Ehem...I would like to take this time to personally thank all of you who have reviewed for this story: Antex-The Legendary Zoroark and Shiranai (Both of whom have reviewed for every chapter thus far, so thank you two especially =^w^=), Luckenhaf (Who has reviewed for two chapters to date, thanks a bunch ^^), a good acquaintance of mine; Black Desires, as well as hitomi65 and Team Wingless (I hope all of you come back to read more, each of you sort of disappeared after the first chapter ^^'), also...the guest who reviewed as well (thank you, whoever you might be ;D), and lastly Bighead98 (I also hope you'll return, this was made possible because of you after all :3).

Thank you all for your support. I wasn't quite sure if I was going to continue this fic at first, but I think after coming this far...it would just be wrong of me to stop now. I couldn't do that to all of you after all. ^^ So I hope each of you will continue to enjoy this story. ;)

Inverted Sky

Chapter 10: Deep Jungle part 1

Sora looked through the glass dome at the space around them, her smirking lightly as the ship soared across the stars. But as they came closer to one of these stars, the light shimmered briefly before revealing a world covered in green. This making it clear to all of them that this world was one with a great many forests and jungles.

"Hey Donald, do ya think the King could be down there?" Goofy asked with a glance over to said duck.

Whom of which just shook his head in response; "In a backwater place like that? Not likely." he stated with a wave of his hand toward the world, as if to dismiss it.

"We better move on." he continued as he began to turn the ship away from the forest-filled island, only to be stopped by Sora placing a hand on one of the handles to the steering wheel.

"Hold it...Riku or Kairi could be down there. I have to check every world I come across if I have any hope of finding them." the brown-haired girl stated firmly.

"Forget it...we're on a mission. Which is way more important right now." Donald retorted as he tried to jerk the steering wheel away from Sora.

However, said girl merely tightened her grip and narrowed her eyes; "And I told you that I'm only joining you to find my friends...I'm not here to save the worlds." she responded as she jerked the wheel to the side and caused the ship to start hurling down to the world below.

"And I won't be until I know Riku and Kairi are safe!" Sora continued out as the ship began it's decent toward the top of each of the trees.

But while the ship fell, it began flashing red lights while the word 'EMERGENCY' was seen on the screens all around the interior. Though after the ship came up toward the top of the tallest tree, it immediately activated the teleportation mechanism. This of which sent each of the three flying outside of the ship and into the forest below. However, due to it being an emergency transport, all of them got separated from one another.

All the while, Sora appeared in the middle of the air above what she could see was some kind of tree house. Yet she didn't get to get a good look at it as she went crashing through the roof and landed hard on the main floor.

"Okay..." she groaned out painfully as she got up slowly; "...maybe I should have just asked nicely."

After finishing these words, Sora glanced around at the rather spacious house, of which was indeed built on a very large tree. Though from what she saw, it appeared as though it had been abandoned for years. Yet it was the fact that neither Donald nor Goofy were with her that the brown-haired girl noticed first, to which she looked toward the exit almost immediately.

"I guess I should find them...and apologize for almost crashing the ship." she muttered silently with a sigh before narrowing her eyes and quickly turning around when a silent creak was heard behind her.

Instantly following her spin to face the noise, Sora saw a large leopard leaping toward her from the second floor. Though this gave the girl enough time to summon her Keyblade and swing it at the large cat as it came down toward her. But upon making contact, the brown-haired girl's weapon caused the animal to go flying back and hit the wall that held up the upper floor.

'I'll never get used to this thing's strength.' Sora thought in her mind briefly as the leopard soon got back to its feet and charged at the girl with great speed.

This quickness surprised the girl as she immediately created a barrier around herself on instinct. Of which caused the large cat to bounce off and land to the side of Sora, whom turned to face it with narrowed eyes.

"You're a fast one...aren't ya?" she muttered silently as the leopard then began to circle around Sora, both of them seeming to be waiting for the right time to attack.

"But I can be faster." the brown-haired girl continued before lightning began to surround her Keyblade and then her whole body.

"Lightning Raid!" she called out as she suddenly seemed to vanish from sight.

Yet a split second afterward, the leopard was hit by a flash of light and sent flying into the air. Though it was instantly hit by the same glimpse of lightning multiple more times before it finally hit the floor. Once the leopard did however, it collapsed with a surge of electricity rushing over its body to show that it was paralyzed from the lightning magic it was hit by.

"Now...be a good kitty and stay there." Sora said from the doorway leading out of the house, her having a smirk on her features as she walked out.

Though a few moments after reaching the end of the tree, the brown-haired girl collapsed to her knees and sighed heavily. "Yep..." she began with an exhausted sigh.

"...still not ready for that one." she finished as her breathing became deep for a few seconds, to which it returned to normal after a while.

'Boy...I'm glad I have an affinity for magic like Merlin said, otherwise...that might have been a heck of a lot tougher on me.' Sora thought as she looked around the jungle as she reached the ground.

"Hmm...which way shall I go first?" she muttered silently, to which she placed her free hand on her hip.

"You...there..." a voice suddenly spoke up from above the girl, to which she let out a rather girly yelp as she tilted her head up to look at the source of the voice.

Who she found was a very well-toned man with very strong looking limbs, very tan skin and long brown hair. Of which was very messy and appeared as though it hadn't been cut for much of his life. Though the only thing this man wore was a brown loincloth, which made Sora blink a few times and raise a brow in question. Yet it was mainly the fact that he was hanging upside-down from a vine on a tree next to the brown-haired girl.

"…are you here...with Jane?" the man continued, his voice being somewhat deep, yet it was clear that he likely wasn't used to actually speaking words at all.

"Um...not quite, but do you think you could bring me to this 'Jane'?" Sora asked back to this man, whom flipped around and landed on the ground with all four limbs.

"Yes...I can." he responded while looking the teen over curiously with a slight tilt of his head.

"Tarzan." the man soon said as he gestured to himself while standing up on his legs briefly.

"Sora." said girl introduced with a thumb pointed to herself.

"Come...I'll show you the way." Tarzan muttered as he started leading Sora through the jungle.

'Huh...he moves kinda like an ape, or maybe a gorilla. But whichever one it is...it's certainly something ya don't see every day.' Sora thought to herself with blinking eyes, her following the brown-haired man quickly.

As the two went on through the jungle, the girl kept glancing at many of the trees with the thought of seeing them before. Yet before long, they came up to a thick forest of bamboo and then to a wide open area. This being where a large campsite was set up in the form of a multiple room tent, a table used for some kind of science experiments, and lastly a series of covers for various other supplies.

Tarzan soon brought Sora inside of the tent, where a young woman with long brown hair and blue eyes sat in a chair reading. Her wearing a simple white top and long brown dress, the latter of which spread out in the air as she spun around when hearing them entering. But as she opened her mouth to speak, she closed it briefly when laying eyes upon the young girl beside Tarzan.

"Oh...and who might you be?" the woman asked with a British accent as she stood up from her seat and placed the book down on a table nearby.

"My name is Sora." said girl introduced with a small smirk and gesture to herself with a thumb.

"And I am Jane Porter, it's a pleasure. Though...what are you doing here? Are you here to study the gorillas with your parents or guardians?" the woman questioned, her leaning forward slightly with her hands being placed on her knees.

"Um...yeah." Sora said with a clearing of her throat; "Well...sort of anyway." she muttered silently as she soon looked to the curtain entrance.

Of which soon opened to reveal Donald and Goofy, along with a tall, well-built man with short, pulled back, black hair and a thin mustache. He wore a yellow, button-up shirt, a red bandanna around his neck, tan pants and brown shoes. Yet the moment Sora looked at him, her eyes narrowed slightly in response as she seemed to be able to tell he wasn't the trust worthy type.

"'Sort of' indeed." the man began with his own deep voice, him also having a British accent.

"I believe these two are your 'guardians' for the circus, eh?" he continued with a tone that showed his own distrust toward the girl and even of the two anthropomorphic animals.

"Mr. Clayton, don't be so rude." Jane demanded as she had immediately noticed his tone, to which the man quickly put his hands up to admit defeat before walking out of the tent

"Well...I guess you could actually say that they're my guardians." Sora said with a shrug of her shoulders, to which she looked between Donald and Goofy.

"Oh...and sorry about dragging us all here. I'm just really desperate to find my friends." she continued with a sheepish smile and apologetic tone.

Goofy just gave a smile and nod in return as to show his forgiveness of the brown-haired girl's actions. Donald however seemed to let out a huff and look to the side with his arms crossed; "Yeah well...if they're 'that' important to you, I guess it would be alright to visit each place we travel near enough to. It would also help in our mission." he responded with another huff at the end.

This made Sora blink at him briefly before grinning, picking him up in her arms and hugging him tightly. "Thanks Donald." she said happily, her giggling lightly at the white duck's futile flailing to get free.

"Hey! Put me down!" he exclaimed during his struggles, though he slowly gained a small smirk on his features.

"By the way Sora, we found this on the ground a little bit ago." Goofy began as he brought out what looked like an orange cube with multiple spots of various colors on it.

"What's that?" Sora asked with blinking eyes, despite still holding a flailing Donald in her arms.

"It's a gummi block...the same kind that makes up our ship. So it means that the King could actually be here." the anthropomorphic dog explained with a small smile.

"Oh my...you're looking for your friends, are you?" Jane questioned with blinking eyes and a tilt of her head to the other side now.

The brown-haired girl turned to the woman with a nod before putting Donald down and clearing her throat. "Yes...it's the reason why I followed Tarzan here, and likely the reason why they followed that Clayton guy." she began with a brief glance to Donald and Goofy, her then stepping forward and gesturing to her hair.

"My one friend has silver colored hair and is a little bit taller than me." she continued with a tilt of her head to Jane, whom soon shook her head in response.

"Sorry...I haven't seen anyone of that description or anyone else besides Tarzan and the local animals in this jungle." the woman responded with a downward tilt of her head.

"Right...well thanks for letting me know." Sora said with a shrug as she too looked down for a few moments, to which Donald and Goofy mirrored this gesture.

"Friends...here." Tarzan spoke up suddenly, causing everyone to turn toward him quickly.

"*&&#%" the brown-haired man continued as he seemed to grunt something out which everyone could only assume was some form of gorilla or monkey speech.

"Um...and that means?" Sora questioned with blinking eyes and a brief sweat drop.

Though Tarzan looked up in thought, it was clear that he likely didn't know the answer himself either. This showing that his knowledge of speaking things other than gorilla was still quite shallow. Sora soon looked down once more for a brief moment before she glanced toward Jane with a thumb gestured to Tarzan.

"Do you think you could teach him a few more things? I'd like to know what he meant by that, but in the meantime...I'm going to start my own search." she said with high determination in her eyes.

Jane blinked to her briefly, to which she then gave a nod in response and started bringing out books from the shelves off to the side. "Alright...best of luck in finding your friends, though come back here if you run into any trouble. Also…let me know if you come across any gorillas on your way. I would love to have a possible 'hot spot' for my studies." she said as she stacked all of the books she gathered into one pile.

"You got it." Sora responded with a thumbs out and smirk, to which she then turned to Donald and Goofy.

"We should probably split up...we'll cover more ground that way." she continued as she gave a short nod of her head to the pair.

Both of whom returned the gesture as they soon left the tent to leave Jane and Tarzan alone to learn from each other. Yet after going outside, Clayton was standing there waiting for them, to which Sora immediately narrowed her eyes at him.

"Pardon me, but I couldn't help overhear your conversation. If it's a search through the jungle, then you'll need an escort...after all, the jungle is a dangerous place." the raven-haired man said as a small, yet almost unnoticeable grin curled his lips.

"Thanks...but no thanks, I think we'll manage." Sora stated as she just headed off on her way, leaving Clayton to try his luck in asking Donald and Goofy if they would like his services.

Though it sounded as if they too turned him down, the brown-haired girl didn't pay any mind to them as she rushed back into the forest. But as Sora began her search, she continuously broke the branches on the trees she passed by in order to keep track of where she had been. However, it was after one of these snaps that Sora instantly saw a figure off to the side in the corner of her eye.

Her full attention immediately went to this person as they seemed to disappear behind a tree. Yet it didn't take long for Sora to rush over toward it and saw a single person standing there with a soft smile on their features. "You always know where to find me." they said silently with a light giggle.

"Kairi..." the brown-haired girl whispered silently upon looking at said girl in front of her.

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