Greeting from Japan people. I'm skipping the excuses of why this took so long to get out and letting you get straight to the story. I did have the shout outs here and there were a number of people but damn it went and screwed up on me and deleted them all. So thanks to everyone who added, reviewed, and read. Kita-san though my lovely beta doesn't get enough credit I wouldn't be able to do this without her.
Disclaimer: Simply because I've been gone for a while doesn't mean that I was able to get the rights to the material. Ghost and Twilight will always be mine though.
Chapter 21: Hey, I've got a tail.
As we all were transported into the gummi ship, everyone collapsed on their chairs from sheer exhaustion. It was close to three in the morning and the boys; I don't think they were used to staying up that late. Twilight and I on the other hand were a little better off being the college students that we were this was close to the time that we normally went to sleep in the first place. I smiled as everyone began to drift off and closed my eyes.
I groaned and covered my head to block out the snoring. After a few minutes I sighed, giving up. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and looked at the clock. Blinking in surprise I smiled slightly as I looked at the time, having slept in later than I normally did. Getting up quietly I moved into the kitchen and started to make breakfast. As I heard
"Pancakes!" Twilight yelled
I jumped but then sighed and looked up at the ceiling 'well at least Twilight's back to normal,'I thought. The pancake that had previously been in the pan now stuck there and slowly becoming unglued to the ceiling. I looked over at the door as the others came into the room. I placed the frying pan back onto the stove and started a new pancake.
"Morning." I said.
"Morning." Sora yawned.
There was a plop as the pancake finally came unglued from the ceiling and landed on top of Sora's head. He blinked slightly before everyone started laughing and I walked over to the boy with a laugh. I lifted the half cooked pancake off of his brown spikes before lightly brushing the crumbs off his head. He looked up at the ceiling, warily awaiting any other attacks from foreign objects.
"Any more projectiles that might come down on my head?" Sora asked.
I chuckled before throwing the pancake out and setting out another plate full of pancakes, taking some for myself and sitting down. I was glad he had taken it all in stride. It's just the way he was but lots of other people would have gotten upset or would have freaked because the pancake 'ruined their hair'. He was just one of those people who could care less and with hair the way his was it wasn't hard to see why.
"Where to next?" I asked.
Sora didn't answer as he stuffed his face with food. I grimaced and mimicked wiping my mouth with my napkin. It took a few pretend swipes for him to realize what I wanted him to do. He took his napkin and wiped his mouth off. I was just happy he didn't start smiling or else the maple syrup would start oozing past his lips. Not a pretty sight to see, trust me.
"Someplace called the Pride Lands." Donald said.
"How long will it take to get there?" Twilight asked
I nodded and took a bite. Donald swallowed thickly, having problems getting down the thickness that was the pancakes and syrup. It was good to know that everyone was enjoying breakfast, though. I chased my pancake down with a hearty drink of orange juice. I hummed to myself contently. If every meal was as good as the past ones we've had I'd have to work even harder to fight the Heartless since I'd be bound to gain some weight at some point.
"Six hours." Donald replied.
I nodded and swallowed before standing up. Goofy cleaned up the dishes, as it was his turn this time to both clear the table and wash the dirty dishes. He never seemed to mind doing them either, unlike Sora or Donald who usually complained the whole time, resulting in Twilight standing over them wither either a newspaper or a squirt bottle, whacking or squirting when necessary. Twilight followed me and sat in her seat.
"You think we'll be able to finish this game any time soon?" Twilight asked.
I chuckled as she pulled the current monopoly game. With the rate things were going we were going to grow so bored of monopoly that it wasn't even going to be funny in the end.
"Probably not." I responded.
Six hours later, we made it to the next world, still not having finished the game. We stepped onto the platform that would take us down. There was a flash of light and we ended up there. I blinked confused slightly as I looked at the world in a new perspective. I shook myself all over, getting used to the feeling of fur, a tail, and four legs. Looking at myself the best I could to see the slim figure built for speed, tan fur and black spots. The silver wristband was now on my left foreleg. I stumbled slightly, still not used to the feeling of four legs, to the pool of greenish water to see the black tear-like streaks of a cheetah.
I looked over at Twilight to see a mostly white lion with a black underbelly, her silver music note necklace hung on her neck. She looked over to me and grinned. I nodded in agreement. It was kind of cool. Donald was flying and Goofy was a turtle, 'He's a turtle a lot,' I realized. Sora was a dark lion. I jogged back to the others, not without a few stumbles along the way.
"Hey! Check us out." Sora said.
He looked around for a few seconds. I grinned but wondered what it looked like. Did it seem like I was the predator, musing the prey or that I was just smug? You never can tell with feline features, particularly when you are one. I glanced around, seeing nothing new to me since I've been in the landscape, though as Sora in the game and not personally, but it was nothing to be impressed by. It was just a bunch of rocks.
"This place is kinda creepy, though." Sora said.
My eyes narrowed as I spotted the hyenas that had surrounded us. One of them gave a crazy laugh and I rolled my eyes. They were hardly scary in the movie and hardly scary in the game. But in person I realized, that now, they could actually eat us. Luckily, Kingdom Hearts was a game that was working alongside Disney. They wouldn't kill anyone in a game, aside from bosses, but not even all the bosses die. I mean, Nobodies fade into Nothingness and Heartless never really existed in the first place.
"Heartless?" Sora asked.
"I dunno, Sora. I get the feelin' they might live here." Goofy remarked.
I glanced over at the turtle-dog. Goofy was still keeping an eye on the hyenas. He didn't trust them as far as he could possible throw them, if he could catch them, that was. They were fast little boogers in the game. I do recall many of the curse words I spared for them as I knocked them around as Sora.
"Don't mind us! Just passing through. We won't be any trouble." Donald said.
"Yeah, that's right!" Sora said.
I rolled my eyes at Sora the fur on my shoulders going up as the female hyena circled us. A low snarl escaped my lips as I glowered at her. I could feel my claws digging into the dirt beneath my paws. Twilight growled too. I almost laughingly shouted, 'Cat fight!' but I wasn't quite sure if a hyena counted as a cat… I'm fairly certain it's a dog but I can't quite be sure.
"Don't be silly. We'd love you to stick around for lunch." The female of the group
"Um… we didn't bring anything to eat." Sora said in confusion.
"That's not gonna be a problem!" The male, the one that didn't just laugh, said.
"Sora… we are the lunch." I cut in, beating Goofy.
Donald looked around for a moment before letting out a yell that caused the three boys to split up and run. I was squaring up with one of the other hyenas the fur on my shoulders going up, rolling my eyes'where do they plan on going?' I turned as I heard Sora let out a 'whoa' seeing Banzai standing over Sora, Donald and Goofy were trapped in a corner and Twilight was standing behind me, watching my back. I turned back to my own hyena problem as there was a loud roar and I flicked an ear back to get a better grip on the sound.
"Man, that Scar's got the worst timing." Banzai complained.
"Just let him roar." Shenzi said.
"Nah, we better go see what he wants. Sounds like he's grumpy enough already." Banzai sighed.
"Fine." Shenzi sighed
I relaxed as all of the hyenas ran out of the cave. My fur settled back onto my shoulders and the ripping noise I had decided was my snarling had calmed to a slow and steady almost purr, but not quite. That could have gotten uglier than it already was; cheetahs weren't meant for fighting they were fragile speedsters. I sighed and both Twilight and I walked over to Sora. He waved a paw to the side, as if shrugging.
"I dunno what that was about, but I'm glad it's over! Everything's harder on four legs…" Sora groaned.
"Better start practicing!" The flying duck told us.
I rolled onto the ground as Twilight pounced onto my back. I chuckled, standing up and making her roll of me. For a moment she just lay there and look at me. Then she got to her feet and ran a few feet ahead before sticking her tongue out at me. She was trying to egg me on to practice for the sake of not looking like a natural at everything we did in the different worlds in front of Sora, plus, she looked bored, honestly. She probably wanted something to do.
"You can't catch me!" Twilight taunted.
"Says the lion to the cheetah." I teased.
I rolled my eyes with a smirk. Her eyes widened slightly and she started running again, I followed her at a leisurely pace for a cheetah catching up to her and tackling her to the ground. The look of surprise on her face was absolutely priceless. She looked completely taken off guard and I was pretty glad that she hadn't expected me to get her back for her glomp/pounce so soon.
"Caught ya." I declared.
She laughed and I stepped off of her as Sora and the others walked over to us. I grinned and we headed out into the gloomy Elephant Graveyard. I blinked as I heard a hissing and we all looked over to see a lioness running from a couple of Living Bone Heartless. Sora glanced over at us with a look of concern on his face.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sora asked.
"Heartless?" Donald asked.
"What do we do?" Goofy asked.
Goofy looked around at all of us as Donald looked down at the lion from where he was hovering. None of them had even moved to go and help her in the slightest. I shook my head. No wonder Phil still referred to them as Junior Heroes… But then again I think last time we went there I was included in that count… I rolled my eyes as Sora ran in front of the lioness as he faced off with the Heartless.
"Stay back!" Sora ordered.
'Always has to be the hero.' I thought with a shake of the head. We all ran forward and I launched myself at the nearest Heartless, slicing into it with the sword that had just appeared in my mouth, Sora and Twilight having similar experiences. As soon as the two Heartless were beaten my sword vanished I stuck out my tongue, unable to realize why I wasn't taking better care of my sword.
"Blech! That tasted horrible." I groaned.
Twilight gave a slight chuckle but nodded vigorously all the same. Hers either tasted just as bad or worse. I wouldn't be able to tell. I wouldn't want to exactly take her blade and stick its hilt in my mouth. I was having a hard enough time doing it for my own blade, why try and choke myself on hers too? I glanced over at Sora and decided that it was time to sit down. He didn't notice the lioness walking up to us.
"Definitely Heartless." Sora confirmed.
"Thank you. You really saved me." The lioness said.
"We're just glad you're okay." Goofy responded.
Sora tilted his head slightly as he looked around. He almost expected some random Heartless or Nobody to burst from the shadows. It could have been possible. One could never be too cautious when it came to things like that. But we could handle most anything that happened to pop out of the darkness. It was still best to be cautious though.
"Did you see any other Heartless around here?"
"Heartless… Is that what they're called? I'm not sure if there are any others… I don't usually hunt outside the Pride Lands." The lioness said.
"Pride Lands?" Donald asked.
Donald settled himself on Twilight's back. For a moment I wondered if she was going to try and bite him. She had the look on her face but she reconsidered. She was a lion now. She might actually like the taste of the Duck/whatever bird he was now. I didn't necessarily want to try and stop her from eating him either. I wasn't getting the way of those jaws. Sora walked forward stopping in front of her.
"Hey, do you know if a guy named Riku is there? Or some guys in black hoods? Or maybe this really big bully named Pete?" Sora asked.
She shook her head and Sora sighed. I watched as his shoulders slumped slightly in disappointment. He looked up at us with a dejected look in his eyes that made me want to groan. Why did he have to look so sad? It was annoying but also it made me feel really bad since there was nothing we could do since Riku or the King were nowhere to be found.
"Oh well, we might as well go take a look, anyway." Sora said.
"Wait… the Pride Lands are dangerous. Scar and the hyenas have made things unbearable for everyone. There's no food left. They've driven off the prey. We're about to starve." the lioness said concerned.
She turned away to keep moving without us. To her we were probably just some 'cubs' who got lucky in killing those things. We would never amount to anything in the eyes of a lioness. She was used to danger all the time. What we did, in her eyes, probably seemed reckless and stupid, like all other childish pranks and ideas.
"We can handle a little danger. You just saw us beat those Heartless, didn't you?" Sora reminded her.
She turned back to the young lion reluctantly. She didn't want to give Sora and 'bright' ideas. We met eyes and we both knew he wasn't truly going to become King but he was something special to this kingdom. Sora would bring back its rightful King once and for all and end the reign of terror held by Scar… Man… I really need to spend some time away from Sora. I'm getting all noble just thinking about how cruel Scar was.
"I guess you're right… You could be just what the kingdom needs. Maybe you can help us." She admitted reluctantly.
"Ya mean take on this Scar guy and all those hyenas?" Goofy asked.
"Scar?" Donald echoed.
Donald still sat perched from atop of Twilight. Her tail was starting to swish. It was plain to see she was growing agitated, either that or she just liked watching her tail move. You never can really tell with her. I had already lost interest in my tail a while ago. There was no need to mess with it for the moment. I rolled my eyes slightly.
"He took over when our last king, Mufasa, died." Nala explained
She looked over at Sora, hoping for some sort of an answer from him. Sora was lost but then again he got confused often. Bless his soul. I really wondered how he got along in his life if everyone had to explain everything to him. But then again he had his moments where he surprised us all with his moments of deep insight that was beyond someone like him and yet he still managed to bring it forth, always managing to ruin the moment by grinning or laughing afterwards.
"So you're saying this guy is your king. You want us to take down your king?" Sora asked.
She nodded and I chuckled. There really was no beating around the bush with this conversation. It was forward, straight to the point, just the way I liked it. Perhaps Nala was my kind of girl… Er… Lioness.
"Well at least she's straightforward about it." I chuckled.
Twilight nodded and laughed slightly, agreeing with me. Sora bounced over to us. Even as a lion cub he was as hyper and energetic as a puppy. I began wondering if he was somehow related to Zack Fair but then quickly dismissed the thought. I was getting Final Fantasy mixed with Kingdom Hearts again. You can't really blame me. The games were intermixed so sometimes I forget the characters belong to both games versus one over the other. Then again he was slated to be in BBS, so maybe I wasn't as mixed up as I thought I was.
"Wait just a minute." Sora called.
He entered back into the circle. We were having a small huddle a few feet away from Nala. She didn't seem to mind. What we were doing was sticking our noses into someone else's business and probably going to lead to trouble in the future for us. Oh well. Trouble seemed to either come to us or else we would find it.
"We can't just go around knocking kings off their thrones. Then again, if they see that I'm stronger than their king, maybe they'll ask me to be their next king!" Sora said.
My eye twitched slightly, my tail giving an agitated thump against the ground. I turned to glare at the long appendage, daring it to make another move. Now I know why dogs chase their tails. They're trying to stop the darned things from moving. I was tempted to claw at it but I resisted the temptation. Sora would have never have let me live it down if I did. Twilight would have told Axel as a form of blackmail, just to see me squirm for all the times I've teased her, even though she teased me right back. Plus I was never one for self-mutilation.
"Sora…" Goofy said warningly.
"I'd have to refuse, of course. Still, I'd like to see the Pride Lands, so you guys don't mind lending 'em a paw, do you?" Sora said.
Sora bounded off without even waiting for an answer from any of us. Both Twilight and I sighed as we watched the cub run off without a care in the word. Yup, he really was like a puppy, or the energizer bunny. He never seemed to run out of energy and we all know the commercial… He just keeps going and going, and going, and going and going, and well, you get the point.
"Uh-oh, there he goes again…" Donald sighed.
Sora was already chatting with Nala quickly informing her of his decision on the matter. She nodded along with his words. I blinked and watched as the lioness ran off. She was actually pretty fast, though I was faster based solely on my build rather than who I was. I was just lucky enough to become a cheetah. I just didn't have the same kind of stamina she did.
"She's gonna go on ahead and tell the other lionesses. We're supposed to meet her at a place called Pride Rock." Sora informed us.
We nodded and started out heading to the barren Savannah. Looking across the land we looked at the large rock formation in the distance. Sora bounced in an excited way and started running forward as I shook my head in amusement. The cub didn't get far when he was stopped be Shadows and Living Bone Heartless. The rest of us ran forward and I launched myself at the Living Bone's rider knocking him off, as it almost trampled Sora.
Without a second of hesitation I sunk my teeth into the creature not having time to summon my sword. The blade appeared in my mouth and I ran through the Shadows cutting them down as I went. As the last Heartless disappeared my sword vanished and I spat onto the ground trying to get rid of the taste in my mouth. It was almost as bad as just having the sword in your mouth. The two tastes combined weren't pleasant.
"Well that was annoying." I said.
Twilight shuddered slightly and we started to head to Pride Rock again. As we climbed up the rock formation we looked around at the multiple sleeping lionesses. We stopped seeing Nala coming towards us with an old baboon. I sat down as we waited for them to come over to us. I tilted my head slightly jerked her head towards Sora.
"That's him." Nala said.
The baboon came forward, getting into Sora's face, startling the transformed boy ever so slightly. Sora didn't seem to know what to do. He stared back at the baboon for a moment, startled and a little uncertain. He glanced at Twilight and I out of the corner of his eye before turning his eyes to Donald and Goofy but only for a few seconds each before he turned back to the baboon.
"Um…what?" Sora asked.
He turned to Goofy and Donald for a moment but his eyes lingered on Twilight and I. The lionesses perked up and my ears flicked back and forth as the baboon spoke to Nala, who listened carefully. She straightened up surprised before slumping, the other lionesses laying back down in disappointment. Sora tilted his head in confusion.
"What was that all about?" Sora asked.
Nala looked over at us, albeit hesitantly. I understood her concern in adding strangers, young strangers, mind you in the dangers that lurked in their world. She would feel bad if something happened to us, granted, nothing would because, seriously, when does anything terribly bad ever happen to the heroes?
"I told Rafiki you might be able to help us force Scar and the hyenas out of the Pride Lands. But he says it won't work. You see, whoever saves the Pride Lands will be our next king…and he has to have the right qualities." Nala explained.
"Meaning…"
Unsurprisingly to me, Sora was still confused. The boy looked over at Goofy for an explanation of some sort. I nodded. He couldn't depend on Twilight and I forever. He had to learn to use what he had, minus the two of us. Twilight seemed to agree with me for the moment. She yawned slightly. I knew she was just bored, not tired.
"I think she means you're not cut out for the job, Sora." Goofy explained.
I laughed quietly as he sighed. Even without playing the games I knew Sora wasn't cut for the jobs. Kings had to make hard decisions, pros and cons weighed in every favor. People would get hurt by one choice while others got hurt over another. That's just the way things were and how things would forever be.
"I'm sorry you came all this way." Nala said
"Hey, no… it's okay." Sora said.
"You'd better go before Scar finds out you're here. I'm really sorry." Nala cautioned.
I shrugged. The lady lion ordered us to leave so I saw no reason to stick around. Sora looked like he was going to protest for a moment before I glanced over at Twilight and we both started to get up. Twilight saw my logic. She saw no reason for us to waste our time somewhere we weren't needed. Besides, it was better not to tempt Fate and try and get eaten by hyenas.
"Let's go." she said quietly.
He turned to look at the two of us before conceding. He nodded with a sigh, knowing it was better not to argue since he had been overruled by Twilight and I. He had been trumped, not a good sign if he actually wanted to be King. But there was a reason the crown would go to Simba and not Sora, mainly because blood and the fact that Simba was a real lion instead of a visitor, plus we could add some mumbo jumbo about the divine right of kings but I don't really feel like giving a government lecture right now.
"Okay."
He turned and began to follow the two of us as we headed down the path to the savannah but stopped confused as he saw us stop before him. My hackles went up as I watched the three approaching hyenas. Glancing behind us I spotted another three having trapped us and my tail swished angrily as I glowered at them.
"Hey… a snack." Banzai said
"Snack? Nah, we got us a five course meal." The female, Shenzi, corrected.
The hyenas jumped up as the silence was shattered by a piercing gunshot-like roar. It only added to the tension of the moment and made me even more anxious. I stiffed and I heard a growl slip past my lips. We all looked over at the top of the angled rock. I saw two figures standing atop the rock. My tail swished angrily.
"Look at that, here comes Scar… the king." Banzi said.
My eye twitched as we spotted that unmistakable ugly face, even in lion form. At least we didn't have to see him in Atlantis. I think I might have had nightmares if we did. I mean can anyone else honestly picture him as a sea creature without cringing or crying? I know I really can't. I shook my head to rid myself of the thought.
"And Pete!" Sora exclaimed.
The older lion ran down the face of the rock agilely, landing in a crouch before heading towards us. I winced as Pete tried to do the same thing as Scar and epically failed, falling half way down. Sora just shook his head at Pete's stupidity. I relaxed slightly. Pete wasn't really that scary. He was just one of those comic relief characters. He couldn't hurt us, even if he wanted to.
"What are you doing here?" Sora demanded.
"Aww, the cute lil'l kitty's worried about me. If I were you, I'd be more worried about my friends!"
Pete taunted.
I glanced back at the other three as they faced off against the oncoming hyenas before turning. I felt my ears pressed against the sides of my head in a sign of irritation. My tail was swishing almost robotically, showing my tension and my unease with the situation at hand. The game may have been owned by Disney. Nothing bad had happened yet. But that didn't mean we still couldn't get killed, have our hearts stolen or get wounded at all. We had just been lucky so far. Luck could only get one so far.
"Go on, ladies… you've got some hunting to do." Scar said.
"The herds have moved on, Scar. We can't hunt in a land with no prey." Nala protested.
If he had had any I think Scar would have raised an eyebrow as he turned to look at us. I didn't like the look in his eyes. I glowered at him, gritting my teeth and showing my canines. I would have loved just to tear him a new one. I really could with the claws and the teeth. I was so annoyed with him that just looking at the expression that he was giving us made me sick to my stomach.
"No prey? Then what do you call this?" Scar asked.
I rolled my eyes. Honestly, wouldn't that be considered cannibalism? I mean, Sora was a lion cub. Lions didn't eat their cubs, at least I didn't think! I would really hope not. I mean, I get why Donald and Goofy looked like dinner but Big Cats shouldn't eat other Big Cats. I was sure we weren't on each others' menu or something.
"We're not prey!" Sora said indigently.
"Oh. Nice and fresh, too."
My eye twitched as he stared at us like a crazy. I sighed as Scar turned to the fat, blue, ugly lion that was Pete. Scar didn't know that getting involved in darkness was going to be the last thing he ever did. It was a shame but alas what can ya do? The bad guys never seem to listen to reason whenever the hero tried to save them at the last second. That would make the hero's job far too easy, wouldn't it? No character building would be involved.
"Well, they're all yours, Scar." Pete said.
With that he bounded off and Scar crouched low and began to pounce. My heart skipped a beat. He really intending on killing us. I growled darkly, daring him to even come near us. I tensed too, ready to counter him and give the others enough time to escape. I tensed and blinked as Nala jumped on him and held him down.
"Run!" Nala ordered.
We turned tail, dodging the hyenas as they charged, and ran down the path to the savannah Nala catching up to us. Sora had to work hard to keep up with her longer strides. She was bigger so she could go farther faster. I was just fast. I had the greatest of ease keeping up with her because of being a cheetah after all. They were wicked fast and so was I. I just wish I had more stamina than cheetahs had normally.
"Follow me!" Nala cried.
Once we got onto flat land and open space we took off like bats out of hell, quickly losing the hyenas as we crossed the barren plain. As soon as we thought it was safe we stopped everyone flopped onto the ground trying to catch their breath. A breather was nice. Nala was the first to regain composure before standing up.
"I'm sorry I got you involved in this." Nala apologized.
Both Sora and I stood up and I shrugged. What was done was done. There really was no going back after this. Everything had changed. It was like a game of chess. You can lose pieces but you don't get them back once you lose them or else the game would go on forever. But this wasn't just a simple game. Once a piece was removed it was like death. It was the end and unlike the game there was no 'redo'.
"It's no big deal." he said.
"Aw, it's not your fault. Sora wouldn't be a good king." Donald said.
Donald flapped up onto my back still regaining his breath. I wondered if Twilight and I simply looked like a perch to him. I mean he never landed on Sora or Goofy. Or perhaps we were just more comfortable to sit on? I dunno… Sora's head whipped around to the bird on my back with a sour look on his face.
"Hey! I had to give it a try, right?" Sora cried indignantly.
"So you did want to be king!" Goofy teased.
Goofy chuckled as he stood up. One by one we were recovering from our bought with danger. Thrills like this were going to shorten our lives but it was going to be so much fun. Sora scratched his head with a paw out of sheer embarrassment and lack of anything else to do. Both Twilight and I gave quiet laughs to his mortification.
"Well… you know… Uh, Nala, isn't there anybody else who could be king?" Sora said sheepishly.
"There was… but he died… when he was just a cub. He was the son of our last king, Mufasa. If only Simba were here…" Nala explained.
The lioness shook her head sadly. 'If only you knew the half of it…' I thought to myself. Sora's head shot up as he heard the last part. He looked rather excited. He was glad that he could help because he knew that Simba was alive, just like Twilight and I knew he was. It was just the game of finding him that we had to play.
"Simba? But Simba's just fine! He was fighting right beside us not that long ago."
It was the lioness' turn to look shocked and her entire face expressed it from the wide eyes to the perked ears and the open mouth. She moved forward to interrogating the transformed boy at a lightning fast speed. She was eager to hear of news of Simba. It was dimly that I recalled that after this world Axel kidnapped Kairi before losing her to the darkness because she ran off and then lost her again to Saix.
"You mean Simba's alive? But where is he?"
Sora looked up at her hopeful expression but gave a sigh. He didn't want to disappoint her but his lack of knowledge on the matter was going to disappoint her anyways. It was obvious to see how much she cared for Simba, even after all these years of not seeing him. I wondered if Kairi felt the same way when Axel dangled Sora in front of her.
"That… I don't know."
Nala gave a quiet sigh of disappointment before forcing a smile onto her face. I couldn't imagine losing someone I cared about. That's why Twilight and I were going to fight until the last breath for Demyx and Axel. We couldn't bear to lose them. They were good friends, and perhaps a little more. But at least Nala was able to keep hopeful.
"Still…Simba's alive! I can't believe it… Please… tell me about him."
"Of course!"
Sora nodded eagerly. The feline's forced smile became genuine. Sora brought back hope for her, instead of letting her pine over the cub she used to know all those years ago. Unfortunately, Axel didn't quite have the same tact that Sora did. He was cryptic and mysterious which was probably what alerted Kairi to the fact he wasn't to be trusted. Either that or the Nobodies would have done it for him.
"But first, we should get away from Scar. We'll go through Wildebeest Valley. He won't follow us there."
"Why won't he follow us there?"
I jogged up to her as we followed her to the valley. It was a good question and now that we were in the game I couldn't remember if it was ever answered. Don't get mad at me. I remember the big important details. This was just one of those minor detail things. She looked over at me before turning back to the path ahead.
"He forbade anyone to go into the valley, including the hyenas. We don't know why, though." Nala explained.
I blinked and gave a slight nod before waiting for Twilight and walking beside her. Donald flew up ahead to talk to the others. He seemed to realize I wanted some time with Twilight. She was after all my best friend. The guys were great in realizing that although we were their friends, there were some moments where we needed some time away from them.
"How you doing?" I asked.
She glanced over at me with a sour look on her face, as if seriously asking me if I had really asked her that. I thought it was a good question to ask, considering all that we had been through this morning. It was going to be a lively day that was for sure. I couldn't wait until the final battle though. It was going to be kind of fun.
"Other than having someone wanting to eat us, I'm fine."
I blinked and chuckled before shuddering, remembering the look on Scar's face as he had stared at us. I caught a glimpse of Twilight's questioning look. She was probably wondering if I had finally lost the last of my marbles. She would be the only sane one left if I went because Sora's recklessness was bound to either drive her up the wall or commit a murder.
"He stared at us like we were hunks of meat, it freaked me out." I explain ed.
She nodded as we came up to the crevice. I gave a small whistle as we peered down the crevice. 'Damn, that's a long way down.' I thought worriedly. I glanced over as I saw Nala backing up before running forward and leaping, landing safely on the other side. I back up, shutting my eyes momentarily 'Don't think about it, just do it'I told myself as I used the cheetah's powerful legs to good use following Nala, landing on the other side. I gave a relieved sigh and turned back to the others as Nala smiled over at me turning to face the boys.
"What's wrong?" Nala asked.
"We're never gonna make it." Sora yelled back.
I blinked owlishly. I managed to make it across so Sora should have been able to make it too. He should have realized that. Nala would have never have forced him to do something that she couldn't do. Sora and I were relatively the same size too so if I could jump he could jump. The logic was as simple as that.
"I guess Rafiki was right." Nala said quietly.
One of my ears had flicked back to hear her better. My eyes narrowed as I looked over at the others, specifically Donald. Honestly, he had nothing to worry about. Had he not noticed the giant wings keeping him in the air or the fact that his feet never touched the ground? My tail swished out of pure annoyance.
"Donald! You're a bird! You fly! What in the seven Hells are you worried about?" I roared.
The bird shrugged and flew over to us landing on my back. I resisted the urge to take a nip at him. Honestly, he forgot that he was a bird? He's always a bird. But then again… He isn't always a bird that can fly. I mean not unless you're using pixie dust but we don't use that in the second game, sadly enough.
"C'mon, it's not that hard! You can do it!" I cheered.
Twilight backed up slightly and gulped loud enough that I could hear it on the other side of the crevice before jumping over. Goofy was the next to follow and Sora was last and we started heading off. Nala decided that it was story time so she decided to tell us what happened and how things got the way they were as we walked on.
"When Simba's father, King Mufasa, died we were told that Simba died alongside him." Nala explained.
"Who told you that?" Sora asked.
I blinked as she stopped unnoticed by Sora until he had walked a few feet ahead before turning around as she looked down. I hovered close to Twilight but we were relatively close to Nala. When she had stopped walking so did we. It was only far to her. Sora and the others weren't as considerate to her or her feelings.
"Scar." She replied.
I blinked as an ear flicked back and I turned to see Rafiki walking up a rock. I twitched slightly. Never in the game did it explain how he got out here, how he knew where we were or even how he knew what to say. It was just one of those small details that bothered me. Twilight seemed to be just as agitated with his sudden appearance.
"It is time." Rafiki declared.
"It must be Simba! Sora! Hurry!" Nala cried.
Nala was excited as she started running forward. Simba was waiting for her. I rolled my eyes chasing after her. 'How in the world did she get Simba out of 'it is time' for all we know he could've meant something else? Except he didn't but I know that and Twilight knows that, how does she know that? Dammit I'm rambling. Brain shut up already and run.' I thought to myself.
I gave a frustrated snort as I caught up to the lioness, we banked sharp turns and corners, all the while dodging Heartless that were getting in our way. I stopped and turned waiting for Sora and the others to catch up and chuckled at their winded breathing. Twilight looked around, looking for something that obviously wasn't there.
"Wasn't Nala here with you?" Twilight asked.
I blinked and looked around, realizing that she had in fact vanished. Who knew these characters were so good at playing Houdini? They would probably put him to shame. In fact, he's probably tossing in his grave now because everyone else still alive were doing magic tricks and vanishing acts that he can no longer attempt.
"Well, she was." I said.
"She can take care of herself." I shrugged.
Twilight nodded before we followed Sora further into the lush green Jungle. I wasn't really paying attention to what was going on and blinked when I saw that the others had stopped just outside of the Oasis and there was a loud roar, followed by the familiar warping sound of Heartless fleeing. I looked up to see a large male lion with a bushy reddish-brown mane standing on a log. Sora and the other two boys ran forward towards the lion.
"Simba!" Sora happily cried.
The older lion crouched down defensively. My eyes widened slightly in surprise as Sora skidded to a halt hastily. The hair on the back of my neck stood straight. I could feel my lips curling into a snarl. My animal instincts were cautioning me of the fight. The growl coming from my lips was evident of that.
"I-it's me…Sora! Donald and Goofy are here, too. Oh, and that's Ghost and Twilight." Sora explained quickly.
The older lion looked down at the cub suspiciously for a moment and I sat down watching him, ridding myself of the dark snarl. Stupid instincts… Honestly, I knew that it was going to be okay but the instincts were cautioning me to be careful around the big lion. It was probably because he was a lion that I was so set on edge. Plus, he was bigger than I was but I was faster.
"Sora! Donald! Goofy!" Simba said in surprise.
Twilight and I laughed as he pounced on Sora and rubbed his face on the smaller cat's stomach. Sora weakly pushed against him with his paws but it did no good for the transformed lion cub. The lion leaned so that he was closer to Sora, who was still on his back. Sora gave a sheepish smile as he looked up at Simba.
"What happened to you?" Simba asked.
"Help! Simba, Heeeelp!"
"She's gonna eat us!"
Those were only things that answered Simba's question. I looked back at the lion, waiting for him to play the part of the hero. Honestly, most of the men in these games had a hero complex. They always had to play the part of the hero and save the day and rescue the damsel in distress. I'd rather die, or have my heart stolen, than wait for someone to rescue me.
"Timon? Pumba? Something must have happened in the jungle! I have to go help my friends!" Simba cried.
I rolled my eyes. I really couldn't believe he actually said that line. 'Why may I ask did you have to explain that part instead of just doing it?' I asked myself silently. If Nala was really going to eat them then they would have been eaten already because he was standing around declaring that he must help his friends… Oh the irony. I blinked before watching the running lion vanish into the tree line.
"That must be…" I trailed off.
Sora ran off and both vanished into the jungle. I was being ignored by them, either that or they hadn't put two and two together to get that it was Nala that they were talking about. Then again they too had the hero complex so they were off to save the day of just another evil. Ah, a hero never rests. Luckily heroines know when to take a break and when to jump up and save the day.
"…Nala." I finished quietly.
I sighed before looking over at Twilight who was the only one left in the Oasis with me. She hadn't run to the rescue either. We exchanged a look with one another and sighed, our shoulders slumping and our tails swishing ever so slightly. These guys were going to run us ragged by the time this was all said and done.
"C'mon, we better go make sure they don't do anything stupid." Twilight sighed.
I got to my feet and started to follow after her. I shook my head, feeling that my tail was shaking too. It was going to be really hard to get used to this. I knew that once I was I was going to have a hard time adapting to not having a tail when I was human again. I now know how Beast feels. It was probably pretty annoying for him to get about that he was going to be awkward when he was human again.
"That's easier said than done." I grumbled.
"You say that and yet you still care enough about them to go after them." She reminded me.
She laughed as she looked back at me. I rolled my eyes slightly as we caught up to the others to see that Nala and Simba were already fighting each other. I had that sudden urge to shout 'Cat fight' again but I don't think it would have gone over well with our current audience. Simba finally ended up pinned on the ground with Nala on top of him.
"Nala?"Simba asked in surprise.
I rolled my eyes slightly as she backed off showing confusion on her face. Regardless, she allowed Simba to get up to his feet. She still kept her guard up because she had been taken back by the fact that Simba knew her name in the first place. He had grown up. He was no longer the cub she used to know and used to pin to the ground all the time as cubs.
"It's me! Simba." He insisted.
"Simba!" Nala cried.
She stared had at him for a little longer before a grin crossed her features, before her exclamation of pure delight. She was a bit quicker on the draw when it came to adding two and two than Sora was. They butted heads because that's obviously what you do when you don't see anyone for a long time. You butt heads. Let this be a lesson to all of you.
"You are alive!" she sighed in relief.
"Hey! What's goin' on here?" Timon asked
I chuckled as we walked behind the confused warthog and meercat. They were obviously lost in the plot line. They turned around only to scream and run over to Simba, who looked down and smiled at his fearful and trembling friends. I mean I would too I looked like an appetizer to a couple of big cats. I shuddered as I recalled the look Scar gave us. Ugh… Creeper.
"Don't worry. They're all friends of mine." he explained
The meercat stepped away from Simba, albeit hesitantly. Like he expected us to just lunge at him and swallow him whole or something. As tempting as the lunging idea sounded, for the sake of just scaring the crap out of someone, I wasn't in the mood to eat something live. I probably wouldn't even look at meat the same way after this.
"So that means… nobody's planning to eat anybody else for lunch, right?" Timon asked.
I laughed at his hesitance. Sora and Donald nodded. Twilight gave a slight giggle. Of the five of us, Sora, Twilight and I were the only ones able to eat someone. I mean, not unless you wanted to include Nala. But it was only because the shapes we took on. Turtles and birds don't eat meat, or at least they're really not supposed to. I suppose they could if they wanted to but they just weren't going to.
"You're not on my menu." I told him.
I looked over at the shaking Pumba, flashing him a toothy grin. Then I grimaced. Probably not the best idea, since my grins were now more toothy and sharper than they are when I am human. I couldn't wait until I was human again. It meant no more tails, no more toothy grins and I think I have fleas… Ew… Okay, this officially sucks.
"Are you sure they don't wanna eat me like I'm some kinda pig?" Pumba asked.
"We won't… but you are a pig, right?" Sora reassured the shaking warthog.
Pumba had stopped shaking and whipped around to glare at Sora. I wouldn't have been surprised if something in Sora didn't wither inside. The look was dark, angry and hateful at the word pig. We didn't need him launching into a narrative about his past and how no one wanted to be around him because his gas was nasty.
"Call me Mr. Pig!" Pumba yelled indignantly.
Everyone laughed. After we were done Simba leaned down so that his mouth was level with Timon's head. For a moment I dimly wondered if Simba was going to bite his head off but then I remembered that this was a game that Disney helped make. They didn't show deaths in Disney but they did promote smoking, gambling, evil step parents, implied deaths, corpses and well… you know the list could go on but seriously. Censorship was getting really bad these days if all that could get through. …Thank God, damn censors.
"Could you guys excuse us for a few minutes?" Simba asked.
"Why am I not surprised?" Timon sighed.
The meercat threw up his hands and shrugged. We watched Nala and Simba for a few seconds before Timon and Pumba showed us another route into the Oasis, where I headed off to lay next to the lake, shutting my eyes for a quick cat nap. I knew we would need our strength before the final battle because of the stupid hyenas. I almost lost to them the first time I fought.
It was later that night, near dawn in fact. My nap had been going longer than I had intended, and I woke up to see Simba standing at the edge of the Oasis, staring at the sky. I sighed slightly as he had a conversation with his cloud papa. The cloud Mufasa vanished after a little bit and Simba glanced behind him. I stretched.
"You can all come out now." Simba scolded.
The others came out with sheepish smile. I yawned and stretched a little, relishing in the feel of my muscles waking up. It felt great. My tail was swishing in contentment and this time I wasn't at all annoyed with it. I was just worried that if someone brought out a string or a bowl of milk that I would start purring.
"Hey, I wasn't hiding." I told him.
Simba gave me a brief smile, appreciating my honesty in the matter. I made no attempts to hide myself because, well I was there first, granted I was sleeping but I was still there. And there was also the fact that Sora and the others were already spying in on the soon-to-be-King, even though Simba was going to take to them about it anyways.
"I'm going back to face my past. I could use your help." Simba said.
"He really is a king…" Timon said in astonishment.
I rolled my eyes but smiled slightly and looked over at Twilight as she came over. 'Ah only in the video games could such a dramatic sunrise come, right when you need it.' Twilight butted her head into my shoulder playfully and I smiled at her before we turned to the others following them to the savannah, killing and dodging Heartless the entire time there. As we came on the barren land Simba climbed up a rock to get a better view of the situation, I was in desperate need of an aspirin as Twilight and Timon had gotten into a philosophical debate about Hakuna Matata. I jogged up next to Simba as he gasped in shock. I narrowed my eyes, feeling my tail swishing angrily.
"Doesn't look so good does it?" I asked.
I jumped down from the rock and he blinked down at me. He hadn't expected me to be so upset about the land that was his. I hated seeing how terrible this place looked. The game hadn't done it enough justice. The dirt beneath my feet was rough and dry. The trees were cracked. I could go on but this was ruffling my fur enough.
"Wait a minute. We're gonna fight your uncle forthis?"
I didn't even listen to Simba's answer as I sighed, making paw prints in the dust with a heavy heart. Twilight came over next to me. She knew how I felt about this. It made me mad to hear about the rainforest back home to be chopped down. I recycled all the time and I threw a fit if I found out that people wasted the valuable resourced that our planet had provided us with.
"Environmentalist." Twilight stated teasingly.
I chuckled slightly for a moment. She knew me as well as I knew her. She too hated seeing something like this. Her fur wouldn't be as ruffled as mine but it still made her mad. I knew that we would both take these frustrations out in our next fight but until then we had to bottle it and let it simmer. I almost feel sorry for the next guys we run across… Almost, not quite but almost.
"You betcha." I declared.
I watched as Simba ran off ahead and we all took off after him. As we ran I dropped back to Twilight. We ran in pace with one another. We could have gone faster but we were conserving our energies. Neither of us had a seemingly endless supply of energy so we had to budget what we had. I still think he's the energizer bunny in disguise.
"For an environmentalist, you sure like your cities." Twilight said.
"Well, I like being a contradiction." I said.
I chuckled again. She laughed for a moment before staying quiet as we headed up the path to Pride Rock. We spotted Simba facing off with Scar. The fight had just started so neither of us had missed much thanks to our leisurely sprint, besides, the plot could progress without us. We were just add on characters.
"Simba's the rightful king." Nala declared.
"The choice is yours, Scar. Either step down or fight." Simba threatened menacingly.
Scar had started to back up as Simba came forward. He kept going until Scar's back was forced against the cliff wall. Scar was truly backed into a corner. I snorted. The irony of this was greatly enjoyable. He was the one trying to trap us earlier and now the tables had turned. He was the one trapped.
"Must this all end in violence? I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member, Simba…"
"Like you aren't already?" I muttered
"I've put the past behind me." Simba said.
If I had had them I would have raised an eyebrow at the smug expression on Scar's face. I knew he still had some cards left to play before he would ultimately lose. His defeat was inevitable because of Disney and their love of happy endings for the good guys. Scar was not a good guy so there was no way he would win. Disney logic for the win!
"But what about your faithful subjects? Have they?" Scar asked.
"Simba, what's he talking about?" Nala asked, confused.
Scar circled around Simba who was staring at the ground. I growled. Now was not the time to start second-guessing. Now was time for action. Simba had to realize it wasn't his fault that his dad died. His dad chose to save him. His dad would have escaped had it not been for Scar in the first place and Scar's lust for power.
"Go on. Tell them who's responsible for Mufasa's death!"
"I am." Simba said quietly.
The others, excluding Twilight and myself, straightened up surprised as Scar backed Simba up Pride Rock. The tables had turned once more. Now Simba was the one being forced between a rock and a hard place but I knew that if he actually tried he would have been able to get out of said hard place. He just had to push a little harder.
"He admits it! Murderer! If it weren't for you, Mufasa would still be alive. Do you deny it?" Scar ranted.
"No! But it was an accident!" Simba cried.
"You're in trouble again. But this time, Daddy isn't here to save you. And now everyone knows why!" Scar roared.
Scar continued to back Simba up the cliff. I jerked forward as Simba slipped off the cliff, stopping myself from going to help him as Scar looked down at the other lion and said something that no one could hear but it apparently pissed Simba off enough as he launched himself back onto the cliff, pinning Scar beneath him.
"Murderer! Tell them the truth!" Simba yelled.
"It's kind of hard for him to tell us anything when you're crushing his wind pipe." I told Simba.
Simba looked at me in surprise, not expecting anyone to say anything. He hadn't realized that we had moved closer to him. Nodding he adjusted his paw slightly, but still made sure to keep Scar pinned down. The man was insane. He deserved to know that he had hurt someone so a little pain was enough to press a reminder to him.
"I…killed…Mufasa!" Scar said
My eyes widened as the three hyenas jumped Simba. I ran after them knocking one off of the lion and swatting at one of the others that had gotten too close to me. I knew I wouldn't be able to take them out on my own. They were fast, annoying, but fast. Being a cheetah had its advantages but its disadvantages as well. I could only be so fast for so long. Sora ran forward to help.
"A little help here!" I called for the others.
"You go get Scar, we'll handle these guys." Sora told Simba.
He nodded to the two of us and ran into the cave. I blinked as the next thing I knew hyenas were flying in the air via being pummeled by a warthog with a yelling meercat. I suppressed a laugh as the hyenas turned their attention to the two and chased them into the cave with us following them. We were going to finally get some revenge on those hyenas.
"I call crazy." I said loudly.
"Which one's 'crazy?'" Twilight asked.
Twilight glanced over to me with an odd look on her face. I blinked for a moment trying to remember his name before it came to me. I really needed to go and re-watch the Lion King. It's been so long that I was forgetting character names. That was a horror in itself. You know it's a sad day when you started to forget the names of Disney characters.
"Ed."
"You want a little help?" She asked.
"Sure." I shrugged.
We laughed and started tormenting the poor hyena… In other words, we kicked his ass and sent him packing out of that cave with multiple bruises and a pride that was barely left intact when we were done with him. It wasn't long before the other hyenas were gone as well. We made the quickest work of our victim. As soon as they were out of sight Sora turned to everyone.
"Where's Simba?" Sora asked.
I glanced at the boy and ran up the rubble 'stairs' without answering him. I heard his indignant huff as I raced past him but all it did was fuel my smirk. He should have taken my silent hint. Twilight was close behind me but she still gave me enough room in which I could stop in an agreeable amount of time without causing a dog pile to form either on top of or behind me.
"This way." She called.
I blinked as we entered into open air and kept moving. I allowed Sora and the other boys to move ahead of me and Twilight. We stopped just below the actual fight. Our heads popped over the ledge to see if we had an opening of which to take before we simply leapt in and possibly got our heads ripped off by the vicious lions fighting. I glanced up.
"Simba!" Donald yelled.
"This is his fight, Donald." Sora said.
Sora raised a paw to hold back the worried duck/bird. I flinched as Simba sent him over the edge to the long drop. It was a good thing that we didn't have to see the body. Sora and the others running up behind the other lion as I slowly stood up only to get knocked back down by Pete coming up. I snarled darkly.
"I hate bullies." I growled angrily. "Can't I just get rid of him now?"
Twilight crouched down next to me to prevent me from shoving him off the ledge. She sighed and shook her head in disagreement, though she obviously wanted to do it as much as I did. He was annoying and rude. You can't really blame us for disliking him. I don't know a single person who does like him, aside from the fact that he's the comedy relief character.
"As tempting as it might be right now, he might show up in the next game and we don't want to ruin anything, just yet." She said regretfully.
I gave a frustrated sigh but settled for sitting back down and glaring at Pete, the entire time he was here ignoring the entire conversation, just planning how I was going to hurt him when I got my hands on him, not that I would. Twilight had a point he might show up in the next game. I blinked as a barrier popped up and I sighed before settling down. Twilight tilting her head at me, confused.
"Aren't you going to help them?" Twilight asked.
I smiled slightly, shaking my head. I was already getting comfortable on my rock. There was no way I was going to get up now. Besides, the barrier was up now. It wasn't like we could get in anyways, even if we wanted to. Sora and the others would understand that we couldn't get in because of the barrier. They were just going to have to be on their own.
"Let them handle it, they've got to be able to fight on their own if we ever get separated. They can't rely on us all the time. Get it?" I explained.
She stared at me confused for a moment before brightening up and nodding. I sighed again and glanced up as we heard the fight start. A part of me was worried. Sora nearly got killed earlier and I had jumped in. This time he was going to be left exposed, a little weaker than before. But he had to prove he could fight on his own.
"All we can do now is wait." I said.
"You're going to be a worrywart the entire time aren't you?" Twilight teased.
She glanced over at me with a smirk on her face. I blinked at her before laying my head on my paws. My ears were pressed flat against my head. My tail was swaying once more, showing my agitation. This was going to be a very long fight. But again, all we could do was wait… Man, I wished I at least had a DS or something to kill the time but then again you can't really do much with paws.
"Shut up." I grumbled.
I lifted my head as I heard a thump and glanced over at Twilight as she stopped her worried pacing and looked up as the barrier disappeared. I stood up and smiled as she ran up there and heard a surprised yelp. I blinked and ran up to see Twilight on top of Sora. If she was in human form she would've been hugging the life out of him.
"I was so worried about you guys!" She cried.
"And I'm the worrywart?" I taunted.
I laughed and nudged her off of Sora. She chuckled and grinned sheepishly as we headed down off of the cliff. I tilted my head as we walked out of the cave and Simba headed up. He paused for a moment before roaring the other lions joining him shortly after. My eye twitched slightly as Mufasa showed up and a stream of sunlight down onto Simba as Twilight glowed slightly and Sora summoned his Keyblade to unlock the next gate.
"Hey, what's with the light show?" Timon asked.
"We have to say goodbye for a little while." Sora said.
"I'll run and tell Simba." Pumba said.
Goofy shook his head in disagreement. I nodded along. There was no need to go and drag Simba into this. He had years of his uncle's rule to go and correct. He was going to have his hands… er… Paws, full for a good long while. Besides, we were coming back to give a check up to the world soon anyways. It wasn't like we weren't ever going to see him again.
"Aw, he's prob'ly busy. Just tell him we'll be back soon." Goofy said.
I rolled my eyes slightly as Timon waved his arms dramatically. If I were a drama teacher I might give him a B for his performance. He might have been able to ham it up a little bit more if he just applied himself. I shook my head and tried to keep from laughing at the thought. People would look at me weird if I just started laughing for no apparent reason.
"Oh, that's right… he's king now. He's gonna be so busy he'll prob'ly forget all about his two best buddies." Timon said dramatically.
Sora smiled at Timon. He walked over to the meerkat. I resisted the urge to yawn and settle myself down for a cat nap. I was a little tired after this but it wasn't because of physical over exertion. It was just because it was a long day and the time was starting to catch up with me. I spared a glance at Twilight. She looked the same.
"Well, you always got Hakuna Matata, right?" Sora asked.
"Guess so." Pumba said.
"Whaddaya mean, 'Guess so'? What if he forgets to tell the carnivores who we are? One look at you, and you're a pig roast." Timon said indigently.
Timon had whipped around with a wild look on his face. His hands were on his hips. He looked like he was about to start to scold someone at any second. Just give him a reason and it would give him an excuse to rant over something or another of a similar topic. I laughed, since I couldn't hold myself back from doing so.
"That's Mister Pig Roast." Donald said teasingly.
"Same thing! And I'm not sticking around to be anybody's pork dinner!" Pumba yelled.
With that he ran off, leaving me laughing. Had I been human I might have been clutching my side from the sheer force of my laugh but I had to settle for my tail swishing like crazy. If it weren't attached I might have just cut the stupid thing off. But it was so I knew that if I did so it would hurt… A lot. So cutting it off wasn't an option.
"Pumba!" Timon yelled after him.
I glanced over at Sora. He had a small smile on his muzzle and he had an apprehensive look in his eyes as he thought about something only he knew about, or so he thought. Man, knowing about his past this intensely makes me feel like a creeper. I know him almost as well as Donald and Goofy do because of the game…
"You can never forget your true buddies." he said quietly
I blinked and Twilight watched as my face went blank 'That's what you think Mr. I-forgot- everyone- and- everything- beforehand-including- Riku- and- Kairi. Shall we not forget everyone you met on the trip before Castle Oblivion as well as inside of the Castle. But every once in a while you say something good.'I sighed as Donald cast the magic that would get us back onto the gummi ship.