Kingdom Emeralds: Power of Memories

Summary: Sequel to Kingdom Emeralds. Out of ideas to defeat Sonic, Eggman strikes a deal with Xemnas: in exchange for helping him defeat Sonic, Eggman will help the Organization defeat Sora and retrieve their hearts.

Rating: T (for safety)

Genre: General/Adventure

What Has Gone Before: A Kingdom Emeralds Overview

In the library of the Castle That Never Was, Xemnas discovered a book on power sources from other worlds, including Earth's Chaos Emeralds. Along with Saix and Vexen, he traveled to Earth to try and obtain these powerful gems. While on Earth, the three of them tested Vexen's newest invention, a dark Keyblade designed to turn someone into a Heartless.

Once on Earth, they tested the dark Keyblade out - on none other than Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow, or Daxsowh, as he was known as a Nobody, was tricked into thinking that if he could obtain all seven Chaos Emeralds, he could regain his heart. Convinced it was the only way he could become whole again, he agreed to help Xemnas find the Chaos Emeralds, thus saving Organization XIII the trouble.

In the meantime, King Mickey sent Sora and Riku to Earth, to stop Xemnas' latest plan. Along the way, the two of them met Sonic the Hedgehog, who was looking for his friend Shadow. Since Sora and Riku were looking for Xemnas, the three of them decided to team up and search together. It was then that they discovered Shadow had been turned into a Nobody.

Enlisting the help of Miles "Tails" Prower and Knuckles the Echidna, the six of them managed to turn Daxsowh back into Shadow, but not before Organization XIII had all the Chaos Emeralds. After Xemnas used the Emeralds to turn himself invincible and enter Kingdom Hearts, both Sonic and Sora followed his lead. Once inside Kingdom Hearts, the two of them fought Xemnas in a battle that would have been a stalemate, had Sonic not realized how to use the power in his and Sora's hearts to stop the Nobody.

Working together, Sora and Sonic defeated Xemnas and sent him back to The World That Never Was. The Chaos Emeralds were taken back to Earth, and the worlds were safe again.

Until Now…

Chapter 1: Evil's Alliance

"What will it take to kill that infernal rodent!?"

Dr. Eggman, would-be dictator and evil genius, sat in front of his computer, scrolling through a list of possible plans and robot designs.

"Everything I come up with, that stupid blue rodent destroys. What do I have to do to stop him?"

After scrolling through the list for several minutes, he finally gave up and closed it. It was no use. There was nothing he could use that Sonic hadn't already destroyed.

Upset, and out of ideas, he closed the list and started looking through the other folders on the computer. He opened the one titled 'Gerald Robotnic' and started looking through it.

"Perhaps my grandfather can give me a few ideas." He mused.

He scrolled through the diary, stopping now and then to check different parts of it, but came up with no new ideas, at least not until he got down towards the beginning of the book, which was were he read,

There are other dimensions outside the planet Earth, as I learned today. My latest invention, which I call a ' teleporter' malfunctioned, and instead of landing me on Earth, I landed in a kingdom known as Radiant Garden, where I met Ansem the Wise, as his subjects call him. He has recently assumed his father's throne, and was interested to learn of the existence of another world.

He and I had an interesting discussion on hearts, and Ansem told me about some of the experiments that he plans to perform as soon as he can find a suitable helper. Our talk has convinced me that when working on next version of Project: Shadow, I must make sure this creature has a heart.

"Other worlds, huh?" Eggman muttered to himself. He was near the bottom of the computer page now. He stopped scrolling back down and started to slowly scroll back up, looking for other references to Radiant Garden. He found another, dated almost a year later.

I paid another visit to Ansem today. He has found his assistant for his project, a young man named Xehanort. Ansem plans to begin his experiments on the heart very soon.

While I was there, I offered him some help on a device he was building to study that world's power source, the Kingdom Hearts. He was most appreciative, and in return offered me much useful information that he has collected on hearts. This information will be very helpful when I begin the next version of Project: Shadow. Now that the Biolizard has been placed in stasis, I am ready to work on the next version of the project.

"Radiant Garden." Eggman repeated the name. "And the power of Kingdom Hearts. Perhaps I can use that power to stop Sonic."

With an evil smile on his face, Dr. Eggman brought up a new page on the computer and began working how he could find and visit Radiant Garden.

Back at the Castle That Never Was, Xemnas was pacing around the Proof of Existence, trying to figure out some way to get past Sora and into Kingdom Hearts.

"That stupid child. But the Keyblade makes him stronger. I must find a way to get into Kingdom Hearts, and stay there until I can successfully retrieve my heart."

Xemnas paused for a moment, and then resumed his pacing again.

Saix portaled into the room a moment later. "Is everything alright, Superior?"

Xemnas stopped backing, and glanced back at his second in command. "No, everything is not alright. I must find a way into Kingdom Hearts."

Before Saix could reply, they were both temporarily blinded by a flash of light.

Xemnas brought up his arm to shield his face, then lowered it to look at the white light. It was a new type of portal, and stepping out of it was a person.

A rather egg-shaped person.

The light receded, and standing in the Proof of Existence was an egg shaped human, wearing a red coat and black pants and shoes. He was wearing glasses that covered his eyes, and though he was as bald as an egg, he had a very large moustache.

The human looked around, taking in the proof of Existence, then turned to Xemnas.

"This wouldn't happen to be Radiant Garden, would it?"

Xemnas laughed. "Radiant Garden has been gone for along time now. It was plunged into darkness. This is the World That Never Was."

"Is this what Radiant Garden has become?" The human asked.

Now both Saix and Xemnas scowled.

"If you're looking for Radiant Garden, you'd better try Hollow Bastion." Saix suggested threateningly.

Xemnas looked the human over. "Who are you, and how do you know about Radiant Garden?"

"My name is Dr. Ivo Robotnic, better known as Dr. Eggman."

"Fitting." Saix muttered under his breath.

"I learned about Radiant Garden through two notations in my grandfather's journal." Eggman continued.

Xemnas raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, who was your grandfather?"

"He was the great genius, Gerald Robotnic." Eggman replied. "Why do you ask?"

"Because while I lived in Radiant Garden, I observed a human coming to visit Ansem the Wise." Xemnas replied. "He helped Ansem with a device to study Kingdom Hearts, and the human, Gerald Robotnic, was allowed to see Ansem's research on the heart. That was when Robotnic told us that he would make sure his own project had a heart."

Now it was Eggman who cocked his eyebrow. "And who might you be?"

"I am Xemnas, the Superior of Organization XIII. But in Radiant Garden, I was known as Xehanort. That is, I was known as Xehanort, before I destroyed Radiant Garden." Xemnas finished.

Eggman's moustache twitched. "I believe that you and I can help each other, Xemnas. I believe we can help each other a lot."

T.A.R.N.S.: And so it begins, the sequel to Kingdom Emeralds. Anyway, I wasn't sure whether I should put this in the Kingdom Hearts section or the Sonic the Hedgehog section.

Nyoshi: The original went into the Sonic the Hedgehog.

T.A.R.N.S.: I guess this one's goin' there too.

Nyoshi: Please review and tell us what you thought!