//------------------------------// // Kingdom hearts 2 starts (unedited) // Story: The Unknown King // by Chaos Nightmare //------------------------------// As we arrived in Hollow Bastion I let the full crew out to stretch their legs and get some fresh air. I went up to the moogle running the synthesis shop and asked “Hey you want to make some money for next to nothing work?” I asked. “Kupo?” he asked before saying “What kind of job?” “Just getting data off a computer here.” I said. Before releasing “And I don’t mean the defence or Ansem's computer.” I corrected myself. “Alright then show me this computer kupo.” he said as we walked off. When we were out of sight I opened a Dark corridor which the moogle was hesitant to follow into. “Look I understand your concern but it's the only way to where we need to go.” I said. The moogle hestily went though and on the other side was the Gardens of Assemblage and in the middle of the room was the computer. “Kupo?” the moogle asked. “What is this place kupo?” “Heck if i know I just knew it was here.” I answered. “So what are these doors Kupo?” the moogle asked. "Each one leads to a data version of a specific nobody which I need the data of.” I said. “So can you get in this computer?” I asked. “Give me a moment kupo.” the moogle said as he was hacking the computer. “Here you got your data...” the moggle paused as a little data thing came out of the computer “now” the moogle said as I pulled out a bag of munny “Here you go 1500 munny.” I said handing him the bag before handing him a second bag with 750 munny “And this is to not tell anyone”. “Thanks for your business Kupo.” he said as I opened another Dark Corridor back to the main part of Hollow Bastion and we walked through it. As we finished boarding the ship and took off another person landed and ran out with his Duck and Dog friends. “It’s Hollow Bastion!” Sora said. “Gwarsh, looks kinda different now.” Goofy said. “I hope Leon and the gang are doing okay.” Donald said as some heartless disappeared from a nearby rooftop. “Uh-oh. Looks like we’re gonna have to do some fightin’.” Goofy said. As they walked through the marketplace to the top of the stairs where they saw a moogle returning holding a large bag of munny “I wonder what's with him?” Sora asked as Goofy and Donald just shrugged as they ignored the moogle and want down the other path of stairs. As they got to the Borough where they stopped when a claymore popped up. “Hey, what's going on?” Donald asked. “That’s the towns defence mechanism.” A voice said as Sora and the gang looked around before spotting. “Yuffie!” Sora said. “She was about the say something when something popped out of nowhere “Look out” yuffie shouted as Sora and crew quickly defeated the nobodies. When the fight was over Yuffie waved shouting “Hey, you guys!” before jumping down “I see you’re still in top form” she said. Sora bumped his chest before asking “What’d you expect?” before saying “Looks like you’re doing okay.” “Well, what did YOU expect?” Yuffie asked. “How are the others?” Donald asked, “Great!” Yuffie said. “Hey, Yuffie! Have you seen the King and Riku?” sora asked. Yuffie simply said “Nope” before walking off “But I had a feeling I'd see you guys again.” she said. Sora jumped a bit and put his hand in front of his face saying "We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other." mimicking Leon. Yuffie laughed asking “Is that supposed to be Leon?” As Donald and goofy laughed Yuffie said “Everybody's working on stuff over at Merlin's house. C'mon!” she said as she ran around a corner into Merlin's house. Inside Merlins place Yuffie said “Meet the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee!” Aerith was the first to speak “We missed you” she said. “Well, if you ain't in top shape.” Cid said. Leon just stood there and said “I knew it” Sora was confused and asked “Knew what? “A while back this guy asked about you and we didn’t remember a thing, said you were the one that helped retake our world and that we’d remember in time, then a while later we all remembered at the same time.” Leon said. “You...remembered? Wait! That means you forgot about us!?” Sora said. “Thanks!” Donald said annoyed. “So where've you guys been all this time?” Yuffie asked. “We were sleepin’” Goofy answered. “Where? In cold storage?” Cid asked as Sora, Donald and Goofy looked nervus. “It doesn't matter. This is great. Everyone's together again!” Aerith said. “So, um...we're trying to find Riku and the King. Have you seen 'em?” Sora asked. Leon, Cid and Aerith shook their heads before Leon had a thought “Maybe Huxley knows where they are?” he said. “Who’s Huxley?” Sora asked. Leon responded with “Wait you don’t know Huxley? “No, why would we know him?” Sora asked. “From the way he talked it sounded like the two of you knew each other.”Leon said. “Anyway let us know if there's anything we can do to help. Okay?” Aerith said. “Okay. Thanks.” Sora said as Cid got close. “Don’t go thanking us just yet” Cid said. “Hollow Bastion's got a problem. A big problem.” Leon said. “You mean, like Nobodies? And Heartless?” Sora asked. “That’s right” Yuffie said. “Sounds like you could use our help.” Sora said. “Then let's cut to the chase. Sora, Donald, Goofy. We were hoping the three of you might give us a hand around here.” Leon said before saying “We were also hoping to ask Huxley for help before he left.” Sora pounded his chest saying “Like we’re gonna say, no?” as Leon smirked “...I forgot who I'm dealing with.” He said. “Hey...what do you mean by that?” Donald asked. Aerith then said “Just think of it as a sort of ‘Leon compliment.’” Leon then opened the door “Follow me to the bailey” He paused before saying “there's something you need to see.” As he left Merlin appeared “Oh! I thought it was you. Right on time!” He said. “It’s Merlin” Donald said. “Sora and the gang said they're gonna help out!” Yuffie said. “Splendid! We'll count on you!” Merlin said. Sora, Donald and Goofy all said “Right.” Merlin then remembered something “Ah, yes. Did you give them the cards, dear?” Merlin asked. “Oh” Aerith said as she suddenly remembered the cards as she pulled out three cards “Here...they're presents for you. Leon thought you might like to have them.” Sora and co took the cards and looked at them before flipping them and reading them “Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee Honorary Member!” “Membership cards!” Donald said. “Kinda Cool, huh?” Goofy said as Sora and Donald noded. “Hey, thanks, Leahhh...huh?” he said turning to thank Leon who was no longer there. “Oh no! We're supposed to be at the bailey!” Sora realised as he tried to run out before being stopped by Merlin. “Just a moment, Sora. What about your magic?” Merlin asked. Sora paused for a minute before saying “Huh? Oh, that's right...” as he crossed his arms. “Maybe you forgot it while you were asleep!” Yuffie suggested. “Now, what am I to do with you? I suppose I'll have to lend you a few spells. But be careful with them!” Merlin said. “Thanks, Merlin!” Sora said. “To the bailey, and fast!” Donald said as they all left out the door. As Sora, Donald and Goofy left Leon returned to the HQ of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee. “Where’s Sora?” Cid asked. “He had something to do.” Leon responded. “Well you might want to see this.” Cid said “What is it?” “I was going through some security footage and came across this.” Cid said as footage of Huxley opening a Dark Corridor and walking through it with a moogle. “He comes out here a short while later” Cid said changing the view of the bailey where Huxley came out of another dark corridor with the moogle whom was now holding a bag of munny. “We don’t know where he went or what happened between that time.” “I’ll go pay that moogle a visit to see what happened between.” Leon said. “Be careful the last thing we need is the moogle association to stop selling to us.” Cid said. “I’ll be careful.” Leon said as he left Merlin’s house. As Leon went to see the Moogle Cid kept digging through the footage to see if he could get any more clues about Huxley. In the marketplace Leon walked up to the Moogle and asked “What were you doing with Huxley?” Leon asked. “Sorry I was paid not to talk.” The moogle said before saying “Though I could be paid more to tell you.” As leon rolled his eyes and digged through his pockets. “How much did he pay you not to talk?” Leon asked. “750 munny.” The moogle said as Leon pulled out a bag of 800 munny. “Alright he didn’t talk much but he said he wanted me to hack a computer to get data of some nobodies.” the Moogle said as he added Leon’s munny to his bag. “That's it?” Leon asked. “Yep he didn’t tell me much. The only other thing is wherever he got the data its still in Hollow Bastion.” The Moogle said as Leon left to head back to Merlin’s back. Back at Merlin’s place Aerith was giving Cid a drink when Leon came back in. “Well what did you find?” Cid asked. “Well he went to a place where the camaras can’t see and I doubt it's Maleficent's Castle.” Leon said. “Why do ya say that?” Cid asked. “Well there is the fact that unless She had a computer with data on the nobodies it's probably in Ansems castle.” Leon said. “Alright but the question is how did he know where this computer is?” Cid asked. “We’ll learn when he comes back.” Leon said before asking “did you learn anything on your end?” “Only that he’s ether transporting people or his ship has a crew which is a bad idea.” Cid said. “Why is it a bad idea?”Leon asked. “Well normally Gummi ships are meant to be manned by three to five people maximum and Huxley here has seven...granted we don’t know there rolls so it's to early to judge.”