Flashback, Last Night...

Location: Tukson's Book Trade

"Woah kid, you think you have enough?" A muscular man said as he saw Sora walking up with a large stack of books.

The young Keyblade wielder had been in the bookstore for a solid hour looking for books about the Faunus, their history, and their current standing in the world. "

I might have gone a bit overboard, sorry if I'm keeping you from closing up," Sora said putting the massive stack of books on the counter. Tukson put up his hands and smiled back at the boy.

"Don't worry about it kid, I really don't mind. Honestly, if I didn't have to sleep, I'd run this place 24/7." He said with a chuckle. Tukson then began scanning all of the books that Sora had brought up to him and upon looking at all the titles he gave Sora a suspicious look.

"So, any particular reason you have so many books on the Faunus?" He asked trying his best not to sound like he was interrogating the boy.

"Oh, The lady I'm staying with had a book about Faunus History and I just wanted to learn more since I finished it," Sora explained. Tukson took a good long look at the boy and saw that his eyes were sincere, which surprised him greatly.

"You're that interested, why?" He asked. Sora looked down a bit and sighed.

"Let's just say that I want to make a difference here and to do that I need to learn as much as I can," Sora said with a look of determination in his eyes. Tukson stared into the boy's eyes and he could see what he meant by 'Make a Difference'. The Older man then gave Sora a smile and began scanning the books.

"I see, well if you ever need more info feel free to drop by. My doors are always open." He said scanning the last book.

"Thank mister, I appreciate it," Sora said smiling back.

"Please kid, it's Tukson, and you?" Tucson asked putting the books in a bag.

"I'm Sora, nice to meet you," Sora said.

"And you as well Sora," Tukson said, handing Sora the bag of Books. "

I need those back in two weeks." He said.

"No problem, I'll have them back before then, I promise," Sora said before walking out of the store. Tukson watched the boy walk out and he crossed his arms.

"Good Kid, guess there's hope for this world after all."

Sora had taken out one on the books that he had been carrying and began reading it aloud

The White Fang: beginning

The White Fang is a Faunus organization, founded following the Faunus Rights Revolution, the White Fang was initially a peaceful activist organization created to improve relations between Humans and Faunus and improve the civil rights of the latter.

Sora saw the word 'Initially' and a sense of dread began to wash over him. "Ok, so what happened?" He asked himself before he continued reading.

Initially, their activities consisted of nonviolent political protests with such tactics as mass rallies and boycotts of organizations that discriminated against Faunus in any way. However, ultimately, these actions proved ineffective. Approximately five years later, after fruitless attempts to be accepted by the Humans as equals by peaceful means, Ghira Belladonna the leader of the White Fang stepped down and was succeeded by Sienna Khan, who did not share the same belief in nonviolent protest. Under this new direction, the White Fang evolved to its current violent and more aggressive behavior.

Sora's eyes widened and, had to look over the former leader's name again just to make sure what he read. "Wait, Belladonna isn't that-

CRASH!

Sora was brought out of his thoughts and looked around for the source of the crash. He quickly turned the corner and saw a young girl with short black hair surrounded by a bunch of thugs and twirling a red and black Scythe. She wore a black long-sleeved dress with a high collar and red trim on the sleeves, over it was a black waist cincher with red lacing in the front and the skirt of her dress had red trim and redlining. She also wore a pair of thick black stockings and black combat boots with red laces, red trims around the top, and red soles. What Sora took notice of and thought was really cool was the red hooded cloak fastened to her shoulders by cross-shaped pins.

To Sora, she looked like a superhero that was trained by the Grim Reaper, and that just made her seem even cooler. Sora then saw a man with orange hair walk out of a building holding a cane and smoking a cigar. He wore a red-lined white suit with long black pants and black shoes, a small gray scarf, black gloves with buckled sleeves, and a black bowler hat with a small feather tucked into its red band. Sora didn't know why, but he knew this guy was bad news and Summoned his Kingdom Key.

"Well, Get her!" The man in white ordered. One of the thugs rushed forward to attack the young girl and before he or the young girl could react..

"BLAZE!" Suddenly out of Nowhere, a huge fireball homed in on the thug and pushed him into another building knocking him out. The young girl's eyes widened at what just happened and wondered where the fireball came from.

"Hey!" Everyone turned to see Sora standing with his Keyblade resting on his shoulder. "Six against one, how about we even the odds a bit." Sora then jumped high into the air and landed behind the young girl who was looking at him with figurative stars in her eyes.

"Wow, that was so cool, How did you make that fireball!?" She asked in a frantic tone. Sora chuckled at the girl.

"Questions later right now, we have work to do! Ready?" He asked. The girl nodded and got into her battle stance. The man in white just stared at the two teens and shook his head.

"Everyone thinks they're a hero today, get them." He ordered. The thugs all began to rush the two teens and neither of them seemed worried. Sora quickly blocked two swords and pushed them back just ash fast.

"Counter Rush!" Sora said as he unleashed a fluffy of slashes on the two henchmen that attacked him. Once he was done, he jumped into the air once again and aimed his Keyblade at them.

"Balloonga!" He shouted as a massive yellow Balloon was formed and headed for the two enemies. The two thought this was some kind of joke so they both slashed the Balloon, only once they did the Balloon not only popped it created eight smaller balloons that homed in on the two and before they could react they were knocked around by multiple small explosions. "I love that spell, Sora said before landing on the ground.

He then turned to see the young girl fighting off the remaining four henchmen. They all began to charge at her and she began to smile, She quickly embedded her scythe into the ground and began spinning around on top kicking them in their faces. She then took her Scythe out of the ground and fired off a shot to hit one thug in the gut and hitting another with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. Sora looked on with wide eyes.

"Wow, it's also a gun, that's so awesome! She took out two guys with very little effort." He gushed. She then fired her weapon again and brought the side down on one attacker forcing him to the ground unconscious and dodged the next's gunfire with her speed, getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she could throw him to the ground next to the man in white.

"You were worth every cent, truly you were." The man said. The Young girl landed next to Sora and she smiled at him.

"How was that?" She asked proudly.

"That was epic, you're really something else. Now let's take care of this chump." Sora said, turning his attention back to the man in white.

"Sorry kiddies, but as much as I would love to stick around." The man raised the end of his cane and aimed it at the two teens. "But I'm afraid this is where we all part ways." The Man then fired a small red fireball at the two and Sora Quickly got in front of the young girl.

"Reflega!" He said as he summoned a barrier of light to surround the girl and himself from the explosion the fireball caused. Once the smoke cleared, Sora dropped the barrier and began looking around for the man.

"Over there!" The girl said, pointing to the man who was climbing a ladder on the side of another building.

"Let's get him!" Sora said before running after the man.

"Right behind you!" The girl said following Sora. Sora used his Flow-Motion to maneuver his way up to the roof of the building, while the girl used her Scythe to propel herself up to the roof in one shot. Both teens stood behind the man who had nowhere to go.

"So are you gonna give up?"

"Or are we gonna have to knock some sense into you like we did your lackeys?"

The man didn't turn to face them, instead he just shook his head.

"I hope you both know this isn't my first rodeo, people like me always have ways of escaping." He said cryptically. Before the two teens knew what hit them, a bullhead came out of nowhere and the man quickly jumped onto it and finally faced the Sora and the girl. "End of the line kiddies." He said before tossing a red dust crystal at them and shoot it once it was close to them. Sora was about to put up another Barrier, but just as he was about to, a certain older woman jumped in front of the two teens and extended her arm.

"Protectja! Soon Sora, the girl, and the older woman in front of them were all covered in a Purple protective Aura and the explosion from the red dust was nullified. Once the smoke cleared, Sora finally got a good look at the woman in front of him and he began to smile.

"Glynda!" He said in an excited tone. Glynda turned her head and gave Sora a small glare.

"You and I will talk later, for now… Thundaja!" Suddenly a large storm cloud appeared above the Bullhead and after a few seconds, multiple strikes of purple lightning began hitting the vehicle. The man in white began to stagger and went to the front of the bullhead.

"We got a Huntress!" He said to the pilot who left the controls and made the man drive. Glynda's riding crop was then covered in a blue aura and she aimed it at the storm clouds.

"Ice Storm!" She said as a small ball of blue light was fired from the crop. Once the light disappeared, Glynda brought her down and multiple Ice shards began falling from the clouds. Sora could only watch in awe at what he was seeing, Glynda was using spells that he never knew existed and they looked so powerful.

"Wow, her Semblance is so cool." The girl said with figurative stars in her eyes. Sora had forgotten that Magic wasn't a thing here, so of course, this girl would think that Glynda's magic was her Semblance. Just as the ice was falling, a woman in red took the place of the man in white and she began aiming a burst of energy at Glynda. Glynda didn't flinch as her Protectja spell was still active and the attack was nullified, but the flame splattered behind her and began to glow hot with the woman's raised hand.

Glynda backflipped out of the explosion, which destroyed part of the roof and used her actual Semblance to gather the shards to create a large arrow, which she threw at the aircraft. The woman in red shatters the arrow with several fiery blasts, but it reforms just in time to hit the side of the Bullhead due to the man in white making a quick aerial lean. The wreckage separated and reshaped into more arrows that encircled the jet, so the woman in red summoned several glowing rings around herself that expanded and destroyed the shards entirely. Glynda was shocked by this and glared at the woman. Sora saw that the two were about to get away and aimed his Keyblade at the Woman.

"Mega Flare!" He shouted as a massive fireball was launched from his Keyblade. The woman in red widened her eyes and put out both of her hands to try and block the attack. She tried, but the 'Mega Flare' Overpowered her slightly and knocked her down.

"What in the, how did he-" Before she could finish her sentence, the door to the Bullhead was closed and the man in White took off at full speed.

"Got away," Sora said dismissing his Keyblade and looking at Glynda.

"Sorry." He said. Glynda looked at the boy and sighed. "Nothing to dwell upon now, right now I'd like to know why you're causing trouble in Vale." She said pointing her Crop at Sora. The Keyblade Wielder flinched a bit.

"Um...I was just buying some books when I heard this girl about to fight that guy and a few of his thugs." He explained trying not to make Glynda angry. Glynda raised an eyebrow and looked to the young girl who wasn't too sure about what was going on in front of her. Glynda then walked Sora further away from the girl.

"I understand you wanting to help but, still you should have left this to the proper authorities. You're supposed to be keeping a low profile unless needed." She said. Though Glynda did scare Sora a bit, she needed to know one thing about him that was crucial if he was going to stay here.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to just standby when someone needs help. I know the rules prevent me from doing certain things, but that's one thing I'll always do." Sora said with determination in his voice. Glynda's eyes widened for a few seconds before she sighed.

"It appears I underestimated you, The Master did say you would do things your own way from time to time." She said. Sora gave the older woman a sheepish smile before she spoke up again. "I'll look past this for now, but if something like this happens again I need you to at least tell me before you go off swinging that Key." Glynda said.

"I thought you said you weren't going to babysit me." Sora said in a confused tone.

"That was before I actually knew how much trouble you would be, you need to be watched." Glynda said in a stern tone. Sora flinched again, but he didn't argue. Glynda then took a breath and looked to the young girl who was surprisingly still standing there. "As for you young lady, you won't be getting off so easily." She said causing the young girl to flinch. "Umm.." The young girl didn't know what to say. Glynda then raised her riding crop in the air and soon she, Sora and The young girl were covered in white light.

After a few seconds, they were all back on the ground and the damage that was caused was repaired.

"Wow, that was so cool. You're Semblance is so amazing, just what I'd expect from a Huntress" The young girl gushed. Glynda walked over to the young girl and gave her a small glare. "You're name?" She asked.

"Huh...oh uh, Ruby...Ruby Rose." The girl now known as Ruby stammered.

"Well, , I hope you realize you are still in trouble. You and my student will be coming with me to discuss your punishment." Glynda said.

"Punishment, But I-" "No excuses, do I make myself clear!?" She asked harshly. Ruby shrunk and nodded. Sora couldn't help but feel sorry Ruby, she was just defending herself.

"Hey, don't you think-"

How have you been my Liege?

Sora instincts kicked in and he summoned his Kingdom Key once again.

"Who said that!?" Sora said looking around. Glynda and Ruby looked at the boy with confusion in their eyes.

"Sora what's-" Before Glynda could finish her question, multiple gray creatures began to surround the group. They all had strange bodies that were covered in what looked like light gray jumpsuits, and their "mouths" were like zippers that undid themselves to reveal sharp-toothed mouths underneath them. The group got close to each other and readied themselves for battle.

"What are these things, I've never seen Grimm like these before," Ruby said, pulling out her Scythe. Glynda stepped close to Sora.

"Do you know what these are?" She whispered.

"Nobodies, the bodies of those who have lost their heart to the Darkness, and if they're here that means the Organization is to," Sora explained. Glynda gritted her teeth at this and put her focus back on the enemies.

"We'll talk about that later, right now let's deal with these monsters," Glynda said pointing her crop at the Nobodies.

"Right!" Sora said before looking at Ruby.

"You up for this?" He asked. Ruby smiled and nodded.

"Oh Yeah, Let's Go!" She said before launching herself at one of the Nobodies and giving it a few quick slashes. The Nobody dodged a few of her Scythes slashes but was not fast enough to evade the final slash and was pushed back slightly.

"Wow, despite how they look these things are pretty durable," Ruby said going after the Nobody again. This time she decided to use her semblance to increase the power of her next few attacks. "Hi-YAH!" She screamed as a flurry of rose petals seemed to pass through the Nobody's body and caused it to disappear. "Ha! Piece of cake!" She boasted.

Sora just stood in place as three Nobodies closed in on him to attack. As they were about to Strike, Sora used his 'Reversal' Ability to move behind them confusing them. "Lethal Frame!" Sora said as the three Nobodies were suddenly frozen in time. Sora then used this time to deliver a three-hit combo on all three Nobodies and once he was finished he rested his Keyblade on his shoulder and smiled. "Bye-bye!" After that, slash marks became visible on each Nobody and they were instantly destroyed. Glynda took a less direct approach and raised her crop to the sky.

"Transcendence!" Soon, the remaining enemies were hurled into the air and Glynda used her crop to send them all crashing back onto the ground below destroying them utterly. Ruby and Sora just stared at the woman in Awe, she didn't even move and she took them out like it was nothing.

"Just like a Huntress to not break a sweat," Ruby said with a huge smile on her face. Sora smiled as well.

"That and she was trained by a Master Keyblade Wielder and Magician," Sora said to himself. Glynda took a deep breath no doubt because of how powerful the spell was and walked over the two teens.

"We need to talk Sora and Ms. Rose, you're still not off the hook." Both teens sighed and nodded at the older woman.

Back to Present,

Location: Elena's house

"And that's what happened," Sora said as he, Blake and Elena were all sitting in the kitchen for breakfast. He made sure not to give away too much as the rules forbid him from doing so, but he did his best to leave out the magic and what the Nobodies really were. Blake and Elena just stared at the boy and wondered how he got in so much trouble.

"You mean to tell me you fought off not only a gang of thugs but also a group of monsters alongside the Co-headmaster of Beacon and a young girl with a giant mechanical scythe?" Elena asked, still trying to wrap her head around this.

"Yeah pretty much, I wasn't looking for trouble, honest." Sora said not wanting Elena to give him the 'Mom' look. Elena was about to speak up, but Luckily Blake came to his aid.

"Go easy on him Aunt Elena, he was just doing what he thought was right. He wanted to help and I think he did the right thing." She said. Elena looked to Blake and then back to Sora and she sighed.

"I guess so, but still rushing in like that was dangerous! You may be a strong fighter Sora, but you still could have gotten hurt." She said in a serious tone. Sora looked down.

"Sorry." He said. Blake couldn't say she didn't try and help him, but she knew Elena wasn't going to give up so easily. Surprisingly, Elena just ruffled Sora's hair and smiled at him.

"You remind me of myself when I was your age, I was always going in guns blazing without a plan." She said with a soft chuckle. She then turned to Blake.

"Your parents would always call me out of my recklessness and I always just thought that they were trying to boss me around all the time. This is until your father saved my life from that very recklessness." Elena said looking down before looking back to Sora.

"All I'm saying is it's fine to help and fight, but be smart about it." She said. Blake and Sora looked at one another and nodded. Sora also took a moment to think about what she had said and how it related to his Mark of Mastery Exam. He was both focused on the test and helping the people in the Sleeping worlds instead of focusing on the Organization and why they were in the sleeping worlds in the first place. He should have asked more questions, he should have been smart and stopped to think about the situation instead of hand waving it as 'it's just part of the test.' That's what led him into Xehanort's Clutches the first time, well not anymore. Sora gave Elena a toothy smile.

"I understand Elena, and I am sorry. I'll try to be more careful in the future." He said. Elena smiled back at the boy.

"Good." She said before standing up from the table.

"Well, you kids might have the day off, but I still have to open. You kids enjoy yourselves, I'll see you later." Elena said walking out of the living room.

"Have a good day," Sora said with a smile.

"Don't work too hard Aunt Elena," Blake said.

"I will Sora and No promises Blake." With that, she went out the front door leaving the two teens alone.

"Thanks for that, I appreciate it," Sora said.

"Well, we both know how Aunt Elena can get when she's angry and I don't think you should get yelled at for helping someone," Blake said, taking a bite out of an apple.

"What she said is true though, I do tend to rush in without warning," Sora said, scratching the back of his head.

"I can't disagree with you on that, You did help a complete stranger when you first got here." She said with a smirk. "Sora returned the smirk and crossed his arms.

"You're right and that very stranger became my friend...or at least I hope that's what she considers me." He said. Blake chuckled and shrugged her shoulders.

"Not sure, I'm still thinking about it." She said with a smirk. Sora just rolled his eyes.

"So we leave in two weeks, are you ready for a new adventure?" He asked with a small smile. Blake stared at the Keyblade Wielder for a few seconds before sighing.

"I guess so, a new start would be nice." She said. Sora's smile got wider and he stood up.

"That's what I want to hear." He said in an excited tone. Blake chuckled at the boy. Sora chuckled as well, he was happy to see Blake smiling.

"Alright I better clean up the living room before Elena gets back, I don't want her getting mad." Sora said standing up and walking to Living room.

"I'll give you a hand, I still can't believe you read most of these." Blake said following Sora.

"I can't believe it either, I learned quite a bit though and I'm hoping it will help in the long run." Sora said picking up the books on the floor. Blake raised an eyebrow at his words.

"What do you mean?" She asked Curiously. Sora just gave her a warm smile.

"My secret.. At least for now." He said. Now Blake really wanted to know what he was up too, but she let it go.. for now anyway.

"So those Monsters you fought, i've never seen anything like them before." She said walking over to the Brunette. Sora flinched at the mention of the nobodies and he took a small breath.

"Uh..yea, Neither have I." He lied not looking back at her. Sora didn't want to lie, but he had to follow the rules or else Glynda would find him. Blake raised an eyebrow at his quick response.

"Doesn't sound like you had too much trouble though, guess they were low-level Grimm." She said putting a hand to her chin.

"Maybe, like I said, I've never seen or fought that kind of Grimm before." Sora said, still not looking at Blake. The Cat-Faunas knew something was wrong, Whenever Sora talked to Blake or anyone really, he would always look them in the eye when doing so. So why was he not facing her, why was she getting small responses from the boy.

"Sora I-" "Oh yea, I have to say something." Sora said putting the last of the books on the living room table before turning to Blake.

"I'm sorry about last night." Blake's eyes widened at the boy's sudden apology. "I knew you didn't want to talk about it and I still pushed the Subject. Sorry about that, I should have minded my own business." He said looking down. Blake looked slightly guilty and sighed.

"You're right, it wasn't your business." She said cooly. Sora frowned a bit, but felt a hand on his shoulder causing him to look up. "But I know that's just how you are. You were just worried and I lashed out at you. I'd like to apologize for that, I know you just wanted to help." Blake said with a small smile. Sora was confused by this.

"Why are you apologizing, I'm the one who-" "Nope!" Blake said cutting the Keyblade Wielder off.

"Look, how about we pretend that last night didn't happen and move past it. I don't like seeing you all mopey, that's my shtick." She said now, smirking at the boy. Sora stared at the Secret Cat-Faunas for a few seconds before chuckling.

"I guess you're right, it is more your thing." He said crossing his arms. The two laughed for a minute before continuing their conversation.

"Sora, I'm not going to tell you about the day we met, not right now anyway. Just give me some time, can you do that?" Blake asked. Sora gave his usual toothy smile.

"Of course, When you're ready to talk I'll be here." The brunette said before holding out his pinky. Blake looked at Sora before giving him a small chuckle.

"You really are just a big kid." She said.

"Huh?" Sora asked in confusion. Blake shook her head and wrapped her pinky around Sora's.

"It's a promise." She said, finally giving the Keyblade Wielder a genuine smile.

"Is that a 'Real' Smile I see?' Sora teased.

"Don't ruin this Sora."

Location: Forever Fall

Deep in the forests of Forever Fall, a portal of Darkness opened and from it came two tall men in black coats.

"So he's already here, to think he beat us to this world." The first man said with a dark chuckle.

"It matters not, whether Sora is in this world or not, the fate of this world has already been decided." The second man said in an emotionless tone. The first man gave a hardy laugh.

"Oh come on, you know how much of a fighter that kid is. You think it's the best idea to underestimate him now?" He asked.

"He's nothing more than a failed vessel, he'll fail just as he did in the sleeping worlds." The second man said.

"As if! After an experience like that and coming out of it with only a few bruises, i think our little Key Boy is gonna surprise us this time around." The first man said smiling underneath his hood.

"You speak nonsense." The second man said. Before the first man could speak up again, another portal of Darkness opened and another man in a black coat walked out.

"It's not wise to Underestimate your opponent, Young Master." The third man said. The Second man just scoffed and crossed his Arms.

"Why are you here Boss, I thought you had Business elsewhere." The first man asked.

"I've only come to message from Ansem, Young Riku is in the Other world we were scouting and he might need you on a few occasions. Not only that, I'm here to make sure you don't fail again." The third man said looking over to the second. The first man laughed and nodded.

"Alright then, what's our first move?' He asked. The third man gave a dark chuckle.

"Research, let's see what this world is like first."

Location: ?

"Magic you say?" A voice said coming from a small, spherical Grimm that was covered with bone-like plates, red tentacles ending in white, bony spikes and a single eye.

"Yes Ma'am, I'm sure of it and it was different from anything I've seen from you or the Fall Maiden. Not only that, it seemed like the boy's attack wasn't at full strength, but it still overpowered me." The woman explained. There was silence from the tiny Grimm for a few seconds before the voice came back.

"I see, I'd like you to look into this boy and his abilities and if he is what you say, we must… appropriate this power he has." The voice said in a calm tone.

"Yes Ma'am." The Woman in Red said.

A/N: And that's It Everyone! I Hope you all Enjoyed this Chapter because in the next we're finally starting the Beacon Arc! It's all officially going to begin: New Friends, New Battle, New Adventures and New Gummi Missions! Not much to say this time other than I'm so happy you all are enjoying the story and I'd like to thank everyone for the comments and support. As always comments and Criticisms are Welcome and I'll see you all in the Next Chapter!