Kyrie (c) Me
Kingdom Hearts characters/some of the story (c) Square Enix
Kingdom Hearts
Bonded Soul
Chapter 28
"Jasmine!" Sora called as he and the others approached the dark-haired girl. Iago immediately ducked and hid himself behind Kyrie and Goofy's backs, trying not to be seen by the young woman. Jasmine turned and smiled happily when she spotted them.
"Sora! Donald! Goofy!" she cried when she spotted them. Then she turned her gaze over to Kyrie, and her smile grew.
"Oh, and Kyrie too! I haven't seen you in so long, I hardly recognized you." the girl spoke, making the guys stare between them in confusion.
"Huh? You two know each other?" Sora asked. Both of them nodded before Kyrie pulled out her pen and notebook, jotting something down.
I met Jasmine a while back, Along with Aladdin and Abu. I was passing through after I began traveling, and we met by chance.
The boys read her words and nodded before Donald bowed, Sora and Goofy copying him.
"Your Majesty." He spoke. Kyrie gave a small curtsy, making the girl giggle before she spoke.
"I never got a chance to thank you for before. You helped Aladdin defeat that awful Jafar and saved Agrabah." She explained, looking between Sora, Donald, and Goofy. They straightened up before looking around, noticing that Aladdin was nowhere to be found.
"All in a day's work. But uh… it looks like the Heartless are up to no good again. Is there any way we can help you out?" Sora asked. Jasmine quickly shook her head, not wanting to cause them any more trouble than she already did.
"I think we're all right for now." She answered. Goofy nodded, a smile on his face.
"And ya always got Aladdin." he spoke, smiling brightly. But Jasmine quickly looked down, holding her hands together as a small frown graced her features.
"He… hasn't been himself lately." she mumbled, causing the four to jump at her words.
"Is it because of the Heartless?" Donald asked as he pulled out his weapon, looking around suspiciously. Despite the seriousness of the matter, Kyrie couldn't help but laugh silently at the look on the duck's face. Jasmine quickly shook her head.
"I'm not sure. Usually, he's the same cheerful Aladdin. But sometimes…he just seems sad. He leaves the palace and goes off by himself all the time. I've asked him about it, but he says nothing's wrong. He's gone again today. What if he doesn't come back this time?" she explained, worried about the young man's safety. But at that moment, Iago shot out from behind Kyrie and Goofy, startling the girl as he began to run his mouth.
"Hey, maybe he's got a secret girlfriend. I know! I'll go find out who she is!" he suggested as he ran his mouth, but Jasmine quickly snapped out of it and tried to catch him.
"Iago! Quick, Sora, catch him! And I'll warn the guards and everyone in the palace!" she cried, before turning and running off to find the nearest guards. Everyone stood there silently for a moment before Kyrie face-palmed.
"Nice job, Iago. Next time, don't say anything about secret girlfriends or whatever when you're trying to make amends." she thought sourly as Sora began to berate the bird.
"Gee, maybe we should go talk to Aladdin. He's gotta be somewhere in town right?" Goofy asked. Sora nodded in agreement.
"Good idea. I wonder what he's been doing." He spoke as they began to backtrack into town again. Iago landed on Kyrie shoulder and sighed, earning a few sympathetic pats on the head from Kyrie in response. About halfway through Agrabah, a familiar brown monkey ran in front of them, a black lamp in his arms.
"Stop thief!" someone shouted as a familiar young man chased after the monkey, with a very angry little man on his heels. Aladdin looked over and smiled sheepishly as he chased Abu.
"Hi Sora!" he called as he ran past, the little man hot on his heels.
"Come back here!" the man cried, shaking his fist in the air. The four looked at each other and shrugged, before pursuing the three. They finally caught up with them as Aladdin and the small man cornered Abu in an alley, the man taking the lamp from Aladdin with a scowl on his face.
"If you can't control that fur ball… put a leash on him!" The Peddler snarled as he began walking away.
"Look, I'm sorry…You should be ashamed of yourself, Abu!" Aladdin scolded, looking at the monkey. The peddler walked past them in a huff, but just as he passed Kyrie, she felt a dark feeling course through her. She turned and looked, her eyes focused on the lamp that he carried. She heard Iago gasp, but ignored it for the moment.
"That lamp…something dark lives inside it. I don't know how or why…but something does." she thought, watching as the small man walked off.
"Hey guys, sorry about earlier. I was kinda in a hurry." Aladdin spoke as he approached them, before noticing Kyrie. "Oh, hey Kyrie. Man, I haven't seen you in awhile."
"Yeah, she's been traveling with us for a while. So, what happened?" he asked. Aladdin sighed and rolled his eyes.
"You know Abu. He couldn't keep his paws off that lamp." But whatever was said next Kyrie ignored, as she took a couple steps in the direction the peddler had gone.
"That lamp…it's Jafar's lamp…" she heard Iago stammer, and looked at him as he shook on her shoulder, scared out of his wits. She began to stroke his feathers, trying to calm the poor creature down before he could frighten himself further.
"Uh, Sora?"
"Iago? Oh, right…he wants to apologize for all the trouble he caused."
"Oh, he does?"
"Gawrsh, he's so sorry, he's shakin'!"
"Th-th-that lamp!" Iago stammered, loud enough for the others to hear as he shook and trembled on Kyrie's shoulder. She increased her tempo, trying to calm him down in whatever way she could.
"What about it?" Aladdin asked as they approached.
"It was the lamp!"
"C'mon. There're a million like it."
"Hey! I was locked up in that thing for months! There's no way I'd mistake it!" he cried, shaking like a leaf. Kyrie shot them all warning looks as she tried to console him.
"You guys aren't helping! Poor Iago…you're shaking like a leaf…" Kyrie thought as she gently took him from his perch and cradled him against her chest.
"Then we'd better go back and talk to that peddler." Aladdin spoke, obviously now concerned about the lamp. Sora nodded, fully agreeing with his plan.
"Right behind you." And with that, the group took off. Kyrie kept Iago cradled close to her chest as they ran, one keyblade summoned as they came across a few heartless, slashing them to bits, before continuing on.
"You're really good. Ever consider being a bodyguard?" Iago asked as they ran. Kyrie smiled and shook her head, she hadn't thought about it. Then again, in almost every world so far, they had to protect someone from the heartless. Once they got to the shop, Kyrie and Aladdin waited outside as Sora, Donald, and Goofy walked in. While they waited, Abu climbed up into Kyrie's arms as Iago took his usual place on her shoulder, both of them glaring at each other.
"I guess you have a thing for animals. With Iago and Abu clinging to you and all." Aladdin laughed, causing her to giggle silently. After a few minutes, Sora, Donald, and Goofy returned, but with dejected looks on their faces.
"He wants us to go to the Cave of Wonders and get a treasure fit for a sultan. He won't give it to us otherwise." Sora explained. Aladdin nodded.
"A treasure for a sultan, eh? Well, let's go."
-Later, Cave of Wonders-
Kyrie stared in awe at the cave the group was currently standing in front of. The mouth of the cave actually looked like a mouth, a tiger's mouth that is.
"This is it!" Iago spoke, pointing in the direction of the mouth. The group nodded as they walked in, going down a flight of stairs before arriving at the Valley of Stone.
"This place is so huge…" Kyrie thought as they walked past the large stone pillars that littered the place. But within seconds, more unknown heartless appeared, some of which looked like little fireballs and ice cubes.
"Look out!" Iago cried, causing her to turn just as a human-like heartless dressed in purple garments came at her, a blizzard spell forming at its fingertips. Kyrie ducked immediately, before bringing her Lost Memory keyblade in an uppercut, taking the heartless out instantly.
"Thanks, Iago." Kyrie thought as she ran to catch up with the others, who were moving on to the next room. The room was medium sized, with waterfalls on each side of the room and a floating red jewel at the other end of the room. Abu and Donald were eyeing it hungrily, both having weaknesses to gems and gold alike. Kyrie hesitated at the entrance of the room, eyeing the waterfalls warily.
"Abu!" Aladdin cried as Abu jumped off his shoulder, running over and grabbing the stone, pulling it down. The waterfalls stopped, and mean-looking gold statues appeared, causing ice crystals to start falling from the ceiling. Abu ran in circles, carrying the stone as crystals fell around him.
"Put that stone in the indentation, quick!" Iago cried, pointing to where a pedestal rested on the other side of the room, a deep indentation in it. Sora nodded as he ran forward, grabbing Abu and jumping over a wall of water as it formed.
"Got it!" he cried. When he got to the pedestal, he released Abu and the monkey placed the gem inside the indention, causing the icicles to disappear and the statues to change from angry to content. After making sure nothing else was coming after them, the group continued on.
-Later-
"Whoa…" everyone said in awe as they walked into the treasure room, mountains of gold and jewels surrounding them.
"Okay, now let's look around. Shout when you see something that looks fitting for a sultan." Aladdin ordered. The others nodded as they looked around, the boys taking one side of the room as Kyrie and Iago took the other.
"What about this?" Iago asked as he pointed to a large emerald, but Kyrie quickly shook her head. She held up a large sapphire, but got the same answer from Iago.
"This's gonna take forever!" he sighed, causing her to silently giggle. Suddenly, something scampered between her legs, causing her to fall against the wall with a loud thud. The two heard a sudden rumbling and looked up, finding themselves under a strange pipe.
"What's-" suddenly a river of gold and jewels rained down on them, burying them under the mountain of valuables.
"Kyrie! Iago!" Sora cried as he, Donald, Goofy, and Aladdin ran over, trying to dig the unfortunate two out. After a minute or so of digging, Iago and Kyrie popped their heads out, gasping in relief.
"Finally! Fresh air!" he cried, gasping for breath. Kyrie nodded in agreement as she pulled herself out, relieved that she was no longer buried under the large amount of treasure.
"But I'm definitely gonna have bruises later…" she thought sourly. The rest of the group continued their search, before something caught Aladdin's eye.
"There. That one should do it." He called, pointing to a large gold trophy-like treasure. It had different jewels and glimmered beautifully in the lighting of the room. Sora and Donald got a closer look at it, nodding in agreement.
"Oh boy, it's perfect. That guy's gonna like this."
"Sure looks valuable."
"Great! Now let's go get that lamp. We gotta keep Jafar bottled up or he's gonna destroy Agrabah!" Aladdin smiled, obviously pleased that everyone agreed with his choice. But something caught Kyrie's eye as she turned, spotting a familiar black-pointed ear as it stuck out from the room entrance. Her eyes narrowed.
"I know that ear…" she thought as she walked forward, summoning her keyblades and completely ignoring Sora and the others as they scolded Iago and Abu, who were trying to take a jewel. Suddenly, the room darkened, and heartless appeared. She quickly jumped back, startled.
"Damn, heartless!" she thought, looking around at the different types that had them surrounded. The others grouped together, allowing the heartless to surround them so they could take them out when the heartless came near.
"Why does this always happen?" Donald groaned. But the others ignored them as the heartless swooped in, Abu and Iago trying to take cover as the fighting began. Kyrie was at their side in moments, standing protectively in front of them as she destroyed the heartless that came near.
"Give them a right, and a left, no go upward- yes! Keep going-" Iago cheered as Abu chattered on in his monkey language. Kyrie ignored his comments for the moment though, because the fight was much more important. Once the fighting was over, they regrouped and Aladdin grabbed the trophy treasure.
"Let's go!"
Hey guys! Sorry for not updating sooner, but I went to Matsuri con and had a blast! So I hope you enjoy this newest chapter of "Bonded Souls"!
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