Just A Stray Cat [O]

Zola made his way through the tunnels. He was wearing his regular black cloak. He hadn't thought to disguise his appearance here thinking no on e used the tunnels. He'd arrived here through a corridor of darkness. He was grateful being a data from of roxas he could use many of the real roxas's abilities. They came in handy for traveling the worlds and through the various towns here. He wasn't even aware he was alone until he heard a voice. He saw the strange yet beautiful girl and he waved.

"I'm sorry. I didn't think anyone used these tunnels anymore. I didn't even know you were here. I wasn't spying. Honest. I hope I didn't scare you." said Zola.

First Riku, then that scientist and now this girl with cat ears. He was meeting a lot of different people here. He smiled sheepishly at her.

Zola sighed.

"I already told you I didn't." said Zola.

He paused as she said his light and he smiled sadly.

"I don't know you know that but it's true. I don't really have light or darkness in me. Because I'm not real. I'm a data projection of a journal used by one of the Wielders of the Keyblade. I took the form of his nobody. You might have heard of them here. Sora and Roxas. I go by Zola now to try to avoid confusion. I know there's another boy name Ventus who looks like me too." said Zola.

He paused realizing she was staring at him and not at the same time.

"You're blind. You can't see regularly so you have a different sight right? That's how you can look into my heart." said Zola.

Zola looked at her oddly.

"The who?" asked Zola.

He nodded.

"I'm a being of data. The second that I know of made from a journal. I don't know what happened to the other one. I hope's still okay." said Zola.

He had no idea if Data Riku, Data sora or anyone from the first journal were still alive. The journal had been wiped again after it had been repaired. So maybe there was hope that they were still inside or had escaped.

Zola nodded.

"Yes. I took my form after Roxas like I said." said Zola.

He sighed.

"People in this town were taken from their homes and worlds. Their memories were altered so they believe this world exists. They don't remember Keyblades, the Organization, the Heartless, the Nobodies, the Unversed, other worlds. Nothing. They only know of this world and the false memories created for them here. I tried to get someone to remember and it ended up bringing Heartless to attack us. We barely survived and he had doubts. I made it my mission to restore everyone's memories here and save the worlds from Xenahort and his allies. But I don't know how." said Zola.

Zola listened to her and nodded.

"I see. That's a useful ability to have. Sensing someone's heart. Tell me can you sense captured hearts like ones taken by the Heartless? Or stored somewhere? There was a keyblade that held the hearts of six of the Princesses of Heart. They were restored thankfully but if similar items or magic can steal their hearts you'd be able to find it faster than most of us would." said Zola.

Zola nodded.

"Kind of. I can get hurt. I guess I'm just made of data more than flesh and blood." said Zola.

Zola grinned at her.

"Well I'm not entirely human either. I don't know what Roxas thinks of you. But I think you're incredible. So because of your ears is your hearing enhanced too? Like you could hear things better or from further away?" asked Zola curious.

Zola shrugged.

"So your memories weren't erased by this spell or you'd have no idea about any of the things i'm talking. Unless only part of your memories were rease. But I don't know if that's possible. Maybe none of the bad guys had attacked your world yet." said Zola.

Zola nodded.

"That's it exactly. People's memories are made of chains. Namine a girl here coudl take apart chains of memories and rearrange them to entirely new ones. It seems this spell or whatever duplicated it somehow. Or find a way to do it without Namine.' said Zola.

Zola smiled.

"Or you came at just the right time. I don't think I can do this on my own. And I know if something happened to me at least you'd be there to help. These people need their memories back. Or all the worlds will fall to darkness and Xenahort. And we can't let that happen." said Zola.

Zola nodded.

"I'd like to help any way I can. If necessary I could even open a corridor of darkness to your world but I worry about not being able to return once we do. So probably better to get at least some of them to remember so they can help both of us." said Zola.

Zola frowned.

"I thought the worlds were restored when Sora sealed the keyholes. There were a few that were sleeping but I'm sure they fixed that too. How is your world still gone?" asked Zola, confused.

He smiled.

"We need to try to trigger their memories. I tried talking to Riku and I think I triggered something. But the Heartless showed up. I'm not sure if you can sense them. They're creatures that steal hearts and those stolen hearts turn into mor heartless. The bodies of the victims left behind are turned into other creatures named Nobodies. The good news is when a Heartless and Nobody are destroyed their original person is restored. So victims aren't gone for good." said Zola.

He sighed.

"But he had his doubts and left. This has been more challenging than I thought. I want to help them but if I have powers over memory I can't really unlock them." said Zola.

"Two years since I fled my digital world as it was being altered like everyone else's memories. I've only found this world in the past few weeks." said Zola.

Zola sighed.

"I guess it was naieve to hope everything was restored after the keyholes were stopped. Heartless and Nobodies are still attacking worlds even with the keyholes sealed. So the danger is still there." said Zola.

Zola blinks at her in suprise.

"There's chances victims might not return? I just thought they'd come back when we wiped out all the Heartless and Nobodies. That's awful." said Zola.

The shock that some were beyond saving and others in the future could suffer that same fate. He would try to keep those numbers as low as he could.