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Author's Note: Welcome to part II of Destiny's "Embrace". If this was a written book this is where the break would be between Book 1 and Book 2 and the writing style would shift a bit to accompany new things. So, that's what's going to happen. This is where things really start to change. We're half way done with Kingdom Hearts 1 at this point and things are going to move quickly. Reviewers kept asking what happened to Sora, and now you'll get to know. Enjoy. ;)


I am studying material from the meteors that rained down that fateful night. What a find! The material is foreign to our world. It is elastic to the touch, and when two pieces are combined, they bond easily. None of the records even mention such a substance.

Was it introduced to this world when I opened the door? I wonder how many other such materials drift through the atmosphere of this tiny world… I wish I could soar off and find out! Could there be uncharted worlds up there? My curiosity never ceases to grow.

But I should stop speaking of such unrealistic dreams. For now, there is no way to venture outside this world. My people and I are all but prisoners of this tiny place.

-Ansem Report 7


Chapter 7: Agrabah

Keyblade struck Keyblade, the sound ringing out through the large room. Tendrils of darkness were met with bands of light as the two foes fought with all their might. One fought to save and the other to kill. Kairi was knocked back once more by her foes' powerful strikes, darkness splashing out from his black Keyblade with every attack. She only just managed to roll out of the way as her Riku leapt down on the spot she'd been laying, cracking the marble floor underneath. She responded by shooting a ball of light out of her Keyblade that struck her foe and sent him flying backwards until he somehow righted himself in midair, halted his flight and floated slowly back to the ground, a satisfied, evil grin that didn't belong on the face of her best friend.

Donald bashed his feathered hands against the invisible wall, his voice hoarse from screaming. Watching the tragedy unfold in front of him seemed to be his only choice. He hated waiting, hated doing nothing. Next to him stood Cloud, a mysterious young man with an obsession with finding his "light". He didn't know what it was, but he was tormented by demons that he apparently needed his light" to defeat. Donald didn't entirely understand his goal, but he could sympathize with the young man's difficulty in finding someone he was looking for. Cloud was watching the fight as impassively as he did everything else, but his knuckles were white as they wrapped tightly around the hilt of his sword. Behind Donald his best friend Goofy knelt, looking over the catatonic body of a brown haired young boy that Kairi had identified as her friend Sora. While he checked on Sora he couldn't help but keep throwing worried glances over at the fight happening behind the shield. Next to Sora sat Pluto, who whimpered slightly, licking Sora's hand to try to wake him up. Jiminy Cricket, chronicler and tiny survivor of the destruction of his world, watched events unfold from his current seat on top of Pluto's head, book in hand and a worried expression on his face

Behind them stood the large, fur covered monster who' been introduced to them simply as Beast. A low growl rumbled out from Beast as he watched the fight in anger. Donald didn't know much about him, only having met him a few minutes prior but in that short time he'd learned three things about the large man. One, he had apparently survived the destruction of his world through sheer stubbornness. Two, he'd come to Hollow Bastion following after a woman named Belle who was currently being kept in stasis in a tube back down the hall they'd come from. Three, he was Kairi's friend. Well, Donald could easily figure out a fourth thing. They shared something in common, they both hated waiting and being kept from doing anything.

"Fire!" yelled Donald, pointing his magic staff at the shield. A fireball shot out of his staff and struck the shield, splashing uselessly against it. "Raaagh!" he cried, stamping his foot angrily against the floor.

Beast gave a growl and struck at the shield himself. His claws slid against the surface of the shield, causing a flash on the hard light surface but nothing else.

Donald felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up angrily to see Goofy looking down at him. His face was unusually grave. He was usually cheerful and optimistic in any situation but he obviously didn't like the situation any more than Donald did. Everything about it was wrong.

"We need to get in there," stated Donald. "We need to help her!"

Goofy nodded. He looked over at Beast. "Maybe if we all attack it together we can get through?"

Beast nodded, growling and gathering himself. Energy started to gather around his claws as he drew it back for his attack. Goofy took a few steps back and magical energy caused his handheld shield to glow, getting brighter and brighter. Energy cracked and flashed like electricity over Cloud and his sword, causing his clothes to float upwards slightly. Donald gathered all of his magical energy to himself. Fire, blizzard, thunder, wind, gravity; he mixed all the different types he knew together into an attack more potent than any he'd ever used before.

As one the four companions struck out at the shield. There was a moment that Donald thought nothing was going to happen, but in the next the shield shattered with a loud crack. The whole structure collapsed under their attacks, hard light falling to the ground like glass shards but disappearing into nothing when they hit the ground. Donald didn't care though as he rushed forward, Cloud, Beast and Goofy all next to him.

So engrossed in their fight Kairi and her foe didn't notice the disturbance as they came together in yet another clash. Donald saw the events unfold in front of him. He watched in horror as the Keyblades missed each other and instead impaled the wielder of their counterpart. Strangely, Kairi's face was filled with triumph as her foe's filled with shock.

"Nooooo!" yelled Donald. Four hearts flew into the air, one covered completely in darkness. One flew past Donald, while another flew away through the ceiling. The third clean heart and the dark heart flew together through the suddenly churning heart shaped portal that stood behind where the fight had been taking place. Before Donald could reach Kairi her body and Riku's fell in opposite directions of each other, Keyblades still stuck in them. Their bodies struck the ground and Kairi's disappeared in a flash of light while Riku's disappeared in a cloud of darkness.

Donald, Goofy, Cloud, and Beast all stopped by the now fallen Keyblades. Donald shook his head. "No… This can't be…"

"We were too late…" muttered Cloud sadly.

Goofy cried softly, "Kairi…"

Beast just roared in frustration. "Raaagghh!"

How did it come to this… wondered Donald. Things were going so well…


Things were not going well. Donald was at the end of his rope. He had no clues on where King Mickey was, Heartless were everywhere and destroying worlds at an increasing pace, and it was really, really hot out currently. "Why can't we find some shade…" he muttered.

Next to him his newest traveling companion, Kairi, the Keyblade's chosen one, walked slowly through the sand, sweat running down her face. "I don't think there's any shade anywhere around here…"

Sadly, she was right. As far as Donald could see there was just sand. Hot, burning sand. If they didn't find water and shade quickly then he was going to be cooked enough to eat very soon. Goofy and Pluto both panted in similar manners behind them, both struck much harder by the heat. Donald could feel Jiminy Cricket shuffling around up in his hat trying to find a place to avoid the sun and heat. In front of them Cloud somehow managed his usual pace, the sand, sun and heat apparently not bothering him at all. He just smirked back at them, slowing down slightly to let them catch up.

Kairi threw her hands up in the air. "We're going to die here! Why did we come here anyways?"

"We're here to find clues to the King's whereabouts," grumbled Donald. They'd already had this conversation two times while dying in the heat. It wasn't getting any more pleasant.

"Which we know nothing about, right?" asked Kairi.

"We also need to find your friends and lock those Keyholes on any world we can to find," pointed out Goofy.

"And to find my light," reminded Cloud.

"And we have no clues or ideas about where any of that is," muttered Kairi.

Jiminy chimed in, leaning on the brim of Donald's hat. "And since we don't know anything, we need to search everywhere until we learn more."

"Why couldn't we take the Gummi ship onto the surface to search in it?" asked Kairi. "Wouldn't that be much easier?"

"No!" yelled Donald, short on patience at the moment. "We need to keep a low profile, blend in with the locals and not reveal the existence of other worlds if we can help it. It would disrupt the balance!"

"But you didn't do that on Traverse Town," pointed out Kairi.

Luckily Goofy cut in; stopping the rude string of comments Donald had planned. "That's because Traverse Town is special. And we were sent there specifically by the King to talk to Leon."

"Special?"

"Traverse Town is a world comprised of the remains of other worlds," explained Jiminy. "It's where what's left over after the Heartless destroy a world joins together and meets. Everyone there already knows about other worlds."

"Ah," muttered Kairi, slouching down in the heat, her pace slowing down. Donald was about to chastise her when he realized he was doing the same.

Suddenly a shadow covered Donald and Kairi for a brief moment before continuing on. They shared a moment of connection, their thoughts shifting from surprise, to relief, to urgency in a matter of seconds. When the shadow moved forward the two found their second wind and ran after it.

"Wait!" yelled Kairi, hand held out as if she could catch it.

Donald tried a different approach. Yelling very, very loudly. "Come back!"

Surprisingly, his strategy worked. The shadow stopped and Kairi and Donald both caught up, enjoying the relief from the sun. Then the shadow started to get larger and larger. Donald and Kairi looked at each other in confusion then both looked up. Above them, a rectangular silhouette was descending, getting closer and closer to crushing them. After exchanging another glance with each other, the two scrambled away.

Once out of the way Donald turned and finally got a good look at what had been creating the shadow. It was, strangely enough, a flying carpet with a young man sitting cross legged on it. On his shoulder was a small monkey wearing the same open purple vest as the young man, although without the baggy pants the young man wore. He looked around at the group as the rest caught up to Donald and Kairi. He flashed an apologetic smile at them. "Sorry about that, I don't think Carpet can see directly below himself. Well, I'm not sure Carpet sees at all really."

Donald thought he must be seeing things because he could've sworn that the carpet beneath the young man actually nodded in confirmation of his comment. Then he saw that everyone else was gaping at the sight and maybe he hadn't gone crazy just yet.

"Did that carpet just respond?" asked Kairi, her voice filled with awe. "And you're flying on it…"

"Oh, yeah, Carpet has a mind of his own," replied the young man. "He's not actually the strangest thing I've seen recently, so I guess I didn't think how others would see him." He rubbed the back of his head bashfully. "Not that you all aren't strange. And trekking through the desert on foot during the day? Not very bright. Uh, no offense meant."

"None taken," replied Goofy, cutting off the complaints Donald was about to voice. "We weren't really expecting to be in the desert."

"How close is the nearest town?" asked Jiminy, drawing surprised looks from the young man and his monkey companion.

The young man turned thoughtful. "Well, you'd probably still have a half-day's walk before you get to Agrabah. You'd also probably die from dehydration before then."

The group gave a collective sigh. Kairi looked over at Donald. "Now what?"

Before Donald could respond though the young man spoke up again. "If you want, and Carpet doesn't mind, would you like a ride to Agrabah? It's be much quicker flying."

"That would be great!" exclaimed Kairi. She looked down at Carpet. "Would you be okay with that?"

Carpet nodded again in that strange affirmative manner. Kairi smiled at the gesture. "Thank you!" Then she looked uncertain suddenly. "Will you be able to hold all of us?"

Carpet shook at that. Donald took it as a no. The young man started to rummage around a bag he had. "Don't worry, I think I have a solution to that. He pulled out a shiny copper lamp and started to rub it. "Wake up Genie. We could use some help."

Blue smoke started to come out of the opening in the lamp. It twisted around and around, eventually forming the rough shape of a person, minus legs. It was definitely the strangest person Donald had ever seen before though, and that was saying something. It was a man with a large torso, a red sash around his waist, a glowing blue tail where his legs should have been. He had a large smile on his face as he appeared, stretching and cracking his neck loudly. Donald, and everyone but Cloud, couldn't help but wince at the sound.

"Ah! Back out again!" said the man, Genie, the young man had called him. "Are you ready for your second wish yet Al? Last time you used it to get out of that kooky Cave, so here's to hoping something better comes out of this next one. I could give you biceps like you wouldn't believe, girls love the biceps!"

Aladdin just shook his head, laughing slightly. "No Genie, not a wish for now, just a favor."

"A favor?" asked Genie, finally looking down at Aladdin. When he did so he finally noticed everyone else standing below around looking at him in surprise. "Hey, who're your new friends?"

Kairi gestured to herself with a smile. "I'm Kairi." She gestured to everyone else in turn. "This is Donald, Jiminy, Goofy, Pluto and Cloud. How do you do?"

"Manners!" gasped Genie in mock shock. "So much nicer than a certain someone who was shocked, shocked I say, to see me!" teased Genie, looking at the young man.

"Hey, I wasn't expecting to find you in that lamp!" countered the young man, a smile on his face. "And who's the one who never uses my name?"

"You can't expect me to say Aladdin every time, it's such a long name!"

"No it's not!"

"You agree with me, don't you Abu?" asked Genie, leaning in towards the monkey on Aladdin's shoulder. The monkey nodded and sniggered.

Aladdin playfully swatted at Abu, who just dodged behind his back. "Don't take his side!"

Despite the heat Donald found himself laughing along with everyone else. Excluding Cloud of course, but Donald thought he saw a small smile on the man's usually grim face.

"So," said said Aladdin, looking back at Genie. "Could you possibly carry a person or two back to Agrabah? They're stuck out here in the desert and Carpet can't carry everyone."

"Is that all?" asked Genie, almost sounding disappointed. "You never ask me to do anything interesting or hard. Come on! I have phenomenal cosmic powers and you still have two wishes!"

"I've already got plans for those wishes!" protested Aladdin. "When we get to Agrabah you'll make me a prince so that I can talk to Jasmine. And the last will be to free you, like I promised."

Genie reached out and got Aladdin in a hold, ruffling his hair while the young man protested. "Aw, I know Al! I've just been cooped up so long in that lamp that I just want to do something!" Genie suddenly did a backflip in the air and was low to the ground in front of Donald, Goofy and Cloud. "You three hop on and ride AirGenie! The dog and the boy can ride with Al."

"I'm a girl!" protested Kairi.

"My bad!" apologized Genie. "Styles have changed a lot in one thousand years apparently and I'm soooooo behind the curve. Once I was a fashionista, but now I'm a has been! It's so tragic!"

Grumbling that it was fine, Kairi climbed onto Carpet. Pluto leapt up in a spray of sand, jumping over Donald and landing easily on Carpet. Donald climbed onto Genie, with Goofy sitting behind him and Cloud in the back. Carpet gently lifted into the air but Genie didn't move immediately. "Hey Carpet, want a race?" asked Genie. Carpet nodded and Donald saw Aladdin pale. Before he could voice a complaint though Genie was suddenly shaking. "Hold on tight, this is going to be a bumpy ride!"

In an instant Genie was airborne and Donald was holding on for dear life, his voice drowned out by the roaring wind. Looking over he saw Aladdin, Abu, and Kairi holding on tightly as Carpet sped along, trying to outpace Genie. Kairi also made sure to hold onto Pluto who was crouched down trying to avoid being blown off.

Donald didn't know how long it took to get to Agrabah. The trip felt like an eternity but the sun had barely moved by the time they landed. Tumbling off of Genie, Donald wobbled over to a basket and threw up in it. A shopkeeper glared at him and he smiled awkwardly. Before the shopkeeper could start chewing him out a woman wrapped head to toe in a cloak handed out a purse to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took it out and poured a large amount of gold coins into his hand. He just gaped at the cloaked woman. Donald looked up at the woman. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," said the woman, throwing glances over at Kairi and the others. Donald couldn't blame her, they stood out. He stumbled back over to everyone.

"So, where to now?" asked Kairi, looking a little queasy still.

"Well, I'm going to go off to meet Jasmine," said Aladdin. "Nice meeting you guys. Good luck at whatever you're doing exactly. Uh, what are you doing again?"

"We're looking for some people," replied Kairi. "Uh, lots of people. They'd probably stand out like we do. Have you seen anyone like us recently?"

Aladdin shook his head. "No, I haven't. Sorry."

"No problem," replied Kairi.

"Who's Jasmine?" asked Goofy.

Aladdin turned bright red and Genie leaned next to him, smiling slyly. "She's the daughter of the Sultan and the girl Al here has a crush on. He went into the Cave of Wonders and got my lamp just to impress her."

"And you want to become a Prince to impress her?" asked Kairi.

"Yeah…" admitted Aladdin. "I don't think she'll ever notice me if I don't become someone impressive. I'm just a street rat after all…"

"Aw, you picked us up in the desert, you're definitely a good guy!" commented Goofy.

"Yeah!" added in Kairi. "And I don't know what this Cave of Wonder's is like, but it sounds impressive!"

"It is!" chimed in Genie. "Traps and trouble like you'd never believe! And Al did it all!"

"Aw, it wasn't that much," replied Aladdin bashfully. "And Jasmine won't care about something dirty like that…"

"Why don't you ask her instead of assuming that?" came a voice huffily. Everyone turned around and Donald saw the cloaked woman from before facing away from them and looking way too absorbed in checking out some fruit.

"Well, she's probably not wrong," commented Kairi.

Aladdin just took a step forward. "That voice…Jasmine?"

"And if I was? Why are you assuming I wouldn't talk to you or be impressed by surviving the Cave of Wonders and bringing back a magic carpet and a genie! But no, apparently Princesses can only be impressed by princes and money because we're all shallow," complained the woman, not turning around to face them.

Aladdin looked completely shocked at the turn of events. "Jasmine…I…I didn't mean it like that. It's just…"

"Just what?" asked Jasmine, still not turning around. "Maybe I want to decide things for myself once. Maybe I'd already decided on talking to a great guy who I've seen help out others despite barely surviving himself. Maybe I wanted to get to know a great guy better. Maybe that was a mistake…"

"Whew, this isn't looking too good for Al," Donald heard Genie mutter to himself. Donald made sure to elbow him hard for that. Except he missed and instead ended up falling backwards onto the ground. Luckily, Kairi chose that moment to speak up.

"You both wanted to get to know each other but didn't know how to, right?" asked Kairi. Assent was muttered by both parties. "Well, why don't you two go on a date then? Get to actually know each other. It's what you wanted in the first place, right?"

"I suppose…" muttered Jasmine.

Aladdin took another step towards Jasmine. "I'm really sorry for saying those things about you. You're right, that was wrong for me to assume about you."

"And yourself."

"Huh?" asked Aladdin surprised.

"You weren't being fair to yourself," replied Jasmine. "You assumed you had no merits if you weren't a Prince. That's not true. Be nicer to yourself and maybe I'll go on a date with you."

Aladdin's surprise turned into a smile and he actually started to chuckle. "Hehe, thank you. I think that might be the first time someone's said something like that to me."

"Hey!" piped in Genie. "Magical best friend here! I've said you were awesome from the beginning!"

"That was just earlier today," countered Aladdin playfully. "But yeah, you're right. And you were still going to let me go through with the plan."

"Hey, your wish is my command. Literally."

At that moment Abu started to screech and pull on Aladdin's vest. The young man was surprised for a moment before laughing again. "You're right too." He hesitated a moment before finally gathering his courage and walking the rest of the way to Jasmine. "Jasmine, could you please give me another chance? You've shown me a whole new world, and I want to show you one too."

The cloaked woman finally turned around and removed her hood. Underneath was a young woman with long, luxurious black hair tied back near the end. Donald heard Genie whistle at the sight while Kairi muttered under her breath. "Beautiful."

Jasmine smiled at Aladdin. "I'd be happy to." She turned bashful suddenly. "And I guess I'll try not to scold you. I was doing something similar when I assumed how you were based just on watching you the few times I've snuck out of the palace. That was also wrong of me."

"Then we can try to get better together?" asked Aladdin.

"If you'll let me buy you dinner," winked Jasmine slyly. Aladdin's face blushed bright red at the comment.

"Uh, sure! Have you ever ridden on a magic carpet before?"

"Ah! Princess Jasmine, there you are!" cut in an oily voice. Donald stood up and turned around to see a tall man in red and black robes, a snake shaped staff in one hand. He could smell the stench of dark magic on the man, he was instantly identifiable as a "bad guy". The goatee didn't help. Flying around him was a red parrot who seemed to always be smirking. "What are you doing in such rough company? You need to come with me immediately! Your father will be so disappointed in you…"

Jasmine glared at the man. "I'm the princess and that means I need to get to know people outside the walls. If my father wants me to return to the palace he can come and get me himself. If he wants me to be happy he'll let me stay out here for the day."

"Well, it's a good thing we weren't taking you back to the palace anyways," sniggered the bird. "You're going somewhere else."

"Quiet Iago!" snapped Jafar. He turned back to Jasmine and gave a fake smile. "You will come with me. That is an order. I have plans for you. Your friends on the other hand…" Jafar raised his staff and the eyes of the snake glowed red. In an instant the whole marketplace was filled with enemies.

"Heartless!" yelled Donald, pulling out his staff and aiming at the nearest enemy. Goofy unlimbered his shield, Cloud pulled out his sword and Kairi summoned the Keyblade to her hand. Pluto just growled loudly.

"Genie!" yelled Aladdin, moving to protect Jasmine.

"On it Al!" A curved sword appeared in Aladdin's hand and he brandished it in a way that showed he knew how to use it.

Unfortunately, they were surrounded by humanoid Heartless that each had a sword of the same style in hand. Interspersed among this new style of Heartless were giant ones similar to the Large Bodies they'd encountered before but dressed in a stlye similar to Aladdin and the other inhabitants of Agrabah. All through the market the red pots that decorated the area suddenly sprouted legs and started to converge on them.

Jafar sneered at the surrounded group. "Come with me Princess or everyone gets hurt!"

"Don't do it!" cried Kairi. "We can take them." She smiled at everyone else. "Right guys?"

"Yeah!" replied Donald, holding his staff in the air. Cloud just smirked while Goofy nodded enthusiastically. Genie cracked his knuckles.

"Plan to hurt my friends do you?" asked Genie. He flexed his arms. "Prepare for the full might of these guns! Kapow!"

"Then so be it!" yelled Jafar. "Heartless, kill them!"

Then next few minutes were a blur as the Heartless army converged on them. Donald lost track of his friends, instead focusing on launching more spells than he ever had before. In between doing so he caught glimpses of Goofy spinning wildly through the enemy, Cloud chopping Heartless in half with every strike, Aladdin fighting off a Bandit after Bandit, destroying them with well-placed slashes empowered with fire magic, and Genie throwing Heartless, including the Fat Bandits, into the air and destroying them with blasts of magic. He also saw Kairi, fighting in her strange backhand style with her Keyblade, infusing magic into her attacks to make them more devastating.

In the middle of the chaos Donald realized something was wrong. In a brief lull he looked around and saw that Jafar and Iago were gone. And so was Jasmine.


Xion was getting worried. Roxas was supposed to be here by now. She paced in front of a stall, getting strange looks from passerby's. Maybe it was the fact she'd been waiting in the same spot for over an hour. Maybe it was the fact that she was clearly a stranger by how she was dressed. Or maybe it was that she was probably crazy being dressed head to toe in a thick black cloak in the desert heat, hood up. The heat didn't bother her. It never had, although she'd only had barely a month of experience to count as "never". Maybe it was something about her, she didn't know. At this moment, she didn't care. She just wanted to know where Roxas was.

They were on a mission together for the Organization. They were supposed to have met here an hour ago to start eliminating Heartless. Roxas had been running late because he'd needed to talk to Axel, but he shouldn't be running this late. Unless something had happened to him. Or he'd gotten lost or distracted. Those last two were more common than might be expected. Xion gave a sigh. She loved working on missions with Roxas, but this was ridiculous. And it's not like there was anything to do either. She couldn't start the mission herself. Her orders were strict; "weaken Heartless so that Roxas can destroy them with the Keyblade. No other weapon can be allowed to destroy them." So unless there was another person with the rare, and unique weapon, Xion couldn't do anything.

"Saix is going to chew us out…" complained Xion to herself. Caught up in her own thoughts she almost missed the screaming. She only noticed something was up when crowds of people were fleeing from the marketplace, pushing her aside rudely as they ran past.

She looked over at the commotion and saw that a large amount of Heartless had gathered, surrounding some of the strangest fighters she'd ever seen. A duck with a magic staff, a young man with spiky blond hair and a large bandage wrapped sword, a dog-man with a shield, a native of the world with a scimitar and a large blue man somehow throwing the largest of the Heartless into the air and destroying them there.

In the chaos she saw a red robed man teleport behind a woman in a cloak and silently kidnap her, removing her from the area without anyone noticing. Even when he was gone the fight raged on.

Xion wasn't sure what she should be doing. Just staying back and watching seemed wrong, but without Roxas and the Keyblade she couldn't fight. Orders were orders. But the strange fighters were already sending dozens of hearts into the air without the use of a Keyblade, which meant it wouldn't really be a waste to help them at this point, would it?

She was shocked though when she made out the last fighter. They were a girl with red hair and a practical fighting outfit that Xion admired. But beyond that she noticed that the red haired girl was using a strange weapon. The Keyblade. Xion's mind was made up in an instant. She could help and complete her mission at the same time. Then, after the fighting was done, she could find out how the girl had a Keyblade and if she knew what had happened to Roxas.


Roxas was completely and utterly lost. He'd meant to meet Xion at the marketplace, but after being delayed for nearly half an hour by Axel giving him advice on way too many random topics, he'd ended up teleporting to the wrong place. It was on the same world, that much he knew. That was about it though. He wasn't in the city but in a cave who knew how far from the city. The place was a maze and populated with Heartless. As soon as he'd appeared he's been swarmed. So, that being his original mission he'd gotten to work, trying to clear out as many Heartless as he could with the Keyblade.

But doing that had led him deeper and deeper into the cave. He wasn't a fan of using the dark portals either. Not only was he bad at teleporting to the right place, it just felt wrong using them. He knew the cloaks they wore protected them, but still the whole portal area smelled wrong. He was much more comfortable for both reasons traveling with others.

"I never should've told Xion to go on ahead…" muttered Roxas. He threw his hands up in the air in frustration. "What was she ever supposed to do without me? She doesn't have a Keyblade to kill Heartless with. I'm such an idiot!"

Suddenly Roxas heard voices and instinctively hid behind a large carved block. It was a stupid response. Heartless didn't talk and if they did he could handle them. Probably. But the talking meant it was people and a voice in his head told him he didn't want to meet anyone who would be walking around in a cave like this.

"I bet those dupes didn't even notice we snatched the Princess right from under their noses!" said a cocky voice. Roxas was mildly surprised to see the person talking was a smug looking parrot. "The looks on their faces will be priceless!"

"Quiet Iago!" said a man in a red robe. "We have Jasmine now, which means I'm that much closer to ruling Agrabah…"

"Are you going to brainwash her and have her marry you?" asked Iago. Roxas noticed an unconscious young woman in brown robes was floating along next to the pair. Surrounding them like an honor guard was a dozen sword wielding Heartless.

"That was my original plan, yes," replied the robed man. "But our benefactor who gave me control over the Heartless wants the Princess for herself. So instead, I'll be taking some of her power for my own needs now, and some of the power later that she plans to use Jasmine to obtain. Her little brat errand boy will be meeting us here soon."

The group walked past Roxas and he briefly considered going in the opposite direction and leaving the cave. Only very briefly though and the next moment he was following after them.


Xion took a running start before leaping over the swarm of Heartless. She chose her targets carefully, freezing them with ice magic. The Red headed Keyblade wielder only hesitated briefly before striking at the frozen Heartless, destroying them. She turned to look momentarily as Xion landed and grabbed a Fat Bandit that punched at her. She grabbed their arm, bracing herself as she'd been taught and threw the bandit into the air. The Keyblade wielder took advantage of that too. She cocked back her arm and threw the Keyblade into the air, boosted by magic. The Keyblade cut the Fat Bandit in half and then magically returned to her hand. A neat trick; she'd have to tell Roxas about it when they finally met up again.

So the battle went on. Xion kept freezing targets or throwing them towards the Keyblade wielder, helping her destroy as many as she could. Her efforts didn't go unnoticed by anyone in the fight but they were all too concerned fighting to question it.

Soon, the seemingly never ending wave of Heartless diminished until there were suddenly only a few stragglers who were promptly destroyed. Xion was proud of herself as the fight ended. She'd made the best of a bad situation. Maybe Saix would actually praise her for once?

Now with the fight over she found herself the center of attention of the strange group. She didn't think she had anything to fear from them, but she made sure her hood was firmly in place before talking. She didn't want anyone to see her face.

The Keyblade wielding girl was the first to approach her, a smile on her face. "Thank you for the help. Although it did seem like you were throwing a lot of Heartless my way."

"You handled yourself well," replied Xion. "I was curious though, where did you get that Keyblade from?"

"You know what this is?" the girl asked, holding up the Keyblade. "Well, I got it the night my Island was destroyed by the Heartless. I was told I'm the Keyblade's chosen wielder. Although I've also been told there are other Keyblade wielders. Somewhere." She became excited for a moment. "Do you happen to know any? Do you know Ventus or Terra?"

Xion was taken aback a moment. The girl's statement, and her excitement were surprising. She'd been told that Roxas was the only wielder of the Keyblade. To find out there were more was news to her. "Uh, I don't know those people," she replied. Before fully thinking through her answer she found herself adding more. "My friend Roxas has a Keyblade like that and I was curious if you'd seen him." Xion mentally kicked herself after saying so much, but she decided she might as well continue. "We were supposed to meet here but he never showed."

"And you thought we'd done something to him," stated the blond haired young man with the large sword. It wasn't a question.

Xion stumbled out an apology. "I'm sorry about that. I'd been told there was only one Keyblade and seeing it with you made me fear the worst."

The red haired girl just smiled gently at her. "It's fine. We all thought there was one Keyblade too."

The dog man looked thoughtful for a moment. "I wonder where the Keyblades come from or why everyone thought there was only one?"

"This isn't the time to wonder that!" rasped the duck, stomping his foot. "Jasmine was captured!"

"What?!" said the girl, the dog-man and the blue man at the same time.

The girl turned to the duck. "When did this happen?"

"During the battle," answered Xion, making everyone turn to look at her. "She was captured by a man in a red robe right before I jumped into the fight. He took her somewhere."

"We need to find her!" said the sword wielding young man.

"We will Aladdin," promised the Keyblade girl. "But first, we need to figure out where she was taken."

"The Palace?" asked the dog-man.

"I might have an idea," mentioned the blue man.

"What Genie?" asked Aladdin. "You know how to find them?"

"Well, my home security alarm back at the Cave of Wonders just went off so either someone is trying to rob an empty cave or decided to take up residence. Both of which are rude, by the way," complained Genie.

"Why would Jafar be there?" asked the dog-man.

"I don't know," admitted Aladdin. "Genie, could I wish for Jasmine back?"

"I sensed some powerful dark vibes off of that Jafar guy," replied Genie. "Not more powerful than me of course, but powerful enough to get in my way. A real pain in the you-know-what that guy."

"Could you I wish for you to take us to him then?" asked Aladdin.

"One travel service to an evil wizard?" asked Genie, a smile on his face. "Piece-o-cake! You wish it and I'll whip it up! I'll even include some strawberries and whip cream to top it off while I'm at it," said Genie with a wink.

Aladdin turned to everyone else. "Thank you for helping my fight off those guys. I hope you have luck in finding everyone you're looking for."

The Keyblade wielder took a step towards him. "What are you talking about?" she asked, frowning at him. "Of course we're coming with you!" She turned to her companions. "Right guys?"

"Of course!" cried the duck. "That guy gives magic users a bad name! Right Goofy?"

"Uh huh," nodded Goofy. "Kairi and Donald are right, we're not going to abandon anyone. Right Cloud?"

He looked at the sword wielder who just smirked. "People who use the darkness like that need to be punished."

"Thanks guys," replied Aladdin with a smile. He finally looked at Xion. "Well, thank you, good luck to you I guess."

Xion hesitated to answer for a moment. A very brief moment. "I'll come with you too. I saw her get captured and didn't do anything. Plus, I doubt Roxas will be appearing here if he hasn't already. I can find him later."

"Thank you," said Aladdin before turning back to Genie and pulling a golden lamp out of his bag. "Genie, for my second wish I wish that you take us straight to where Jasmine us!"

"One princess rescue express coming right up!" yelled Genie, snapping his fingers.

The world disappeared around Xion. Good thing Roxas wasn't here, he hated all types of teleportation.


Roxas almost wished he'd just teleported out of the cave he was in. Jafar was so pompous, slimy and smug and Roxas felt queasy just listening to him ranting to Iago about what he planned to do with Agrabah. They were in a room with large blocks on opposite sides of the room. On the far side from the doorway there was a wall that looked like it had the outline of a door but was still solid. Stairs led up to it, indicating some important function but not one Roxas could tell.

They'd been waiting around for a bit while the person Jafar was waiting for took a while to appear. Roxas was almost tempted to come out and smack the smug wizard with his Keyblade but the large amount of Heartless made that seem like a bad idea.

Then to his surprise, a dark portal opened up next to Jafar. He'd thought only members of the organization used the portals. But who walked out wasn't wearing the usual black cloak of the organization. The clothes were unfamiliar to Roxas but the face was familiar, disturbingly so. A silver haired boy with eyes filled with hate. The body, the face and the hair were familiar, but the eyes were something Roxas could never have imagined attached to the rest. The boy said something quietly and handed a swirling purple-black orb over to Jafar. Jafar smiled at the orb and waved his hand absently. Jasmine floated over and the silver haired boy grabbed her in his arms. He turned back towards the portal and put one foot into it.

As he did so Roxas suddenly found himself running out from cover and towards the boy. "Stop!" he yelled, causing everyone to turn to look at him. The silver haired boy regarded him in almost a bored manner. Roxas didn't care though, he just wanted answers. "Who are you? Why do you look like her?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about," replied the boy simply before stepping completely into the portal. Roxas ran forward a few more steps but the portal disappeared before he was anywhere near it. He stopped and stamped his foot against the ground in anger. "Damn it!"

"Who are you to intrude upon here, boy?" asked a voice. Roxas looked up at Jafar who was floating in the air and sneering down at him. "Do you expect to get out of here alive you fool?"

Roxas wasn't sure about that because he realized that he was now surrounded. The Bandit Heartless had circled around him, brandishing their swords menacingly. Lost, no answers, and likely death. Axel had just chided him earlier that day on being careful on missions and what did he not do? Be careful. The lecture he was going to receive was probably going to be worse than the death he was most likely about to face.

He summoned his Keyblade to his hand, enjoying the look of surprise on Jafar's face. "Another one?" sneered the man. "I thought there was only supposed to be one? No matter, I'll figure it out after I kill you."

"Bring it on!" yelled Roxas. Before he could move though he was surprised by a sudden flash of light and a loud banging noise. Oh, and by seeing a whole new group of people suddenly in front of him. One of them he recognized. "Xion?"


Xion decided she liked using the dark portals more than Genie teleportation. They were much gentler, although this was probably faster. It was always hard to tell when teleporting. One second in the marketplace, the next she's in a cave, surrounded by more Heartless and facing Jafar. Her attention was drawn behind her though as she heard a voice.

"Xion?" Xion turned around and saw a confused Roxas standing behind her, his Keyblade out ready to fight. "What're you doing here?"

"Roxas!" she exclaimed, turning around to hug him. "What're you doing here? Is this where you've been the whole time? I've been waiting for you!"

"Sorry," replied Roxas, rubbing the back of his head bashfully. "I got kind of lost and couldn't find my way out."

"Jafar!" yelled Aladdin. "Where's Jasmine?"

"That is of no importance to you," sneered Jafar.

"Jasmine is the girl in the brown robes, right?" asked Roxas. "She was taken by someone else."

"Who?" asked Xion, curious now about what her friend had gotten himself in.

Roxas hesitated momentarily, looking away from her for some reason. "A boy. With silver hair and angry blue eyes…"

Xion was shocked by her friend's words. It couldn't be. Was this the same boy who had haunted her through her brief life?

"Wait, a silver haired boy?" asked Kairi, turning to face Roxas, shock on her face. "Did you hear a name?"

Roxas shook his head. "No, I didn't. But uh, Xion, what's going on?"

"I'm not sure I can explain it quickly," she replied with a slight smile, although no one could see it under her hood.

"Hey, isn't one of your friends a silver haired boy?" asked Goofy, looking at Kairi.

She nodded. "Yes, Riku. He also has blue eyes."

"Are you fools done ignoring me?!" yelled Jafar, drawing everyone's attention back to himself. "Heartless, kill them!"

The Bandits leapt into the air to attack the group. Roxas let go of Xion, and the two leapt into action with everyone else. In a matter of moments, the Heartless were all defeated. Aladdin pointed his sword at Jafar. "You've lost Jafar! Surrender and bring back Jasmine!"

Jafar suddenly started to laugh. "I can't do the second and there is no need for the first!" He held up a ball of darkness above his head then crushed it in his fist. Dark tendrils shot out and surrounded everyone, trapping them.

Genie just laughed. "You think this can hold someone of my awesomeness and phenomenal power?" he asked. "You must be daffier than Daffy Duck!"

Jafar laughed again. "No, that won't." He suddenly held up his hand and Xion saw the golden lamp Aladdin had rubbed earlier sitting in Jafar's grasp. "But that won't be a worry! Genie, for my first wish I want you to make me an all-powerful Genie like you!"

"No!" yelled Aladdin, struggling at his bonds.

Genie's face paled and he looked like he was struggling but raised his hands anyways. "I'm sorry Al…" he apologized. He covered his eyes with one hand and pointed at Jafar with the other. A beam of light shot out and hit Jafar. Red smoke suddenly filled the room and the ground shook and fell apart. The dark tendrils broke apart as everyone plunged into the room below.

Free from the tendrils, Xion righted herself and landed easily on the ground below, which was made up of a large number of large stone blocks. Roxas landed slightly harder, but kept standing. Around her everyone else landed. The flying carpet that had been with Aladdin flew around and caught the dog and the monkey, stopping them from plunging into a pool of lava. Donald and Goofy landed together in a pile. Cloud and Aladdin both managed to land easily on their feet. Kairi landed on her butt, hard. "Ow…" muttered the Keyblade wielder, standing up slowly and massaging her behind.

Genie floated down slowly, defeat written on his face. Jafar was nowhere to be seen but Xion noticed Iago flying around at the edges of the new room, a black lamp clutched in his talons. Suddenly, the ground shook again and the lava around them started to stir. A giant red genie flew out of the lava, screaming.

"I AM ALL POWERFUL!" yelled Jafar. "HAHAHAHAHA! I don't need a Princess with this power! I can just take Agrabah through force and nothing can stop me!"

"We will!" yelled Kairi, holding her Keyblade in a backhand style.

"Yeah!" yelled Donald, standing up and pointing his staff at Jafar.

"Uh, how're we going to do that?" asked Goofy, looking at his friends uncertainly but still at the ready to back them up."

"Through force," muttered Cloud, holding his sword at the ready.

"It can't be done…" muttered Genie sadly. "He's got all my power but none of the charm. He's got his power too. I bet he could bench press a castle and kick my patootie while doing so…"

"The lamp!" exclaimed Aladdin, pointing at Iago, who was flying around the outer edge of the room with a black lamp in one hand and the golden one in the other. "He has the lamps. We just need to grab the black one and wish him away."

"Now you'll all die!" yelled Jafar, swinging his hand down. Aladdin dodged out of the way and where he had been standing sunk into the lava, leaving a gaping hole in the platform. "Stay still!"

"You go for the lamps!" Kairi yelled at Aladdin. "We'll hold him off!"

"Got it," nodded Aladdin. He looked up. "Carpet!" The flying carpet from before flew down from the hole in the ceiling where it'd been depositing the dog and monkey to safety. Aladdin jumped on as Carpet flew past, just in time to dodge a fireball thrown by Jafar.

"I'll crush you, street rat!" yelled Jafar, summoning more balls of fire.

"We won't let you!" yelled Kairi, cocking back her arm. Magic gathered in her Keyblade and she threw it at Jafar. He swatted at it but it exploded in a massive blast of wind and light energy, knocking him back against the wall of the room. Before he could recover and attack again he was barraged by a variety of magical spells from Donald. Goofy spun around and then threw his shield through the air, hitting Jafar directly between the eyes. The shield bounced off of Jafar, then off of a wall before finally, miraculously, hitting Iago. The parrot gave a cry of surprise and dropped the black lamp. The black lamp tumbled out of Iago's talon and fell onto a platform at the edge of the room. Iago knocked his suddenly free talon against Genie's lamp. "Genie! Protect me and the lamps!"

Genie's expression turned pained again. "Your wish is my command…" he muttered dejectedly. He pointed his finger at Aladdin who was speeding over on Carpet to Jafar's lamp. A blast of magic shot out and hit the two, knocking them down onto another platform that sat alone in the middle of the river of lava. "I'm so sorry Al!"

Xion had seen enough. She turned to Roxas. "We need to get that lamp and stop this!"

"How do we do that?" asked Roxas, looking worriedly between Genie who was moving to protect the lamps and Jafar who was in the middle of fighting Kairi, Donald and Goofy, and beating all three.

A large form walked up from behind Xion, drawing her attention and she saw Cloud, his face neutral, sword in hand. "I'll hold off Genie," ordered Cloud. You two get that lamp."

"We can't fly!" protested Roxas.

"I don't think I can jump that far," muttered Xion. Suddenly, an idea occurred to her. She smiled at her friend. "Come with me, I think I know what to do."

As they ran off they suddenly heard a crackling noise and Cloud shot past them, golden electricity flashing around him. "Yah!" he yelled, flying over the lava in a single bound and reaching Genie. He swung his sword, knocking Genie away from Iago and the lamps. They crashed into the far wall and Cloud continued to rain blow upon blow on Genie with the flat of his sword, keeping the powerful blue man pinned down.

Over by Jafar Kairi, Donald and Goofy were pulling off perfectly coordinated teamwork with what looked like little effort. Kairi and Donald used their magic to keep Jafar contained while Goofy always had the two covered and protected, no matter what Jafar threw at them. Sadly, the trio were visibly tiring, the magic coming slower and slower and in one instance Goofy barely managed to stop a blast of fire from hitting Kairi.

Xion started to run faster, far out pacing Roxas. She might not have a Keyblade but her physical abilities were far above a regular persons and Axel had mentioned might be the best of anyone in the Organization, at least all around.

"What now?" asked Roxas, lagging further and further behind Xion as they approached the end of the center platform.

"Throw your Keyblade as hard as you can!" yelled Xion, putting on another burst of speed as she finally leapt off the edge and into the air over the lava. She heard Roxas yelling and she saw Roxas's Keyblade flying underneath her. She managed to use magic to firmly plant her feet on the Keyblade and then sent out a blast of wind magic, propelling her and her new ride across the lava filled chasm.

Iago had been using the chaos to fly down with Genie's lamp towards Jafar's. He'd been close to retrieving Jafar's but Xion came flying through, almost hitting him with Roxas's Keyblade before it flew past and embedded itself in the wall. In his surprise Iago let go of Genie's lamp and Xion watched in horror as it tumbled down towards the lava. Before it could hit the lava though a purple blur came out of nowhere and grabbed it. Aladdin held the lamp triumphantly in his hands, a broad smile on his face as Carpet flew the both of them to safety.

Xion looked down from her perch and saw Iago trying to retrieve Jafar's lamp. She back flipped off of Roxas's Keyblade and landed right next to Iago, a smile on her face. "This is mine now," she said, reaching down for the lamp.

Iago just looked at her in fear. "Uh yeah, whatever you say…" then he fled, leaving the cavern through the hole they'd fallen in through. Xion picked up Jafar's lamp and yelled as loud as she could.

"Jafar!" yelled Xion, drawing the giant red genie's attention. His frustrated expression turned to shock as he saw Xion with the lamp.

"What is this sorcery!" yelled Jafar.

"I wish you'd be sealed inside of this lamp!" yelled Xion. Jafar let out an inhuman scream as red smoke engulfed him, twisting around in a vortex and bringing him violently into the lamp in Xion's hands. Jafar reached out and tried to fight the wish, but in the end it was futile and his cries were ended as the lamp completely absorbed him. Xion then gripped the lamp tightly in one hand and reached up to grab Roxas's Keyblade in the other. "Roxas!"

Her friend held out his hand and recalled the Keyblade, calling it through the air instead of teleporting it. The Keyblade flew through the air, Xion holding on tightly and trying not to think about the lava below her. She made it to the center platform and let go, dropping to the ground as the Keyblade finished flying to Roxas's hand. She flashed him a triumphant smile that she knew he couldn't see under her hood but was surprised by the grave expression he was giving her. Around her she saw shocked expressions on the faces of Kairi, Donald and Cloud as they gathered around.

Roxas pointed urgently to her head. "Xion, your hood…" he hissed.

Fear engulfed Xion as she realized what was going on and she reached out and covered her head once again with her hood. Sadly, the damage had already been done.

Donald charged forward angrily. "Why do you look like Daisy!" he accused.

Kairi also took a step forward, confusion on her face. "Daisy? She looks like Riku, but that can't be possible…"

Cloud's face clouded with anger as he moved past everyone else and put a hand tightly on Xion's shoulder. "WHO ARE YOU?!" he yelled. "I can see the long hair, but everything else is obscured by light… Tell me!"

"Let go of her!" yelled Roxas, pushing Cloud aside. The young man was so disoriented by whatever it was he was seeing that he let go easily. Roxas glared at the other group angrily. Xion surveyed the faces and her heart sunk at their words. Like usual, no one was going to see her for her, just those that they cared most about. Her gaze settled on Goofy who had a look of curiosity on his face as he rubbed his chin with his hand.

"Hmmm," muttered Goofy. "Are you sure you see Daisy, Donald?" asked Goofy. "I just see a young girl with black hair…"

Xion couldn't believe the words. They were the ones she'd never expected to hear. She just gaped at Goofy. "You can see me?" she gasped.

"Well, of course I can?" asked Goofy, confused. "Should I not be able to?"

"What is going on here?" asked Kairi.

"None of your business," growled Roxas protectively.

Xion put her hand on her friend's shoulder. "Roxas, it's okay. I…I want to explain…"

Roxas flashed her a worried expression. "Are you sure?"

She nodded. "I am." She looked over the four gathered companions. "I'm not human. I can't really explain what I am, but it has a weird effect. People see me as the person they care about most in the world…"

"So that's why I see Daisy?" asked Donald, calming down a bit.

Xion nodded. "You must care about her very much…"

"Then, what am I seeing…" muttered Cloud.

"Maybe it's your light?" asked Kairi. "You don't know what they look like after all. But I'm seeing Riku, and he's one of my best friends, but the person I care about the most?"

Roxas spoke up before Xion could answer. "This Riku, you said he was the silver haired boy I saw before?"

Kairi nodded uncertainly. "That definitely sounded like Riku. But I don't know why he would be here or taking Jasmine…"

Roxas took a step forward and gripped Kairi's shoulder. "Why do I see him when I look at Xion?!"

"Wait, what?" asked Kairi confused. She looked over at Xion. "You see him too?"

"Yes, and I've never met him before today," replied Roxas. He let go and looked down dejectedly. "I wanted to be the first to see Xion…"

"But I saw a black haired girl?" asked Goofy.

Xion smiled at the dog-man and felt tears coming to her eyes. She was glad the cloak hid her reaction, but her voice was still thick with emotion as she spoke. "You saw me as I see myself in the mirror. I never thought anyone else would ever see that…" Her voice became choked up and she barely managed to get out her next words. "Thank you…"

"Uh, you're welcome," replied Goofy bashfully.

Roxas turned around to look at Xion. "Xion, we should go now. We're running late already and Saix is going to be angry."

Xion reached inside her hood with her empty hand and wiped her face clean of tears and snot with a sleeve. "Okay." She held out her other hand, holding Jafar's lamp up to Kairi. "Here. Can you deal with this?"

Kairi smiled at her and nodded. "Yeah. Thank you for your help. I hope we can meet again."

"Me too," replied Xion honestly.

Roxas nodded. "Yeah. You'll have to explain that Keyblade to me next time."

"Same," replied Kairi.

Roxas and Xion took a few steps back and Xion held out her hand. A dark portal appeared in front of them, causing Kairi, Donald and Goofy to gasp in surprise at the sight. Roxas grabbed her hand and together they walked into the portal. Saix was going to be pissed…


"That was strange," muttered Kairi, looking at the spot Xion and Roxas had just disappeared from. She looked down at Jafar's lamp in her hand.

"What do we do with it now?" asked Goofy, scratching his head.

"Bwack?!" Donald said in surprise, looking down at his feet. Kairi did the same and realized a carpet of sparkling light was lifting her up into the air.

"First stop, the way out of here!" declared a voice proudly. Kairi looked up and a smile lit up her face. "Genie!"

"The one and only!" yelled Genie flying down and around the group as they lifted up slowly from the lava filled room. "Notice anything different about me?"

Kairi looked but couldn't figure out what Genie was talking about. Goofy was apparently much more observant though. "Those band thingies on your wrists are gone!" said Goofy.

"Correctamundo!" declared Genie, snapping his fingers and causing fireworks to fly out of them. They finally rose out of the hole and were deposited safely away from it. Aladdin was standing nearby, a frown on his face as Abu, Carpet and Pluto all watched him worriedly.

Once Kairi was firmly back on solid ground she walked over to Aladdin, holding the lamp out to him. "Here, this is Jafar's lamp."

He took it, scowling at it. "Thank you." He looked up at the group and gave them a genuine smile. "Thank you, all of you. You stopped Jafar, and I don't know how to properly thank you for that…"

"It's nothing," replied Kairi with a smile. "He was using the Heartless, that meant he was our problem too. Too bad we couldn't save Jasmine…"

"That's my fault…" remarked Aladdin.

"No it's not!" protested Kairi.

"Yeah!" cried Donald.

"Jafar captured her," commented Goofy.

"And we were all there too," insisted Kairi.

"But I didn't do anything fighting Jafar either…" said Aladdin.

"You saved Genie's lamp!" insisted Donald.

"And don't I appreciate it!" exclaimed Genie, flying over and giving Aladdin a bear hug. "You used your last wish to free me! I didn't think I'd ever have a friend like you!"

Genie let Aladdin down and the young man smiled bashfully. "I did promise you I would, didn't I?"

"Yeah, but I was sure you'd use it to rescue Jasmine," replied Genie. Then he turned bashful. "Sorry for doubting you pal…"

Aladdin put his hand on Genie's shoulder. "No, I did consider it, but a promise is a promise and you're my friend. I'll just have to save Jasmine another way."

"We can do it for you," declared Kairi. "We're traveling around anyways. We'll find her and rescue her."

"Yeah!" exclaimed Donald. "You can count on us!"

"That's right!" said Goofy with a smile.

Aladdin smiled at them. "Thanks you guys. You're good friends."

"Uh, do we still need to find the Keyhole?" asked Goofy.

Kairi nodded. "We probably should before we leave."

"How do we find it anyways?" asked Donald.

"I don't know," admitted Kairi.

"What are you guys looking for?" asked Aladdin.

"Well-" started Kairi before the Keyblade appeared in her hand suddenly and started to lift up on its own. Kairi followed where it was pulling her towards, turning around to face a strange alcove in the wall on the other side of the hole in the room. The alcove looked like a doorway and the outline started to glow. A Keyhole appeared in the center of the alcove and Kairi gripped the Keyblade in both hands and concentrated on closing the Keyhole. A beam of light shot out of the tip of the Keyblade and went into the Keyhole. Soon there was a clicking noise and Kairi knew instinctively that their work on Agrabah was over.

She turned back to a confused Aladdin, Genie, Abu and Carpet and smiled at them. "That. It'll stop the Heartless from destroying this world. And It's our cue to leave. Don't worry, we'll save Jasmine and bring her back."

Aladdin held out his hand to Kairi. "Promise?"

Kairi took it. "Promise."