Hope uses an ancient machine to travel to the future only to end up on Gran Pulse five hundred years in the past. There he meets and befriends Vanille, an old friend of his. Once back in his own time, he embarks on a mission with Serah and Snow to save Vanille, Fang, and Lightning. Pairings: Hope/Vanille, Serah/Snow. No yaoi.

At the appearance of a strange man with hidden motives, Sora is forced out of Destiny Islands into a past era Traverse Town where he befriends allies that he'd never imagined. Sora discovers that not only can one travel through Corridors of Darkness to access other worlds, but ride the very tides of time themselves. Sequel to KH2; Vanitas/Xion. No yaoi.