Hello, guys! Rocco151 is back with the next chapter of Chains of Destiny – we are at part 2 of Deep Jungle – only one more part remains!
Also, we're are going to make Maka remember that her friends are still out there and she needs to save them – cause I haven't mention Soul or Tsubaki at all. Only when Sora and Maka first met – we are going to fix that right now.
The moment where Maka is about to find out that she has feelings for Sora is near! She will learn it in the Agrabah arc where Medusa and Jafar will be waiting for the group to arrive.
I think that is all that needs to be said. Without no further delays – let's get started with Part 2 of Deep Jungle!
Chapter 12 – Clayton's Betrayal.
After Maka and Sora left the tent, they began searching the campsite for the missing slides. During their search, they stopped to speak to Clayton who was minding his own business.
"So, who are you again exactly?" Maka asked him.
"Clayton's the name, my dear. I'm a hunter, not a researcher." Clayton explained to them.
"Are you hunting gorillas by any chance?" Sora asked him suspiciously.
"What? No, I am not trying to hunt the gorillas. But they're so rare! I'd just like to get a look at them." Clayton told them.
"Well, okay… I guess…" Maka said, as she and Sora began walking away.
"I don't trust that guy, Maka." Sora said quietly to Maka who nodded.
"Me neither, something is off about him." Maka said quietly to him.
"We should keep an eye on him." Sora suggested quietly.
"I agree. Say, did Tarzan really said that your friends are here?" Maka asked him.
"Well… I don't know what he said to me… But if he is saying that my friends are here, well… We'll see. Who knows? We might be able to find your friends on this world as well." Sora said to which Maka's eyes widened.
Sora looked at her and asked. "Are you okay?"
"My friends… I can't believe I forgot about them…" Maka said with a sad tone.
"Hey, it's okay Maka." Sora said, as he put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Okay, Sora!? How is it okay!? I've almost forgot about searching for them because of other important stuff like defeating the Heartless and locking keyholes! I can't believe I almost forgot about them!" Maka said, as tears started coming out of her eyes.
Sora was at a loss for words. He didn't know how to cheer her up. It was true that Maka didn't mention her friends at all, but he didn't blame her. How could he? Fighting the Heartless and locking the keyholes distracted Maka with searching for her friends a little bit.
"Great. Maka, I'm sorry for acting like an idiot." Sora said, as he began to walk away.
"No!" Maka said, as she ran towards him and pulled him into a big and warm hug.
"I'm the one who should apologize for lashing out in front of you. It's true I hadn't mentioned my friends at all for a while, but I don't hate you. You only mentioned them to me and I got mad over nothing. Do you hate me?" Maka asked him.
Sora let go off her and he shook his head with a smile on his face. "Nope, do you?" He asked her.
She shook her head and said. "Nah, friends?" She said and pulled out her hand for him to shake.
Sora shook her hand and said. "Yeah, friends. So, back to searching for the slides?"
Maka nodded and said. "Yeah, let's see where they are."
Eventually, after a while – Maka and Sora collected all of the slides around the campsite and brought them back to Jane. She started the projector with the first picture depicting a strange castle which caught the attention of both Maka and Sora.
"What's wrong?" Goofy asked.
"Nothing…" Sora said.
"Yeah, we're okay…" Maka said.
The slides continued showing Tarzan what humans were like and also what kind of behaviors they had. After the last one showed up, Jane turned her attention to the man with the brown dreadlocks.
"Well, Tarzan?" Jane asked.
"Where are my friends, Riku and Kairi?" Sora asked.
"And my friends as well – Soul and Tsubaki?" Maka asked.
Unfortunately, they didn't get an answer as Tarzan shook his head.
"Hey, we thought that you might-" Maka was cut off by the sound of Clayton entering.
"That leaves just one place." Clayton said.
Sora and Maka looked at him, as he said. "See here, you two. We've been in this jungle for some time now. But we have yet to encounter these friends of yours. I'd wager they're with the gorillas. But Tarzan refuses to take us to them."
"Really, Mr. Clayton. Tarzan wouldn't hide-" Jane began, but was cut off by Clayton.
"Then take us there! Take us to the gorillas." Clayton said, as he walked up to Tarzan.
"Go-ril-las." Clayton said slowly.
Tarzan turned his attention to Sora and Maka and nodded.
"Tarzan… are you sure?" Jane asked.
"Tarzan go see Kerchak." Tarzan said.
"Kerchak?" Jane asked.
"He must be the leader. Perfect. I'll go along as an escort. After all, the jungle is a dangerous place." He said with a smile on his face and left the tent.
"I don't trust that guy one bit." Maka said.
"Me neither." Donald said.
"There's something fishy going on with this guy." Lucy said.
"We had better follow him just in case he tries anything against the gorillas." Sora said.
The group left the tent and followed Tarzan to the trees that were covered in vines. On the top, there was a black furred gorilla with a stern look on his face, next to him there was a brown furred gorilla.
"Kerchak, please listen to me. I know the nesting ground is secret, but I trust them. You see, I want to help them because… because… well, they need us." He said.
Goofy leaned closer to the group and said. "Uh… Did you get that?"
Maka and Sora shook their heads.
"No." Donald said.
"Nothing." Lucy said.
"Kerchak." Tarzan pleaded with him.
However, the gorilla turned his head silently towards the treetops, as if he was sensing something.
"Kerchak…" Tarzan pleaded, but he began to leave followed by the gorilla next to him.
"It looks like Kerchak was looking at the treehouse." Sora said.
"We'd best follow him – something tells me that Clayton is up to no good." Maka said with the rest of the group nodding.
Meanwhile, inside the tree house - a young female gorilla was currently playing with a globe. Unfortunately, Clayton was there as well… with his rifle in hand! Donald was currently running to the tree house and screamed just as the hunter fired his weapon. Luckily, he missed the gorilla who ran behind Kerchak as he was entering.
"I knew it!" Maka said angrily.
"What's the big idea?" Donald said angrily.
"Wait, Kerchak. Please!" Tarzan pleaded for one last time.
Unfortunately, Kerchak turned around and walked away with a scowl on his face followed by the younger gorilla.
The group and Tarzan glared at Clayton who had a nervous smile on his face.
"You don't understand. I was only trying to… Ah. A snake slithered by, you see. I saved that poor gorilla's life." Clayton said, but Tarzan lowered his head in shame.
"Yeah, as if!" Maka said angrily.
"What kind of idiots do you think we are?" Levy said with a furious glare.
"We're going to tell Jane everything that you did!" Sora said angrily.
The group left the tree house and returned to the tent where they told Jane everything.
"How could you do such a thing!" Jane said with an angry tone.
"Now, Miss Porter, as I told you, I was not aiming at the gorilla." Clayton said, but Jane refused to believe to his lies.
"You are not to go near the gorillas again!" Jane said angrily.
"All because of one mishap? Come, now…" He said with a smirk on his face.
However, everyone was glaring at him as he dropped his smirk and laughed nervously. He walked outside and immediately got angry.
"What am I doing with these imbeciles?" He said, as he looked at the jungle.
"Blasted gorillas! I'll hunt down every last one of them! I'll track them down somehow." He said, as he took out his pipe from his back pocket.
"I'll stake my life on it." He said. But before the pipe could reach his mouth, he heard a rustling noise coming from the jungle. He put it away, as the sound got closer. Clayton took out his rifle and shoots, as the shot ran out loud and clear.
"What was that!?" Sora asked.
"Clayton, that idiot!" Maka said, as the group ran outside.
However, to their horror – they discovered that a gorilla was being attacked by the Heartless that looked just like monkeys.
"Heartless!" Sora, Maka and Levy said at the same time, as they took out their Keyblades.
The monkeys began to attack the group, however Sora destroyed one of the creatures with his Keyblade and casted Thunder in the end, Maka and Levy attacked as well with their weapons and both of them casted Blizzard at the Heartless, after that two of the monkeys were destroyed. Lucy destroyed one with her whip, Donald casted Fire at one of them while Goofy bashed them with his shield. The Monkey Heartless were defeated and the gorilla ran away to safety.
"There might be more gorillas in danger." Maka said.
"We need to help them." Lucy said.
"Yep." Sora said.
The group travelled from area to area, saving gorillas from the Heartless and avoiding getting killed along the way. They managed to successfully defeat all of the Heartless and save the poor, innocent gorillas along the way.
They returned to the tent and told Jane everything.
"That's good to hear." Jane said with a sad smile.
"What's wrong?" Goofy asked.
"Clayton has been gone for a while and I'm starting to get worried." Jane said.
"I understand – we'll go look for him." Maka said.
The group left, however they heard a gunshot coming from the bamboo thicket. Upon arriving, Sora and Maka discovered Clayton's pipe lying on the stump. Just before they were able to pick it up, however – the leopard Sabor returned with a vengeance!
"It's the creature that attacked at the tree house!" Sora said, as he took out his Keyblade.
"I'll handle him, don't worry!" Levy said, as she took out her Keyblade and knocked out Sabor in just one strike from her Void Gear, much to the group's surprise and shock. The leopard fell to the floor unconscious with his mouth wide open.
"Levy, I…" Sora began, but was cut off by a smiling Levy.
"What do you think?" Levy asked the group.
"I think… you really need to tell me how you are able to knock someone out in just a second." Maka asked with an intrigued grin on her face.
"Man, Levy. You are so unstoppable – ever since, you've acquired that Keyblade Void Gear – you've become like a goddess." Lucy said with a quiet laugh.
"Thanks, but truth be told – how I am able to beat my opponents in just one hit is still a mystery even to me…" Levy said, as she looked at her Keyblade.
Meanwhile, one of the gorillas was running through the campsite avoiding the numerous Heartless that appeared and entered the tent which frightened Jane and knocked her to the ground. The woman was relieved to see that the gorilla was okay, just as someone had entered the tent. Jane was terrified, as she held the poor animal tightly in her hands.
"No sign of Clayton here…" Sora said.
"We should go and check in with Jane." Maka suggested.
"That seems reasonable." Lucy said, as the group started walking back to the campsite. Unaware of what was happening over there…
Jeez Louise! That took way longer than expected! At least, Part 2 is done! We are nearing the end of Deep Jungle and soon we will be returning to Traverse Town for the second time. Hooray!
It's almost time to introduce a new character that will be appear in this story – Lucky for you… she's from Fairy Tail and she will become an important villain in the story later on! So, I hope you expect the surprise when you find out who it is!
Right, what else? Oh, yeah – I will be switching between writing these stories one at a time – first comes Chains of Destiny, Twilight Town's Wielder and last, but not least Wielder of the Keyblade.
Also, please – give my other stories a chance and read them – I know I'm not the best author… I'm trying my hardest to be! I can guarantee you that my OC – Mina's adventures will be the best! So, please give Wielder of the Keyblade a chance! I promise you will not be disappointed!
Whelp, that's all from me! I eagerly await your responses on the reviews page on Chains of Destiny – tell me how I did! That's all from me for now! See ya!