~~Sora53: I know this chapter is a bit later than what I usually do. And
yes, I know It's also shorter than
I usually do. Sometimes I just get lazy with everything. Schoolwork,
writing, moving...
Fans: Sometimes? Yeah, right!
Sora53: Be quiet! *points to Riku fangirls* Look, there's a bit of Riku in the end of this chapter!
Riku Fangirls: Riku? Where? AH! *tackles chapter*
Sora53: O_o~~
Disclaimer: MUST I TELL YOU AGAIN?!? KINGDOM HEARTS IS NOT MINE! I OWN CORITA BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD A BRAIN FOR INVENTING RANDOM PEOPLE!! MUAHAHA!!
Corita: Random people? *sulks in a corner*
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"Um, I'm sorry. I must not have heard you." Corita said. "I thought you said you were going to let Sora-"
"STEER THE GUMMI SHIP!" Sora cheered.
"ARE YOU INSANE?!" Corita cried at Goofy and Donald.
"Hey, you've gotta admit, he's got spirit." Donald said.
"Besides, we should at least give him a chance!" Goofy said.
"Alright, but just as long as he doesn't sing the Gummi Ship Song..."
"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!" Sora sang.
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"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!"
"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!"
"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!"
Soon, Goofy joined in singing Sora's Gummi Ship Song, much to the displeasure of Donald and Corita.
"ARE YOU EVER SANE?" Corita cried over the chorus.
"Of course! Ooh, the warp button! Hang on everyone, we're warping to Agrabah!" Sora said happily.
"Let's see...according to 'Gummi Ships for Boneheads',' we're entering uncharted terriorty!" Goofy said happily,
flipping through the book.
"That's never good..." Corita commented.
"Oh, we'll be fine! Captain Sora's on the case!" Sora cheered.
The trip remained uneventful except for Sora's Gummi Ship Song being sung 127 times (Corita counted.)
"We should be arriving at world soon." Donald groaned up in the cockpit next to Sora.
"Wait a second." Sora said, stopping the Gummi Ship Song. "What is that thing up ahead?"
Everyone got up and peered out the windshield. A large grey mass was floating there.
"It looks like another world." Donald groaned from under the pillows he'd jammed to his ears to stop the Gummi Ship Song.
"No, It can't be. It's moving towards us!" Corita said. Donald immediately jumped up and looked out the window.
"You're right!" He cried.
"It's Monstro!" Jiminy cried, now perched on Corita's shoulder. "He's a whale of a whale, and vicious besides!"
"Whoa!" Goofy cried as the whale grew closer and started to open its mighty mouth. "Sora, get us out of here!"
Sora grabbed the wheel and tried to turn it, but he was too late.
"Too late! He's going to swallow us!" Sora cried. "Hang on, everybody!"
The ship rumbled and lurched forward as the mighty whale closed its mouth on the gummi ship.
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"Mmmmuuh?" Corita groaned, waking up. "Uhh...where am I?"
Rubbing her head, Corita shakily got to her feet and looked around. It looked as if they were still in the whale's mouth. Water flooded almost every area except for where she stood and a small ship that had managed to keep itself together.
"Where is everyone?" Corita wondered, still rubbing her head.
"Over here!" Goofy called. Corita turned and saw Donald and Goofy standing underneath a tall pile of wood.
"Hey, are you okay, Corita?" Goofy asked.
"Yeah...what happened?" She asked.
"Hey, ya know, I think that ol' whale Monstro just swallowed us!" Goofy said.
"Where's Sora?" Corita asked, looking for her brother.
"He's over there, sleeping." Goofy said, pointing about 10 feet from where they stood."
"He's still breathing, anyway. We think he must've gotten hit pretty bad in the head with a piece of wood or something." Donald said.
"It'd take more than a piece of wood to do Sora in." Corita said, walking over to him. She could heard Donald cough behind her, "Yeah right!"
"Bad cold, Donald?" Corita asked sweetly.
"Um, yes!" He said. Corita sighed and turned towards Sora.
"Hey, Sora." Corita whispered, shaking him. "Wake up!"
"Mmmmmmuh?" Sora asked.
"Good, you're awake!" She said, satisfied.
"Hey, what's going on?" Sora asked, rubbing his head.
"That ol' whale Monstro must've just swallowed us!" Goofy said again. "And, for today's weather, expect showers!"
Suddenly, out of the sky came a small item box, the kind that held potions and ethers.
"Heavy showers!" Goofy said as it hit his shield, which he was using to guard himself with.
"Hey, who's there?!" Donald cried.
"It's me!" said a small voice.
"Oh, it's just Pinocchio." Donald said. "Pinocchio?!"
"Pinocch? Where are you going?" Jiminy asked, jumping onto Sora's shoulder.
Meanwhile, Pinocchio, who had been digging through a treasure chest, had obviously found what he was looking for, and was walking away.
"Pinocch? Hey, everybody, after him, quick!" Jiminy cried.
Following the cricket's orders, the team lept into the icy waters to follow Pinocchio back to the ship. The water was deep, and it took a minute or two for them to reach the ship. On the deck, Pinocchio and an older man were standing there, talking to each other.
"What have you got there, Pinocchio?" The man asked the puppet.
"With this, we can get out of here, Father!" Pinocchio said happily.
"Really? With this big block? You think so?" He asked, looking at what was unmiskatably a large green gummi block.
"It's true!" Sora said, climbing onto the ship.
"Oh, my!" The man cried. "The whale swallowed all of you, two? My goodness!" He chortled.
"Yeah, looks like it." Donald said, looking around with a look of disgust on his face.
"My name is Geppetto. I'm Pinocchio's father." He explained. "You seem to know Pinocchio quite well. I hope he was a good boy in my absence." Geppetto said, carrying the gummi block to the side of a small cot.
"We've all had quite a journey, but it's good to be back together again, right Pinocchio?" Geppetto asked, turning towards where the puppet boy had stood moments before. "Pinocchio? Oh, where did he go?" Geppetto wondered.
"We'll find him." Corita said, running to the end of the ship and leaping into the water.
"Corita, are you crazy?" Donald asked, following her as she ran towards the entrance to the whale's insides.
"I may be." Corita said as she waited for Goofy and Sora to catch up.
They entered the small hole that Pinocchio may have gone into, and they entered a small chamber where the puppet boy stood.
"Pinocchio?" Goofy asked.
"C'mon, what are you doing?" Sora asked. "Let's go back."
"Geppetto's awfully worried about you." Corita added.
The boy didn't respond. He didn't even move. He continued to stand there with a silly grin on his face.
"Pinocchio, stop kidding around! This is no time for games!" Sora said, and he turned to re-enter the mouth area of the whale. The other's followed his lead, until a familiar voice rang into the air.
"But Sora! I thought you liked games! Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?"
Turning their heads, Sora and Corita saw their old silver-haired friend holding Pinocchio's small wooden hand.
"Riku! What are you doing here?" Sora asked.
"Just playing with Pinocchio." He answered simply.
"You know what I mean! What about Kairi? Did you find her?" Sora asked hopefully.
"Maybe. Catch us, and maybe I'll tell you what I know." Riku said.
"C'mon!" Sora cried as Riku dragged Pinocchio away, deeper into the whale's depths.
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"Ugh! Entering a whale's intestines, fighting Heartless after Heartless..." Donald groaned.
"Stop complaining! We're doing it for the King!" Goofy said.
"I know..." Donald said.
"Which way did he go?" Sora asked.
"Maybe this way?" No, never mind, that's where we came from..." Corita said.
"This place is just a giant maze!" Donald said.
"We have to keep going!" Sora said.
"This way! We haven't been here before!" Corita called from up ahead.
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"Why do you still care about that boy?" Maleficent asked Riku. "He's all but deserted you for the Keyblade and his new companions, after all."
"I don't care about him." Riku said quickly. "I was just messing with him a little.
"Oh, really? Of course you were." Maleficent said, slightly amused.
"Beware the darkness in your heart. The Heartless prey upon it." she said with a more serious tune.
"Mind your own business!" Riku called as she vanished in a flash of darkness.
Riku turned around quickly. Somewhere, close by, familiar voices were ringing.
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"Here's somewhere else!" Corita called back."Wait, never mind..."
"Here's a new place!" Goofy called.
"Great!" Sora and Corita said, running forward into the new area.
"Hey, wait up!" Donald and Goofy cried, following them.
Corita and Sora skidded to a halt on the slippery floor of the whale's intestines. In front of them, Riku stood, watching Pinocchio run ahead of him.
"Riku! What's the matter with you?" Corita asked.
"Don't you realize what you're doing?" Sora cried.
"I was about to ask you the same thing, Sora." Riku said. "It seems like all you're interested in is running around and showing off that Keyblade these days." He said, gesturing towards the weapon in Sora's hands. Even though it was dim inside the whale, the Keyblade still shown brightly.
"Do you even want to save Kairi?" He asked.
"I...do." Sora said quietly.
The conversation could've continued for hours, and it would have. The only problem was that Pinocchio's scream pierced the stale air inside the whale.
"C'mon!" Sora cried, running towards the area where Pinocchio had vanished to.
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~~Sora53: *runs from rabid Riku fangirls*
Riku Fangirls: *chases Sora53* THAT'S ALL THE RIKU WE GET?!?!
Sora53: Why are you so obsessed with the evil silver-haired freak?
Riku Fangirls: *loud scream* EVIL? FREAK? YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!
Fans: *sits on the sidelines eating popcorn* Don't forget silver-haired!
Sora53: SHUT UP!~~
Fans: Sometimes? Yeah, right!
Sora53: Be quiet! *points to Riku fangirls* Look, there's a bit of Riku in the end of this chapter!
Riku Fangirls: Riku? Where? AH! *tackles chapter*
Sora53: O_o~~
Disclaimer: MUST I TELL YOU AGAIN?!? KINGDOM HEARTS IS NOT MINE! I OWN CORITA BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD A BRAIN FOR INVENTING RANDOM PEOPLE!! MUAHAHA!!
Corita: Random people? *sulks in a corner*
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"Um, I'm sorry. I must not have heard you." Corita said. "I thought you said you were going to let Sora-"
"STEER THE GUMMI SHIP!" Sora cheered.
"ARE YOU INSANE?!" Corita cried at Goofy and Donald.
"Hey, you've gotta admit, he's got spirit." Donald said.
"Besides, we should at least give him a chance!" Goofy said.
"Alright, but just as long as he doesn't sing the Gummi Ship Song..."
"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!" Sora sang.
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"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!"
"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!"
"OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! GUMMI SHIP! I LOVE THE GUMMI SHIP!"
Soon, Goofy joined in singing Sora's Gummi Ship Song, much to the displeasure of Donald and Corita.
"ARE YOU EVER SANE?" Corita cried over the chorus.
"Of course! Ooh, the warp button! Hang on everyone, we're warping to Agrabah!" Sora said happily.
"Let's see...according to 'Gummi Ships for Boneheads',' we're entering uncharted terriorty!" Goofy said happily,
flipping through the book.
"That's never good..." Corita commented.
"Oh, we'll be fine! Captain Sora's on the case!" Sora cheered.
The trip remained uneventful except for Sora's Gummi Ship Song being sung 127 times (Corita counted.)
"We should be arriving at world soon." Donald groaned up in the cockpit next to Sora.
"Wait a second." Sora said, stopping the Gummi Ship Song. "What is that thing up ahead?"
Everyone got up and peered out the windshield. A large grey mass was floating there.
"It looks like another world." Donald groaned from under the pillows he'd jammed to his ears to stop the Gummi Ship Song.
"No, It can't be. It's moving towards us!" Corita said. Donald immediately jumped up and looked out the window.
"You're right!" He cried.
"It's Monstro!" Jiminy cried, now perched on Corita's shoulder. "He's a whale of a whale, and vicious besides!"
"Whoa!" Goofy cried as the whale grew closer and started to open its mighty mouth. "Sora, get us out of here!"
Sora grabbed the wheel and tried to turn it, but he was too late.
"Too late! He's going to swallow us!" Sora cried. "Hang on, everybody!"
The ship rumbled and lurched forward as the mighty whale closed its mouth on the gummi ship.
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"Mmmmuuh?" Corita groaned, waking up. "Uhh...where am I?"
Rubbing her head, Corita shakily got to her feet and looked around. It looked as if they were still in the whale's mouth. Water flooded almost every area except for where she stood and a small ship that had managed to keep itself together.
"Where is everyone?" Corita wondered, still rubbing her head.
"Over here!" Goofy called. Corita turned and saw Donald and Goofy standing underneath a tall pile of wood.
"Hey, are you okay, Corita?" Goofy asked.
"Yeah...what happened?" She asked.
"Hey, ya know, I think that ol' whale Monstro just swallowed us!" Goofy said.
"Where's Sora?" Corita asked, looking for her brother.
"He's over there, sleeping." Goofy said, pointing about 10 feet from where they stood."
"He's still breathing, anyway. We think he must've gotten hit pretty bad in the head with a piece of wood or something." Donald said.
"It'd take more than a piece of wood to do Sora in." Corita said, walking over to him. She could heard Donald cough behind her, "Yeah right!"
"Bad cold, Donald?" Corita asked sweetly.
"Um, yes!" He said. Corita sighed and turned towards Sora.
"Hey, Sora." Corita whispered, shaking him. "Wake up!"
"Mmmmmmuh?" Sora asked.
"Good, you're awake!" She said, satisfied.
"Hey, what's going on?" Sora asked, rubbing his head.
"That ol' whale Monstro must've just swallowed us!" Goofy said again. "And, for today's weather, expect showers!"
Suddenly, out of the sky came a small item box, the kind that held potions and ethers.
"Heavy showers!" Goofy said as it hit his shield, which he was using to guard himself with.
"Hey, who's there?!" Donald cried.
"It's me!" said a small voice.
"Oh, it's just Pinocchio." Donald said. "Pinocchio?!"
"Pinocch? Where are you going?" Jiminy asked, jumping onto Sora's shoulder.
Meanwhile, Pinocchio, who had been digging through a treasure chest, had obviously found what he was looking for, and was walking away.
"Pinocch? Hey, everybody, after him, quick!" Jiminy cried.
Following the cricket's orders, the team lept into the icy waters to follow Pinocchio back to the ship. The water was deep, and it took a minute or two for them to reach the ship. On the deck, Pinocchio and an older man were standing there, talking to each other.
"What have you got there, Pinocchio?" The man asked the puppet.
"With this, we can get out of here, Father!" Pinocchio said happily.
"Really? With this big block? You think so?" He asked, looking at what was unmiskatably a large green gummi block.
"It's true!" Sora said, climbing onto the ship.
"Oh, my!" The man cried. "The whale swallowed all of you, two? My goodness!" He chortled.
"Yeah, looks like it." Donald said, looking around with a look of disgust on his face.
"My name is Geppetto. I'm Pinocchio's father." He explained. "You seem to know Pinocchio quite well. I hope he was a good boy in my absence." Geppetto said, carrying the gummi block to the side of a small cot.
"We've all had quite a journey, but it's good to be back together again, right Pinocchio?" Geppetto asked, turning towards where the puppet boy had stood moments before. "Pinocchio? Oh, where did he go?" Geppetto wondered.
"We'll find him." Corita said, running to the end of the ship and leaping into the water.
"Corita, are you crazy?" Donald asked, following her as she ran towards the entrance to the whale's insides.
"I may be." Corita said as she waited for Goofy and Sora to catch up.
They entered the small hole that Pinocchio may have gone into, and they entered a small chamber where the puppet boy stood.
"Pinocchio?" Goofy asked.
"C'mon, what are you doing?" Sora asked. "Let's go back."
"Geppetto's awfully worried about you." Corita added.
The boy didn't respond. He didn't even move. He continued to stand there with a silly grin on his face.
"Pinocchio, stop kidding around! This is no time for games!" Sora said, and he turned to re-enter the mouth area of the whale. The other's followed his lead, until a familiar voice rang into the air.
"But Sora! I thought you liked games! Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?"
Turning their heads, Sora and Corita saw their old silver-haired friend holding Pinocchio's small wooden hand.
"Riku! What are you doing here?" Sora asked.
"Just playing with Pinocchio." He answered simply.
"You know what I mean! What about Kairi? Did you find her?" Sora asked hopefully.
"Maybe. Catch us, and maybe I'll tell you what I know." Riku said.
"C'mon!" Sora cried as Riku dragged Pinocchio away, deeper into the whale's depths.
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"Ugh! Entering a whale's intestines, fighting Heartless after Heartless..." Donald groaned.
"Stop complaining! We're doing it for the King!" Goofy said.
"I know..." Donald said.
"Which way did he go?" Sora asked.
"Maybe this way?" No, never mind, that's where we came from..." Corita said.
"This place is just a giant maze!" Donald said.
"We have to keep going!" Sora said.
"This way! We haven't been here before!" Corita called from up ahead.
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"Why do you still care about that boy?" Maleficent asked Riku. "He's all but deserted you for the Keyblade and his new companions, after all."
"I don't care about him." Riku said quickly. "I was just messing with him a little.
"Oh, really? Of course you were." Maleficent said, slightly amused.
"Beware the darkness in your heart. The Heartless prey upon it." she said with a more serious tune.
"Mind your own business!" Riku called as she vanished in a flash of darkness.
Riku turned around quickly. Somewhere, close by, familiar voices were ringing.
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"Here's somewhere else!" Corita called back."Wait, never mind..."
"Here's a new place!" Goofy called.
"Great!" Sora and Corita said, running forward into the new area.
"Hey, wait up!" Donald and Goofy cried, following them.
Corita and Sora skidded to a halt on the slippery floor of the whale's intestines. In front of them, Riku stood, watching Pinocchio run ahead of him.
"Riku! What's the matter with you?" Corita asked.
"Don't you realize what you're doing?" Sora cried.
"I was about to ask you the same thing, Sora." Riku said. "It seems like all you're interested in is running around and showing off that Keyblade these days." He said, gesturing towards the weapon in Sora's hands. Even though it was dim inside the whale, the Keyblade still shown brightly.
"Do you even want to save Kairi?" He asked.
"I...do." Sora said quietly.
The conversation could've continued for hours, and it would have. The only problem was that Pinocchio's scream pierced the stale air inside the whale.
"C'mon!" Sora cried, running towards the area where Pinocchio had vanished to.
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~~Sora53: *runs from rabid Riku fangirls*
Riku Fangirls: *chases Sora53* THAT'S ALL THE RIKU WE GET?!?!
Sora53: Why are you so obsessed with the evil silver-haired freak?
Riku Fangirls: *loud scream* EVIL? FREAK? YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!
Fans: *sits on the sidelines eating popcorn* Don't forget silver-haired!
Sora53: SHUT UP!~~