Chapter 18: New Ally and New Enemy
Kibou, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Twilight, Arthur, Amity, Kirby, and Katara leave Weyard and return to Gummi ship to continue their journey, but as they are about to head for the next world, the ship's screen appears, revealing Chip.
"Guys, we have a problem!" Chip said.
"What's up?" Kibou asked.
"Apparenly, there's a huge Heartless reading goin' on in Traverse Town!" Chip said.
"It's VERY bad!" Dale said.
"What? The Heartless are still in town?" Sora asked.
"But Sora sealed the Keyhole. They can't be back." Amity said.
"That's true, but a very strong darkness is lurking in town. Better hurry and investigate it." Chip said, as the screen turns off.
"Well, back to Traverse Town." Donald said.
"Leon and Erza should have an idea of what this strong dark reading is." Twilight said.
"Let's hurry." Katara said, as the Gummi ship uses its warp drive to teleport.
The Gummi ship warps back to Traverse Town and the group disembark.
Meanwhile somewhere in the back alley of Traverse Town, a dark corridor appears, revealing what looks like a figure wearing a black and dark green organic bodysuit with a Heartless symbol on the bodysuit's chest, black and dark green torn loincloth around the waist, and wearing a black helmet mask wiith the same Heartless symbol in the center of the mask.
"So, are you ready to test your strength?" A voice asked, revealing Dr. Facilier, who also emerges from the dark corridor.
"Yes, Master Facilier. When will they be arriving?" The masked figure asked and it's a dark boy voice.
"Very soon. Kibou and Sora will be coming. I want you to test your powers, as well as theirs, but make sure you don't kill Kibou. You can do what you want with Sora." Dr. Facilier said.
"I understand, Master. It will be done." The masked boy said.
"Good luck and have fun, my boy." Dr. Facilier said, sinking into the shadows.
Meanwhile in the First District, the group return to the town, only to find the district empty.
"It's quiet..." Arthur said.
"TOO quiet..." Goofy said, looking around.
"Where is everybody?" Sora asked.
"It's just like last time. If the Heartless are really back..." Kibou was cut off.
"Poyo!" Kirby said, pointing at Soldiers, Air Soldiers, Large Bodies, Yellow Operas, and tiny violet Heartless known as Violet Minuets appear.
"Wak! Heartless!" Donald said, taking out his staff.
"They ARE back!" Amity said, conjuring her pink magic.
"Well, you now what to do!" Sora said, taking out his Keyblade.
(Battle Theme: Hand in Hand)
The Soldiers deliver spinning kicks while the Air Soldiers deliver aerial strikes, but Kibou triple slashes with Faerie Gem followed by Crescent Slash and then casts Blazera while Sora aerial slashes at the Air Soldiers with Kingdom Key and then casts Gravity to bring them down, but the Large Bodies slam on the ground, creating shock waves. Donald casts Blizzara at the Large Bodies followed by casting Thunder while Twilight creates a barrier around her and uses Barrier Surge and then shoots magic blasts, but the Yellow Operas unleash lightning attacks to strike while the Violet Minuets unleash poison. Arthur vertical slashes with his sword followed by Sword Spin while Goofy uses Tornado while Kirby inhales a Violet Minuet, becoming Violet Minuet Kirby and unleashes his own poison. The Air Soldiers deliver air kicks while the Large Bodies deliver belly attacks, only for Amity to use her Abomination to use Shoulder Tackle at the Large Bodies while Katara aerial water whips at the Air Soldiers, but the Yellow Operas deliver lightning surge attacks while the Violet Minuets unleash globs of poison. Kibou uses Mjolnir and slams his Gemblade on the ground, unleashing magic waves and then delivers the final Gemblade slam while Sora summons Simba, who uses Proud Roar and they defeat all the Heartless.
"Chip and Dale weren't kidding when they said the Heartless are back." Twilight said.
"It has to be that strong darkness somewhere in town. That's gotta be what the Heartless are attracted to." Goofy said.
"But what's causing the strong darkness?" Sora asked.
"More like WHO?" Kibou asked.
"Use your head, Kibby! It could be ANYONE! Bad luck you're still with these people, Artie." Bill said.
"Well, it's obvous they're attracted to darkness in people's hearts, so whose heart is full of darkness?" Amity asked.
"Well, every heart's full of darkness, including ours, but there's someone with evil intent." Katara said.
"Maybe Maleficent or Dr. Facilier?" Arthur suggsted.
"Or Gideon, Azula, and Kay." Donald said.
"They might be in town right now." Kibou said.
"We'll figure this out later. Let's go find Leon, Erza, and the others. They might have an idea." Sora said.
"Good idea. I think they're in that house in the Third District." Twilight said.
"Let's go." Kibou said.
The group make their way for the Third District and they find Cid.
"Cid." Goofy said.
"Oh, howdy, guys. Back again?" Cid asked.
"Yeah, we heard there're Heartless around here." Twilight said.
"Yep, they're all over the place." Cid said.
"And what's more is that I sealed this world's Keyhole, so they shouldn't be back, but we heard a strong darkness is somewhere in town." Sora said.
"Maybe. You guys gonna see Leon and Erza?" Cid asked.
"That's what we're doing right now." Katara said.
"Well, careful out there. Lots of Heartless're lurkin'. I know ya'all can handle 'em, but better stay on yer toes." Cid said.
"We will. Thanks." Kibou said.
The group make their way for the Second District and as they continue heading for the Third District, but then, more Soldiers and Air Soldiers appear and attack, only for Kibou to slash with his Gemblade while Sora slashes with his Keyblade while Donald casts Fira while Goofy bashes with his shield while Twilight shoots magic bolts while Arthur uses Sword Thrust while Amity uses her Abomination to attack while Kirby swings his hammer while Katara shoots ice daggers and they defeat the Heartless and continue through the Second District and head for the door to the Third District.
The group return to the Third District and go for the house and enter it to find Leon, Erza, Yuffie, Gray, Aerith, and Lucy.
"Hey, you're back!" Yuffie said.
"We heard this town is having a Heartless problem." Sora said.
"Yeah and it's good you're here to help out." Gray said.
"But the Keyhole was sealed, so the Heartless shouldn't be back here." Kibou said.
"But we did hear that a strong darkness is somewhere in town." Amity said.
"Maybe." Leon said.
"We're unsure where the darkness is coming from, but that must be what the Heartless are attracted to." Erza said.
"There're Heartless all over the First District, Second District, and even here." Lucy said.
"Luckily, everyone evacuated, but the Heartless activity is getting worse." Aerith said.
"Leave that to us and we'll also investigate that strong darkness reading." Sora said.
"Sounds like you got a plan already. Just be careful. You might be able to handle the Heartless, but they're no slouches. Don't let your guards down." Leon said and they nod.
"We'll also help how we can. In fact, here's what we'll do; Leon and I will handle things in the First District. Gray and Yuffie will be going to the Second District. Lucy and Aerith will handle things in the Third District." Erza said.
"Okay, we'll help out too." Kibou said and they nod.
"By the way, we also got some additional help. They'll be joining us in protecting the town too." Lucy said.
"Who're they?" Goofy asked.
"You'll find out soon." Aerith said.
"Okay. Since we're in the Third District, I guess we can handle the Heartless here." Katara said.
"In that case, Aerith..." Lucy stops talking.
"Right." Aerith said.
"You sure you two can handle things?" Donald asked.
"Oh, just watch us." Aerith said.
"You'll be surprised by what we can do." Lucy said, as they leave the house.
"Don't worry. Lucy and Aerith know what they're doing. Just help them out here and then meet us at the other districts." Leon said.
"Got it!" Kibou and Sora said.
"Good luck." Yuffie said, as they leave the house.
"Time to go." Amity said and they nod.
The group leave the house and return outside to meet Lucy and Aerith at the district's plaza.
"Here they come..." Aerith said, as many Large Bodies, Volt Vipers, Blue Rhapsodies, and Bronze Boleros appear.
"Ready?" Lucy asked, taking out golden keys.
"Let's do this!" Aerith said, taking out a staff.
"Okay, let's go all out!" Kibou said.
The Large Bodies double punch while the Volt Vipers slither around while unleashing lightning trails, but Kibou vertical slashes with Faerie Gem followed by two 360 slashes and then uses Ignia's fire magic to unleash flaming pillars while Sora delivers four slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz and then casts Fira, but the Blue Rhapsodies unleash ice shards while the Bronze Boleros unleash rocks. Lucy uses one of her gold keys to summon a bull like figure known as Taurus, who attacks with his axe followed by creating a quake while Aerith shoots magic shots from her staff and then unleashes a barrage of magic bolts followed by casting Fire, but the Volt Vipers deliver electric bites while the Bronze Boleros cause quakes. Donald casts Gravity followed by casting Blizzara while Twilight shoots magic bolts followed by casting Thunder, but the Large Bodies slam on the ground to create shock waves while the Blue Rhapsodies shoot more ice shards, but Katara sends out two water blasts while Arthur uses Dancing Blade while Goofy uses Charge. The Bronze Boleros unleash more rocks while the Blue Rhapsodies create ice mist, only for Kirby to use Final Cutter while Amity shoots three pink fireballs, but the Large Bodies get angry and try to charge at the group, only for Aerith to unleash more magic bolts followed by casting Thunder while Lucy summons a scorpion like figure known as Scorpio, who unleashes a giant whirlwind while Kibou summons Crystallia, who summons crystals to strike while Sora delivers four slashes with Kingdom Key followed by casting Earthra and they defeat all the Heartless.
"That's it for them here, but more'll keep coming." Lucy said.
"Guys, go help the others. Lucy and I will handle things here." Aerith said.
"Okay, be careful." Twilight said.
"You two got this." Sora said, as they leave the Third District.
The group return to the Second District, where they find Yuffie and Gray.
"Just in time..." Yuffie said, as Air Soldiers, Red Nocturnes, Croaker Terrors, and Violet Minuets appear.
"I've been waiting for an excuse to beat 'em to a pulp!" Gray said, unleashing ice on his fists.
"Don't get a full head, Gray." Yuffie said, taking out shurikens.
"We're ready!" Sora said.
The Air Soldiers deliver aerial attacks while the Croaker Terrors unleash water blasts, but Sora horizontal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by two diagonal slashes and then casts Gravity while Kibou vertical slashes with Faerie Gem followed by using Naturae's nature magic to unleash vines, but the Red Nocturnes unleash fireballs while the Violet Minuets unleash globs of poison. Gray uses his ice magic to create what looks like an ice cannon and fires ice shots at the Heartless and then creates an ice hammer and delivers a giant bash while Yuffie throws three shurikens followed by throwing a fourth shuriken, but the Croaker Terrors use their tongues to attack while the Violet Minuets spread poison at the group. Amity uses her Abomination to use Hammer Fist while Goofy uses Tornado, but the Air Soldiers fly around the group and then deliver aerial somersault kicks while the Red Nocturnes shoots fireballs, but Kirby uses Hammer Spin while Twilight unleashes four magic orbs and then casts Water while Donald casts Earthra. The Violet Minuets unleash more globs of poison while the Red Nocturnes shoot more fireballs, only for Katara to use Soak while Arthur diagonal slashes with his sword followed by bashing with his shield, but the Air Soldiers keep flying and attack from above, only for Yuffie to take out a giant shuriken and throws it all around while Gray creates an ice sword and delivers many slashes with it while Kibou casts Thunder followed by casting Blizzara while Sora slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Ripple Drive and they defeat the Heartless in the Second District.
"Whew, hardly broke a sweat." Yuffie said.
"Still, more will..." Gray was cut off, as more Heartless appear and surround the group.
"C'mon, enough already!" Sora said.
"This is annoying!" Donald said.
"Don't worry. We can take 'em as long as it takes!" Yuffie said.
Before the Heartless can attack, arrows rain down at the Heartless, destroying them.
"Huh?" Amity asked.
"What just happened?" Sora asked.
"I happened." A voice said and they see what looks like a red furred fox wearing a green tunic with a brown belt, green hat with a red feather, green shoes, and a quiver of arrows on his back and carrying a bow.
"Who're you?" Kibou asked, pointing his Gemblade.
"Hey, now. I'm no enemy. In fact, I was looking all over for you." The fox said.
"Lookin' for us?" Goofy asked.
"Why?" Donald asked.
"Because the King asked me to." The fox answered.
"The King?!" Donald asked shocked.
"You mean King Mickey?" Goofy asked.
"That's right. You're Donald and Goofy, right?" The fox asked.
"Yeah, but why did the King ask you to find us?" Donald asked.
"He requested that I travel with the Keybearer and that's you, right?" The fox asked Sora.
"Yeah, that's me. I'm Sora." Sora introduced.
"It's a pleasure to meet you at last, Keyblade master Sora." The fox said, taking off his hat and bowing.
"But who're you?" Twilight asked.
"I'm Robin Hood. An outlaw, but I'm noble." Robin Hood introduced.
"Well, nice to meetcha, Robin and if King Mickey asked you to help us, welcome to the group." Kibou said, grinning.
"Yeah. Thanks for the help." Sora said.
"Don't mention it. I heard about this Heartless crisis going on around town, so I'm at your service. Where you go, I shall follow." Robin said.
"Thanks. Good to have ya, Robin." Sora said, grinning.
(Robin Hood has joined you!)
"Well, looks like you guys have a new ally. Anyway, you guys should go help Leon and Erza." Yuffie said.
"We'll take care of things here." Gray said.
"Okay, try not to overexert yourselves." Katara said, as they leave the Second District.
The group return to the First District, where they find Leon and Erza.
"Any Heartless here?" Sora asked.
"Yeah and they're here now." Leon said, as Soldiers, Yellow Operas, Search Ghosts, and tiny azure Heartless known as Azure Serenades appear.
"Shall we, Leon?" Erza asked, taking out her sword.
"Let's, Titania." Leon said, taking out his Gunblade.
"Sora?" Kibou asked.
"Yep." Sora said.
The Soldiers attack the group with their claws while the Search Ghosts attack the group with their hands, but Kibou triple slashes with Faerie Gems followed by Magic Pulse, unleashing two magic orbs while Sora uses Stun Impact, stunning the enemies and then vertical slashes with Kingdom Key followed by a wide slash, but the Yellow Operas unleash lightning while the Azure Serenades unleash streams of water. Erza enters a different type of armor known as Purgatory Armor and delivers massive slashes with her sword while Leon delivers triple slashes with his Gunblade followed by firing a fireball from his gun section, but the Search Ghosts disappear and reappear and attack with their hands while the Azure Serenade unleash orbs of water. Robin Hood shoots three arrows and then fires five arrows, raining down on the Heartless while Arthur uses Sword Spin while Amity summons two giant Abomination fists, which turn into hammers and smash together, but the Soldiers deliver leaping attacks to get the group while the Yellow Operas deliver lightning surges. Twilight uses Telekinesis to lift the enemies and slams them to the ground while Kirby inhales an Azure Serenade, becoming Azure Serenade Kirby and unleashes water while Donald casts Blizzara followed by casting Gravity, but the Search Ghosts try to drain the group's life while the Soldiers deliver spinning kicks. Goofy uses Goofy Bash and throws his shield while Katara uses Freeze, freezing the enemies in ice and then sends out water blasts , but the Azure Serenades unleash streams of water while the Soldiers leap attack, but Erza enters Fire Empress Armor and unleashes fire attacks while Leon makes his Gunblade glow with energy and delivers stronger slashes while Kibou uses Cyclone Slash and spins around while getting the enemies and then unleashes a giant magical slash spin while Sora uses Strike Raid, throwing his Keyblade four times and delivers the final throw and they defeat the Heartless.
"All clear for now." Leon said.
"But more will show up, I'm sure." Amity said.
"By the way, we recently picked up a reading on the Heartless attack." Leon said.
"Really? Where?" Kibou asked.
"The Fifth District." Erza said.
"There's a fifth district?" Donald asked.
"Then we'd better get through the Fourth District." Twilight said.
"Be careful. There's a massive darkness reading in that place. Might be the one you're supposed to investigate." Leon said.
"We'll be fine." Kibou said.
"Good luck and be careful." Erza said.
"To the Fifth District." Robin said.
The group head for the back alley and go through it while fighting off Heartless in their way and they later return to the Fountain Plaza, but as they keep moving, they find Soldier Heartless appearing.
"Ugh, more Heartless!" Katara said.
"Get ready!" Sora said.
"RASENGAN!" A voice shouted, as someone delivers a diving strike with a light blue sphere and strikes down the Soldiers.
"Huh? What the...?" Kibou asked.
"You guys okay?" The figure asked, revealing to be a boy with spiky blond hair, blue eyes, whisker like birthmarks on his cheeks, wearing an orange and black long-sleeve top, orange pants, and a headband with what looks like a leaf symbol on it.
"Yeah, but who're you?" Twilight said.
"Naruto!" A voice called and arriving is a man with spiky white hair, an onyx right eye, wearing a black outfit with a dark green sleeveless closed vest over the outfit, black fingerless gloves, and the same headband with the leaf symbol over his left eye. "I told you not to attack without my signal!" The man said.
"Sorry, Kakashi-sensei, but I found the right moment and took it." Naruto said.
"Well, at least no one got hurt." Kakashi said.
"Uh..." Sora was cut off, as more Soldiers appear.
"We'll talk later. Naruto, get ready!" Kakashi said, taking out a kunai.
"On it! Ready?" Naruto asked.
"Yep!" Kibou said.
The Soldiers attack the group with their claws, but Kibou delivers four slashes with Faerie Gem followed by a somersault slash while Sora delivers four slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz, but the Soldiers deliver spinning kicks. Naruto creates a clone of himself and they deliver punches followed by kicks and then Naruto creates another clone and then Naruto uses Rasengan while Twilight casts Water followed by casting Blazera while Robin spin while firing arrows, but the Soldiers deliver leaping attacks, at the group, who dodge. Kakashi slashes with his kunai followed by two kicks and then unleashes lightning while Goofy bashes with his shield while Arthur horizontal slashes with his sword followed by a roundhouse slash while Kirby uses Final Cutter, but the Soldiers attack with their claws and then deliver leaping attacks. Amity uses her Abomination to create spiked fists and delivers many punches with the spiked fists while Katara unleashes ice needles and throws them while Donald casts Earthra followed by casting Fira. The Soldiers deliver spinning kicks, but Sora uses Sonic Blade and dashes all over to get the Soldiers and then delivers the final dashing strike while Kibou summons Confusia, who unleashes chaos magic, such as Confuse,Sleep, Mini, and Stun and then throws his Gemblade all around and they defeat the Heartless.
"Thanks for the help." Goofy said.
"Heh, don't mention it." Naruto said.
"Are you two the allies Lucy mentioned?" Amity asked.
"You could say that." Kakashi said.
"So, does that mean...?" Sora asked.
"Yeah... Our village is gone." Kakashi said, as Naruto clenches his fist in anger.
"Ouch... Sorry, we kinda went through that ourselves..." Kibou said.
"What happened?" Donald asked.
"Last thing I remember was that the Leaf was attacked by those Heartless. We fought with our comrades with everything we had to fight them off, but despite our efforts, we were overpowered... My friends...they..." Naruto stops talking.
"Oh, boo-hoo, Blondie! Cry me an ocean and drown in it!" Bill said.
"Bill..." Arthur whispered.
"That's okay, Naruto. We did our best. We just have to make the same won't happen to the othet worlds." Kakashi said.
"That's what we're doing too." Sora said.
"Let's work together to stop these Heartless." Kibou said.
"Heh, I like your guys' spirit." Naruto said.
"Anyway, we were told by Leon and Erza that you'd show up to handle this Heartless crisis." Kakashi said.
"We are and the source is from the massive darkness reading in the Fifth District." Amity said.
"The Fifth District?" Naruto asked.
"That makes sense. Well, if you're gonna investigate, be on your guard. Whatever the reading is, it's bound to be strong." Kakashi said.
"Don't worry. We will." Kibou said.
"Naruto and I will help Leon, Erza, and the others fend off the Heartless how we can. We'll join you if we can." Kakashi said.
"Good luck, guys. I'll be on my way soon." Naruto said, as they both leave.
"Okay, let's hurry for the Fifth District." Robin said.
"Right. We gotta find that darkness." Twilight said.
The group go through the Fountain Plaza and later arrive at the Fourth District, where they find more Heartless, but they fight off the Heartless and continue on through the Foruth District, where they find a door.
"I've never seen this door before..." Arthur said.
"Maybe it'll lead to the Fifth District." Katara said.
"Let's have a look." Kibou said, as they open the door, taking them to a different area.
(Fifth District)
The group arrive at the Fifith District of Traverse Town, where they find a big building in the center with small water surrounding it.
"That's a big building." Amity said.
"But where're the Heartless?" Goofy asked.
"Didn't they say it's crawling with them?" Sora asked.
"They're probably on the building. Let me use my magic." Twilight said, using her magic to teleport herself and the others on the building roof, which has glass.
"No sign of them here." Robin said.
"That's odd..." Kibou said.
"Oh, it's not odd. This place DID have Heartless, but I did away with them." A voice said.
"What was that?" Donald asked.
"Come out!" Kibou yelled, as they see a figure at the top of the building.
The figure jumps off, revealing to be the same masked boy.
"Let me guess, you're the one, who sent the Heartless here." Sora said.
"You guessed right, for an idiot." The masked boy said.
"Watch the insult, jerk!" Kibou yelled.
"Who are you?" Arthur asked.
"I happen to be the newest recruit for Dr. Facilier and Maleficent. Call me Bete Noire." Bete Noire said.
"Bete Noire?" Robin asked.
"I wouldn't bother remembering the name, since you'll forget it soon enough." Bete Noire said in a dark threatening tone.
"Why's that?" Twilight asked.
"Because I'll be making grave right here for you idiots." Bete Noire said.
"Ooooh, I REALLY like this guy! So threatening and heartless!" Bill said.
"Ha! A grave? That's funny. Maybe you don't realize, but we're tougher than you think." Sora said.
"If it's a fight you want, you'll get it." Amity said.
"You're either brave or stupid. Let me teach you what happens when you challenge me." Bete Noire said, summoning two sabres with black blades with the right one having an azure hilt while the left one has a crimson hilt from darkness. "Nobody lasts long against me. You'll find out why." Bete Noire said.
"Okay, Bete Noire! You're on!" Kibou said summoning his Gemblade while Sora summons his Keyblade.
"Heh..." Bete Noire unleashes black energy, sending back Twilight, Donald, Goofy, Arthur, Amity, Kirby, Katara, and Robin.
"Guys!" Sora said.
"Let's see how long you two last without them." Bete Noire said.
"Fine, bring it!" Kibou yelled.
"Try to make this interesting." Bete Noire said.
(Boss Theme: Black Tempest)
Bete Noire slashes at both Kibou and Sora with his two sabres followed by unleashing a black blade, only for Sora to dodge roll and then delivers four slashes at Bete Noire with Kingdom Key followed by a spinning slash and then uses Sonic Blade, only for Bete Noire to vanish in black mist and reappears above Sora and delivers a diving strike with his sabres. Kibou quickly blocks the attack and delivers three slashes with Faerie Gem followed by casting Blazera at Bete Noire, who disappears in black smoke and reappers behind Kibou and slashes with his sabres followed by summoning a shadow hand from the ground and delivers a giant punch at Kibou and then Bete Noire conjures black and crimson energy in his left sabre and throws it at Kibou, sending him back. Sora casts Blizzara to try and freeze Bete Noire, who summons a shadow hand behind the Keyblade wielder and the shadow hand starts to attack, only for Sora to quickly block the attack and tries to counter, but the shadow hand grabs the Keyblade and slams the boy to the ground, creating cracks on the glass roof. Bete Noire charges and deliver a strike at Sora, who counters and diagonal slashes with his Keyblade to strike the dark entity, who turns to Kibou, who summons Naturae, who summons vines to hold down Noire, who slashes the vines, but Kibou lands three slashes with Faerie Gem while Sora delivers a big swing with Kingdom Key.
"Heh, you're not bad, but..." Bete Noire stops talking, as he charges black and crimson energy in his left sabre while charging black and azure energy in his right sabre. "You're goin' down!" Bete Noire said, jumping high into the air with his energy coated sabres. "BLACK DESPAIR!" Bete Noire shouted, diving down at the glass roof, creating a dark explosion and breaking the glass roof, causing everyone to fall into the building and are now in the lobby.
"That attack..." Katara stops talking.
"That was dnagerous..." Arthur said.
"Wow, that's some attack. I'm starting to think this Bete Noire could of some use to us, Artie." Bill said.
"So you got some tricks up your sleeve! So do we!" Kibou said, as his Gemblade glows, releasing the cyan heart, transforming into a Faerie with light blue spiky hair, misty wings, wearing a light blue and white icy dress, and having ice crystal earrings.
"Let me guess, you're my new master? Thanks, I guess. Call me Glacies, Faerie of Ice. I'll put this loser on ice." Glacies said, summoning ice crystals and unleashes blizzards at Bete Noire, dealing some damage.
"That's amazing." Kibou said.
"I know. Good luck now." Glacies said, disappearing.
"So you have a fly to help you? Predictable." Bete Noire said.
"Shut up! Don't make fun of Kibou!" Sora yelled.
"I'LL shut YOU up!" Bete Noire yelled, as he summons ten shadow hands and they surround the two. "You wanna call it quits or die?" Bete Noire asked.
"Screw that!" Kibou yelled, as he's about to attack, but the shadow hands being punching him, dealing damage.
"Kibou!" Sora cried, but Bete Noire delivers a powerful knee strike at the Keyblade wielder and then dash slashes with his sabres, dealivering great damage.
"This kid's a danger..." Robin said.
"We have to help!" Twilight said.
"Back off!" Bete Noire yelled, unleashing balck energy to keep them back.
"We're not done yet...!" Kibou yelled, getting rid of the shadow hands and tries to attack Bete Noire, who disappears in black mist.
Bete Noire reappears and delivers a giant kick at Kibou's sides.
"Time to finish you two off!" Bete Noire said, summoning ten more shadow hands, as they grab both Kibou and Sora, sending them into the air. "Noire..." Bete Noire summons eight more shadow hands and they begin punching at both Kibou and Sora non-stop. "...10K Darkness Destruction!" Bete Noire yelled, as the shadow hands keep punching the two boys and then Bete Noire and his shadow hands deliver a powerful strike, as Bete Noire throws both sabres, as the azure blade goes for Kibou while the crimson blade goes for Sora, unleashing a dark blast, severely injuring the two and are barely conscious.
"No!" Twilight cried.
"Stop!" Katara cried.
"No! Keep it going! I'm enjoying the show!" Bill said.
"Bill..." Arthur whispered.
"Sorry, Artie, just thinkin' outloud." Bill said.
"You two are losers! Just worthless! Honestly, I know the Doc told me not to kill you, Kibou, but this is just too much fun! You're both finished here. So, which do ya want me to cut? Actually, the better idea is that I'll just cut you both wide open and rip your hearts out!" Bete Noire said, going for the two, but then, a shield and an arrow fly at Noire's face, making him jump back.
"Get away from them!" Robin said, readying another arrow with his bow.
"Now you're dealing with us!" Donald yelled.
"Ugh, bad enough I have to deal with a couple of weaklings, but fighting pets and more losers would be just boring." Bete Noire said.
"Just who are you really, Bete Noire?" Katara asked.
"Shut it! Shut your worthless mouths!" Bete Noire yelled, but then kunais fly at Nore's face, but he jumps back again.
"Get away form them, ya jerk!" A voice yelled and Naruto appears.
"Naruto?" Twilight asked.
"In the flesh! Glad I'm not too late." Naruto said.
"Ugh, just another annoying bug to show up! You guys just things boring! Look, I'm in a generous mood, so I'll let 'em off for today. When they wake up, tell them they'd better put up a more decent fight. Later." Bete Noire said, disappearing in darkness.
"What a big chicken." Donald said.
"Donald, seriously, for once, just shut up!" Amity yelled, making the duck glare at the Blight.
"This isn't last time we see him. I just feel it." Naruto said.
Unknowing to them, someone is on a roof of a building and it's a shadow figure, but then Arthur turns to the shadow figure, but his eyes become glowing yellow with black slits again, as Bill makes Arthur smirk evilly at the shadow figure, who smiles evilly back before disappearing in darkness and Arthur's eyes are back to normal.
"We gotta do somethin'." Goofy said.
"Twilight, Donald, I could use some help." Katara said.
"Right." Twilight said.
"Okay." Donald said, as they use their healing abilities on Kibou and Sora and their injuries recover.
"Huh?" Kibou asked.
"What happened?" Sora asked.
"Bete Noire beat you guys and left." Arthur said.
"Luckily, we drove him out." Naruto said.
"Ugh, what a jerk!" Kibou yelled.
"Don't worry. He might have left now, but we'll win against him next time." Robin said.
"I hope so. Guess we should meet back with Leon and Erza." Sora said.
"Agreed. I think this town should be Heartless free, so let's go." Twilight said, as they leave the building.
The group return to the First District, where they find Leon, Erza, and Kakashi.
"Welcome back. Looks like Naruto was right to check on you guys. How was the Fifth District?" Kakashi asked.
"We found who was responsible for the Heartless." Kibou said.
"But..." Sora stops talking.
"He left." Katara said.
"I see." Leon said.
"We did our best against him, but..." Amity was off.
"Don't worry. Least the Heartless're gone, for now." Naruto said.
"You've done well regardless. Thank you." Erza said.
"No problem." Kibou said.
"By the way, something's going on at the accessory shop. People are saying it's a moving toy." Leon said.
"Moving toy...?" Kibou asked.
"We should have a look." Donald said, as they go into the accessory shop.
The group enter the accessory shop to find the moving toy, but they later find something hiding behind a counter and it's a small boy with black hair, blue eyes, wearing a tan short-sleeve shirt with a black vest, red shorts, and yellow hat with a small red feather, and black shoes.
"What the...?" Twilight asked.
"Huh? You found me?" The boy asked.
"Are you the moving toy?" Robin asked.
"Well, I'm actually a puppet." The puppet boy said.
Just then, Jiminy comes out of Sora's hood to see the puppet.
"Well, well, well, as I live and breathe! It's Pinocchio!" Jiminy said, jumping down to the puppet.
"Oh, hi, Jiminy!" Pinocchio said.
"What in the world are you doin' here?" Jiminy asked.
"Uh, playin' hide-and-seek." Pinocchio said.
"I just don't believe it. Here I was, up all night, just worried sick about you. Why of all the..." Jiminy stops talking, as he sees Pinocchio's nose a little longer. "Pinocchio! Are you telling me the truth?" Jiminy asked.
"Yes." Pinocchio answered.
"Then what's this?" Jiminy asked, looking at an item next to the puppet.
"It was a present from a boy in the mask." Pinocchio said.
"What?!" Kibou and Sora asked shocked.
"Pinoke, no fibbin' now! You know you're not supposed to tell lies. A lie only grows and grows until you're caught. Plain as the nose on your face." Jiminy said.
"But if you want something, why wait? Why not just take it? That's what the masked boy told me." Pinocchio said.
"That boy in the mask is lying and you shouldn't be listening to him." Kibou said.
"He's right, Pinoke. You only need advice from your conscience." Jiminy said.
"That's right, Jiminy! You're my conscience! I'll never lie when you're around." Pinocchio said, as his nose gets small again.
"You need to be good so you can be a real boy. You promised Geppetto." Jiminy said.
"Oh, do you know where Father is?" Pinocchio asked.
"He's not with you?" Jiminy asked.
"Jiminy, let's go find Father." Pinocchio said.
"Hold on, Pinoke. There are lots of dangers and temptations out there. I'll find Geppetto while you wait here. These fine folks will help me." Jiminy said.
"We will?" Sora asked.
"Well, shall we get goin'?" Jiminy asked.
"You coulda asked us first, ya know!" Kibou said annoyed.
"You're right. I'm sorry." Jiminy said.
"But, yeah, we'll help find Pinocchio's father." Arthur said.
"Thank you! I'll be waiting here for Father to come back." Pinocchio said.
"Well, with Traverse Town safe, we oughta get goin'." Goofy said.
"Right. Let's go." Amity said, as they leave the shop.
The group make their way for the Gummi ship, but Kibou stops.
"Kibou, what's wrong?" Sora asked.
"Nothing..." Kibou said.
"Look, I'm not too happy I lost either, but I promise we'll get stronger together. We'll show that Silver Knight and Bete Noire who's boss." Sora said, putting his hand on Kibou's shoulder.
"Thanks, Sora. I needed that." Kibou said, grinning.
"C'mon, let's get moving." Sora said, as they head for the Gummi ship and leave Traverse Town.
There's Chapter 18, and it looks like we got a new member, but a new enemy. Time to be moving on again on this adventure, so hope you'll look forward to what comes next. Let me know what you think. Look forward to more action coming on the way, as the story continues. I really hope you're enjoying this story so far and continue looking forward to what's gonna happen next. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you in Chapter 19, where Kibou, Sora, and their friends continue their quest, but they end up running into a really big problem that'll swallow them whole and get trapped. See ya.