I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Justice League Unlimited. They belong to Disney, Square Enix, DC, and Cartoon Network. Hey, everyone! Remember my Injustice crossover with Kingdom Hearts as a sequel to the latest KH game. I thought I'd make another take on it if he ended in the good old Justice League Unlimited. Unlike the other, they'll travel to other Disney worlds and the KH gang will join the League earlier than later, it'll still take a while though. Also, for those of you concerned if I'll ever get back to my other KH/ JL crossover don't worry. I haven't given up on it. I'll try to get the next chapter rolling soon! I hope you'll enjoy this story! Let's begin the chapter!

Chapter 1: Starcrossed

WORLD: THE KEYBLADE GRAVEYARD

It was finally done over; the Guardians of Lights stop the Seekers of Darkness. Master Xehanort and the Organization had finally been defeated for good. Sora, the champion of light, stood on the battlefield full of lifeless keys with his friends and allies, Riku, King Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Captain Goofy, Ventus, Terra, Aqua, Roxas, Axel, and Xion. The King of Disney of Disney Castle sighed in relief, "It's finally over."

Mostly everyone smiled and nodded in agreement. However, Sora closed his eyes and frowned, "No..." Despite their victory, despite saving all people Xehanort has harmed in the past, despite closing Kingdom Hearts once again, it came at a great cost. Kairi, Princess of Heart, Sora and Riku's best childhood friend, and the girl Sora loves, was kidnapped and struck down by Xehanort. Riku frowned, but recalled what Xion had told Sora earlier, Kairi was still alive. Lost, but alive. Riku told him, "We'll find Kairi. Let's head back to Master Yen Sid. We'll figure it out."

"No, I know what I have to do." Sora replied. Mickey's eyes widened as he was pretty sure he knew what Sora was planning to do, "Sora..."

He turned to his friends, and gave them a small smile as he explained, "My whole journey began the day I lost her." He placed a hand over his heart, "And every time I find her... she slips away again. I thought we'd finally be together... but she's out there, alone. Not for one more second."

"We'll go too." Donald stated as Goofy nodded, "That's right."

Sora smiled at them, "Thank you, Donald, Goofy. But this time, I have to go it alone."

"Sora, listen. The power of waking isn't to go chase hearts around! Even if you do manage to locate Kairi, you might never come back home to us again!" Mickey warned the teenager. Sora smiled with determination, "I will. And we'll both be back before you know it."

"Please..." Mickey begged. Riku knew that once Sora had made a decision, especially one involving Kairi, there was no stopping him. He walked over and knelt to the King, "Let him go, Mickey."

"Riku..." Mickey turned to him in shock and sadness. Riku told him, "His heart and his mind are made up. Now, believe in him." Mickey frowned knowing Riku was right, "Yeah..." He then gave Sora a small smile, "Safe journey, Sora."

"Thank you." Sora nodded before turning away. He then summoned his Kingdom Key Keyblade and aimed the blade towards the sky, magic swirled around the Keyblade and fired a beam of light toward the sky. This activated the power of waking and his search for Kairi had begun once more...

WORLD: DISNEY CASTLE

Later that evening, everyone returned to the worlds they called home. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy left the Gummi Hanger to see an awaiting Queen Minnie and Daisy waiting for them. The King beamed and ran to his wife. Minnie whipped away a tear and was about to join her husband when Pluto, their dog, beat her to it, tacking his master to the ground. Mickey laughed as his dog licking him, Pluto let up when Minnie joined them. The King sat back up as Minnie giggled. They then smiled happily as they took each other's hand.

Daisy marched her way up to Donald, who began to look afraid, until she smiled and hugged her boyfriend. Donald sighed in relief as he hugged back. Jiminy Cricket climbed on to Goofy's shoulder and the two smiled. Everyone then turned to see Master Yen Sid join them with Chip and Dale at his side. Yen Sid smiled with pride at his old pupil when they noticed fireworks going off as the Kingdom of Disney Castle celebrated the King's return and the Guardians' victory. Everyone turned around as they enjoyed the fireworks...

WORLD: THE LAND OF DEPARTURE

The next day, Ventus, Terra, and Aqua had a long overdue funeral for Master Eraqus. Over ten years ago, he was struck down on this very world by Master Xehanort. Aqua had placed the Master's Defender Keyblade, in the ground, and decorated with a reef flowers. Hold their wayfinders closer to their hearts, they gave a moment of silence for the deceased Master. They then placed their wayfinders on their Master's Keyblade and returned to their old home.

However, Ven noticed something hiding in the corner. Chirithy unsure what to do, tried to remain out of sight. Ventus notices the spying Chirithy and calls to it with open arms. The Chirithy bounds over happily and leaps into his arms, cuddling him before Ven began to introduce his old friend to Aqua and Terra...

WORLD: TWILIGHT TOWN

Meanwhile, Roxas and Axel, now in his new clothes that Master Yen Sid gave him before the second Keyblade War, sat on the bell tower enjoying the sunset like they used to do. Xion, also in her new outfit, joined them. The three smiled as they were finally together, yet there was something still missing. Just then Isa, the former Organization known as Saïx, joined them and offered them all sea-salt ice cream. Everyone smiled as they each took one and Isa joined the group. A minute, Hayner, Pence and Olette joined them, with their own ice cream. The four smiled and greeted Roxas's friends.

As the seven of them enjoyed their ice cream as they watched the sunset a dark shadow, flew above them. While Hayner, Pence, and Olette were curious at what they saw, the others knew what it was easily...

WORLD: RADIANT GARDEN

Later, Ansem the Wise, Ienzo, and Even finished their latest project to revive Naminé Having been brought back to life using Dark Riku's replica vessel, she wakes up in the lab in Radiant Garden's castle. The three scientists smiled at this...

When she was able to walk, Dilan and Aeleus escorted her out of the castle where the Gummi Ship was waiting for her. Riku exited the ship, where he smiled at the sight of Naminé and offered her his hand to take her to their other friends. Naminé smiled and took it as they entered the Gummi Ship. With that, the ship flew away from the world, and headed back to the home world where Sora, Riku, and Kairi grew up...

WORLD: DESTINY ISLANDS

With everyone gather, they spent their day playing on the beach. Riku, Roxas, and Terra raced each other as Mickey and Aqua cheered them on. Ven, Axel, and Isa played catch with one of Lea's old frisbees.

Naminé and Xion collected seashells near the water. Hayner, Pence, and Olette made a sand sculpture of Mickey, however, they were shocked by Donald's spitting image sand sculpture of himself. Donald showed it off to Goofy as he made the exact pose as his sculpture of himself. Goofy tried to warn Donald but it was too late when the frisbee knocked over the sculpture burying him in the sand.

Donald then lost his temper as he shook the sand pile off him. He then began yelling at the boy responsible, as Ven tried to apologize. Donald then noticed two familiar faces and tried to run over to him but was stopped by King Mickey, who wanted to give them some time alone. Everyone turned to see Sora and Kairi sitting on the Paopu tree watching the sunset, as they held each other's hands. Sora had successfully brought Kairi back. They held their each other tightly as they turn to each other and smiled. Tears slide down the Princess of Hearts check as she knew what was to come next. Much to everyone's horror, they watched helplessly as Sora faded-away.

Before he vanished completely, he made Kairi a promise, "I'll come back to you, I promise." With that, Sora has vanished completely. Kairi sniffed as she replied, "I love you."

She then finally broke down crying as she sat there alone. Everyone on the beach, where speechless. Donald wondered, "What happened?"

"I was afraid this would happen..." Mickey frowned. Aqua frowned, "He... took Kairi's place... he sacrificed himself for her."

"So... Sora's gone?" Goofy asked with sadness in his eyes. Mickey teared up as the others began to follow, that is until Roxas spoke up, "No... he's not..."

Everyone turned to Roxas, he explained, "I don't know why but I can feel it... he's lost... not gone..." Axel grinned, "Well, you are... or were Sora's Nobody... so if you think he's still out there then he must be."

"So, I guess it's up to us to help bring Sora back..." Riku stated. Kairi then walked up to the group, she wiped her tears, "Then what are we waiting for..." she gave them a sad smile, "Let's get that lazy bum back!"

Everyone nodded in response, Terra added, "She's right. Sora has saved us all... we owe him a debt that can never be repaid."

"So... where do we start looking?" Xion wondered. Ven thought, "How about Master Yen Sid? He might have an idea where to look."

"Who's he?" Hayner wondered. Goofy explained, "He was the King's old teacher." Pence eyes widened, "He sounds powerful!"

"Then it's settled. Let's go to the Mysterious Tower!" Mickey beamed. Everyone nodded as they all headed to where they'd park the Gummi Ship. Aqua gave on last look where Sora sat, and whispered, "May your heart be your guiding key."

She then followed the others; it was time to save Sora from his sad ending...

WORLD: ? ? ?

Sora groaned as he opened his eyes, as he to open his eyes. He groaned, "What is this? Where am I?"

As Sora pulled himself off the ground, he took in his surroundings. He could tell that this wasn't the Destiny Islands anymore. He would have remembered a building with a huge golden planet statue that towered high enough to be seen even in the alley he was in. He was also too far away from the ocean. the Islands was never that big of a world. Sora stared in awe at the new world, before wondering, "So, what happened?"

WORLD: EARTH

He crossed his arms as he thought, "Let's see, I defeated Xehanort for good... locked Kingdom Hearts, I found Kairi and brought her home... So, how did I end up coming here? Is this some kind of new world?"

"Halt, human!" A voice shouted getting his attention. He turned around to see several muscular men with bird wings coming out of their backs, and spears in their hands. The Keyblade's Chosen turned to them, not at all shocked from their appearance, "Huh? Who me?"

"Show us your identification, or you will face punishment!" One of them ordered. Sora, however, gave them a friendly smile, "Well... I don't have any identification or anything like that... but the name's Sora!"

One of the winged men raised an eyebrow at that. He didn't except that kind of response. Another one sighed as he turned to his captain, "Let's cut this one some slack... he's just a kid... not a member of the Justice League..."

Sora frowned and crossed his arms at when the other mention "kid," he hated being called a kid. He was 16 for goodness shake. However, it did seem to ease up on the captain, "Fine... we'll let you off with a warning this time... I'd recommend you run home to your parents, boy... and bring some form of identification next time!"

"Why? What's going on?" Sora asked in confusion. The captain told him, "That's none of your business!"

Sora looked around and saw more bird people flying around him and while the other humans coward in fear. He also noticed the ships in the sky. At first, Sora assumed they were native to this world... but when he called him human and when the magic didn't disguise him like it usually would in this kind of situations, he realized they were from another world. Sora's eyes widened in horror, "Hold on... are you... INVADEDING THIS WORLD?!"

The bird men looked to each other in confusion, where has this kid been for the past few days. Had he not noticed they were allowed on this world by his leaders. They only invaded when the League caught on to their scheme. Sora continued, "This isn't right! The World Order strictly prohibits the interference of other worlds! YOU PEOPLE ARE BREAKING IT TEN TIMES OVER BY INVADING THIS WORLD!"

"So what?! We defeated and captured your Justice League, what makes you think you can stop us?! Last chance... go home now or face punishment!" The captain told him. Sora returned the glare with his own as he summoned his Kingdom Keyblade to his hand much to the bird people's shock. He then told them, "No... you and you army go back to your own world... or I'll make you leave... this one and all the other ones are under my protection!"

The captain glared, "Very well... you had your chance human..."

He then charged at the Sora as he swung his weapon. The Keyblade's chosen one easily blocked his attack and countered it with his own. He then continued his attack as he smacked the bird man with his Keyblade. After the last strike sent him flying into a building crashing into it, making him go unconscious. The other bird people were shocked their leader was beaten so easily by a teenager. So, gave them a cocky smirk, "So, who's next?"

With that response the rest of the group and charged in at Sora. Unfortunately for them, Sora has easily fought against groups of enemies before. One by one, the fell to the Keyblade's chosen. However, just as Sora defeated the last bird man. He noticed another wave coming his way. His last fight didn't go unnoticed. Sora quickly aimed his Keyblade at them, "Take this! FIRE!"

With that command, a large ball of fire came out of the blade and flew in the path of the bird people. The explosion took down the whole group. They hit the ground, smoldering and unconscious, but alive. Nothing a potion or an elixir couldn't fix. Sora then ran into an ally, as powerful and skilled as he was, he knew he couldn't fight a whole invasion on his own. Not without help. He wished his friends were here with him. They could help him free this world even if the Heartless wasn't involved. Only problem was, he had no idea where he was so even if he could get in contact with his friends, they wouldn't know where to go. It would look like he was on his own. His eyes widened as he realized, "Or maybe not... those guys I fought said they had this Justice League captured... I got a feeling they're the good guys so if I find them, they'll help me save this world... but where would they be held?"

He closed his eyes as he thought, "May my heart be my guiding key..." He looked up and saw a ship hanging in the air. It clearly wasn't human, if the bird-men flying protectively around it were any indication. Sora smirked, "That's gotta be the place... I just need to get up there somehow..."

He then had an idea as he placed a hand to his heart as he whispered, "I know it's been a while... but I could really use your help."

Just then, light shined from his Keyblade and single speck of light shot out. The light flew around before going to Sora, a very tiny woman with blonde hair tied into a bun, pale skin, blue eyes, and a pair of transparent wings, clad in a short green, strapless dress and green slippers, and it was easy for Sora to figure out the tiny girl was actually a fairy, one who Sora knew very well. He greeted her, "Hey, Tinker Bell! It's so good to see you."

When the fairy heard her name being mentioned, she immediately lit up with a bright smile of her own that seemed to make the light around her glow brighter than it already was, and to further showcase her happiness at seeing the blonde, she immediately flew around Sora in excitement leaving a trail of sparkles behind her while the sound of rapid ringing bells filled the air, much to his amusement. Sora laughed, "Yeah, I know it's been awhile! Wish we had time to catch up, but I need your help."

Tinker Bell raised an eyebrow as Sora explained, "There are some people being held on this ship by the bad guys... you think you can help me get up there with some pixie dust?"

Tinker Bell looked up to see the enemy ship before turning back to Sora, saluting him. She then flew up and around sprinkling pixie dust around him. Sora recalled what Peter Pan said to fly all he needs is faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust. He thanked the fairy as he began to think of happy thoughts of all of his friends... and Kairi. And when they shared the Paopu fruit together before the Second Keyblade War. With that, Sora began to soar to the skies and Tinker Bell flew with him to the enemy ship...

Six members of the Justice League, some of Earth's greatest heroes, had been defeated. They had been betrayed by Hawkgirl, one of their own. Trapped in a sphere of red sun radiation lay Superman, the Man of Steel. In another cell, Wonder Woman, Princess of the Amazons, was bound to a pole by her own indestructible lasso. Near her cell was the Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, pinned to the ground by gravity generators. Across from him lay the Martian Manhunter, the last son of Mars, held by metals that he could not phase through. At the end of the hall were the cells of Batman, the World's Greatest Detective, and Green Lantern. The Lantern had been stripped of his power ring and was thus helpless. Batman was simply not seen as a threat. A sense of defeat hung in the air, along with silence.

But that silence was broken by the sound of shouting and gunfire. The Leaguers tried to see what was going on, when the door to the cell chamber suddenly was unlocked and opened. Inside the chamber strode Sora. He looked around at the brightly clad people before him, "I take it you're the Justice League?"

"We are? Who are you?" Superman nodded. Sora smiled, "The name's Sora... I'm here to rescue you!"

"A kid?" Lantern asked in complete disbelief. "You're telling me a kid is rescuing us from the Thanagarians? We must be doing worse than I thought!"

"Don't call me kid! I'm 16, I'll be a legal adult in just two years!" Sora groaned in complaint. Flash tried to raise his head, "Hey, I ain't complaining! I can take any help we can get!"

Sora then turned to the first cell, which held Wonder Woman, as he re-summoned his weapon. She lightly gasped, "A Keyblade?"

Sora then used its power to unlock the shield to her cell. He then ran up to her as he began to untie her, "Don't worry... I'll get you all free in a moment."

Once she was free, she slid out of her lasso, and then attached it to her hip, "You have my thanks... Sora, was it?"

Sora nodded, they turned around and began walking out of the cell, but she stopped, "I know we don't have time for a lot of answers... but was that a Keyblade?"

"Uh... yeah... how did you know?" Sora wondered. However, before he got an answer, a dozen Thanagarian guards rushing through the remains of the door. Sora ready his Keyblade but the Amazon held him back, "Free the others... I'll cover you."

Sora nodded as one by one he freed the other five members of the Justice League. Once they were all free, they went to help Diana fight off the Thanagarians. It was here that he noticed that these people had superpowers. Well, four of them did. Wonder Woman could fly and had super strength, the Flash had incredible speed, Superman had all that and could shoot lasers out of his eyes, and the Martian could become intangible, in addition to super strength. Batman and Green Lantern, who had no powers, were still more than effective in a fight.

In short order, the already unfair fight became a beat-down. The few remaining Thanagarians were quickly subdued by the heroes. However, they were surprised by another group of guards attacking from behind. Wonder Woman was able to deflect the energy blasts coming from the guards' spears, but Sora noticed a particularly rotund hawk-man carrying a very large cannon. Rather than risk one of his new-found allies getting hurt, he jumped in front of the Amazon, and raised his Keyblade in the air, "REFLECT!"

Just as the Thanagarian solider fired the weapon a shield was a barrier of light that blocked the attack back at the hawk-men forcing to duck as the weapon created a hole in the wall as well the barrier unleashes a series of small, random light explosions as it disperses, dealing a flat amount of damage to Thanagarians that were close in. Sora turned to the team of heroes, "Alright! Let's get out of here!"

Superman flew through first, carrying Batman; he was followed by the Manhunter, who was carrying Green Lantern. Wonder Woman was the last out, carrying Flash. Before she got too far, she turned back to Sora. "What about you?"

Sora grinned at her. "Don't worry," he stated as he flew still covered in pixie dust even after Tink returned to her world, "I've got it covered."

He flew out of the hole he made much to the other heroes' shock, "Race ya to the city!"

Flash looked up at the princess holding him. "You know, it's possible, and I could be wrong here, but it's possible that that kid is on our side."

The Justice League and Sora had managed to evade the Thanagarians and had found shelter in a clothing store. As the League caught its breath, Green Lantern turned to Superman, "That x-ray vision working again?"

Superman looked at a wall. "Just enough to see Hawk Soldiers patrolling the skies."

"Cool..." Sora stated as everyone turned to him in confusion as he clarified, "The X-Ray vision thing not the Hawk Soldiers thing."

"Um... right..." John stated, "Thanks for breaking us out."

"No problem..." Sora nodded before wondering, "So, what are we going to do now?"

J'onn spoke up. "The whole city will be covered by now."

"Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll all go home." Flash quipped. The others looked at him. Sora shrugged as he placed his hands behind his head in a relax fashion, "I guess a little optimism can't hurt at a time like this..."

"See?!" Flash beamed as he gestured to Sora, "He gets it!"

However, those hopes were dashed when a booming voice was projected.

"THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE THANAGARIAN OCCUPATIONAL AUTHORITY. THE JUSTICE LEAGUE ARE ESCAPED PRISONERS AND VIOLATORS OF OUR MARTIAL LAW. THEY ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AN ENEMY AND DEALT WITH ON SIGHT. ANY PERSON OR PERSONS FOUND AIDING OR HARBORING THEM… WILL BE SUMMARILY PUNISHED."

"Well, so much for optimism..." Flash sighed. Batman spoke, his voice laden with authority. "We're going to have to go underground for the time being. Keep low and rethink our plan of attack."

"How exactly do we hide when the whole city is looking for us?" Wonder Woman asked. Batman spoke, his voice laden with authority. "We're going to have to go underground for the time being. Keep low and rethink our plan of attack."

"They'll be looking for the Justice League. Without our costumes, we are merely ordinary citizens." J'onn spoke as he held the sleeve of a nearby coat. As he spoke, the Martian shapeshifted into a human man in a brown trench coat as Sora stared in awe.

"Whoa, wait a second!" The Flash exclaimed. "What about the whole secret identity thing? I mean, I trust you guys, but what about him?"

The speedster jerked his thumb in Sora's direction. Sora wondered innocently, "What about me?"

"No offense, kid, but we don't know that much about you." Flash tried to explain, "Not enough for us to reveal our secret identities..."

Sora blinked at that.

"You know secret identities?"

Sora blinked again.

"That thing that heroes use to protect the ones they love?"

Sora blinked in confusion once more when Flash realized, "You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"

"I'm sorry... this is all new to me." Sora apologized, "I only been here a little more than an hour."

"There's no need to apologize..." Diana spoke up, "You're new to our world and you're still trying to understand what's going on."

"Wait... you're saying this kid's an alien... like J'onn and Superman?" John asked in confusion. Diana shook her head, "No... he's human but from a different realm entirely... I know of his weapon... it's the Keyblade..."

"That reminds me how do you know of the Keyblade?" Sora wondered. Diana answered, "My mother and my sisters knew wielders of the Keyblades well long ago... but they haven't been seen in thousands of years..."

She then turned back to Sora, "We had feared something terrible had happened... and you all died out..."

"There's not as many as there once were... but there's still a handful of us left..." Sora admitted. Batman asked, "What exactly is a Keyblade?"

"In a way... it's like John's power ring..." Diana explained, shocking the Green Lantern, "But instead of will power, Keyblade Wielders are chosen through strength of someone's heart... their weapons were made to repel against the darkness..."

"Then it's lucky you showed up when you did." Superman told Sora. Batman turned to Diana, "You sure we can trust him? You said so yourself... they haven't been around for centuries... things could change..."

"My mother told me the horrors of man's world, but she never said anything bad about them. We can trust him." Diana reassured Batman. Sora spoke up, "I know I might seem strange to you... I don't know understand whatever came to be for this world to end up like this... but right now... I'm your best bet for taking back your world... is there any way for you to trust me?"

Batman gave it a thought before turning to J'onn, who was still in his human disguise, "J'onn..."

The Martin nodded as he walked up to Sora, "Sora... one of my abilities is that I can read people's mind... with your permission..." Sora understood, "Go ahead... If that'll help..."

"Wow... he's sure is... friendly..." Flash stated. J'onn's eyes turned red as he briefly scanned Sora's mind...

Everyone watched as they waited for their friends return. A few moments later, J'onn's eyes went back to those of his human disguise. He looked shock after seeing all of Sora's struggles and accomplishments but after a moment he smiled before turning to his teammates, "We can trust him... he has saved his universe on a regular a basis and was willing to trade his own life for those he cares for the most..."

"That makes for quite the résumé," Flash stated with a grin. "I say we keep him."

Sora smiled at Flash before turning to Batman, "So... we good?"

Batman nodded in agreement before stepping forward and removing his cowl, revealing black hair and piercing eyes. Sora paused, recognizing the look in those eyes. They reflected the pain that he himself now felt. The pain of losing your whole life in an instant.

"Bruce Wayne. Flash is Wally West. Superman is Clark Kent. Green Lantern is John Stewart. And you know Diana and J'onn," the billionaire explained.

Flash turned to Batman in shock before removing his mask, "Show off..."

"Nice to meet you! I wish it was under better circumstances." Sora admitted. Everyone nodded at that before Diana turned to Wally, "Red hair. It suits you."

"You think?" Wally beamed before a pair of pants was thrown in his face by Bruce, "Change. Now."

A few minutes later, every member of the Justice League was dressed up as a normal civilian, with Superman wearing a blue business suit and glasses, Diana wearing a long sleeve blue shirt and jeans while tying up her hair in a long ponytail, Green Lantern with a skull cap, brown hoodie and brown pants, Batman wearing a leather jacket along with grey pants and a turtleneck, and Flash going with dark jeans and a brown jacket. Sora had changed into clothes similar to the Flash. But he also had to wear a hat with a lucky emblem much to his annoyance. Bruce pointed out that his hair would be a dead giveaway although Diana promised him, he could get rid of it once they're were in a safe place.

They were now standing outside in the alley that they had come through previously, Bruce poking his head out to see if the coast is clear.

"We need to split up. They expect seven of us," John strategized. "Who takes the kid?"

Sora gave the powerless Green Lantern a glare in response as Bruce spoke up. "We need to get to Gotham City. We can regroup at my house there. Try not to draw attention to yourselves."

The dark knight looked over the group. "I'll take Diana and Sora. We can pose as a family out on the town."

Bruce then began to walk away, Keyblade's chosen and Amazonian princess following his lead. Sora adjusted his hat, "I hate having my hair covered up like this... it's so uncomfortable!"

Bruce was about to say something when Diana spoke up, "Relax... it's only temporarily... you can remove the hat once we're in Bruce's home..."

"Great... the sooner the better..." Sora nodded as they followed the Dark Knight through the invaded world. Unknown to them, they were watched by a hooded man in black coat watching over them, "Well... this should be interesting..."

Onboard the Thanagarian mother ship, Shayera Hol, formerly a member of the Justice League under the alias of Hawkgirl, was at a loss for words from what she was seeing on the vid screen.

When Hro Talak, Commander of the Thanagarian forces and her soon-to-be husband, had discovered that the League had broken free from their prison ship and caused it to crash in Metropolis, he had been furious. In a rage, he demanded that recovery teams check the security feeds on the ship to find out how they had managed to escape. That was a few hours ago, and Talak had calmed down enough to think out the situation. While a formidable team, the Justice League could not hope to defeat the might of the entire Thanagarian invasion force. They were outgunned, and the Thanagarians knew all their weaknesses, thanks to Shayera's information.

Of course, this was before Talak received the images that were now posted on his screen. Images of a mysterious young man with a sword in the shape of a Key. A key that could unlock anything. The boy managed to break the Justice League out of confinement and fight off a legion of Thanagarian soldiers and took down an entire prison ship.

Shayera had no idea what this boy was, or if he was even from this world, but she knew that he would make the occupation of Earth a little more difficult. The boy was a wildcard; no one know who he was or the limits of his weapon. what other powers does he have? How dangerous was he?

At the moment, Talak was speaking over a vid-screen with Paran Dul, a female Thanagarian who was in charge of the construction of the shield generator, the one necessary to protect Earth from Gordanian invasion.

"Be aware that the Justice League has escaped, due to the interference of a strange, boy with an unknown key shaped weapon," Talak warned. "Stand ready for an attack."

"Any attack on this base would be suicide," Dul boasted, completely unconcerned about a possible strike on the Thanagarian forces.

"Keep me informed of your progress. Let nothing delay you," the Thanagarian commander ordered.

"By your command." The video screen then went blank. However, Shayera was more concerned with a topic mentioned earlier on in the conversation between Talak and Paran.

"Humans as slave labor?" she questioned, having overheard Paran mention using humans to 'lift and carry as well as any animal'. The former Justice League member was concerned.

"Unfortunate, but necessary." Shayera took note of how little remorse her betrothed showed as he said this before he continued, walking over to a nearby console to check up on a few details. "We are on a most unforgiving schedule. We must move as quickly as possible if we want to finish the hyperspace bypass in time."

Shayera's eyes widened. Hyperspace bypass? This wasn't what he told the human race!

"Bypass?" She gasped, quickly walking over to look Talak in the eye. "I thought we were creating a force field for Earth!"

"That was simply our cover story."

Shayera paused as dozens of thoughts raced through her head. But the first and foremost was...

"When were you going to tell me this?" she nearly growled. "Did you not think you could trust me?"

A long silence ensued, as both Thanagarian warriors gazed into each other's eyes, neither one willing to back down. In all their time together, Shayera had never felt this angry at Talak, nor this betrayed. What was wrong with him?

"Follow me," he said quietly, snapping Shayera out of her thoughts. The Thanagarian leader began to walk away, and Shayera began to do as he said.

After about five minutes of walking and an elevator ride later, the two entered the war room of the ship, were Talak brought her over to a large screen used for battle strategy and tactics.

"As you are well aware, the Gordanian home world has been protected for decades by an impenetrable defensive line," Talak explained, drawing up an image of the Gordanian home system, with their planet being shown as surrounded by legions of ships and space stations that make a frontal assault a fruitless endeavor.

"But this chain of hyperspace bypasses will allow the full force of out armada to go around their defenses by jumping behind them, which will let us wage a direct assault on the heart of their empire."

Shayera saw what he meant, and it was strategically brilliant to be sure. But there was something else going on here. Something very bad...

"Earth is the last link in the chain. Once we finish it, we can finally attack and annihilate the threat of the Gordanians forever."

The former Hawkgirl was beginning to hear a hint of what sounded like victory in Talak's voice. But that wasn't what was bothering her the most.

"But ripping a hole in hyperspace will destroy this entire planet, and everyone on it!" she protested.

"Unfortunately, yes," Talak admitted quietly, his voice becoming heavy, revealing how long and how hard he had been fighting this war, and what it will cost him. The rest of the Thanagarians believe it would be worth the cost, but Talak still felt that he would face eventual retribution for his actions.

"For Thanagar to live, Earth must die."

Back with Sora, Diana and Bruce were the first to arrive at the stately Wayne Manor. Sora was easily impressed by the mansion; he had never been in a mansion before. Part of him wanted to explore every part of the place. Diana has to remind him why they were really here. As they reached the door, it was opened by an older, balding man. Bruce introduced him as Alfred, his butler. Alfred offered them refreshments, which Sora gratefully accepted. He hadn't eaten anything since the Keyblade War. He also removed his hat which his hair came out with a poof.

After that, Bruce led them to a grandfather clock, which opened up to a tunnel. At the other side was an enormous cavern. A large computer occupied one niche, while a large black car was parked in another area. In yet another spot were several dozen objects, including a twenty-foot penny and a mechanical T-Rex. Other, smaller objects were in glass containers.

Bruce had a small smirk on his face as he watched Sora stared in awe ready to run around checking every inch of the place. Bruce put on a hand on the young man's shoulder, "Welcome to the Batcave."

A few hours later, the last two members of the League, Flash and Green Lantern, arrived at the manor and were led to the Batcave by Alfred. Sora had already explored the cave all over checking out everything he could see while waiting for the others.

"You're late." Was all Bruce said.

"Good to see you too." Replied the Lantern sarcastically.

Wally noticed the T-Rex. "Hey, that's a giant dinosaur." Sora beamed, "I know! It's so awesome, right?!"

"And I thought Batman was the detective." Alfred stated as Sora and Wally stared in awe.

J'onn spoke as Flash rejoined the group. "We were just speculating why the Thanagarians are really here."

"Obviously not to protect us." Clark stated.

"But if the Gordanians aren't anywhere near Earth," Wonder Woman thought, "Why do they need to build that force field?"

"If it is a force field." Bruce pointed out. Sora shrugged, "I don't know technology that well so I wouldn't know for sure... maybe if I could get in contact with Chip and Dale..."

"I can tell you what it is." A new voice cut him off. The seven heroes turned in shock to see the traitor, Shayera Hol, emerge from the shadows.

Clark pulled off his glasses. "You've got a lot of nerve showing up here."

"We should thank you," said Diana, "it saves us the trouble of hunting you down."

"I didn't come here to fight," Shayera stood them, "I came to help."

"Hawk-people all over the planet?" asked Flash sarcastically, "Martial law? I don't think we need any more of your help."

Sora paused to think before speaking up, "Wait... let's hear her out..."

Everyone turned to Sora in shock, "WHAT?!"

"Do you have any idea who she is?!" Superman asked. Diana added, "Or what she's done?!"

"From your reactions, it must have been pretty bad..." Sora replied, "So, why would she risk coming back if it wasn't important? Shouldn't we at least hear what she has to say? Maybe it can help take back this world."

Everyone paused at that, Wally even stated, "He's gotta good point..."

Not hearing any arguments, Sora turned back to her, "Alright... what do you have to say?"

Shayera stared at him for a moment, then turned to the League, "They're building a hyperspace bypass. When it's active, it'll destroy the planet and everyone on it." She approached Bruce and handed over what looked like a purple video cassette. "Here; this has all the information on the project." Bruce simply glared at her. "Believe me; I didn't know the magnitude of Talak's plan."

Without taking his eyes off of her, Bruce took the device. "We'll check it out." As he turned away from her, he said, "There's the door."

Wonder Woman, Flash, Superman and the Martian all walked past without making eye contact with the Thanagarian. Sora continued staring at her before telling her, "Thanks for the information..."

He then went back to join the others when he realized John didn't join them. He turned to see Shayera and John talking to each other. If he had to guess, before whatever between them happened he could tell they were close to each other. Before Shayera left the Batcave, she handed John a green ring.

John slipped the ring onto his right hand. A green glow surrounded his body, and then he began to levitate off the ground. Sora beamed, "Cool..."

"You're easily impressed by anything, aren't you?" John stated. Sora simply shrugged, "Hey, what can I say?"

The two heroes joined the others, who were watching a simulation of the effects of the hyperspace bypass. They watched as a simulated Earth was consumed by a bright, crackling energy.

"Ingenious." Batman muttered.

"Yeah, I'm impressed," Superman's eyes narrowed, taking off his glasses again, "let's go wreck it."

"How?" Green Lantern asked, "It's behind a force field."

"A force field controlled by a command ship." Bruce stated getting their attention. He typed a few more keys and brought up an image of the Thanagarian flagship and highlighted a particular section of it.

"Go shut it down." He ordered. "I'll take care of the bypass."

"That thing's the size of a city," exclaimed a skeptical Flash, "...what are you gonna do, throw a batarang at it?"

Batman didn't even blink. "Something like that." He got up and headed to where his spare costume was located. "Proximity sensors were triggered a moment ago. Suit up."

The heroes who wore costumes merely took off their clothes, since they were wearing their costumes underneath. J'onn merely shapeshifted into what he commonly appeared as Sora changed back to the magic clothes the fairies gave him. He then summoned his Shooting Star Keyblade, as Green Lantern asked, "You really up for this?"

"Yeah... I've handled worse odds with more dangerous enemies..." Sora smiled with confidence, "I'm ready for anything!"

Just then, they heard noises from upstairs as Superman stated, "Good... because here they come."

All of the heroes went into the shadows just as the door to the manor exploded inwards. Two dozen Thanagarian soldiers marched in. Two of them were armed with heavy cannons, while the rest wielded swords, spears, axes and maces.

Their leader barked out orders. "Spread out," he said, "they're hiding here somewhere."

Before the hawk-people took another step, a green blast from Green Lantern ring destroyed the heavy cannon.

"Who's hiding?" Sora smirked as he and the League emerged from the shadows.

"Come and get some." Green Lantern's eyes glowed with emerald fire, then he lifted off the ground, avoiding Thanagarians attempting to kill him, while blasting one of them in the face with his power ring.

Wonder Woman used her lasso to catch one alien by the ankles and swung him towards the Manhunter, who simply stuck his arm out, catching the birdman in the head. Flash weaved through the soldiers, hitting them at high speeds, then rushing away.

One Thanagarian drew a bead on the speedster with his pistol, but Superman crushed both the weapon, and the soldier's hand. As he cried out in agony, Superman said, "Let's use our indoor voice." He then punched the Thanagarian into a stone wall.

Two more Thanagarians were pursuing the Flash, but he avoided every shot they fired. He zoomed around them and spun his arms fast enough to create a small tornado. The twister blew them into the bottom of the giant penny, which collapsed on top of them, tails-side up.

Flash ran on top of the penny. "Tails," he quipped, "I win."

Batman swung from the ceiling on a grappling line, kicking one soldier in the face. He let go of the line to land on the ground. As he did so, he threw three batarangs into the chest armor of three Thanagarians. The blades didn't penetrate, and the warriors hovered in the air with a look of contempt on their faces.

"Your weapons are pitiful." One gloated. None of them noticed the blinking red light on each batarang.

"Wait for it." Behind the Dark Knight, hundreds of eyes glowed in the darkness. Hundreds of bats swarmed the Thanagarians, attracted by the signals emanating from the batarangs. The soldiers were quickly reduced to unconscious, bleeding wrecks.

Sora has quickly transformed into his Keyblade into duel arrow guns and started shooting down the hawk-people with magic. Another group of Thanagarians charged in at Sora, which he quickly changed his arrow guns into one massive cannon, and he aimed it at them and fired. The group of enemies only had time to widen their eyes as they were hit but they magic can.

Sora's Keyblade reverted back to normal as he blocked the axe of their leader, as their pushed their weapons against each other, the Hawk Man stated, "I refused to be bested by some child!"

Sora's eyes narrowed in anger as he pushed him into one of Bruce's collection of his foe's weapons. He quickly picked up Mr. Freeze's gun and aimed it at Sora. He fired right as Sora blasted him with his own spell, "FREEZE!"

Sora's own ice magic repelled the Hawk Man's newly found weapon and backfired it, encasing the foe in ice. Sora glared at him, "That's Sora!"

Soon enough, the fight was over. After tying up the aliens, the seven heroes walked out of the Batcave and back into Wayne Manor. They found Alfred sweeping up the shattered remains of the front windows.

"Mind the glass, sir." He warned calmly, as they left.

Batman turned to Green Lantern. "I want you, Superman, Wonder Woman and Sora to go to the command ship, and shut down the force field."

"And the rest of us?" J'onn gestured to Batman, Flash and himself.

"You're going to help me retake the Watchtower." Batman told them.

"It's crawling with Thanagarian soldiers," Flash pointed out, "How're you planning on getting inside?"

"With that." Batman pointed outside, where the shuttle that the Thanagarians had arrived in lay waiting. Superman turned to Sora, "You ready?"

"Once second." Sora told him as he placed a hand to his heart. Just then, a little light came from his Keyblade and flew in Sora's direction. Flash, Superman, Lantern, and even Batman's eyes widened in shock as the recognized the fairy. John stated, "I see it... but I don't believe it..."

"Is that...?" Superman started. Flash finished, "Tinker Bell?"

Sora didn't seem to notice their priceless reactions as he asked the fairy, "Little help?"

She nodded as she flew around him once more sprinkling pixie dust on him. He started to take off as he turned to his new allies, "Alright, let's go..."

The four men continued to stare shock while Diana and J'onn wondered why they were so shocked for they've never seen Peter Pan or any other Disney film. Sora raised an eyebrow in confusion, "What?"

Batman finally spoke up, "We'll explain later, right now, we have a planet to save..."

Batman, Flash and the Martian entered the alien craft. J'onn spent several minutes examining the controls.

"Well?" Batman asked.

"I have no idea how to fly this vessel."

"What's this do?" Flash asked as he pressed a button. A beam of energy fired from the ship, making a fairly large hole in the side of Bruce's house.

Batman moved his face very close to Flash's. "That's. Not. Helping." Batman stated through gritted teeth.

J'onn looked up. "I need one of the hawk-men."

It took a few minutes, but Batman brought up their leader, whose name was Kregor, as well was one of Talak's chief advisors, and was unthawed thanks to Batman. The Dark Knight slammed him into the side of the ship.

"You think I'll tell you anything?" Kregor sneered. "I'd sooner choke on your bones."

"Okay by me," Flash grinned as he cocked back his fist, "Can I start with these?" J'onn stopped him before he actually struck.

"We're running out of time," the Martian said, "I'll take the information from him."

"I thought you couldn't read their minds?" Flash asked his telepathic friend.

The Martian's eyes glowed as he gripped Kregor's head. "I'll just have to try harder."

Neither Batman nor the Flash could see what J'onn was going through in the Thanagarian's mind, but somehow Kregor's mental defenses were strong enough to affect the Martian's physical body. Slash and claw-marks appeared all over him, and his cape, which was just skin shapeshifted to look like a cape, was torn to ribbons. However, this didn't last long. After only a few more moments, J'onn released his hold on Kregor, stumbling slightly. His wounds immediately began to fade.

"I… I have what we need." J'onn clearly did not enjoy what had just happened.

A few minutes later, the Thanagarian shuttle lifted off, heading towards the Watchtower. As it left, Alfred stepped out onto the yard. He spotted Kregor lying on his side, a small stream of drool falling from a corner of his mouth. It was possible that J'onn's mental attack had left him comatose.

Alfred, remembering how the alien had struck him when he and his ilk had intruded upon the Wayne household, merely glared and said, "I'll have to ask Master Bruce to not leave trash in the yard."

As the stolen shuttle neared the Watchtower, J'onn shapeshifted to look like Kregor. Activating the communication systems, he spoke in Kregor's voice.

"Shuttle Epsilon-sixteen, requesting entry." He sent a code to the waiting Thanagarians. "Confirm docking code."

"Docking code confirmed." Came a response as the Watchtower's docking bay opened. "You are clear to come aboard."

When the shuttle landed, 'Kregor' stepped down the ramp towards a pair of waiting Thanagarian guards.

"We weren't expecting you, sir." Said one in surprise.

"There's been a change of plans." Said the Martian, as he shapeshifted into a creature that resembled a blue Cyclops.

He quickly subdued the two guards, but more entered the docking bay. One prepared to open fire, but he was disarmed when a batarang disabled his weapon, and Batman punched him in the face with an electrically charged set of brass knuckles. The rest of the Thanagarian garrison was swiftly defeated by Batman, the Flash and the Martian Manhunter...

It was quickly apparent to Sora, Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern that they had been detected. They might have been tipped off by a swarm of fighter-craft surrounding the flagship that was hundreds strong.

"Pretty bad odds." Commented Wonder Woman.

"For them, maybe." Sora smirked as he readied his Keyblade.

Superman agreed. "Yeah. They don't stand a chance."

To say it was a battle would have been a lie. It was a beat-down. Superman and Wonder Woman simply flew through the fighters, their enhanced durability allowing them to be unaffected by the impacts, while leaving a trail of falling wreckage behind them. Green Lantern and Sora took down any stragglers, the energy attacks used Green Lantern's power ring easily cutting through the metal of the fighters while Sora cut them down with his Keyblade or struck them with magic.

Most of the fighter pilots saw Superman and Wonder Woman as greater threats and focused their attacks on them. Nobody on the outside seemed to notice Green Lantern cut his way through the hull of the flagship and make his way inside...

Batman, Flash and the Martian Manhunter stood over the unconscious bodies of the last Thanagarians on the Watchtower.

"Okay," Flash grinned, "the Watchtower's ours again." He ran over to Batman, who had been using one of the computers while the other two had been fighting the soldiers.

"So, where's your secret weapon?" He asked the Dark Knight.

"You're standing in it."

Flash's eyes widened. "Wait… you mean we're gonna…"

"Take the Watchtower out of orbit and drop it right on top of their little science project." Batman told him. He gestured to the fallen Thanagarians. "Get them to the escape pods."

As the heroes dragged the soldiers away, the Watchtower's engines pointed the massive station towards the coordinates that Batman had programmed into the navigational systems. The three moved as quickly as they could to get the Thanagarians to the escape pods. Thanks to the Flash, it was quick work.

"Are these the last of them?" J'onn asked.

"Yep," Flash nodded, as Batman began to silently back out of the pod, "The 'tower is completely pest-free."

"Good." Was all Batman said as he pressed the launch button? The doors closed and the pod launched, with Batman still on the Watchtower.

Flash and the Martian rushed to the communicator as the latter exclaimed, "What are you doing!?"

"I can't risk having the Watchtower burn up on reentry. I'll have to guide it in manually." Batman paused for a moment. "Gentlemen, it's been an honor."

The heroes in the escape pod bowed their heads in sorrow, knowing that Batman had just consigned himself to death...

The first that anyone knew that John Stewart was aboard the flagship was when he burst through the lower decks, blasting any Thanagarian in his way. Using security cameras, the soldiers on the bridge, including Hro Talak, could see what the Green Lantern was doing, and where he was going. At the sight of the human's face, Talak ground his teeth. He hated John Stewart. That man had stolen the love of Shayera Hol away from him. She had even betrayed her people, warning the Justice League of their plans, and even giving the Lantern back his ring. For her treason, she had been imprisoned in the brig. He had tried to reason with her, told her that the only way for their people to survive was if the humans died. Instead, she had decided that Earth's people were more deserving of her love. One person on Earth in particular.

"Intruder alert!" one of the bridge officers cried into the ship-wide communication. "All security teams to engineering!"

"Belay that!" barked Talak, as he strode towards the door, his axe in his hand. "Green Lantern is mine."

Had Talak stayed on the bridge for a few minutes more, he would have seen Wonder Woman slam a fighter through the hull surrounding the bridge. She quickly flew through the hole that she'd created, followed by Sora. After subduing the bridge officers, Diana picked up a sword and marched through the door, followed by Sora. Unfortunately, there were two separate paths leading towards engineering.

Wonder Woman looked at her new teammate, "You ready?"

"Yeah! Ready when you are!" Sora beamed, "Let's see who gets to the shield control thingy first." Sora smirked competitive as he went into his battle stance.

Wonder Woman gave a small laugh. "You're on." Giving an Amazonian war-cry, she rushed down her path. Not to be outdone, Sora let out a laugh as he charged down his own hallway. Woe to any Thanagarian in their way.

Wonder Woman found the Thanagarians to be fierce opponents, but she could still take on small groups of them without much trouble. As she defeated one group, she noticed a door covered with irregularly placed bars. Behind the bars, and inside of a force field, stood Shayera Hol. Once known as Hawkgirl, she had been one of Diana's best friends. But she had spat on that friendship, and Amazonians do not take kindly to traitors.

"I should leave you to burn." The Amazonian princess all but snarled the words. She then raised her sword and slashed it through the controls to Shayera's cell. The bars withdrew into the wall and the force field disappeared. Without another word, Diana marched away. As soon as she was gone, Shayera stepped out of her cell and, after picking up a fallen mace, flew off towards the shield control.

On the engineering deck, Green Lantern used his ring to pry open a set of doors. Behind them was a large room with a force field, shaped like a pillar, inside of which was a small device with a plunger-like attachment.

"The force field controls." John looked up to see Hro Talak, the Thanagarian commander, land in front of the force field. "That is what you came for, yes? You want it?"

He raised his axe into a ready position, "All you have to do is get by me."

"It'll be a pleasure." Lantern raised his ring and sent a beam of energy at Talak, who deflected it with a swing of his axe.

"No." Talak gave a glare. "This won't be like the last time that you took something that belonged to me."

Lantern's eyes narrowed. He knew that Talak was talking about Shayera. "Anything I took was freely offered. Maybe you should take better care of your stuff."

John sent several more bolts of energy at his foe, all of which were deflected. Both flew into the air, with John forming a triangular shield to block Talak's axe. The blow still took a chunk out of the shield. After several more blows, Lantern figured that he would be better off dodging Talak's blows than blocking them. Unfortunately, he still took several hits from both Talak's fist and from the hilt of his axe. One blow in particular knocked him into some machinery, which exploded, giving him several cuts on his face.

Stunned, Lantern couldn't stop Talak from picking him up by the throat. "I've beaten you, little man." Talak raised his axe. "Any last words?"

As Lantern's head cleared, he said, "Yeah; you can kiss my axe!" His ring created a green battle-axe in his hand, and both combatants swung at each other, attempting to overpower the other.

Sora has defeated another wave of Thanagarians. Aside from a few cuts and bruises, he was doing alright. He quickly used a healing spell to cure his wounds. He wondered how the others were doing. He knew from fighting alongside them that the Justice League knew what they were doing, but in the short time that he'd known them, he had come to care for them. They had become a part of his heart, just he became a part of theirs whether they knew it or not.

That made him wonder how his friends back home were doing. He really hopes Kairi was holding up okay. He pulled out Kairi's good luck charm and stared at it. Memories came flowing back to him...

"Take this... it's my lucky charm, be sure to bring it back to me!"

"Don't worry. I will."

"Kairi, remember what you said before? I'm always with you, too. I'll come back to you! I promise!"

"I know you will!"

"W-We're back!"

"You're home..."

"It's just... They really need me. I have to go. I am who I am, because of them."

"See you soon."

As he smiled at the memories, he almost failed noticed another pair of footsteps coming his way. He turned slightly to see, a pretty female with long, red hair, in Thanagarian armor. As he quickly put the charm away and drew out his Keyblade and began to swung swing when she held up her hands, "Wait, please!"

Sora paused. Sure, she had been wearing a helmet the last time he'd seen her, but that voice…

"Wait... you're the one... who told us about what your people are up to..." Sora realized

The Thanagarian nodded. "Yes, I'm Shayera."

Sora nodded as he introduced. "Sora... What are you doing?"

Shayera hefted her borrowed mace. "I want to help take down the shield controls." She looked down, shame obviously on her face. "And I want to atone for what I've done. Maybe I can never fully repair the damage I've done, but I want to start here and now, before it's too late."

Sora stared at her for a moment before smiling and stood down, "Okay. Let's go."

"Huh? You believe me?" Shayera looked to the teenager in shock. Sora nodded, "Of course I do."

"You do know I was a part of the League, right? I betrayed them and told their secrets to my people. I'm the reason the Earth is in this situation." Shayera point out. Sora then understood why the League was a little hostile against her back at the Bat Cave. However, he simply smiled, "So, you came back to help. And I have a best friend who arguably has done worse... but ever since he's been trying to make up for what he's done. I can see you are too."

Shayera just stared at him in shock as he was so calm and compassionate, she couldn't help but ask, "How do you know I'm not just lying?"

"I'm a pretty good judge of character..." Sora answered. Shayera sighed, and she thought Superman was the Boy Scout. "Alright... follow me... I'll take you to the shield controls..."

They didn't encounter further resistance on their way to the shield controls. When Sora and Shayera finally got to where they needed to be, they found a horrible sight. Hro Talak had just brought down the blunt part of his axe like a club across Green Lantern's forearm, shattering the bone. With a scream of pain, John fell to his knees. Talak then delivered a wicked uppercut, sending Lantern across the room where he lay very still.

As Talak raised his axe for the killing blow, Shayera called out, "Hro! Enough!" Talak turned his gaze went to Shayera and Sora. The traitorous Leaguer continued to walk toward him, until they were inches apart.

"The fight's over. You're a soldier, not a murderer."

Talak paused for a moment, then delivered a vicious backhand, sending her to the ground.

"I'm a fool!" he shouted, "For ever loving you!"

He would have continued but Sora got in the way and blocked the attack, "Alright... that's enough..."

He pushed him away from his new friends, Sora told him, "This invasion is over... surrender now... and we'll let you and your army go home unharmed..."

"I'm not leaving until the Gordanians are no longer a threat to my world... they'll never rest until my world is destroyed... so neither shall I!" Hro declared. Sora eyes narrowed, "So, you'd destroy an innocent world to get to them... how does that make you better than them?!"

"I'm whatever I'm needed to be to save my world!" Hro declared as the two warriors began their fight. They clashed their respective weapons against one another. Sora called out, "Shayera!"

The Thanagarian had been helping Lantern get back to his feet. "See if you can shut down the shield while I keep him busy!"

Shayera and John both nodded. It was now or never...

s the Watchtower entered the Earth's atmosphere, Batman struggled to keep the station on course. Activating his commlink, he radioed Superman.

"We're cutting it a little close." He flinched slightly as a flaming piece of debris fell near him. "Have you shut off the force field?"

Back at the outside of the flagship, Superman shot down another fighter with his heat vision before replying.

"Not yet. Where are you?"

"Aboard the Watchtower." Admitted Batman, "Guiding it to target."

"That's insane!" Superman exclaimed, worried for his friend. "Get out of there!"

"Negative. I'm staying..." Anything else Batman might have said was lost in static.

"Batman!" Without even a backwards glance, Superman flew towards the Watchtower, easily finding it with his enhanced senses, but praying that he would reach it before it was too late.

As the fight between the leader of the Hawk People and the Keyblade's chosen continued, Hro learned Sora was a very skilled warrior. Especially after he's been spending the day defeating his soldiers. He had no idea that Sora had just came here victorious over another war.

The Thanagarian tried to take his battle in the skies, however, Sora knew of an old spell that would cut off this advantage, he aimed his Keyblade at him, "FORCE!"

Suddenly, Hro was forced back to the ground hard. She struggled to get back up, but Newton's law of universal gravitation was too great as he fell back to the ground as Sora raised his Keyblade, "THUNDER!"

Lighting struck Hro causing him further pain. However, despite all of this... he still refused to stay down, "You'll have to kill me... because I'll never yield."

Sora's eyes narrowed, he needed to finish this fast if they were ever where going to end this. He preferred to do it without killing anyone. At the rate this was going he likely wasn't going to beat him anytime soon. Not without help. Sora then places and hand over his heart, "TOGETHER!" Fire swirled around Sora as an animated lion stepped out of the flames and gave a powerful roar. Hro eyes widened at the sight of the fiery lion. The King of Pride Rock, Simba, then began to pounce to cold and roared to spread his flames. No matter how hard Hro fought, he was no match for Sora and Simba's strength. Simba and Sora then finished their attack by leaping in the air and rolled into a ball. He then exploded finally knocking him down for the count. With the fight over Simba returned back to his own world. Sora then went to join the others, "How's it coming, you two?"

It had been hard for Lantern to draw up enough willpower to crack through the shields of the controls. He was in so much pain, but he managed to push past it, thanks to his training from both the Marines and the Green Lantern Corps. Shayera answered, "Shield's still holding. At this rate we'll never make it."

Sora thought for a moment before summoning his Keyblade, "Let me try something."

He aimed his Keyblade at the shield, light shined around his Keyblade before shooting a beam of light at the shields shutting them down. The two stared in shock before John turned to Sora, "You couldn't have done that earlier?"

Sora laughed sheepishly, "Sorry... It's been a long week..."

John sighed, "Can't say I blame ya..."

Once the shield fell, John tried to push the plunger-like device down, but with only one working arm, he wasn't strong enough. That is, until Shayera placed her hand over his, and adding her strength to his own. Together, they deactivated the shields around the bypass.

As the fiery remains of the Watchtower plummeted towards the bypass, Batman struggled to remain conscious. The extreme heat of reentry had pushed him to his absolute limit. Sweat rolled off of him in waves, and the only thing that he could still focus on was the targeting path on the computer screen in front of him, which miraculously still worked.

Finally, just when he knew that there was no way that the station wouldn't hit the bypass, did Batman allow himself to pass out. Fortunately, before the impact, Superman crashed through the walls of the station, and pulled both Batman and the seat he was strapped to, to safety. Seconds after they exited, the Watchtower, home and base of the Justice League for two years, crashed into the hyperspace bypass. The entire device, the size of a city, exploded with a force not seen since the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. Over 200 miles wide, and nearly 20 miles deep, the crater could be seen from orbit.

Superman and Batman, who'd regained consciousness, took a moment to look out over the devastation, before the Man of Steel turned to the Dark Knight, "Always have to be the hero, don't ya?"

Batman looked at his friend for a moment, before giving a tired smile. "Right back at you."

Sora, Green Lantern and Shayera looked at the crater that was the hyperspace bypass via a viewscreen in the room. Sora pumped a fist, "We did it!"

Shayera gave them both a satisfied smile before she looked down at the floor with a sad, guilty expression.

Further introspection was interrupted by the appearance of several dozen Thanagarian soldiers that flooded the room. The three prepared to defend themselves, when cries of pain from the back of room caused everyone else to turn. Standing over the unconscious forms of several Thanagarians, bloody, bruised but unbowed, was Wonder Woman!

"Who's next?" she asked, raising her sword. As more of the soldiers began to charge, a voice rang out.

"Stand down!" Charred, bruised and beaten nearly to a pulp, stood Commander Hro Talak. "Lower your weapons." The soldiers quickly obeyed.

"Commander?" One of them asked.

"Our mission is a failure." Talak went on. "There's no more reason to fight. Let them go." He ignored the incredulous looks from both his soldiers and the heroes and limped over to Shayera. "I hope you're proud of yourself. It'll take years for us to rebuild elsewhere."

Shayera stared at him, unflinching. "Then you'd better get started." With that, she, Lantern, Wonder Woman and Sora marched out of the room. No one made a move to stop them. Sora leaned to Wonder Woman, "For the record... I won..."

Diana gave a small smile at that...

The next day, Sora and Shayera Hol sat next to each other on the couch, watching the news in Wayne Manor. The television showed hundreds of Thanagarian ships leaving the planet. The reporter went on to thank the Justice League and the new young hero for what they did to save the world.

Shayera turned off the TV and looked at her feet. "They've been in there a long time."

"Yeah," Sora replied as he took a cookie from a plate, "They have."

They were referring to the League, which was currently having a discussion about its future, and the future of its traitorous teammate, in the dining room. Since she had betrayed them, she had lost the right to voice her opinion on League matters. Since Sora wasn't a League member at all, he had been politely asked to leave.

The two had spent the last several hours talking, Sora trying to raise her spirits, and she spent the time listening to some of Sora's adventures from the past few years. She had been more than a little surprised to learn that Sora had saved his universe 3 times over.

Despite how much he tired, he could tell that Shayera was still depressed. She had lost everything. While he had gained some new friends that would support him. Shayera had betrayed those friends, as well as her entire species.

Now here she was, watching her people fly off in defeat, knowing that it was her fault. Without her Thanagarian armor, and all of her other clothes destroyed along with the Watchtower, Bruce Wayne had at least provided her with a pair of jeans, shoes, and a white shirt with the back cut away to allow for her wings.

Sora sighed as he told her, "Look... I've only been on this world for less than a day... and I've just finished my own war prior..."

Shayera turned to Sora in shock, "You've been in a war?"

"Yeah... I almost lost someone very special to me... I was able to save her but it's the reason I'm currently stuck on this world now..." Sora admitted, "My point is if it hasn't been for your sacrifices... I don't think we would be here today... enjoying this cookies Alfred made us..."

He offered one to Shayera as she was about to take it as placed his hand over hers. Sora told her, "No matter what they decided... in my eyes... you'll always be a hero..."

Shayera gave Sora another smile; this one, however, was genuine. He then sighed, "Now if only I can convince Phil that I'm a real hero instead of a junior hero..."

He got a laugh out of that statement...

"She exploited our weaknesses, betrayed us…" Wonder Woman had been ranting about what Shayera had done to them, and by this point had probably repeated several of her own points.

"Come on," Flash said, in Shayera's defense, "She was in the ultimate no-win situation; but when push came to shove, she came through for us, just like always."

"She is a pariah to her people." J'onn added. "We are all she has left."

"Believe me, J'onn, I feel for her." Superman replied, "But after everything that's happened, I honestly don't know if I can ever completely trust her again."

Green Lantern looked at the table, silent since the discussion began.

"We're arguing in circles." Said Batman, "It's time to take a vote."

"Excuse me Miss Hol," Alfred said as he entered the room. Both Sora and Shayera stood up, apprehension on their faces. "They sent for you."

"Thank you, Alfred." The butler nodded and walked away. Before she headed to the dining room, she gave Sora a small hug. "Thanks, Sora."

Sora returned the gesture, though it was hard to hug someone with wings. "No problem, Shayera."

As soon as she entered the dining room, Sora quietly went over to the adjacent wall. He hoped to hear what the League had to say. Maybe they'd go easy on her. He jumped slightly when he heard a soft cough. He turned to see Alfred, with a small smile on his lips. Before Sora could explain what, he was doing, the butler put his ear to the wall, and gave Sora a wink. Sora grinned, then mirrored Alfred's action.

Shayera entered the dining room to find the other six League members standing in a line. All stood with their backs straight and their shoulders squared. Even Green Lantern, whose right arm was in a cast.

"Hawkgirl…" Superman started.

Shayera interrupted him. "Before you start, I have something to say." She took a deep breath. "I came to this planet as a patriot. I had a mission and I carried it out. What I couldn't know was that I would come to care for the Earth, and her people." She looked at each of her teammates in the eye; even Batman, who looked at her in suspicion, and Wonder Woman, who still gave her a look of contempt. "That I'd come to care for all of you. I've spent the last five years torn between my feelings and my duty. I won't ask you to do the same." Her spine straightened, and some of her old fire returned. "Therefore, I am resigning from the Justice League, effective immediately."

She turned and walked towards the door, leaving six stunned ex-teammates behind. Flash recovered fastest and stopped her long enough to give her a hug. She returned it and whispered in his ear.

"Tell the others to take care of Sora; he needs friends right now."

With that, she let go, and walked out the door. She didn't look back.

"Great," muttered Flash, "No Hawkgirl, no Watchtower; what's gonna happen to the League now? Do we all just walk away?"

"No," J'onn answered, "We rebuild. Starting today."

"J'onn's right," Superman nodded, "Earth still needs us, and we'll never let her down. It's our duty."

Green Lantern looked down, still silent...

Sora didn't know what to say. He'd known Shayera for even less time than the rest of the League, but he still counted her as a friend, and now she was leaving? He wanted to say something, "Shayera?"

She turned to the Keyblade's chosen as he told her, "May your heart be your guiding key."

"Huh? What's that mean?" Shayera wondered. Sora explained, "It's an old saying back where I'm from... Keyblade wielders, like me, used to say that to one another. They would trust the guidance the heart makes..."

"Does it work?" She wondered. Sora smiled, "Yeah, I've been doing it even before I've learned it..."

"Why am I not surprised?" Shayera smiled, "Take care, Sora. I hope you find your way home."

Sora made sure to give Shayera one last hug before she left. He watched her as she left, hoping he'd see her again someday.

As he stood there, thinking, Alfred walked in.

"Excuse me, sir." Sora turned to the butler. "They're ready for you."

"Thank you, Alfred." Sora walked into the dining room. The Justice League was present, minus Green Lantern.

"Now then," Superman smiled, "What to do with you?"

Shayera stood at the edge of the cliff near Wayne Manor. She heard footsteps but didn't turn around. She knew who it was.

"You never asked how we voted."

Shayera barely glanced at John Stewart before returning her gaze to the sunset. "It doesn't matter."

"So… where're you gonna go?"

"I don't know." Said Shayera after a moment. "Some place where the fate of the world isn't in my hands. Some place where there are no more secrets, no more lies."

"Was it all a lie?"

Shayera turned to look at the Lantern. "I love you, John." She said that with a small smile. "I never lied about that."

After a moment of staring into his eyes, Shayera Hol turned around, opened her wings, and flew off into the sunset.

John Stewart watched her go, until she was too far to see. Only once she was gone did he allow the tears to fall.

"I love you, too."

WORLD: THE KEYBLADE GRAVEYARD

Meanwhile, Xehanort's No Name Keyblade fell from the sky and joined it's other fallen Keyblades. Just then, it was picked up by man in hooded black coat with a mysterious Black Box. The man held observed the blade, "Finally, back where it belongs."

Just then, from the distance four robed figures entered the world from all sides. The one with a unicorn mask was Ira, the one with the bear mask was Aced, the one the snake mask was Invi, and the with the white leopard mask was Gula. They were the Foretellers and they all joined the cloaked figure, Ira observed the figure and asked, "Did you summon us back?"

"Yep." The cloaked man nodded. Ira recognized his Keyblade, but his face was different, so he had to ask, "Is that you, Luxu? You look different." The man removed his hood revealing the face of Xehanort's former right-hand man, "Haven't heard that name in a long while." He smirked as he continued, "These days they call me, Xigbar, but hey, whatever suits you."

"Is it... really you?" Invi asked slightly shocked. Luxu nodded, "Yeah, but some time ago, I had cast my old form away. Been through plenty more semblances sense, but it still me underneath it all."

"What happened? Why are we here? You tell me!" Aced demanded. Xigbar explained, "I had a role to play. And after all these years, it's done."

"What role?" Invi wondered. Meanwhile, Pete and Maleficent watched these events from a distance before turning away to continue their plans. Xigbar looked around to realize one of them was missing, "I guess Ava didn't make it after all."

"Meaning what?" Gula asked, concerned what happened to her. Luxu turned to him, "I told her, clear as day what I had to do."

"And is that why you decided to exclude her?" Gula glared at him. Xigbar shook his head, "As if! Ava had her own mission, and she cared it out."

"I heard enough! Luxu! What was your role?!" Aced demanded. Luxu turned to the box and smirked, "Hope you like long stories..."

And that will conclude the first chapter. Next time, we see what the League has planned for Sora and what his first days in the DC Universe will be like. How will Sora react that his friends are fictional characters where he is? Will be getting back home be as difficult as they are in Divided Hearts? Stayed tuned. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Be sure to leave a review. Also be sure to follow and fav. as well. See you real soon!