It is back, A Pure Journey is back and it is here to stay… until it's Hiatus but hey I'm back but right now it's time to fill in some planning designs, I will be covering Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of memories, 358/2 days AS WELL AS KH 2 until the hiatus, why? Because lately I have condemned myself to writing tons of chapters until the hiatus so I thought fuck it I might as well do it for this as well because I won't want to end this anytime soon if I'm honest and if its anything like last time I should be writing this all the way up to Kingdom Hearts 3 which is so far looking great. But right now the focus is A Pure Journey and since we will be in Castle Oblivion you can assume whoever is in here will be found... Maybe someone with no heart… or maybe a broken one…ReTurN tO uS was your hint but it will not be answered yet as right now we have chapter 1 of the return to get to. Thank you for your patience and let's go!

Approaching the Castle of reunion and remembrance

A long plain of grass and dirt stretched as far as the eye could see, the sky as blue as our hero's eyes and the clouds were shaped like familiar faces to the three current wanderers. Sora, Donald and Goofy. Sora was a fourteen-year-old brunette who was chosen by Ventus as a key blade wielder and the protector of his heart. The trio were lost ever since the closing of Kingdom Hearts and Sora was feeling depressed due to the losing of everyone he cared about most except Donald and Goofy and his heart was in grief. Donald and Goofy knew this as a fact and yet they knew not to help him as they would re-encounter the girls in no time but what scared them the most was that Sora wasn't taking any sleeps saying 'I'll make sure no one attacks' which was bad for them because that way the communication between the x-blade wielder and the comatosed keyblade wielder, which was necessary for them to know if Ventus was anywhere close.

It has been one week traversing down the field of green or so they thought because when on a world which never go dark you could only estimate what the time was but all Sora knew was that he was tired as fuck but he didn't- no couldn't fall asleep as that would leave the only two people left with him open to kidnap or just open to abandon the x-blade wielder to find their king. This scared Sora as then he would be 100% alone and he wouldn't be able to take it.

Sora was storming ahead with the two subordinates' for Disney Castle treading behind talking about said X-blade wielder. "Gwarsh Donald I have no clue how to help him out of this." Goofy said to the king's mage.
"Right now we can only hope he falls asleep so we can get Ventus to talk to him."
"But Donald what about when he told us Ven talked to him whilst conscious in the Coliseum?"
"I don't know but that is our best hope." Donald replied.
"Why don't you just shock him to sleep?"
"I'm not going to hurt Sora."
"But it could get much worse you know."
"Fine in three two one-" Donald was about to fire a lightning attack when Sora fell to the floor on his own and the two partners both ran up to his unconscious body.
"How did you-"
"I didn't Goofy, I didn't do that." Donald said as the two looked down in worry at Sora.

Sora was falling once again which shocked him. He wasn't supposed to be falling, he wasn't supposed to be asleep as Sora was supposed to protecting his two companions, but he wasn't and he was falling down into the abyss.

Whilst falling Sora had multiple thoughts clouding his mind but the two more predominant ones were if he would see Ven or the one he wanted to see the most, Iraki the soul and nobody of Kingdom Hearts and Kairi. The final moments with the nobody was heart-breaking and yet satisfying for completing her wish. Sora was falling to not see Iraki as Sora was falling down, down, down.

Ten minutes never felt more like years to the X-blade wielder as he was still falling into darkness. Sora decided to do something he didn't think of doing before and shot a light beam out from the X-blade to see he stopped falling and was floating between two plains. One was a field seemingly endless and the other was a white room with a chair in the middle. Sora instantly knew both areas would have their respective hosts in it and yet when looking at the white room its inhabitant wasn't there and in his place was a pile of metal armour which was red and brown… When looking at the plains Sora clearly saw a girl standing there with their platinum blonde hair and her KH hoodie all like Sora remembered, before he would've went straight to the plain however his worry for his long-time friend struck him as he controlled his body for the first time whilst 'falling' and flew over to the white room.

Sora opened the room door to see the figure more clearly and as he did he finally saw the inhabitant sleeping peacefully on the floor, Ventus. "Who are you?" Sora asked in his now semi deep voice which happened whilst in the outside world with Donald and Goofy.
"I am an old friend of Ven's." The big person said in a hard to describe voice, it wasn't either light or deep, happy or sad, joyful or angry but the one emotion that was clear to Sora was regretful.
"How did you get here; this room is nothing but a darkened plain within my heart?" Sora asked the tall broodish figure.
"But it isn't just your heart, is it?" The figure said turning to face Sora "It is also his."
"I know that but how DID you get in here if it is only mine and Ven's heart?" Sora asked.
"This place also exists in the real world, which is where I am right now. You however can see it when asleep and interact I'm sure you realise this right?" At this moment Sora remembered when he ran out of the room to see people in black coats talking about a witch.
"Yeah… But how did you?"
"I am sorry but right now I have to go, as soon as I go Ven will wake up, DON'T tell him I was here." The figure said as a portal appeared and on the other side of it showed what looked like a graveyard with keyblades stuck in the ground.
The figure walked through and as he did the portal shrunk down but before it was gone completely a keychain flew through into Sora's hand and as he looked at it he felt immense strength and willpower from it which gave the hint that this was to wield a Keyblade but why would he need it if he had his X-blade. This thought would have to wait as Ven was slowly waking up so Sora shoved the keychain into his pocket and looked at Ventus. "Hey you're awake!" Sora exclaimed helping his friend up.
"Sora?" Ven muttered as he wobbled over to his chair and sat on it.
"You scared me half to death, I came in here and you were on the floor are you ok?" Sora asked leaving out the armour cladded keyblade wielder.
"Yeah, ever since you lost your heart I have been doing that regulary, but more importantly are you stupid?" Ven asked giving Sora a deep stare.
"Huh?"
"You think Donald and Goofy will abandon you so you get sleep deprived and now they are worried sick because you randomly fell asleep whilst you were standing up." Ven said as Sora looked down.
"I was worried."
"Over nothing! I had some god news for both of us but you didn't deserve it after doing this shit!"
"Huh wait what news?"
"I am close by."
"You mean your actual body?"
"Yeah but I also have some not so good news." Ven said looking down as a monitor appeared and showed the room Sora was in after he stormed out before.

On the monitor six people in black trench coats were walking and stopped on a wall when a dark portal appeared like the one the armoured figure had but darkened and Sora couldn't see through it but what worried the teen even more was who came out of there. Guided by another black hooded person Naminé was there.

"NAMINÉ!" Sora exclaimed as he ran to the door of the room.
"Sora calm down this was straight after you beat Vanitus so she is most likely at the top floor of this place."
"So what?" Sora growled staring Ventus is his one open eye.
"You won't be able to get through alone and plus she has someone protecting her that wants to see you aswell." Ven said as another clip showed.

"Sora will come save me!" Naminé said staring at the six hooded people.
"Can I have some time with this witch?" A familiar girl voice said as the others all left.
"What do You want?" Naminé spat out the you part
"Calm down, I'm here to protect you. My name is Larxene and I want to see Sora too." Larxene said pulling down her hood giving Naminé a bright smile.

"Larxene?" Sora asked.
"When she got taken by the return of all the worlds she got transported to the base and got made number XIII, The lightning nymph Larxene. She will betray them as soon as you get to her so calm down. You will reunite with three people here: me, Naminé and Larxene the rest will soon be found afterwards but please as soon as you get up tell Donald and Goofy to go right at the cross road and you will get to Castle Oblivion." Ven ordered as Sora started fading.
"See you tomorrow!" Sora said as Ven shook his head.
"Not if She has anything to say about it." Ven teased as Sora woke up leaving Ven alone "Now lets see how he is doing as number XII of Xehanorts group." Ven said to himself as the monitor now showed someone in an Organisation coat with Ven's face

Roxas was number XII in the organisation, a group of nobodies who just want hearts. Roxas wasn't sure of what he felt for the organisation but what he did know was how his views changes when numbers XIII and XIV joined the group…

"Lets rejoice for the new members of our prestigious group, numbers XIII and XIV." Xemnas, the leaders, voice rang through the hall as Larxene and a girl called Xion stared at all the members.
"Do you have any words new recruits?" Xemnas asked
"Im taken before any of you dickless meat bags think of asking me out." Larxene spat as Xion shook her head to Xemnas' question.

Ever since then he was stuck on training duty for the new recruits but he felt safe with them as well as number VII Axel who was Roxas' best friend. "That's it for the day, Xion can I speak to you?" Roxas asked the nobody left behind for the Castle Oblivion escapade.
"S-Sure." Xion had struggles speaking however she was quickly learning.
"Do you want to come to a spot I like going to, normally we would have Axel, Number VII, joining us but since he is at the castle it will just be us." Roxas said as he began to feel trust from Xion.
"Sure." Xion said again as the duo left to get some ice cream…

"Larxene are you here?" Naminé muttered as she felt a random comforting feeling that felt like when she was with Sora.
"Yeah Nami, you can tell he is here as well can't you?" Larxene smiled as Outside a Duck, Dog and a certain X-blade wielder stood and said wielder has a look on his face which said it all… "I'm coming guys!"

Hey guys how was that for the return of A Pure Journey, I know this chapter was all over the place but this is how it is going to be until Kingdom Hearts 2 gets started. Anyway I would like to say thank you for reading and it feels so good being back with A Pure Journey. I am so ready for continuing the story so I hope you enjoy and get ready for the story that made me to return to us… wait a sec.

-ActandRead/Taylor