KINGDOM HEARTS: This World Tallon
by RedMageMoogle
Yup, I said Riku and Kairi would show up later, so here they are, kupo.
And has anyone noticed my chapters have been getting progressively longer?
On with the show, kupo!
-Destiny Islands, Secret Place-
"Kairi! Remember what you said? I'm always with you too! I'll come back to you, I promise!"
"I know you will!"
A year since that day and Sora still had not returned...but Kairi knew better. Sora wouldn't break a promise like that even if it cost him his life.
Riku, who had recently returned to the island, took up position next to where Kairi was sitting-in front of the two drawings carved into the stone of Sora and Kairi.
"You really should get home."
Kairi spoke up, "You never told me how you got home."
Riku went on to explain, "Well, just before the end of the incident at Castle Oblivion, I came across Sora, Donald, Goofy and another girl who was taking care of them. They were sleeping in some cocoon-like things."
"Another girl...?"
"Yeah, her name was Naminé. She didn't tell me exactly how it happened, but she said she was repairing his memories. Seems some jerk called Marluxia forced her to mess with Sora's memories, and she really screwed them up."
"Oh. Go on..."
"After that, some guy named DiZ asked me to choose between light and darkness, and I chose the middle road. I followed what was in my heart, and that's how I managed to get back."
Kairi was still silent. She looked at the paopu fruits she and Sora had drawn, and got an idea.
"I wonder if that would work for me...Hey, Riku."
"Shoot."
"Do you have any gummi?"
Riku scowled. "If you're thinking of using a gummi ship, forget it, there's no way we could get enough gummi blocks."
As they headed out of the Secret Place, Kairi decided to bring up the idea: "What about King Mickey? He could project an image of himself to Traverse Town and ask Cid to build us a ship, couldn't he?"
Riku was surprised that Kairi knew Mickey could do that. Nonetheless, he replied, "You know...I never thought of that. I think he's at the paopu island...let's give it a shot!"
"But where will we launch?"
"I think the seashore is fine!"
"Hu huh! I heard my name!" Mickey called from the paopu island. "What's up?"
"Well...could we get you to do us a favor?" Riku inquired.
-Traverse Town, 1st District, Outside Synthesis Shop-
"Kupo, kupkup, kupopo..."
A moogle was walking back home after a long day's work. He happened upon a small fuzzy ball of light materialize in front of him. It formed into an image of...
"Your Majesty, kupo!" the moogle squeaked. "What brings you here, kupo?"
"Chiran...go and get Cid for me, would ya, please?"
The moogle named Chiran obliged with a cheery "Kupo!", and returned not forty seconds later with Cid behind him.
"Well, if it ain't King Mickey!" Cid greeted in his usual manner. "Need a ship repair or somethin'?"
"No, not this time. I need a new ship this time around."
"What's the occasion?"
"Kairi wants to go across the worlds and find Sora, so me, her and Riku agreed to have a new ship built for the trip..."
"Okay...standard model?"
"Yep. Thanks, Cid!" Mickey responded. "But who'll pilot it there?"
"Tell ya what...I'll have Chiran go. He's a fairly good pilot, despite his size..."
"Kupo! I heard that, kupo!"
Cid wasted no time in building the new ship, using what was referred to as the "Kingdom" model, the standard for gummi ships. It was finished in just one day, and was immediately deployed to the Destiny Islands with Chiran the moogle as its pilot.
-Destiny Islands, Seashore-
"Ready to go, Kairi? Chiran can't wait forever, you know."
Kairi took a deep breath, and exhaled. She hollered, "Yeah, I'm ready!"
"Then let's go..." Riku sighed. "Our first stop is Traverse Town. We need to get you some self-defense..."
"Oh, don't worry about that," Kairi slipped out a small dagger she had tucked away in a hidden sheath on her belt. Riku was amazed, as was Mickey.
"Since when did you get that?" Mickey inquired.
Kairi had no time to explain when Chiran emerged. "Kupokupo! My new radar is picking up the Keyblade's energy on a world called Tallon IV, kupo!"
"Then let's blow this joint!" Riku called. "Let's go!"
-Miranada, Transport to Magmoor Caverns-
Magmoor Caverns and a few teams of Heartless later, Sora and Samus had finally returned to the surface of Tallon IV. Sora had been relatively cool thanks to the new suit Samus had managed to give him, and was ready for anything else.
"So what's special about this place's climate?" Sora joked, after going through Phendrana Drifts and Magmoor Caverns, you'd kind of expect it from him.
"Nothing." Samus replied. "This is Miranada, the home city of my friends, the Chozo. They should be able to help you find your friends. The Chozo are a peace-loving race, who adore life and everything about it. I grew up with them after the Space Pirates took everything away from me...I still hate them to this day."
"Ah...I see your point."
"..." Samus was silent. She really didn't like talking about this.
Kupooo...I think this was alright, no? R&R, kupo!
The Used And Fallen: Thanks, kupo! Glad you like the story!
