A/N: I think I'm going to keep reminding you guys to read the manga (Little Adventures) at my DA account. The manga will eventually become a big part of this series. So yeah haha
I have so many people to thank for supporting me and giving me great advices! Thanks guys!
Special thanks to doctor3378 for adding this story to their favs!
Guest: Awww thank you! I was actually thinking of Atlantica when I wrote that haha. He's my fav villain too! He was so funny among the Disney villains. And thank you so much for reading the manga! I really appreciate it :D but I made a new version, the version you're reading seemed to be First Meeting, right? The new version is Little Adventures. Up to the alien/guy/sailor moon/sleeping beauty is still the same, but with new scenes ^_^ thank you so much!
BlueXRedKnight: Yeah! He is!
Guest: I'm glad you like the relationship between them ^^
Lulu9814: We'll find out about Agrabah in this chap ^^
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Hikari © me
Chapter 8: Agrabah
"This is so hot…" Hikari mumbled.
After using the Star Shard again, they did actually get somewhere dry. A very, very dry place to be exact. It's not the beach, not the badlands, but the desert. The freaking desert with no signs of life at all except for the two teens who were walking across the mountains of sand. The scorching sun was making their skin burn and their tongue dry.
"We have to deal with it…" Riku said, his eyes glancing around the desert. The scorching sun doesn't seem to bother him, though the sweat coming down from his forehead says otherwise, but he didn't complain. He kept on walking, one foot after another. "Maleficent told us to go to Agrabah." he continued, walking ahead of the girl.
Hikari groaned, wiping the sweat from her forehead. "I rather be stranded in the ocean than in the desert… at least I can keep cool in the water." Even with her hood pulled up, her head still felt the stinging sunlight. She really doesn't like the desert that much. The sand's too hot and there's no shade anywhere. Her eyes glanced over to Riku's back. "Can we use your portal thingy to at least walk in there and keep cool?" she whined.
"It's only a little heat…" Riku sighed.
"A little? I'm melting here!" Hikari shouted, placing her hands on her hips.
Riku glanced over to her. "That's because you're standing on quick sand." He pointed out calmly, pointing his finger at the sand below her.
"Quick sand? Yikes!" Hikari exclaimed in surprise, finally realizing that she was sinking deeper and deeper into the sand. She tried to move her legs, but found them completely stuck inside the sand. Riku reached his hand out and she took them. The silver-haired teen pulled the brunette out of the quick sand and let he sit down beside him as he stood beside her. "Argh! I hate the desert! Can we go back now?" she huffed, shouting to the sky.
"There's no turning back now…" Riku said and Hikari let out a groan. "Besides, we seemed to reach a city." He added, pointing his finger.
"A city? In the middle of the desert?" Hikari followed his finger and her eyes widened at the sight of a fairly large city with walls surrounding it. She quickly slide down the sand hill and looked back to face Riku, placing her hands above her eyes to block the sunlight. "C'mon Riku! Let's check it out!" she shouted and continued to ran to the city.
Riku shook his head, but a small smile was on his lips. He followed Hikari's steps, sliding down the sand hill. He easily caught up with her. The two continued on running till their reach the city outskirt's. They glanced at each other before entering the city.
"Wow… this place is so crowded!" Hikari said, glancing left and right. Everywhere she looks, vendors were shouting out the items they're selling and children were laughing and running around playing with each other. She could even see a few groups of women weaving colorful fabrics from a shop. Her blue eyes glanced around the market with excitement. This was actually the first lively city she visited since she left Destiny Islands. Wonderland was crazy and Olympus Coliseum was all training.
Riku nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah, try not to stay too far." He ignored the vendors' shout of offering their products, though the one behind him seem to fell for the discount trick. As he turned around, only to find his friend was missing. "Hikari! Where are you?" he shouted in the bust market, his eyes glancing around.
"Here I am!"
Riku turned around and caught something in a swift motion. "An apple?" He glanced at fruit he caught. He looked up to find Hikari holding an apple along with a red sash tied around her waist. A bright look was seen across her face. A smile wider than a child in a candy store. "And a sash? Really? It clashes with the utility belt you're wearing." He crossed his arms, giving her a look.
"So what? It's two for one. I can't resist the good offer. And that lady gave me a five percent discount!" Hikari grinned happily.
Riku face-palmed. "Hikari… we're not here to go shopping." He sighed, shaking his head.
"Don't worry, Riku. I bought one for you too!" Hikari took out a white sash with gold patterns from her pouch. She shoved the apple to Riku's hand as she tied the sash around his waist. She took the apple from him and took a few steps back, staring at Riku up and down. She gave Riku a thumbs up. "That lady was right. It does go with your bright fashion." She laughed.
Riku rolled his eyes. "I don't know if I should feel grateful or insulted." He said, but he didn't take the sash off. He placed his hand on Hikari's back and tossed the apple back to her, pushing her to walk forward. "Alright, alright… let's get going now."
"Awww… can I just stay a little longer? I want to explore more." Hikari whined, trying to convince Riku to let her stay.
"Seriously? You want to shop a little more at a time like this?" Riku raised an eyebrow.
Hikari gave a half-half sign. "I can also ask everyone about Kairi." She smiled.
The silver-haired boy sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Alright… but meet me back here in an hour." He said, walking away.
"Okay!" Hikari cheered. She kept her gaze on Riku's back as he went further into the crowd, disappearing from her line of sight. The brunette tossed one of the apples up and down. She tossed the apple to a child who kept on looking at her since the beginning. The child caught the apple and stared at Hikari with hopeful looks. The little boy caught Hikari's smile and nod. He took off to the alley, a smile on his face. 'Now to find some clues.' She brought the other apple to her lips.
She stopped when she felt a tug on her sash. She glanced down and spotted a monkey with the saddest kicked puppy look she has ever seen. "A monkey who can do a puppy look… I'm impressed, little guy." The brunette grinned and gave the monkey her apple.
The monkey took the apple and chatter happily.
"So… where's your owner?" Hikari asked.
"There he is! Catch him!" A very angry man shouted, pointing his sword at them from between the people walking in the market. A few people were behind him, looking very furious as well. They pushed their way through the people, shoving them left and right.
"What? He thinks I'm a dude?! Uncool!" Hikari shouted. The monkey jumped on her shoulder and went inside her jacket. He went to perch himself around her neck, popping his head out from the hood, cowering in fear as he held onto the apple.
The brunette bolted to the alley. She kept on running even when they yelled for her to stop. She yelped when two persons were carrying a large piece of table a little bit ahead of her. She went down and skid her way from the gap between the ground and the table. She quickly got up to her feet and glanced over her shoulder. A few men stopped for a moment to get through, but the more buff ones jumped over the table and resumed the chase.
The brunette went took a sharp turn around the corner, sidestepping to avoid bumping to an old woman. She passed on a quick apology before rushing of to lose the men chasing her. She didn't even know why they were chasing her in the first place! She looked down to the monkey that was chattering. He kept on whining, pointing at something. Her blue eyes followed his finger and her eyes widened when one of the men appeared before her eyes.
"Got you now, street rat!" The man lifted his sword up and swung it sideways to her head.
Hikari avoided the sword, doing a backhand spring as she kicked the sword out from his hand. The sword spun in the air and landed on the ground a few feet away, the blade digging into the soil. "Who are you calling a street rat, you big poop head!" she stepped on his toe and kicked his back, sending him to his knees.
The monkey yelped, pointing his finger to the other alley.
Hikari huffed and left the man, sticking her tongue out at him. She followed the monkey and her eyes widened when she spotted a dead end at the end of the alley.
"He went there!"
Hikari panted heavily from the chase. Her line of vision was blurred when a rope appeared in front of her. her eyes crossed at the sight of the rope, following the rope up to the roof. She didn't think twice and quickly climbed the rope. On the other end, someone seemed to help her by pulling. She took the helping hand and went to lay on the roof, the sun back to glare at her whole body. The one who helped her also lay on his back, avoiding to be seen by the angry men bellow. The two crawled to the edge and took a peek.
"Where is he?! That street rat was here a second ago!" The man shouted. "Search this whole alley and city if you have to! I want him found and alive!" he ordered and everyone scattered.
The two retreated back and sighed in relieved. "What was that about?" Hikari sighed out as she sat up.
The man sat up too. "Those were the Palace's Guards… They've been pretty active for the past week." He sighed, ruffling up his hair in frustration. The monkey jumped out from Hikari's hood into the man's arms. "Abu! You're safe! Leave it to you to eat at a time like this." The man noticed the apple and he shook his head.
"Abu?" Hikari echoed.
"Yeah, he's Abu. I'm sorry that he caused you so much trouble… because of him, they thought that you're me." The man apologized, scratching the back of his neck. Abu gave him a look as he kept on eating the apple.
"I find it impossible to mistake a girl for a guy." Hikari snorted. She reached her hand out, offering it to the man. "I'm Hikari and thanks for the rescue back there." She grinned.
The man blinked and shook her hand in greeting. "Aladdin and sorry again for troubling you." He introduced and apologized in the same sentence.
"It's cool. So why were the guards chasing you anyway?" Hikari asked. "But before you answer that… can we get out of the sun?" she fanned herself with her hand.
Aladdin motioned his hand for Hikari to follow. She followed him from behind. He jumped from roof to roof and finally landed on a rundown building with a hole on the roof. He jumped inside the hole and Hikari did the same. Her blue eyes scanned the room and her eyes caught the large hole on the wall. It wasn't because the hole was big, but it was because of the view of a grand palace that surprised her.
Aladdin sat down on a wooden box as Abu perched on his shoulder. "I don't actually know myself… all I did was talk to Princess Jasmine." He sighed out, his shoulders slumped and his gaze stuck on his foot.
"What?" Hikari exclaimed. "Why would they want to capture you if all you did was talk to a princess? That's really rude." She crossed her arms, a frown on her lips.
Aladdin shrugged. "I don't know…" he lifted his gaze up and turned his head to look at the palace. He leaned his elbows against the broken concrete and propped his head up. His kept on staring at the palace with a dreamy look. Abu jumped off from his shoulder after he finished the apple and the monkey climbed up to Hikari's head, mimicking Aladdin's dreamy look. "But even if that's the reason… then it was worth it." he sighed, a smile on his face.
Hikari placed a hand to cover her mouth as her cheeks were tinged with red. "Ooooo! Someone's in love~!" she nudged Aladdin's shoulder, grinning widely. Her grin almost beat the Cheshire Cat! Well, almost…
The black-haired man almost slipped. "N-No way! There's no way a princess like her would fall for a street rat like me." He groaned, a dejected look on his face.
"You're such a pessimist! I think you have a chance with her." Hikari encouraged the young man and Abu nodded his head in agreement.
Aladdin laughed. "I think I'll have a bigger chance if I was a handsome prince."
"Dude, you don't need to change your looks or status." Hikari began. She wasn't really the expert in these kind of things, but she spends her time with Selphie and her romantic side kind of rubbed off on her. She learned a thing or two from Selphie's fantasies. "If she's really the one, then it doesn't matter if you're a prince or not, she'll like you for who you are." She advised, a proud feeling whelming up inside her.
Aladdin blushed. "Thank you, really… but the problem is the rule that states a princess must marry a prince." He sighed heavily.
Hikari blinked. "Bummer…"
All of a sudden a scream broke out. The two glanced out of the hole in the wall and their eyes widened. People were running and screaming around, knocking stalls and shoving each other to get away from something. Hikari glanced over to the opposite direction where the people was running from and she frowned. It was the Heartless' doing alright. She summoned her rod and turned back to the pole.
Aladdin grabbed her shoulder, stopping her. "Where are you going?! We don't know what's out there for sure!" he warned.
"Don't worry! I know what I'm doing." Hikari said, giving a reassuring grin.
"Then we're coming with you. Abu, let's go!" Aladdin said and the monkey sighed before coming along.
They waited until it was safe to come out and avoided a stampede of a mob of people. Aladdin pressed his back to the wall and cautiously glanced around. He arrived at the corner and peeked his head out. He frowned when there was nothing in the town square. He straightened his posture, now not so cautious about the situation. He motioned his hand for Hikari to follow his to the town square.
"This doesn't make sense… why were all those people running?" Aladdin placed a hand on his chin, thinking.
Hikari hummed. "How about we split up? I'll go this way and you'll go that way?" she suggested, pointing her finger at the other direction.
Aladdin nodded. "Good idea, but be careful."
As soon as Hikari was out of sight, Aladdin turned around to do his own search.
"If it isn't the little street rat." The young man spun around and his eyes narrowed. He stood in a fighting stance when the Royal Vizier of Agrabah stood before him. "Going somewhere?" he waved his staff and a group of Heartless surrounded him.
Aladdin glared as Abu began shaking in fear. "What do you want?"
Jafar smirked. "I have a proposition for you."
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Hikari glanced around the empty streets. The place was completely deserted! It was so lively moment ago, but now it was like a ghost town. The wind blew, blowing the dirt on the ground and made a dust cloud. She tugged on her hood to cover her eyes when a cloud of dirt was blown her way. She coughed and rubbed her eyes. From the corner of her eyes she saw a woman dressed in a dirty robe running pass her and hid herself in a pile of rolled up carpets.
"Huh?" Hikari blinked. She decided to approach the woman.
"You there. Stop." A voice stopped her. She turned around and found a man dressed in a black robe and a black turban. The brunette stared at the man for a moment, scrutinizing him. The man held his gold staff as a colorful parrot perched himself on the man's shoulder. As the man approaches, the bird flew from his shoulder and landed on top of Hikari's head. "You're one of Maleficent's pets, correct?" he asked.
Hikari placed a hand on her chest. "I took offense to that. I'm not a dog. I'm a human being." She gave him the most disgusted and offended look she could muster. She pointed her rod to the bird perching on her head. "And this pet of yours better not poop on my hood." She warned, the tip of her rod glowing blue.
"Easy with the magic there, toots!" the bird raised his wings in defeat.
Hikari glared at the bird on her head before turning her attention back to the man. She remembered this man. He was one of the people she met in Maleficent's little gathering. There were four more, not including this man and Maleficent. But one thing's for sure, she only met the once and she hates all of them. They kept on calling her 'pet' and other words that were an insult to her. She held it all in because Riku held her back and covered her mouth from shouting comebacks.
"You're one of Maleficent's friends, right? Blafart?" Hikari purposefully got his name wrong, hiding the smile with her hand.
"It's Sultan Jafar to you, insolent girl." Jafar hissed, glaring at the girl. "The word acquaintances fits much better for the term." He corrected, a smirk on his face.
Hikari blew a raspberry at him, rolling her eyes. "Psssh, whatever… old man."
Jafar scoffed at Hikari's behavior, his head held high as he looked down at the brunette with equal disgust and distrust. "Have you seen the princess go by here?" he asked.
"Nope! Didn't see anyone." Hikari answered casually, shaking her head, making the bird flew back to Jafar.
The man frowned. "Keep on searching then. Don't waste our time." he lastly said, turning around and with the sudden turn, his cape flapped behind him.
It took all of Hikari's might to stop herself from stepping on Jafar's tempting long cape. She made a face behind his back and huffed angrily. As soon as Jafar was out of sight, she kept on mimicking his voice in a mocking way.
"It's Sultan Jafar. Get back to work. Don't waste our time, you insolent brat—Whoa!" Hikari stopped when she came face to face with someone. She lost her balance and fell to the ground, landing bottom first. "Oh man…" she groaned.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you…" the woman apologized, helping the girl up to her feet. She watched as Hikari dusted off the dirt from her clothes, a small smile appearing on her lips. She placed a hand on her chest and bowed her head a little. "I would like to thank you for not telling me on Jafar." She said.
"No problem—wait… so does that mean you're the…"
"Princess. Yes, that's right." The princess said, reviling her face a little more from under her hood. She let out a giggle when she saw the expression on Hikari's face. It was a mixture or surprise and disbelief. "I'm Jasmine. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Hikari shook her head, shaking the thoughts away. "I'm Hikari. It's nice to meet you, Princess!" She quickly bowed.
"There's no need for formalities… I'm no longer the Princess of Agrabah." Jasmine said, glancing to the direction of the palace. Hikari tilted her head in confusion. She's the princess of Agrabah, so why was she saying that she's no longer the princess of this world? "My father has been overthrown by Jafar. That sneaky man has taken over Agrabah in over a few hours because of those creatures. I escaped the very last minute." She explained, walking a few steps forward.
The princess turned around, facing Hikari. "I overheard Jafar and a woman talked about finding a keyhole in this world… they're searching for it as we speak." She said.
"A keyhole?" Hikari echoed. She knew about the keyhole and the keyblade, but she didn't want to spill it to Jasmine. She also pretended to be a little lost on the topic. She kind of worked for Jafar and Maleficent, but she was still against every bit of it and try to stay out as much as possible while trying to help everyone as much as she can. "What's that?" she asked.
Jasmine shook her head. "I don't know… they were also talking about seven princesses of hearts and I think I have something to do with it."
"So that's why Jafar is looking for you…" Hikari mumbled. She never heard any of the seven princesses of hearts before. So it was all new information for her. "Why do they need seven?" she asked.
"They say that they wanted to open the final door." Jasmine answered.
"Final door?" Hikari pondered. A final door to what? She kept on thinking, but there's just too many possibilities. She sighed loudly when no thought came to mind. "This is so frustrating… let's go meet up with Aladdin. I bet he found something." She turned around to go back to the town square.
"Wait." Jasmine stopped the brunette. "Aladdin's out in the desert because of Jafar… he told him to look for something and he would spare me in return… but I highly doubt that now." She glanced at the ground, a glum look on her beautiful face.
Hikari groaned. Everything seemed to be against her today. Her eyes widened when she spotted Riku and Maleficent. She noticed them, but they didn't seem to notice her or Jasmine at all. The brunette quickly grabbed Jasmine's wrist and pulled her along to an alley. The two hid behind a stack of wooden craters and held their breath when both Riku and Maleficent passed by.
The brunette peeked out from the box and her eyes watched as Maleficent's robe was no longer seen from her line of sight. They both sighed as quiet as they can.
"You have to stay here… it's not safe for you to go around." Hikari whispered.
Jasmine nodded. "I understand." She watched as Hikari stood up. "Where are you going? It's not safe for you too." She said.
"I know… but my friend is with that lady and I promise to protect him." Hikari smiled.
"Stay safe."
"You too." The brunette nodded and left the alley.
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'Where is she?' Riku thought, his blue-green eyes scanning the empty stalls and alleys. He told her to meet him in the same spot about an hour ago, but it's already passed the time he said and there was still no sigh of her. He was beginning to get worried and impatient at the same time. From Maleficent, he heard that Sora would come to this world and he was not in the mood to face him just yet.
"That friend of yours, child… where is she?" Maleficent asked, almost as if she was reading his mind.
Riku shook his head. "I don't know. Hikari must be around here somewhere."
"Riku!" As if on que, a certain brunette came shouting his name.
Said teen turned around to face the brunette. He gave a stern look as he crossed his arms. The girl placed her hands on her knees for support as she tried to catch her breath. The silver haired teen kept his look as he stared down at the brunette's head. "You're late." He said, straightly to the point.
"I know! And I'm sorry. I have a good reason for being late." Hikari stood up, straightening her posture and gave a sheepish grin. "You see… I was in the market when a monkey came and then some palace guards came too and then we were chased around the market because they think I was a thief, but I met the real thief and then the Heartless came and we were separated and here I am now!" she said in one breath and took deep breath soon after she was finish explaining.
Riku sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "At least it's better than your lame 'alien kidnapping' excuse." He shook his head. He reached his hand out and the dark portal appeared. "Come on, we're leaving." He said, taking a step inside the portal.
"Why the rush?" Hikari questioned.
"I am afraid that the wretched boy is here." Maleficent answered, moving her scepter to Hikari. The green ball on top of the scepter showed a projection of Sora, the duck and the dog in a desert. They were talking and before she could even do a horrible lip-reading, Aladdin and Abu came to view along with a flying carpet. "We must leave at once and let Jafar do his work." She said as she stepped inside the portal first.
Hikari stared at the ground. "Sora's…. here?" She wanted to see Sora so badly, not just from Maleficent's small crystal ball, but in person. She really did miss him. She was too deep in thought that she didn't even realize that tears began to come out from her eyes. She tried to hold the sobs, but her shoulder shook with each sobs she tried to hold back.
"Hikari." Riku called, his expression softened when he saw the look on Hikari's face. He gently pulled her arm from covering her eyes. He pulled the brunette into a hug, wrapping his arms around her in a genuine embrace. "I know it's hard to let go, but you have to accept the fact that Sora has replaced all of us." He said, patting her back.
"We have to move on." Riku added. He pulled back from the hug, but kept his hands on Hikari's shoulder, giving a firm yet reassuring squeeze. "Think of it this way, you still have one big brother who looks out for you." He smiled and cupped Hikari's cheeks with his gloved hands.
The brunette laughed a little. "Yeah… thanks Riku." She gave him a grin as he wiped the tears away with his thumbs. She considered Riku as her own big brother, always taking care of her, although a bit bossy, but he still looks out for her like Sora would. Which is why she would do the same. "Let's go." She said.
Riku gave a nod and held Hikari's hand as they walked inside the portal together.
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Hikari glanced around curiously. "I didn't know the castle have a treasure room…"
"That's because we're not in the castle." Riku answered, keeping his eyes straight. "Iago have retrieved the lamp from Aladdin and gave it to Jafar. He wished that the keyhole is revealed and the genie said the keyhole was here, but he didn't specifically say where." He continued.
"Genie?! Seriously?! There's a genie here?!" Hikari exclaimed in disbelief, her eyes seemed to sparkle in the low lighting. She always wanted to meet a genie since she was like four. Well she has a lot of 'to do list' to begin with, but one of them is meeting a genie. "Is the genie a girl? Is it true that her lamp is bigger than it looks? Oooh! Can we use our third wish to wish for three more wishes?" she curiously asked.
Riku turned around to face the brunette. "Hikari. The genie is not here. He's with Jafar and he is a he, not a she. What would you wish for anyway? A lifetime supply of ice cream?" he joked.
Hikari puffed her cheeks out, crossing her arms over her chest. "For your information I'm going to use my wish to see my friend again."
"Do you mean your imaginary friend when you were three?" Riku asked with a teasing tone.
"He's not imaginary! He's real and lost, so I'm gonna use one of my wishes to find him." Hikari said, placing her hands on her hips. She was a little behind Riku and Maleficent, but they could still perfectly hear her talking and babbling. "—and then for my second wish, I'm gonna wish for Kairi to be with us again and for my third wish I would wish for three more wishes so I could wish for my fourth wish—,"
"That's great, Hikari." Riku said. He wasn't really paying attention since it wasn't important. He kept on walking in the dark cave. It was illuminated by a light green color because of the ball on Maleficen't scepter. He paused when he realized that Hikari wasn't talking anymore. "Hikari? Hikari! Don't touch that!" he glanced over his shoulder, only to fin Hikari reaching her hand out to touch a golden kettle.
Hikari quickly retreated her hand back. "What?! It's a golden lamp! It has to be the lamp." She defended, raising her hands up in defeat.
"That's a golden kettle, not a golden lamp. I already told you that Jafar has it and no, there's no second genie." Riku quickly rushed to her side, chiding her like a mother would. "Don't touch it."
Hikari groaned. "Fine… but can I at least take a diamond or two? Mom lost her ring and I want to give her something when all of this is over and—," she saw the look Riku was giving her. "Alright! Alright! Geez!" she sighed.
She cleared her throat and followed Riku again as he turned around to presume his walk. She crossed her hands behind her neck and her eyes glanced around the cave. It was filled with treasures, pile of gold coins stacked up to the high ceiling and priceless jewels here and there. She was distracted. She kept on gazing around, not even looking where she was going. When she turned around to stop walking backwards, she bumped into a pedestal.
"Oops!" Hikari tried to catch the pot.
"Let it fall!" Riku turned back as if he has a sixth sense just for sensing when Hikari's in trouble. The two watched at the pot fell into the pile of gold coins. They both sighed in relief that the pot didn't crack or break. The silver-haired teen crossed his arms, glaring at the brunette who innocently straighten the pedestal without looking guilty. "I thought I told you to not touch anything." he repeated, a bit more sternly this time. "You might set up the traps or something."
"I didn't touch it, I bumped into it. There's a big difference between the two words." Hikari made a 'duh' face, stating the obvious.
Riku shook his head as he let out an exasperated sigh. He decided to let Hikari walk ahead of him so he could keep an eye on her. It was a good idea too because she kept on getting distracted by the tiniest things, even the bugs on the wall. Well, she was more scared of the spiders, but he was able to stop her a few times before she triggered a trap. Maleficent suddenly stopped, surprising Hikari as she almost bumped into her.
"It appears that Jafar has led the insolent child here…" Maleficent said.
"What?" Riku furrowed his eyebrows.
"Really?" Hikari blinked, staring at Maleficent's scepter.
Maleficent waved her scepter and a swarm of desert themed Heartless appeared, making Hikari summon her rod. "There is no need to raise your weapon, for they are on our side." She said and the Heartless dashed towards the other end of the cave, swinging their swords mindlessly. The brunette summoned her rod away, but kept on staring at the entrance of the treasure's room. "They shall keep the boy and his company busy while we wait for Jafar." She continued.
Riku glanced over to Hikari and then to Maleficent. "If you don't mind, we'll be going back to the castle." He said.
Maleficent smirked and summoned a portal. "Do as you wish."
"Let's go, Hikari." Riku said as he stepped inside the portal.
Hikari nodded, but before she went inside, she glanced back to look at the cave, a worried look on her face.
'Be careful, Sora…'
