After leaving Wonderland, Sora, Donald, and Goofy returned to Traverse Town in order to drop off the dalmatian puppies with their parents and also Baileywick with Leon and the others.
After a fair amount of flying through the space area in the Gummi Ship, the trio eventually arrived at the outskirts of a new world.
"Hey, Donald. Maybe King Mickey is in this world," Goofy said.
"In a backwater place like that? No way!" Donald shot that idea down.
"But my family or Riku might be down there," Sora said very upset. Something in her heart just knew someone was down there. She felt the same way at Wonderland. "C'mon, Donald, let's just check it out please!"
Just because the king wouldn't be here didn't mean that they could just ignore this world. Besides, weren't Donald and Goofy helping her look for her family and riku, the same way she was helping them look for the king? She asked the voices in her heart.
What the? That duck better let us go check that world or else.
I'm sure he will change his mind. He's just worried for the king.
He can be worried, but we have people we need to find. Our friends and family too.
"No way, we're on an important mission!" Donald accelerated the gummi ship.
Sora and Donald proceeded to argue with each other, both sides unwilling to stand down. Eventually, Sora just grabbed at the controls and tried to steer the ship towards the jungle world.
"Wak? No, don't press that!" The Gummi Ship started to nosedive down to the strange world. As the ship descended, Donald frantically pressed the buttons in a last ditch effort to steer the ship back on course. Instead of correcting the ship's course, the cockpit opened up and all three of them fell out to the world below. Jiminy, who was holding onto the control stick, wished the trio luck.
As sora was falling ventus and vanitas were having a big argument about what happened.
I knew the duck couldn't be trusted. I bet he was never going to help Sky. They were just using her because she has a Keyblade. I bet if someone else had it they would leave sky no questions asked. I bet you don't care if they did. This is all your fault. Vanitas yelled in anger.
My fault? How is this my fault?
You're the one who said they were trustworthy.
They were, and it's been ten years and yeah what Donald did and said was awful, but it's not my fault. And if they did betray Sora you know I would be right up there with you to give whoever did so a beat down. She is my sister too.
Umm, guys?
What?
Sora is falling, going to hit the ground, and crying her eyes out so I don't think she needs this right now.
Before Ven and Vani could say anything, Sora crashed through the roof of a building. Sora sat on the floor unhurt, her amulet glowing and still crying. Unlike what most people would likely suspect, the crying was not due to the fall. It was because two people that she considered friends were just using her.
Um, are you okay, Sora?
"I just got betrayed by some people that I considered to be my friends. What do you think?" Sora cried out.
Hey, It's going to be ok, Sora. You still have us.
If we run into them again, should I hurt them?
Sora giggled at this, her mood lightening up overall. "Thanks, but I don't think that will be necessary."
Before they could say any more Sora heard something. Then a cheetah leaped at her. She used the Keyblade to block the attack and was knocked back.
Sora look out!
Sora wasn't able to talk to it but for some reason her amulet was not working so she fought to defend herself instead. After she thought she defeated it, it jumped back up then a man in a loin cloth with a spear ran in and saved her. Just his presence made the cheetah run. Sora tried to communicate with the man but the language barrier was heard. He seemed to only know how to say words and mimic what Sora said. He seemed to not know how to form full sentences very well. After a few minutes Tarzan left and Sora followed him out of the tree house and down some vines. As they were sliding down the vines Sora got hit by a few tree branches but she was unhurt and her amulet was glowing.
I guess it is a good thing that you saved Kairi from being hit by a falling piece of wood a few months ago, huh?
It wasn't a big deal. You would have done it for anyone.
Yeah, I guess so. Sora thought.
When they got off the vines, they landed in someone's camp. Tarzan took her into the biggest tent that was there. "Jane," Tarzan greeted the woman that was there.
"Tarzan, good to see you again," Jane greeted her friend.
"Hello there, Miss Jane. My name is-," Sora tried to say only to be interrupted.
"Oh, you speak English." she said surprised, "so then obviously you're not related to Tarzan."
"No, my name is Sora. It's very nice to meet you."
Before anyone could say a word more a voice came from another tent nearby.
"Jane! I need a little help getting this dress on." said the voice.
"Coming!" yelled Jane. "I'll be right back you two."
That voice. I know that voice.
A few minutes later, Jane comes back with, to Sora's shock and happiness, her sister.
"Amber!" Sora yelled and jumped into her arms, tears in her eyes. "You're okay."
"Wait, Sora?!" Amber realized that her younger sister was right in front of her. She returned the embrace, with tears in her eyes as well. "I can't believe it. You're really here. Are you injured? How long have you been here? Do you know where any of the others are?"
"Relax, I'm fine. I've only been here for less than an hour. I haven't seen very many of the others, though. So far, it has only been Baileywick. He's back in Traverse Town," Sora answered her concerned sister's questions.
The two were so happy to see each other that they didn't notice Clayton, Donald, and Goofy enter the tent.
When Sora noticed Donald and Goofy, she went into a panic attack and entered her heart.
Sora.
Sky, what are you doing here?
Sora are you ok? Kairi asked as she hugged her crying friend who was sitting on the sand.
"There is no way that I can deal with Donald and Goofy right now. If we had things Donald's way, we would never have found and saved my sister," Sora weeped.
But, what are you going to do?
"I don't know, but I am not going back out there right now."
Okay, so one of us needs to take over until Sora feels better. Now, the question is, who should that be?
Can it be me? I really want to hurt Donald right now.
No.
No.
Fine, but next time we need to do this, I'm the one who gets to take over.
I'll do it. I've done it before.
No offense, Ventus, but you weren't exactly the best at mimicking Sora.
Come on, I wasn't that bad.
You didn't know how to curtsy or other things she learned at royal prep.
Yeah, you were some princess Venny. Vanitas joked, trying to help cheer up Sora.
Okay, fine. So I'm not perfect at mimicking Sora. What do you think we should do?
I'll be the one in control when it comes to talking to others while you are in control when it comes to combat. That sound good?
Actually, yes. That does sound good.
Kairi opens Sora's eyes. She was laying on the ground with everyone but Clayton looking over her.
"Sora are you ok?" asked Amber with a lot of worry in her voice.
"Sora!" Said donald and goofy
"I'm ok! Sorry to worry all of you," said Kairi as she got up. This was a very strange situation for her.
"You sure you're alright?" Amber asked, feeling that something was off.
"I'm fine. Just, where were we prior to me fainting?" Kairi tried to play it cool.
"Well, we were about to say that we found a Gummi Block after we arrived here and we think that it may mean the king was here," Goofy said slowly, feeling bad that Donald and Sora had a fight.
"Yeah, so we are going to stay here. For now!" Donald yelled.
"Well, I'll also stay here. For now!" Kairi decided.
So if the king is here we can stay, but not if people we care about are here.
Sora began to cry again at this news, with Ventus doing his best to try and cheer her up.
"Well, anyway, Tarzan said that my friends and family were at some place plus a word I couldn't understand," Kairi said.
Jane said, "Oh, Tarzan can't completely speak English. He has gotten better. Maybe the slides we have been using to teach him to speak can help us. If only I can remember where they are."
"Don't worry, Jane. We'll get the slides for you," Goofy offered.
And so the group of Sora(Kairi), Donald, Goofy, and Tarzan went out to search for the slides. It took some time for them to find them, but eventually they found all of the slides at the campsite and went back to the tent. They got the slides back Jane and they went through them. When they got to a castle Kairi was sure it felt familiar. Then it got to the gorilla and Tarzan still didn't react in any notable way. After looking through all the slides, Clayton informed them that they have looked through the entire forest and still haven't seen the people that they are referring to, which Jane and Amber agreed to this with a nod. The only remaining place to look is with the gorillas, but Tarzan won't take them to them. So they had to get Tarzan's help with finding the gorilla's home. The four of them left camp and went up into the trees where Tarzan found and talked to a gorilla that seemed to be their leader. However, the amulet didn't translate the conversation, leading Kairi, Donald, and Goofy to be confused as to what Tarzan was saying. However, the conversation was interrupted when the leader, Kerchak heard a noise from the treehouse. The group followed the gorilla there only to see Clayton was ready to shoot a young gorilla. Fortunately, Donald yelled and stopped Clayton from shooting the gorilla. However, Tarzan's relationship with Kerchak was weakened as a result. Clayton tried to defend his actions, but no one believed his excuses. While they were gone, the group had found twelve more of the dalmatian puppies and returned them to the ship.
When the group returned to the camp, they told Amber and Jane what had transpired, and needless to say they were not happy with Clayton at all. They forbade him from coming close to the gorillas again, which is a sentiment that the entire group shared.
Before anyone could do anything else, they heard a noise from outside. When they got outside, they saw a swarm of monkey-like Heartless. It took some doing, but Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tarzan were able to defeat the Heartless.
"Heartless? Here?" Ventus said, surprised that the seemingly peaceful world was now having a Heartless problem.
"Hey, Sora. It looked to be that you were battling a little bit differently than usual. Are you okay?" Goofy asked in concern for the young Keyblade wielder.
"Um, no. I'm fine Goofy. Just trying out a different battling technique," Ventus responded as the last of the Heartless was defeated, with Kairi returning to being in control immediately after.
"Sora, Donald, Goofy, Tarzan, are you all okay?" Jane came out of the tent, with Amber leaning against her. "What just happened?"
"Heartless. They attacked us and may be endangering the gorillas or even Clayton," Kairi said.
"Well, we better look around the jungle just to be sure," Amber said as she tried to walk towards the group, only to stumble and fall down.
"Are you okay?" Kairi asked in concern for Amber.
"I'm fine. Just a sprained ankle," Amber responded.
"You should just stay here, Amber," Kairi ordered in concern. "We'll look for the gorillas and Clayton."
And so the group of four left to fight the Heartless and save the gorillas. They went everywhere throughout the jungle to fight off the Heartless, but when it seemed as if they finished off the Heartless, they heard a gunshot go off not far from the campsite. When they arrived at where the gunshot was at, they saw a cheetah, Sabor. The group worked together to fight off the cheetah. It was a tough battle, but eventually the cheetah fell. After the battle, the group returned to the campsite only to see that Jane and Amber were absent. They looked through the jungle while fighting more Heartless when they finally found the duo with a gorilla trapped behind a wall of vines. Ventus realized that they were trapped due to a dark fruit creating the vine wall. After Ventus destroyed the wall, they got the truth from Amber and Jane. As it turned out, they were trapped here by Clayton, who was commanding the Heartless. Not only that, but he had captured the rest of the gorillas except for the one with them, who apparently was named Terk. It was clear what was needed to be done.
Amber, Terk, and Jane returned to the campsite while Sora(Kairi and Ventus), Donald, Goofy, and Tarzan went to confront Clayton near the home of the gorillas. They got there just in time to stop Clayton from shooting Tarzan's adoptive mother. He quickly started to fight the group, shooting bullets all across the battlefield hoping at least one would hit the heroes. Eventually, however, when it looked like they had Clayton on the ropes, the rock wall behind Clayton broke apart and when Tarzan rushed Clayton, he was hit back by something invisible, which Clayton started riding on. The heroes started to fight Clayton once more, with the invisible Heartless giving the heroes a lot of trouble. Eventually, Clayton was ready to shoot the heroes only for Clayton to meet his end by the invisible Heartless, a giant chameleon, falling on him. After the Heartless disappeared, Kerchak threw Sora, Donald, and Goofy up onto the cliff that was hidden by the destroyed rock wall.
After exploring the new area, they eventually reached a room with a tree covered in blue butterflies, only for Tarzan to reveal that this place is his home, meaning that no one else was here in this world. Jane and Amber, with the help of the gorillas, also arrived in this room. Jane came to the realization that Tarzan's mystery word was "heart." After Tarzan revealed that Clayton fell to darkness by not accepting those around him as friends, Donald tried to apologize to Sora, only for Kairi to stay silent on Sora's behalf though not without some conflict on Kairi's part. The Keyhole turned out to be in the tree, which Kairi proceeded to lock up to her surprise.
When they got back to the ship with Amber and the puppies, Amber wanted to talk to Sora because she has been acting strange ever since fainted.
"Sora are you ok?" Amber asked in worry.
"Yes of course i'm fine just a little tired that's all. I'm just going to take a nap. It has been a long day."
"Ok," they all said.
After laying down in the bed, Kairi went into Sora's heart. She found Ven and Vani trying to cheer up Sora and try and convince her to take back control of her body.
Sora, I know you're still hurting from what they did. I'm not not going to say you should just forgive them and forget and move on. You should be the one to make that decision when or if you want to do so. But Amber is very worried and I just know when we run into Riku, your family or anyone else from our world they will know something is off and be worried too. You're the only you there is and me and Ven would just be cheap imitations and they would be able to tell.
She's right Sora.
Yeah Sky, take your time but we can't do this all the time.
"You're right. I'll take back control."
Ok good.
"But I'm not going to forgive them just yet. I need time."
That's just fine with us, take all the time you need. Vani and Kairi nodded in agreement.
Sora woke up and went to the cockpit to talk to and reassure Amber that she was okay. When she got up there she gave Donald and goofy a reluctant smile and went to talk to Amber.
