Sorry for not updating recently, I've been busy enjoying things I got for the holidays and I've lost track, but here's the new chapter for JOD.
Anyway, on with the show.
Chapter 11: Inside the Whale
Pax and Riku leave Endsville and return to the space area and they look for the next world and they find a world that has an amusement park and a giant whale and so they decide to go to that world next.
Pax and Riku start diving for the next world while fighting off Night Terrors and Dream Eaters while avoiding many obstacles in their path but more Night Terrors and Dream Eaters appear and attack but Pax and Riku dive attack to strike and keep diving down until they find the portal and they dive down for the portal while fighting off more Night Terrors and Dream Eaters and they later reach for the portal and go for the next world.
(World of Prankster's Paradise)
(Field Theme: A Very Small World)
Pax and Riku are in what looks like a mouth of something filled with water and broken wood all around and they look around the mouth.
"It looks like we're inside of something." Pax said.
"And this looks kind of familiar." Riku said.
"Pinocchio! Pinocchio! Son! Where have you run off to?" A voice called and they find an old man with white hair and mustache, wearing a white shirt with a red vest over it, black trousers, and glasses.
"Who's that?" Pax asked.
"Isn't that…Geppetto?" Riku asked.
"You know him?" Pax asked.
"It's a long story. But if he's here, then this must be…" Riku stops talking.
"Well, let's go see what's wrong." Pax said and Riku nods.
(Monstro: Mouth)
(Information: Speak with Geppetto!)
Pax and Riku make their way for the destroyed boat and they find Geppetto sitting on his bed.
"What's the matter?" Riku asked and Geppetto looks at the boys.
"Huh? Goodness, who are you two?" Geppetto asked.
"I'm Riku." Riku introduced.
"Name's Pax." Pax introduced.
"Oh, Riku, Pax, you poor lads… It seems you two were swallowed by Monstro, just like the rest of us." Geppetto said.
"Monstro…?" Pax asked confused.
"It's the name of the whale." Riku said.
"We're in a whale?!" Pax asked shocked.
"My name is Geppetto and I'm looking for my son, Pinocchio." Geppetto said.
"Pinocchio's gone missing?" Riku asked.
"I'm afraid so. After all my searching, I found him here in the whale, but now he's off to who-knows-where." Geppetto explained.
"That sounds kind of…familiar." Riku said.
"Geppetto, we can look for your son for you." Pax said.
"You two would do that? Thank you. Are you sure?" Geppetto asked.
"Yeah, leave it to us." Riku said.
"Did ya say you're really gonna help us find Pinocchio?" A voice asked and they find a cricket.
"Jiminy?" Riku asked.
"What's he doing here?" Pax asked.
"That's right. Name's Jiminy. Jiminy Cricket. Have we met?" Jiminy asked.
"No, we…never mind." Riku said.
"If you say so. Anyway, Pinocchio comes first." Jiminy said.
"Right. Any idea where he went?" Pax asked.
"Well, I'm certain he wandered off with two strangers." Jiminy said.
"Two strangers?" Pax asked.
"Can you describe them?" Riku asked.
"Hmm, I remember one of them was wearin' a black coat while the second one was wearin' a red coat with black stars." Jiminy said.
"Black coat?" Riku asked.
"Red coat with black stars? That means…" Pax stops talking.
"They're back again." Riku said.
"Thanks. Riku, c'mon." Pax said.
"Right." Riku said as they start moving but Jiminy hops on Riku's shoulder.
"Well, I'm goin' with ya. Pinocchio's gonna need his conscience." Jiminy said.
"Fair enough." Pax said.
Pax and Riku begin searching for Pinocchio and they go for the next part of Monstro.
(Monstro: Gullet)
Pax and Riku arrive at the gullet part of Monstro and keep searching for Pinocchio but then Night Terrors and Dream Eaters appear and attack the two but Pax transforms Path to Justice into a whip and lashes with it while Riku slashes with Way to Dawn and they fight off the Night Terrors and Dream Eaters and keep going while fighting off more Night Terrors and Dream Eaters in their way and they climb their way up the gullet and find another way to the next part of Monstro.
(Monstro: Cavity)
Pax and Riku arrive at the cavity part of Monstro and they find what looks like a puppet boy with black hair, wearing a white shirt and black vest with a blue bowtie, red shorts, white gloves, and a yellow hat and he's walking with two figures with one wearing a black cloak while the second is wearing a crimson cloak with black stars.
"Pinocchio!" Jiminy called making the puppet boy turn to see the trio.
"Jiminy!" Pinocchio cheered.
"Let Pinocchio go now!" Riku demanded.
The cloaked figures lightly shove Pinocchio making him run for the trio.
"Thank goodness! Are you alright? Pax, Riku, and I looked everywhere for ya." Jiminy said.
"I'm just fine. I'm sorry, Jiminy. I messed up real bad. You and Father were really worried about me." Pinocchio said.
"Why, Pinocchio. I think ya just might be finally startin' to learn." Jiminy said.
Pax and Riku confront the two figures.
"Who the hell are you?" Pax asked and the crimson and black star cloaked figure removes the hood revealing Pavor. "Not you again!" Pax yelled as he tries to attack but Pavor uses force to push Pax back.
"Pax!" Riku said and then turns to the black cloaked figure. "What about you? Who are you?" Riku asked and the black cloaked figure removes the hood to reveal what looks like Riku. "Me?" Riku asked.
"What?" Pax asked.
Pavor and the other Riku disappear in darkness.
"As I live and breathe…" Jiminy said.
"Riku, was that…?" Pax stops talking.
"That was my dark side. I gave into the darkness once. Ever since, it's chased me around in one form or another. The Seeker of Darkness, who stole my body…a puppet replica of the shadows in my heart… Now, I'm facing me." Riku said.
"Your dark side?" Jiminy asked.
"Riku and I have dealt with darkness using us like puppets, making us fight the ones we care about and now, just like my encounter with Pavor earlier, Riku's facing his dark self. The darkness just enjoys making us suffer." Pax said.
"Gee, Riku, Pax. Don't you guys have Jiminys, like I do? Jiminy's my conscience. He's taught me all kinds of important stuff. Maybe you guys need people to show you what's right and wrong." Pinocchio said.
"Sure. You guys can't shoulder all your problems alone. You two must have somebody…friends to talk to." Jiminy said.
"Yeah. That stupid grin he's always wearing… He's the best teacher I could ever have." Riku said.
"And I have two teachers myself. He's always smiling and facing danger without any hesitation. And her…she's always there to help someone, no matter who's good or evil, her innocence and kindness is something not to fight against." Pax said.
"Gee whiz…I wish I had lots of good friends." Pinocchio said.
"You will, Pinocchio. More than you can count." Jiminy said.
"You know, now that I think about it, Ky's not the only conscience for me. He's actually the perfect one for Nex too, considering all the messed up stuff he's done, with Ky being around him, he's bound to know now between right and wrong." Pax said in his mind but then a loud sound is heard.
"What now?" Riku asked.
"Something's in there." Pax said.
"Pinocchio, Jiminy, you two should head back." Riku said.
"We'll go a little further and see what's going on." Pax said.
"Okay." Pinocchio and Jiminy said as they leave.
(Information: Find out where the sound came from!)
Pax and Riku explore around Monstro to find the source of the noise while fighting off many Night Terrors and Dream Eaters in their way and they find what looks like parts of Monstro that turns things upside down and keep exploring around for the source of the noise but then more Night Terrors and Dream Eaters appear and attack but Riku slashes with Way to Dawn while Pax slashes with Path to Justice followed by transforming it into a hammer and delivers heavy swings and they move on through.
Pax and Riku keep searching throughout Monstro while fighting off more Night Terrors and Dream Eaters in their way and use parts of Monstro to help them get across while still searching for the source of the noise and while still exploring more Night Terrors and Dream Eaters appear and attack but Pax and Riku quickly defeat them and keep going throughout Monstro and they later find another different area of Monstro and enter it.
Pax and Riku arrive at the next part of Monstro but then they see something and it's a giant Nightmare Dream Eater that looks like a giant orange lobster which fires green bombs at the two but Pax transforms his Keyblade into a shield and blocks the bombs.
"Another Dream Eater!" Pax said.
"Let's get rid of it." Riku said as they summon their Keyblades.
(Boss Theme: Ice-hot Lobster)
(Information: Defeat Char Clawbster!)
The Nightmare Dream Eater known as Char Clawbster unleashes green bombs at the two who dodge and try to attack but Char Clawbster goes for the upper part of Monstro and fires green bombs down at the two but Pax transforms Path to Justice into a grenade launcher and fires grenades at the giant Nightmare causing massive damage while Riku casts Triple Blizzard but Char Clawbster fires more green bombs but Riku triple slashes with Way to Dawn followed by Aerial Slam while Pax diagonal slashes with Path to Justice followed by Tai Chi style but Char Clawbster dashes away and then fires green beams from its pincers while going all around from upper to lower parts of Monstro but Pax transforms Path to Justice into dual blasters and fires white lasers from the blasters but Char Clawbster unleashes flaming discs on the ground to burn the two but Riku casts Deep Freeze to get rid of the flaming discs and then uses Spark Dive but Char Clawbster unleashes more flaming discs and the swipes its pincers at the two who block the attacks and Pax uses Strike Raid followed by Vanish Slash while Riku casts Dark Fire causing damage.
Char Clawbster unleashes red and blue bombs and then swipes its pincers at the two who dodge and Riku casts Thunder Shot followed by casting Earth but Char Clawbster dashes away and unleashes green bombs to get the two but Pax delivers a bladestand kick to strike followed by three vertical slashes with Path to Justice but Char Clawbster dashes from the lower to upper sections of Monstro and unleashes green bombs from above but Pax transforms Path to Justice into a bow and fires light arrows causing Char Clawbster to fall allowing Riku to horizontal slash with Way to Dawn followed by a spinning slash but Char Clawbster dashes away and then unleashes two green beams from its pincers while going to the upper and lower sections but Riku uses Shadow Dash and then delivers a diagonal strike with Way to Dawn while Pax triple slashes with Path to Justice followed by transforming the Keyblade into a rapier and delivers graceful slashes followed by a thrusting stab but Char Clawbster swipes its pincers and then unleashes flaming discs to try and burn them but Pax casts Water and then casts White Blizzard while Riku casts Deep Freeze but Char Clawbster unleashes more flaming discs and then unleashes red and blue bombs.
Pax and Riku dodge the attacks and Pax summons a Kooma Panda Spirit and it delivers a charging punching strike while Riku uses Aerial Slam but Char Clawbster glows green and dashes away while unleashing green bombs but they dodge and Riku casts Dark Fire while Pax casts White Fire but Char Clawbster goes to the upper part of Monstro and fires green bombs from above but Pax transforms Path to Justice into a shuriken and throws it at the Nightmare making it fall allowing Riku to triple slash with Way to Dawn followed by an upper slash but Char Clawbster swipe its pincers but Pax counters and combines Aero magic with Baguazhang style and delivers an air magic strike followed by combining Earth magic with Hung Ga style and delivers an earth magic strike causing great damage but Char Clawbster unleashes red and blue bombs but Riku delivers a leaping slash followed by using Earth Strike but Char Clawbster unleashes green beams from its pincer while going from the upper part to the lower part but Pax uses Stealth Blade followed by casting Triple Fire while Riku uses Meteor Crash and rains down many meteors to strike.
Char Clawbster retaliates with unleashing flaming discs to try and burn the two but they dodge and Riku casts Water while Pax transforms Path to Justice into dual broadswords and delivers powerful slashes with them but Char Clawbster unleashes more flaming discs and then unleashes green bombs but Riku uses Poison Strike followed by Dark Raid while Pax horizontal slashes with Path to Justice followed by a leaping kick and then delivers a leaping slash but Char Clawbster dashes away and then unleashes green beams from its pincers while going up and down but Pax transforms Path to Justice into a rocket launcher and fires three light rockets at the Nightmare while Riku casts Dark Blizzard but Char Clawbster swipes its pincers and then unleashes flaming discs but Pax diagonal slashes with Path to Justice followed by a bladestand kick while Riku triple slashes with Way to Dawn followed by a spinning slash but Char Clawbster unleashes red and blue bombs and then swipes its pincers but Riku casts Deep Freeze followed by Mega Flare while Pax strikes with Southern Praying Mantis style followed by Northern Shaolin Kung Fu style but Char Clawbster dashes away and tries to unleash green beams but they dash for the Nightmare and Pax transforms Path to Justice into an axe and delivers a heavy strike while Riku casts Earthquake and they finish off Char Clawbster who is now destroyed.
After the fight a dark corridor appears and it's Zervik again.
"So, you've ran into your dark counterparts? I take it that was a worthwhile experience for you?" Zervik asked.
"Shut the hell up, Zervik! I bet you were responsible for that as well as Ansem!" Pax yelled.
"It just goes to show that no matter how you banish the darkness, it will come back to you in one form or the other." Zervik said.
"I said SHUT UP!" Pax shouted as he casts White Fire at Zervik who disappears in darkness. "Stupid asshole. We'll defeat our darkness one day." Pax said.
Pinocchio returns to the mouth and finds Geppetto who cheers and hugs the puppet.
"What a happy reunion." Pax said.
"I thought I was only sent into the past on the Destiny Islands." Riku said.
"Yeah, and I was sent to the past on Shine City. So, why does it seem like time was rewound in this world too?" Pax asked.
"Maybe it's like what Master Yen Sid said; the world was freed from darkness, but has yet to wake from it." Riku said.
"It's trapped in a never-ending dream unless we wake it from its slumber." Pax said.
Just then a Sleeping Keyhole appears and Pax and Riku use their Keyblades to unlock the Sleeping Keyhole creating a bright light.
Meanwhile in Radiant Garden in Ansem's study 'Axel' comes in.
"Where're they? I've turned the castle upside-down." 'Axel' said and he finds Ienzo and Aeleus. "Hey, are the other two still out cold?" 'Axel' asked.
"Dilan and Even are conscious again, but are still unstable. They're resting inside." Aeleus said.
"Gotcha. Well, guess I'll give the castle grounds a sweep." 'Axel' said.
"Don't. If they were back, we would have found them by now." Aeleus said.
"So, ya think they were blasted off to some other world or what?" 'Axel' asked.
"I highly doubt it. When someone, who's lost their heart is recompleted, they should have returned to the place where it happened. The good example would be for Nixa, Jinux, and Rixla, since their original personas were from Noble Palace, so they should have returned there by now. And if that world is unavailable for whatever reason, a refuge is made for them in the realm between…worlds called 'Traverse Town', 'Justice City', or 'Wisdom City'. They would be sent in either of them. Or perhaps…" Ienzo was cut off.
"No, look, okay…I get it. The fact is, we're here. We've been recompleted, right? They should be here too, plain and simple." 'Axel' said.
"I agree, it is strange." Ienzo said.
"What a drag. Could they not have been recompleted at all?" 'Axel' asked.
"Well, you see…" Ienzo was cut off.
"Ah, forget it. Ya know what, I'll bring 'em back myself." 'Axel' said.
"How exactly?" Ienzo asked.
"Why do I always get stuck with the icky jobs?" 'Axel' asked looking at the 'DTD' on the wall.
Well, there's the next chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. I have some good news and bad news. The good news is I'm still trying to make more chapters for the stories. The bad news is that school is back and I'll have to focus on it again, but I'll try to make time to make more chapters. Anyway, next time, Noel and Sora arrive at a new world, where they meet a group of powerful warriors and help one of its members with a problem. I'll see you all in the next chapter and I hope you look forward to more stuff from this new story. Take care, and I'll see you later. Don't forget to favorite, follow, and PLEASE review! Goodbye for now.