I'm so glad I thought of this! Emma switched on the PS2. Why go to boring old Atlantica when we can visit scenic Luca? She took a step back, then launched herself into the save point. Spira, here we come!

… … …

Emma walked to the front of the Curaga-G. "I'm back!" She looked around and the Shiva 3000. It looked different. Instead of being a deep purple, it was made of pastel-colored blocks. "Er…guys? What happened?"

The boys waved. "Hiya there, Emma!" Goofy greeted her cheerfully. "Cid said that we can build any kind of ship we want now, since he's extended the size of the Gummi garage!"

"We just sort of threw stuff together," Sora admitted. "We used the blueprints of the Shiva 3000, modified them a bit, and changed the color scheme."

Donald nodded. "Since you weren't there to help us build it, we decided that you should name it."

"Thanks, guys!" Emma surveyed the ship again. "Mmm…how about the Valefor?"

"What?"

"The Valefor," she repeated. "I'll tell you guys later. Oh, and Sora?" Sora looked back over at her. "You'll see two people that you'll recognize in the next world. Pretend you don't know them; in this world, they don't know YOU."

"Um…okay…" Sora pulled a lever, and started the Valefor up. "…let's head to our next destination now."

… … …

"The road is splitting!" Maleficent stared in shock at a hologram of the Valefor. She whirled around to face Hook and Riku. "There has been a change of plans. Take Riku to this world," she ordered, pointing a dark pink fingernail at a Gummi map. "It seems to be called Spira. Riku, you must plant Heartless in a city called Luca. Do you understand me?"

Riku looked very sleepy. His head was bobbing a little. The mustached pirate jabbed him with the curve of his hook. "Speak when you're spoken to, boy!"

"Huh?" Riku's eyes flew open. "Yeah, I understand. I'll get the Heartless. Count on me."

"Provided he's actually awake," Hook grumbled. Riku stomped on his foot. "You scurvy rat!" This time, he was pricked with the Soul Eater. "Cut that out!" he demanded.

Maleficent banged her staff against the floor. "ENOUGH! THEIR SHIP IS ALREADY DOCKED AT LUCA! HOOK, DRIVE RIKU TO SPIRA IMMEDIATELY! RIKU, DESTROY THOSE FOOLS!"

Both Riku and Hook gulped. "Okay!" they whimpered in unison.

"Good."

… … …

"The screen says this world is Spira," Sora announced. "Are we at the right place?"

Emma nodded excitedly. "Let's disembark now!" Sora also nodded, then pressed down blue button, causing them to disappear.

… … …

Sora and Co. reappeared in the corner of a café. A blonde, spiky-haired young man was standing in front of a creature resembling a blue lion, as if defending it from two larger ones that stood in front of them. "Quit making fun of Kimahri!" the young man yelled. "What did he ever do to you?"

Goofy looked worried. "Gawrsh, we should help him!"

Sora gasped. "Tidus!"

"Sora, no!" Emma clamped her hand over Sora's mouth. "Sora, this is what I was talking about. This isn't your Tidus. This is the real version of him, from Final Fantasy X. Wakka's here too, but he doesn't know you either."

Suddenly, the café's customers quieted, and their eyes became fixed on a TV screen attached to the wall. Maester Mika's wrinkled face appeared on the screen, introducing the blitzball tournament. "Aw, man!" Tidus groaned. "I have to get to the arena! Let's go, Yuna." He looked around. "Yuna? Yuna!" With Kimahri on his heels, he ran outside.

Emma stretched a little. "Time to go beat up some Heartless!" She, Sora, Donald, and Goofy followed them out.

… … …

"Where were you?" A gothic-looking woman demanded of Tidus and Kimahri. "Yuna's been kidnapped!"

"She was right behind me, Lulu, I swear!" Tidus complained.

"Some guardian YOU are," she scoffed. "She's been kidnapped by the Al Bhed!"

Tidus angrily kicked a rock laying near his foot. "Well, that's just great! The tournament's starting! Why would anyone kidnap Yuna, anyway?"

Lulu rolled her reddish eyes. "Isn't it obvious? The Al Bhed want the Aurochs to pull out of the tournament, so the Psyches can win."

"Yuna or no Yuna, the Psyches will probably win anyway," Tidus commented, trying to smile. "We're pretty bad."

"This is no time to be joking. Their ship is nearby…we'll just have to board it and get Yuna back."

At that point, Emma stepped forward. "Excuse me, but I couldn't help overhearing that the Lady Summoner has been taken prisoner." She motioned for her allies to come up as well. "My friends and I are fairly good fighters; we would be honored if we could aid you in saving Lady Yuna."

Lulu looked them over. "You may as well help. Names, please?"

"Sora."

"Emma."

"Donald."

"Goofy!"

Tidus nodded. "All right, Sora, Emma, Donald, and Goofy, you can help out. We have to hurry!"

… … …

When the group was almost to the docks, their path was blocked by tiny, silver robots. "Machina," Lulu announced sourly. "The Al Bhed knew we were coming."

Everyone took out their weapons. "I hate these machina," Emma sighed. She glanced down at her stones. None of them were glowing. Aw, man!

Lulu turned to look at her after she destroyed a machina. "What's the matter? Don't you have a weapon?"

"It's not working. Can I borrow one of your stuffed animals?"

"They're weapons, not stuffed animals," Lulu corrected stiffly as she handed Emma a Rune Mog.

Donald laughed in a squelching tone. "Sure they are."

Lulu narrowed her eyes and pointed a fan at Donald. "Burn," she muttered. A Fire spell was launched at Donald, who promptly yelled and tried to douse his burning tail feathers. "Serves you right."

Some larger machina models crawled toward Emma. She clutched her new Rune Mog, and extended the remainder of the Silver Hammer, a cracked wooden cylinder. "Burn," she hissed, mimicking Lulu. A larger flame flew out, hitting two machina. "Whoa! I've got Fira already? I'm on fire! No pun intended."

The group tore apart the rest of the machina, until their path was cleared. "The boat has to be around the corner!" Tidus called. "Let's go!"

… … …

"Oh, joy. A boss," Emma grumbled as they got onto the Al Bhed's boat, only to be greeted by a super-sized machina. "How could I forget about the Oblitzerator?"

Tidus raised an eyebrow. "Don't you mean the Obliterator?"

Panels in the boss's chest opened up, shooting blitzballs at the seven fighters. "No, I mean the Oblitzerator," Emma repeated, wincing. She rubbed her now-sore arm, then pointed at a nearby crane. "We need that to beat it."

"I'm on it!" Tidus jabbed some random buttons. "It's not working! It's out of power!"

Emma shrugged. "Well, we'll have to give it some more electricity, won't we? THUNDER!" A jolt of lightning struck the crane.

"THUNDER!" Lulu and Donald echoed.

They shot spells at the crane for a few more minutes, but it still didn't have enough energy. Why is it taking so long? Emma thought. She looked at the others. "We need to keep going!" she urged them. However, they were all busy staring at her. "What?"

Kimahri wordlessly pointed at her. "Your necklace is glowing," Tidus translated. "Is that normal?"

Huh? Emma looked down. The yellow stone was shimmering, as if coursing with electricity. She smiled and clutched it, calling, "INAZUMA!" Emma's eyes and shirt turned yellow as a mist of the same color floated around her. She ran around the deck at…well, lightning speed. "Wow, this is amazing!" she cried. Her voice sounded as if it was being fast-forwarded. She leapt onto the crane and clenched it. Electricity came out of her hands, and ran through the crane. It shook wildly, then made a clear humming sound. "That's better!" She scrambled down to pull the crane's lever. It creaked, lifted the massive Oblitzerator like it was a light feather, and dropped it once it was about twenty feet from the ground. It exploded into a shower of nuts and bolts. "And that's how you take out the trash," Emma announced proudly.

Everything was quiet for a moment. Then, a slide door on the ship opened, and a brown-haired girl clad in a fancy dress ran out. "Yuna!" Tidus, Lulu, and Kimahri ran over. Lulu patted her head in a motherly way. "Did you hurt those Al Bhed?"

"A little," Yuna replied modestly.

Tidus ran over to Sora and Co., and pushed them forward. "Yuna, meet Sora, Emma, Donald, and Goofy. They helped us rescue you!"

Yuna did the Spiran Prayer, and cracked a small, shy smile. "Thank you very much."

Lulu put a hand on her chin. "I think they would be good guardians. Don't you, Kimahri?" Kimahri grunted. "What do you think, Yuna?"

"If Tidus, thinks they're good, so do I."

Tidus turned a light shade of red. "Er…yeah…good. They're good."

Emma scratched her head. "We have to travel around a lot," she told them. "I'm really sorry, but we can't take the job."

"Could you at least be part-time guardians?" Yuna asked hopefully.

"Anything for Milady Summoner!" Emma shook Yuna's hand.

"Please, just call me Yuna."

Sora looked around the deck. "Where's the-"

Emma stepped back and covered Sora's mouth. "We might have to come back later to find the keyhole," she whispered. "Until then, don't blow our cover. We have to protect the world order." She straightened herself and grinned at Yuna. "We're very honored to be your new guardians, Yuna. We'll do the best we can!"

… … …

"No keyhole? That is most odd," Maleficent murmured, concentrating on her hologram table. "At least we have more time to get rid of those fools."

"May I help?"

Maleficent spun around. "Who dares to speak to me?"

"Down here." Maleficent looked back at the image, which had changed to show a man with long, spiky blue hair. "My name is Maester Seymour Guado. Your targets seem to be close to mine, now…if you'd like, I believe I can be of some use to you."