her and Crescent Rose flying backwards once more. After landing on her feet, she began to spin her scythe, slicing up several creeps into pieces. Ruby then heard the familiar screech of what was most definitely a Nevermore approaching.

"Sora, Up top!" She yelled out to her boyfriend.

As if on cue, a streak of red lightning could be seen tearing its way through hordes of enemies, cutting straight though them. Out emerged Sora, in his Valor Form, possessing his Kingdom Key and the Kingdom Key D.

"Coming right up, my lady" Sora said in his attempt at a deep heroic voice.

Ruby giggled, readying her scythe, angling it behind her toward the ground.

Without stopping Sora continued to run, jumping on the handle as Ruby fired a round, using the force to propel Sora into the air.

Sora flew through the air, leaving streaks of red lightning behind him. Sora used his momentum to spin around with his Keyblades extended, ready to slice through the Nevermore.

"Its over!" Sora yelled as he cut straight through the Nevermore's torso, killing it instantly.

Sora landed next to Ruby. The two then stood back to back as a few dozen Beowolves surrounded them.

"How was that? Sora asked smiling.

"Hmm, not bad but I've seen better, I give it a seven".

"A seven! Come on that was at least an eight" Sora pleaded

"Nope, seven is my final score, I've seen you pull much better moves than that" Ruby playfully teased

"Aww man, I was sure I would get a higher score this time" Sora said, hanging his arms down in defeat. "Well there's always next time."

Both Sora and Ruby readied their weapons as the beowolves began to converge on them.

But before they could get any closer, multiple bolts of lightning descended from the sky, striking down all the Beowolves surrounding them.

"God, stop it with the banter, cant you two wait until later?! asked a voice.

Sora and Ruby turned around to see a boy emerge from behind some of the decaying Beowolf bodies.

The boy in question had Silver hair and aquamarine eyes. His left hand was extended outward, slightly clenched as if holding something, electric currents surrounding it. His right arm was by his side. In his right hand he held his keyblade, Lost Memory.

"It never gets old seeing you do that Rep." Sora replied thankfully while reverting back to normal.

Rep, formally known as Riku's Replica walked toward Sora and began to reprimand him for his behavior.

"Sora, I trust you as a friend and as a Keyblade Master, but you seriously have to stop acting so foolish in battle. It puts you at a tactical disadvantage as it is both a distraction and can leave you unfocused." Rep said. "It can also be annoying sometimes".

"Oh dont be such a downer, Rep. It helps keep spirits up and morale high".

Rep simply rolled his eyes at Sora.

Ever since getting a second chance at life, Rep has done everything he can to make the most of it. Despite being a replica of Riku, Rep has shown time an time again how different he really is.

Much like Riku, Rep is usually cool and calm most of the time, but not without the occasional spout of humor. Though this humor is often directed towards Sora, whom he still has a very competitive streak with.

Despite being physically identical to Riku, albeit a year younger, Rep presents himself in a very different manner of appearance and personality.

Rep has short Silver hair, unlike Riku who has long hair. Rep wears a long sleeve red t - shirt, a black leather jacket, black jeans, and black sneakers. Clearly Rep and Riku's taste in fashion is quite different.

While Riku has grown to accept the darkness in his heart, learning to channel it while not turning away from the light, Rep has disregarded the darkness completely.

Rep accepts the darkness in his heart, but fears falling into it again. In Rep's eyes, the Organization created him only to be thrown back into the darkness, deciding that his life had little to no meaning, and therefore should not be allowed to continue. But the light gave him a second chance at life.

A real life.

A life that he could call his own.

And he wasn't going to let the darkness take it away again.

Perhaps Rep's most charming quality is his attitude towards being a keyblade wielder. Rep has become a more "by the books" kind of guy.

He tends to focus entirely on the mission at hand, not one to be sidetracked by small things, for example Sora's constant banter in the heat of battle.

Rep also feels that it is the job of Keyblade wielders to show incredible amounts of force, not to incite fear in the hearts of people, but to make them feel safe, knowing they are protected.

As Rep continued to criticize Sora, Ruby just sighed, then giggled at the scene. She has seen this play out plenty of times now.

"I mean, Rep is a good guy, but Sora's right, he can be such a downer sometimes. Though it is pretty fun to watch these two fight, they're just like brothers" Ruby thought to herself, smiling.

Then Ruby saw something out of the corner of her eye.

She turned to see what was approaching, or rather, who was approaching.

This person in question was revealed to be none other than Namine, who was strolling up to the group happily with her Oathkeeper by her side.

"Oh, Namine! There you are!" Ruby exclaimed, happy to see the aforementioned girl was safe.

Namine had blue eyes and blonde hair draped over her right shoulder. Like Xion, Namine bears a striking resemblance to Sora's childhood friend Kairi. Though, initially born as Kairi's Nobody, that shouldn't be much of a surprise. She wore a plain white lace dress with light blue sandals.

After hearing the girl's name, Sora and Rep turned to the girl

"Namine! Where have you been?" Rep demanded.

"Oh you know, just strolling by" She responded with an innocent smile

Sora raised his eyebrows "Have you fought anything today, Namine?"

"Nope!" She said, still smiling. "Don't be silly Sora, you know I dont fight unless I absolutely have to. Plus, you guys were doing fine."

Sora rolled his eyes "You could have at least helped out a -" Sora was interrupted by the ground suddenly beginning to shake.

Bursting out from under the ground, emerged both halves of a King Taijitu. Both serpent-like creatures hissed at the four heroes and lunged to attack Namine from behind, hoping to take her out first.

Namine, aware of their presence, continued to simply stand there, facing Sora and Rep. Without as much as moving a muscle, a large barrier of light appeared behind her. The heads of the King Taijitu failed to notice it fast enough and crashed into the powerful wall, crushing their skulls, killing them instantly.

"little bit..." Sora finished with a shocked expression on his face. "Damn Namine, just how strong have your barriers gotten? You didn't even have to move!"

Namine laughed and said "I've been practicing here and there." She looked around and saw that area was now clear of any Grimm

"Looks like were done here. Its surprising that we haven't seen any Heartless today" Namine said, a bit of disappointment in her voice.

Suddenly a large dark portal opened up along the ground, emerging from its depths was a single Darkside Heartless

"You just had to say something" Rep said face palming.

"Sorry, my bad"

The Darkside stood menacingly, slowly preparing to bring its fist down.

Sora got excited and happily shouted "This is it guys! Lets finish em' with team attacks! Rep, Namine, Lightning wave!" Sora said pointing his keyblade to the Darkside

"Wait..what?" Namine interjected.

Sora turned around, a bit confused "Lightning wave."

Ruby, Rep, and Namine simply looked at Sora and shrugged

"Thats your team attack name' Sora continued, clearly hurt.

"Since...when?" Rep questioned

"Guys, we went over this! Lightning Wave is Rep and Namine. Rep brings the lightning, Namine brings the wave"

Namine raised an eyebrow "How do I bring a wave?" she asked

"Maybe, he doesn't mean an actual wave, maybe he's referring to your name. You know...since it means Ocean Wave"

"But how do I bring that into a fight!? She argued back, clearly confused.

"Oh come on!" Sora pleaded

Ruby then decided to jump in.

"So...what are we?" Ruby asked innocently

"Ruby!" Sora responded, shocked that his own girlfriend wasn't even listening to his team attacks.

"Sorry! I just wanna make sure it's clearly defined."

"Ruby, you and I are SoRu. Its the thing we do, remember?"

"SoRu?"

"Yeah. It's our names put together?'

"Right..." Ruby laughed nervously "no I get it"

"What, do you not like it?"

Not really sure how to respond, Ruby managed to get out "No, no, it's...good?

"Mmm, I sensed hesitation! Namine teased.

"Alright, that's enough! How about we deal with the Darkside, then we can discuss Sora's lame team attack names" Rep interjected.

Sora was about to respond but instead just sighed in defeat. "Rep, just...hit it with lightning.

"My pleasure" Rep said with a confident smile.

Rep stepped forward, pointed his keyblade upward, electricity gathering around it, and shouted,

"Raging Bolt!"

Suddenly a massive lightning bolt descended from the sky, tearing straight through the Darkside's head, killing it instantly.

Rep turned to face Ruby, a cocky smile on his face.

"How was that?" He asked

"Hmmm... a nine. Ruby said playfully.

"What the heck Ruby!" Sora asked. "How come he gets a nine and I only get a seven!?"

"Well I dont see you summoning giant lightning bolts to kill monsters! Ruby said, laughing at her boyfriend's reaction

"Thats because Rep loves lightning magic so much. Plus he went to that world and trained with that Laxus guy!"

Ruby leaned over and gave Sora a quick peck on the lips

"Don't worry you're still number one in my book"

Overlooking the entire exchange, on top of the outer wall surrounding Vacuo.

A young man with white hair and red eyes sat eating a few bites of his sandwich. Still with food in his mouth, he began to speak.

"Wow that kid was actually pretty impressive. That massive lightning bolt was pretty cool, right Sui?

A young woman with long black hair and blue eyes stepped forward, "I can care less about that one." She said coldly.

"Do please learn to chew with your mouth closed, Evan."

"Yea, whatever. Anyway, are you sure that kid's the one were after, i expected a bit more.

"Yes" replied Sui, looking in the direction of a certain spiky haired boy.

"That would be Master Sora, the boy who defeated Xehanort. Our "Key", the answer to our problems" a malicious smile formed on Sui's face.

"Hmm, do you think he'll join us?"

"Perhaps, but even if he doesn't, we just move forward with other plan. We've already taken a step in that direction anyway."

"More like half a step" Evan shot back.

"No need to be rude" Sui snarled. "All that matters now is weather Sora lets us do things the easy way, quick and painless..."

"Or..." Evan smiled

"..Or we cause as much misery and pain as we can until he does"

"I think I like that plan better" Evan replied

Suddenly a third voice called out to them.

"Hey, what are you doing up here!? Civilians are not permitted atop the outer wall!"

Sui and Evan turned, rather unfazed by the sudden intrusion.

"Please come with me, I'll escort you to central command to be detained"

Evan spoke up first "Oooooh, Im really sorry about all this sir."

"Sorry ain't gonna cut it kid, come with me and we'll get this sorted ou-"

"Oh I wasn't apologizing for being up here, its a great view. I was apologizing for this" Evan said pointing to Sui.

Sui just looked at the patrol guard, lifted her right hand, and snapped her fingers

A blue flame enveloped the body of the guard. He began flailing around, screaming and writing in pain.

"You know, Sui, I could do without all the screaming" Evan requested "Would you mind?"

Sui waved her hand slowly. the blue flames dissipated, in its place a shell of ice.

Sui walked up to the shell, looking down at the guard frozen inside.

"Shatter" Sui quietly said.

The Ice then shattered, the guard along with it.

"What a mess" Sui said, kicking what was once the guards arm, still frozen in ice, down the wall.

"Come on Evan, we should return to Beacon and inform the others" A corridor of darkness then opened up beside them.

"Besides, we have a tournament to train for" Sui said sarcastically before stepping into the corridor, followed by Evan.

Phew! This took forever to make.

Anyway, thanks for reading the first chapter of my first ever fanfiction! I apologize for making this so long, but there was a lot of stuff I wanted to get out in the Prologue.

* The dialogue between two of the stories biggest characters. Im sure you can figure out who they are.

* Sora and Ruby's first interaction/team RWBY interaction

* Xehanort's defeat/Sora and Ruby becoming a couple

* Present day action with a few characters/ first introduction to the villains of the story. All I can say about them is that they're OC but also they're not...teehee

I would like to just give a quick shout out to ImSoAwesome for serving as part of my inspiration for this story.

Thank you to Square Enix and Rooster Teeth for creating such incredible worlds.

Please feel free to PM any questions or comments, or just leave them in the reviews.

Quick note: This fanfiction will not involve much romance outside of Sora and Ruby's relationship. But if you guys have any suggestions for ships I am willing to listen. I was kind of thinking Ven and Weiss, but let me know what you guys think. Also this fanfiction will revolve around RWBY Vol 3. So if youve seen it, then youll have an idea of where ill be going with this.

Next chapter:

A Date with Destiny

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