"So, what do we know about the location of the machine?" asked Riku once they took off.
"It's in a castle where a woman lives," said Razelquin.
"How did you get this information Razelquin?" asked Sora.
"You can call me Raz. And when Maleficent came into the equation she said her highness would watch it at her castle. I checked Maleficent's castle first, and Mickey's second, but no luck," said Raz.
"A castle were a woman lives, that's not very narrow," said Riku.
"What if it was a certain woman," said Sora.
"I don't think she meant the gender as a whole," said Riku.
"No, I mean like a specific kind of woman," said Sora.
"Like tall or short? People aren't items Sora," said Raz.
"No, I mean like the Princesses," said Sora.
"They wouldn't accept something like that," said Raz.
"Not knowing what it was, but if this was before Ansem was openly evil, he could'of gotten in there," said Sora.
"He's got a point," said Raz.
"Yah, I'm surprised too," said Riku with a grin.
"Who are the princes?" asked Raz.
"Alice, Jasmine, Aurora, Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, and Kairi," said Sora.
"Thought you forgot about her," said Riku.
"Best for last," said Sora.
"Aurora, Snow White and Cinderella I've already checked," said Raz.
"That leaves Agrabah, Wonderland, and wherever Belle lives," said Sora.
"It's called Fabled Countryside," said Raz.
"What about Destiny Islands?" asked Riku.
"There's no castle there," said Sora.
"We'll still check it out, but save it for last," said Raz.
"Then to Agrabah," said Sora.
"Actually, Wonderland is closer," said Raz.
"That's good too," said Sora and Riku laughed.
The gummi ship landed and the three got out. They walked up to the queen's castle with no trouble. They entered and went up to the queen's throne.
"What do you want?" demanded the queen.
"We've heard that there might be a device in you castle that could be the cause of the heartless, we would like to search the castle to see if we can find it," said Raz.
"And who are you?" demanded the queen.
"We are the last of the Dark Hunters, it is our job to kill every heartless," said Raz.
"You do know that you're working with children," said the queen.
"And they are very skilled," said Raz.
"What do I get if I let you look around?" asked the queen.
"Well, if we find it, we can forever rid your world of heartless, if we don't we must look elsewhere then we will return to forever rid your world of heartless," said Raz.
"And if I say no?" asked the queen.
"We will never be able to forever rid your world of heartless," said Raz.
"WHITE RABBIT!" yelled the queen.
"Yes, yes my queen," said the White Rabbit running up to the queen.
"Would you kindly escort these men OFF MY WORLD!" yelled the queen and the White Rabbit fell over.
"Yes of course my queen. This way, this way, follow me please," said the White Rabbit leading the three out of the castle. "Now shoo, and don't return," said the White Rabbit once they were outside, before running back into the castle.
"What do we do now?" asked Sora.
"We sneak back in and search anyway," said Raz.
"Or, you could ask someone who knows," said a voice.
"Show yourself," said Raz.
"You're rather pushy, but I won't help until you say please," said the voice.
"Please help us," said Sora.
"Well, since you asked," said the voice and a cat appeared on the floor before them.
"It's the Cheshire Cat," said Sora.
"How can you help?" asked Riku.
"You search for the machine that makes heartless, right?" asked the Cheshire Cat.
"Yes," said Raz.
"Well, it is in a castle, but not this one. The keeper of the castle has met two of you, but not all three, and you will have an interesting time when you return here," said the Cheshire Cat.
"You're being more helpful than normal, why?" asked Sora.
"The heartless are making me sane, something I cannot allow, and I can't riddle when I'm sane," said the Cheshire Cat.
"Thank you for your help," said Sora and the three set off for the next castle.
"What princess does only two of us know?" asked Sora.
"I know all of them," said Riku.
"Me too," said Sora.
"I only know the ones whose castles I've checked," said Raz.
"So that didn't narrow it down at all," said Sora.
"Where to next?" asked Riku.
"Fabled Countryside," said Raz.
"How do I unlock the world's hearts once I've sealed them?" asked Sora.
"You use this," Raz tossed Sora a key chain, "its called the dead lock. It's stronger than the one you have now, and once you get used to it you can unlock the world's hearts, with any key chain," said Raz.
"Thanks," said Sora as he attached the key chain.
The gummi ship landed and the three got out and started up the way to the castle. Inside they found Belle walking through the halls.
"Sora, what are you doing here? And who are your friends?" asked Belle.
"This is Riku and Raz," said Sora.
"Raz, as in Razelquin?" asked Belle.
"That would be me," said Raz.
"I haven't seen you since we were kids in Twilight Town, how are Keznint and Seaver doing?" asked Belle.
"They died, a while ago," said Raz.
"Oh no," said Belle putting her hands to her mouth in shock.
"The heartless overpowered us and they fell, but that's partly why I'm here," said Raz.
"What is it?" asked Belle.
"The machine that makes the heartless, it's in a castle of one of the princesses, we're looking for it to stop the heartless once and for all," said Raz.
"It's not here," said Belle.
"Ansem could have hidden it at any castle, we have to search for it," said Sora.
"You have to ask Beast, if he sees you looking around without his permission, he might attack," said Belle and she led them to Beasts chambers.
"Sora, what brings you here?" asked Beast.
"The machine that makes the heartless, Ansem hid it in a castle of one of the princesses, and we want to check here," said Sora.
"I assure you its not here," said Beast.
"With all do respect sir, but Ansem is very smart, he could have hidden it here without your knowledge," said Raz.
"And who are you? Who are you to tell me what's in my castle?" demanded the Beast standing up.
"Wait, calm down, this is nothing to fight over," said Sora.
"If you are accusing me of being in league with Ansem, them we may need to fight," said Beast.
"No one said that, we said Ansem could have done it without your knowledge," said Sora.
"Wait Sora, it's not here," said Riku.
"What?" asked Sora.
"What makes you so sure?" asked Raz.
"The Cheshire Cat, he said only two of us will know the princess, Sora you freed them all, I helped capture them, And Raz knew Belle as a kid," said Riku.
"You're right, it can't be here," said Sora.
"But wait, Raz, you said you never met the ones whose castles you didn't search," said Riku.
"I didn't know that this was the same Belle that I knew," said Raz.
"Sorry Beast, but we were mistaken, Ansem didn't hide it here, we'll be going now," said Sora.
"It's okay, goodbye Sora and friends," said Beast and the three left.
They got on the gummi ship and it took off. They headed to Agrabah, the last princess with a castle.
"You sure you haven't met Jasmine?" asked Riku.
"I've never been to Agrabah before," said Raz.
"Good enough for me," said Sora.
The gummi ship landed and the three started walking through the desert towards Agrabah. Suddenly the wind picked up and sand was blown at the group. It seemed to be a sand storm and the three were forced to crouch down. Raz pulled his cape across his body, Riku pulled his hood up and held the frond over his eyes and Sora had his face in his arm. Suddenly the sand storm stopped and in front of the three was Kurt Zisa.
"What? But I killed it before," said Sora.
"Apparently there's more than one," said Riku as the three drew their weapons.
Riku and Sora ran forward but Kurt Zisa spun its arms and sent both backwards. Raz's wings shot out of his back and he took to the air. He dove at Kurt Zisa, dodged the blades, and stuck his blade deep into its head. He pulled the trigger and the head exploded and the body fell backwards. The body vanished and Raz retracted his wings as he put his gunblade away.
"Now there's none," he said as Sora and Riku came up to him.
The three entered the city and headed to the palace. When they got there they found Aladdin, Jasmine and Genie.
"Sora, what brings you back to the endless beach?" asked Genie.
"The machine that makes heartless, Ansem hid it in a castle of one of the princesses. We want to see if it's here," said Sora.
"Sure, go ahead," said Jasmine.
"Thank you," said Raz.
"Wait, you're going to search the entire castle? That sounds hard and long," said Genie.
"We're prepared for it," said Riku.
"I could make it a lot easier, I could show you the door the machine lies behind," said Genie.
"Really?" asked Raz.
"No prob," said Genie.
"Told you we should'of come here first," said Sora with a grin.
Genie waived his arms and smoke appeared. Then an image appeared in the smoke, it was an old wooden door with golden trim and surrounded by rocks.
"That's nowhere in the palace," said Jasmine.
"It's the secret place!" said Sora.
"Where?" asked Raz.
"On Destiny Islands, I always wondered where that door led," said Sora.
"Then we're of to Destiny Islands," said Riku.
"We get to see Kairi," said Sora.
"Thank you very much," said Raz and he turned to leave.
Riku and Sora thanked them as well and followed Raz to the gummi ship.
