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5	[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8508559/1/The-Shrouded-Path The Shrouded Path]]is a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' crossover with ''Franchise/SilentHill'' featuring the main protagonists from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''.
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7	Set in an AU universe, the story begins when Aqua, Terra and Ven are sent on a mission to locate Master Xehanort. Somewhere along the way, they end up losing Ven, but manage to trace him to a town called [[FromBadToWorse Silent Hill]]. . .
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9	The Shrouded Path also has a DarkerAndEdgier sequel under the title [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9219860/1/Those-Who-Fight-Monsters Those Who Fight Monsters]].
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12	!!Characters from these works appear:
13	* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'':
14	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}''
15	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}''
16	** ''Franchise/TheLionKing''
17	** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''
18	** ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''
19	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''
20	* ''Franchise/SilentHill''
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23	!! Tropes Applying to The Shrouded Path include:
24	* AbandonedHospital: Ridgeview Clinic. Brookhaven Hospital looks like it's going to be this, but it's actually inhabited.
25	* AbusiveParents: Xehanort was one to Vanitas and routinely beat Vanitas to a pulp as part of their 'training'. It's Vanitas's desire to escape from this that [[spoiler:makes Silent Hill call to him in the first place.]]
26	* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Terra first summons his keyblade (by accident) while lashing out at Zack Fair which results in the latter's death.]]
27	* ActionGirl: Aqua, [[spoiler:until her keyblade breaks]].
28	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Ven's final battle against [[EnemyWithout Vanitas]] takes place within his heart]].
29	* BerserkButton: Do not touch [[PapaWolf Terra's]] friends.
30	* BigBad: It's no coincidence the trio were drawn into Silent Hill. [[spoiler:It's all part of Vanitas's plot to merge with Ven and become whole.]]
31	* BlackCloak: Members of [[ReligionOfEvil the Order]] wear this.
32	* BigDamnHero: Terra does this twice. The first time is[[spoiler: for Ven when he is dragged into the DarkWorld. The second time is for Ven and Aqua after Vanitas captures them]].
33	* BittersweetEnding: The trio escape from Silent Hill, but [[spoiler:are all damaged from the experience, and Vanitas is still out there]]. As of the sequel, this becomes more of a [[spoiler: PyrrhicVictory]].
34	* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Aqua temporarily defeats [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming the Bogeyman]], but at the cost of losing her keyblade]].
35	* ClosedCircle: Ultimately subverted. While Silent Hill does want to keep the heroes trapped, it is unable to deal with things like [[spoiler:dark portals and keyblade gliders.]]
36	* DarkIsNotEvil: Played with. Terra uses his power over darkness for the sole purpose of protecting his friends, which leads him to conclude this. However, the violence and instability he shows in the sequel calls into question how true this is.
37	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Terra [[spoiler: killed [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Zack Fair]] by accident when he was a kid]].
38	* TheDarkWorld: Both Terra and Ven face a version of Silent Hill's Otherworld: a hellish mirror of the real world filled with monsters.
39	* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Vanitas]] attempts this on Terra, but ultimately fails. He has better luck with brainwashing [[spoiler:Aqua]].
40	* DistressCall: Terra receives one from Ven via radio
41	* DroneOfDread: In ''Silent Hill'' fashion, a air raid siren announces the shift to the [[DarkWorld Otherworld]].
42	* EnemyWithout: Vanitas to Ven, as per canon.
43	* EscapeFromTheCrazyPlace: The only goal of the Wayfinder trio is to escape Silent Hill ''[[NoOneGetsLeftBehind together.]]''
44	* GodOfEvil: [[spoiler:Vanitas]] is revealed to be the god of Silent Hill.
45	* TheHeartless: Since this is ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', the franchise's usual take on the Heartless shows up here as well.
46	* HeroicBSOD: Terra falls into one, but snaps out of it once he's told his friends are in danger.
47	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Xion is killed buying time for Ven and his friends to escape]].
48	* HopeSpot: In Chapter 13, [[spoiler: the trio is finally reunited and about to leave. Then Terra's DarkAndTroubledPast rears its head...]]
49	* IJustWantToBeYou: [[spoiler:Vanitas]] would love nothing more than to take over Ven's life.
50	* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Ven tries this with a brainwashed [[spoiler:Aqua]]. It doesn't work.
51	* KangarooCourt: At the end of the jail, Terra finds himself in a courtroom where the judge decries him for being guilty before either side has a chance to present their case.
52	* KilledOffForReal: Unlike in Kingdom Hearts canon where {{Death Is Cheap}}, [[spoiler:Xion dies and stays dead. Vanitas makes a point of showing this in the sequel.]]
53	* LoveHungry: [[spoiler:Vanitas]] just wants Aqua and Terra to love him and be his friends.
54	* MomentOfWeakness: Both Aqua and Terra when they and Ven reunite for the first time. Terra gives into his rage and attacks Xaldin, accidentally burning Aqua when she tries to stop him. Aqua, on the other hand, can't hold back her disdain when Terra's DarkAndTroubledPast is revealed. If either of them had controlled themselves, they could have escaped Silent Hill much earlier.
55	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Terra nearly kills [[spoiler:Aqua]], paving the way for [[spoiler:Vanitas]] to take over her mind.
56	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Instead of being broken, the trials Silent Hill puts Terra through [[spoiler:help him master his [[DarkIsNotEvil inner darkness]], which he then uses to save his friends]].
57	* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Individually, all three members of the trio have plenty of opportunities to escape, but they refuse to leave without the others. [[spoiler: However, it's averted with both Xion and Ansem the Wise.]]
58	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Xion fighting The Corruption with nothing but a flashlight and some aglaophotis.
59	* OminousFog: Silent Hill is filled with a thick fog that makes it difficult for the heroes to see monsters creeping up on them and [[GeniusLoci aids the town in separating them.]]
60	* PapaWolf: Terra doesn't hesitate to turn on anyone he feels is a threat to Aqua or Ven, including [[spoiler:his surrogate father, Master Eraqus.]]
61	* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Vanitas eventually seizes control of Aqua, using her to attack and capture Ven while she can only watch in horror.]]
62	* SinisterMinister: Xemnas wants to help Vanitas [[spoiler:reunite with Ven]] and grow in power so he can rule the universe as his right-hand man.
63	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Vanitas is the {{Big Bad}}, having ascended to becoming the God of Silent Hill. All of this is happening because he wants to merge back with Ven and replace him in the Wayfinder trio. Oh, and he killed Master Xehanort a long time ago.]]
64	* YouWakeUpInARoom: After Terra is thrown off a building by Pyramid Head, he wakes up inside a room at Brookhaven Hospital.
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67	!! Tropes applying exclusively to ''Those Who Fight Monsters'' include:
68	* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Vanitas successfully forges the X-Blade, giving him access to Kingdom Hearts and its power.]]
69	* [[spoiler: AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Vanitas assaults the Land of Departure and drags it into Silent Hill.]]
70	* AloneWithThePsycho: [[spoiler:Aqua]] is captured by Vanitas and held prisoner inside her own home.
71	* BatmanGambit: Vanitas lures [[spoiler:Aqua away from the Land of Departure]] as part of a plot to [[spoiler:make Master Eraqus leave]]. This way, that world is left undefended and Vanitas can take it over at his leisure.
72	* BerserkButton: In addition to [[PapaWolf Terra's berserk button,]] Ven now has one regarding [[spoiler: Xion's death]].
73	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Ven is the nicest and sanest of his friends, but by the end of the story, is arguably the [[TakingALevelInBadass strongest]]
74	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Vanitas captures Ven and starts to torture him. What does Terra do? Break away from [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent's]] mind control and proceed to rescue him.]]
75	* BrokenBird: Aqua already suffers from extreme PTSD from the events of the previous story and the hits just keep coming. There are two separate occasions where she decides to give up and accept whatever grim fate is coming.
76	** [[spoiler:Sora as well. Between this story and ''The Shrouded Path'', he, Riku and Kairi are drawn into Silent Hill. Vanitas's plans are successful this time and not only does Sora watch Kairi's heart get ripped out in front of him, he's forced to abandon Riku to get her body to safety.]]
77	** [[spoiler:Master Eraqus renounces his title as a Keyblade Master and gives up his keyblade after failing to protect his students again.]]
78	* ChekhovsGun: In ''The Shrouded Path'', Terra's Wayfinder was modified to be able to track his friends' whereabouts. [[spoiler:When Terra falls under a sleeping spell and [[AllUpToYou Ven is left on his own]], he uses Terra's Wayfinder to track Aqua.]]
79	* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Riku to Vanitas. While he's not as strong as some of the monsters in Silent Hill, he has the unique ability to leave Silent Hill.]]
80	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Where the title comes from. Terra appears to be falling victim to this trope.[[spoiler: However, it's ''Ven'' who ends up JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope]]
81	* {{Hypocrite}}: Vanitas and Ven go back and forth accusing each other of this.
82	* LoveMakesYouEvil: Vanitas. Ven and Terra have also been performing some morally ambiguous actions, thanks to their obsessive need to protect Aqua.
83	* MindRape: In Chapter 19, Vanitas forces Aqua to live some of the horrible memories from the people drawn to Silent Hill in an attempt to prove the town is [[PayEvilUntoEvil a necessary evil.]]
84	* NotQuiteDead: Despite Terra sending them down a BottomlessPit in The Shrouded Path, the Bogeymen are just as strong as ever.
85	* OnlySaneMan: Ven appears to be this among his friends
86	* PayEvilUntoEvil: This is what Vanitas believes Silent Hill's purpose is.
87	* RageAgainstTheMentor: Terra blames Master Eraqus for the events of ''The Shrouded Path''.

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