---Sora53: OMG it's like a record! 2 chappies in 1 day, and this one's long!
Fans: YAY PARTY!
Sora Fangirls: WHOO!
Riku Fangirls: Boo! No more Riku! -sob-
Sora53: Oh, stop crying. I brought you a present!
Joe: Wait, what am I doing here?
Riku Fangirls: HI JOE!---
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I still own Corita. Hahaha.
Sora proceeded to Hotel Corita with Kairi, staring up at the flashy sign Corita had made.
"The old owner quit." Sora explained as he opened the door. Loud shouts were coming from inside.
"Oh no." Sora said with a slight smile. "We left Corita and Donald in the same room together for 5 minutes." The two of them entered the main hall and followed the shouts to the room where they were coming from.
"No, Donald, I don't care..."
"Be quiet, Corita, I'll go anytime-" Donald had meant to leave the room, but he was stopped by Sora and Kairi.
"Oh, hi!" Donald said, waving nervously. Goofy was sitting in the corner, reading a book with earplugs in his ears. Chairs, books, and other assorted objects were scattered around.
"What's going on?" Kairi asked politly.
"Donald was trying to break out to eavesdrop on you two." Corita said, hopping off the bed she'd been standing on. "I had to barricade the other exits, and was about to block this one, too."
Sora and Kairi stole a quick glance at each other, and then burst out in torrents of laughter. Goofy removed his earplugs and looked around, confused.
"Okay, looks like this room is yours, guys." Corita said, looking at the room that had been plugged up by her barricades. "Kairi and I get the special room...the one that isn't...messy." She said as she shoved some of the stuff out of the way of the door.
"Heehee...I bet you're jealous!" Kairi said as she walked to her room.
"Wait. How come you two get the room that isn't full of junk?" Donald asked.
"Girl's privledge." They said, giggling. The door closed with a snap, and the three of them looked at each other. The door creaked open again after a few moments.
"Oh, and if you don't clean up the mess, I'll have to charge you extra for staying at the hotel." Corita said with a bright smile.
"Can she do that?" Goofy asked as they started cleaning.
"It is her hotel..." Sora sighed.
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"Good morning!" Goofy called, banging a pot and pan together. Sora, Donald and Kairi walked into the hallway where he stood, with messy hair and tired eyes.
"Goofy, what time is it?" Kairi asked, looking at the clock on the wall.
"It's 5:30 in the morning! Look alive, people!" Goofy said, pushing them all to the kitchen and putting eggs and bacon on their plates.
"How can you tell?" Kairi asked as she yawned and peered out the window.
"Where's Corita?" Sora asked.
"Oh, she isn't feeling too great since yesterday." Goofy said sadly, piling pancakes on Donald's plate and drowning them in syrup. "I fear she may be a bit sick."
"Sick?" Sora asked nervously. Goofy nodded.
"Nothing that could keep her down, though!" He said cheerfully as Corita burst into the room.
"Hey, everyone!" Corita said. She certainly didn't look perfectly healthy. She had light bags under her eyes and there was a bit of weakness in her voice.
"You okay, Corita?" Sora asked.
"Yep! I'm fine!" Corita said as she looked at Donald's pancakes. "Are you sure this is enough syrup?" She asked Goofy.
"Hmm...you're right!" Goofy said as he poured more syrup on Donald's pancakes.
"You know, I'd like to eat them, not drink them!" Donald cried as he pulled his pancakes away.
"Mmm...this is good." Kairi said as she tried a bit of her pancakes. "Who made these?"
"Goofy did." Corita said. Goofy blushed brightly and sat down with the others.
"So, we're going to head off and see Cid this morning?" Sora asked. The others nodded. Corita proceeded to clean up the dishes as the others finished.
"Corita, aren't you going to eat something?" Goofy asked.
"No, I'm not really hungry." Corita said, shrugging. The others finished up, and they got ready to go visit Cid.
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"You found it?" Cid asked as the others approached him. "All right, I'll go fix it onto your ship."
Sora, Corita, Donald, Kairi, and Goofy watched Cid leave the area and they were left to themselves. Besides Corita sneezing a few times, all was silent until Cid came back.
"All set! You can go any time." Cid said as he approached them again. He turned towards Sora. "Kid, I gotta say, I wish you didn't have to face all this danger." He said with a look of deep concern.
The five of them thanked him, and they moved to the Main Entrance of Traverse Town. Beyond lay the Gummi Ship, and this meant that Sora and Kairi had to say their goodbyes.
"We'll be over here." Corita said, pulling Goofy and Donald away once again. Sora gave a slight laugh, and he turned to Kairi.
"Well, this is goodbye for now." Sora said.
"We'll see each other again soon." Kairi said firmly. Sora nodded.
"I should probably go before Donald and Corita kill each other." He said, turning his head to where Corita and Donald were bickering. Goofy had put his earplugs back in.
"Bye." Kairi whispered, waving as they exited through the huge gate.
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After listening to Corita cough for about 10 minutes straight, Sora finally spoke up.
"Corita, you're sick."
"I AM NOT SICK! I don't get sick!" Corita mumbled.
"It's all my fault...I'm sorry..." Sora said softly as Corita began to sneeze again.
"Look, Sora, It's no one's fault." Corita said. "I'm not sick! I haven't been sick in my life! I'm not freezing cold anymore, so don't worry so much!" Sora finally gave up and leaned back in his chair. After a long trip, the Gummi Ship pulled up to a new portal.
"Chip? Dale?" Donald said into the speaker.
"Yes?" Two voices asked in unison.
"Will this warp hole take us to Hollow Bastion?"
"Hmm...let me check the book...no, Dale..."
"C'mon, Chip, you get to do everything!"
"It will." Corita said, pointing to a page in 'Gummi Ships for Boneheads.'
"Ready?" Donald asked. The three of them nodded, and Donald moved the Gummi Ship gently into the portal.
They had gone through portals before, but nothing could prepare them for this one. It was much wilder and longer than any other they'd experienced, and by the end of it all of them felt rather sick.
"Everyone okay?" Donald asked shakily. Everyone else nodded, and Donald continued forward.
After a longer trip (filled with Goofy pressing various missle-shooting buttons at Heartless ships) they arrived at Hollow Bastion again.
"Whew, we're here!" Sora said, looking around at the Rising Falls. At the end of the small platform stood the Beast.
"Beast!" Corita called. The Beast turned around and looked at them.
"Where's Belle?" Sora asked.
"Still in the castle." He growled, turning away from them.
"Against her will?"
"No, I think she stayed for a reason. The other princesses stayed as well."
"I wonder why?" Donald wondered, staring up at the huge castle.
"Let's go ask them." Sora said.
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The group followed the long winding path up to the main hall once again. There were five of them now, so It was harder to move through the paths. Corita had stopped coughing and sneezing, and pointed this out to Sora quickly.
"See, I told you I don't get sick! It was a fluke or something!" She said as they moved along the paths. They eventually reached the library once again, and they trudged through the room laden with bookshelves. Suddenly, the Beast stopped walking.
"Belle!" He cried happily. He moved up the stairs and stopped halfway. In front of him was a young woman in a bright, beautiful dress. She appeared hopelessly happy at the sight of the Beast, just as he was hopelessly happy to see her.
"Let them have a minute to themselves." Corita muttered as she pulled Sora, Goofy, and Donald away. They stood behind one of the large bookshelves, waiting for the Beast and Belle's reunion to end.
"Hey, Corita." Sora said to his sister.
"Hmm?" She asked absentmindedly as she peered at the dusty shelves of books.
"When I turned into a Heartless...and you led me back down to the others..." Sora said slowly, choosing his words carefully. "I think I remember you jumping off a ledge very, very high up in the castle. Is that true?"
Corita turned to him, embarassed. "Well, it's not one of my fondest memories, but yes."
"You did that for me?" Sora asked.
"Well, yes." She said, turning bright pink. She turned away from the rows of books and faced him. "That reminds me, Sora. I have something of yours..."
Corita reached into one of her pockets and dug for a while. She pulled Sora's red Thalassa shell out of it, and she placed it in his hand.
"It's yours." She said, grinning. "Don't forget, It'll bring you good luck."
Sora smiled and looked down at the Thalassa shell she'd given him. He put it into his pocket, and looked up at Corita, who was smiling at him.
"Corita..." Sora started, but couldn't find the right words. Corita understood, however. She reached out and gave her brother a hug, the first hug she'd given him since they were about 4 years old. She was glad, for the first time since their adventure began, that he was her brother.
"I hate to break up this sweet, wonderful, brother-sister moment...," Donald said, walking towards them,
"But Beauty and the Beast are coming this way."
"You've come to seal the Keyhole, right?" Belle asked Sora after she and the Beast had reached them. "Please, be careful. The darkness is raging deep inside. We've been holding it back, but we can't hold out much longer."
"We'll take care of it." Sora said bravely.
"Where are the other princesses?" Donald asked.
"They are up in the Castle Chapel." Belle said. "Please, take care. The Heartless are swarming all over the castle."
"Nothing we can't handle!" Corita said boldly.
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"Nothing we can't handle." Donald said sarcastically.
"We'll be fine!" Sora said, attacking the nearest Heartless. "Just keep attacking! We've faced worse attacks than this!"
"No Sora, we really haven't." Corita growled as she shot down a nearby Heartless with a fire spell.
"Stop it!" Sora cried. "Keep fighting!"
They finally fought the Heartless swarm off, and they sat together, exhausted.
"We've got to keep going. We've got to seal the keyhole." Sora said, pulling them up. Belle had been right; the Heartless were much stronger than any they'd ever faced before.
"Before this gets any worse." Corita muttered, using a cure spell on herself and her friends.
They proceeded to climb the huge castle for the second time, constantly ambushed by huge waves of Heartless enemies. The eventually made it up to the Castle Chapel, but they collapsed in front of the door.
"Let's just...rest here...a minute..." Sora panted.
"I don't know why you guys are so tired." Jiminy said as he scribbled some more information into his journal.
"You still keep that thing?" Corita asked.
"You bet! I'm getting gold here! Most of it's about you right now, though." Jiminy said as he stopped writing for a moment.
"Me? What are you writing about me?" Corita said, looking at his journal.
"Hey!" Jiminy said, closing it with a snap. "I can't let you read it right now...maybe later. Right now, you've got to go see the princesses, remember?" He said to them.
"You're right!" Sora said as he stood up. The others got up as well, and they entered the huge chapel.
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---Sora53: -hysterical laughter-
Fans: WHAT THE HECK IS SO DARN FUNNY?!
Sora53: -points-
Riku Fangirls: Really? That's SOOO fascinating! Can we buy you another cup of tea?
Joe: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?! -vanishes-
Riku Fangirls: JOE! COME BACK! WE LOVE YOU!
Joe: -reappears- Don't you know? I'm one of the fanboys! -grabs Corita randomly out of the fanfic- Hi Corita...
Corita: AHH!!!
Fans: Oo
Fans: YAY PARTY!
Sora Fangirls: WHOO!
Riku Fangirls: Boo! No more Riku! -sob-
Sora53: Oh, stop crying. I brought you a present!
Joe: Wait, what am I doing here?
Riku Fangirls: HI JOE!---
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I still own Corita. Hahaha.
Sora proceeded to Hotel Corita with Kairi, staring up at the flashy sign Corita had made.
"The old owner quit." Sora explained as he opened the door. Loud shouts were coming from inside.
"Oh no." Sora said with a slight smile. "We left Corita and Donald in the same room together for 5 minutes." The two of them entered the main hall and followed the shouts to the room where they were coming from.
"No, Donald, I don't care..."
"Be quiet, Corita, I'll go anytime-" Donald had meant to leave the room, but he was stopped by Sora and Kairi.
"Oh, hi!" Donald said, waving nervously. Goofy was sitting in the corner, reading a book with earplugs in his ears. Chairs, books, and other assorted objects were scattered around.
"What's going on?" Kairi asked politly.
"Donald was trying to break out to eavesdrop on you two." Corita said, hopping off the bed she'd been standing on. "I had to barricade the other exits, and was about to block this one, too."
Sora and Kairi stole a quick glance at each other, and then burst out in torrents of laughter. Goofy removed his earplugs and looked around, confused.
"Okay, looks like this room is yours, guys." Corita said, looking at the room that had been plugged up by her barricades. "Kairi and I get the special room...the one that isn't...messy." She said as she shoved some of the stuff out of the way of the door.
"Heehee...I bet you're jealous!" Kairi said as she walked to her room.
"Wait. How come you two get the room that isn't full of junk?" Donald asked.
"Girl's privledge." They said, giggling. The door closed with a snap, and the three of them looked at each other. The door creaked open again after a few moments.
"Oh, and if you don't clean up the mess, I'll have to charge you extra for staying at the hotel." Corita said with a bright smile.
"Can she do that?" Goofy asked as they started cleaning.
"It is her hotel..." Sora sighed.
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"Good morning!" Goofy called, banging a pot and pan together. Sora, Donald and Kairi walked into the hallway where he stood, with messy hair and tired eyes.
"Goofy, what time is it?" Kairi asked, looking at the clock on the wall.
"It's 5:30 in the morning! Look alive, people!" Goofy said, pushing them all to the kitchen and putting eggs and bacon on their plates.
"How can you tell?" Kairi asked as she yawned and peered out the window.
"Where's Corita?" Sora asked.
"Oh, she isn't feeling too great since yesterday." Goofy said sadly, piling pancakes on Donald's plate and drowning them in syrup. "I fear she may be a bit sick."
"Sick?" Sora asked nervously. Goofy nodded.
"Nothing that could keep her down, though!" He said cheerfully as Corita burst into the room.
"Hey, everyone!" Corita said. She certainly didn't look perfectly healthy. She had light bags under her eyes and there was a bit of weakness in her voice.
"You okay, Corita?" Sora asked.
"Yep! I'm fine!" Corita said as she looked at Donald's pancakes. "Are you sure this is enough syrup?" She asked Goofy.
"Hmm...you're right!" Goofy said as he poured more syrup on Donald's pancakes.
"You know, I'd like to eat them, not drink them!" Donald cried as he pulled his pancakes away.
"Mmm...this is good." Kairi said as she tried a bit of her pancakes. "Who made these?"
"Goofy did." Corita said. Goofy blushed brightly and sat down with the others.
"So, we're going to head off and see Cid this morning?" Sora asked. The others nodded. Corita proceeded to clean up the dishes as the others finished.
"Corita, aren't you going to eat something?" Goofy asked.
"No, I'm not really hungry." Corita said, shrugging. The others finished up, and they got ready to go visit Cid.
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"You found it?" Cid asked as the others approached him. "All right, I'll go fix it onto your ship."
Sora, Corita, Donald, Kairi, and Goofy watched Cid leave the area and they were left to themselves. Besides Corita sneezing a few times, all was silent until Cid came back.
"All set! You can go any time." Cid said as he approached them again. He turned towards Sora. "Kid, I gotta say, I wish you didn't have to face all this danger." He said with a look of deep concern.
The five of them thanked him, and they moved to the Main Entrance of Traverse Town. Beyond lay the Gummi Ship, and this meant that Sora and Kairi had to say their goodbyes.
"We'll be over here." Corita said, pulling Goofy and Donald away once again. Sora gave a slight laugh, and he turned to Kairi.
"Well, this is goodbye for now." Sora said.
"We'll see each other again soon." Kairi said firmly. Sora nodded.
"I should probably go before Donald and Corita kill each other." He said, turning his head to where Corita and Donald were bickering. Goofy had put his earplugs back in.
"Bye." Kairi whispered, waving as they exited through the huge gate.
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After listening to Corita cough for about 10 minutes straight, Sora finally spoke up.
"Corita, you're sick."
"I AM NOT SICK! I don't get sick!" Corita mumbled.
"It's all my fault...I'm sorry..." Sora said softly as Corita began to sneeze again.
"Look, Sora, It's no one's fault." Corita said. "I'm not sick! I haven't been sick in my life! I'm not freezing cold anymore, so don't worry so much!" Sora finally gave up and leaned back in his chair. After a long trip, the Gummi Ship pulled up to a new portal.
"Chip? Dale?" Donald said into the speaker.
"Yes?" Two voices asked in unison.
"Will this warp hole take us to Hollow Bastion?"
"Hmm...let me check the book...no, Dale..."
"C'mon, Chip, you get to do everything!"
"It will." Corita said, pointing to a page in 'Gummi Ships for Boneheads.'
"Ready?" Donald asked. The three of them nodded, and Donald moved the Gummi Ship gently into the portal.
They had gone through portals before, but nothing could prepare them for this one. It was much wilder and longer than any other they'd experienced, and by the end of it all of them felt rather sick.
"Everyone okay?" Donald asked shakily. Everyone else nodded, and Donald continued forward.
After a longer trip (filled with Goofy pressing various missle-shooting buttons at Heartless ships) they arrived at Hollow Bastion again.
"Whew, we're here!" Sora said, looking around at the Rising Falls. At the end of the small platform stood the Beast.
"Beast!" Corita called. The Beast turned around and looked at them.
"Where's Belle?" Sora asked.
"Still in the castle." He growled, turning away from them.
"Against her will?"
"No, I think she stayed for a reason. The other princesses stayed as well."
"I wonder why?" Donald wondered, staring up at the huge castle.
"Let's go ask them." Sora said.
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The group followed the long winding path up to the main hall once again. There were five of them now, so It was harder to move through the paths. Corita had stopped coughing and sneezing, and pointed this out to Sora quickly.
"See, I told you I don't get sick! It was a fluke or something!" She said as they moved along the paths. They eventually reached the library once again, and they trudged through the room laden with bookshelves. Suddenly, the Beast stopped walking.
"Belle!" He cried happily. He moved up the stairs and stopped halfway. In front of him was a young woman in a bright, beautiful dress. She appeared hopelessly happy at the sight of the Beast, just as he was hopelessly happy to see her.
"Let them have a minute to themselves." Corita muttered as she pulled Sora, Goofy, and Donald away. They stood behind one of the large bookshelves, waiting for the Beast and Belle's reunion to end.
"Hey, Corita." Sora said to his sister.
"Hmm?" She asked absentmindedly as she peered at the dusty shelves of books.
"When I turned into a Heartless...and you led me back down to the others..." Sora said slowly, choosing his words carefully. "I think I remember you jumping off a ledge very, very high up in the castle. Is that true?"
Corita turned to him, embarassed. "Well, it's not one of my fondest memories, but yes."
"You did that for me?" Sora asked.
"Well, yes." She said, turning bright pink. She turned away from the rows of books and faced him. "That reminds me, Sora. I have something of yours..."
Corita reached into one of her pockets and dug for a while. She pulled Sora's red Thalassa shell out of it, and she placed it in his hand.
"It's yours." She said, grinning. "Don't forget, It'll bring you good luck."
Sora smiled and looked down at the Thalassa shell she'd given him. He put it into his pocket, and looked up at Corita, who was smiling at him.
"Corita..." Sora started, but couldn't find the right words. Corita understood, however. She reached out and gave her brother a hug, the first hug she'd given him since they were about 4 years old. She was glad, for the first time since their adventure began, that he was her brother.
"I hate to break up this sweet, wonderful, brother-sister moment...," Donald said, walking towards them,
"But Beauty and the Beast are coming this way."
"You've come to seal the Keyhole, right?" Belle asked Sora after she and the Beast had reached them. "Please, be careful. The darkness is raging deep inside. We've been holding it back, but we can't hold out much longer."
"We'll take care of it." Sora said bravely.
"Where are the other princesses?" Donald asked.
"They are up in the Castle Chapel." Belle said. "Please, take care. The Heartless are swarming all over the castle."
"Nothing we can't handle!" Corita said boldly.
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"Nothing we can't handle." Donald said sarcastically.
"We'll be fine!" Sora said, attacking the nearest Heartless. "Just keep attacking! We've faced worse attacks than this!"
"No Sora, we really haven't." Corita growled as she shot down a nearby Heartless with a fire spell.
"Stop it!" Sora cried. "Keep fighting!"
They finally fought the Heartless swarm off, and they sat together, exhausted.
"We've got to keep going. We've got to seal the keyhole." Sora said, pulling them up. Belle had been right; the Heartless were much stronger than any they'd ever faced before.
"Before this gets any worse." Corita muttered, using a cure spell on herself and her friends.
They proceeded to climb the huge castle for the second time, constantly ambushed by huge waves of Heartless enemies. The eventually made it up to the Castle Chapel, but they collapsed in front of the door.
"Let's just...rest here...a minute..." Sora panted.
"I don't know why you guys are so tired." Jiminy said as he scribbled some more information into his journal.
"You still keep that thing?" Corita asked.
"You bet! I'm getting gold here! Most of it's about you right now, though." Jiminy said as he stopped writing for a moment.
"Me? What are you writing about me?" Corita said, looking at his journal.
"Hey!" Jiminy said, closing it with a snap. "I can't let you read it right now...maybe later. Right now, you've got to go see the princesses, remember?" He said to them.
"You're right!" Sora said as he stood up. The others got up as well, and they entered the huge chapel.
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---Sora53: -hysterical laughter-
Fans: WHAT THE HECK IS SO DARN FUNNY?!
Sora53: -points-
Riku Fangirls: Really? That's SOOO fascinating! Can we buy you another cup of tea?
Joe: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?! -vanishes-
Riku Fangirls: JOE! COME BACK! WE LOVE YOU!
Joe: -reappears- Don't you know? I'm one of the fanboys! -grabs Corita randomly out of the fanfic- Hi Corita...
Corita: AHH!!!
Fans: Oo