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Chapter 23 - Bringing the peace back into the Pride Lands and Outlands
(Cave of Sanity - Hollow Den)
Taiyo had turned himself back into the lion form so he and others including Nala, Sarabi, Rafiki, Timon, Pumbaa, Mjeshi, Kujali, Jasiri, and Madoa were gathered together in the Hollow Den for Naanda's accession. Even Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed joined them as well that Kamari assured them that the hyena trio managed to help him and Azizi to take care of the Wario Brothers.
"I guess these three hyenas were a bit helpful." Rafiki said.
"We were getting so nervous to see them." Pumbaa replied.
"Oh, don't worry. We sure did a good job." Banzai convinced.
"Besides. We just followed the Circle of Life, like Busara always said to us." Shenzi continued.
Mjeshi lightly scoffed. "You three will better learn the lesson."
"Yeah, what Uncle Max said. We will not get eaten." Timon added.
Ed laughed with a friendly grunt and stopped by Kamari.
"Ed said, 'No problem.'" Kamari translated.
"Wow, I would wish somebody spoke his language." Azizi admitted.
Ndogo walked out from the other cave path, Naanda followed him. She wore the bone claw necklace. Naanda stepped in front of Busara who was standing on the flat stone.
"Busara. I thought I lost you a long ago. But I'm glad I missed you." Naanda replied.
"I never abandoned you and forgetting you." Busara said.
"I will stay with you, forever. The Outlands needs another ruler beside you." Naanda stated.
"From now on, our love is reunited as one. We can watch over it together." Busara spoked before he gave a gestured look to Ndogo.
Ndogo turned towards Taiyo and friends.
"My beloved friends from Pride Lands and far over from the worlds. I shall present to you, Lady Naanda of the Outlands." Ndogo announced.
Everyone cheered at Busara and Naanda.
"Oh yeah!" Sora cheered.
"Well done. The Outlands were watched over by the two rulers." Taiyo called out to them.
Naanda walked up to Busara and nuzzled him lovingly.
Goofy chuckled in admiration and Donald clapped his wings.
"Congratulations!" Luigi said.
Kamari and Shenzi shared their happily smile at each other.
"Wanna stay with me?" Shenzi asked.
"Um, maybe. I will think about the future." Kamari answered.
"Okay. Come to a visit to the Elephant Graveyard." Shenzi reminded.
Busara and Naanda were roaring that they were reigning together.
"What about those two pups?" Azizi asked. "Can't we let them stay here?"
"As a matter of fact, I found the group of hyenas reside in the gorge with the watering hole." Ndogo replied.
"More hyenas?" Mjeshi asked, looking horrified and putting his hands on his mouth, nipping the fingers with his teeth.
"Not to worry. They were different hyenas than Shenzi's Clan, respected the Circle of Life." Ndogo reassured.
Busara and Naanda walked down to Taiyo and others.
"My friends. We will be thankful and saved at last. Both of the lands are now safe as the Pride Lands will be restored to its former glory and bloomed." Busara replied.
"And Mufasa was really happy to see." Sarabi said.
"Thank you, Sarabi." Busara replied.
"They are couldn't do without me. The Skullcrawlers were gone into ashes." Naanda stated.
Busara turned to Votus. "Votus. Come forward."
Votus stepped forward to the Lord of the Outlands.
"I am pleased you wield the Keyblade. With that, I couldn't be more proud of you." Busara said.
"Good for you." Donald smiled.
"Heh. I guess I was one of the Keyblade wielders. My mind is to begin to remember who I was and where I am from." Votus said, looking down.
"You did your best to beat Zant and you are amazing." Simba replied.
"Thanks." Votus said, felt better.
"In that case, Votus was quite useful for his skills. He can make us a good team." Mario replied.
"Indeed. His power has grown slowly which takes time at the moment when he is trained with us." Geno explained.
"I agree." Utopia nodded.
Ndogo was holding the adamantium canister. "At least, the adamantium would be safeguarded."
Suddenly, a canister was floating in the mid-air as a pure red aura radiated in Taiyo's body, and red markings began to show, glowing all over Taiyo's body. An orb of light appears on the tip of the Keyblade. Then, a crown of light appears below Taiyo's feet. Light from the crown gusts upward, and the environment around the group changes. Taiyo, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Geno, Utopia, Votus, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Simba, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Sarabi, Rafiki, Mjeshi, Kujali, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Kamari, Azizi, Jasiri, Madoa, and Ndojo were all transported into a corridor of light. A Keyhole appeared in the sky. Taiyo tosses his Keyblade up and catches it with his tail. He whirled his Keyblade and points it up at the Keyhole. Taiyo's Keyblade shoots a beam of light toward the Keyhole. The Keyhole shines brightly with light and realized the group back to Cave of Sanity.
"Hey, what's with the light show?" Timon asked.
"That's pretty strange." Kujali murmured.
"I opened the path to many worlds. They need our help." Taiyo replied.
"We have to say good-bye for a little while." Sora said.
Mario looked over at Simba with a smile on his face.
"But at least this world has it's Lion King to look after it. Be sure of both lands remains divided." Mario replied.
"Ahh, yes. The king has returned. The Pride Lands will never forget Simba's courage. Or the courage of those who fought beside him." Rafiki murmured.
"Do you think your quest will ever be over?" Simba asked.
"I don't know... But I think, as long as the Keyblade stays with me and Taiyo...We'll have to keep fighting." Sora assured.
"Ahh... The struggle never ends. That is the great Circle of Life." Rafiki replied.
"Never ever?" Sora asked.
"The secret to victory... is a strong heart." Rafiki responded, pointing up to the sky.
Taiyo and Sora look at each other and nodded.
"Go on, go on, go, go then!" Rafiki said, laughs a bit, then continues to speak while holding up his staff. "Go on, get out! Yes, yes! It is time! Your fight continues..."
"Until we meet again, Simba." Taiyo spoked.
"I hope that's soon." Simba said.
"We are looking forward to seeing you again." Busara murmured.
"Come and visit us next time." Naanda encouraged.
"It will be. So long." Sora said as he turned at Taiyo. "Let's go!"
"Right!" Taiyo said as Sora, Donald, and Goofy teleported into their Gummi Ship and turned to Shenzi.
"Shenzi."
"Yes?" Shenzi asked.
"Stay out of trouble." Taiyo stated.
Mario used the remote to transport him and others back to the Stardash Ship.
"He knows what you are doing." Kamari noted.
Shenzi giggled before he pounced onto him and tickling on him.
"Stop that! That's ticklish!" Kamari replied.
Everyone was laughing at the two hyenas, Pumbaa shook his head.
"Oh really?" Shenzi asked before she is licking onto his face.
"This is going to be totally disgusting." Banzai commented.
"Yeah." Azizi replied. "I think we move away from their personal space."
"Yep, you are right." Pumbaa admitted.
Simba chuckled before he looked up at the hole to see the night sky with stars.
"I may help with the great kings of the past to guide me and wants me to look forward to another adventure." Simba said.
(Elsewhere)
In the surrounding of the wastelands filled with canyons as Tengu held the object known as the Xianshi Staff. Its design based on the khakkhara which topped by one or more metal loops, with four smaller metal rings bound by each loop, and top of it was the retracting compartment mechanism golden lotus with the symbol of the Taoism.
Tengu was waiting for Zant until he appeared from the Corridor of Darkness and bowed to him.
"I am humbled in your presence, Tengu." Zant bowed to him.
"Has your mission failed to require the Star Spirits?" Tengu asked.
"Yes, master. But Dark Predator has got one of them while Taiyo and his allies have four Star Spirits. In his quest, he will need two more. I can assure you that I plan to steal the Star Spirits and brought all seven together to grant a wish." Zant explained.
"And then they revealed the location of the Key of Destiny, according to Ganon's ultimate goal. I want you to have this." Tengu said, handing the Xianshi Staff to Zant.
"Is that...?" Zant asked.
"Take it. Give it to the one who was locked away in the Chor Gom Prison, Xiong Dongwu. Tell him to make sure that no one never gets the hands on the Void Orb and protect it. Understood?" Tengu asked.
"I understand, Lord Tengu. I must be on the way." Zant said, walking away into the Corridor of Darkness before it vanished into thin air.
Tengu chuckled as he turned around and opened his left hand widely, using the magic to project the image of Hiroshi, Raccoonus, Mortu, Kenji, Atsuko, Keno, Sasuke, Hana, Snow Fang, and Dr. Fuji.
"I just told Dr. Fawful to take care of them for me along with the two members of Organization XIII. Hiroshi and his ninja teams were not knowing what I was going to do with them." Tengu said.
(Elsewhere)
In a dark city lit with neon lights, Pluto wandered through an alleyway and sees Axel walk around the corner in front of him. Pluto runs up to Axel just as he disappears into a dark portal. Pluto hears a whistle behind him and turns around to see another portal open up before him. Pluto barked as he runs into the portal.
(Destiny Islands)
Kairi stood on the beach of the Destiny Islands, looking out toward the small island where she and her friends, Sora, Taiyo, Tsuki, and Riku used to hang out. Kairi is taller, her hair is longer and has become a darker shade of auburn, her bangs part to the opposite side, and her body has developed into that of a young woman. She wore her main outfit which mainly contains a pink strapless mini-dress made up of three zippers (two appear to be just decorative) as well as a white halter top underneath her mini-dress with a black hood. She also sports three bracelets on her left wrist, a black belt reminiscent of suspenders with a notebook-shaped bag attachment, and lilac sneakers with black laces.
"Maybe... waiting isn't good enough." Kairi murmured.
"My thoughts exactly! If you have a dream, don't wait. Act. One of life's little rules. Got it memorized?" A male voice is heard.
Kairi turns to her left and sees Axel appear out of a dark portal near the water.
"Who are you?" Kairi asked.
"Axel. I happen to be an acquaintance of Sora and Taiyo. Why don't we go see them?" Axel raised out his hand to Kairi while she stands there thinking of what to do.
"Sora? Taiyo?" Kairi asked.
Suddenly, Kairi hears a dog barking behind her. The barking noise belonged to Pluto who was bounding over and barked, spinning in circles and wagging his tail.
Then, Dusks appear, and Pluto snarled. Kairi and Pluto both hear a whistle, and a dark portal appeared behind them. Pluto runs towards it, stops, and turns around to bark at Kairi, telling her to follow him.
"We've got something in common, Kairi. You and I both miss someone we care about. Hey, I feel like we're friends already. My partner, Yixato was going to recruit his new team." Axel murmured.
"Yixato?" Kairi asked.
"How about joining me so I can tell you everything?" Axel suggested, making Kairi ran away from them.
The Dusks began to close in on Kairi.
"You're not acting very friendly!" Kairi said as she ran into the portal.
(Betwixt and Between)
Kairi and Pluto arrive in a strange abyss with Nobody symbols in every direction moving along the walls and floor.
"Hey, what is this place?" Kairi asked.
Kairi and Pluto both hear another whistle, and they see a bright light at the end of the abyss. Pluto runs inside it. Kairi was about to head inside but looks back seeing a hooded figure. The portal of light closes before she can find out more about the figure.
(Twilight Town - Usual Spot)
Kairi wakes up, laying on the floor of the Usual Spot in Twilight Town.
"You okay?" A male voice asked.
Kairi groaned and raised her feet. In front of her stood Hayner, Pence, and Olette.
"What...?" Kairi confused.
"You and that dog came flying out of a hole in the wall. You nearly gave us heart attacks!" Pence declared.
"What is going on, kids?" A male voice wondered.
They are all faced at the strange, middle-aged Chinese man with a black long shoulder length hair with grey highlights on the side of them. and small goatee over his mouth and around his chin. In his usual outfit, he wore his grey robe with dark yellow long-sleeve, underneath his white tang shirt, black pants, and console sole black kung fu shoes.
"Jiang Ziya. We saw this girl who popped out from nowhere." Olette said.
Jiang Ziya moved forward to Kairi with an intrigued look.
"Would you tell your name and start to explain it to us before we know each other?" Jiang Ziya questioned.
Author Notes: Taiyo and others haven't retrieved the Mamar, the fifth Star Spirit and it is taken by the Dark Predator but there is no more threats to the Pride Lands and the Outlands. Hearing the great news, Naanda would be the Lady of the Outlands and married Busara since they fond each other. Shenzi, Banzai and Ed were agree to respect the Circle of Life as long as they need to be behave. The heroes were departing from the world of safari animals. Tengu has recovered another Destiny Orb which covered inside the Xianshi Staff, giving it to Zant and told him to head to alternate universe of China. Don't forget to review after reading this!
In just matter of time, I am also writing the Kung Fu Panda - The Dark Reality which based after around the events of Kung Fu Panda 2. Just give me more time before I published it.
