Kingdom Hearts III: Eternal Light
Chapter 79: A Party in Agrabah
Days later, after their adventure in the Eternal Sphere, Sora was out in another world yet again. This time, he and his friends were traveling to Agrabah, just arriving in town. With Sora this time was Donald, Goofy, Auron, Seifer, Emil, Marta and Kairi.
"Here we are guys. Agrabah." Sora announced. Seifer glanced around and huffed.
"What's with you?" Donald asked.
"I finally get back in the field and it's a deserted dump? Humph." Seifer said. Kairi chuckled.
"Someone is rather grumpy, are they not?" Auron asked, giving a smirk.
"Oh zip it." Seifer said. As the group strolled through the town, they saw many decorations and balloons all around. Streamers were hanging around as well.
"Hey. This looks lively." Goofy said.
"I wonder what's up." Sora said. Suddenly, they heard someone zipping through town, happy and joyful as could be. It appeared to Sora as a blue blur.
"Whoa! Hey! Anyone know who that was?" Sora asked. Goofy and Donald tried to look, but the blur wouldn't stop and made them dizzy.
"Wahoo! Huh? Hey! SORA!" a voice called. Sora recognized him right away. The blue blur was really Genie, Aladdin's faithful buddy.
"Genie! Hey there!" Sora waved. Genie laughed and came to a stop.
"Hey Sora! You guys picked an AWESOME time to visit! C'mon! Follow me!" Genie called, zipping off again. Kairi giggled quietly as Genie came back and screeched to a stop.
"Oops! Forgot something." Genie said. He poofed a carpet beneath them and flew them through town. Down below, many people were starting to gather at the palace.
"So Genie, what's going on?" Sora asked.
"It's like I said. The GREATEST thing ever is happening! My buddy Al's getting hitched!" Genie cried. Kairi and Marta gasped.
"Aladdin? Getting married?" Goofy asked.
"OOH! Who's the lucky girl?" Marta squealed. Genie chuckled.
"No one else than the lovely Princess Jasmine of Agrabah! That's who! Hang on kids! We're going in for a landing!" Genie laughed. He slowly started to descend in the garden of the palace. Everyone climbed off the carpet and saw Aladdin pacing around.
"Aladdin. Hey there." Sora called. Aladdin glanced at Sora and chuckled.
"Sora? Hey! I didn't know you were coming." Aladdin said. Donald and Goofy waved as Aladdin walked over.
"Congratulations Aladdin. We heard about you being married." Emil said. Aladdin smirked and started blushing.
"Yeah. Well, it's a big deal for me. Just think Sora. When we first met, I was a lowly street rat. But now...look at me. I'm about to marry the most beautiful woman in all of Agrabah." Aladdin said. Sora nodded, having a feeling they would eventually.
"You have our best wishes for a happy future Aladdin. I hope you two live happily together." Kairi said. Nearby, Sora and the others saw Abu climb over the fence and scurry to Aladdin's shoulder. Rahjah was sleeping as well.
"So, where is Jasmine?" Sora asked.
"She's getting ready. I'm sure she's nervous too. But, enough of that. Why the visit?" Aladdin asked.
"Oh. Right." Sora said. Seifer approached Aladdin.
"I doubt you know about this...but they say "Heartless" are starting to cause ruckus again." Seifer said. Sora groaned, saying he was gonna say that. Seifer huffed.
"Heartless? Oh geez. Not now." Aladdin said.
"Don't worry Aladdin. That's why we're here." Sora said.
"Yeah. We'll make sure this is the happiest day of your life...kind of like the day I wait for." Marta said, holding onto Emil's arm. Emil started to blush.
"Uhhh...Marta? Why are you looking at me like that? Heh heh. Come on. Cut it out." Emil stuttered. Kairi and Sora looked at each other and then looked away blushing.
"Well, are we gonna go inside or what?" Auron asked.
"You guys go on in. I got a few preparations to make. You can go see the Sultan. He's in the palace chapel, making sure everything's set." Aladdin said. Genie nodded and flew inside, leaving the others to walk into the palace. As they entered the chapel, everyone got a good look around.
"What a fancy little place they've got here." Auron said.
"Fancy? It's beautiful." Marta said. Seifer just glanced and huffed. Donald saw a short man in a turban shouting orders and checking around the chapel. He was the Sultan.
"Excuse me sir? Where can we find the Sultan? Our friend Aladdin said he was in here." Sora asked. The Sultan turned to face Sora and chuckled.
"Oh. My dear boy. I'm the Sultan. Ehh...did you say you're friends of Aladdin?" he asked. Sora nodded.
"Yep. We're good friends all right." Goofy chuckled.
"Well, the more the merrier. I guess you heard of the wedding today. Oh, my daugter Jasmine has been looking forward to this day for months. Eh...oh." the Sultan said. He spotted Sora's Keyblade in his hands.
"My word. That must be...the Keyblade that Aladdin mentioned to me so many times. That must mean you're Sora." he said. Sora nodded. Donald and Goofy said they helped him too.
"It's finally nice to meet you Sora. I want to thank you for saving my daughter Jasmine from that traitor Jafar. You are a real hero around here." the Sultan said. Sora chuckled.
"Well, thank you very much sir. Is it okay if we say hello to Jasmine?" Sora asked. The Sultan said they could visit, but to make sure they knocked first. Sora chuckled and said they would. As they left, they heard the sound of gold being knocked around. They looked and saw Iago.
"Ha ha! Look at all of these wedding gifts! I'm ROLLING in the dough now!" Iago laughed. Suddenly, the small parrot looked up and saw Sora.
"Ack! Sora!" Iago squawked.
"Hey there Iago. Glad to see YOU'RE the same as ever too." Sora said. Iago chuckled nervously and flew up to Sora's shoulder.
"Well, I've been a good little birdie since ya left...honest!" Iago squawked. Donald eyed all the presents brought to the wedding. Auron had a feeling he was getting greedy and dragged the duck back.
"All right. If you say you're a good bird, I believe you." Sora said. Iago joined Sora in going to see Jasmine, wondering what's been keeping her. They walked through the palace and eventually found the door to Jasmine's room. Sora gave a light knock.
"Uhhh...Jasmine? It's us. Sora, Donald and Goofy." Sora said. The door opened and there stood Jasmine, wearing her white wedding gown.
"Sora? It is you. It's great to see you again." Jasmine said. Sora told Jasmine that he was able to find his friends and introduced Kairi to Jasmine.
"Hello Jasmine. I'm Kairi, Sora's friend. Congratulations on your marriage." Kairi said. Jasmine chuckled.
"Thank you. Oh, I've been so anxious. I waited so long for this day to come." she said. Marta asked what it felt like to know she would marry the boy of her dreams, glancing at Emil shortly after.
"Oy. Not THAT again. Don't ya give it a rest? We KNOW you like Emil! So cut it out!" Seifer shouted. Marta gasped and started to pout.
"Maybe it'd be an attitude adjustment if YOU knew what love felt like you heartless grump!" Marta exclaimed. Jasmine chuckled.
"They're your friends too Sora?" she asked. Sora looked at Seifer and Marta.
"Yeah. The younger girl is, the big lug? Eh...not so much." Sora teased. Seifer glared at him.
"What did you call me?" Seifer asked. Jasmine chuckled.
"Well, I better finish getting ready. I hope you'll stay for the wedding." Jasmine said. Sora nodded and said they wouldn't miss it. After that, Sora and his friends decided to hang around the palace until it came time for the actual wedding to begin. Everyone attending gathered together in the chapel as Aladdin was standing at the altar with the Sultan.
"This is going to be fun. I never been to an actual wedding before." Emil said. Goofy chuckled.
"What's so funny Goofy?" Sora asked.
"Oh, it's nothing Sora." Goofy said, chuckling again. Sora and Donald looked at each other and shrugged. Just then, they saw Jasmine walking up the aisle towards Aladdin. In her hands was a small boquet of flowers and she looked at Aladdin with a smile. He looked down at her and smiled as well. The two were soon standing together at the altar also. However, something else was in the chapel. No one could see, but a Shadow Heartless was scurrying across the ground.
"Say, why aren't there any Heartless yet? Surely one should've been here. Isn't that what Cid sent us out here for?" Auron asked.
"Maybe he just figured we've been to Agrabah and wanted to give us a day off." Sora whispered. But just then, Sora saw the Shadow on the ground.
"Oh man. Now?" he thought. The Shadow was creeping towards the altar, not being spotted by anyone. Sora had to do something. It seemed it was after Jasmine.
"Princess! Look out!" Sora shouted. He casted Thunder and zapped the Heartless as it popped up. But as soon as Sora did, more Heartless started to appear in the chapel. The other patrons screamed and fled.
"Oh no! Not now!" Jasmine thought.
"D'oh! Stupid Heartless! You're ruining their happy day!" Marta exclaimed. Boiling over, Marta grabbed her spinner and lunged for the nearest Heartless and started slashing at it. The others drew their weapons.
"Aladdin! Get Jasmine out of here! We'll keep these things busy." Sora said. Aladdin nodded and led Jasmine quickly out of the chapel. The Sultan was close by, looking back once more at the Heartless surrounding them.
"C'mon! You maggots want some?" Seifer asked. The Heartless began their attack, but Sora and the others fought back as hard as they could. With each hit, Heartless was sent flying everywhere. They were mostly small Soldiers, Icy Cubes and Large Body.
"You guys picked the wrong day to invade this castle!" Auron shouted. Without much of a hassle, Sora and his friends were able to defeat the Heartless and save the chapel from being destroyed.
"There. I think that's all of them." Sora panted. Kairi looked around.
"Where did...they come from? It all seemed so sudden." Kairi asked. Outside the palace, a man in a dark cloak peered in before walking away.
TO BE CONTINUED...