A/N: Alright, now the gang is in Atlantica. And it's a doozy of a world.

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Chapter 11

Atlantica

They left Agrabah about three days ago and were coming up to their fifth world. Sora brought the Gummi Ship to a halt and the holographic image of the world appeared on the main computer screen. It looked like a giant black rock with a hole in the middle, and you could see the ocean within the rock. And was that a gold palace in there?

"Okay, guys," Sora began. "Prepare to land." Eleven pairs of eyes widen in horror. "Land where?!" Mariah asked shrilly. "In the sea? We'll drown!" Kevin yelled. Sora smiled at them. "Not with my magic we won't!" He said cheerfully. The mirror that would lead as a gateway to the world, appeared behind them. With a smile, Sora leapt through. Hesitating, the others slowly followed. Albeit reluctantly.

Sora dove right through the rock and into the cool refreshing ocean water. He heard a splash and turned to see the others arriving. Sora started to snicker as he realized what his magic had turned them into.

Mer-folk.

The Beyblader's were in their respective bit beast color, Ranma's fins were an icy shade of blue, and Yami a dark purplish black. Probably represented his true magic. Sora glanced down to see that his fins were a dark midnight blue, almost black. And they shimmered like diamonds.

"Cool." Said Tyson.

Sora perked up, a sound reaching his heighten hearing. His bluish white eyes widen slightly as a he saw a young female mermaid swimming up to them. She had long blood red hair and warm sapphire eyes. He noted the purple sea shells she wore across her breasts. And that her fins were a lime green. Swimming frantically to catch up, was a tiny red crab. "Come on, Sebastian." She called in a sweet, musical voice.

"Ariel, wait!" It cried in a Jamaican voice? "Slow down! Don't leave me behind!" Sora tensed, no one was supposed to know about them. Things were about to get really complicated.

"Relax, Sebastian." Ariel said calmly. "They don't look like one of them. Right Flounder?" She asked. A small yellow and blue stripped guppie peeked from around her. "I don't know. There's something weird about them." It said in a childish voice. Ranma sweat dropped. "What do you mean?" He asked uneasily.

Ariel frowned as she circled them. "They do seem. . . a little different. where are you from?" She asked curiously. Sora chose to answer, before any of the others made a fool of themselves. "We're from kind of far away. And we're not really used to these waters." He lied, using the exact same lie he used years before.

Ariel then smiled warmly. "Oh, I see. In that case . . . Sebastian can show you how we swim around here." She gestured to the crab. Sebastian pouted. "Ariel, King Triton will not like this!" He said angrily. Ariel waved him off. "Oh don't worry." She scolded.

Since Sora remembered his lessons from his first arrival to Atlantica, he chose to sit out as Sebastian instructed the other fighters on how to swim through the rough and gentle currents. Ariel was curious on why Sora was not joining in. And she voiced this out loud. Sora's cheeks took on a light pink hue. "Er - - I rather not talk about it." He said hastily. Pretty soon, everyone got the hang of swimming in the currents.

Sebastian smiled. The first time he did around them actually. "Good job." He sounded pleased. "Now, let's move on to self defense." He called out. Sora froze, sensing a foreboding feeling in his heart, he summoned the Kingdom Keyblade, and for some reason, he attached the Three Wishes Keychain to it. Yami took in the details of the new keyblade. The handles were two blue gold fishes that met at the top, a dark blue grip to hold it, the blade itself was long and curved at the top. Of course the blade was pure gold itself. And hanging from the chain was the tiny gold lamp charm Aladdin had given to Sora right before they left.

The Three Wishes Keyblade.

"It's almost impossible for the enemy to deflect it." He explained, at their curious looks. "But, why did you bring it out and not Ultima?" Yami wanted to know. Sora sighed. "Although Ultima is my most powerful weapon, Three Wishes magic can help us in this domain. Not to mention it increases my strength." Sora muttered the last part.

"But why did you bring out the Keyblade?" Kai demanded sharply. Sora scowled, revealing his fangs. "Because we're about to be attack by Heartless!" He snapped.

And Sora was right.

Swimming at them at an alarming rate were three larger than normal jelly-fish like creatures. Only these had round black heads inside the mass of goop and glowing yellow eyes. Also, the Heartless crest was pulsing on their bodies. Sora activated Scan and frowned. "Those are Sea Neons. Their one major weakness happens to be thunder magic." Sora recited as the information filled his mind. He and Yami exchanged looks as they raised their respective weapon over their heads and shouted at the same time:

"THUNDER/THUNDAGA!"

About six small bolts of lightning, and twenty huge bolts rained down, and ripped the Sea Neons into nothing. And crystallized hearts flew off. "Those creatures chased us here." Said Ariel. That was when Sebastian got an horrible idea. "Oh no!" He cried. "Those monsters might be heading for the palace, too!" Sora glanced towards Ranma, Yami and the Beybladers, and gave a curt nod. They would help.

"We'd better head back right away." Ariel said worriedly. "But, what if we run into more of them on our way back?" Flounder whined. Ariel sighed before turning to the strangers. "I'm sorry, but we need your help. Please come to the palace with us." She then pointed to the gold trident markings on the rocky walls.

"The trident markers on the walls point the way there. We won't get lost as long as we follow them. Okay then, let's get going."

As they swam off, Sora couldn't help but get a feeling that things were about to go from bad to worse.

He didn't realize how right he was.

Maleficent was watching all of this through an enchanted mirror. "Hm, how to destroy that insolent brat..." The evil witch then recalled that Sora refused to fight his friends. Kairi would be useless as she was needed in the plan. But, what about the boy Riku? Grinning, she snapped her fingers, and a seemingly sleeping teen around nineteen, appeared on the floor behind her.

Silver hair framed the lightly tan face as cat shape eyes were closed. She peered closer and saw his chest was still moving. Despite the fact he had no heart.

It was Riku.

From the folds of her robes, she brought out a pure black crystallized heart. It was pulsing with pure dark energy and gave off the aura of high level Heartless. She let it hover in the air, before it sank into Riku's chest. The teen moaned in pain before his eyes flew open. They were no longer their beautiful aquamarine color. Instead . . .

Glowing red ones peered out.

She began to laugh out loud. It was a high-pitched cold laughter. And would send chills down anyone's spine.

"Prepare Keymaster, to be destroyed by the ones you cherish most."

The second they swam into the Undersea Valley, Sora was filled with an overwhelming sense of coldness. He shivered violently, and Lee caught this. As did the other White Tigers. "Are you okay?" Lee asked quietly, swimming next to Sora who was still shivering. "It felt like someone just walked over my grave." He said uneasily.

That can't be good.

Max saw the trident pointing to a medium sized hole in the wall across from them. "Is that the way to the palace?" He asked, pointing out the hole. Ariel blinked before nodding. "Yes. I just hope that daddy is okay." She whispered. With a scowl, Sora swam further ahead and reached the entrance before everyone else.

Strange.

They went through the entrance and in the distance, Bryan could make out the golden palace that was Atlantica. Unfortunately, they were not alone.

"We got company!" Gary yelled. Sora summoned Three Wishes, Ranma Save the King and Yami Save the Queen. Some of the Heartless were indeed Sea Neons. But, there were three more kinds as well.

One looked like a giant blue angel fish with glowing yellow eyes. And of course, it had the Heartless crest on its chest. And attached to its stomach was a scuba gear like creature. Its head was like a torpedo, with an opening on the front and yellow eyes. It had a slim green body, claws for hands and webbed feet. It was also waving a large spear around. Not to mention they also had to deal with the ghost like creatures with huge claws.

Sora grimaced. "The fish is an Aquatank and what's attached to its stomach is a bunch of Screwdrivers." He paused. "The Screwdrivers are incredibly fast and I'd watch out for those spears of theirs." He added. "And the ghost is a Search Ghost. Just watch out for their claws. Rather painful."

"Spiral Wave!" Ariel started spinning her body and slammed into the Aquatanks, sending them back. "Thunder!" Yami yelled. Small bolts of thunder quickly took care of the Screwdrivers that had been ready to attack the Bladebreakers. Sora pointed Three Wishes at the Aquatanks and said one word: "GRAVIGA!" He roared out. The Aquatanks didn't have any time to move or attack as the balls of dark energy crushed them. And the pure crystallized hearts flew off.

Sora looked up and his eyes widen. "Damn it!" He yelled. Ranma looked around wildly, searching for what made Sora yell and then he saw it. About fifty more Screwdrivers were swimming towards them. "Damn." Was all he said. "Aw nuts." Said Tyson, seeing the army of Heartless behind them.

"Move!" Sora screamed at them. "Follow me!" Ariel urged, swimming for the palace. Just as the last of the group reach the palace walls, a bolt of golden energy shot of their heads and wiped out the Screwdrivers.

"That was a close one." Max sighed. "I'll say." Kevin agreed, placing a hand over his heart. "That was too close." Said a deep voice.

Huh?

Sora looked up and flinched. Sitting; somehow, on the pearl stone throne, was an elder mer-man with pure white hair and beard and cold blue eyes. There were golden braces wrapped around his wrists, a gold sea-shell crown on his head, and in his hand, he held a golden trident. His fins appeared to be a shimmering sea blue green. The mer-man sighed heavily.

"As long as I have my trident, I will not tolerate those creatures inside this palace." Like Sora, Ariel flinched at the sight of the man. "Daddy..." She said uneasily.

Uh-oh.

The man looked at her with a sad look in his eyes. "Oh, Ariel! When will you listen?" He scolded. "It's dangerous out there! Strange creatures lurk outside." Sebastian finally caught up and stood proudly at the bottom of the throne. "Behold. You swim before the ruler of the seas; His majesty, King Triton."

King Triton frowned at the sight of the heros. "And who are they?" He asked frostily. Sora flinched again. Not a good sign. "They helped us fight off those creatures." Ariel said happily. The frown deepened. "They don't look familiar..." He trailed off. The Bladebreakers, White Tigers, Bryan, Ranma, Yami and Sora grew uneasy. Could King Triton know the truth about them?

And if so, they were in big trouble.

"We're from an ocean very far away." Max lied. "Yup. We came to find the Keyhole." Said Tyson, a little too cheerfully. Sora winced and tried to sush Tyson, but it was no use. As King Triton already heard.

"The what?" He asked a tad too sharply. Ariel was curious. "What's that?" She asked eagerly.

"Well, it's a - - " Tyson was cut off abruptly by King Triton who was now glaring at the gang. "There's no such thing. Certainly not here." He snapped. "But, daddy..." Ariel whimpered. King Triton shook his head and said in a firm voice; "Ariel, not another word!" He said sharply. "You are not to leave this palace. Is that clear?" He said coldly.

Sora sighed. "We better go now." He whispered to the others, and they nodded in agreement. Ut, Ariel still chose to follow them secretly.

"Wait up Sora." Sora turned to see Ariel trying to catch up, and he grew worried. "Ariel, you shouldn't be here. You're father will be very upset." He said gently. She pouted. "I don't care. Anyway, I'd like to show you my secret grotto. Do you want to come?" She asked. He exchanged looks with the others before turning to her and giving her a warm smile.

"Sure."

"Is that a dolphin?" Asked Mariah, seeing something dark swimming nearby. Ariel followed the pink haired girl's gaze and laughed. "Yes. He is a friend of mine. You can ride him if you wish." Sora could only smile as he watched the Beybladers swim for a little bit on the dolphin.

/If only life was this simple./ He told Driger. Why can't it be?Driger asked softly. Sora smiled sadly.

/Not with the threat of the Heartless still strong,/ Sora glanced down at the Three Wishes in his hand. /Sometimes I wonder why I was chosen to wield the Keyblade. I lost everything because of this weapon./ He said bitterly. If you weren't chosen by it, what do you think life could've been like?Sora frowned.

/Probably every world would be over run with Heartless and there would be no light left in the world. Still, if I hadn't been chosen by the Keyblade, I never would've met the White Tigers or the Bladebreakers. Or even you./ He whispered. Driger smiled.

"See that big rock down there?" Ariel asked, pointing down where a rather large boulder was blocking an entrance of some kind. Behind them, the geyser continued to blow up bubbles from somewhere underground. "Yes. Is that it?" Yami asked curiously. Ariel nodded. "Then, let's go." Ranma urged. They swam down to the lowest level of the seas, and with a grunt, Sora pushed the rock away and they all managed to get inside.

Inside, was another story. All along the cave were walls of trinkets of all kinds. Ariel opened a tiny music box and a twinkling melody played all around them. Sora was silent. "Is everything okay buddy?" Tyson asked, seeing Sora's thoughtful expression. "Do you see that marking over there, on that wall?" Sora asked suddenly. The dragon blader followed the ex-White Tiger's gaze and saw a marking in the shape of a trident on the wall and realized that it was made of a soft blue stone. "Yeah, so?" He asked.

Sora sighed. "So, there has to be something here in Atlantica that matches it. And I have a feeling, that King Triton is not going to help us." He said grimily. Ariel was thoughtful. "Well, there is the area where a ship from the surface world sunk. I can take you there." She said quietly. Sora glanced towards the others to see them nod in agreement. "Alright Ariel, but we have to be careful." He said calmly. "Why? What do you think will happen?" Max questioned.

"I have a feeling we're being watched..." Sora said softly.

Maleficent was laughing as she watched Sora and his friends leave Ariel's grotto and head for the sunken ship on the other side of the grotto. And what had made her laugh, was Sora's last comment.

"You have no idea how right you are boy."

The group of thirteen came out of the hole where the dolphin had dropped them off, to find themselves in a large underground cave. Far below them was the remains of a once proud ship.

"Come on, what we're looking for has to be inside the ship." Sora said quietly, swimming down. Ariel hurried to catch up. Shrugging, the others followed. "Don't you think it's a bit odd, that Kon seems to know what to do before we even do anything?" Kai hissed towards Bryan who agreed.

It was strange.

What the gang failed to realize, as they entered the ship through a broken window in the back, was the shadow of a huge shark.

"What the hell is a chest doing in a ruined ship?" Lee asked, as he spotted the nearly rotten chest, sitting right underneath them. Sora ignored his question, and merely tapped the chest to get it to pop open. Inside, was a pale blue crystal trident. "It's the same as the mark in Ariel's grotto." Kevin said in amazement. Sora pocketed the crystal. "Now, let's head back before we run into any more trouble."

With a start, the ship gave a lurch and Sora cursed himself for opening his big mouth. Apparently, the shark had enough of waiting for his prey and had slammed into the ship, causing them to tumble a bit. That is, if you could tumble while being in water.

"Let's get out of here!" Tyson yelled. "Got anything in your arsenal to stop that thing?" Bryan demanded of Sora who smiled as if the cat caught the canary. "Yes. As a matter of fact, I do." He called forth Three Wishes and raised the golden Keyblade over his head and called out in a clear voice.

"TIME!"

The huge shark was frozen momentarily. "Come on, the spell only lasts for five minutes." Sora hissed, releasing his hold on the Keyblade as it digitized itself and returned to his heart. Waiting to be called once more.

"Let's go then." Max said weakly.

"Smart plan."

They made it back to Ariel's grotto without much problem. Sora placed the crystal trident into the trident shape hole and smiled as it began to glow. Soon, they could get out of this crazy world before Ursula chose to attack.

Sadly, Lady Luck was not on their side.

"Ariel, you've disobeyed me again!" Came King Triton's enraged voice. Startled, the whole gang whirled around, each with their respective weapon out. "I told you not to leave the palace." Suddenly, he raised his trident up, and Sora knew what he was about to do.

Destroy the crystal trident.

A bolt of energy shot out and shattered the crystal. Ariel was horrified. "Daddy, no! How could you..." She burst into tears and fled. King Triton then turned to the others and glared at Sora who did not flinch under his heavy gaze, before finally speaking. "Young man," He began coldly. "You're not from another ocean. But that of another world, aren't you?" He glanced at the Three Wishes and scowled heavily.

"Then you must be the Keybearer." The Beybladers, Ranma and Yami felt their eyes widen. This mer-man knew who Sora really was?!

Sora gave a curt nod. "Yes..." He said slowly. "You may fool Ariel, but you can't fool me." He began to circle Sora as if Sora was his prey and he was the predator. "You don't know your dorsal fin from your tail." His scowl grew. "As the Keybearer, you must already know... one must not meddle in the affairs of other worlds." Sora frowned.

"I already know that." He snapped. King Triton continued to rant his anger out on poor Sora. "You have violated this principle. The Keybearer shatters peace and brings ruin!" He snarled. This got the White Tigers very angry.

"Hey, Sora's not like that!" Gary rumbled, furiously. King Triton forced himself to calm down before he did something he would later regret and continued talking. "I thank you for saving my daughter. But there is no room in my ocean for you or your Keyblade." He said coldly before swimming out.

Sora just remained there, clenching his fists tightly. Of course he knew the rules about traveling to other worlds. But try explaining it to someone like Tyson! "That's it, I'm giving that guy a piece of my mind!" Tyson growled, before swimming off. "We better get him before he gets us into even more trouble." Max said worriedly.

Ranma glanced at Sora in concern. "You okay?" He whispered. "Don't let what he says get you down." Yami said gently, placing a hand on Sora's shaking body. "Where would King Triton be heading?" Mariah asked suddenly. Sora's eyes lit up as he recalled where the king would head to. "His throne. And I have a feeling we need to get there ASAP." Sora said suddenly.

Ursula grinned triumphedly as she held the golden trident in her clammy grey hands. "The trident is mine at last!" She exclaimed gleefully. The trident sparkled brightly in her grip. Sitting on the throne, weaken, was King Triton. And a terrified Ariel was clinging to him tightly. "I couldn't have done it without your help, my dear." She purred towards the young mermaid.

"Ursula, no! I didn't want this!" Ariel cried. Ursula had the most evil of all smiles on her face. "Why not? Aren't you tired f following your dear daddy's orders? Oh, yes. We had a deal, didn't we?" She mused, with a wicked gleam in her eyes. "Time for a little journey - - to the dark world of the Heartless!" She roared with laughter.

"WHAT?!" Ariel shrieked.

"Think again witch!" Yelled Sora as he and the others eventually arrived, just in time to hear the last phrase Ursula said. "Why, we have company. I'm afraid you're a little late handsome!" She teased and disappeared in a swirl of black magic flames. "Daddy!" Ariel sobbed. "The trident... we must get it back..." King Triton said weakly. "Come on, let's go!" Lee said coldly. "Wait! I'm coming with you!" Said Ariel.

Sora blinked, surprised. "My father is hurt, and it's all my fault. I have to stop Ursula!" Ariel said, determination settling in her eyes. "That's right. I'm right behind you, Ariel." Said Sebastian. "Ursula's power...lies within her cauldron..." Triton whispered as they swam away. Only Sora heard the mer-man's sentence, due to his heighten hearing. Thanks to the Heartless.

Upon arriving at the sunken ship site, Sora replaced Three Wishes with Ultima. He would need all the strength and magic he could get to beat Ursula. "How can we find Ursula's hideout?" Max asked curiously. Sora glanced down to the red crab and smiled. "Do you have an idea where her lair is?" He asked quietly. The crab gave a curt nod and lead them down to the lowest level where a large rock rested against the stone wall and had a blue eel design on it.

Mariah spotted a switch of some kind, hidden behind the overturned boat next to the rock. "You think that moves the rock?" She asked, pointing to the switch. Sebastian swam through the small hole and pressed it.

Instantly, the rock shattered and they were looking into a long, dark tunnel. Ranma took in a deep breath. "Let's go in then." He said uneasily. "Right." Said Yami. Inside, everything was lit up with red light, and Kai saw why. Apparently, they were underneath an active volcano. "Where are we?" He asked slowly.

Sora activated Scan, and made sure it stayed activated until they left Atlantica. "Hm. According to this, this is the Den of Tides. Ursula's lair should be around here somewhere. Aha!" He cried, and pointed to the right path. "She should be down there. My scanner is picking up on her aura." He explained. They swam through the tunnel and over thousands of tiny squirming creatures on the bottom, until they reached a huge entrance in the shape of an eel's head.

"Ursula's lair?" Mariah asked softly. Sora nodded. "Yes." He said quietly. And they entered just in time to see Ursula toss a vial into the cauldron that sat in the middle of the room.

"Come out! You can't hide forever!" Tyson yelled. "Your time has come!" Cried Sebastian. Ursula growled softly. "Get them!" She roared as two nasty looking eels came out and started zapping at them with electricity. "Yeow-ouch!" Lee yelped as he got a rather painful dosage of lightning. I have to take her out in one blow. But how? Sora wondered as he quickly cast Aeroga on everyone, protecting them temporarily from any attacks. But it would not last very long. That was it, he knew what attack to use.

"STRIKE RAID!"

He hurled Ultima at Ursula and let out a gleeful yell as the razor sharp sword cut deep into the sea witch's shoulder. He caught the flying weapon and his form blurred as he landed hit after hit on the witch. Ranma relished in every bruise and cut that marred the villainess's body. Sora reappeared next to Yami, breathing heavily. "You'll pay for that!" She hissed, before disappearing from their sights.

"What kind of attack did you use?" Tyson questioned, he was a bit jealous of Sora's skill with a sword. Sora lifted his head up and smiled tiredly. "That was Strike Raid, an attack I use for long distance. All I need to do is hurl the Keyblade at the enemy like a boomerang." Sora explained.

"Oh."

"Um, where did she go anyway?" Gary asked. Sora's eyes grew cold and hard. "Calm Depths." He said icily. "And how do you know?" Kai asked sharply. Sora raised an eyebrow. That was one question, he refused to answer. "We still need to get the trident back from her, remember?" Ariel reminded everyone.

"Fine. Let's go." Sora muttered.

It only took about half an hour and another ride of the dolphin, before they could really find the Calm Depths and Ursula. Apparently, the Calm Depths was a hidden area of the ocean that only the dolphin knew where to go. Shrugging, Sora swam through the entrance and eventually, the others did as well.

Ursula was waiting for them. She had the golden sea-shell crown on her white head and the trident was being gripped tightly in her right hand. And for some reason, black smoke was gathering around her lower body. "You pathetic fools!" She yelled. "I rule the seas now! The sea and all its spoils bow to my power!" The trident glowed brightly as her body grew to an enormous height of well over a hundred feet. Yami summoned a monster card and called forth its name. "I summon Neo the Magic Swordsman!" He cried.

Neo the Magic Swordsman

ATK/1700

DEF/1000

Neo was a young man with long blond hair and cold sea green eyes. He wore simply elven green armor, brown gloves, a blue cape and black boots. He also wielded a broad fencing sword and used sorcery to defeat his enemies. Now, Yami brought forth a new magic card. And the picture was that of a black hole. "I combine my swordsman with the magic card Yami! Increasing his attack and defense points by two hundred!"

Neo the Magic Swordsman

ATK/1900

DEF/1200

"Attack her with everything you've got my swordsman!" Yami roared as darkness swirled around the fighter monster. The Swordsman nodded and slashed forward. "No!" Sora yelled, realizing what Ursula was about to do.

But it was too late.

Ursula opened her big mouth and she swallowed the poor monster. Yami gasped softly in pain, and clutched his heart as he felt his connection to Neo the Magic Swordsman get severed. The pain was always worse with the stronger monsters. "I could have told you not to do that." He said peevishly as Ursula once again opened her mouth, and sent out massive bubbles at them. "Get out of the way!" Tyson screamed.

They separated and barely managed to avoid the blast. "That was a little too close." Said Ranma. "You're telling me." Max squeaked. "Where the hell is her weak spot?" Lee demanded. Sora frowned as the Scan located Ursula's one weakness. "It's the back of her head." He said finally.

"WHAT?!"

Sora grimaced at the sound of the loud screeching. "Now, Ursula defiantly heard us that time you guys!" He hissed at them. He looked over and cursed angrily as he saw her raise the trident. "Move away from her now!" He cried. "Why?" Tyson asked dumbly as Sora swam away furiously.

"She's getting ready to cast a circle of massive power! I suggest you get away before you get hit!" Sora called over his shoulder. Having the feeling that Sora was right, they swam away just in time to avoid the circle of golden flames that circled the evil sea witch. "I have an idea." Yami said suddenly. Sora glanced towards him, still casting the Aeroga spell. "Let's hear it, because I can't keep the shield up forever." He said warily, Ultima glowing softly.

"We can probably take her out in one blow. All we have to do is combine our power." Yami explained. "But, how could we channel the power?" Kevin asked curiously. Yami glanced towards Sora who blinked in surprisement. "We channel all of our power through Ultima. It may be the only way." Yami said softly. "It's the only plan we have." Bryan said uneasily. "We have no choice, we have to do it." Mariah said grimily.

Almost instantly, their beyblades began to glow. A bright red, an icy blue, a deep violet, a bright neon green, a glowing hot pink, a warm golden brown, a pure ebony, and a dark red light shot into the Ultima Keyblade, causing the weapon to begin glowing a blinding white. Ranma's icy blue aura swirled around him and it too, shot a beam of energy into the Keyblade. Yami's puzzle glowed a soft gold and it shot a beam of purplish black energy from the Egyptian eye, and into the Keyblade.

The glow of the Keyblade was overwhelming and was threatening to blind nearly everyone. Sora grinned over the hilt and pointed the glowing Ultima at Ursula and said:

"THUNDAGA!"

A single, huge bolt of white thunder shot down and ripped through the giant sea witch. Ursula shrieked with pain as her body was engulfed by black smoke. "Argh! You won't get away with this!" She shrieked as her body was digitized and the trident was left in her place. Sora was on verge of collapsing from the overdose of energy. "Let's taker the trident back to my father." Ariel said quietly, taking it into her hands gently.

Once at the palace, King Triton was given his trident back and he looked a whole lot better than he did before they went after Ursula. "Daddy, I'm so sorry." Ariel said sadly. "Please don't be angry with her." Sora said softly.

King Triton sighed sadly. "It's my fault. You followed Ursula because . . . I wouldn't let you follow your heart." He said quietly. "And when you found that crystal, I lost my temper and destroyed it." Ranma's eyes lit up. "Oh yeah. Why did you destroy it?" He questioned. "That crystal had the power to reveal the Keyhole. The Keyhole is dangerous. I had to keep you away from it at all costs." He said this to Ariel, who was listening closely. "Oh daddy..."

King Triton straighten in his seat. "Keybearer, I have one more request for you. My trident also has the power to reveal the Keyhole. Will you do it?" He asked. Sora smiled kindly. "Of course. That's what we had in mind in the first place." He said gently. "Where is the Keyhole, daddy?" Ariel asked. King Triton smiled fondly. "You should know better than anyone. It's in your grotto."

"Of course. That trident marking Sora found!" Tyson said eagerly. "Hm. Then perhaps we should go and let Sora lock it, then?" Yami asked questioningly.

They swam through the Undersea Valley with no problems. Now that Ursula was gone, Atlantica could get back to being peaceful once more. Sora pushed the rock that was blocking their way into the grotto and they headed inside.

Once inside, Ariel released the golden trident. The trident floated in front of them, the tip glowing brightly as did the mark on the wall, revealing a keyhole. Smiling, Sora raised Ultima and pointed it at the keyhole and watched as the gold stars swirled around the tip and the thin beam of blue energy shot into the hole, locking it and preventing more Heartless from showing up.

"Tell me, Sora, your world. . . what's it like?" She asked, after he sealed the Keyhole. Sora turned red. "Oh, about that . . . sorry about lying to you." He said quietly. Ariel simply smiled. "It's okay. Besides, if you can travel to other worlds, maybe I can, too." Sora grew quiet as she swam around him with dreamy eyes.

"So many places I want to see . . . I know I'll get there someday." She said wistfully. "Well, if you find it, do me a favor and leave me out of it." Grumbled Sebastian. Ariel giggled and then she handed what looked like a tiny orange crab to Sora. "Here, this is from my collection. I want you to have it." Sora watched as the Crabclaw keychain digitized and entered his heart. Waiting for usage in battle.

"We have to go now Ariel!" Called Mariah. "Good luck in following your dream!" Said Sora as they faded away after getting to a Rest Point. Ariel smiled.

"Someday..."


Coming up next is the Halloween Town chapter. And since Water-Goddess13 was the only one to help me, she get's the whole chapter dedicated to her.

See you until next time everyone...