A/N: Hiya! Here's chapter three! Thanks to all you great people who reviewed! I love you all!!!
Disclaimer: I'm only on the third chapter, and I've already ran out of creative ways to say I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Just imagine how the other disclaimers will be...
Gummi Battle
"You're not coming!" Sora exclaimed, blocking the door to the Gummi ship.
"Sora--"
"No, Kairi! It's too dangerous!" Sora paused, his voice quieting. "I don't want anything to happen to you."
Kairi laughed.
"Sora, nothing is going to happen to me. You'll be there. Besides, this time I won't be in the way. I can defend myself."
Sora opened his mouth to protest.
"Just let her in, Sora." Riku called from inside the ship. "We have to go. Both of us will be there to protect her if something goes wrong, not to mention Donald, Goofy, and the King. What could happen?"
Sora shrugged, and, slightly grudgingly, stepped aside, letting Kairi by.
"Thank you," she smiled, kissing him as she passed.
~*~
"You be careful, Donald!" Daisy said as she gave the duck a hug. "And don't do anything stupid."
"Aw, Daisy, you know me."
"Exactly!"
~*~
Grabbing Minnie's hands, King Mickey smiled at her.
"Don't worry, Minnie." He said "We'll be back as soon as the castle is safe."
Minnie nodded.
"I know." She whispered "Just be careful."
Together, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy boarded the Gummi Ship, the King taking the driver's seat.
"Well," he said, turning to face the others. "Here goes nothing, right?" He pushed a button, and the Gummi Ship was gone, leaving a mouse and a duck standing alone on the hangar.
"You know," Minnie reflected, turning to her best friend. "It was almost easier last time. Then, I didn't have to watch him go."
~*~
"Whoa, that's a lot of Heartless!" Goofy exclaimed as the Gummi Ship flew forward.
"Like Chip and Dale said," Kairi nodded.
"We can take them," Sora replied in an optimistic voice. We have to.
"Sora, take the wheel," the King instructed as the distance between the ship, and the Heartless closed. Sora nodded, and as he slid into place, the others waited in tense silence, until…
"Why aren't they firing?" Donald asked.
"I don't know, but we're completely surrounded," Sora replied, looking around. The others followed suit, and sure enough, there were Heartless ships on every side, and they were closing in.
Sora shot.
The next ten minutes were a flurry of lasers. No matter how many Heartless they took down, another always took it's place.
I have to end this!Sora thought frantically, as another ship fired at them. If something happens to Kairi before we share a paopu…
"Sora…" Donald quacked, pulling the boy from his thoughts. "Where are we?"
Sora looked around, and realized that he had no idea. He had been following the pattern of the battle, flying wherever he could to avoid lasers, and take down Heartless. Disney Castle was nowhere in sight, and they had traveled to a part of interspace that Sora, Donald, and Goofy had yet to explore.
"We have a problem." Riku said, motioning to the window. "Look at how they move. It's almost as if they know exactly what to do."
"But, Heartless can't work as a team…" King Mickey muttered.
"Well, maybe someone gave them exact instructions." Goofy supplied.
"But who?" Donald asked.
"And for what?" Kairi finished.
They all fell silent, wondering, and the only sound was the shroom of the lasers. Then, it hit Sora.
"We're being herded!"
"What?"
"Look at the way they're moving. They intentionally cleared that spot so we would fly into it."
"But for what?" Kairi wondered. "Where could they possibly want us to go?"
That's when the meteor came into view, and the Heartless ships moved in, removing any possibility of veering from the giant rock's path.
"That's where," Riku deadpanned.
It wasn't just any meteor either. About six times larger than the Gummi Ship, and glowing a sickly orange, it moved fast, quickly closing the distance between it and the Gummi.
Just as the nose of the Gummi hit, Sora jumped out of his seat, pulling Kairi into a hug.
~*~
Funnily enough, the last thing Sora felt wasn't the jolt from the crash, but a strange tearing sensation that came after. It felt almost as if half of his soul had decided to leave, ripping itself from the rest of him. Eventually though, the pain subsided, and Sora groaned. How strange. he thought brokenly. An echo. Then, he thought nothing at all.
~*~
Donald was the first to regain consciousness.
"Sora," he fumed out loud. "How is it that every time you drive, we crash into something?" He sat up, looked over the group, did a double take, then took a head count. It was his indignant quacks that woke the others.
"Donald, what's wrong?" Mickey asked, following the Magician's gaze. His own mouth fell open.
Lying in the remains of the Gummi Ship were Sora and Kairi…and Roxas and Naminè.
A/N: When you write "gummi" over and over again, it starts to look really weird. That chapter was shorter than usual... I could have sworn it was longer than that when I was writing it. Maybe I write too big... If it ended too quickly, tell me. Now, down to business. If you want to favorite, or put an alert on my story, please review too. I'd like to know what you think about it if you like it that much. But everyone, please review anyways. Thankies! Bye for now! (Axel is for sure in the next chapter. I've already written the part where he comes in.)
