Kingdom Hearts: Supreme Adventure

By: DJ Rodriguez

(Author's Notes: Hey, everyone! How are you all? I hope you had a good Christmas, and enjoying an excellent New Year! 2012 is here, and we're going to start it off right with this chapter.

Darien: We want to say thank you to Erick Genryusai and Dragon and Sword Master, plus the rest of the reviewers, for their support and also ideas. They will be used here, but in time.

DJ: Also, we're going to say again that the Melder-type enemies in this story are going to be animal-like. Full animal, anthro, or partially animal Melder-types will be here. So to Erick, your ideas will be used but altered SLIGHTLY. Full credit will be given to you, of course.

Darien: Also, as the story progresses, Sora and the girls will start to be more open and… close to one another. Hehehe… this will get some people upset, of course. I believe we all know who those people are. Also, we need some people with exceptional imagination to help us create new World Pathways and such for Sora and his company to travel through in order to get to new worlds. Any takers?

I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, etc. Now, on with the fanfic!)

Tests of Courage and Skill

Sora and the girls, plus Vivi, were very impressed by the Gummi Garage that Yuffie showed them. Many complicated-looking machines were scattered about the place, along with many colored gummi pieces in various shapes. A desk was set up beside a large computer at the end of the room, and sitting at said desk was Cid. Yuffie called out "Hey, Cid! Look who just came in to visit us!".

The old tinkerer turned, and a smile on his face appeared as he got up from his seat. "Sora! Well, good to see you again! Glad to see you coming here to check out this old codger's workshop." Cid stated as he went to the young man. Sora replied that it was good to see him too, and the two princesses plus the Black Mage and the Gullwings and Tinkerbell also said hello.

Cid was a bit surprised by Sora's new company, even more so by the princesses. He turned to them and inquired, "Eh? Well, hi there. Nice to see you all. But… why are you all here with Sora?".

Ariel answered, "We're here to help him on his new quest! All of us are going on an adventure with him!". Yuffie explained to Cid the situation, and also requested that Cid help Sora and his new allies in creating and maintaining the Gummi ship.

Cid smirked and stated, "Well, say no more! I got ya covered when it comes to gummi parts and such, kid! True, I'm not quite as informed as those little chipmunks back at the King's world, but give me some time and I'll create something that'll even surprise the fur off of them!". Sora had to smile and nod at this. In his view, Cid had not changed a bit and that was good.

"My Gummi ship is in space right now. Think you can bring it in and look it over while me and my friends take care of some business?" Sora asked. The blonde Gummi tinkerer simply laughed, going to a machine and pressing a blue button. In a flash of blue light, right in the middle of the room appeared the Highwind ship!

Cid smirk grew a little at seeing the expressions of awe on their face. "Ha! I thought that get ya! Don't worry about a thing, kids! I'll take care of the ship, and bring back any treasure you find along the way to make more better, bigger ships!". Needless to say, the group was very glad to have such a talent as their ally.

"Well, at least it's good to see you haven't lost your touch. Last time I came here, I thought you were going to be driven mad after staying with Merlin for so long." Sora commented. Cid's smirk turned into a frown and soon, he started to rant on how 'loony old fools who needed to get with it today'. Yuffie and Sora smiled at this, seeing that just mentioning Merlin would drive Cid a bit crazy.

"Well, that's it for the tour of the building. Come on, I'll take you to where Merlin is at. I bet that old guy would like to see how his former pupil is doing." Yuffie stated. The group agreed with her and all of them left, leaving Cid to rant on his dislike for wizards and their magical sense.

~Outside at the Bailey~

Going out and past the gate, the group saw a tall tower overlooking the town. It was a solid white color, with royal blue stars and crescent moons dotting here and there. Needless to say, it really stood out compared to the rest of the town. "Here it is, everyone! Merlin's Tower! The wizard said he wanted to paint and decorate the tower itself, so we just made it and he did the rest." Yuffie explained. Sora had to admit this about Merlin, he and Yen Sid were on a similar wavelength when it came to magic fashion.

The ninja girl pointed outward to the left of the tower, showing to all the massive castle that was in the middle of a rocky nowhere. "The Radiant Castle is still under construction. It'll be awhile until its fully restored. Thanks to them… we can't stay long to finish repairing and restoring it." she stated. The group looked downwards a little, and saw that surrounding the castle like a moat was a massive grouping of Heartless and Nobodies.

"Those things always give me the chills." Ariel whispered. Despite having kicked some Heartless and Nobody butt, she was still a bit nervous when dealing when such creatures.

Yuffie smiled at them and said "Cheer up! At least we're making progress, and they're not as many as last time. Come on, I'll show you to Merlin.". She turned her back to them, going to the door and knocking on it three times. Quickly, a yellow light beam shot out from the middle of the door and hit her! Sora and the girls were a bit surprised by this, and more so when the door opened up.

The kunoichi grinned like a Cheshire Cat at them, explaining that Merlin had put a magical acknowledgement spell on the door. "If the tower recognizes you, it'll open. Still need to knock though. Anyone who tries to bust in or isn't recognized is flung away with incredible force! Merlin said he did this to prevent what happened last time, when the Heartless came and took Pooh's storybook." she explained.

Sora remembered that incident well, and though he was glad that he had recaptured the pages and returned Winnie the Pooh and his friend's memories, it still bothered him that the Heartless got the jump on him and almost destroyed a dear friend. Yuffie gestured for them to come in, and they did. However, the group had to walk up a long, winding spiral flight of stairs to reach the top.

Along the way, Jasmine asked Sora on who Pooh was. Sora grinned a bit and answered "He's a special friend of mine, who lives in a magical storybook with all of his friends in a place called the Hundred Acre Wood. He's a bear with very little brain, but he is good friend and has that special charm you can't help but admire. I go in there to see how he and the others are doing.". The girls and Vivi were a bit surprised to hear on how a grown teenager like Sora still did something quite so childish… and wasn't embarrassed to even admit it.

"Ah, we're here. Finally! It's a pain to go up all these stairs…" Yuffie complained. Sora opened the wooden door, and was not surprised to see all of Merlin's things out and about. Jasmine, Ariel, Tinkerbell, the Gullwings, and Vivi were surprised however by the sight. Especially seeing stacks upon stacks of books. Various nick-knacks decorated the place, but still had some space to spare.

"Uhh… miss? Where is this Merlin?" Vivi asked. Right on cue, appearing in the room in a puff of smoke was the old wizard himself. The group jumped a little, Sora still not quite used to that kind of entrance.

Merlin adjusted his glasses and said "Ho ho! It's good to see you, everyone. Especially you, Sora. You're actually right on time. And I see that you brought with him a Black Mage. Very good!". Sora was always going to be baffled on how Merlin could already know that he was coming, and especially with company.

The old wizard looked at Vivi and extended his hand for him to shake, which Vivi did. "Good to see you, young one. Tell me, what is your name?" Merlin asked. When Vivi answered, the mature magician stated that it was a good name, which brought a smile to Vivi… if one could see it, of course. Merlin looked at the rest of the group, and was mildly surprised to see Sora in the company of so many women. He didn't voice it out, naturally.

"Sora, I can see that you forgotten the magic spells from your last quest. Don't tell me you neglected your training after defeating Xemnas." Merlin stated with a bit of annoyance in his voice. Sora had the decency to rub the back of his head nervously with a small, guilty grin. Merlin sighed, wondering to himself what was wrong with the youth of today. He adjusted his glasses once more, and looked over at Ariel and Jasmine.

"Ah, I see you have found some good allies here. I know of you two, and I daresay, you will do fine on aiding Sora in this new quest of his." the gifted magician stated. Jasmine and Ariel blushed a little, glad at the praise they were receiving. But also a bit mystified on how he seemed to know everything. Merlin inquired on who would be learning magic along with Sora, and the former mermaid stepped up to the plate.

"Wonderful! Splendid! Now, I will teach you both the basic elemental attacks. Sora, sadly you need to relearn them since you neglected your training." Merlin started to explain. With a wave of his wand, all minus Yuffie, vanished in a flash of light and smoke.

Sora and the ladies plus Vivi were a bit disoriented at the moment, and clearing their heads, saw that they were no longer in the room… but in huge room that had various cutouts, all in the shape of Heartless Shadow and Nobody Dusks. They saw through a window outside that they seemed to be floating in a dimension filled with nothingness, which kinda freaked them out a bit. "Sora, where are we?" Jasmine asked, a bit nervous about the whole affair. However, instead of an answer being sounded off by Sora, it was Merlin was did so, appearing behind them.

"This, my dear friends, is a special magical dimension I created some time ago. I built it to hone my magical skills, and now it's going to be used for Sora, Vivi, and Ariel to practice their magic." he answered. He also pointed to the cutouts, saying that for now, since they were learning the basics, they would targets for their magic attacks. As they progressed more in their magical studies, the cutouts would change and turn into more of the interesting and challenging of enemies.

"Okay, time to begin! Vivi, you stand next to me. Sora, Ariel, please come and stand in the middle of the room." Merlin stated. The duo did what they were told, and it was then that the training had begun. First, Merlin was going to teach them the magic attack Blizzard…

~Three hours later~

Yuffie was asleep in Merlin's study room, taking a nap in a chair. A bit annoyed that she wasn't allowed to come on the trip to see Sora and Ariel's training, she started to read some books in order to pass the time. However, Merlin's books were not… shall we say it, exciting or interesting enough for the kunoichi. After reading through at least twenty pages of a book, she got bored and decided to just take a little snooze. She was in the middle of a pleasant dream, her being declared by all to be the greatest ninja of all time, when a loud POP filled the room. Her instincts on high, she leapt quickly from her seat and was about to take out one of her throwing stars when she saw that it was just the group and Merlin returning from their practice.

"Hey, Yuffie! Sorry we took so long." Sora apologized. Ariel and Sora looked a bit winded, but satisfied nonetheless. For Sora, it took a while to get back in the swing of things. However, Ariel was a rookie altogether, and thus it took her much longer to learn the Blizzard magic technique. In addition, Merlin taught her another unique way of using magic that he had not taught even Donald. Thus, the long three hours of practice.

"It's okay. At least I can see that you and Ariel are a bit stronger now." Yuffie replied.

Ariel hugged Sora close to her and stated "Thank you! It was hard, but thanks to Merlin and Sora, I finally was able to do some real magic!". Sora blushed from the contact, the hug and compliment making him feel very warm inside. Sadly for him, the hug was short as Ariel released him.

Yuffie grinned and replied "That's good to hear. And also in time too, because the test for you three to become Green-level Committee Members start in a little while. Leon and Aerith are already at the Testing Grounds, waiting for us.". Sora was pumped up to take the test, and the girls were also a bit excited too.

Vivi went to them and stated "Everyone, I'm going to stay here with Merlin. I want to learn magic from him, and also train Sora and Ariel when it's time for them to learn more magic attacks.". Sora nodded his head, saying that it was a good plan and also good luck to Vivi in his training.

Merlin went to the group and said "Good luck everyone. And Sora, Ariel. Remember on those new techniques I taught you. They are sure to come in handy, but remember to switch it up should the need arise.". The Keyblade Champion and the princess nodded their heads, saying that they would be okay.

The kunoichi grinned again and yelled "Come on! Let's go!". She ran down the flight of stairs, and the rest followed her. The test was about to start!

(Author's Notes: Short, I know. But, I wanted to get this out so I can keep a promise to my fans. The first fanfic chapter of 2012!

Darien: Also, we want to let you all know a couple of things. Both relating to this story, and also to something DJ made in his profile.

DJ: Okay, for the one here in the story. Sora and Ariel have now TWO different modes of using magic; Standard Mode and Slash Mode. Standard mode is when he or Ariel fire their magic attacks at enemies like normal, in the previous games. However, in Slash Mode, their magic is converted into their Keyblades, making their physical attacks more powerful.

Darien: In Slash Mode, for example, the Fire spell would be channeled into their weapons and the Keyblades would be covered in flames. Whatever Sora and Ariel hit with their weapons will be added flame damage, and the spell wouldn't cease unless they would run out of magic, or they called the spell off. The advantages of this that in this mode, their physical attacks would be more effective and wouldn't need to manually aim a spell on a very agile enemy.

DJ: The downside is that it would continually drain both users of their magic, and when completely out, the Keyblades will revert to their normal forms and the magic restoration would be in effect. So, Sora and Ariel really need to think on which mode to switch to when in various worlds.

Darien: That said, here is the other thing. We wish for all of you readers and reviewers to participate in this story however possible. So, we give you leeway on what to suggest to DJ on what to put in. For starters, is there anyone who would like to design new Gummi Ships for them? DJ will look them over and if he likes it, have Cid make the ship for our hero and heroines. Full credit will be given to the one who made the idea, of course. Also in designing the testing levels for Sora and the princesses to take when going up the various ranks of the Committee Membership. Green-level is already taken care of, so the rest is up to you.

DJ: And finally, here is the other notice. I made some interesting challenges in my profile. Actually… they are more of ideas that have been in my head for a LONG time. I never got around to doing them, so I'm hoping someone will be able to take them and put them to use. Go to my profile and check it out, please. Private Message me to tell me what you think.

R&R, no flames, enjoy, and leave long reviews!)