This was INCREDIBLE! I can only hope the sequel is either complete or not abandoned!

Okay, totally thought that Xion got 'norted in the chaos. What with Xemnas saying that one line from DDD and all.
Lovely twist to the tale.

Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers reference spotted! I love the way to tie the worlds together. Makes it feel more lived in and cohesive.

Also, neat plot point for Xion to have control over the Samurai cause of Roxas. We've never exactly had a protagonist have their own "heartless" or "nobody" to control.

Namine taking the initiative, noice. Wonderful chapter. Never thought I'd be excited to see CO again (except for when they return to get Ventus eventually, and whatever).

So many Disney film references! ANd some of the more obscure ones, at that! Treasure Planet, Oliver and friends, Emperor's New Groove, Basil of Baker Street...

You know what the fans want more than Square Enix does, lol

And now we have The World Ends With You as a world?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: this fic just gets better with each chapter.

Ohhh my gosh, an Epic Mickey world? This fic gets better and better with each chapter. Freaking bless I love this version of KH2.
Also Oswald is my favorite Disney character, I am so psyched.

This is amazing and I am so happy there are like, 40 chapters

Hey, just so you know, the first paragraph repeats a ways down.

Cobra Bubbles knows all about heartless and shiz. I hope that this becomes canon.

A true Lilo & Stitch world, YES. I've never seen any fics about it yet, so this is great. Thanks for the great fic and traveling to worlds we haven't much of seen yet!

Wow. Just...wow. I'm amazed at how you managed to pull this story off. I loved everything about it: the characterization, the plot, the worlds, the relationships (special mention goes to Xion and Stitch which I did not expect but ended up loving anyways), the cameos, the emotion and love put into the writing, just...everything. Even more stuff that doesn't come to mind just now, too. I've always wondered what would happen if Xion was the one who lived and you've taken that idea and made something truly unique. Thank you for writing and sharing this with all of us.

I recognized all the cameos, but I'm too lazy to type them up. Though I am stoked you included Jake Long, I loved that show.

-reads the chapter title- Xion gonna meet Pluto this chapter 8)

Xigbar… Your Xigbar is AMAZING! 8) Guh, I just love how bombastic and irreverent he is while still being one of the best schemers in the Organization. And that short bit he had all to himself after the others left suggests he’s schemin’ up something BIG O_O ...AND WHO WAS HE TALKING TO AT THE END?!

It’s worth mentioning that, similar to Destiny Islands, Hawaii actually feels *populated.* You mention people being all around, the drill sirens suggest that there are actual people in this place worth warning about tsunamis, and Xion got some important information from the likeable NPC shop-owner grandma. These are important details that prevent the worlds from feeling like dead, empty space and the games could really learn from fics like yours.

Atlantean Heartless, huh? I never liked them, but I suppose it makes *some* sense that they’d attack an island. But I do really like how Stitch is a local action hero and Lilo was so cute giving that thumbs-up as she made sure all the people got to shelter X)
gOODNESS GRAVY GRACIOUS—STITCH RECOGNIZES THE KEYBLADE! That’s a really nice touch o_o
“Xion didn't understand, but evidently it recognized what a Keyblade was. At this rate she'd be surprised finding someone who DIDN’T know about these things.”—Oh my God, poor Xion xD

Stitch: “Meega Stitch! Stitch fluffy!”—This made me laugh so hard x’D
Stitch: “Ah, um… Ven, Terra, Ah-koo wa?”—THE WAY HE SAYS “AQUA” 8’D

I also like how Xion doesn’t know she’s Japanese, because she obviously never would’ve heard of the place xD
And, oh my God, Stitch’s barking to pretend he’s a dog...this chapter’s getting so many good laughs out of me, and that’s in large part because of how entertainingly spot-on you’ve written Lilo and Stitch’s characters :)

I really wanna call out how statistically improbable it’d be for the heroes and the villains to just happen to land on the same world without any coordination or knowledge of the other’s agenda, but Imma just go with the idea that Xion’s Star Shard takes her wherever Pete (or some other immediate threat) is. Pete was more or less in the same area as Xion when she got the shard, so maybe it permanently registered him as an enemy that must be pursued and Xion is now being involuntarily dragged along for the ride.
...I’ve decided that Maleficent in Hawaii doesn’t work. Those horns, that giant cape, that staff, her distinctly medieval European aura, the skin-tone that clashes so cosmically with anyone who actually spends time outside, the fact that she even summoned those green flames and laughed maniacally on top of a one-story shop for all the locals to hear and stare at her like she’s some crazy person (because, even for space-alien standards, this is weird)...no. Just...just no. Especially in broad daylight -_-

HOLY CRAP, IT’S THE HIGHWIND! D8 That was an epic intro it had.
“Sure enough, the flying contraption was their familiar red and yellow gummi ship. But just who was piloting it?”—Chip n’ Dale, you flakes. You kinda ditched them when they dropped you off at The End of the World and left them to wander around space by themselves for a year and made no effort to meet up with them. Honestly ಠ_ಠ
WHOA, MICKEY’S HALO JUMPING FROM THE GUMMI SHIP 8D You somehow made Mickey’s save even more epic than it already was 8) I also really like how Mickey’s not being so reclusive with the heroes this time and is openly talking to them. I can’t remember why, but why was Mickey so secretive in the game?

Mickey: “I found your gummi ship docked at the last world you stopped at and brought it back for ya!”
Donald: “Castle Oblivion, right?”
Did Donald forget that they WALKED to Castle Oblivion? ...And that CO’s not a world?

-looks at the chapter title again- Xion didn’t meet Pluto this chapter :(

O_O I’m actually seriously impressed that the Heartless came up with that boulder plan. It's not often you see them act so intelligently, which is a shame because, if they did more often, they'd be a LOT more dangerous.

Another thing that really impressed me was how you factored in terminal velocity to Xion's fall and had her use a wind spell to slow herself down so she wouldn't rip her arms off when grabbing on to the mountain. That is…I dunno, I just love seeing more logical thinking like this in stories, so good job! :)

And ANOTHER thing that deserves some praise is how Xion's inexperience, solitude, and refreshing LACK of any healing spells or items is making for a much grittier and more perilous journey. It's the kind of relatable vulnerability that you rarely ever see in the series because everyone’s so OP right from the start these days. And since this is a KH story, I'm expecting Xion will get some danger-breaking cure spells and party members within the next few worlds, so Imma enjoy this semi-realism while it lasts.

“...moving past the number of stone gargoyles along the wall.”—THEY GONNA COME TO LIFE! I THOUGHT IT WAS GETTIN’ A LITTLE TOO DARK SOULS UP IN HERE! D8
“About halfway up the staircase a creaking noise made Xion stop.”—LAWD ALMIGHTY! IT'S THEM GA’GOYLES!
“Xion looked back behind her to see nothing but the gargoyle again… only it wasn't where it was a moment ago. It was moving, and its eyes were glowing bright yellow!”—Of course it's alive, Xion; why else would there be gargoyles *inside?*

So, the gargoyle/possessy-ball-thing fight was pretty well done, short as it was. My favorite part was when Xion desperately shot that pearl spell, and all she accomplished was briefly lighting up the room and missing the Heartless completely. That sets up a good atmosphere, where there’s an enemy in the dark you can’t see and all you can do is turn on the lights for a second to see how close it is. What makes it even better is how Xion couldn’t fight the first one and had to retreat—how often do you see a Keybearer run away from ONE Heartless? I don’t get how the first one broke (did it trip over the stairs? ...even though it had wings?), but dumb luck can happen like that sometimes. And while I prefer the horror and helplessness of the first round, I also really like the ingenuity of the second, where Xion realized she could “unlock” the gargoyles to force the Possessor out.

Xion: “What's an 'Agrabah'?”—Why is that so adorable? x’D

Oh yeah, Blitz Spears! Forgot about those. They were actually pretty tough, huh? And y’know, with the direction this story’s taking, I just keep getting more and more invested in how vastly different this is from most other “reboot” fics that add or change a major element (usually a new character) because, where those other fics end up being only marginally different, Remember the Tides is going in a new direction right away. A new character with a Keyblade is introduced, but she’s not joining the other protagonists (at least not yet) and she’s not following a step-by-step recreation of the canon plot. Most KH1 reboots begin on that small section of Destiny Islands and go through every single fetch-quest before the action kicks in, most KH2 reboots begin in Twilight Town and go through all the same motions, but this is a KH2 reboot beginning on Destiny Islands—that’s already unexpected—and the islands are far more developed than they ever were in the games. Xion also doesn’t meet the same obligatory exposition-characters as readers would expect, and the action is kept going with a surprising early meeting with Kairi and then, almost immediately after, she’s already on her first Disney world, and it’s a world that’s rarely ever seen or mentioned in most KH fics. And it’s on this *Disney* world—not a Squeenix original location—and with these often underused and rarely seen *Disney* characters that the most important aspects of the lore are explained and Xion goes on her first adventure as a hero.
Early on in the fic and you’re already taking some radical new turns with how the story develops and what characters and locations are used, and this is doing wonders to keep the narrative fresh and exciting. Instead of exploring a town, island, or city like most other fics would still be doing, Xion’s already scaling mountains in foreign lands and sealing her first Keyhole. Even the bosses she encounters—the Possessor, Pete, and the Blitz Spear—are a marked departure from cliches like Darkside, Guard Armor, and Twilight Thorn. Also, five chapters in and we still haven’t seen a Dive to the Heart sequence; THIS IS A GOOD THING.

Wait a minute...the fairies could’ve helped Xion up the mountain the whole time and they did nothing?! ಠ_ಠ
At least the Star Shard is cool, and *another* transformative break from canon and fanfic cliches, so this story just keeps on impressing me 8)
But I think the Star Shard could’ve used a better explanation. For one thing, the fairies say there’s no way to control what world you’ll end up on, but the KH wiki says the world choices are only random if the user doesn’t know how to control it, meaning control *is* possible—just difficult. But the fairies also didn’t mention that, if you can’t control it, it activates randomly too, so because they didn’t, Xion has no idea when the shard will trigger, so she could assume it’ll constantly teleport her all over the galaxy every second as long as she’s holding onto it.

I never got how Maleficent came back to life in KH2 (or even *why,* since she still hasn’t done anything important even as far as 3D), so I really can’t care less about her return here. But then again, you are aware of how downgraded she was post-KH1, so there’s a chance you could make her an awesome villain again…

Alright, time to guess what the next world is based on your author’s note. Hmm...you say you live in the same area as this place, but in a city rather than a small town… I got it! The next world is Prydain from The Black Cauldron, and you live in Caer Dathyl while the movie takes place in Caer Dallben!