Mishap Adventures
Author's note: Welcome to a new mini-series story of Kingdom Hearts. Writer's block has struck again and I've been struggling for the last nearly two weeks. This has many random things happening to our heroes and while it's set after Kingdom Hearts 3, it's also, shall we say, a sequel to my one-shot story "Quick Thinking".
I don't own Kingdom Hearts.
Mishap 1: Wonderland.
It's been three weeks since the final battle in the Keyblade Graveyard. Two weeks since the restoration of Namine as well as the day out on Destiny Islands where everyone enjoyed their time together playing or relaxing. And two weeks...
Since both Sora and Kairi shared their first kiss. It had been so wonderful and it melted both their hearts that they were now a couple. Though their first real romantic moment had been slightly ruined when Riku and everyone else saw the performance, much to the two lovers' embarrassment despite being congratulated by Aqua, Terra, Mickey, Goofy, Olette(who had squeeled in delight), and Isa, while Lea gave Sora and Kairi a thumbs up, Roxas, Xion and Namine were confused even though they knew at least a bit about love, Hayner and Pence were shocked, Ventus and Chirithy smiled happily and Donald tried hard not to laugh.
Now things were finally back to normal but much, much better even though there had been one loss; Master Eraqus. While it wasn't exactly the same without him, Terra, Aqua and Ven managed to move on and they had so many new friends plus Mickey to help them and support them. Though there were still a few bits of Heartless activity around which everyone apart from Hayner, Pence, Olette and Namine since none of them were fighters agreed to keep an eye out.
Which is why both Sora and Kairi were now gently descending the tunnel into the bizarre world of Wonderland, as part of Kairi's further training to soon take up her Mark of Mastery exam. Sora volunteered to train her and take her to one of the worlds that needed to be checked on despite not being a Keyblade Master yet either, but Yen Sid and Mickey both agreed it was to have Sora take up the exam again himself in the near future.
Sora held onto Kairi's hand as they finally landed at the bottom, gently setting down on the ground as he asked her, "You okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine. It was a bit scary at first, but I felt a bit better with you here." Kairi replied, blushing a little as she and her new boyfriend were reluctant to let go of each other's hands. Though they eventually did as Sora led her through the tunnel which they quickly took out a couple of Heartless that appeared not long after they arrived.
"Man, I forgot how weird this place is." Sora commented as he opened the door on the other end of the tunnel, which as usual led to opening several more smaller doors until finally the last one opened up to the bizarre room.
"I think I remember Axel mention something about how Wonderland always gave him the creeps, whether it was his time with Roxas or the other members of the Organization." Kairi said thoughtfully, and seeing these doors made her think that both Lea and Sora were right in both occasions; this world was both creepy and weird.
Sora chuckled a bit nervously, "Yeeeeeah...Gotta admit it's creepy to me too. And the Queen of Hearts has a real bad temper that's ten times worse than Donald's."
Kairi shuddered at the thought, remembering all of the stories Sora had told her and Riku not long after the defeat of Xemnas. "Just hope we don't meet her then."
Her boyfriend didn't argue with her, as he allowed Kairi to go first before quickly following as they crouched low to go throug the door before emerging into the Bizarre Room. What caught Sora off guard was that it was...different now. Gone were the small room with the bed that could be flattened into the wall to reveal the true entrance into the other whacky parts of this world, the fireplace and lights. Now the room was...insanely bizarre with walls that actually began to make his eyes hurt a little.
The only things the same were the table with the two bottles, the real entrance and of course the door with the talking doorknob which on the other side held the keyhole to Wonderland's heart.
"I thought you said this room had a bed and a fireplace." Kairi spoke up, confused as he felt.
"I did..." Sora replied, scratching the back of his head. "I have no idea how or why this room suddenly changed."
"That's so strange." The Princess of Heart murmured as she gazed around once more. It was nothing like she thought it would be, apart from the table and the small doorways. She and Sora then approached the said table as she then questioned about the bottles. "Are these what I think they are?"
He nodded. "Yeah. The blue bottle is to help you shrink down to size so that you can go through the door right there. The red one is help you grow back to normal size."
Then remembering how weird if felt, Sora then suggested. "If you like, I'll go first to show you how it's done."
To his surprise, Kairi smiled at him warmly, "I think I have a fair idea how it's done. So, I'll go first."
"Uh...Kairi? You sure about that?" He asked, suddenly uneasy. The very idea of his girlfriend being shrunk before him made Sora quickly worry about her safety as horrible memories of what happened in the Keyblade Graveyard just before facing Xehanort and Organization XIII in battle began to return to him.
"Well...I am a bit nervous, but I have to be ready for anything, right? After what happened with Xemnas almost kidnapping me again, I don't want to get caught off-guard." Kairi answered, carefully picking up the blue bottle and uncorking it. She then took a cautious sip while Sora watched nervously and worriedly.
As she did, Kairi was a bit surprised while admitting. "Mmm...It tastes like...cherry tart." But as she did, she began to shrink and she took another sip, continuing. "Custard."
She shrank again.
"Pineapple."
Once more shrinking, Kairi added, "Roast Turkey-Whoa!" before stumbling as she was now smaller than the bottle and it was suddenly too big for her to hold that Sora quickly took the bottle and placed it back onto the table while his now shrunken friend sat there for a moment.
"Kairi, are you okay?" Sora asked, softly and gently since he didn't want to be too loud while bending as low as he could so that she wouldn't have to crank her neck so back. He winced as Kairi, regaining her senses, looked up and suddenly looked shocked, stunned, surprisingly amazed and a little bit frightened.
"Oh, wow...! Sora, you...look so big from here." Kairi lamented, already knowing that she was now much, much smaller.
"Uh, yeah...I'm not gonna comment how small and uh...very cute you look right now." Sora sheepishly responded, scratching the back of his head. "Hold on, I'll shrink dow-"
He cut himself off when he saw something that made him gasp in shock. "Kairi, behind you!"
Sensing darkness before he even warned her, Kairi spun around and saw five Heartless thankfully the same size as her appear. But there was also a large Heartless that was unfortunately Sora's size. Fortunately, Sora summoned his Keyblade and tossed it to knock the normal sized Heartless back across the room and leaped over Kairi and the tiny Heartless to avoid in stomping onto her. Knowing that Sora would be busy with the 'giant' Heartless to keep her somewhat safe, Kairi summoned her Keyblade and blasted her Flower Shoot spell at two Heartless and quickly took them out.
She then jumped out of the way when the three other Heartless attempted to get to her in different directions, but the Princess of Heart was faster and swung her weapon at one, destroying it instantly. Kairi then used her Fire Spell at another and finally spun around and whacked the last one into oblivion with surprisingly perfect ease. They then, Sora had finished off the normal sized Heartless that almost caused her harm before he sighed in relief and dismissed his weapon as did Kairi once they both sensed they were safe for now.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked as he carefully approached his tiny girlfriend who nodded. "Sorry, didn't mean to leave you with the smaller Heartless. I just couldn't let that large one hurt you."
"It's okay." Kairi reassured with a smile. "It was actually good practice."
"Huh? Really?" He blinked in surprise as he bend low once more.
"Yeah. I mean, I prefer to travel with you and the others, but I think there will be a time when I have to fight by myself. Like everyone else did." She nodded. "I told you before; I want to keep you safe, Sora."
"I guess...I did promise to keep you safe, Kairi." Sora replied. Remembering suddenly what else had to be done, he then said. "That reminds me, I'd better shrink down to size so that we can both continue on through Wonderland and stop the other Heartless."
Kairi didn't get the chance to reply as a familiar ringtone from Sora's gummiphone then filled the air, which sounded a bit too loud for her. Confused of who and why someone was calling him now, Sora stood up and pulled out his phone and answered.
"Hello?" He spoke.
"Hiya, Sora." Mickey responded as his face appeared on the screen.
"Oh, your majesty! What's up?" Sora replied.
"Well, gosh, the Heartless in Wonderland already disappeared and Master Yen Sid and I were wonderin' if you and Kairi took out the last of them." The King replied.
Sora blinked in surprise as did Kairi. So the Heartless they fought were the last threatening this world? "Yeah, we did. So we're done here already?"
"Yep! Sure are! Riku and Terra are on their way back from Olympus, and the others are almost done too. Donald, Goofy and I are on our way back as well." Mickey said.
"Okay. We'll meet you guys there." Sora nodded, as he and Kairi both shared proud smiles.
"Great!" Mickey cheered, before asking in slight confusion. "But um...where is Kairi?"
Flinching, Sora awkwardly replied, "Um...well, uh...can we explain when we meet you guys, please?"
While he wasn't sure why Sora was looking uncomfortable but at the same time not that worried, Mickey decided to go with the teenager's words and nodded. "Okay. See you real soon."
The two then hung up and Sora sighed in relief while putting away the phone, and shrugged apologetically to Kairi who shook her head and said, "Maybe I should've stayed in my normal size and squashed the smaller Heartless instead."
"Probably a better idea." Sora agreed. "Well, better get you back to normal. I'll hand over the other bottle."
"Actually, I have another idea. Why don't you pick me up?" Kairi suggested.
"Wait, what?" The spiky-haired teen asked, incredulously and briefly wondered if he heard right. Kairi wanted him to pick her up?
Smiling sheepishly, the red-haired teenage girl admitted. "I um...had a dream a while back of what would it be like to be held by a giant and I know you'll be gentle. Plus, we could have a little bit of fun before we have to head back."
'Sometimes I wonder if I'll understand Kairi's idea of fun.' Sora thought to himself. thinking of this as a crazy idea. On the other hand, he had to admit the thought of holding Kairi in his hand was hard to pass by but he didn't want to frighten or hurt her. Still, she did have a point as being on the table was easier in growing back to normal than it was from the ground...in a weird way.
"Well...okay. I promise I will be gentle." He replied after a moment, and bend down once more, somewhat nervously laying his hand onto the ground.
Nervous herself and thinking to herself that she must be crazy, Kairi climbed aboard the giant palm of her friend and sat in the middle so that, as Sora carefully lifted her up to his face level, she wouldn't lose her balance. She then stood up slowly and her heart raced at huge big he was up close.
"Wow...I feel like a mouse who isn't King Mickey or Queen Minnie." Kairi admitted, both amazed and nervous.
"I feel like a giant who is holding the most beautiful tiny girl ever and want to keep forever." Sora teased, feeling giddy by the experience. Even holding little chef back in Twilight Town was nothing compared in holding his small girlfriend like this. He then grinned somewhat mischievously and carefully reached out a finger from his other hand and gently tickled Kairi on the stomach.
"S-Sora!" Kairi giggled madly, trying hard to avoid the tickle attack and also stopping herself from falling over. "S-stop! That tickles!"
"Sorry. Couldn't resist." Her boyfriend shrugged as he stopped, but still held his finger out as Kairi gently held the tip with her much smaller hands. The two stared at each other for a long moment or two before Sora decided that enough was enough. "Think we'd better get you back to normal now."
Kairi nodded in agreement as she braced herself, but found she managed to hold her balance while Sora carefully lowered her onto the table and she climbed off once he laid his hand there long enough for her to do so. He then uncorked the red labled bottle and held it out to her. She nodded before drinking it. As she did so, Kairi then began to bigger and bigger until she was finally back to her normal size.
Though she did end up losing her balance when she found herself standing on the table still and yelped. Thankfully, Sora caught her in his arms as Kairi fell, stumbling a bit before regaining his balance and helped her stand as well, but the two were still in each other's arms, staring longingly at each other's eyes.
"Thanks, Sora." Kairi replied, blushing a little.
"Anytime." Sora replied warmly. "I definitely prefer you in your normal size, even though you were very cute when you're small."
"I prefer to be in my normal size too, despite it was a bit cool to be held by you as a giant." Kairi replied. "But it's much better when we're both the same size."
Sora nodded in agreement, and with that, he and Kairi found the nearest safe-point where they would safely teleport back into the gummiship and make their journey back to the Mysterious Tower to report to their friends at their job well done. They both mutually agreed to stay normal sized from now on unless the situation called for it.
Even if holding his girlfriend in his hand had been fun too, especially how cute she was. But Sora was true to his word; he loved Kairi more in her normal size.
Preview of Mishap 2:
"S-Spend the night at the Mansion?" Xion asked incredulously, while Roxas, Lea, Isa, Olette and Pence shared shocked glances.
"Yeah. It's almost Halloween and what better way to spend it than spend a night at the Old Mansion and tell ghost stories?" Hayner replied, grinning.
"But...that place..." The black haired girl began, uneasily.
"Not that I'm above of having a little bit of Halloween fun, that place isn't fun when it comes to memories." Lea stated.
"Plus, that place always gave me the creeps." Roxas nodded in agreement.
"What're you guys, chickens?" Hayner asked teasingly.
His friends who looked nervous and/or uncomfortable looked shocked before glaring challengingly at him as Lea said, "Not a chance!"
"Yeah, you're on!" Roxas added.
"I guess that's one way to spend Halloween." Olette muttered.
The decision was made. Roxas, Lea, Xion, Isa, Hayner, Pence and Olette would spend the night at the Old Mansion to tell Ghost Stories...having no idea what they were putting themselves into.
A/N: This story as I said will have many random things that Sora and the others will get themselves into, and as you can see, Twilight Town will be up next.
See you in the next chapter!
