Kingdom Hearts 3: Naru's Adventure

Chapter Three: Someplace Totally New

By: Oblivion Unknown

Lina and Naga walked through the front gates of Traverse Town and headed up the stairs in front of them. A turtle was crawling towards them, crying, "Myuh!" to Naga.

"Hmm? What's that? Lina! I think-!" started Naga.

"Quiet, Naga. What do you know anyway?" interrupted Lina. "We go this way."

"Hey! I know when to listen to animals!"

"And that's probably all you know. Come on." Lina continued on and Naga sighed.

"I'm sorry Miss Tama but I can't help your friend right now. If she wakes up before we come back, have her go into that store there."

"Myuh!" replied Tama-chan. She waved and flew off. She flew past the store Naga had pointed out, landed by Naru's hand, and cried "Myuh!" again to wake her up.

"Hmm? Tama? What a dream..." Naru muttered. Tama-chan scooted forward a little and bit her hand. "OW! Huh? I'm not dreaming!" She looked around. "W-where am I?"

Tama-chan flew out of the alleyway and Naru followed her. Upon seeing the bright lights of Traverse Town, she muttered, "Wherever the hell I am, it's definitely not on Earth."

"Myuh!" Tama-chan pointed at the store.

"In there?" The turtle nodded, somehow, and Naru walked into the Accessory Shop. Inside she saw a middle-aged man, with messy, shoulder-length brown hair, a short beard and mustache, and a gentle smile, behind the counter.

"Why, hello there," he said. "My name's Shibumi, what's yours?"

"Naru Narusegawa," Naru replied. "Where am I"

"This is my Accessory Shop, but I think you're talking about this city. This is Traverse Town. It's where most people who've lost their worlds end up."

"Why are there so few people here?"

"Only those with the strongest hearts tend to survive their world's destruction."

"I hope my friends made it okay..."

"Why not see if they're here? If you don't find them at first, come back here to rest up and you can look again."

"Alright! Thank you Shibumi-san!" Naru started out the door.

"Please, call me Shibumi!" he called. As soon as Naru got out the door, he turned and picked up a little cross-like device. "Justimon? This is Shibumi, the key has arrived."

A face appeared on the device. "Same as the first?" The voice sounded odd, as if two people were speaking at once.

"Same circumstances at least."

"Right. I'll be waiting for him."

"Actually, its a girl," Shibumi laughed.

"A GIRL!"

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Naru walked through the doors to the second district, while Tama-chan "Myuh"-ed and flew off somewhere. Someone came running, as if he was being chased. Suddenly he tripped. He turned around and yelled "No!"

A dark light surrounded him and lifted off of him in a circle. It turned white and flashed brightly. An odd-looking thing covered in patchy armour appeared in it and vanished abruptly. Naru had just enough time to catch the symbol of a crown on its chest. Naru heard a hissing sound at her feet, so she looked down.

A dozen Shines were rising from the ground, and prepared to attack her. She summoned the Keyblade to her hand and fought. Not for her life, but for the loss of her home and her friends. She scoured the district as best she could, destroying every creature that got in her way. Exhausted, Naru returned to Shibumi's store.

"Did you find anyone?" asked Shibumi.

"Only more of those thrice-damned creatures," Naru grumbled, sitting down. "I destroyed every one I could get my blade on."

Shibumi laughed in agreement. "Here. Have some water and something to eat."

Naru nodded. "Thanks. Those things are vicious." She finished the small meal and stood up. "Well, I better investigate that Third District I found. See you later, Shibumi."

As Naru walked out of Shibumi's store, she heard a voice (or was it two voices?), "They'll come after you." Naru spun, summoning her Keyblade. "And they'll keep coming after you as long as you wield that Keyblade." A tall figure stepped around the corner and if it hadn't been for his helmet, Naru would've seen his eyes widen in shock.

'She has the Dark Keyblade!' The man quickly regained his composure and pointed at the weapon in her hands to emphasize his statement. Naru took a good look at the guy.

His right arm was completely made of metal, ending with a fist as large as her head. His left arm, however, looked completely normal. He wore a blue and silver jumpsuit that extended up over his mouth. There was a scarf around his neck that extended down to his neck. and an opaque (from one side) helmet covering the rest of his head.

"Wh-who are you?" Naru asked, holding the Keyblade at the ready. The man lowered his hand and made his metal fist level to the street.

"I am your first test." His metal hand suddenly transformed into a beam sword. The warrior charged and Naru blocked his sword and moved off to the side, she slashed and he jumped over the attack, spun in mid-air, and countered. Naru jumped back to avoid the sword, but she was a little too slow: her shirt split open, showing her bra.

Shibumi, who was watching through a window, sweat-dropped. 'Smooth move, Justimon.' Naru's aura became visible and wind began to whip around her. The cry of "YOU HENTAI!" was heard throughout the city.

Justimon saw the Keyblade go straight for his face and he flinched, but when he heard a thud without feeling a strike, he opened his eyes. He saw the Keyblade stopped two centimeters short. Justimon looked up Naru's arm and saw a surprised, yet blank, look on her face. Looking a little closer, he found the source of that surprise: as Naru fell aside a boy moved his hand away from the karate chop to her neck.

"Your fighting skills appear to be faltering," The boy kneeled by Naru's side and picked her up.

"Do you have to talk like that, Henry?" A little, green-'n'-white rabbit-thing said, sitting on the boy's head.

Henry sighed. "Let's just get her back to the Hotel."

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"Uh, Lina?" Naga asked, as she walked down the Alleyway near the Second District.

"What is it, Naga?" Lina sighed. She was getting tired of all the stupid questions

"Aren't you afraid that the King's in deep trouble somewhere?"

"He can take care of himself. Just like he did all those years ago. I'm not afraid of anything, by the way."

Suddenly, she felt a hand tap her on the shoulder. She instantly freaked, jumping into the air and grabbing Naga.

Naga turned and muttered, "Not scared, huh?" and Lina promptly replied, "Crid ib."

"Are you here from Hearts Castle?" A short red-haired girl with a bon-bon said. She was wearing a light green dress and a yellow dog puppet on her left hand. A little, white creature with an odd, red symbol on its forehead sat on her shoulder.

"Did they sendja? Huh, huh, huh?" cried the little thing, dancing all over her shoulders. Lina and Naga nodded and followed the girl into the Hotel.

"By the way," explained the girl. "My name is Jeri. "And the little guy on my shoulder is Calumon."

"I'm Lina, and this bimbo is Naga," said Lina, and Naga grumbled behind her.

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Naru sat up in a strange room, her shirt repaired and her neck in pain.

"Hey, you okay?" A voice came from her left. When she looked she saw Keitaro!

"Oh, Keitaro! I'm so glad you're alright!" Naru reached out to take his hand when a white and green rabbit-thing landed on his head.

"What're ya talkin' about? This is Henry and my name's Terriermon!" it said.

Naru blinked. Her "Keitaro" was actually a boy with a slightly different hairstyle, and it was as blue as Shinobu's. Terriermon laughed a little. "Hey, Ryo! Ya think Henry over did

it a little?"

The double-voiced man walked in, "It's Justimon." He put his normal hand on his head. "Of all the people and keys. Why the Dark Keyblade? And why would it choose YOU?"

"Why you..." Naru looked ready to punch him. but then he blinked, her anger forgotten. "Wait... what do you mean 'Dark' Keyblade?"

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"There are three kinds of Keyblades," explained Jeri, speaking to Lina and Naga. "The Silver Key, which was first wielded by Sora; the Gold Key, first wielded by King Mickey; and the Dark Key first wielded by Xehanort's Heartless."

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"Who are they?" asked Naru.

"Xehanort's Heartless called himself Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness. He had taken over the body of Sora's best friend, Riku. Sora himself was helping with a search for the old King, Mickey." Henry explained. "This time, it's a lady called Raelen."

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"Raelen, huh? So who the hell's she?" demanded Lina.

"Raelen is Xehanort's younger sister and the opposite of Xehanort himself. Though her idea has merit, there have been problems," Jeri answered. "As they say, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

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"What's that supposed to mean?" Naru wondered.

"Stars are worlds. And for some odd reason, the worlds that Raelen has purified have been going nova," Justimon explained.

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"So how can we stop it?" asked Naga.

"By finding the Key! Yep, yep!" laughed Calumon.

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"It's probably no coincidence that you got the Dark Keyblade," laughed Terriermon. "'Cause instead of locking the worlds like the king did, you'll hafta unlock 'em!"

"Unlock?" blinked Naru.

"Let the Darkness back into the Hearts of Worlds, to keep them from going nova," Justimon picked up the Keyblade and it vanished in a black starburst to reappear Naru's hands the same way.

"It seems the Keyblade won't let anyone but you hold it," Henry grinned. Suddenly, on the far side of the room, one of the odd, armoured creatures appeared.

Justimon sprang forward, "Henry, run!" His arm turned into the beam sword and he hit the creature with it, crying out, "Sword of the Just!"

The creature was knocked out the one of the windows, right next to one that was boarded up. Henry ran out through a side door, knocking Lina back. Jeri ran, too, as more creatures appeared, followed closely by Naga, dragging Lina after.

Justimon grabbed Naru's wrist with his normal hand and pulled her out the window. "Never mind these Soldiers, go after the big one! It's probably in the third district." Justimon ran down the back alley and disappeared around the corner. As Naru headed the other way, several Soldiers and Shines materialized around her. She broke her way through, the Soldiers taking longer to destroy than the Shines, and made her way to the Second District.

She battled through scores of monsters until she managed to reach the doors to the Third District. She barreled through them and ran down a set of stairs to a larger area.

Upon a balcony nearby, Lina and Naga were trying to fend off a few Soldiers.

"So these are Soulless," mused Naga. She laughed her shrieking laugh. "They look so weak!"

"Alright, Naga! Let's get 'em!" Lina charged forward and... the balcony blew up. Lina and Naga flew through the air and landed on Naru's back.

Naga and Lina looked around where they had fallen and saw Naru holding the Keyblade. Well, they at least saw the Keyblade. Everyone stood up and started yelling when walls rose out of the ground, blocking every exit. Suddenly, several large yellow pieces of armour fell from the sky and they collected together into a humanoid creature without arms and legs (though it did have hands and feet), and the Crown symbol the Soulless Soldiers wore.

"Okay, fight now, talk later," said Lina, and the others nodded in agreement. Naru started the fight like she had fought the Grand Shine, attacking the hands. Lina and Naga followed suit with arrows of fire and spheres of ice, as well as sword strikes from Lina, until the hands began spinning rapidly.

The whirlwind of metal knocked Lina and Naru back several feet. Upon stopping, Naga hit the hand they had been attacking with her long sword and it fell apart into red orbs and blue-and-yellow orbs. The orbs flew into the fighters, making them glow red as some of their small wounds healed. They began fighting again, this time concentrating on the other hand. After fighting for what seemed like hours, every "limb" was gone, and everyone was nearly collapsing with fatigue. Lina reached into a pouch on her belt and pulled out a large sphere filled with blue liquid. She threw it up in the air and it shattered, covering the party with the substance. It was absorbed into their skin and they were suddenly full of energy.

Naru ran around behind the Guardian Soulless and tapped its body with her fist. She grinned and banished the Keyblade, reared back her arm, and let loose a Naru Punch. The torso flew against the far wall and fell to the ground, its head rolling to Naru's feet. She re-materialized the Keyblade and held it poised to stab the head.

She said, "This is for Keitaro." And stabbed down. The head and body vanished in a shimmering light, and a shadow rose from the head and vanished into the sky.

Naru, Lina, and Naga walked over to the giant doors to the first District and opened them up. As they walked towards Shibumi's shop, a head of dark blue hair poked out of the door above the stairs and whispered one word:

"Naru?"

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"The girl is quite powerful, wouldn't you say?" cackled a small, scaly creature. "She took down that Soulless like it was nothing!"

"The girl's power is not her own, but is the power of the Keyblade instead," said a rather handsome man with bony spikes sticking out all over himself.

"Why not turn her into a Soulless? That'll put her right!" laughed a portly man in the shape of an egg.

"Her friends are the King's Servants," muttered a man that looked like a mummy with Hakama pants and a Katana. "They look like total idiots."

"You don't look much better, crispy," sneered a spiky-haired man with a large scar running down the right side of his face. The "mummy" went for his sword when a voice cried out.

"ENOUGH! This bickering is pointless," an angelic boy with six furled wings walked into the room. He stopped next to the circular table and continued. "The girl is nothing, the Guardian was weak. Whether she balances the worlds or becomes unbalanced herself, she will serve our purpose." He smiled slightly as the villains around the table laughed.