AN: Konichiwa! Oh yah, Selphie Louise, I tried to get my guy friends to hug so I could see how long it took, but they didn't want to! I begged them! So now I turn to you, Doomboy. Please, if you can, calculate how much time it takes. That would be so cool if it was 3.78 seconds! I'm still counting down till school's out. Let's see...10 more days. What?! That's too long! Ugh! I can't wait till school's out, not just so I won't have to work, but also because people will be writing in their fics more! That's always a good thing!

Disclaimer: Many people want to own Kingdom Hearts. I hear them asking "How much do you want?" or "Can I just own Riku and nothing else?" Well, reality snaps in. We don't own it!

Chapter 13: Let's kick some octopus butt!

The shark rammed into the ship, scattering broken boards and pieces. "Man, this guy won't give up!" Donald said. The shark eventually became tired from swimming around, and when it became slow and disoriented, Sora struck it with his Keyblade.

"Wow!" Ariel said. "I don't think I'm ever going to go to another ship again, at least not alone."

"Hey, where's Vern?" Goofy asked. Usually she ignored everybody and didn't say anything so she wasn't paid much attention.

"I can't find her, she's nowhere!" Sora said, swimming around. He lifted up broken debris to see if she had gotten trapped under them, but she wasn't there.

"Man, why did Vern have to get lost. Now we have one more person to find." Goofy said.

"Hey, look!" Ariel said. She pointed to a small entrance near the ship. "This is the only other place she could have gone. Let's try looking for her in there."

"Good idea. I mean, where else could she have gone, and why?" Sora said. Everyone swam into the small hole and ended up right in Ursula's lair.

"Ah, look who has stumbled into my lair, none other than the daughter of King Triton, the Keyblade master, and his two stooges!"

"Have you taken Vern?" Donald asked.

"Certainly not. I don't have time to steal girls. I am trying to take over this ocean, and bring down King Triton! I will be the Queen!" Ursula's cauldron burst into flames, and Flotsam and Jetsam began attacking. Sora cast magic on the cauldron to knock Ursula out and be able to attack her. Goofy took care of the two eels, and Donald and Ariel helped defeat Ursula.

"Well, we know Ursula didn't take Vern. She must have gone out the way we came in." Sora said.

"Maybe she went back to the palace, or to my grotto." Ariel said.

"Let's go there" Donald suggested. The four left Ursula's lair and headed for Ariel's grotto.

Ariel went in but found no one. "Nope, not here!" On their way to Triton's palace, Ariel spotted a strange opening. "I've never seen this place before!"

"You mean it's never been there until now?" Sora asked.

"Yah. That's so weird. Well, maybe Vern went in there." Ariel said. Everyone carefully swam inside. They didn't want to run into another secret lair or find Ursula again. But as things are, they stumbled upon Ursula, who had found King Triton's staff and crowned herself queen of the ocean.

"You cannot stop me now!!!!" said Ursula, rising up out of the water and getting extremely large. Sora was in a lot of trouble. Like the Stealth Sneak, many of Ursula's attacks zeroed in on him. Ursula would try to bite Sora, and would constantly face him. It was mainly up to Ariel, Donald, and Goofy to attack this time.

While Sora kept Ursula in circles, they would attack Ursula's weak spot, behind the head. They were close to defeating her, but she didn't go down without one last attack. Ursula shot out a firebeam that targeted Sora. It was too fast for Sora to outswim, and it struck Sora.

"Oh no! Sora's down!" Donald yelled. He went down and brought Sora up.

"Come one Donald, Sora needs to have the last blow with his Keyblade!" Goofy exclaimed.

"Well, he's knocked unconscious." Donald said.

"You have to do something!" Ariel said. So Donald carried Sora to Ursula, put Sora's hands on the Keyblade, and imitated an attack. Though it wasn't really Sora attacking, it still was good enough. With the last blow completed, Ursula was defeated. The staff was returned to King Triton, and the Heartless remained there no more.

"Thanks for everything, Sora." Ariel said, hugging him. "I wouldn't have been able to get rid of those creatures without you! You even stopped Ursula!"

"Oh, you're welcome."

"I have to repay you with something. It's in my grotto. Let's go!" Ariel said. They went into the grotto and Sora received the Crabclaw keychain. Another Keyblade upgrade! The key to Atlantica was in Ariel's grotto, so when Ariel left, he quickly sealed the world. They swam to the tranquil grotto where they first were, and got in the gummi ship.

"Man, it's so good to have feet again." said Sora, running around. He noticed that the ship was sparkling clean. "Hey, this place is really clean! Great job, Iqui!"

"Oh thanks. You guys were gone for a long time. I was so bored, I had to entertain myself by spilling juice to clean up. But it's all worth it once I receive my tip." Iqui held out her hand.

"Tip?!" Sora said laughing.

"Well, even maids get paid ya know!" Iqui said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, I don't have money, but I did manage to get some seashells for you." Sora scooped up the seashells he had gathered.

"Cool! Thanks!" Iqui said. "Hey wait a minute, where's Vern?"

"Well, uh, ya see, she kind of got separated from the group." Donald explained. "We were fighting a shark and all of a sudden she was gone!"

"You mean she's still down there?" Iqui said.

"Possibly." Sora said. "We looked for her but didn't see her. It's like she disappeared or something."

"Man. Well, what're you gonna do?" Iqui asked.

"Just continue on our mission. Vern is strong, she can take care of herself." Donald said.

Goofy didn't doubt her either. "Yah, Vern's smart. She'd know not to go with the wrong crowd." Sora hoped she knew not to, but he had a feeling that she didn't.

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This chappie was just a wee bit longer than my other ones. Hope you enjoyed it! Ja ne!