They got back to Cid and he said that he installed the navigation. They found Kenji and got into the Gummi Ship and went to a new world; Hollow Bastion. They flew done and landed on this floating rock. There were these waterfalls around them, but they were going up instead of down. Mai and Kenji felt like they've been in this world before but couldn't remember at all.

"Why do I have this feeling like I've been here before?" Mai asked and Kenji looked at her.

"I mean, Maleficent brought here but even then this place felt familiar to me." He held his chin.

"That's strange." Sora said.

"I know, but it's just in here." She placed her hand on her heart. "I can feel it, but it's not in my memories." Then all of a sudden they heard a roar and this made Mai jump onto Sora, who held her in his arms. "What was that?!"

"Let's find out." She gasped at Sora's answer and gulped. She got off him and they started to glide onto the floating rocks which were ahead.

"No vessel, no help from the heartless. So tell me, how did you get here?" Riku asked curiously to a beast dressed in a purple cape and pants. The Beast placed his claws onto his chest.

"I simply believed; nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again no matter what. So here I am. She must be here. I will have her back!" The Beast yelled.

"Take her if you can." Riku said nonchalantly and the Beast jumped onto the rock he was on. The silver haired boy did a backflip and swung his Soul Eater at the Beast, who landed on the rock he was previously on. He roared with agony and dropped to the ground. Riku's smirk drops when he heard a shout.

"NOOOO!" Mai cried and ran to the Beast's side with Sora, Kenji, Donald and Goofy. "What are you doing?" She asked with tears in her eyes. Riku's glare softened and he was about to step forward but Sora stood in front of her.

"Stop!" The brown haired boy assumed that his best friend was going to hurt his crush/ best friend.

"It's best you not hurt anyone, Riku!" Kenji drew his deul swords and stood in front of them.

"So you finally made it. About time. I've been waiting for you, especially you Mai" She growled as she sensed he was flirt with her. Her face showed an irritated.

"Don't you dare flirt with me! You are not my crush and I do not even want you to go out with you!" Mai yelled and Riku felt his heart broke. He seen it coming but it still hurt. He knew she like Sora- she told him. But he had a crush on her and now it's completely crushed. He growled.

"Sora, we've always been rivals, and even now, haven't we?" Riku glared at Mai for a moment and the red haired girl clenched her fist; this wasn't the same Riku before. "You've always pushed me, as I've always pushed you."

"Riku…" Sora trailed off. Mai and Kenji readied their weapons.

"But it all ends here. There can't be two Keyblade masters." Mai's tears fell down her cheeks when he said the first sentence but she felt her blood boil when she heard the second.

"No! I think you're forgetting something." Mai called out and they all looked at her. She touched her heart. "Don't take me as if I'm invisible. Don't take me as if I'm useless. Don't take me as if I can't fight and definitely don't take me as a damsel in distress because I am a Keyblade master as well!"

"Yeah, she's right Riku! Mai's more stronger than me and Sora combined. And you're challenging us?" Kenji shouted.

"As if you haven't realised yet!" Riku barked at the spikey haired boy.

"What are you talking about?" Sora asked.

"Let the Keyblade choose…its true master!" The silver haired boy raised his hand up. Sora's Keyblade started to tremble as it shone and disappeared.

"Huh?!" Sora asked.

"WHAT?!" Mai and Kenji was confused and Sora's Keyblade appeared in Riku's hand.

"Maleficent was right, you don't have what it takes to save Kairi. It's up to me to save her now and I will save her." It was as if someone ripped her heart like a paper. The red haired shrieked with rage and charged for him. Their keyblades collided and Riku shoved her back. He struck her and she rolled on the ground.

"Mai!" Kenji and Sora exclaimed and She pushed herself of the ground. She stared at him with wide eyes.

"Are you okay Mai?" Kenji asked. She shook her head as the tears fell down her cheeks again. Then her bracelet started to glow and sparkle and she felt better again. Riku stared at the red haired girl and her bracelet; there was something about her and that thing. She composed herself and stood tall.

"Only the Keyblade master can open the secret door and change the world." Mai's eyebrows furrowed together and she roared.

"You're wrong Riku! The Keyblade master can't open the secret door and change the world, the only person who can do this is…" Her eyes widened when she realised what she was saying. Riku stared at her quite weirdly. "Riku, give the Keyblade back to Sora, he fought his way here with the Keyblade!" He smirked amused at this.

"He was just the delivery boy. Sorry, you're part's over now. Here, go play hero with this." Riku chucked a wooden play sword. Sora fell onto his knees and his palms were on the ground. It broke Mai's heart to see him sad and, to make it worse, Riku betrayed them.

"We have to remember our mission, we must follow the key." Donald said.

"Yeah, you're right. That's what the King said." Goofy agreed. "He also told us to…well we did that." Mai looked at them with large eyes not believing this, as they walked to Riku's side.

"We're sorry Sora." Donald apologised and he sighed sadly.

"Are you kidding me?!" Kenji yelled after everything you guys went through?! You guys are just as useless and back-stabbing as Riku!" Riku growled at this.

"Says the guy who betrayed me and Maleficent. You only went after Sora back on the ship to impress Mai."

"Is that right? I just didn't want anyone to get hurt or in your case, fall to darkness just as I almost did! Now it's clear to see I'm too late for you!"

"Shut up!"

As the two argued, Sora looked to Mai, "You might as well just leave me here and go and join Riku. I won't mind." Riku smirked with triumph and she gasped at what Sora said. The silver haired boy opened his arms for her with a big smirk on his face.

"Come on Mai, you can come to me now." She looked at him and looked at Sora, and then back and forth. On one side she had to protect Riku from the darkness, as well as Maleficent, and on the other her best friend without a weapon.

"Riku…" She trailed off as the tears fell down her cheeks and she looked up at with an emotionless face. "This isn't fair; you can't just take away someone's weapon like that even though it was supposed to be yours."

"Well, it serves him right for taking away someone's best friend." Mai's eyebrow twitched at this.

"What do you mean?" His face turned into an annoyed one.

"Come on Mai." She shook her head and placed her hand onto Sora's shoulder.

"I'm not following you! I can't just leave my friend like this, especially without a weapon. My friends are my power," Mai looked down at Sora with a smile "and I'm theirs! I'm not going to leave Sora like this."

"And I'll see her to it!" Kenji glared. His face showed anger and he turned around.

"Mai, because you've been my best friend for so long, I'm giving you a chance and some time to think…" He said and walked off.

'You say that like you're going to kill me...' The red haired girl turned to her brown haired friend and held out her hand. He took her hand and she pulled him up. Kenji sighed.

"I failed..." He looked to the ground, "The darkness... got him..."

"It wasn't your fault, Kenji..." Mai forced a broken smile, "It's his."

The Beast started to walk slowly and groaned with pain. Sora ran up to his side and shouted. "Don't move you'll hurt yourself." Mai walked to his side as well and placed a hand onto his back.

"He's right, if you move more than your wound will hurt badly." She mumbled gently.

"Why…Why did you…you all come here?" He asked. "I came to fight for Belle." The Beast stood up straight and growled. "And though I am on my own, I will fight. I won't leave without her. That's why I'm here." Sora picked up the wooden sword.

"Me too, I'm not gonna give up now. I came here to find my friends, who very important to me." He said and Mai stood up tall.

"We'll never give up! We'll save our friends."

"I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but you guys know why I'm here; to save and protect." Kenji stated. "I won't give up!"