Kingdom Hearts: After Birth

Kingdom Hearts: After Birth is a story that takes place 13 years after Kingdom Hearts 2. This story begins when one night 4 figures were staring up at the stars on Land of Departure. These figures were Aqua, Ven, and their 2 13 year old children Sean and Emily with Sean being the oldest by a few months.

"It's getting late Ven, we should get home." "Alright Aqua. Sean, Emily, we're heading back.  Come on." Sean waved his hand and said, "Be right there Dad." He was just thinking about the journey his Mom, Dad, and Uncle Terra went on all those years ago. Then he summoned his keyblade, Wayward Wind. He always had the power of the keyblade but was never able to summon his own, same with his sister. So their parents both gave them the first keyblades they started out with. Sean got Wayward Wind and Emily got Rainfell, while Ven held onto Lost Memory and Aqua held onto Brightcrest. "Earth to Seam, come in big bro." Emily just leaned over Sean before he finally snapped out of it. "Huh, oh. Sorry Em, guess I spaced out for a sec." he said nevously. "You think, now let's go before Mom and Dad think we fell asleep out here." "Right, I'm coming." Sean just could'nt shake the feeling that something very bad was about to happen. He just shrugged it off and ran after his sister who was already ahead of him. When he reached the castle steps, Emily was already standing there, just frozen like a statue. "Em, what's wrong?" She could only point a finger in the direction of the doorway. Sean looked and saw his father half-alive just barely standing on his feetand blocking the onslaught of attacks from his opponent. "DAD!!!" Sean maneged to yell and take a step forward, and Ven only managed to say, "Sean, take Emily and run to your mother in the next room, I'll be fine. "But Dad-"  "No buts, just go!"  Sean only nodded in agreement and grabbed Emily's arm, leading her to their mother in the next room as their father instructed.  "Sean, Emily, you're both ok."  Aqua ran up to them and embraced them with a big hug.  She then let go and said, "We have to leave now."  "But what about Dad?!"  "Sean you're father will be alright, he can handle himself in a fight."  Sean was only able to sigh.  Giving in he said, "Ok."  Aqua then summoned her Brightcrest and opened a portal to the Lanes Between.  She activated her armor and Sean and Emily did the same.  Sean's armor was just like Ven's only with Red as a base color and outlines of blue, black and silver.  Emily's armor was just like her mom's only with purple as a base color with outlines of pink, blue and gold. They walked into the portal, leaving behind the world they once knew.

This story from here on out will follow Sean's story line. Everything will be from his perspective.

After we went through the portal, we all formed our Keyblade Gliders, Emily and I followed Mom to the nearest world where we could settle down for a bit. I suddenly felt this strange voice call to me from the world where Mom said we would be going, a world called Radiant Garden. *Come find me and will tell you what you need to know* So I listened to the voice and split up from Mom and Em. Little did I know this was all going to be one weird day for me. I landed on the world and got out of my armor,I looked around and saw a big town with people being busy everywhere you looked. Eiter the were running errands or running shops, this place was packed with people. So I decided to look around and I heard the voice again. *Come find me in the Outer Gardens* Now where was that. I walked up to a woman about 28 years of age, she was wearing a pink dress and her hair was tied togethe by a pink ribbon. "Excuse me Miss, where could I find the outer gardens?" "Oh, it's just past that gate right there to your left, and please, call me Aerith." "Thanks Aerith, I"m Sean, I'll see you around." I ran off only hearing a faint 'good-bye' from Aerith, she was so polite and kind.  I ran past the gate into the Outer Gardens and saw a man dressed in all black except for the brown belt on his trousers with a strange looking mark on it.  "So you finally came."  "Who are you, and how did you speak to me in my mind?"  "Whoa, one question at a time. First off, I'm Zack, Zack Fair. Second off, it's an ability I aquired from my wife Aerith." "Wait, you're Aerith's husband?!"  Zack had a puzzled look on his face for a second.  "Yeah, you know Aerith?"  "Mhm, I met her in the marketplace and I asked her how to get here."  Zack seemed to be proccessing all this a bit slower than I though he would.  "So why'd you call me here Zack?"  "Oh, that's right I almost forgot. You're Ven's son right?" "Yeah, and Aqua's."  It felt weird saying my Mom's first name.  "Alright, way to go Ven. Hard to believe I asked her on a date." "WHAT???!!! YOU ASKED OUT MY MOM?" I fainted from all the shock for a while.  When I woke up I was in an alleyway with Zack, Aerith, and some kid I've never seen before.  "What happened?"  "You went into shock after I told you, certain things. By the way this is my and Aerith's son Lucas. Lucas seemed to be a few inches shorter than his dad, considering I was a couple inches taller than Zack, that made me about half a-foot taller than Lucas. "Hey, I'm Sean." Extending my right arm to sake hands, he gladly excepted the hand shake and returned it. "Nice to meet you." "Aerith could you do the honors?" "Of course Zack." "She turned twords the wall and spoke some sort of chant. The back wall of the alleyway suddely split open revealing a hidden passageway.  "Whoa."  I turned to Lucas who said, "I know, right?"  We walked down the tunnel and into a large building, which appeared to be a mansion.  I turned to Lucas and said, "My house is bigger"  "Really?"  "Yeah, me, my sister, my Mom, and my Dad-"  I cut myself off thinking about my dad, who we left back home to fight off that creep.  I came to when I heard a familiar voice, well 2 voices actually.  The first was Lucas who asked, "Will your sister go out with me?"  and the other said, "Forget it shrimp!"  I recognized that voice anywhere.  "Em, you're okay!"  I ran to my sister so happy I could cry, but I was cut off by a pain in my stomach.  That pain was her fist.  I collapsed on the ground, writhing in pain.  "That's for making me and Mom worry about you." I slowly got up holding my gut, "I can feel the love already." I said jokingly. "You big idiot, I missed you." She came over and helped me stay up on my feet. We went up to the 3rd floor guest room and found Mom sitting by herselfon a big bed. "Mom!" I ran over to her, ignoring thew pain from Em's punch and told her how sorry I was and I'd never do it again. "It's ok, as long as you're safe. Thank you for bringing him Zack." "No problem, I owed you for beating Hades all those years ago at the Coliseum. So now we're even." "So, what's going on here?" I asked. Mom then explained about how Vanitas was back, and he was stronger then ever and how we need an army of new keybladers to stop him. Me, Em and Mom were the first 3 of the team. But then Lucas interupted everyone and held out his hand and revealed a keyblade. (Keyblade info: It looks like a smaller version of Zack's Buster Sword from Crisis Core, the hand gaurds were the golden details at the end of the buster sword that were modified and square ended.  the keychain was a summon materia.  The keyblade was named "A SOLDIER's Honor")  Then Lucas put it away. He said he would join the team on our quest to gather keybladers and save Dad from Vanitas.

Next world: New Vestroia

We set off for the next world and Mom cast a spell on Lucas so that he would be protected in the lanes between like our armor does for us. We set a course for a world called New Vestroia. It sounded interesting so I took the lead of the group with the exception of Lucas on my Glider. Everyone else just followed me and we landed behind a small rock formation in the middle of a wasteland. I walked around for a bit and found a small ball looking item. It was mostley red with a few orange details. "Hey, you." I looked around and saw nobody there. "Down here, in your hand" I looked down and saw the little ball pop open into a little figure. "Human, what is your name?" "Sean, what's yours and what are you?" "My name is Leonidas, and I am a Bakugan." I thought for a second and looked at Leonidas. "A Bakugan?" "Yes, but do not mention me around your alies until the time is right." then he closed himself up in a ball again. "'Until the time is right.'" I mocked. "I can still hear you." "Heh, sorry." "Also look behind you." I turned around and found a weird looking machine and a deck of cards with the name 'Leonidas' on the case. So I took them and went back to the others. "Where have you been young man?" Mom asked me. "Uh, going to the bathroom behind that rock." "Mom, did you have to ask?" After 5 minutes of arguing, we head out in one direction and saw some kind of trailer. We walked up to it and knocked on the door. "Who is it?" came a female voice. "Just some travelers looking for help." I responded and then I heard my stomach and the others stomcahs. "And some food." I added. "I guess I can let you in." Then the door opened revealing a young girl with deep blue eyes and orange hair she wore an outfit consisting of mostly brown and white. "My name is Myra Clay, you're welcome here for as long as you want." I just couldn't stop staring at her, she's so beautiful. "Uh, t-thanks." I was able to say. Then we walked in and saw the place was pretty high tech. "Guys we have some guests. Come on down." Guys? Then one by one the all came out of their respective roms and came to greet us. "Hey, what's up? I'm Dan, this here's my buddy Drago." a small ball like, creature got on his shoulder and popped open. "Hello." whoa, I guess Leonidas isn't the only Bakugan here. Next came a shour boy with blond hair and glasses. "Hi' my name's Marucho and this is my partner Elfin," "Hello, any friend of Marucho's is a friend of mine." Then came a taller guy with jet-black hair and orange eyes, "Hi there, I'm Shun and this is Ingram" "Greeting everyone." "Ignore ninja boy, I'm Ace and this is Percival." The boy had breenish hair and gray eyes, weird. "Hello' I'm Percival" Thean an energenic boy with purple-pinkish hair came along and almost fell down the stairs. "Sorry I'm late guys. I'm Baron, and this is my battle partner Nemis." "It is nice to meet everyone." Then Myra came over and said, "This is my partner Wilda." "Greetings everyone." "Now what are your names?" "My name is Aqua, it's a pleasure to meet you all." "I'm Lucas." "I'm Emily, but you can call me Em." ....... "And the wide-eyed wonder next to me is my older brother Sean." Then I said, "You all have Bakugan?" Mom Lucas and Em looked at me strangely. Dan said, "Yeah, we travel new vestroia fighting for peace and freedom for the bakugan. We're the Bakugan Resistance." "Do you guys have any bakugan?" That was Baron. "Well, I'm the only one out of the four of us who does. Everyone gave me a 'when did this hapen' look.  "This-"  I held him up for everyone to see "Is Leonidas."  "Leonidas, is that you?"  "Drago?"  "Dan, it's Leonidas. Remember, from the whole mess with Vladitor?" "Oh, yeah, Leonidas you look different."  "Yes I evolved from Omega Leonidas to Beta Leonidas."  "How bout we test that new power in a battle? I see Dan is always up for a challenge. "All right Dan, you're on." We walked outside to set up, but then 3 ships approached us and out came 3 figures. "Vexos" Dan muttered under his breath. "Spectra, Gus, and Lynq." "Well, well. Dan Kuso made some new friends, wouldn't you say Gus?" "Yes Master Spectra, and of them apears to be the target, Leonidas." "This should be nice, we get to beat on the brawlers and hydron gets a new statue." "Not if we can help it." Dan and Myra were at the ready with me. The 3 Vexos were also at the ready. "GAUNTLET, POWER STRIKE!!!" Dan went first, "Gate Card Set!" "Bakugan Brawl!! Drago Stand!" "Bakugan Brawl, Helios Stand." "Bakugan Brawl, Wilda Stand." "Bakugan Brawl, Altair Stand." "Bakugan Brawl, Leonidas Stand." "Bakugan Brawl, Vulcan Stand." 6 ginormous beasts in all, 3 on our side, and 3 on theirs. "Ability Activate, Burning Dragon!" Drao then shot a huge firebal from his mouth at Helios. "Ability Activate, Wilda Charge!" Wilda then rushed at Vulcan with plenty of force. "Ability Activate, Beta Cannon!" Leonidas then charged up a giant ball of blue energy and shot it at Altair. All 3 turned back to ball form and the vexos's life meters all went down by 90 precent. "This is too easy" "Oh is it now?  Just wait till next turn.  Gate Card Set"  In unison: "Bakugan Brawl"  Spectra shouted, "Gate Card Open!  Damage Chaneller"  "This card allow our 3 bakugan to deal as much damge to you as we took last round." uh, i spoke too soon. our bakugan were then blasted just barely able to stay on the battle ground. "Leonidas!" "Drago!" "Wilda!" A card in each of our hands started to glow. then my keyblade was summoned and it started to change shape, into one with a design that remebled Leonidas in a way so much *Beta Fang* Suddenly A a light appeared in Dan's hand, it formed into a keyblade! It resembled Drago in a way as well *Dragon's Flare* I could hear the keyblade's name in my head. The same light appeared in Myra's hand, it to formed a keyblade. *Earthen Wilda* So weird, 2 keybladers on one world? then we all used our cards, "Ability Activate!" "Beta Key: Rapid Healing!" "Dragon Key: Ultimate Flare!" "Wilda Key: Earthquake Hammer!" My card healled all 3 of our bakugan to full power, while dan's and myra's cards made the vexos loose and fleeback to their hide out. "You want us to come with you to take out this Vanitas creep?" "Yes, you would both make a great addition to our team. Of course, when this is all over you can come back to your world." "Sounds like an adventure to me. Marucho, can you and the others hold down the fort here?" "You can count on us Dan." "Well," Myra began "sounds interesting, I'll come." YES, YES!!! I was shouting for joy in my head before I let my window of opertunity almost slip by. "Hey, Myra can I talk to you for a sec?" "Sure, what do you need Sean?" "Well, when this whole adventure is over, would you like to go out with me?" Myra blushed for a momment the gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. "We'll see." Whoa... that was amazing. That was almost a definate yes!! I ran to catch up with everyone and looked at leonidas, "you wanna come with us?" "Sure, you've grown on me partner." Mom opened up a portal to the next world.