/unkown location/
Several hooded figures were in a white room surrounding a small crystal ball. "So Hades has been eliminated." spoke the first figure who was male. he took off his hood to reveal his black hair and dark blue eyes (Zexion)
"Indeed, The Guardians of Light were able to recruit another member and that boy Riku has control of his Darkness." spoke a man with a deep has very angular and strong features, with a square chin, straight nose, and sharp cheekbones, blue eyes and small eyebrows. His hair is auburn and slicked back into rather odd, messy spikes. (Lexaeus.)
"This Riku sounds something worth studying. Perhaps i shall gather some data on him" said another hooded figure taking off his hood to reveal long platinum blonde hair and yellow eyes (Vexen)
A dark corridor opened and out came Xigbar with a smirk. "so any luck on finding the Chamber of Waking?"
"No. We have search Castle Oblivion top to bottom and yet have found this Chamber of Waking" spoke a femine voice as the only girl of the group to take off her hood to reveal her blonde hair and yellow eyes. (Larxene)
"How do we even know this place even exists?" asked the final hooded figure taking off his hood to reveal his long pink hair and yellow eyes.(Marluxia).
"Because the Superior said it exists and contains something we need. something important for the great clash ahead. so keep up the search unless your are summoned" spoke Xigbar with a smirk.
The five Seekers nodded before Xigbar took his leave. leaving the five of them alone once agian. Vexen opened his own corridor of darkness much to the confusion of the other four. "I am off to gather Data from Riku. perhaps he is the key to my project to create the final vessel for Xehanort." Vexen stated.
Vexen entered the corridor leaving the four remaining Seekers alone.
/Scene change/
The Gummi Ship sailed on though the Ocean Between, carrying it's passengers to the next world on their quest to find King Mickey and to stop the Seekers of Darkness. at the wheel of the ship. Donald was teaching the guardians how to fly the Gummi Ship since they asked him if they could learn. "Now you have to be careful with the wheel, it's very sensible." said Donald.
"Gotcha, i got this Donald" said Sora holding the wheel as he steered the ship to the right avoiding a floating rock. Hercules was in a conversation with Fishlegs who was telling the latter about the dragons in their world and how they are classified.
Hiccup however was working on a little something with Chip and Dale at the small workshop he set up with them. Toothless was asleep next to him. "Hiccup? you down here?" asked Astrid looking into the room. Her new axe was on her back. "Yeah down here Astrid." said Hiccup resuming his work on his new project.
Astrid looked at the device Hiccup was making before she asked. "Whats that your working on?"
"Oh, im working on some sort of Communicator so that if we ever get separated on any worlds, we'll be able to contact each other. so far i have two of them made and i'm just adjusting them with Chip and Dale." said Hiccup finishing up on the one he was working on. "We call them Gummiphones." said Chip.
"That's kinda cool, Does it work?" asked Astrid.
"only one way to find out" said Hiccup before he gave one of them to Astrid and he kept the other one. "When we get to the next world, we'll give them a try and if they work, then well make more for everyone else."
The two then left Chip and Dale and returned to the Bridge to see everyone was chatting to each other. Sora was sitting next to Kairi as she yawned. "Hey wake me up when we reach the next world"
"Sure Kairi" said Sora as she snuggled up against his chest before falling asleep. Hiccup smiled as did Riku as everyone sat in silence. Lucy was asleep on Kairi's lap as Luna and Glacea were down below with Toothless since they were too big to fit on the cockpit. after a while did they come upon a new world with a treehouse and on the tree house and surrounding it was a jungle. "Hey Donald, maybe the King might be there" said Goofy.
The wizard scoffed. "In a backwater place like that? No way! Let's move on."
Donald steered the ship away from the world when a red light came on. "Huh, whats that?" asked Namine curious of the red light. Donald, Goofy and Max's eyes widen before Max pressed a button. "Hey Chip, Dale, did you guys fill up the ship before we left Disney Castle?" asked Max.
"Dale? i thought you did that!" exclaimed Chip
"No i thought you did Chip! i was gathering food for the ship" Dale said to his brother. The three disney residences began to sweat as they looked at the others. "We'll we have good news and bad news." Goofy said looking at the team.
"whats the good news?" asked Zack raising an eyebrow.
"The good news is were landing immediately, the Bad news is were crash landing!" said Donald. After he said that did the ship did a nose dive straight for the world. Everyone in the cockpit began to scream. "Thanks again for choosing Air Duck, thank you and come again!" Donald said terrified as he held the wheel. "Donald!, try to find a remote place to land the ship safely!" exclaimed Cloud.
"I'm working on that!" shouted Donald. Everyone continued to scream as Roxas looked at Lea. 'This could be it Lea, i want you to know that you are truly a one of a kind friend."
'Thanks Roxas, your the Best!" exclaimed Lea holding onto his seat.
"Before we die, i have to tell you something" Roxas said to his friend.
"Tell me anything!" said Lea.
"I Broke your Ipod!" said Roxas.
"WHAT!?" shouted Lea as Xion laughed despite they were crashlanding.
"The buttons were so small it made me mad!" exclaimed Roxas.
"The Horror!"
"Im sorry!"
"I'm gonna Kill you!: shouted Lea as he begin to smack Roxas who tried to block with his own slaps. He muttered sorry as the two continued to fight until Sora shouted. "I love you Kairi!, I always have!"
Kairi snorted in her sleep as she snuggled in his chest still asleep. Sora then noticed everyone was looking at him before eyerolling at him. His face was deep red when he realized he shouted that. The Gummi ship continued to fall down into the new world as all the sudden did everyone was yanked out of the ship. Sora grabbed Kairi and held her in a protective embrace as they were falling towards a set of trees. Hiccup was falling not to far from them, Toothless and Luna came to the rescue as they grabbed their riders and they crashed into a tree house like they saw outside. Sora still holding Kairi stood up and held her bridal style as she woke up. "hmm? where are we?" She asked noticing that were no longer on the ship.
"We had to make a emergency landing because something went wrong with the ship." said Hiccup looking around the tree house. Kairi noticed she was still in Sora's arms before she blushed. "You can put me down now Sora."
"Oh Sorry" said Sora putting her down allowing her to walk.
They had landed in the middle of a large wooden house. There was absolutely no furniture on the inside whatsoever; only various crates, boxes, and barrels. Most of the wooden planks used to build the house had vines and other kinds of foliage growing between the cracks. The entire place seemed extremely old and abandoned. The rooftop seemed sturdy enough, save the part where they had fallen through.
All of the beams were still perfectly in place above their heads. There was a second story, though the stairs had been broken, making that level inaccessible (there was no bottom half). There were several windows, all of them with the glass still in place, sunlight streaming through them and spilling across the floor. There was a large open entrance directly in front of them, through which they could see a sort of balcony and the tops of some of the trees.
They noticed they were completely alone in the tree house. "Guys?" asked Hiccup looking around for their friends.
"We must have gotten separated from them when we were ejected from the ship" said Sora. Toothless and Luna begin to growl confusing the three. "Were not alone in here" said Toothless. The two dragons formed a protective circle around the three. Just then, a small, powerful creature silently crept into the tree house. It peered over the edge of the second floor balcony and narrowed its cat eyes hungrily at the tender piece of meat that had landed within reach. With a low growl, the wild animal moved one powerful, clawed paw forward, near the edge of the platform. The muscles in its legs tensed, its eyes gleamed.
Hearing the growl did the three turn to see a leopard pounce right at them. Toothless lunged at the Leopard and the two begin to fight each other with their claws. Toothless knocked the leopard back as his eyes narrowed at the predator. "Leopard" said Hiccup. He had done some reading on the different animals they might encounter on their journey and according to the book he read then the leopard was a predator of a jungle or Savannah.
"Back off!" roared Luna at the Leopard. The Leopard wasn't having none of it as it lunged again. Suddenly, something burst into the tree house through a large hole in the top side of the building. This something moved quickly, running and maneuvering around the roof beams like a monkey, using one of the beams to swing around and propel him toward the leopard. The something was, in fact, an actual man. He landed in front of them and just in time and successfully blocked the leopard's advance using a long wooden spear. He then used the spear to push the leopard forcefully backward.
The leopard was knocked back several feet, rolling across the flooring before catching itself by digging its claws into the wooden planks. As the animal rose to its feet and looked at the newcomer, the man hissed and roared at it, sounding exactly like another leopard. The leopard growled furiously and made its escape, leaping through a window, shattering the glass as it did so.
After a moment of silence, the man turned around to face the three and two dragons. He seemed to be a fairly tall man, though it was hard to tell since he was in a crouched, gorilla like position at the time. He had shoulder length brown hair that fell over and into his face in thick dreadlocks. The man's entire body was covered in muscles and soaked in a rich golden brown tan. His face was drawn into a solemn stare, and his green eyes were so serious and intense that they were somewhere on the verge of intimidating and frightening. The only thing that concerned the three about his appearance would have been the fact that the man was only wearing a simple brown loincloth around his waist.
The man looked at them, his face stern and serious. "Sabor, danger," he said gruffly.
/Sabor?, is that the name of the Leopard?"/ thought Hiccup as Kairi looked at the man. "Thank you"
That's when the man's facial expression turned from solemn to curious. His eyebrows came together in confusion and his eyes dropped slightly to the floor.
"Thank you," he echoed slowly, as though testing the sound of the words.
"Huh?" Getting more confused, Sora took a step backward, looking at the gorilla man, concerned. "Uh, what is this place?"
"This place, this place," the gorilla man echoed again, moving a few steps closer.
Now the three were starting to feel a little frightened, their eyes darting around the room.
"Okaaay," Hiccup said slowly, mostly to himself. He then turned back to the gorilla man and tried again, raising his voice and speaking slowly. "Where did the others go? Look, we got separated from our friends. Have you seen them?"
"Hmm?"
With an exasperated sigh, Sora tried again, speaking even more slowly so that he could understand. This man obviously didn't know much English. "Fuh-ren-zs…"
The man's eyes brightened suddenly. "Friends!" he repeated, a slight smile on his face.
Sora, Kairi and Hiccup could hardly control their excitement at having gotten through.
"Right, our friends!" said Hiccup with a smile. "We got separated from them, Their names are Astrid, Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Donald, Goofy, Max, Lea, Roxas, Riku, Namine, Glacea, Hercules, Pegasus, Tifa, Cloud, Zack, and Xion"
"Look for Riku and friends?" the gorilla man echoed slowly, his voice rough.
Sora smiled and nodded. "Right!"
"Ee ooh, oo ooh ah," the man told him.
"Huh?" Sora, Hiccup, Kairi and the two dragons were confused. It just sounded like a bunch of grunting noises to them.
The gorilla man repeated himself, speaking slowly so that the Guardians could understand. "Ee ooh, oo ooh ah. Friends, here"
""Not sure we understand," Sora said slowly, confused, "but show us!, Take us to our friends!"
A smile appeared on the gorilla man's face. He then gestured to himself, thumping his chest softly and nodding.
"Tarzan," he introduced himself, saying his name slowly. His smile broadened. "Tarzan, go."
"That must be his name" said Luna to her rider who nodded. "I;m Kairi and this is Lucy and Luna."
"Hiccup and Toothless" said Hiccup introducing himself and Toothless.
"And I'm Sora," he said gesturing to himself. "Tarzan go, Sora and friends go go!"
Tarzan smiled, motioned for the Guardians to follow him, and led them outside of the tree house. They stepped out onto the balcony area and stood there for a while. Tarzan looked over to them as they looked around, absorbing the beautiful sea of green trees that stretched out as far as the eye could see. The house really was situated in the branches of a large tree. Beneath the house was a large net, possibly to prevent any accidents from happening. There was a small dinghy dangling on a rope from a branch in front of the house, which the three humans eventually realized was probably used to bring heavy things up to the house from further below, in the depths of the jungle.
The ape man tugged at Sora's sleeve gently and pointed to the ocean of green, from which Sora and his friends could hear many different wild animal calls, echoing harmoniously into the early day. He smiled at the boy, pointing excitedly out at the jungle.
"Deep jungle," he told him. "Tarzan's home."
/At least we know where we are now/ Hiccup though looking at the jungle. praying to Odin that their friends were safe.
/Donald's group./
'Gawrsh, where are we?" Donald, Goofy, Roxas, Lea and Fishlegs had ended up in a clearing among a thick growth of bamboo-like were resting on a large rock that was overgrown with moss and other foliage, Goofy sitting atop it, his eyes lowered to the surface of the rock, and Donald stretched out on his side with his eyes shut and his head propped up by one arm. Lea and Roxas were laying on the ground while Namine and Fishlegs were standing looking around. "I hope everyone else is okay" said Goofy.
"Remind me when we get back to the ship to give Chip and Dale a good Scolding for forgetting to fill up the Ship" said Donald.
Donald bent over slightly to retrieve his mage's staff, which he had leaned against the side of the rock. As he reached for it, his fingers touched on something with a thick coat of coarse fur.
"Huh?"
The duck then turned around to see what it was and came face to face with a large gray gorilla. They stared at each other for a moment, their eyes wide, until they both began to scream in panic, straight into each other's faces. Immediately after, the plants behind the group began to rustle as something moved through them. Donald and them turned and looked over their shoulders expectantly, while the gorilla began to run away as quickly as it could. The gorilla paused for a moment, looking back over at Donald, and then continued on its way.
Donald looked back to where he had seen the gorilla, surprised to find that it had gone. But he did, however, see something of interest lying on the floor. It was a strange red block, that glimmered in the sunlight, that both Donald and Goofy recognized as a Gummi block. "What's that?" asked Namine.
"It's a Gummi Block, its a material we used to build the Gummi Ship with." Said Goofy taking the block from Donald and put it in his pocket since Donald didn't have any. more rustling could be heard from within the bamboo thicket. Donald turned back to face it as Lea and Roxas pulled out their keyblades and Fishlegs with his mace. Out stepped a tall human man, dressed in British hunter gear. A red cravat could be seen from just below the neck, sticking out fashionably from the open V of his yellow collared shirt. His boots crunched against the jungle floor as he stepped out, his shotgun held in front of him with both hands. He was tall and well built, with very chiseled features. His dark brown hair was slicked back neatly from his face, which was drawn into a serious expression that almost implied that he felt superior to everything else. He stared down at the group before them. his mustache twitching in agitation making them very nervous.
/Riku's group./
"What's the status of the Ship?" asked Riku. He along with Xion and the rest of the team was at a small cliff area where Cloud and Stitch were working on repairs to the ship with Chip and Dale. "We're just missing a few gummi pieces and the ship will be fully repaired." said Dale.
"That's good, now let's focus on trying to find out missing friends" said Hercules. The guardians then moved out leaving Glacea to protect Chip and Dale and the ship when they ran into Donald's group and with the man with the gun. The man eyed them but shrugged it off before he motioned them to follow.
/Sora's Group./
Tarzan had led Sora, Kairi and Hiccup down from the tree house to a tunnel of tree branches and stones overgrown with moss. He had then tossed Sora into a hollow tree trunk, which Sora slid down, screaming in wild surprise. It wasn't long before Tarzan joined him, essentially grinding down the slippery moss covered trunk. Kairi and Hiccup were right behind them with Toothless and Luna. "YEAH!" Cheered Sora.
"This is amazing!" shouted Hiccup when a tree branch smacks him on the face. Kairi laughed at her brother as the three had the time of their lives. This "tree surfing" thing was the most amazing thing to them.
weaving through the jungle like nothing else in the world could, Sora whooping with excitement the entire time. They leapt over tree branches, only to land back on track without losing any momentum.
After a long time of tree surfing, the six of them flew off the tip of the tree and soared through the air for a brief moment before landing at their destination. They had landed in the middle of what appeared to be a campground. A large tent had been set up to one side, the back of which was up against the surrounding thicket of trees. All around the tent were other canopies of canvas which sheltered several fully loaded bookshelves, wooden crates, and other miscellaneous objects. In one corner of the campground was a grandfather clock, which stood next to a small round table with a tea set on its surface. In the opposite corner was a long table which was loaded with countless scientific tools – beakers, test tubes, all kinds of other scientific instruments. Standing not far away from the table was a black iron stove, and close to that stood an easel with a chalkboard on it, on which was a chalk sketch of what appeared to be an image of Tarzan. In the very middle of the campground, sticking out from the midst of a pile of crates and boxes, was a bamboo flag pole with a small British flag hanging from the top.
"What a blast!, Can we go again!" asked Hiccup looking at Tarzan. Tarzan was silent before he gestured to the tent. taking that as a sign to follow him to the tent. pulling back the flap of canvas, and entered.
The inside of the tent was very simply decorated; a few hammocks hanging here and there, several crates with piles of books on top of them, a simple projector standing in the center of the room with a large chair next to it. There were several lanterns hanging on ropes that dangled from the ceiling. On one side of the room was a large map of Africa, framed and mounted on the canvas wall. On the floor lay a large gray and orange rug that stretched from one side of the room to the other, leaving very little room for any dirt or grass to stick out.
Standing beside the projector, musing over it carefully was a tall young woman with long brown hair. She was dressed appropriately for the middle of a jungle; an off white sleeveless top with a long red skirt that had been torn down one side so that she could still move properly. Her feet were bare, but that didn't seem to bother her too much. Her back was facing them as they entered the tent,
"Jane!" he called out as soon as they had entered.
It was only then that the young woman turned around. She froze at the sound of her name and then spun around to face them. Her green eyes glittered excitedly as she saw Tarzan, her long hair swishing into her face, her fair skin turning a light shade of pink.
"Tarzan!" she said in surprise, her voice heavy with a British accent. Jane then looked at the newcomers. leaning forward, bending down slightly so that her eyes were level with them. "Oh and who are they?"
Sora spoke for them "Oh were..."
Jane Interupted him. "Oh, you speak English!" She then glanced at Tarzan.
"So, then, obviously, you're not related to Tarzan…" Tarzan and Sora exchanged glances, blinking in mild confusion as Kairi and Hiccup were silently laughing. Jane chuckled politely as she turned her attention back to Sora, Hiccup and Kairi "Are you here to study the gorillas?"
/Gorilla? what's a Gorilla?"/ though the three vikings.
"Highly doubtful."
Another voice, clearly belonging to a British man. Jane looked over Sora's shoulder, straightening to her full height as the groyp spun around to look at the newcomer. In walked a tall, burly British man dressed in hunter gear. He had dark hair that was slicked neatly back over his head, and had a small moustache growing on his upper lip. Between both hands was a large shotgun, which he slung over his shoulder as soon as he had entered the tent. behind him was the rest of the team. "Guys!" exclaimed Hiccup as everyone entered the tent.
"You guys okay?" asked Lea.
"Yeah, were good and Where's Glacea?" asked Sora.
"she's back with Chip and Dale protecting them and our Ship" said Namine.
The British hunter scoffed at their display, turning on his heel and exiting the tent. "A circus of clowns," he told Jane gruffly. "Not much use for hunting gorillas."
Jane put her hands on her hips angrily as she watched the man leave. "Mr. Clayton," she said forcefully, "we're studying them, not hunting them. This is research."
Clayton glanced over his shoulder for a moment, shrugging his broad shoulders nonchalantly, and continued to walk away. Jane straightened, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath to calm herself. Then, after a moment, she turned back to Sora and the others, putting on her best smile.
"Well, the more the merrier," she said lightly. "Do make yourselves at home."
"Thank you miss Jane" said Roxas.
"Jane dear, have you seen my notes?". The voice belong to a small middle age man wearing explorer clothes. He entered the tent holding a monicle. "Oh daddy, i want you to meet our guests..." said Jane before looking at the Guardians.
"Were the Guardians of Light. My name is Sora Osment." said Sora.
"Mega Stitch."
"Hiccup Horrendus Haddock the Third and the Night Fury is Toothless"
"Kairi Haddock and my Kitten Lucy, The dog is Pluto and The Light Fury is Luna"
"Astrid Hofferson"
"Fishlegs Ingleman"
"Tuffnut Thorsten"
"Ruffnut Thorsten"
"Riku Gallegher"
"Namine Stoner"
"Xion Stoner"
"Roxas McCarthy"
"Lea Flynn, Got it Memorized?"
"Donald Duck"
"Goofy Goof and my son Max"
"Tifa Lockhart-Strife"
"Adam"
"Prince Phillip"
"Im Hercules but you can call me Herc and this is Pegasus."
"Cloud Strife"
"Zack Fair"
"Nice to meet you all. My name is Jane Porter and this is my father Archimedes Quincy Porter, We are scientist and we came her to study the Gorillas" said Jane.
"A pleasure to meet you all." said Professor Porter with his own smile.
"So what brings you all here?" asked Jane.
"Our Ship crashed and we're on a very important quest to find a friend of ours." said Xion. That's when Goofy grinned and pulled out the Gummi block that they had found earlier. He cupped it in both hands and extended it toward the gang so that they could see it."We found this" said Goofy.
The others looked at the The Gummi block glittered a bright red. It wasn't a perfect cube block. It had actually been cut at strange angles, as though it had been knocked out of position. It wasn't in a beautiful shape like the one they had found at Wonderland was. Sora's eyes went wide as he looked at it. He turned to Goofy.
"So that means…" he began.
"The King could be here" exclaimed Riku finishing Sora's sentence for him. The others nodded before they begin to form a gameplan to search this world for him.
/scene change/
A corridor of Darkness opened and out came Akiri and Rosethorn as they appeared in Hippo's Lagoon. Akiri mounted on Rosethorn before flying above the jungle until she reached the campsite. There she saw the Guardians of Light taking and Hiccup and Kairi with Toothless and Luna. She gasped before she muttered. "They really are just like the Master, They have bonded with the dragons."
Akiri and Rosethorn then stayed to the shadows watching them. Toothless's ears twitched before he looked back to the guardians. "so where do we begin to find our friend?" asked Phillip. That;s when Clayton came back to them. his head held high in the air.
"Young man, we've been in this jungle for some time now. But we have yet to encounter this friend of yours. I'd wager they're with the gorillas. But Tarzan refuses to take us to them."
Jane sighed, exasperated. "Really, Mr. Clayton. Tarzan wouldn't hide -"
"Then take us there!" Clayton demanded loudly, turning to Tarzan and bringing his face close to the jungle man's. "Take us to the gorillas."
Clayton then said slowly, clearly, in an attempt to force Tarzan to understand, "Go – ril – las!"
He didn't even flinch as Clayton practically spat and screamed into Tarzan's face. Then, slowly, he turned his gaze onto the Guardians. It was then that Tarzan nodded his head in agreement. after all he wanted to help them anyway he can.
Jane's jaw dropped in surprise.
"Tarzan," she said softly. "Are you sure?"
"Tarzan go see Kerchak," he told Jane sternly, turning his intense gaze onto her.
"Kerchak?" she echoed.
"He must be the leader," Clayton said with a shrug of his broad shoulders. "Perfect! I'll go along as an escort. After all, the jungle is a dangerous place." As Clayton spun around on his heel and exited the tent, a mischievous, almost wicked grin crossed his face. Riku noticed the wicked grin as Clayton left the tent before he eyed Hiccup who also saw the grin.
/end chapter/
Uh-oh. looks like trouble is coming to Deep Jungle. The next chapter will conclude Deep Jungle. also if you guys can guess the reference to where the crash scene came from. a big smile for all of you.