Secret Movie: Traveler From Another Time

"We are out of time. Neither the union of light nor darkness has been achieved, and we must all return whence we came. But, the gathering of the seven and thirteen is nigh. Let us finish his at the fated place, once your lights and my darknesses have joined together!"

Young Xehanort listened stoically as his self from the most distant future finished his speech and vanished, the rest of them following suit, disappearing from the Round Room in the World That Never Was. He dove down the stream of time, silently thinking about the events he had seen and the things he had learned one last time before the memories were to leave them and he was to take up his destined path.

He was irritated that Riku had actually beaten him in a fight. More irritated that they had not managed to convert Sora into the thirteenth dark vessel. That boy was the key that bound the lights together. If they had taken him, their victory would have all but assured. His most future self remained confident, but, he had his doubts. Ansem and Xemnas were both soundly beaten, again, by the young Keybearers. Even if Xemnas's defeat had been planned, the man had still fallen far to easily to Sora even when they had the advantage of the second sleep they had dragged him into. Ansem... useless Heartless... had been beaten handily, AGAIN, by Riku. The lights were by no means weak, and considering they needed the lights to pull Aqua out of the Realm of Darkness to complete their number... they were about to become even stronger. She had defeated his most future self even after he had turned Terra into a vessel after all.

He sighed and pinched his nose in irritation. "I suppose it doesn't matter. My fate is to live out my destined path, not to concern myself by the what if and the what may be."

Ripple

Young Xehanort gave a start as he was pulled towards the edge of the stream of time. "What?"

He narrowed his eyes and focused, finding himself surging down an odd strand of time that broke off from the main one. What was going on? How could a strand of time just... break off like this?

He didn't know, but he didn't want to find out. He tried to correct his trajectory, only to get overwhelmed by the pull. He gave a cry before he was pulled off the main path, vanishing in a flash of light...

Young Xehanort groaned and rose to his feet shaking his head. "Where...?"

He frowned, glancing around. "Traverse Town again."

No wait... something was off about this Traverse Town. It seemed... different. It was still in the Realm of Sleep for one, even after it's sleeping Keyhole had been awoken. What's more, the placement of the buildings in the first district seemed... off. He stretched out his senses, startled and confused to detect how gigantic this Traverse Town was. It felt like it went on for hundreds of districts!

"What is going on?" he wondered aloud.

He started looking around, only to pause as he came across a building with a sign that said: 'Guardian's of Traverse Town HQ'.

His eyes furrowed. "Guardian's of Traverse Town...? Perhaps I am not well versed in this world's history, but, I don't recall hearing of such a group."

He walked inside the empty building and stared at a board hanging on the wall behind a desk. It listed the names and pictures of those that led the group. At the top, was the man Leon. Curious... he knew for a fact that the man had led no such group. His eyes flickered down, going over face after face until...

"Kairi?" he questioned aloud, baffled, "Adopted daughter of Leon and Yuffie, senior member of the Guardian's since it's foundation years ago...?"

What was this? Kairi had only stepped foot in Traverse Town for a small period of time. She most certainly had not been adopted by those two, having grown up in Destiny Islands.

He crossed his arms in deep thought for a time before he walked back outside and back to where he had woken up. He blinked, surprised to see a small, barely visible distortion a few feet from where he had awoken. He poked it with a finger, and a small portal opened, leading back to the stream of time. He hesitated. He ought to simply go back to his predestined path... yet...

What was all of this?

"Did we misunderstand some rule of time? Is there more to it than we know?" he mused, "I can't say for certain, but, from what I've seen thus far. It's almost as if event's... have played out differently here. It's like time itself broke off and veered in another direction."

And yet... what would cause such a thing? According to the rules he knew, one could not change events destined to happen. So how could this be possible?

He faced the distortion before slowly, he walked away. His curiosity was aroused, and he wasn't leaving until he figured out an answer...

Author's Notes:

Yeah, I'm taking another risk like it did with the Heartless/Nobody fusion.

I have a very long term plan with this, not just for the Aqua: Heart of Darkness series, but other things as well...

*devious laughter*