Door to the Light
Sora looked towards the ocean and smiled filled with memories of Kairi, Riku and his days spent lazily on the beach. Sora looked at Goofy and Donald, they had been with him through all this and now half their journey was over, they had sealed all the keyholes but one mission remained, finding the door to the light. Sora stood up and began walking along the yellow sandy road and goody and Donald followed him.
"So" Goofy started, "Where do you suppose that door to the light is?"
Sora looked at Goofy, "You mean…you don't know where it is?"
Goofy shook his head and Sora sighed along with Goofy and Donald. Sora lifted his head as he heard a dog barking, but here? Sora scanned around and noticed Pluto was in front of them, carrying a letter with the king's seal on it. Goofy, Donald and Sora all shouted at once,
"The Kings seal!!" Pluto stopped and looked at the trio and wagged his tail. Donald looked puzzled at Pluto, "Where have you been?"
Pluto took off down the road and the trio gave each a quick look then happily gave chase.
Sora laughed, this was just like the days when he raced Riku on the beach, "Pluto! Wait up!" Goofy and Donald quickened their pace and as they reached the top of the hill, they looked in front of them to see the miles and miles of the sandy yellow path that laid in front of them.
Sora, Donald and Goofy ran until they thought their lungs would burst. Pluto ran on ahead of the panting trio, then turned back and barked playfully in front of them. Seeing that the trio wouldn't go any further Pluto dropped the letter from his mouth and flopped onto the grass nearby. Sora crawled over to the letter and handed it to Donald. Carefully Donald tore open the letter and read it aloud,
Dear Sora, Goofy and Donald,
Hello! You're probably wondering how to open the door to the light and free Riku and I…and destroy the heartless for good. It's easier said than done. Included in this letter are the instructions on how to get to the 'outer worlds'. Now listen closely, take the map and travel to that area. From there travel to each of the nine worlds and get the nine keychains, one from each world and once you have all nine, combine them onto the keyblade and it will create a new keyblade. Use that on the lock in the tenth world that opens and you'll find the door to the light. So make haste! The heartless grow and time runs…"
Sora grabbed the envelope off the ground and pulled out a blue and white map. Sora studied it for a while before handing it to Donald who scanned it and nodded, "Well…let's get going"
Before Sora knew it the trio knew it they were in the sky on their Gunmi and heading to the 'outer worlds'. Sora rubbed his growling stomach and looked into the black sky, clear of the many heartless ships that had once plagued the sky. Goofy laid lazily on his chair and snored loudly. Irritated, Donald threw a shoe at Goofy and Goofy woke up,
"Good'n morning Donald, hck"
"Ah, put a sock in it" Donald growled returning to the controls.
Sora laughed to himself and stretched his arms and gently went to sleep. In his dream he was running, Kairi was in front of him, and slowly he got closer and closer to her until finally he was just about to grasp her hand when Riku appeared right in front of him. Two black wings stuck out of his back and his face was cold, his eyes showing no emotion,
"Riku?" Sora said quietly.
"Wake up Sora, we're almost there!" Goofy said hitting Sora in the head. Sora rubbed his sore head and shouted, "What'd you do that for?!"
Goofy chuckled and Donald rolled his eyes. Sora straightened in his seat and leaned forward at the monitor. A world was in front of them with a large building that was a rather strange shape. Sora looked at the title, "Spirit World?"
Jiminy Crickey jumped up on the ships dashboard and nodded, "Spirit world. I've heard a little about it. It's home to the ring keychain."
"Ring keychain huh?" Sora said smiling and standing up, "Then that's our first stop!"
Donald slowly guided the ship into Spirit world and let it land on a small platform outside the large building. Donald, Sora and goofy hopped down and Jiminy cricket hopped onto Sora's shoulder, "I know a bit about this place, I might be able to help you" Donald shrugged and the group headed to the large building and knocked on the door. Donald looked down below the road and gasped, "Wha!" Sora looked down, "Wow…clouds covering a large river" Pink fluffy clouds surrounded the crystal blue river and the road hung over it and connected in the distance behind them and to the blue building in front of them. A sky over them beat of the morning and of night. Jiminy looked down, "That's the river of death or something like that. They say that those who lived bad lives and have dark hearts…when they die they go there, to live."
"I wonder," Sora started, "If Ansem's down there…"
Donald shook his head, "Naw.. tht'd be being TOO nice to him"
The door suddenly opened in front of them and a blue haired woman in a pink dress looked at them, followed by a boy in green clothes with slicked back, black hair,
"Oh…" The woman said nervously and a little shocked, "Who are you?"
The boy snorted, "You shouldn't be here"
Sora looked at Donald and Goofy, "I'm Sora, this is Donald and Goofy. We're here because we come to find the ring chain…"
The woman bowed, "I'm Botan," Botan pointed to the boy, "That's Yusuke, ignore him."
"Botan" Yusuke hissed angrily, "We have more important matters" Yusuke began walking away.
"I'm sorry, but we do have an emergency"
"What kind of emergency?" Sora asked.
"Well, that's not your business…I'm sorry" Botan said as nice as she could. Sora stopped her from walking away, "Please…it's very important…and it'll help you"
Botan shrugged, "Fine," Botan noticed Sora's keyblade and smiled, "Oh, I see! You must be the keyblade master! We in the spirit world are very hush hush about this sort of thing. Alright, then you know what we're up against, the heartless"
Sora nodded, "We'll help you, in exchange for the ring keychain"
Botan was deep in thought for awhile before answering, "Well…okay…it been in my family for years, and if it'll defeat all the heartless once and for all, then you can have it"
Sora, Donald and Goofy followed Yusuke and Botan deep into a dense swamp. The smell was almost unbearable and the mud stuck to Sora's shoes and entered his shoes. Donald pulled his foot free and shook it, "No good bwahh"
Goofy looked on ahead, "Botan, where exactly is this there heartless area?"
Botan pulled out her oar and began riding on it, "Not much further, this might be the last battle, with you three and three others besides Yusuke and I, the heartless stand no chance against us"
Sora nodded, "I hope so…who are the other three?"
Botan pointed ahead, "Their up ahead" Sora, Goofy and Donald looked ahead to see three people sitting on a hill. Botan and them caught up with them and the short one was the first to speak,
"Hn. Are we going to do more babysitting?"
Botan sighed, "That's Hiei,"
Sora walked up to Hiei and Hiei disappeared, Sora spun around and Hiei was behind him. "The spiked head has slow reflexes," Hiei zipped behind Donald and studied him, "A duck? What good could he do? The dog mutant…what horrible flavor, this is the ultimate babysitting job, why don't you three just go play with plastic sticks or something, as of now you three are of no use to us." Hiei began walking away and Botan sighed.
"Is he always like that?" Donald said bluntly.
Botan giggled, "Yes"
The red headed girl stood up and bowed, "I'm Kurama"
Goofy, tilted his head and looked at Kurama, "Your…. a boy?"
Kurama's face turned bright red from either embarrassment or from anger and began walking away with Hiei. Botan waved her hand up and down in front of Sora, Donald and Goofy, "It's a long story…. he's a fox demon and was a thief. He was badly wounded, and escaped into the womb of a woman who was pregnant, only her child hadn't acquired a soul yet, so he offered his and took the childs body…the bad thing is…he didn't discover until too late that the child was a girl…" Botan giggled to herself and the tough looking orange head walked up to them,
"I'm Kuwabara, It's nice to have any help from anyone"
Sora, Donald and Goofy shook his hand and Kuwabara noticed that Sora was carrying the keyblade, "What kind of weapon is that?"
Sora looked at the ground, "I probably shouldn't tell you-" Botan bumped Sora and Sora nodded, "It's called a keyblade and it can seal the hole that allows the heartless to come into each world."
Botan stepped in and pointed to the disappearing Kurama, Yusuke and Hiei, "Let's go before they go have all the fun," Botan added with a smile.
Sora heard the sound of a twig snapping behind him and spun around. Nothing but trees with vines condensing them swayed and could be seen in the murky swamplands. Donald eyed at Sora, "What's the matter?" Sora shook his head, "Nothing"
The group walked in silence. They had caught up with Hiei and the others and Sora looked at his mixed group and what Botan had told them about them on their trek to track them down. Hiei, though short was a highly skilled swordsman, powerful and a demon. Kurama was a half demon through a form of reincarnation. Botan had been touchy on the subject, but said he was powerful too, though n Soras opinion looked rather frail. Kuwabara was brash and wasn't as powerful as the others, but his determination made him all the more powerful. As for Yusuke, Sora already had a good idea about him. He was a tough guy who didn't make friends easily, but when he did they were bonded for life.
Sora looked ahead and saw a group of small heartless preying upon a family. The father shot with his gun at one of the heartless, unaffecting it. The mother protected her children even though they were dead. Sora pulled out his keyblade and raced up the hill. Sora waved behind him and motioned for the others to follow him. Sora felt something whiz by him and glanced in front of him to see a flash of light lighten the path in front of them. The other three moved quickly too, leaving Sora to only watch helplessly from the sidelines as the group destroyed the hundreds of heartless that emerged. By the time Sora arrived, they were all defeated. Sora looked at Hiei who licked the blood from his sword,
"I hate babysitting"
Sora grimaced and suddenly the earth began to shake. Everyone jumped back and Goofy jumped up and down, "That there aheads a behemoth!"
"Bemoth!" Donald said correcting his friend's pronunciation.
"Behemoth" Goofy said sternly.
Sora rolled his eyes and looked at Hiei, "We'll handle this one"
Hiei shrugged, "Why look at me, at least tell the others"
Sora nodded to Yusuke, Kuwabara and Kurama. They nodded back and Sora, Donald and Goofy raced ahead to confront the gigantic monster. Sora launched his trinity ability and the monster groaned in pain. Donald launched a Thunderaga spell and Goofy did a spinning attack with his shield. Sora scanned the monster and lifted his keyblade above him and summoned Simba. The two stood side by side and as Sora shouted, Simba launched attacks at the weakening monster. Sora grinned evilly and climbed onto the monsters back and began attacking the monsters horns. Suddenly the sky grew dark and Sora felt a shock wave echoed through his body. Sora rolled under the monster and panted as Donald and Goofy launched attack after attack. Sora felt his eyes grow heavy, but shook it off and rolled out from under the monster just in time as it collapsed on the ground. Sora leapt up and crashed his keyblade onto the monsters head, sending it to death. The monster disappeared as Hiei, Kurama and the others walked up to the trio celebrating.
Hiei snorted an "Hn" and opened his hand, revealing the keychain.
Sora stuck out his hand to grab it but Hiei pulled it away, "Lock the keyhole' Hiei said pointing to a glowing spot on the ground where the monster had fallen. Sora walked over to it and locked it. Botan smiled and jumped into the air, "Congrats!"
Sora nodded and accepted the ring keychain from Hiei and attached it to his keyblade. Turning to Donald and Goofy he smiled, "Just eight more to go"
Sora, Donald and Goofy climbed onto the Gunmi ship and waved good-bye Yusuke and the other. It had been a quick meeting and battle, but that was to be expected on this mission. Hiei said nothing as the trio left, but Kurama and Botan had thanked them for their help. Maybe, Sora thought, they would come back here after everything was corrected. Donald fired up the engine and the trio was off again, heading to the next world, Fruba.