As I mentioned last chapter... ENOUGH WITH THE REDUNDANT SUMMARY REVIEWS! IT"S ANNOYING!
Anyways... ENJOY! Only one more chapter to go.
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Po ran as fast as they could back to the town. They were now full of new determination to stop Shen and save this world. Po had told them what he had seen in his memory: He had found out that when Shen learned that one of the two beings that would defeat him was a panda, he ordered all the pandas to be killed so the prophecy wouldn't come true, and while his father distracted him, his mom left him hidden in the radish cart before leading Shen and the wolves away. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were shocked and horrified at the revelation, and disgusted by Shen's actions, especially since he lied to Po back in the factory before blasting them out of there. After they gave Po a group hug as a sign of comfort and saying goodbye to the Soothsayer, they were on their way.
But as soon as they reached the town, they skidded to a stop and looked around in confusion.
"That's peculiar..." murmured Mickey.
"Where are the townsfolk?" asked Riku.
The two were right. The streets were empty, not a single villager in sight.
"Why do I have the feeling that something's wrong?" asked Kairi with worry.
"Gawrsh, maybe they found out about Shen's invasion or something." suggested Goofy, worried.
"Yeah and they're hiding in their homes." nodded Donald.
"Come on, we have to keep movin'." reminded Sora.
Nodding, Sora, Po, and Co. continued on.
Soon, the group of seven spotted two figures in the distance. They quickly his behind some crates and barrels when they saw they were Marluxia and Larxene, patrolling the streets for Shen and the superiors.
"What are they doing here?" Po whispered, confused.
"Up to no good it looks like." Sora whispered back.
"Let's see what they're up to." suggested Riku.
Nodding, the seven listened in.
"So remind me again why were doing this?" asked Larxene in annoyance.
Marluxia rolled his vessel-eyes. "Lord Shen and the superiors want us to patrol the streets for anyone who dares stand in his way of invasion."
Larxene huffed. "So this is a recon mission? Where's that lazy mullet-head when you need him to do something lame?" she asked.
"The superiors wanted us to do this after Demyx's mission went in the wrong direction. Even if he does specialize in recon, they want it done right." replied Marluxia.
Sora, Po, and Co. knew what the two traitors from Castle Oblivion were talking about, yet at the same time, given the conversation the two were having, they couldn't help but feel a little bad for getting Demyx in trouble. Even Donald couldn't help but at least feel some guilt. After all, Demyx was only doing a recon mission, and they taunted him into a fight. And even though they had to remind themselves that Demyx was a bad guy, they also remembered that he didn't seem like much of a bad guy, given his personality, the fact that he felt betrayed from hearing the truth about Xemnas' true motives from a year ago, and that he did say he would think about either staying stuck as a reserve vessel, or leave the Organization. They then shifted their focus back to the two chosen-vessels.
"So apparently, the Furious Five were trying to destroy the factory before those seven showed up. Luckily, I was there with the Heartless and Nobodies to try stop them." said Marluxia, deciding to change the subject. "They would've almost destroyed the whole place with gunpowder barrels if the Dragon Warrior and those meddling travellers hadn't appeared on the scene."
Larxene smirked. "Oh yeah, I heard from Wolf Boss that those nitwits had to alternate the plan, otherwise they would've ended up killing their own friends." she giggled.
Marluxia nodded. "Not that it didn't do them any good. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Po, and the Disney trio got blasted out of the factory by Shen's bigger cannon to their deaths. There wouldn't have been a way for them to survive, even with the panda using a wok, or Sora, Donald, and Goofy acting a barriers to Riku, Kairi, and Mickey so they wouldn't get as much hurt as them."
The seven friends softly gasped and looked at each other with horrified looks. The Five were going to destroy the factory? But when they saw the travellers fighting the Heartless and Po trying to reach Shen...
"Oh no..." Kairi gasped softly.
"We inadvertently messed up their plans!" Sora softly exclaimed.
"Our friends should've seen their faces when those seven were killed. Especially Master Tigress. Boy was she furious beyond all reason, enough to kill Shen." Larxene chuckled before frowning. "If only her dumb team didn't stop her from unleashing her own darkness, then I would've rescued Shen from that crazed feline." she then smirked. "Luckily, wounding her with my electric-knives was easy as pie."
"And it was a good thing Ansem and Luxord captured Crane and Mantis, and Xemnas and Xigbar injured Viper and Monkey." added Marluxia. "And because of their interference, once Shen is out of the harbor, they'll be be blasted to oblivion."
The seven friends gasped in horror.
"Oh no, the Five is in trouble because of us!" Kairi gasped.
"They thought we were dead!" cried Goofy.
"What have we done?!" gasped Po.
"We were only trying to do our job, but it got them in danger!" cried Mickey, softly.
"This is all our faults..." Sora said sadly.
"Especially mine..." sighed Po, near tears. "I wanted answers, but it was at the cost of their safety."
Kairi sighed again before she found new found determination once again. "Well, we can still make this right!"she whispered with encouragement in her tone.
Knowing that Kairi was right, the boys quickly set aside their guilt and knew they needed to do something.
Just then, they spotted another corridor of darkness open near Marluxia and Larxene, Luxord stepping out of it.
"Why are you here?" asked Marluxia.
"Shen requires your presence." replied Luxord. "And Larxene, Maleficent says that you're needed in another world."
Nodding, Larxene followed Luxord through the corridor, which closed as soon as she went through it, and Marluxia teleported away.
"Now's our chance." Mickey said out loud since their enemies were gone.
Nodding, the others followed Mickey to the harbor.
As soon as the seven heroes reached the entrance to the harbor, they noticed that there were ten wolves on guard, making sure no one tried to interfere with the peacock's plans and be a hero. They quickly hid behind a house.
Donald glared. "Let's get them!" he said with determination.
But as Donald made haste, he was quickly grabbed by Goofy and Mickey.
"Hold on Donald, there's ten of them. Even if we do fight them, one could slip away and warn Shen." said Mickey.
"And if Shen finds out, he may kill Tigress and the others on the spot!" added Kairi.
"Not to mention our hands are still healing from being blasted out of the factory by that cannon." added Riku.
Donald sighed heavily, but he knew they were right.
"Looks like were gonna need to be in stealth mode." said Sora before adding sheepishly, "...not like that dragon costume yesterday."
"But how? We can't climb the buildings without getting spotted." Goofy pointed out.
"And our gliders would make too much noise, and we'd be flying targets." added Mickey.
"Perhaps I can help." said a voice.
The group of seven jumped slightly and turned around to see a familiar sheep a few feet away from them.
"Lin!" Po softly exclaimed, recognizing the rice-cook sheep they and the Five rescued from the wolf bandit they day earlier.
"How're you doing?" asked Sora.
Lin smiled. "Just fine." she replied. "I heard that the seven of you were killed in the factory. But when I saw you sneak past my house to the harbor, I knew that you were trying to sneak in. But when I saw you hide here, I knew the entrance was blocked."
"Boy, you've got a lot of bravery to come out here." complimented Kairi.
Lin looked away shyly but still smiled. "Well, you twelve helped rescue me from that wolf, so I thought I'd help you in any way I could. I want to repay my dept."
"Thanks Lin." thanked Mickey.
"You're welcome." replied the sheep. "I heard that you guys need to get to the roof without getting spotted in the process." she then smiled. "And I believe I have a solution."
"And what would that be?" asked Sora.
Lin motioned them to follow her. They only walked about several feet away from the harbor entrance where she showed them a cart full of fireworks.
"Well this brings back memories." chuckled Sora.
His friends chuckled as they remembered Sora, Donald, Goofy and Po telling them and the Five during their trip to Gongmen City how the panda used a chair strapped with fireworks to get into the Jade Palace to see the Dragon Warrior choosing and how he, Sora, Donald, and Goofy used a cart of fireworks to catch up to Tai Lung when in pursuit of the Dragon Scroll.
"So here's the plan: I'll launch the fireworks near the entrance so into the wolves while I hide elsewhere. That way you can sneak in." explained Lin.
"Sounds like a plan. A-hyuck!" chuckled Goofy.
"Wait... you had these fireworks ready already?" asked Donald, raising an eyebrow.
Everyone else looked at the rice-cook sheep with questioning looks.
Lin sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck with her paw and replied, "Well... I was kinda already gonna fire them at the wolves before I found out that you guys needed help." she replied.
"Seriously?" asked Riku, shocked, as were his friends.
"Well yes. After being threatened by that wolf... I kinda wanted to give 'em a little payback." she continued with a little smile.
Kairi giggled. "For a rice-cook, you're pretty devious." she said through her giggles. Lin smiled at the redhead.
"Why was he even threatening you in the first place?" asked Po.
Lin sighed. "That wolf wanted me to cook some rice from him, but I couldn't because he and the others took all my pots and pans, and yet he didn't care." she replied.
Sora, Po, and Co. gaped at Lin in shock. "That's... that's horrible!" Mickey exclaimed.
"Those big palookas!" growled Donald.
Sora then smiled. "And now, you can sort-of have payback." he smirked.
Lin giggled.
With that aside, they eight got into positions. Sora, Po, Donald, Goofy, Mickey, Riku, and Kairi stayed to the side. Mickey then gave a signal, and she lit the fuse, sending the fireworks cart heading towards the ten wolves, crashing to them in the process. But it didn't stop there, because the cart sent them flying into an abandoned building, where they were knocked unconscious.
"Yes!" Sora, Kairi, Goofy, and Po cheered.
Donald burst out laughing at the wolves' 'unfortunate mishap.' "Ahahahahahahahahahah!"
Riku turned to Lin. "Thanks Lin. You'd better head back to your home. Don't come out until everything's all safe." he told her.
The rice-cook sheep nodded as she headed off back to her home shouting, "Thank you Dragon Warrior and travellers! Best of luck to you all!"
"You too Lin!" the seven friends shouted.
Once Lin was out of sight, Po found a straw hat nearby a closed shop and put it on while saying, "Alright guys, let's move!" he said with determination.
Nodding, they quickly used their kung fu moves to scale the building when suddenly...
BOOM!
They nearly fell off the building when they heard the explosion.
"Oh my gosh! What was that?!" cried Mickey in alarm.
"Shen's cannon!" cried Kairi.
Then, all of their blood went cold when they heard people scream.
"Oh no!" cried Donald.
"That heartless fiend!" growled Sora.
"Come on! Let's go!" shouted Riku.
Nodding, they ran to the top of the building.
During that time:
Shen was on a large boat, Wolf Boss and Marluxia to his sides. As Wolf Boss was going around the ship, the other two villains looked up at the Furious Five, who were tied up with chains, conscious, but still wounded from their encounters with Ansem, Xemnas Xigbar, Luxord, and Larxene back in the factory.
"Such sad, sad faces... but now is a time only for joy." sighed Shen with fake pity as he approached the Five and leaned in closely to Tigress' ear. "You are going to be part of something beautiful."
Tigress snarled at the wicked peacock. Shen leaned back and gazes at Tigress- she snarled menacingly.
"Once we reach the harbor... in front of all the world... you and your precious kung fu will die... (turns away from them) and all of China will know to bow before me." said Shen, sinisterly.
"And Xehanort will have darkness spread throughout this world. The light of it all ceasing from existence." added Marluxia with a grin.
Shen smiled evilly and nodded before shouting, "SET SAIL!"
The Five were hoisted up high above the ship.
An interior room:
Some young children were enjoying a puppet show. Suddenly the paper screen was tinted red, and a large black shape slid above the little puppets. The children cowered in fear, and on the other side of the screen, the pig holding the puppets looked behind him and was equally terrified.
In another room:
Some rabbits were playing when they spotted a large dragon head figure moving past their window.
Elsewhere:
A sheep was distracted from watering her plant pit by a mast bumping into the sign outside her window.
The citizens all looked outside to see... a huge armada of ships sliding slowly down the canal, filled with wolf soldiers and cannons. In a ship twice as large as the others, Lord Shen stood on a podium above his largest cannon. Marluxia stood behind him.
Farther up the line of ships, the Five hung suspended above the wolves, silent and depressed as they awaited death.
"Honestly... I never thought I'd die like this. I always thought I'd meet a nice girl... and settle down... and then she'd eat my head. So sad..." sighed Mantis from within a small cage.
But Monkey still had some determination in him. "We cannot give up hope! Po, Sora, and the travellers would want us to remain strong, hardcore. Right..." he turned to his team leader. "Tigress?" he asked.
Tigress said nothing, her face still grief-stricken from Po, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy's deaths.
Some distance in front of the armada, several citizens watched the scene from a small bridge stretching across the canal. Wolf Boss turned to Shen.
"Sir, what about the bridge?" asked.
"Nothing stands in my way..." Shen said, heartlessly.
A cannon at the front of the line was aimed towards the bridge. The citizens realized what was about to happen and fled for their lives. Even Marluxia couldn't help but look away.
"Fire!" shouted Shen.
The cannon was fired. The citizens barely managed to clear the bridge before it wis completely obliterated. They dodged falling debris as they ran.
The Five were horrified by this act.
"YOU COWARD!" Tigress shouted in disgust.
Shen ignored her.
Marluxia looked back and sighed.
Tigress stared at the scene, glanced up... and spotted seven shapes standing on a high roof, illuminated by the moonlight. They were shaped like large panda, a child-sized mouse, a child-sized duck, a dog on his hind-legs, and three human teenagers – one girl, to boys.
Tigress couldn't believe it.
"Po? Sora? Guys?" Tigress asked, shocked.
The very alive Po, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Riku, and Mickey looked down at the armada as it traveled through the canal.
Tigress's face lifted as her friends also spotted them.
"Po? Sora? Guys?" Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey softly exclaimed.
The citizens came out of hiding as the seven heroes' return became known to everyone present, soldiers included. Marluxia was gobsmacked, his jaw dropped and eyes wide.
Shen glared up at his apparently alive enemies, astounded and furious. "How many times do I have to kill the same stinking panda, keyblade-wielding human, and friends?!" he growled.
Up on the roof, Po nervously looked down at the massive army below. Then he saw his friends, trussed up and staring at him and his friends in pure amazement, and anger filled him.
Sora summoned Kingdom Key, and had it turn into a megaphone. He placed it over Po's face so the panda could speak into it.
"Shen! A panda, a keyblade wielder, and their friends stand between you, and your destiny! Prepare yourself for a hot serving of justice! Your reign of terror comes to an end!" Po shouted through the keyblade-turned-device.
Tigress, Viper, Crane, Monkey, and Mantis looked at Po and the world travellers in determination at the Dragon Warrior's words. Shen, Marluxia, Wolf Boss, and the wolves stared at the seven in surprise.
"And now... free the Five!" shouted Po, whipping off his hat "Disk of Destruction!" he shouted as he flung the hat like a Frisbee... and it flew several feet before bouncing off the rooftops and hitting someone off-screen below.
The Five stares at Po. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Shen, Marluxia, Wolf Boss, and the soldiers were perplexed.
"Oh..." muttered Po, embarrassed.
Sora sighed before becoming determined "Riku, gliders! Now!" he shouted, the megaphone returning to Kingdom Key and he tossed it into the air, becoming his glider.
Nodding, Riku, did the same with Way to Dawn.
"Kairi! Donald! Goofy! Po! Get ready!" shouted Mickey.
Nodding, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, Po, followed Mickey's lead by leaping from the building onto the large boat.
Sora and Riku sailed on their gliders towards both chains holding the Five. Quickly, they summoned the two halves of their combined keyblade:
Sora – Nightmare's end
Riku – Mirage split
Using both halves, the two best friend sliced the chains holding the Five, which immediately freed them as they landed on the ground, Po, Kairi, and the Disney trio joining them.
Sora and Riku then landed on the ground, dismissed their half-keyblades, and returned their gliders to Kingdom Key and Way to Dawn. Mickey and Kairi then summoned Star Seeker and Destiny's Embrace
"Impressive, Sora and Riku!" commented Tigress. "What's the plan?" she then asked.
"Step one, free the Five!" said Po.
"What's step two?" asked Viper.
"Honestly, I never thought we'd get this far." admitted Po.
"Po!" groaned Tigress.
"Er... stop Shen before he reaches the harbor!" said Po with determination.
Marluxia smirked. "Not on my watch." he said in an evil tone. He then snapped his fingers as gust of strong wind blew into the twelve heroes, sending them screaming towards town land far away.
The group of twelve screamed as they flew away. But Mickey was able to aim his keyblade at the villains and shouted, "STOPZA!"
Marluxia quickly teleported away as Stopza froze Shen, Wolf Boss, the soldiers, and the villagers in place.
The twelve heroes headed towards the town center screaming as they flew along. As they neared the ground, Mickey and Kairi quickly casted a gravity spell to slow them down, which worked for all of them as they landed.
The group got up, Mickey, Kairi, and Donald using their kayblades and staff to cast cures on all of them, just as Marluxia appeared. Sora quickly summoned Oathkeeper, Riku summoned Way to Dawn, Goofy got out his shield, and Po, and the Five got into fighting positions.
Marluxia smirked. "And to think we thought seven of you were dead." he mused. "But then again, you're just like us: unpredictable." His smirked went darker. "Yet you will never defeat me in battle."
"Enough Marluxia!" shouted Sora.
"We don't have time for you!" snarled Tigress.
"Careful." warned Marluxia. "There's a reason why I'm called the Graceful Assassin."
Monkey chuckled. "Why, because of your hair?" he half-joked in sarcasm.
The Nobody shook his head. "It's because of my weapon." he corrected. He then held out his hand as a pink cherry blossom petal floated into it.
Sora, Po, the Five, and Co. stared in disbelief.
"A flower petal?" asked Viper, confused.
"You're joking right?" deadpanned Crane.
Marluxia grinned evilly as the petal transformed into his scythe, which managed to startle the heroes. Even Tigress.
"Whoa! He's got a scythe!" exclaimed Po in shock.
Sora regained his determination. "That won't stop us!" he growled.
Nodding, the rest of his friends got into fighting positions.
(Marluxia Final Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts: Re Chain of Memories plays)
"As lightless oblivion devours you...drown in the ever-blooming darkness!" Marluxia shouted.
Mission: Defeat Marluxia
Party Members:
Sora
Donald Duck
Goofy
Riku
King Mickey
Kairi
Po
Tigress
Viper
Crane
Mantis
Monkey
Marluxia charged forward, scythe ready. Sora managed to use Oathkeeper to block the attack, giving Tigress a chance to side-kick Marluxia to the side. Mickey and Riku started casting fire spells. Marluxia was hit a couple of times, but he was able to block them out of the way. He then sent a wave of cherry blossom flower petals towards them. Riku, Mickey, Tigress, Viper, and Crane were able to dodge it easily but Sora, Kairi, Donald, Goofy, Po, Monkey, and Mantis weren't so lucky as they were shoved into a building.
Luckily, Viper was able to tie herself around Marluxia and used her tail to make him punch himself in the face before lashing the back of his head. Crane then returned the favor of what Marluxia did to his friends by using his wings to send a powerful gust to send the Nobody to another building. Growling, Marluxia leaped towards Crane, but was immediately blasted by a Perlza spell casted from a recovered Kairi.
As Marluxia fell to the ground, Sora leaped up to him, used several punches, and then whacked the Graceful Assassin to the ground. Before he could land, Mantis caught him and flung him into the air a bit before punching and kicking him in the face.
Marluxia then sent more gusts of petals their way, managing to blast Mickey, Tigress, Crane, and Riku away, but Goofy bashed him away with his shield, letting Donald cast a blizzard spell. But Marluxia recovered quicker, and blocked the spell from Donald. Growling, Donald casted thunder on the old Organization's No. 11.
Monkey then came up to Marluxia and sucker-punched him like mad. Mickey then casted an Aero spell, but it was blocked off by Marluxia's scythe after Monkey knocked him out of the way, free for the pinkhead to do so. But Tigress doubled punched him in the stomach, sending him to the side.
"Your heart will be scattered!" he growled, rushing back up again.
Sora and Riku quickly casted fire spells again, though Marluxia was sable to block all of them. However, he didn't see Po come up from behind and swing-kicked him away. Kairi then came up and did a flip while uppercutting Marluxia with both her legs. Goofy then used Goofy-Tornado on the Nobody when the latter neared the ground, sending him into a cart. Marluxia quickly got up and tossed his scythe around the group, which only managed to cut and bruise Sora, Donald, Po, Viper, Monkey, and Mantis.
But no sooner did the scythe return to Malruxia's grasp, Crane came up from behind and knocked him away with his legs, before sending another gust at the Nobody to make him blow away farther onto the ground.
Marluxia got up and seethed with rage as he began to enter his Final Limit. "Sink into the darkness! He shouted.
He then charged towards the group, who braced themselves. But Sora had another idea. The keyblade wielder charged forward, used Oathkeeper to whack the Marluxia's scythe out of his hand. Sora then dismissed his keyblade as he caught the scythe, slashed Marluxia three times with it.
"It's over!" Sora shouted as he tossed the scythe, which slashed against Marluxia even harder, sending him to the ground, defeating him.
(Marluxia Final Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts: Re Chain of Memories ends)
The scythe disappeared into cherry blossom petals from Sora's hands which disappeared as well. Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, and the Five looked at Sora, impressed by his idea.
"Wow! That was so cool!" exclaimed Po.
"Where did you learn how to do that?" asked Viper.
Sora shrugged. "From when me, Donald, and Goofy fought his Absent Silhouette in Beast's Castle." he then rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Of course, we had no idea who he was at the time."
Before anyone could say anything else, Marluxia groaned as he stood on one knee.
"So I've been defeated." he grumbled. He then smiled a bit. "Very well. We shall meet again, Sora, world-travellers." he then smirked as he opened a corridor of darkness behind him. He then got up, clutching his right shoulder. "But remember this, your hopes are doomed to the darkness!" Marluxia then leaped backwards into the corridor as it vanished.
"Well, that takes care of him." Mantis pointed out.
Mickey faced his friends. "Come on, my spell won't keep Shen and his allies frozen for long." he told them.
His friends nodded as Tigress said, "Right. Let's move!"
With that, Sora, Riku, Kairi, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, Tigress, Viper, Mantis, and Monkey scaled the buildings and leaped from roof to roof back to the harbor, Crane flying over them.
Back at the harbor, Mickey's Stopza spell wore off as Shen and the wolves looked around.
"Where did Marluxia and those imbeciles run off to?" he wondered.
"You got me." shrugged Wolf Boss.
"Marluxia's been defeated." came a voice.
The villains turned to see Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey standing on the boat once again. It had been Mickey who spoke.
"Now Shen, surrender, or face all of us!" shouted Sora, summoning Kingdom Key.
Riku, Kairi, and Mickey followed with Way to Dawn, Destiny's Embrace, and Kingdom Key D. Donald summoned his shield, Goofy brought out his staff, and Po and the Five got into fighting positions.
Shen smirked. "Very well then." he replied before shouting, "ATTACK!"
And at that, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po and the Furious Five leaped into the approaching wolves and a tremendous battle began. Sora and his team used both weapons, spells, and kung fu moves against several wolves on the boat while Po and the Five used their kung fu moves, Some seorately, and some in duo attacks.
In the midst of the fight, Po grabbed a wolf and slammed his head on the floor, knocking him out.
"Viper, Puppet of Death!" shouted Po.
He flung the unconscious wolf in Viper's direction as she caught and wrapped around his torso in midair.
"Tigress!" she shouted.
Tigress caught Viper and the wolf on her back. She began traveling through the mass army on all fours, as Viper manipulated the sword-wielding arms and used them against their enemies.
Crane used his kung fu techniques against the wolves, including using his feet-claws to grab two, spinning them around in the air, before letting them go in the process, making them crash into their comrades.
Mantis leaped from wolf to wolf, using his punching skills to send them to the ground. He was also able to punch on wolf into the air, catching him, and then fling into three that were in a row, sending them to the ground.
Monkey was once again going all Jackie Chan on the wolves, punching and kicking like there was no tomorrow. He grabbed two, and bashed their heads together, laughing hysterically at the sight. HE then used his tail to grab one's wrist, and then fling him into two more wolves.
Riku and Kairi combined spells against more wolves together. Even resorting to battle one or two at the same time, together.
Riku then used his keyblade like a bow-staff, just like how Monkey taught him, and whacked three wolves with it and then thrusting it into one more, sending it into another, both against the wall.
Kairi then leaped into the air, and spun around like a ballerina, kicking several wolves in the faces. As she landed, one wolf tried to come up from behind her, but she managed to sense him coming, and while remembering Tigress' training, spun kicked him in the face.
Riku took notice and smirked. "Your kung fu's improving." he remarked.
"So yours." Kairi added with a giggle.
The two then got back to giving the wolf soldiers a beating.
Mickey continued slashing against the soldiers with his keyblade. He was also able to triple somersault into the air and double punch and double kick four wolves to the side, just like how Crane taught him. Suddenly, three wolves came up from behind him, and leaped towards the mouse king. But just as Mickey noticed, Sora came up from behind, and used his keyblade to wack them away. He then landed in front of the king.
Mickey smiled. "Good work Sora." he commented.
Sora grinned. "Thanks Your Majesty." he thanked with a smile.
Mickey sighed. "You know, you don't have to keep doing that anymore." he pleaded.
Sora was now puzzled. "Doing what?" he asked.
"You don't-" Mickey began before he was interrupted by Po's voice.
"WHOA!"
Sora and Mickey turned to see Po watching two wolves get taken out by none other than Master Storming Ox himself. The other ten took notice.
"Master Ox!" Po exclaimed.
Master Croc suddenly leaped out of the river and split-kicked two wolves.
"Chum!" he shouted as he landed beside Ox in the same position shouting, "Bah!"
"And Croc!" exclaimed Po.
"Vengeance is served!" said Croc.
Riku smiled. "Good to see that you made it." he chuckled.
"But why did you..." Po began asking.
"Your friend there is very persuasive..." interrupted and answered Ox.
The two masters look behind them, and they and the group of twelve saw a mysterious force rapidly approaching, flinging wolves into the air with no effort at all. The figure leaped into view... and they saw that it was... Master Shifu, green shawl removed.
Shifu kicked away several wolves in midair, and landed perfectly on Oogway's staff.
"Master Shifu!" Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, and Monkey exclaimed in a mixture of shock and happiness.
Shifu swiftly dispatched the wolves surrounding his fellow warriors. Yes, he considered Riku, Kairi, and Mickey warriors, even if they weren't kung fu masters.
"Quickly! Use their boats to block the way!" the red panda shouted.
The heroes quickly moved into action.
Mickey turned to Sora. "We'll continue this discussion later." he told the teen.
Sora nodded. "Right."
With that aside, the two joined their allies.
Tigress kicked over a cannon, which toppled onto the bow of the boat and sunk it, flipping the stern upwards. Tigress balanced on the stern as it lurched forward towards the bridge above the harbor gate, and stepped off nimbly as the boat came to rest, partially blocking the gate.
Meanwhile, Po got in between two boats, grabbed a pair of ropes and strained as he pulled them in, causing the boats to lean in towards each other.
"Crane!" the panda shouted.
Crane flew into the air behind the boats' sails.
"Wings of Justice! KA-KAW!" he shouted.
With his wings, Crane sent a powerful gust of wind into the sails. Po laughed as he and the boats were propelled forward, colliding with the upturned boat and sliding up slightly, blocking the harbor gate completely.
Shen looked on, stunned.
The wolves begin scrambling up the pile of boats... just as all fifteen heroes leaped off the top in an explosion of light and sparks.
In midair, Po glances at the warriors on both sides... Sora, Riku, Mickey, Monkey, Crane, Viper, and Ox to his right (viewer's left)... Kairi, Donald, Goofy, Shifu, Tigress, Mantis, and Croc to his left (viewer's right)...
"I LOVE YOU GUUUUUYS!" Po exclaimed (in slow-motion).
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, Shifu, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Monkey, Mantis, Ox and Croc began their final assault on the army. Fighting as a team, they made their way through the wolves, and towards Shen's own boat.
Shen was now shocked and furious. "Why aren't we firing?!" Shen asked in anger.
"They're taking out our gunners, sir! They're getting close!" replied the Wolf Boss.
As Po fought through the wolves, he and Shen briefly locked eyes.
Shen's face contorted. "Fire! Fire at them!" he ordered.
Holding the torch, Wolf Boss hesitated as he stared at the battle before him.
"But, sir, we'll kill our own!" Wolf Boss protested.
Shen growled in anger. "I SAID FIRE AT THEM! FIRE!" he shouted.
Wolf Boss looked back to see Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po Shifu, Ox, Croc, and the Furious Five getting closer to the boat.
The wolf turned to Shen... and flung down the torch.
"No." he said firmly, glaring at the peacock.
Shen gave him one look before sending a knife into the wolf's chest. As Wolf Boss fell into the water, Shen leaped onto his large cannon and directed it towards the group of thirteen, just as they reached the front of the boat.
Sora, Po, and Co. froze, realizing that the cannon was aimed directly at them.
Shen grinned evilly, lighting the fuse with his metal talons.
"Po! Sora! Guys!" shouted Tigress in horror as she managed to shove the seven out the way as...
KABOOM!
A tremendous explosion ripped through the boats as Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, Shifu, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Monkey, Mantis, Ox and Croc were blasted away.
The blockage covering the harbor gate was completely destroyed.
The group of fifteen, along with tons of debris, splashed into the harbor.
After a few seconds, Po surfaced and grabbed onto a piece of driftwood, as the remains of Shen's armada sailed through the gate and line up at the front of the harbor. Breathing hard, Po slowly gazed at the destruction round him.
He saw Shifu floating on a crate near the ships, looking defeated. The two gaze at each other for a moment. Po sees Ox, Croc and Crane lying exhausted on a large piece of driftwood in another area of the harbor.
Then, Sora resurfaced, coughing out the water. He saw Riku swimming with both hid legs and his left arm, the right holding Mickey on his back. He then noticed Kairi and Donald resurface, coughing themselves. He then saw Goofy float by on his back, panting hard.
Sora and Po then noticed Viper, Monkey, and Mantis had gone into a boat, panting hard recovering from the experience.
Po then saw Tigress, lying motionless on another piece of driftwood... Po swam over to her and gently took her limp paw.
"Tigress..." he whispered sadly.
After a moment, Tigress slowly lifted her head. Po and Tigress gazed at each others for a few seconds... and then she lowered it again, breathing heavily.
Sora looked at Po and Tigress with a sorrowed look. Kairi swarm towards Sora and held onto him on his shoulder, also with a sorrowful look.
Sora, Kairi, and Po looked up and saw Shen's gloating smile from his ship.
The three gave him long, burning glares.
Po then looked at Tigress once more before gently pushing her away and swimming off towards the center of the harbor. Sora, Kairi, and Riku followed, Mickey still on the latter's back. Donald dragged Goofy by his foot to them. As they swam away, Tigress feebly stretched her arm out in their direction.
Shen laughed as the seven reached a large, upturned boat and slowly climbed on.
"Are you fellas ok?" asked Mickey.
"We're ok Your Majesty." said Sora.
"Mostly..." muttered Riku.
"Same can't be said for everyone else." sighed Donald, looking at the eight hurt warriors.
The seven turned and faced the entire fleet. Shen looked on as the seven closed their eyes.
"As you wish..." he muttered, turning to his soldiers."Let's finish this."
Tigress, Shifu, and the rest of the masters looked on sorrowfully as every single cannon was aimed directly at Sora, Po, and Co.
Meanwhile, with their eyes still shut, the seven friends begins making tai chi movements...
Shifu noticed...
The wolves held their torches above the fuses, ready to fire... the group stopping in the position made just before the catching of the water drop, opening their eyes, and waited...
"Fire!" shouted Shen.
Seven of the cannons were fired. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Po closed their eyes as the cannonballs rapidly approached.
"Inner peace..." Sora whispered to himself.
"Inner peace..." Riku and Kairi whispered at the same time.
"Inner peace..." Mickey, Donald, and Goofy whispered in unison.
In their minds, the cannonballs briefly took the images of a rain drops. The words "inner peace" echoed in all their minds as they closed his eyes again... the cannonballs were seconds from hitting them... when Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Po suddenly reached out... and caught the cannonballs... redirecting them away from themselves.
Shen, Shifu, Ox, Croc, and the Five stared in pure astonishment as their eyes tracked the cannonballs' flight into the water surrounding the group. An astounded Tigress lifted her head higher.
Sora, Po, and Co. were astonished at what they just did.
"Whoa!" Sora gasped in awe.
"Did we just... do that?" asked Riku, shocked.
"I-I think we did." said Mickey in surprise.
The seven grinned as they lifted their hands (in Po's case, paw) ... and realized that one of them each were on fire.
"WHOA!" shrieked Sora.
"AH!" screamed Riku, Kairi and Mickey.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAKKKK!" Donald quacked in alarm.
"YAHAHAHAHHOOEY!" hollered Goofy.
"Wah! Waaaaaaah!" screamed Po.
Quickly, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey Donald, and Goofy stuck their hands in the water. Steam came up from the water as they sighed in relief. Po, however, dances on the spot, waving his paw in a vain attempt to put out the fire. He stopped, and stuffs it in his mouth, putting the fire out. They pulled their hands out as Donald quickly casted a cure spell.
Meanwhile, Shen recovered from his shock, becoming determined. "Again!" he ordered.
More cannons were fired. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Po heard this and quickly readied themselves. They grabbed the cannonballs just like before, but Po fumbled and juggles the one he caught, and accidentally tossed it high above his head. It landed in the water near the ships.
Sora saw this, and while redirecting his cannonball, he did the same thing as Po (unintentionally) did, sending the cannonball into the water. Riku Kairi, and the Disney trio followed suit with their cannonballs.
The wolves were terrified. Sora, Po, and the travellers yelled in triumph, before quickly ducking in alarm to avoid more cannonballs barely missing them.
"Gawrsh, that was close!" Goofy exclaimed as they got back up.
This made Shen very cross. "Kill them! Somebody kill them!" he shouted in furry.
They kept firing. Sora, Po, and Co. continued to redirect more cannonballs while dodging anymore that came their way. The cannons continued to fire, but the seven heroes were now redirecting every single one.
At the edge of the city, the citizens looked on in awe.
Shen looked on in horror as the seven began redirecting the cannonballs toward his own fleet. Ships were destroyed on both sides of him.
"What?! No!" the peacock shouted in shock and disbelief.
Tigress watched as Po redirected another cannonball before giving Shen a "you're next!" look.
Shen's eyes narrowed. The seven readied themselves once again, glaring daggers at Shen.
"Keep firing! KEEP FIRING!" roared Shen.
A gorilla lit the fuse on Shen's own cannon. A large cannonball exploded out the mouth and soared directly towards Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Po.
Po grabbed the ball... and yelled as the momentum pushed him into the worldy-travellers and also the upturned boat backwards several feet. The ball spun in his paws and Po spun into the air, Sora holding onto the panda's left leg Kairi holding onto Sora's legs, and Mickey holding onto Kairi's, Riku holding onto Po's right leg, Goofy holding onto Riku's legs, and Donald holding onto Goofy's legs, all taking a spiral of water up with them. They landed back on the boat, and Po began spinning round and round in a full circle... briefly morphing into a fiery Yin Yang symbol.
Sora this time summoned the keyblade he found on Destiny Islands and held it out in front of him as a crown emblem appeared underneath his feat as Po continued to spin. Now it looked almost exactly like Soothsayer's vision.
Shen was stunned at the sight.
Po reverted to normal, swung his arm forward shouting,"Skadoosh!" before launching the cannonball straight at Shen's own ship.
Sora aimed the keyblade at the cannon shouting, "LIGHT!"
A beam of light emerged from the old keyblade and covered the cannonball in such light that could almost blind a person.
Shen braced himself as the cannonball struck, sending everything in a large cloud of smoke.
"WHOA!" Sora exclaimed in awe.
"Wow!" exclaimed Donald.
"That was... totally awesome!" Po exclaimed in excitement.
Sora looked at the keyblade. "This thing sure packed quite the punch." he commented.
Mickey looked at the keyblade and gasped. "I remember now!" he exclaimed as he pointed to the old keyblade. "That was Master Eraqus' keyblade!"
Sora was surprised, as were their fellow world-travelling companions.
"Really? Wow!" Sora exclaimed in awe.
"But, how did it end up on the islands?" asked Kairi, confused.
Riku shrugged. "You got me."
Sora examined it again. "What did he call it?" he asked.
Mickey though for a moment before looking back up at the brunette. "Master's Defender."
Sora examined the old keyblade, now known as Master's Defender. "I like it already." he said with a smile.
After dismissing Eraqus' keyblade, the group of seven swam toward the masters who had gotten out of the water, and were now on the docks. Tigress teacher hand out to Po, helping him up, and once the panda was on the docks, they helped Sora and Co. onto the surface.
Tigress looked at all of them impressed. "That... was pretty hardcore. For all of you."
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Po smiled at Tigress... and then Po shocked her with a hug.
Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Goofy, Viper, Mantis, Monkey, Croc, and Ox stared in astonishment... Crane and Donald dropping their beaks.
Po noticed them staring and released his friend. Tigress is still frozen in shock as the other members of the Five leaped on Po and the travellers and embraced them.
"Don't ever do that again, please!" begged Crane.
Sora chuckled. "We'll try, but we're not making any promises."
Everyone laughed at Sora's response, just as Shifu approached them all, who immediately dispersed.
"It seems that you all have found inner peace..." he commented before frowning."And at such young ages for four of you." he added, looking at Po, Sora, Riku, and Kairi.
Riku raised an eyebrow, Kairi giggled, Sora chuckled, Po and smiled. Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and the Furious Five traded smiling glances.
"Well, I had a pretty good teacher." said Po.
He grabbed Shifu and pulled him into a hug... and was surprised when his master disappeared from his arms. He looked back and saw Shifu standing on a pole poking out of the water.
"That's our master! A-hyuck!" chuckled Goofy.
Then, Donald noticed something from the harbor as the smoke cleared.
"Look over there!" he quacked, pointing.
The other heroes looked in the mage's direction and saw Shen's destroyed ship.
"Think he's still alive?" asked Sora.
"Only one way to find out." said Ox.
Nodding, the group of fifteen headed towards the wrecked ship.
On the deck of his destroyed ship, a disheveled Shen coughed as he regained consciousness. He looked up at his destroyed cannon, tilted high in the air, held up by several ropes. He turns his head to see his ruined fleet on both sides of the ship. The peacock was in disbelief.
"H-how did you..." he panted in shock, turning his head slightly to see Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Mantis, Monkey, Shifu, Ox, and Croc standing a couple of feet behind him. Ox and Croc were about to grab Shen, but Shifu blocked them away with Oogway's staff. Sora and Po walked up to the peacock.
"How did you do it?" asked Shen.
Po shrugged."You know, you just gotta keep your elbows up and keep the shoulders loose..." he began explaining, but Shen cut him off.
"Not that!" growled Shen. "How did you find peace? I took away your parents! Everything! I- I scarred you for life." he then turned to Sora. "And I reminded you of such painful memories you and your friends experienced in the past that caused you so much pain and despair."
Sora shook his head. "Shen, the pain and despair you experience... it will never go away. But instead of trying to make it go away, or embrace it... you should learn from it."
Po nodded in agreement. "See, that's the thing, Shen... scars heal." he explained.
"No, they don't... wounds heal." scoffed Shen.
"Oh yeah. What do scars do? They fade, I guess..." Po wondered out loud.
"I don't care what scars do." scoffed Shen.
"You should, Shen. You gotta let go of that stuff from the past 'cause it just doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is what you choose to be now." said Po.
"Don't embrace the pain of the past." added Sora. "Learn from it, and focus on the now. It's like what Po said to you, and what I tried to tell Demyx: you should choose who you want to be."
Shen's eyes widened.
"You're right." he replied before he then faced the group, who stared in horror as Shen suddenly had a dark aura form around him. The peacock's feathers suddenly went completely black with, his robe now dark purple, the symbol on the back of the robe replaced with the Heartless emblem. His eyes went completely yellow and his head feathers were now flaming purple. His metal talons were now in a flaming green. "I choose... THIS!" he exclaimed, gesturing to his new form.
"What's happened to Shen?" asked Ox in shock.
"It's almost just like what happened to Tai Lung!" exclaimed Po.
Riku's eyes narrowed. "Shen's heart is way too full of pain and revenge. He's fallen to darkness." said explained.
"He's a Heartless!" exclaimed Goofy.
Tigress looked determined. "That won't stop us from defeating him." she growled, getting into a fighting stance. Po, Shifu, Croc, Ox, and the rest of the Five followed her lead.
"Right!" nodded Sora, summoning Master's Defender. Riku, Kairi, and Mickey followed suit with Way to Dawn, Destiny's Embrace, and Star Seeker, and then Donald and Goofy with their staff and shield.
Shen got into a fighting stance as he cackled madly.
(Young Xehanort, Ansem, and Xemnas Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts III plays)
Mission: Defeat Shen
Party Members:
Sora
Donald Duck
Goofy
Riku
King Mickey
Kairi
Po
Tigress
Viper
Crane
Mantis
Monkey
Assistants:
Shifu
Croc
Storming Ox
Shen lurched forward, talons ready. Sora and Donald casted light spells from their weapons against him, sending him back several feet. Ox and Croc charged forward,, and side-kicked Shen, only to suddenly be slashed by his talons. But Goofy got him back by bashing into the peacock with his shield. Shen then leaped into the air to attack Goofy, but received a blizzard spell from Kairi in the process, slowing him down long enough for Tigress to punch him in the stomach away.
As Shen landed, Mickey and Riku casted Aero spells against him. Shen retaliated by throwing several of his talons, which were all blocked away by Shifu as he spun Oogway's staff to knock them away. Sora and Riku charged forward, and began stashing the Heartless peacock with their keyblades. Shen managed to split kick them away, but they left him open to be doubled-punched by Monkey.
Shen lurched forward again, but ended up vulnerable to Tigress round kicking him away, and getting blasted by a thunder spell from Donald. Ox then charged forward and rammed hos head into the evil bird. As Shen got up again, Viper used her tail to pull the peacock's foot out from underneath him making him fall to the ground before wrapping herself around him. Viper then dragged Shen up, and received a spin-kick in the face from Mickey.
Riku then came up from behind Shen and slashed him several times with his keyblade. As Shen got up, Goofy used Goofy-Tornado to knock Shen away, as Po punched and kicked the peacock in several places in four second, then tossed him into the air, where Crane used his wings to create a powerful gust to send the villain to the ground.
Shen got up again as threw more talons at the heroes, but Kairi and Shifu knocked them away and then whacked Shen in the shoulders with their weapons. Croc then swung his tail in Shen's face while Mickey used a Perlza spell against the bird's back. Mantis then flew into Shen's face, sucker-punched him away to the side, and Crane used his hat to slice more metal talons off the bird before punching him hard in the side with his wings.
Tigress then kicked Shen in the stomach before doubled-punching him in the face, forcing him away while Monkey wrapped his legs around the peacock's neck and punched him even more in the face before uppercutting him away with his feet. Viper then spun in the air and lashed her tail against Shen's beak. Sora, Donald, and Goofy then finished Shen off by performing their trinity, which engulfed the peacock in such light, making him fall to the ground, defeated.
(Young Xehanort, Ansem, and Xemnas Boss Fight from Kingdom Hearts III ends)
A wave of darkness flew around Shen before the peacock was shown to be normal again, but he was till very angry with the thirteen warriors. He grabbed a lance, and charged forward.
Sora and Po saw this, and both jumped into the air, and side-kicked Shen away, making him bash against the mast and fell to the ground. The sudden impact snapped the ropes holding up the ruined cannon. The cannon eventually began to topple. Goofy saw it.
"Uh oh! It's comin' down!" he shouted.
Noticing this, the thirteen heroes ran for the ship's bow. Shen looked up, saw the cannon... and closed his eyes as his creation crashed down, killing Shen, as the ship exploded, sending the group screaming and flying into the water.
After several moments, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Po, Tigress, Viper, Crane, Monkey, Mantis, Shifu, Ox, and Croc resurfaced some distance from the destroyed ship, latching on to several pieces of wood. The crowd cheers. Sora and Po glanced at the ship.
"Whew..." muttered Po.
Sora smiled. "We made it..."
Their friends smiled at their victory.
At that moment, a shower of sparks erupted from the remains of Shen's ship. Fireworks were shot into the sky, briefly making a shape of a peacock's head as they explode. A smiling Tigress puts her paw on Po's shoulder as the masters watch the show. Amongst the cheering citizens, the Soothsayer and Lin smiled happily as they watched the fireworks. A yin yang symbol with a crown emblem in the center flashed amongst the display.
To be concluded...
One more chapter to go! And then I'll get back to the Fanfics that are supposed to take place after Kingdom Hearts: The Lion Guard.
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