Time for chapter 2! You know you wanna read it...
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Okay, enough nonsense, most of you are probably the kinds of readers that completely skip over all the bold information, and for that reason I will type randomly to see if anyone has a laugh once in a while, but its not gonna be that funny. ANYWAYS!
Disclaimer: You know I don't own anything, but just incase you don't, I have to explain that I don't own anything, I don't own anything Kingdom Hearts, this new world which I will not say where it is yet, but I don't own it or the characters, just words, now reading time!
Chapter 2
The First Arch
The kingdom key began to radiate a powerful light, that sent Roxas to another stained glass platform, unlike the one of Sora, this one was white, and completely empty of any image. Curiously he looked about, but it was entirely blank, like a sheet of paper.
"This will become yours one day." Ventus said.
"What to you mean?"
"This will be the window of your heart. To have a heart, you must gain the elements needed of a heart, emotions, memories, and especially friends. You will have to travel though several new worlds, make friends, learn about emotions, and build memories, all from scratch."
"That's all I have to do?"
"There is more, but we can talk about that after. For now, focus on your first task."
"Okay then, but how exactly will I go to these worlds?"
"I'll show you the way, but before you go, I want to give you a gift." Ventus waved his hand, and in a flash of light, Roxas was gifted with the magic of Thunder. "Now you can use some magic. Heartless still exist in all worlds, so you may need all the extra power you can get."
"Thank you, Ven."
"No need to thank me, I'm here to help after all. Now about that way out..." Ventus extended his hand to one end of the circular area, and a large door appeared in a brilliant light. "That will take you to a new world."
"But how-"
"It's a long story. Once you go into a world, you will have to stay until you're certain you have what you came for. I can bring you to only a few worlds total, and when you come back, that door will vanish."
"How will I get back when I'm ready?"
"Take this." Ventus handed him an ornate door key, one that matched the style of the pinkish door. "When it's time to leave, hold this out, and turn it. You will unlock the door and be able to return. Like I said before, be absolutely sure you're ready to leave when you use that."
Roxas accepted the key, and gave a serious nod. The boy approached the door, examining it through his eyes. He turned back to Ventus, and gave a thumbs up, as the door began to open, flooding the area with light.
"Good luck." Ven said, while waving goodbye.
With that, the light consumed everything in Roxas' views, and he was off to a new world.
Down a stone staircase, across long walkways, a large, bulky man was running through the night, making sure to stay inconspicuous for any possible night watch. He carried a large sack with him, but his muscle strength was enough to make the heaviness feel like nothing.
Near the bottom of another set of stairs was a crowd of citizens, all around a shopping bazaar. This was more than enough to blend in and find a place to hide the bag. On the way down the stairs, he tripped over a cat, falling down the stairs, and losing the sack in front of him.
The sack bounced down the stairs, and onto the back of a cart pulled by a llama. A man in a large, green poncho held onto the llama's reins, pulling her and the cart, away from shopping plaza. The one that carried the bag here desperately tried to catch up to the cart, but the large crowd prevented him from continuing. Soon, the cart was out of view.
The moon was full, and illuminating the night-time fields, as the man carried his cart through the road on the way home. Tired from the walk, he stopped to drink water from a container, before resting his arm on the side of his cart. Strangely, there was a bag he didn't think belonged to him. Curiously, he untied the top portion, and out popped a dizzy llama.
"Poor thing, are you-" He began.
"No... Touchy" The llama spoke back, still confused.
"Ahhh! Demon llama!" The green clothed man jumped back in fear.
"Demon llama! Where!" The llama looked all around before coming face-to-face with the man's llama, causing both to scream.
He tripped out of the bag, and started scrambling to get away, before completely falling down.
"Are you... Emperor Kuzco?"
"*pant* of course I am *pant* who else would I be?"
"Kuzco... you've been turned into a llama!"
Kuzco laughed like it was a joke. "Oh, you're funny! Now seriously, tell me what happened."
"Look at your reflection." The man pointed to a fountain.
"Yeah yeah yeah, if that will make you happy then I'll look." Kuzco looked into the fountain, only to see he really was a llama. "AHHHH! How did this happen! YOU! You did this to me!"
"What! No I didn't!"
"Yes you did! You're that crazy peasant guy that didn't want me to build my Kuzcotopia on your hill, so you turned me into a llama!'
"How could I have done that!"
"I don't know, with your crazy peasant magic!"
"Now you're just being ridiculous."
"That's what you want me to think! Well you know what? I'm going to head back to my palace, and get the help from my servants. I know, Yzma must know something. Old people know things, and she's as old as it gets." Kuzco started walking off towards a dark jungle.
"No, Kuzco, don't go in there, it's dangerous!"
"Oh really? I'm sure that's just what you want me to think! But I'm smarter than that."
Kuzco began walking into the dark jungle, despite the man shouting for him to not enter.
After the strong lights from the door subsided, Roxas found himself in an extremely dense jungle, dense, and incredibly dark. There were massive leaves all over the place, and bizarre animal noises could be heard in the distance.
"What a freaky world. Let's see, Ven said I need to learn more about emotions. I would swear I felt some before, but if what he said was true... they weren't my own." He looked towards his shoes. "Maybe I am just the same as the others."
His thoughts crossed other Organization members, Saïx, Larxene, and even Xemnas.
"Am I really just like them?" He sighed. "but I can be different; I can make a heart of my own, if Ven was telling the truth that is. But I don't think he would randomly lie about that, so I'm sure he knows what he's talking about."
There was a muffled voice nearby.
"Scary leaf!" the voice said, somewhat strangely.
Roxas quickly summoned the keyblade, it worked perfectly, and he held the kingdom key in his hands. Slowly, he crept towards the origin of the voice, until he could hear footsteps just around the bush. Just as the figure came close, Roxas leaped in front.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" a llama screamed.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Roxas added.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"WHY ARE YOU SCREAMING!" Roxas finally stopped the endless shouting.
"Because you just scared the llamas out of me!" the llama said, trying to catch his breath. "What's your problem!"
"Sorry, I wasn't sure if you were an enemy or not."
"Enemy? What, are you running from someone?"
"No, that isn't exactly what I meant."
"Well then, why are you here?"
"Well, I guess you could say I'm looking for someone."
I might not be looking for someone specifically, but I am looking for friends. Roxas thought.
"I see... Tell you what, since you seem to be a warrior, why don't you come with me to the palace, I'm the Emperor of this land, so I can help you find who you're looking for once I get back on the throne."
"Hmm, that sounds good to me. My name's Roxas."
"Emperor Kuzco, the one and only." They shook, hand to hoof. "As the emperor, I have an innate sense of direction, so if you'll follow me, I'll get us to the palace in no time."
Roxas agreed, and the two walked deeper into the jungle.
New world: Kuzcopolis
Roxas, now travelling with Emperor Kuzco, calmly examined the surrounding area. Kuzco seemed unfazed, but the jungle seemed dangerous. The keyblade wielder made sure to stay cautious.
"So... what exactly are you?" Roxas asked.
"I'm a llama, not that I want to be though."
"What do you mean?"
"This guy got upset that I wanted to build a vacation home on his hill, and turned me into a dirty beast, and now I'm stuck like this."
"Well that seems aggressive."
"You're telling me. But luckily, there's an old bag back at the palace that has a 'secret lab' full of potions and other stuff. All I need to do is snap my fingers and she'll gladly turn me back to normal, and I'll have my beautiful face back."
Something in the nearby bushes stirred.
" *gasp* what was that!" Kuzco backed away."
Roxas summoned the keyblade again, and prepared for the worst. But when the creature in the bushes revealed itself, it was just a little squirrel.
"Oh, it's just a little squirrel..." Kuzco said in disappointment.
The little critter offered him a small acorn in its tiny hands.
"Awww, is that for me!" Kuzco said endearingly, while accepting the gift. "Get lost Bucky!" he said, switching tones, and throwing the acorn back at the squirrel.
It got upset and ran back into the bushes.
"That was a little harsh." Roxas said.
"As if... I'm an emperor, what do I need an acorn for?"
Roxas wanted to argue, but Kuzco had a point. What's the point of a gift if you can't use it? Still, throwing it back at the squirrel seemed a little too mean. But before Roxas could put anymore thought into it, the ground beneath them gave away, and they fell.
"Whoa!" Roxas shouted, as they fell through several branches and leaves, before finally hitting the ground. "Ouch..." Roxas rubbed the back of his head.
When they realized where they were, neither said a word. All around them were sleeping black jaguars, all with sharp claws, and most likely had sharp teeth as well.
Suddenly, the squirrel from before crawled down some branches and stood on a wooden log, facing them. It pulled a red balloon out of nowhere, and blew it up, before tying it into the shape of a llama.
"What's he doing?" Roxas whispered.
It all became clear, as the rodent picked a thorn off the branch, and aimed it towards the balloon.
"N-N-N-No..." Kuzco tried to signal the squirrel not to pop it, waving his hoof frantically, with Roxas mimicking the distress.
The squirrel would have none of that, and shoved the thorn into the plastic membrane of the llama shaped balloon, sending a wave of air and loud noise their way. Both Roxas and Kuzco stood, petrified. But nothing happened.
Kuzco looked around, noticing all the black jaguars remained asleep, blissfully unaware of their presence. So he pointed back at the squirrel and shouted, "HA!"
That did it, virtually every jaguar awoke, and now growled at the two with anger and hunger.
"Run!" Roxas shouted, which was more than enough needed to get the emperor to sprint away.
The jaguars followed right behind, and while Roxas and Kuzco were able to keep a distance, the black predators were too fast, and quickly gaining on them.
"It's no use, we wont be able to outrun them!" Roxas said, while summoning the keyblade.
He quickly turned around, while Kuzco simply stopped and turned, and charged straight into the crowd of flesh eaters, and swung the keyblade with as much might as he could muster, knocking two leaping jaguars out of the way, and into a tree branch.
Kuzco remained watching in amazement as Roxas fought off the pack of big cats, yet almost failed to notice one run past Roxas, and leaped at the emperor himself.
"Kuzco! Fight back!"
The emperor tried to comply, and turned around, just as the jungle cat leaped at him, Kuzco turned around and kicked his hind legs back, straight into the face of the black meat eater.
"I did it! I did it! HA! You were all like "I'm a fierce hunter and I'm gonna eat you!" and I was all like "Not today kitty!'"
"Kuzco, stay focused!" Roxas said, while bashing another jaguar out of the way.
More jaguars continued to fight, as Kuzco, with his newfound fighting abilities, kicked one in the side, and ave a head-butt to another. Roxas continued to fight with the keyblade, as jaguars surrounded him. Thinking quickly, he unleased his Thunder magic, and it knocked out the group ready to ambush them. Kuzco then gave another strong kick to the last jaguar standing, and it went down, also dropping a shining object.
"Wooooo! Who's the bad llama now!" Kuzco cheered.
Meanwhile, Roxas kneeled down to examine the shiny object.
Obtained the magic of: Fire!
"Nice job back there, but what was with that light show?" the llama emperor said to Roxas.
"It was some magic I picked up a little while ago. Sorry I didn't say anything."
"Sorry! You're telling me you had magic all this time? You could've changed me back already!"
"Sorry, all I knew was that one spell, Thunder. At least, until now. I think I can use Fire magic now, but that's about it."
"Oh..." Kuzco looked sad and disappointed.
As they talked, the unconscious jaguars got up, one by one, returning to their battle-ready stance.
"Uh-oh..." Kuzco muttered.
"Let's get out of here!"
Roxas and Kuzco ran again, while the jaguars slowly recovered, and once all of them were healthy, they charged.
Not long after, Kuzco and Roxas reached a cliff, where they had nowhere else to run. And the jaguars were closing in. Just as all hope seemed to be lost, a man swinging on a vine, screaming like a banshee, swung by, headed for the jaguars.
"What in the world?" Roxas pondered.
He swung right be the flesh eaters, who simply moved out of the way, but he came swinging back, and grasped Roxas and Emperor Kuzco, before they were dinner.
"Don't worry, your highness, you'll be safe now."
Like complete irony, they smashed into a tree, with the vine wrapping around them, and tying them to different parts of the log. Kuzco on on side, the man on the other, and Roxas somewhere between.
"Not to be mean or anything, but you're new to this 'saving my life' thing, aren't you?" Kuzco smugly remarked.
"Don't worry, we're safe, we can figure this out." He encouraged.
"How exactly?" Roxas asked.
Before he could answer, the log began to give away, and slowly lost leverage.
"I hate you..." Kuzco muttered.
The log fell, with all three screaming, as it bounced and rolled all the way down to the river below, and they landed with a splash. Luckily, all were right side up, so no one was going to drown.
"Okay, at least we're away from those jaguars." Roxas mentioned.
"You know, I'm not used to this 'getting rescued' scenario, but I really doubt it's supposed to end with us tied to a log, floating down a river."
"Oh no..." The man muttered.
"lemme guess, huge waterfall?" Kuzco said.
"Yup."
"Sharp rocks at the bottom?"
"Most likely."
"Bring it on."
With those words, the log flew over the waterfall, to plunge to the depths below.
To be continued...
Okay then, chapter 2 complete. Almost killed by jaguars, and this is kingdom hearts, so there is bound to be heartless somewhere, I can't pretend there wont be, cause I mean seriously. Kingdom Hearts without heartless is like Pokemon where Team Rocket get away with pikachu, it's unheard of. Anyways, review, and all that stuff. If I know people are reading, I'm more likely to update.
Till next time.
