Chapter 20: Deep Jungle The Following world is based on Tarzan (1999)

The Gummi Ship landed on a jungle clearing and everyone got out slowly. First, Sora followed by Arthur then Dinahi. Donald and Goofy came out and they scanned the area comically.

"This place feels like it's abandoned. Not a person in sight." said Goofy.

"Yeah. Only animal noises." said Donald.

"This world belongs to Tarzan, a friend of ours." said Dinahi.

"Who?" asked Sora.

"Trust me. Tarzan is a friend. I came to this world once." said Dinahi.

"Merlin does give you guys permission to travel freely." said Donald suspiciously.

"If Merlin allows it. Arthur and I came here to find Alice too, but we got nothing. But now that we're here, we might as well try to find the Keyhole to this world." said Arthur.

"And we might find our friends and family here." said Sora to Donald, hoping to get the duck to coaperate. Donald shook his head and whispered.

"You almost didn't do a thing in the last world kid. I'm starting to doubt your even fit for the Keyblade." said Donald.

"What do you mean?! I fought a lot!" cried Sora.

"You lost." said Donald pointing his finger at Sora.

"Don't you dare." said Sora angrily. This was the first time Sora and Donald were actually exchanging looks and talk backs.

Dinahi then made a loud noise, sounding as if he were some monkey. Arthur did the same, although it sounded more like a wolf call. Goofy chuckled.

"Did this Tarzan feller taught you guys that?" asked Goofy.

"Tarzan taught me how to call him." said Dinahi.

"And I have a friend in another world who taught me how to make a wolf call. He was raised by wolves and considers them his family. In fact, he's even friends with a big friendly bear." said Arthur.

Just then, a wild looking man with a loin cloth appeared out of nowhere and made grunting noises. Dinahi did the same and communicated with him.

Sora, Donald and Goofy jumped back, but Arthur smiled as he went over to hug the strange wild man.

"Good to see you too Tarzan." said Arhtur as Tarzan ruffled Arthur's hair.

"You brought guests Dinahi! Very nice! Welcome back to the Jungle." said Tarzan.

"My friend, I'm glad to be back, but I'm afraid we are in trouble." said Dinahi.

"What trouble? Is it the ones with no hearts?" asked Tarzan.

"Yes. We learned that our friend, Alice, was taken from them." said Dinahi.

Tarzan scratched his head and sadly nodded.

"They took Jane." he said.

"Jane! They also took her?! " cried Dinahi.

"Shortly after you left, some things happened. Clayton betrayed us all and tried to take our family." said Tarzan.

"I 'm not surprised. I never liked that creep." said Dinahi.

"Clayton died. It's a long story. After that, we all made a home here in the jungle and I married Jane." said Tarzan.

Dinahi put his hand on Tarzan's shoulder. "I"m sorry. We'll find a way to bring back your wife." said Dinahi.

"I know where Jane is. But to get there, it might take some time." said Tarzan.

"Where did they take her?" asked Dinahi.

"They took her to an active volcano in the far side of the Jungle. I'm on my way there." said Tarzan.

"We'll go with you. Arthur and I made some friends. They are strong warriors. We will rescue Jane." said Dinahi.

"You mean the ones with the bright clothes? And... is it my imagination, or is that a dog and a duck wearing clothes and standing up like a man?" asked Tarzan.

"Belive me friend, the outside world is crazy." said Dinahi.

"Did you get all that?" whispered Goofy to Donald.

"How should I know?" asked Donald.

"Dinahi and Tarzan both came from similar backgrounds. They are both skilled in combat and wildlife. Although Dinahi came from a village, Tarzan came from a family of Gorrilaz." said Arthur.

"He's willing to let us go with him." said Dinahi.


In the volcano, Jane was locked in a Gorrila cage and the Heartless were dancing around it. And in front of the cage was old man Xehanort, laughing with delight as he saw Jane's fearful look.

"Now don't cry my dear lady. Soon your savage wild man will rescue you, and along with him, warriors that I have been trying to obliterate for some time now." said Xehanort.

"You will never get what you want! Tarzan will destroy you!" cried Jane, trying to keep her posture.

"My dear lady, your wild man may have a spear, but I have the power to block his attack." said Xehanort.

"You are a crazed demonic monster, making pacts with these devils." cried Jane angrily.

"Devils? These things? Nothing but bugs to me." said Xehanort.

"And bugs is exactly what we are going to destroy!" cried Sora who was standing with the others on a cliff overlooking where Xehanort stood.

Jane beamed with delight, but quickly screamed. "Tarzan! Run! This man is possesed by something!" cried Jane.

"Xehanort?! Your behind this?! Great, now we can settle this!" cried Sora.

"Sora was it? Good! But I believe death is coming to you, not to me!" said Xehanort as he then summoned hordes of Heartless from the ground.

"Careful! This Volcano is active!" cried Jane.

Tarzan then spoke in the best English he could. "I'll save you!" he cried. He then grabbed a vine and swinged inside the volcano and attacked the Heartless with his spear.

Dinahi then attacked with his small daggers while Donald and Goofy used their shields and wands to attack. Sora tried to use his Keyblade and managed to destroy some Heartless. He then ran towards Xehanort.

"You! You took away everything!" he cried. He swinged his Keyblade, but it went through the old man like a ghost.

"It seems you are not ready to fight me. In time you will be stronger." said Xehanort as he then pushed Sora away with his power. Just then, the Volcano inside began to rumble, and rocks fell into the lava.

"It appears it's time for me to leave. How sad. And I was looking forward to seeing you more in action." said Xehanort to Sora.

"You took my brother and family from me! Are you trying to reopen old wounds!?" cried Sora.

"Old wounds? What do you mean?" asked Xehanort stroking his chin.

"You tried to kill my brother. You must know how that feels too. You can imagine just how angry I am at you. You are like the Bear that killed your brother!" cried Sora.

Xehanort opened his eyes in rage and screamed. "You know nothing boy! Nothing!" And with that, Xehanort pierced his Keybalde on the ground, breaking what little ground there was to even stand on.

Xehanort then vanished into a portal and everyone managed to get out of the boiling volcano as it began to explode and erupt. Once that happened, the Jungle itself was now in danger.

"Great! With that Volcano, the Jungle will burn!" cried Jane.

"Not if I can help it! Blizzard!" cried Donald as he summoned his blizzard spell. Nothing. Only a small amount of ice just came out of his want and hit the lava, but it melted.

"I got it!" cried Arthur as he threw a small gem from his poket and threw it into the ground. The gem then exploded and out came a being of ice. A woman with long blue hair.

"Shiva, please put this all out!" cried Arthur.

The blue being, Shiva, nodded and she then threw large chunks of ice against the lava. With that, the Lava seemed to have been pushed back in the volcano, and the Jungle was safe for the time being.

Shiva patted Arthur on the head and vanished back into the gem. "You really saved us. Thanks." said Arthur.

"What on Earth was that?!" cried Sora.

"A Summon Gem. These are found in different worlds. and allies from far and beyond help out." said Arthur.

Tarzan walked over to Sora and sniffed him. "What's going on?" asked Sora.

Tarzan then spoke in his best English. "You... saved us all. Thank you. But... your heart... it feels broken." said Tarzan.

"It does?" asked Sora. What Tarzan mentioned was pretty much true. Xehanort seemed to have opened an old wound Sora was carrying around. Tarzan then turned to Jane and quickly ran up to her.

"Key boy needs heart." said Tarzan.

Jane nodded. "You are going to take him to the heart of the Jungle? Are you sure?" asked Jane.

Tarzan nodded and Jane smiled. "I understand. Take him." she said .


Tarzan and Sora went alone into the Jungle, and Sora found himself in a large cave with water falls everywhere. Tarzan then spoke again. "This place is the Heart of the Jungle. My father, Kerchak, kept bad people away. You are good. Good people. You are nice. You have the power." said Tarzan.

"Your English is really good." said Sora, impressed with Tarzan's effort. Eventually, Tarzan took him to a tree and on said tree there were butterflies of many colors flying everywhere. They then flew away from a specific part of the tree and a keyhole was present. Sora grabbed his keyblade and locked the world from the darkness.

"Friends you find... they are in your heart." said Tarzan pointing at Sora's chest. Sora smiled and nodded. "Your right. They are in my heart. I will free them, one way or another." said Sora.


Hollow BastionIn an empty room inside the castle of Radient Garden, now known by Hollow Bastion, was the wicked Maleficent and her small group of cohorts sitting on comfortable chairs, looking at a hologram of Sora walking alongside with Tarzan, meeting up with their friends. These people in question were all villains from their respective worlds, and each of them had their own plots, and schemes. Why they were working together was a mystery, even to Riku, who was standing aside looking at the group. He was not sure what to do, or what to think. Ever since he arrived in that world, Maleficent spoiled him like a prince with his own room and his own army. Not to mention he was trained properly on wielding a sword, alongside another youth that was ambitious and deadly.

"What drove the Heartless to that world?" asked Jafar, a Royal Vizier from another world.

"Xehanort lured them there. He was there to meddle in our affairs again, and we spoke about this with him previously." said Maleficent.

"No matter. He will get chomped by his own heartless instead. Mark my words." said Oogie Boogie, a large bag of bugs.

"Why don't we turn him and the boy into a Heartless? Hahaha! That will settle things quick enough." said Ursual, a giant sea witch with tentacles.

"And the brats friends are the king's lackeys. Swoggle me eyes! They are bilge rats by the looks of them!" sneered Captain Hook, Captain of the Jolly Roger from Neverland.

"Your no prize yourself fool." cackled Oogie Boogie.

"Shut up you!" cried Hook.

Maleficent stood up. "Enough! The Keyblade has chosen him. And we will find a way to break him." said Maleficent.

"But he's becoming a huge problem my dear mistress. He found one of the keyholes. No. Three of them already! If we don't act now, our control of the worlds will slip through our fingers." said Jafar.

Next to Jafar was an old man wearing long black and purple clothes and a hat that looked as if he worked in some judicial branch in his homeworld.

"If you wish it Mistress, why don't we all summon our harbingers of death and obliterate all life in our respective worlds and do away with sin." said Frollo.

Dr. Facilier, a voodoo priest from his home world rolled his eyes. "There you go again Frollo. Must I remind you that we are all Sinners! And eventually everyone burns in hell one day. One way or another."

"Then I can have one of my Heartless take your heart and bring it to me on a silver plate?" asked Frollo.

"If Hades were here, he would crack up a joke about you two right about now." said Cruella De Vil, a fashionista who was next to a sinister looking lion with a black mane.

"You humans think you all are perfect. No one in this world is. Not men nor animals such as myself." said Scar.

"ONLY Machines are trustworthy. One day, the human race and animals will be wiped away and our robots will take everything over!" declared Syndrome, a mad scientist looking fellow with a wierd hairdo.

Maleficent calmed everyone down with her scepter and looked across the room. Only one figure didn't speak a word, and Maleficent was intrigued.

"Have you anything to say about this matter? Emperor... Palpatine was it?" asked Maleficent.

Palpatine rose up from his seat. He was about the same age as Xehanort, however he looked old and weary. But he was very powerful and dangerous. He was a Sith Lord, a terryfing being from a far away galaxy. Palpatine arrived in this dimension not too long ago, in hopes of learning more about the darkness and the Heartless. He wanted it all to himself. But in the process, he found he had joined forces with beings that shared his philosophies and destructive nature. He secretly enjoyed their company, although only for a little while.

"The only thing I can tell everyone in this room is that we are one step closer to achieving the ultimate goal. Once Mistress Maleficent finds all of the Princesses of Heart, and opens the door to Kingdom Hearts, then the world would envelop in darkness and you will all reing supreme in your respective homeworlds. I too wish to have it's power and destroy the little light there is in my galaxy." said Palpatine.

"Yes, you come from a universe that is different from ours. And with you by our side, we are most fortunate." said Maleficent, admiring the old man's posture. Everyone in the room agreed and Maleficent smiled.

"Jafar, capture Princess Jasmine and bring her here! Everyone else, if you have any princess in your world that may have light, bring them to me. I will see how powerful their light is." said Maleficent.

Riku heard it all and felt conflicted. These people had Kairi's body. Her souless body. If he didn't do what they wanted, they would do something terrible. He just knew it. Riku had to think fast. But he felt powerless and these people were not ordinary folk. They were powerful creatures. Wizards, Witches, souless Kings and Emperors from their worlds. Riku didn't what to say. And ... Sora. He saw him the other day... in the tower when he and Vanitas attacked. Along with the other boy. Riku felt trapped and unsure on what to do.