"Well, glad to see that Vanitas took out Lizard boy and his flunkies." Hades said as he turned to the now armored man.
The armor was black and red with a heart outline on the chest. A black reflective helmet that showed the god of death's face; two black gloves covered the man's hands along with black boots of the same style as the armor.
The man looked at the dark god and then back at the center of the table, seemingly gazing at nothing.
"Sheesh, stiffer then the stiffs back home." Hades said as he left the dark warrior alone.
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Intrepid
"Come on Kairi! Surely you can hit little ole me?" Yuffie shouted as she dodged another icicle from the auburn princess.
Kairi panted and let out a mental growl at the Kunoichi; they had been doing this since Yuffie and Riku woke up. Kairi had teased them hence why they were doing this training; Yuffie had challenged Kairi to a battle and the princess accepted. She did this for many reasons; Kairi needed to build her magic reserves while Yuffie needed to stretch her legs out from the long sleep with Riku. Speaking of the sliver hair teen, the boy now had a cast around his leg and was supported by crutches. He was also taking a lot of Potions and Hi-Potions to help along the recovery. Mary stood back watching the two girls so they didn't kill one another by mistake.
"So any idea what the next world is, Mary?" Riku asked as Yuffie threw her Shuriken at Kairi.
"Nope, I'm afraid not. The Autopilot will tell us when we're in range of the world though." Mary replied as Kairi blocked the attack and then went on the offensive.
"Huh…" Riku said absently.
"Come on, princess! Is that all you got?" Yuffie taunted.
"No…but I do have one thing to ask." Kairi said with an evil smirk.
"W-what?" Yuffie asked nervously.
"Would you like a pic of Riku in the nude?" Kairi asked, silently thanking herself for that picture that she took 5 years before all the craziness began.
Riku sputtered in shock while Yuffie stopped dead with a trickle of blood coming out of her nose. Kairi moved fast once Yuffie stopped moving. Before Yuffie could get her head out of the perverted thoughts that were plaguing her head, she felt the cold touch of steel on her neck; she snapped out of her induced daze and saw Kairi smirking at her.
"Gotcha. I win." Kairi said.
"What? No Fair!" Yuffie whined.
"Aren't ninja supposed to fight tricky?" Kairi asked. "Oh, here."
Kairi fished a photo out of her backpack and tossed it to Yuffie. The girl caught it and took one look before she fell back with a full face blush. Riku glare at Kairi who just smiled innocently.
"I thought you got rid of those!" Riku half asked/half yelled.
"Nope, I knew that they would come in handy for blackmail." Kairi said.
"What?" Mary asked.
"Oh, back five years ago before all the craziness, me, Riku and Sora went swimming. Sliver here jumped off the Papou tree and into the water while Sora and I sun-bathed. Riku came out of the water without his trunks and he was completely oblivious to it…that is until I took the picture." Kairi said with a laugh.
"I chased after her while Sora laughed his ass off. I finally managed to catch her and got rid of the pictures." Riku said.
"But he didn't know that I took six pictures on a different memory card so I had back-ups." Kairi said with pride.
"So that's why Sora laughed so hard when I asked him about the day…" Mary mumbled when an alarm went off.
"Okay, everyone to the bridge."
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The group looked out at the world which was part desert with a large city in the center of it all. Mary turned to Kairi and Yuffie.
"I want you two to go down and talk with the princess of Heart here. Explain the mission and about Maleficent. Understood?" Mary asked.
"Yes ma'am!" Yuffie said with a mock salute.
"Understood." Kairi replied.
"Good, then beam down."
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Mystic smoke fills the air as a brass lamp shoots out the letters A-g-r-a-b-a-h in the smoke. The group then vanishes in an explosion of color.
"Man…it's HOT!" Yuffie complained as soon as she touched the world's surface.
"This is Agrabah…Jasmine lives here." Kairi said to the Kunoichi.
"Jasmine? Oh! One of the other princess of heart right?"
"Yep. Now where…? Whoa!" Kairi shouted as something ran between her legs.
The young princess saw a tiny monkey run away from her carrying a white diamond. Then two girls looked at one another and chased after the tiny mammal, wondering why the monkey had a diamond to begin with.
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World that Never Was
Maleficent looked at Vanitas and then at Anti-Sora. She cast Sephiroth a look that said 'this had better be good or else.'
"Are you positive that the group with be crushed with this action?" Maleficent said to the One Winged Angel.
"Positive. Vanitas thinks that their hearts will be crushed by the untimely demise of Sora." Sephiroth reported.
"Good…after the group leaves Agrabah I want you to capture Jasmine and bring her here. Then go to wherever those key brats are heading to next. Is that understood, Vanitas?" The witch asked.
"Perfectly." The armored man said.
"Good." The witch said as she left.
The two warriors looked at one another and then Sephiroth nodded signaling that they were alone.
"So, when will we destroy that ugly hag?"
"Soon, but not until we have the other pieces…by the way, how goes the collection of darkness for the Black Materia?" Sephiroth asked.
"Slow, painfully slow. Dragaunus had only, 4 or 5% of the power needed to recreate it."
"Humph…no matter…we have all the time in the worlds. You may go."
"Yes, my master and savior." Vanitas said as he vanished along with Sora.
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Marketplace
"Darn that thing is fast! Why is it running anyways?" Yuffie asked the auburn princess.
"I don't know…but that gem is probably why!" Kairi said as she heard a voice that sounded like it was scolding.
"Abu! How many times have I told you? You're not to steal from the royal treasure. What would Sora say if he saw you do that?" the voice, sounding like a male's, scolded.
There was a series of chattering and grunts, like the monkey was talking back. The male's voice sighed and continued on.
"Abu, I know what the gem does back at the cave of wonders…but we took it for that EXACT same reason! You heard what Genie said, should that rock ever touches the pedestal of light. Yes, it'll unlock a door to unlimited gold but it will also unlock the door to the heart of our world again. And we don't want the heartless to get there and destroy it."
There was a sad grunt and what sounded like a small thud. The princess of Heart and the Kunoichi walked out into the open.
"Excuse me?" Kairi asked.
"Huh?" a man that wore a vest over his bare chest and baggy pants along with a tiny hat on his head and was barefooted said as he turned around to the two.
"Hey there! I'm Yuffie! Who are you two?" Yuffie asked in a chipper tone.
"Um…I'm Aladdin and this is my best friend Abu." Aladdin said warily.
"Aladdin…didn't you help Sora out a few years back?" Kairi asked.
"Huh? How do you know…oh! You must be Kairi! Jasmine told me about you after she got back to Agrabah." Aladdin said with a smile.
"We need to see Jasmine right away." Kairi said.
"Sure, but why? I'm sure that the Heartless…" Aladdin said.
But like a name that could bring bad luck, various heartless native to the world began to show up around the group.
"Well, speak of the devil…Kai; let's put your training to good use." Yuffie said as she brought out her four-pointed throwing star.
"You got it." Kairi said as she brought out Radiant Light.
Without a word, Aladdin brought out his scimitar and joined the two in a tight circle.
"So…I take it that some evil doer has found a way to control the heartless huh?" Aladdin asked.
"Yes and no…Maleficent is back." Kairi said grimly.
"Oh. Where's Sora?" Aladdin asked as he slashed a Luna Bandit through the head.
"Currently MIA. He vanished from our world after we got a message from someone." Kairi explained as she parried the sword of a Bandit and struck it in the chest once it fell down.
Yuffie threw her throwing star into a fat bandit just as it launched a blob of fire at her. Yuffie didn't have time to scream as the blob hit her in the chest; Kairi, on the other hand, did scream.
"YUFFIE! NOOOO!" The princess cried.
But her fear to shock as the Yuffie in front of her turned into a puff of smoke and a burnt vase took her place.
"Jeez, Kai, you really need to tone it down some." Yuffie said as she cleaned out her ears.
The answer she got was a bonk on the head with the princess's Keyblade.
"OW! What the heck was that for?" Yuffie asked as the area that was hit began to form an anime size bump.
"That was for scaring the daylights out of me. Now come on we've got to…" Kairi was saying before the heartless vanished again. "Not again. That's the third world that we visited that this happened."
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Aladdin asked.
"The heartless appear in various worlds like Agrabah or Radiant Garden, take a couple of hearts, get beaten and then retreat. It's really weird." Yuffie said.
"Well, I don't like it…but I'll take you to Jasmine. She might need to know that the witch is back." The former thief said as he left down a street.
Yuffie followed after him quickly with Kairi lingering behind. She turned her face to the clear blue skies with a forlorn look in her face.
Sora where are you? Was the princess's single thought before she ran after the two that had left her. None of them noticed a black raven flying above the city, getting ready to report back to its mistress.
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Desert
A single figure sat upon a camel as it traveled the vast sandy sea of gold. In the far distance was a city that had three large towers with three golden orbs as large as four large rocks. The figure, who wore a hooded cloak, seemed to look at the city before removing the hood. Underneath was a woman, whose age looked around twenty to thirty years of age, shiny black hair cascaded down her back, her face was triangular shaped with two eyes brought together and yet separated by a shapely nose. Her lips were drawn in a thin angry line and two earrings pierced her ears.
"So that is Agrabah where my brother perished…I will find the ones that killed him…this Aladdin and Sora! So says the witch of the northern dunes, Nasira!" the female roared into the empty expanse.
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Palace Grounds
The group walked through the large wooden doors and passed two palace guards. A large man with a turban and clothes found on a guard glared at Kairi, Yuffie and Aladdin.
"More street rats. That just what the sultan needs. First it was that spiky idiot and now…" The man growled.
He soon found the tip of Radiant Light at his nose and a cold voice came from the red headed girl.
"Insult me or Sora again and I'll carve that face you have into a face no mother would ever love." the princess said darkly.
"M-my mistake." The guard said with a shudder.
Kairi put the blade away while walking fast to catch up with Aladdin and Yuffie.
"Wow. What's up with you?" Yuffie asked.
"Nothing…I just want to find Sora so bad."
"Well, here we are." Aladdin said as they came into a garden.
It was lovely, not as beautiful as the Disney Castle gardens but it was still a lovely sight to see. Kairi and Yuffie could only gaze in wonder at the exotic flowers that grew in the desert and only in the palace. Yuffie noticed out of the corner of her eye Aladdin was walking over to a woman that had a tan complexion and black hair that went down past her shoulders. In the woman's hair was a blue headband with a blue sapphire in the middle surrounded by a gold ring.
Her outfit was blue and modeled like a bikini; the top part covered her modesty but revealed her flat stomach while it went around her body. Her legs were covered by a material of the same type and her feet were in sand brown slipper-like shoes.
The woman turned to Aladdin and smiled sweetly.
"Aladdin! Were you able to catch Abu?" The woman asked.
"Yep. Got him right here as well as a couple of guests." Aladdin said before gesturing to Kairi and Yuffie.
Kairi bowed before the desert princess which Jasmine returned with one of her own. She remembered Kairi from three years back when the Heartless first invaded; however, she didn't recognize the other female. But before she could ask, the blacked haired girl spoke.
"I'm Yuffie, guardian to Princess Kairi." Yuffie said with a graceful bow.
"Ah, I was wondering who you were. But what brings you to Agrabah? Isn't Sora the one who travels the worlds?" Jasmine asked with innocence.
Kairi stiffened at the spiky brunettes name and nearly choked tears out. Aladdin looked at Jasmine with sorrow in his eyes at the woman he was going to married to.
"Jasmine, Sora is missing. Kairi is trying to find him along with a few others correct?" Aladdin asked.
"Yeah…his mother and our childhood friend." Kairi replied bitterly.
"I…see. And I'm sorry. I don't know what you're going through Kairi." Jasmine said with sorrow on her face.
"No! No, it's alright…I just need to try harder to find him that's all." Kairi said to her fellow princess.
It was at that time Yuffie spoke up.
"Well, I don't know about you but I'm famished! Fighting Heartless makes one hungry." Yuffie proclaimed.
Jasmine giggled at the young kunochi's antics. Kairi shook her head and sighed in utter annoyance.
"I give up. I don't want to mess you with anymore. Riku can fool around with you." Kairi said with a shake of her head.
The group was unaware of the same raven flying overhead hearing everything they were saying. It cawed once before banking in the air to return to its master.
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Out in the desert
Nasira sat upon her camel awaiting her raven to return with its report. She mused silently over what her brother meant last she heard from him; how he along with a band of others could summon and control a force of darkness called Heartless. Well, she had been curious and asked him what made a Heartless a Heartless. He explained to her that a Heartless was the darkness in a person's heart come to life. A Heartless was formed by someone losing their heart by giving into it, usually by sadness or doubt. She would've mused on more but a cawing woke her out of her memories. She looked up and spotted the raven she had sent into the city for recon. Outstretching her arm, she beckoned for the bird to land. The animal of the skies landed on her slender arm before poking itself with its beak in the wing, cleaning it of any bugs it may have gathered.
"Ah, my pet. Tell me did you find my Brother's slayers?" Nasira cooed.
The bird cawed once before hopping around so that its face was pointed at the city. Nothing happened for a few seconds when the sand before her came to life. The sand morphed and rearranged itself into a golden mirror of sorts; the crow's eyes lit up with unholy light and began to play back what it first saw. Nasira looked on interest as she watched the two young girls in the screen talk to the young man in front of them. The bird cawed informing its mistress of who the young lad was.
"Ah, so that is Aladdin…I expected more from him since he did slay my brother. But where is the second offender, this Sora?" Nasira asked.
The bird didn't reply but continued to play the scene. Soon Nasira saw the words form 'Sora' and something about 'M.I.A' whatever that meant from the auburn girl. But her eyes widened when she saw the large diamond orb in Aladdin's vest pocket.
"So it does exist! Soon my brother you shall live once more! But now how do I get it out of the palace without suspicion…perhaps those 'Heartless' can help me…" The sand mistress said mostly to herself.
In her ramblings, she failed to hear several noises around her; however, her mind picked up a sense of foreboding that surrounded her. The sand mistress looked up and saw Bandits, Fat Bandits, Blue Rhapsodies and Lunar Bandits. The woman smirked to herself and she began to cackle wildly into the hot, dry air.
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Inside the Palace
The two travelers sat at a table that was laden out with various meats, fruits and vegetables with Princess Jasmine, Aladdin, Abu and a man wearing white clothes with a big white turban. His face, while aged, had a joy filled look that could rival a teenager. He stroked his white beard as he looked at Yuffie and Kairi.
"So you two are from another world eh? Must be exciting to leave it and travel amongst the stars." The man said.
"That's right, Sultan. It is a grand thing to visit the other worlds and see the stars. It is beautiful sight to behold. Hopefully you can see it soon." Kairi said with a smile at the elder man.
"Of course! I do plan to see things when my daughter marries Aladdin." The Sultan said with a smile.
"Father, we still have to plan for that." Jasmine said with a stern look.
"I know, Jasmine; however, I wish that…" The man was saying to his daughter when there was a burst of purple-blue smoke erupted in the center of the room.
Kairi brought Radiant light to her hand while Yuffie brought put her four pointed throwing star. Both of the girls tensed up while the others were relaxed at the strange phenomenon. A large form appeared in the smoke making the girls visibly stiffen up, ready to pounce on the unknown foe. Soon the smoke vanished in a whirlwind leaving a large blue…man…thing…humanoid…I don't know what to call the being because it was a magical being.
"HELLLLLOOOOOOOO AGRABAH! GENIE IS BACK!" The form shouted jubilantly, making the girls jump in surprise at how loud the guy's voice could be.
Aladdin snickered before talking to big guy.
"Hey Genie. I think you need to tune the large entrances down though…you nearly gave Yuffie and Kairi a heart attack."
"I did? I didn't notice there…hello! I'm the Genie of the Lamp, but just call me Genie but not Mister Genie. Mister Genie is my father's name. So I was in the neighborhood when I sensed two weird energy signals. I tracked them here and to tell you that the Heartless are back." Genie said happily.
There was silence for a few seconds before Genie realized what he had said. The next scene that came could be described as hilarious or…chaos.
"THE HEARTLESS ARE BACK!" Genie screamed in horror making everyone flinch at the loud tone he had.
"Easy Genie, we know. Kairi and Yuffie were just informing us about the situation." Jasmine stated
"In a nutshell, Sora is MIA, Maleficent is back with the heartless and we've been traveling from world to world looking for spiky and locking the keyholes." Yuffie said as she counted off of her fingers.
"Oh is that all? Well, since you are a friend of Sora's I can track him for ya." Genie said with a smile.
Kairi was up on the table with a wild gleam in her eyes.
"Can you do that? Like right now?" She asked while waving her hands around.
"Why sure! After all I'm just…!" Genie began to rant when there was an earth shattering blast that shook the palace.
Everyone, except for Genie, was thrown all over the place before landing on the ground. Kairi leapt up and summon Radiant Light to her hand while helping Yuffie to her feet.
"Ohhhhhh, what the heck hit me?" Yuffie asked.
"You tell me…Aladdin, Jasmine, Sultan, are you all alright?" The princess of heart asked.
"Yes, I'm fine but goodness gracious me, what was the horrific blast?" The Sultan asked.
"Your majesty! Several of those dark beings from two years back have invaded the treasure room." A portly guard replied as he rushed in.
"Sounds like Heartless!" Kairi hissed through clenched teeth.
"I was wondering when things were going to heat up! To the Treasure room!" Yuffie shouted as she sped off down the corridor…
…only to race back to the group and looked at them with a sheepish grin.
"Anyone know where it is?"
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Treasure Room
Kairi, Yuffie and Aladdin arrived at the treasure room to see it swarming with a large squad of Fat, Luna and Regular Bandits raiding the place. The large group froze before turning their yellow beady eyes toward the group; they locked on Kairi's Keyblade and exploded into movement to get rid of its most hated enemy. Kairi, seeing the sudden surge, brought her Keyblade down and aimed at a Bandit that was running faster then the others.
"Fire." Kairi breathed thinking of the raging inferno from a memory past.
The ball of plasma shot out of her Keyblade's tip and smashed into the Heartless that was running. It vanished in a black plume as the pink heart went back to who knows where. Spinning on her heel, she slashed through a Luna Bandit despite it bringing its two curved blades up to protect itself. She spotted Aladdin holding his scimitar and slashing his way through a horde of Luna and regular Bandits. Yuffie was engaging some of the Fat bandits that were belching out fire balls at the group by vanishing in the black smoke she created and then reappearing behind them where their weak spot was; Kairi knew the weakness of the larger Heartless due to her listening to Jiminy's reports of Sora's second adventure. She was about to slash another Bandit when the Heartless vanished into their dark portals. Kairi gritted her teeth as she dispelled her blade.
"And there they go again. What is that witch up to?" Yuffie asked as she shouldered her throwing star.
"This is getting annoying." Kairi muttered to herself.
The group looked around the treasure room when Aladdin's eyes widened.
"Oh no! Those Heartless grabbed the Key Diamond!" The former thief cried in horror.
"Key Diamond? What the heck is that?" Yuffie asked.
Aladdin looked at the ninja girl with a panicked gleam in his eyes. Kairi had a feeling that the key was important to this world and she wasn't going to like that answer that was going to come.
"The key diamond is a mystical orb that was rumored to open up a vault in the Cave of Wonders that would lead to unlimited gold. But we discovered through ancient texts that the key Diamond was also used to unlock a door that brought forth a massive jewel from a universe of color. I concluded that it was the jewel was a piece of this world's heart. After Sora had locked it up, it couldn't be accessed unless the Diamond was used." Aladdin said.
"And now that the Heartless have it…" Yuffie said her eyes growing in understanding.
"…They're going to open the door to the heart back up and devour it!" Kairi said in alarm.
"Yeah, we better get to the cave!" Aladdin said as he ran out of the room with the two girls after him.
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Desert
Nasira smirked as the Bandit gave her the glowing white orb. She knew of the Key Diamond and also knew what it could do. After figuring out what the Heartless she had were, she had decided to open up the door and let the Heartless consume the world. She gazed at her new army and cackled wickedly.
"Now my brother…we shall end everything!" the sand witch cried to the heavens while still cackling.
Marketplace
"So we need to stop whoever took this Key Diamond from opening up the door to your world's heart which is located in a place called the cave of wonders?" Yuffie asked the people in front of her.
Aladdin had explained everything to the two girls after they had got their bearings over the attack at the palace and the looking of the marketplace for any more Heartless straightened out. Aladdin nodded at the summary Yuffie had given them.
"That pretty much sums it up." Aladdin stated.
"Great! Except for one teeny, tiny detail." Yuffie said.
"What's that?"
"ISN'T THE CAVE OF WONDERS ACROSS THOUSANDS OF MILES IN THE DESERT!" Yuffie shouted at the top of her lungs making everyone in hearing range run for cover.
Aladdin, after gaining his hearing back, simply pointed behind the ninja girl who turned around expecting a Heartless. What she saw was an oriental carpet…nothing out of the ordinary…well, if you call a standing rug ordinary.
"What the hey?" Yuffie asked in surprise.
"It's gotta be a magic carpet! I've read about them in stories!" Kairi shouted with glee.
"Got it in one, Kairi. Carpet here was rescued from the cave of wonders and he can fly us there. So no walking needed, Yuffie."
"Good…I hate sand getting in my shoes…" Yuffie calmly stated.
The carpet flew in front of the trio, laid down flat, and they quickly stepped on. Faster then they could blink, they were in the air racing with the winds. Yuffie whooped and hollered as she splayed her arms out. Kairi could only groan; why did she have to get stuck with the hyperactive Kunoichi?
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Cave of Wonders
Narsira laughed as she walked the labyrinth that was the Cave of Wonders. In her hands was the Key Diamond which glowed a pale white causing the Heartless to react violently should they be in the presence of the glowing orb. The sand witch suddenly stopped and got a strange far-away look in her eyes. The sand around her spun around her still form before becoming the mirror again. The sand witch…no puns guys and gals…looked at the mirror and scowled. There, flying toward her new home, was the princess of heart, the street rat that had killed her brother and a young black haired girl. The witch only shook her hand before waving it.
"Come back from the grave…and raise your swords once more…Kurt Zisa!" the woman chanted.
A low rumble was her answer before she resumed her walking.
Desert
The group was sailing along the winds peacefully. Yuffie was enjoying the wind in her face while Kairi was focusing on what lay ahead. She just wanted to get this mission over and done with so that she could get back to looking for HER Sora. Aladdin had noticed the look that the princess of heart had on her face. But he knew better then to ask; the answer was as plain as the day he had met Sora.
"You'll find him, Kairi." Aladdin stated with a smile.
The princess abruptly looked up at Aladdin and gave a weak smile. But before she could form a response, an explosion of sand erupted in front of them and a large Heartless with six arms and a serpent-like head shot out of the fountain of sand that had been created, spinning like a top. Carpet managed to avoid being struck by the thing and continued to fly forward. Kairi could only look back in shock at the beast of a Heartless before she turned hr head back and noticed something…odd.
"Carpet, watch out!" Kairi shouted as several force fields sprang up.
The air transport swerved hard, dropping his cargo. Kairi landed hard on the ground while Yuffie and Aladdin landed on their two feet. The strange Heartless moved with clanking parts like a robot. Before the group knew it, strange orbs of dark blue energy had surrounded them before closing in and leaving strange runes in the air over their heads. Two black orbs appeared in the heartless's hands
"What the heck?" Yuffie asked as she looked at herself.
"I don't know what happened but…I think that this Heartless cast something on us." Kairi said as she brought Radiant Light.
"You're right. That's Kurt Zisa! Sora had a tough time beating this heartless because it took away the ability to use Magic for a while." Jiminy Cricket said as he hopped up and down.
"Oh great. So what the heck do we do to beat this guy?" Yuffie asked as she glared at the giant heartless.
"The first thing you've got to do is take those orbs out. Once they're gone you can use spells again and he's knocked out for a time. That'll be the best time to beat him." Jiminy said.
"So once he's down, we attack him? Okay. Let's do this." Kairi stated as she stared the heartless down, Radiant Light tight in her grip.
"Don't leave me out of all the fun Kai!" Yuffie said as she brandished her large throwing star.
"Let's do this." Aladdin said as he brought out his scimitar.
The three charged at the Heartless who roared in defiance at them. They quickly leapt back as the arms with the swords quickly spun around and moved back and forth, kicking up sand and if the blades had touch the three, their flesh. Kairi gritted her teeth as she ran in after the swords had stopped spinning. She jumped and began to slash at the glowing orbs in Kurt Zisa's hands. Several green balls fell onto the ground and the ball lost a tiny bit of its shine. The shine got smaller and smaller each time Kairi struck the orb.
The heartless leapt back when it saw that one of its magic draining orb was getting dimmer. It began to walk around with heavy steps back toward the three. Yuffie looked at Aladdin and smirked.
"How about we tag team on that other orb. Kai's got some anger to dish out and what better then on a heartless?" the ninja asked.
"I got you covered." Aladdin said as he swung his Scimitar in a few lazy loops.
As soon as the giant heartless had gotten close, the blades started to swing again. The three scattered to avoid the spinning arms of death. The minute that they had stopped spinning, the three got to work. Yuffie and Aladdin started to smash at the glowing orb and watched with satisfaction as it got dimmer and dimmer. They both let out growls of annoyance as the heartless leapt back again, but their growls turned to smirks as they saw that the orb Kairi had attacked was now gone. Yuffie shot a smile to the auburn haired princess.
"Nice going Kai! Now let's destroy that other orb!"
The princess nodded as she joined the two and waited for the Heartless to walk toward them. They ducked, rolled or just plain ran out of the way as the blades spun around again. Once the spinning stopped, the trio assaulted the final orb.
It only took a few strikes and the orb shattered. Zisa fell onto his butt, his blades forgotten and he was dazed. The three looked at Jiminy who got out of Kairi's hoodie.
"Alright, now you've got to attack Kurt's head. That's the only to damage him! Hurry! He's going to wake up soon!" the cricket explained before ducking back into the hood.
"You heard him! Attack that head!" Yuffie shouted as she threw her throwing star at the head.
The sound of the weapon hitting with a satisfying clang was music to the ninja's ears. Kairi and Aladdin also charged forward and began to strike the serpent like head.
By this time, the heartless was awake and was trying its damndest to land a strike on the three assaulting him. His head struck out a like a cobra's with a diamond jewel in its mouth. It couldn't hit any of the three because it kept getting knocked off balance before it got close enough to hurt them.
After taking enough damage, the heartless got back up and began to hover in the air. A dome of energy covered him and he zipped away protected by the shield.
Jiminy spoke from the confines of Kairi's hood.
"If Kurt has a shield around him, Physical attacks won't do any good. All they do is glance off the shield. Magic will only work on it." Jiminy reported.
"Gotcha…alright, let's use a little bit of…Fire!" Kairi shouted as she lowered her keyblade.
The ball of plasma shot out of the tip and raced toward the shield. Once it made impact, the shield flashed white. Yuffie nodded before yelling out her own.
"Thunder!"
A rod of lightning struck the shield and caused Kurt to flounder a bit. The Heartless regained its control before waving its arms around intricately. When it was done, several balls of fire appeared around the group. Kairi's sense of danger went off and she shouted to the others.
"Watch out you guys! Whatever these things are, I think we can hit them back to that heartless!"
"Right!"
"On it!"
The three blocked and struck any of the fireballs that got too close to them. Others they simply dodge roll out of the way. The fireballs that they had hit back caused damage to the shield and the Heartless to flounder again. After the assault of fire had ended, the Heartless moved its arms again.
This time several vortexes of wind had appeared around the group and were moving in on them. The three looked at another and nodded; they had to time this just right.
Once the whirlwinds were close enough, the three dodge rolled and barely managed to get by the twisters. Kairi looked at the shielded Heartless and pointed her keyblade at it.
"Thunder." She whispered.
A crack of lightning came down on the shield and shattered it. Like before, the giant heartless fell in a heap with his head in a daze. The three rushed over to the downed monster and began to ruthlessly attack its head.
While this was happening, a lone figure stood on top of one of the pillars used for the force field. The reflective helmet shone brightly in the desert sun as he watched the duel below, remembering his orders.
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Flashback
Maleficent was looking at the Agrabah world alone in her command room. She was frowning deeply as she saw that Kurt Zisa had been resurrected. She paid no mind to the door that opened behind her nor did she pay any mind to Sephiroth and Vanitas as they walked in.
"Something wrong witch?" Vanitas asked through his helmet.
"Yes…a woman by the name of Nasira has managed to resurrect an old Heartless by the name of Kurt Zisa. She is on Agrabah and could be a valuable ally…" Maleficent said to the two.
"Or a most dangerous foe. If she can bring Heartless back then what's to stop her from bring an army back?" Sephiroth pointed out.
"Precisely. That's why I want Vanitas to eliminate her and Kurt Zisa."
"Say no more…" Vanitas said as he opened up a dark portal and walked through.
The Mistress of Darkness smiled while Sephiroth smirked. Both of their plans were coming together…and for one, it would soon be time to get rid of a thorn in their sides.
End flashback
Kairi panted heavily as she looked at the monstrosity before her. The magic draining orbs had returned after they had hit Zisa's head about one to two hundred times but now they had been struck with a big turn of events.
The minute they had destroyed one of the orbs, Kurt Zisa went nuts! He leapt into the air and began to spin vertically with his blades out. Kairi saw the danger first and dodge rolled in the nick of time; Yuffie, on the other hand, hadn't been able to get out of the way in time and had been knocked out. Aladdin had managed to run out of the way.
The now flying heartless had changed directions in mid-air and was now spinning like a top. This had caught Aladdin off guard and knocked him out too. Kairi had managed to dodge by jumping over and was now staring the Heartless down as it began spinning vertically again.
This time, however, it became a top again as soon as it got near where Kairi was. The princesses eyes widened in fear.
Is this the end? If it is…then, I'm so sorry Sora. Kairi thought as the spinning Heartless descended down on her.
The princess closed her eyes and waited for the final blow to end her existence. She heard a sharp crack but felt no pain. She cracked open one of her eyes and saw Kurt Zisa was in two pieces. A giant crystalline heart rose into the air before vanishing. She sighed in relief before looking around.
She spotted a flash of red and black before it was gone; she wondered who could've saved her but now was not the time to think about that. She had to get the others up…and she just knew how.
Turning to the two passed out companions, she pointed her keyblade at them.
"Curaga." She whispered.
Green vines appeared over the two and brought them out of their small reprieve. Yuffie yawned and stretched before standing up.
"What happened? Where's Kurt?" Yuffie asked.
"I honestly don't know…I was about to get skewered when I heard this clang. I then saw a flash of red and black but it vanished." Kairi reported.
"Whatever. Right now, let's focus on that Witch." Yuffie said.
Both Aladdin and Kairi nodded in agreement and Aladdin whistled. Carpet perked up and shook off the sand that had gotten on him. He sped over and the trio got on.
After Carpet sped off, Vanitas reappeared and gazed after the three.
"We'll meet again…Princess Kairi." The man said as he was wrapped with Darkness and went off to complete his next objective.
Cave of Wonders
A lion's head loomed large as the trio descended from the air. Kairi and Yuffie let out low whistles.
"Wow! That's something you don't see every day." Yuffie commented.
"This isn't good…if Nasira is inside, she could be getting close to the World's Heart. We have to stop her!" Aladdin said as he drew his sword and rushed in.
Kairi and Yuffie looked at one another and silently agreed. Bringing forth their weapons, they charged in after the street rat turned semi-prince to face down the witch.
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Key Chamber
Nasira laughed wickedly as she stood before the key shape door to the world's heart. She held the Key Diamond high before it; the orb of light began to grow even brighter and the key hole began to do the same. But before the key hole could fully open, Nasira felt the orb vanish from her hand.
"What? Who…!" The witch asked before hearing a male voice.
"Behind you."
The woman spun around to see Vanitas standing there, holding the Key Diamond. She growled in her throat as she spied the intruder.
"Who are you?" She demanded.
"Your death." Vanitas replied as he brought out the Shattered Heart Keyblade.
The woman blinked for a few seconds before bursting into laughter. Vanitas just watched without any emotions behind his mask. While the woman was laughing, sand began to accumulate around the two.
She suddenly stopped her laughter and sent the sand in for an attack. Vanitas jumped out of the way and landed a few feet from the witch. His hand held his blade in a reverse grip and he was crouched, like a cobra ready to strike. The witch of sand conjured up more and some Bandit heartless to fight against the unknown warrior.
"Attack him my minions! And devour his heart!" Nasira shouted as she sent a wave of sand along with the Heartless toward the Dark warrior.
"Prepare…to face annihilation." Vanitas said darkly as he charged forward toward the oncoming attacks.
Nearby
Kairi, Yuffie and Aladdin raced for another door in the large maze of tunnels. Yuffie panted as they went up another flight of stairs.
"Jeez! How many freaking steps does this place have!" Yuffie exclaimed.
"This is a magical area…it keeps changing every year so who knows. One year it's a simple tunnel…the next year, it's a complex maze." Aladdin explained.
"That makes sense…after all, isn't this place a hovel for a lot of treasure?" Kairi asked.
"Yes, hence all the magic. I doubt even Genie could figure it out."
"Um…guys?" Yuffie asked as her ninja hearing picked something up.
"What?"
"I think I hear a fight going on…and it's just a few meters ahead of us."
The other two looked at one another before taking off in a full sprint. Yuffie stood there, gob smacked at her treatment.
"HEY! WAIT FOR ME!" Yuffie shouted as she began to run after the two.
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Key Chamber
When Kairi, Aladdin and Yuffie entered the Key chamber, they were met with the sight of two figures battling it out and they were holding nothing back.
Black scorch marks decorated the walls indicating a few fire attacks; splotches of Glass coated the area showing the three that some of the fire attacks and sand attacks mixed.
A black and red warrior with a reflective helmet was fighting a woman who was standing on a pillar of sand. The woman sent several spikes of sand at the warrior who countered with black fire before vanishing.
Kairi's eyes widened when she saw the red and black blur.
Whoa! That guy is fast…wait…was he the one that saved me from Kurt Zisa? Kairi thought.
Her musings were broken when the witch spoke.
"I must admit that you are powerful Warrior…may I ask who you are?"
"My name is no concern of yours…since you are already dead." The man said as he vanished again.
The woman looked around in a panic when she felt something pierce her in the chest. She looked down to see the black blade of Shattered heart jutting through.
"No! This can't end! I…must…avenge…my…brother! I…must…have…revenge…for…JafARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" The woman screamed as she faded into inky blackness before being absorbed by the blade.
The warrior fell to the ground and landed on his feet. He looked at the three and saw that they were ready to fight. He reached into a pocket and the three tensed up. The man chuckled lightly before taking out a white glowing stone.
Aladdin's eyes widened in shock.
"The Key Diamond!"
"Yes…I managed to stop that Witch, Nasira, from opening up the keyhole. Here, take this and bury it somewhere in the desert. That way no one can get it." The man said as he tossed the orb toward the former street rat.
Aladdin grabbed it and held it tightly. The man vanished in crack of black lightning after Aladdin had gotten the orb. Kairi and Yuffie scowled as the man fled.
"Who the hell was he?" Yuffie asked.
"I don't know…but I don't think he was doing this for the goodness of his heart. I think he was under orders." Kairi stated.
"But from whom?" Aladdin asked.
"No clue. But we've got to get back to Mary and Riku. See you later!" Kairi said as she fished out the control box for the teleporter and pressed a button.
The two space travelers vanished in sparkles of light while Aladdin waved. After the two were gone from view, he glanced down at the glowing orb.
"Time to put you somewhere safe…" Aladdin muttered.
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Later
After Aladdin had hidden the Key Diamond in a secure location, he returned to Agrabah to inform Jasmine and the Sultan about the new development.
But when he arrived at the Palace, he was shocked to see the warrior from before slashing through the guards with ease. Under his left arm was…
"Jasmine! Carpet, let's go! Dive down on that guy!" Aladdin yelled at his friend.
Carpet obeyed and dove straight down at the armored warrior. The man looked up as he bent backwards to avoid getting hit from a slash from a still standing guard.
A quick slash and the guard was down for good; the warrior brought his blade up and parried the downward strike that Aladdin tried to use.
The two skidded away from another and stared each other down. Aladdin grunted when he sensed something off about this guy; something…evil.
"Who are you?" Aladdin asked.
The man chuckled darkly before speaking in that dead tone of his.
"Someone you know very dearly. That is all you need to know. Oh, and that everything you know…is about to come to an end." The man said as a black portal opened and he walked in.
"Stop!" Aladdin screamed as he charged forward.
But he was too late; the portal closed and with it, his future.
There you go and to Zhane, updates are going to vary now because I got college now and I'm going to try and strive for about 85% accuracy. So please don't leave angry reviews demanding more chapters.
May God Bless you and protect you.