Hey there folks! What's going on? I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter of "The Keyblade Master Chronicles"! This one is my first new addition into the Kingdom Hearts Universe: The Emperor's New Groove!
I LOVE The Emperor's New Groove. It has to be the best Disney movie ever made. It is SO hilarious, I swear to God.
As with most of the Kingdom Hearts levels, this will be taking place in the middle of the movie, so Kuzco is still selfish and Yzma is still…well…a person.
Anyway, enjoy! This is a tight squeeze of a chapter for my deadline, but I hope that you'll all enjoy it!
Level 7 – Kuzco' s Empire
"I can't believe we allowed Alice to be kidnapped right under our noses!" Jila said, punching the seat in the Gummi Ship. They were flying along towards their next destination, and all Jila had been able to talk about was their latest adventure in Wonderland. "I feel so stupid!"
"At least we defeated that Heartless," Haru smiled at his sister, trying to cheer her up. "The Dark Rose Heartless, remember?"
"Who cares about that?" Jila pouted. "Alice is in danger and it's our fault!"
"We'll just search for her too," Rion shrugged from the driver's seat. "Don't spaz, Jila. Everything will be fine. We need to focus on other things right now."
"Like what?" Jila asked, frowning. "How can I focus on something else at a time like this?"
"I was referring to the "Keychains"," Rion said. His younger siblings looked up, now interested. "Dad never mentioned them to us in his stories."
"Maybe they didn't exist when Dad went on his adventure," Haru suggested. "Or maybe Dad just didn't have to worry about them."
"Or maybe they don't even exist," Jila shrugged, sitting back down.
"I doubt that," Rion said to his younger sister. "Those Heartless were there for a reason. And remember the King? It's the same as with him."
"But the Queen was fine," Jila said. "After we beat off those Heartless, of course."
"The note that the Queen had said that the Keychain is the strong heart of the ruler of the world," Haru said. "I never thought that that loud mouthed wind bag had a strong heart."
"I'm with you there," Jila giggled.
"But still…" Rion said. "I say we look into this. When we find the ruler of the next world, we stick to him or her like glue to see if his or her heart is in danger of being stolen."
"But what about Dad?" Jila asked.
"We'll do that too," Rion said. "There are three of us, aren't there?"
"I do NOT vote for splitting up again," Haru said defiantly.
"I'm not saying we should," Rion shook his head. "No, instead, we should keep our eyes out for everything. The Heartless seem to be following us, so finding them should be no trouble. As for Dad…well…we'll just have to be on the lookout."
"Look!" Haru said, pointing to the Gummi Ship control panel. "A world is coming up to the left of us!"
"A left turn?" Rion asked. "Are you sure? Shouldn't we just keep going straight?"
"If there's a world, then we should definitely stop!" Haru argued. "Dad and Mom could be on that world!"
"Haru's right," Jila nodded. "Let's turn, Rion!"
Rion nodded to his siblings and turned the Gummi Ship left, swerving off the original course set. "Okay…I see the world coming up."
"Look!" Jila pointed to the world. "Let's land on that big golden building! That looks like the palace! That's where the ruler lives, probably!"
"Nice thinking, Jila," Haru nodded. "Land there Rion!"
"You've got it," Rion nodded to his siblings as he rounded in on the world's large golden palace. It was a small world, with a few jungles and huts here and there. The real focal point of its entire landscape was the gold palace that the children were currently heading towards.
"Well, here we are…" remarked Rion as the three children reached the entrance of the great palace. "I guess we should just go in."
With that, the children walked up to the doors, only to be stopped by two muscular body painted guards. "Who are you?"
"Umm…I'm Jila and these are my brothers."
"State your business."
"We're here to see the ruler…"
"Do you have an appointment?" one guard said, and, strangely enough, he pulled out a black appointment book and began to flip through it. "We don't have you penciled in here."
"We don't have a--" Jila began, only to be cut off by Rion.
"We do have an appointment," he told them. "The ruler will be expecting us, I'm sure."
Haru and Jila decided to go with the flow and nodded to the guard, who sighed and shook his head. "I'm sorry, but Empress Yzma has specifically requested that we let no visitors in."
"Huh?" Haru raised an eyebrow. "What for?"
"We're doing renovations on the palace," the guard said. "Empress Yzma has demanded the entire place be redecorated."
"Why?" Jila asked. "Is there something wrong with the old interior?"
"You must have heard," the guard said. "Our old Emperor, Emperor Kuzco was attacked and killed by the Heartless just a few days ago."
"Huh?" All three children gasped.
"The Heartless?" Jila asked. "They're here?"
"They were," the guard corrected. "But Empress Yzma did away with them. Too late to save the Emperor of course. She was beside herself at his loss."
"Well we have to get in and see the Empress!" Haru insisted. "We've got information on the Heartless! That's why we're here!"
"Information indeed!"
The children gasped as the huge doors flung open, flattening the guards against the walls. The three looked up to see that a large muscular man wearing blue and gold had opened the door. He didn't look too bright, but strong, to say the least.
Behind him was the woman that had spoken. The children looked at her as the man stepped aside, and they gasped.
"What is that?" Haru asked.
"Maybe it's a Heartless!" Jila suggested.
"Don't get too close!" Rion warned. "It might attack!"
"You brats!" the woman screeched. The children had reason to be afraid. The woman was extremely old, with sickly looking skin, huge wrinkles, and a figure that reminded the children of a bent tree branch. She wore an outlandish violet outfit that shimmered whenever she walked. "I am the Great Empress Yzma!"
"She's the Empress?" Jila asked, grimacing. "Man…we keep running into obnoxious, ugly rulers."
"I thought you might come soon!" Yzma smirked. "You fowl little traitors! KRONK!"
"Ahh…yeah Yzma?" the dim looking man asked, turning his head. "You say something?"
"Seize them Kronk! And the rest of you!" She pointed to the guards who had just freed themselves from the slammed doors. "Don't sit around like drunk monkeys! Seize these traitors! They work for the Heartless!"
"Huh?" Jila yelled as she felt the guards grab her brothers. "She's lying! We're the enemies of the Heartless!"
"Kronk!" Yzma said to the large man. "Grab the annoying whiny girl!"
"Uhh…I don't know Yzma," Kronk hesitated. "She's just a girl. Isn't that…uhh…a little low? Even for you?"
"KRONK!" Yzma screamed. "DO WHAT I SAY BEFORE I BECOME ANGRY!"
Kronk looked as though he was debating with himself. Jila looked on as her brothers were carried off by the guards and Yzma looked at Kronk with a mystified expression. "Well, Yzma just told me to grab that girl over there, but I'd feel kind of low doing it."
"Oh brother!" Yzma rolled her eyes. "FORGET IT! YOU!" She pointed to another guard in the room behind her. "Capture that girl! She's on the side of the Heartless!"
The Guard grabbed Jila as well and walked by Yzma obediently. "H-hey! Let me go!" Jila shouted, struggling in the man's grip. But it was no use. She was being carried away just behind her brothers.
"Throw them in the prison with the other traitor and his villainous llama!" Yzma commanded. She then looked back at Kronk, who was still talking to himself.
"B-but…but…don't argue, it makes me awkward."
"KRONK!" Yzma shrieked, making Kronk break out of his trance. "Come! We have much to do!"
"Oh! Roger Yzma," Kronk nodded, following the scary Empress into her palace. As Kronk walked through the archway, Yzma turned, grabbed the large door handles, and then slammed the door shut with a deafening "boom"!
"Hey! Watch it!" Jila shouted as the guard threw her into a cell with her two brothers. "You've got to believe us! We're telling the truth! We're not your enemies!"
"Keep talking, little girl, they ain't listening."
The three children sat up and looked to their left to see they had cell mates. One was a large man wearing a green tunic and a brown hat. Next to him was a llama, lying down and looking very depressed.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," Jila said sarcastically to the man. "I see that you're real optimistic about getting out of here."
"Oh," the man said, and the children were surprised to hear a different voice. "That wasn't me," he said kindly. He then pointed to the llama next to him. "It was him."
The llama rose its head and looked at the three children. "Hey brats."
"OH MY GOD, A TALKING LLAMA!" Jila screamed, grasping her brothers out of fear.
"Well at least you believe me!" the llama said. "Everyone's all like 'ooo, the fat guy's talking for his llama'." He did a high pitched voice for "everyone".
"W-wait…" Rion stumbled. "You're…a…a…"
"A talking llama?" Haru finished. The llama rolled his eyes.
"Uhh…ch'ya?" he said sarcastically. "And now, not only do I have to share this cramped cell with tubby here, but now three brats from nowhere."
"How can you talk?" Jila asked, widening her eyes.
"I'm not really a llama, stupid!" he said, rolling his eyes again. "I'm the Emperor. Can you say that with me? Em-per-or?"
"Emperor?" Rion asked, sitting up. "But the guards told us that the last emperor was killed by the Heartless."
"Ahah, and you believed them," the llama laughed. "That's cute."
"Well, what really happened?" Jila asked.
"What am I, an information booth?" the llama asked rudely. "Ask tubby here if you want to know."
The children turned to the man and he looked at them with a kind smile. "Hi there. My name's Pacha, by the way. Who might you be?"
"I'm Jila," she said.
"Rion."
"And Haru. We're brothers and sister."
"How'd you end up here?" Pacha asked, smiling at them.
"Well…we're travelers--" began Jila.
"Oh great! Tourists!" the llama said sarcastically. "My favorite people!"
"And we came here looking for the ruler of this world…" Jila muttered, eyeing the llama with disdain.
"Well this is him here," Pacha chuckled. "He might not look it, but this Emperor Kuzco. He got transformed into a llama, you see."
"How?" Rion asked.
"You know that scary woman with the big guy?" Pacha asked.
"Wait…was this woman scary beyond all reason?" Haru asked.
"Oh yeah."
"Yeah, we know her."
"She's been plotting to take over the Empire for awhile now," Pacha told them. "Or at least that's what Emperor Kuzco says. And those strange black things? The Heartless? Well, Yzma had them attack, then slipped Emperor Kuzco poison in the middle of the chaos. That's what turned him into a llama."
"Why is she Empress now if she attacked the Empire?" Jila asked. "It makes no sense."
"Uhh, duh!" Kuzco rolled his eyes at her. "No one actually SAW her, except for tubby here."
"I was walking to the palace for a meeting with the Emperor here," Pacha explained. "When I heard her and the big guy giving orders to the Heartless. I thought that I would warn the Emperor…but when I got here--"
"Oh wait, wait, wait!" Kuzco jumped up, a wide grin on his hairy llama face. "I want to tell this part! You see, he got angry cause I wanted to tear down his village. Can you believe him?"
"And you're still going to do it!" Pacha frowned.
"After we get out of here and I get back to normal," Kuzco said, narrowing his eyes at Pacha, "you bet I'm going to. It's Kuzco-topia!" He sighed happily. "It's my birthday gift to me!"
Jila, Rion, and Haru looked at Kuzco with looks of disbelief. "Are you serious?" Haru asked the llama. "You'd force dozens of people out of their homes just for you?"
"Uhh yeah," the emperor nodded. "Me. Moi. I don't see the problem here."
"How selfish!" Jila spoke up. "You're really selfish and rude, you know that?"
"Oh yeah, and I'm going to listen to someone who looks like she just took the baby bottle out of her mouth?" Kuzco remarked.
"Just because you're the Emperor doesn't mean you can act this way!" Jila said.
"Uhh…yeah it does," Kuzco nodded, smirking. "And anyway, I don't want to waste my energy on you. I've got to think of a way to get back in my body and back on my throne with everyone loving me."
"I've got it," Rion got to his feet and moved over to the bars. "I know how we can get out of here."
"How Rion?" Haru asked, standing up with Jila.
"I'm going to melt the hinge of the door with my magic," he explained. "When it falls, Haru, I want you to make a shield around it so it won't make a sound when it hits the ground. We can slip away undetected then."
"All right," Haru nodded. They both took out their Keyblades, and Kuzco and Pacha looked at them with odd expressions.
"FIRE!" Rion cast the spell, then held the Keyblade steady to the hinge of the door as it began to melt. "Darn it. I've never kept my fire on this long. It's draining the energy out of me…"
"You've almost got it!" Pacha said, rising to his feet. He walked over to the door and began to push. "I'll help you! That way, it won't take as much energy!"
"Thanks," Rion smiled at the man and continued to burn at the hinge. Due to Pacha's force on the gate and Rion's fire, it was giving way.
"You're actually going to do it!" Kuzco cried, surprised. "I can't believe you're actually getting me out of here!"
"Haru, now!" Rion shouted to his brother as the gate fell.
"We did! Boom, baby!" yelled Kuzco, who then ran past both Pacha and Rion and knocked the gate to the ground, making a huge clashing noise. "Oh…oops. My bad."
"They've escaped! Everyone down here!" The guards began to run down the stairs to the prison, and the three children and Pacha looked at the Emperor reproachfully.
"Oh look!" they heard a familiar old, scary-beyond-all-reason voice coo in a high shrill. "Those locked up Heartless got out! Oh well!"
"Heartless?" Jila asked, unsheathing her blade as well. "Oh my gosh, this is bad!"
"Look! Here they come!" Rion pointed towards the stairs where dozens of Shadow, Soldier, and Powerwild Heartless were running towards the group, looking for a fight.
"Uh-uh-uh what do I do?" Kuzco asked, looking around.
"Fight, if you want to live!" Haru shouted, bounding forward and slicing at a Soldier Heartless.
"Hyah!" Jila did a sweeping slice at a Powerwild. Pacha was throwing nearby barrels at the Heartless, while Kuzco sat there, looking scared.
"Hey! I'm the Emperor! At least protect me!" he complained, then screamed as a shadow came running towards him. He took his back legs and kicked the Heartless across the room as it attacked, sending it into the wall and making it explode into a cloud of black smoke. "Woah! I-I did it! I beat it! L-look, I beat it!"
"We don't care!" Haru said, slicing another Heartless that Rion had already set aflame. "Just keep fighting and make yourself useful for once!"
"Hey! I am the Emperor! No way am I letting you boss me around," Kuzco said, sticking his nose into the air, only to be knocked over by a Powerwild. "Ow! What the heck? That's it, you're going down!"
Kuzco gave the Powerwild another hard kick, defeating it in one blow while the children dispensed of the last batch of Heartless. "We win!"
"But there are more coming!" Rion warned them. "We've got to get out of here!"
"I'm with the brat," Kuzco said, running up the stairs. "The faster we get out of here, the faster I get my body back."
The five ran up the spiral staircase at top speed, not even bothering to look at the Heartless who were in hot pursuit. Soon, they reached the surface of the palace to be met by Yzma, Kronk, and a handful of guards. "They're the ones that killed the emperor! Seize them!"
"Wait! Wait, no, stop!" Kuzco tried to speak, but the low roars of the guards drowned him out.
"C'mon, we have to get out of here!" Rion told them. "Make a break for the door!"
"Hey wait! This is my palace!" Kuzco exclaimed. "I'm not leaving!"
"Fine, if you want to get killed, stay here!" Jila told him. "If you want to live…RUN!"
With that, the five sprinted around the guards and Yzma, running to the door. They got through, across the rope bridge, and ran towards the jungle path. "After them Kronk!" Yzma exclaimed. "Make sure they're dead by the time you get back!"
"Roger Yzma!" Kronk nodded, smiling. "I'm on my way." With that, he left the palace, chasing after the five.
"Great!" Kuzco exclaimed, panting as they group stopped deep in the Jungle. "Here I am, in a llama's body, trapped in the jungle, with three brats and Pacha. This is just dandy…"
"Would you stop complaining?" Jila snapped. "We're not lost! All we have to do is make it back to the palace and get you turned back to normal."
"Then why the heck did we run away?" Kuzco asked.
"We would have been killed if we stayed there!" Haru exclaimed.
"It's getting dark," said Pacha kind-heartedly. "Let's rest up for the night. I'll build a fire."
Pacha took off his tunic and made his way over to a dry patch of jungle near a river to gather firewood. Kuzco sighed and sat down on the dirt. "I'll just sit here and watch, okay?"
"You know," called Pacha. "Have you thought…about what I said?"
"I'm not changing my mind about Kuzco-topia, if that's what you're getting at," Kuzco said dryly.
"Now, I think, if you really think about it," Pacha said, lighting up the fire with a small stick. "You'll realize that you're endangering the happiness of others just for yourself."
"Yeah. And I care because…?"
"Well," Pacha laughed. "C'mon, nobody's that heartless!"
Kuzco paused. "Except for those weird things we fought. And besides them, I really don't care."
"I never thought I'd meet anyone this selfish, but you've taught me to believe anything's possible," Pacha said angrily, frowning at Kuzco.
"Oh, isn't that sweet? Believe!" Kuzco said sarcastically.
"I can't believe you!" Pacha remarked. "We could have let you die back there! And then all of my problems would have been over, and these three wouldn't have had to lug you everywhere!"
"Yeah, but you didn't," Kuzco smirked. "That makes you ugly, bratty, and stupid, all in four!"
"What did you say?" Jila asked angrily.
"Well I'm lost," said Kuzco simply. "And I need to get back to the Palace, so you four are going to take me there, got that?"
"Fine," Rion sighed, standing up. "If it'll shut you up. Guys, I think we were wrong about this world."
"Huh?" Haru looked over at Rion. "What do you mean?"
"This guy's heart is obviously way too weak to be a Keychain…" Rion muttered. "He's selfish, arrogant, and doesn't care about anyone but himself."
"What did you say…?" Kuzco asked, looking at Rion with dark eyes. "What's all this 'weak heart' stuff you're talking about?"
"Yzma has more of a chance of having the Keychain then this guy," Rion sighed. "I think we should leave in the morning."
"What about the Heartless?" Jila asked.
"They'll get out of here once we leave," Rion shrugged. "They'll realize there's no keychain here and get out soon enough."
"Hey, I don't know what these 'Keychains'," Kuzco used his hooves as quotation marks, "are, but I'm not letting you just leave me here with my Kingdom taken over and those freaky things running around."
"Well, these three don't know the way back," Pacha said simply. "And I'm not taking you back until you change your mind about the village. So you're stuck here."
Kuzco snarled under his breath. "Fine! I don't need you! I'll find my own way back."
"With the Heartless everywhere?" Pacha asked. "I don't think so."
"I'll take them with me," Kuzco said, nodding his head towards the children. Haru and Jila turned their backs.
"We're not being your bodyguards!" Jila remarked coldly.
"Yeah, Jila's right. You're crazy if you think we're going to help someone as horrible as you!" Haru said.
"They've got a point," Rion told the Emperor. "Why in the world should we help you? You're no longer any use to us."
"Hey! I'm in trouble here," Kuzco frowned. "And I'm the Emperor! Aren't you going to lift even a finger to help me out?"
"You know what…?" Pacha spoke up and Kuzco turned his head. "One day, you're going to end up all alone, and you'll have no one to blame but yourself."
"Thanks for that, I'll log THAT away," Kuzco rolled his eyes.
"It's going to be a long night…" sighed Juka as she fell down, ready for a good night's rest.
"You're not really going to just kill them are you?"
Kronk was standing outside the clearing where the five currently were, staring in with small beady eyes. He had taken the liberty of throwing himself in mud and leaves in order to camouflage his appearance. It was a poor disguise.
"Huh?" Kronk looked over to see his shoulder angel appear, looking at him reproachfully. "There you are."
"I say you do 'em in. What did they ever do for you?" Kronk's shoulder devil also popped up in a puff of red smoke. "If you don't…Yzma'll get mad."
"Oh shut up," said the angel.
"You shut up."
"You."
"You."
"You."
"You infinity."
"Grr…"
"Look buddy, I'm going to give three good reasons why should go in there and do away with them," the shoulder devil told Kronk. "Reason number one. Look at those kids. They've got funky keys and weird clothes."
"I thought I told you to be more accepting of other people's fashion choices…" remarked the shoulder angel.
"Reason number two. I can stand on my head. See?" The shoulder devil then proceeded to stand on his head on Kronk's shoulder.
"But…but I don't understand--"
"Hey, wait. He's got a point."
"Anyway…you guys are only making things more difficult," said Kronk. "So…uhh…be gone, or however I get rid of you guys."
"Whatever."
"See ya."
The two puffed themselves away, and Kronk was left along, biting his nails in anticipation. Finally, he backed slowly away and walked back up the path. "It's…not like they'll ever come back, right?"
The next morning, Pacha and the children had gathered by the river eating the few small portions that Pacha had thrown together for them.
"This is good," Jila remarked, smiling at Pacha. "Thanks for making it."
"I didn't," Pacha shook his head. "My wife did."
"What happened to your sweater thing?" Haru asked, pointing at Pacha's bare shoulders.
"Oh, that?" Pacha asked. He pointed to the side of him, and the children looked over to see Kuzco lying asleep with the tunic over him. ((WWWWWWEEEEEEEEE! HAPPY 2006! YAAAAY!))
"You really are a nice guy Pacha," said Jila, looking up at him. "He's so cruel. He's going to tear down your home, but you're still helping him?"
"He's got no one else to help him," Pacha shrugged. "And you never know. There's also some good in everyone."
"Ahem."
The four looked up to see none other then Kuzco walking towards the, the tunic in his hand. "Look…I thought about what you said. And…maybe when we get back to the palace…I mean, there are lots of hilltops and…" he looked into the water and diverted his gaze.
"Are you changing your mind?" Jila asked. "You're not going to destroy Pacha's village after all?"
Pacha looked at Kuzco with narrowed eyes. He then stuck out her hand and Kuzco reached for it. "Don't shake…" he told him, "unless you mean it."
Kuzco smiled, then took his hand and gave it a good shake. Pacha returned it heartily and smiled. "Great! This is great! Let's get you back to palace and turned back to normal, all right?"
"We'll go with you!" Jila told them. "Our ship is near the Palace anyway, and we might as well help you out."
"Hey, this being nice thing does have its perks," Kuzco laughed. "I've got a guide and bodyguards all in one swoop."
"Don't get too high and mighty," Haru told him.
"Wouldn't even dream of it," smirked Kuzco as the five began to walk through the Jungle.
"Kronk, you had me worried when you mixed up those poisons and didn't capture that girl," Yzma smiled as she sipped her drink, now dressed in a sparkling pink outfit. "But now that all five of them are dead, we have nothing to worry about."
"Uh yep!" Kronk nodded. "Dead. Completely and totally dead."
Yzma raised an eyebrow, suspicious. "Kronk…you did kill of Kuzco and the Keyblade brats, didn't you?"
"Oh, they're dead all right!" Kronk nodded, burning his hand on the food he was busy making. "Can't get much deader then they are, except if we…uhh…killed them again!"
"Which you might have to do."
Yzma looked up and frowned as a black cloaked figure appeared in the room. "What are you doing here Maleficent?" Yzma asked. "I did what you asked and got rid of the Keyblade Wielders. That was my end of the deal, wasn't it?"
"I remember," Maleficent smiled wickedly. "I give you the Heartless so you can take over the Empire, and you get rid of the Keyblade wielders for me."
"So why are you still here?" Yzma asked.
"Because the Keyblade wielders are still alive."
Yzma spat out her drink in Kronk's face and immediately began to turn red with anger. "KRONK! YOU IMBECILE!"
"They're on their way to the Palace right now," Maleficent informed her. "I expect them taken care of soon."
"What about that Keychain thing you mentioned?" Yzma asked. "Where can you find that?"
"It's coming towards the Palace too," Maleficent smirked. "But don't worry, I already have a plan to obtain it."
"It's none of my business," Yzma shrugged. "The Empire is mine and that Kuzco brat is gone. That's all I care about." Yzma gritted her teeth. "Or he WOULD BE GONE, IF IT WEREN'T FOR SOMEONE!"
"I'll send out one of my own warriors," Maleficent smiled. "Right, Aece?"
From the shadows came none other then blonde woman from before, carrying her buster sword, a few wizards darting around her. "Fine. You want me to go and capture the Emperor?"
"No," Maleficent shook her head. "I'll explain it all to you in a bit."
"So after we cross this bridge, we'll be at the palace?" Jila asked as the group arrived at the rope bridge they had been at a bit before.
"Yep," Pacha nodded. "Once we get there, we'll grab the potion that'll turn the Emperor back into a human and get rid of the Heartless."
"Yeah, I mean, Yzma's got that "secret lab" thing," Kuzco said. "And she's the one who turned me into a llama in the first place, so she's definitely got to have a way to change me back."
"Okay! Then I'll go first!" Jila smiled, running over the bridge, her brothers and Pacha behind her.
"Jila, watch out!" Rion called to her. "Don't go so fast!"
"I'm fine!" she said. "See?"
"AAAH!" Pacha screamed as he stepped on a faulty board and fell, the ropes catching his fall! The three children spun around and gasped.
"Pacha!" Haru shouted. "Are you okay?"
"I-I'm fine! Help me up!" Pacha said, reaching out his hand.
"Umm…no I don't think we will," Kuzco smiled, jumping over the broken spot. The three children looked at him, their mouths wide open. "C'mon kids, let's go."
"What do mean?" Jila asked.
"I need you three to beat up the Heartless and Yzma," Kuzco said, narrowing his eyes. "Duh."
"What about Pacha?"
"I was going to destroy his house anyway when we got back to the palace, but I kind of like this better," Kuzco grinned.
"KUZCO!" Pacha called as the llama began to strut away. "We shook hands on it!"
Kuzco stopped and the children stared after him. Obviously, Pacha had struck a nerve. "You know the funny thing about shaking hands?" The Emperor asked, clicking his hooves together. "You need hands!"
"We'll help you Pacha!" Jila called, drawing her Keyblade and holding it out for Pacha. He grabbed hold of it and the three helped pull him up. Kuzco frowned at the four as Pacha made his way to edge of the bridge.
"Thanks kids," he sighed as she hit solid ground. "I owe you one." Kuzco followed him, looking upset and angry.
"Don't mention it," Haru grinned as they walked to the edge of the bridge. "I mean, it's not like he," he shot an angry look at Kuzco, "would have saved you."
"Huh?" Jila looked down and gasped as she saw the earth coming out from underneath them. "Guys, watch out!"
But it was too late. The ground and the bridge gave way and the three children found themselves without anything to stand on and nothing to grab hold of.
"Hey watch out!"
The three children found themselves jerked back and thrown to the solid ground by some force they hadn't seen. When they looked up they saw Kuzco grinning down at them. "Oh my gosh! Did you see that? I snatched you right out of the air!"
He continued to babble about his great deed and even perform a sort of victory dance that the four people looking at him were not paying attention to. Instead, their eyes were wide and were staring at Kuzco. He stopped, noticing their eyes on him. "What?"
"Y-You just saved our lives…" Haru muttered.
Kuzco paused. "Yeah, so?"
"I knew it!" Pacha chuckled. "There is some good in you!"
"Uh, no!"
"Yes, I saw you!"
"No, no, no."
"You could have let them fall," Pacha suggested.
"Oh c'mon!" Kuzco shot back. "They're just kids! Nobody's that heartless!" He quickly caught himself and covered his mouth with his hoof as the four smiled at him.
"C'mon!" Jila smiled at Kuzco and grabbed his hoof, making him look uncomfortable. "Let's get to palace! It's right up there, isn't it?"
"Look, don't get all friendly just cause I saved your lives and all," Kuzco said, taking his hoof away and wiping it on his chest. "But you're right. We've got to get to the palace quick."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The five looked up and turned their head to see none other then the blonde haired woman from before walking slowly out towards them. Jila, Haru, and Rion gasped. "It's you!" Haru exclaimed.
"Emperor Kuzco," the woman bowed. "I'm a guard at your palace. Empress Yzma has been apprehended and we've found the solution to transform you back into a human."
"Wow, that's great!" Kuzco smiled widely. "Now we can just go back! Easy peasy!"
"However…" the woman continued. "These four are not to be trusted. They're with the Heartless and Yzma."
"What?" Kuzco looked up at his comrades, hurt and taken aback. "You are?"
"No!" Jila shook her head. "She's lying! She's the one with the Heartless!"
"I can't believe it," Kuzco shook his head, as if coming to a realization. "You were leading me into a trap the whole time and I almost fell for it!"
"She's lying!" Rion exclaimed. "Why aren't you believing us?"
"And you even used kids…" Kuzco said, disgusted. "I'm leaving. Throw these people in prison!" Kuzco commanded the girl and she nodded, snapping her fingers. Behind her, at least a dozen guards came up and grabbed hold of the four.
"Kuzco!" Pacha exclaimed. "You're making a mistake!"
"Oh, and by the way," Kuzco smirked. "When I get back to the Palace, I AM building Kuzco-topia!"
"Kuzco! Stop! She's lying!" The children tried to shout after the emperor, but he ignored them, frowning.
"Okay, take me back to the palace, will ya?" he asked the woman. "Hey, I've never seen you around. What's your name?"
"Aece," she said coldly. "But you won't need to know my name for long."
"Why's that?" Kuzco's eyes widened as the broad side of the woman's huge sword hit him the back of the head, knocking him out cold. He slumped to the ground, unconscious.
"Good," Aece muttered. "One piece of trash taken care of."
"I can't believe him!" Jila shouted, kicking the bars of the Prison cell they were now locked in. "He completely betrayed us! And just when we were thinking he was going to be our friend, too!"
"Jila, getting angry isn't going to help our situation," Rion told her. "We have to get out of here."
"What about your fire trick?" Haru asked. Rion shook his head.
"I'm way too out of power to use that technique again," Rion said, shaking his head. "It drained me enough to keep it on like that."
"So we're stuck," Haru sighed. "Just great. This is all Kuzco's fault!"
"I'm willing to forgive him."
The children looked up to see Pacha smiling at them peacefully. The children frowned and furrowed their eyebrows. "He threw us to the dogs!" Jila exclaimed. "How can you just forgive him like that?"
"Cause inside, he's just lonely," Pacha explained, and the children looked surprised at his reaction. "He's lonely and scared. But inside, I know he's got a good heart. He'll save us."
"W-Well, even if you're right!" Jila sighed. "We've got to get out of here!"
"Got anymore techniques with those blades of yours?" Pacha asked, and Jila stared at her sword.
"I don't know if Fury Strike can cut through steel," she shook her head. "If only I had a new technique."
"And your sword skills still aren't strong enough Jila," Rion reminded her. "You'd need some sort of jolt."
"And what about keeping that jolt inside?" Haru told his older brother. "The energy would just be wasted on excess movement."
Jila's eyes widened, and she smiled. "I've got an idea, guys! But we're all going to have to focus!"
"How so?" Rion asked, drawing his Keyblade as Haru had just done. "What's your idea?"
"I'm going to come up with a new technique!" she told them. "But I'll need a jolt of lightning!"
"Lightning?" Rion asked.
"I remember in my fight with Semih!" she told them. "Semih powered up her arrows with a thunder spell!"
"But I don't have the thunder spell," Rion told her.
"Then you've got to learn it now!" Jila insisted to him. Her brother blinked, then nodded.
"But Jila, Haru's right," Rion told her. "Even if I could jolt up your new sword slash with thunder, the power would be wasted before you could slice through the bars."
"That's where Haru's shield power comes in," Jila told him. "Haru, you've got to make a bubble around me to keep the lightning energy radiating through! That way, energy will be recycled instead of wasted!"
"All right…" Haru nodded. "We'll do our best."
"We all just have to concentrate!" Jila insisted to them. "So, everyone, close your eyes and think real hard!"
The children did as they were told and shut their eyes, concentrating as hard as they could on what they had to do. Haru's hands began gathering green energy that began to flow through his Keyblade. Rion's hands began to spark, and jolts of electricity surrounded his blade. Jila took began to gather her own strong energy that flew in gusts of wind. Finally, she opened her eyes, as did her siblings.
"DOWNWARD SLASH!" Jila rose into the air with her Keyblade above her. She reeled downwards onto the gate, waiting for her brothers to take their cues.
"THUNDER!" Rion shouted, throwing the sparks at Jila's Keyblade, where they lighted up, giving the blade a jolt.
"PROTECTIVE WARD!" Haru finished, forming a green bubble around Jila where the electricity darted around. Jila came down on the gate, and, with her electricity jolt and new sword technique, sliced the gate straight in two, sending the pieces to the ground.
"What an effort!" cried Jila, panting as she hit the ground. "But there's no time to congratulate ourselves! We've got to go!"
"Huh…wh-where…"
Emperor Kuzco blinked his eyes rapidly, trying to regain his vision and see exactly where he was. His head darted around, looking at his surroundings. "I can't believe it…" Kuzco murmured as he saw that he too was trapped in some sort of prison cell, his arms and legs strapped to the wall. "Pacha!" He called out, but only received his echo as a response.
"Jila! Haru?" he called out again, but there was still no sound. "Rion! I'm really sorry I didn't believe you!" He shouted, as if trying to coax them into saving him even though they weren't there. "I-I'm…really sorry that I…threw you in prison…"
Kuzco sighed, defeated, and looked at the ground as he felt a deep depression come over him.
"You know what…?" Pacha spoke up and Kuzco turned his head. "One day, you're going to end up all alone, and you'll have no one to blame but yourself."
Kuzco hid his head, his eyelids low, and his spirit lower.
"Kuzco!"
His head snapped up as he saw none other then Pacha running towards him, Jila, Haru, and Rion in pursuit.
"We found you!" Pacha smiled.
"Y-you guys actually came to save me?" Kuzco asked in disbelief as the three children searched around for the keys. "After all I did to you?"
"It was Pacha's idea," Jila remarked. "Not ours."
"He's got a heart of gold," laughed Haru. "I'll tell you that much."
"I'm really sorry!" Kuzco exclaimed as Rion started to unlock the restraints on his arms and legs. "I was a big jerk. I should have believed you!"
"There's no time for apologies," Pacha exclaimed. "We've got to get you changed back before Yzma swarms the entire Empire with the Heartless!"
"Pacha's right!" Jila nodded. "Where's Yzma's…" she paused, and then used her fingers for quotation marks, ""secret lab"?"
"I-I know the way!" Kuzco told them. "It's down the stairs! C'mon, Yzma's probably already got lots of Heartless in the Palace!"
"Right!" Jila shouted. "Let's go!"
"HYAH!" Haru shouted as he knocked a few Soldier Heartless off the staircase they were traveling one. Slowly but surely, the Heartless had been coming after them as the llama emperor and the four humans behind him rushed down to Yzma's "secret lab".
"THUNDER!" Rion cried, sending a group of Heartless careening off the staircases into the black abyss. They continued to run down at top speed, not looking at the enemies behind them.
"We're almost there!" the Emperor panted. "It's just down a few more steps!"
The five reached the end of the spiral staircase where an ornament with two tusks for levers awaited them. "There! Pull the lever!" Kuzco reached the lever, only to stop suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Jila asked. "Why aren't you pulling the lever?"
"It's a set up gag," Kuzco sighed, reaching for the other lever. "Sorry folks, we're cutting right to the chase."
He pulled down on the lever and the five were stuffed into a small car. "Please keep your hands, legs, and arms inside the vehicle at all times…" said a voice.
"That's kind of tough!" shout Haru, who was now being squished by a llama and his older brother.
The car began to drive down a loopy path, much like a roller coaster very quickly. Jila thought she was going to be sick. Rion knew he was going to be sick. Haru was sick.
But soon, they were spit out of the car onto the ground, Emperor Kuzco sharing a huge labcoat with Jila and Haru, and Rion stuffed into an overly tight coat on Pacha. They stripped the clothes off and ran straight for a potions cabinet.
"Look in there!" Kuzco told them, opening the cabinet. "Look for the human potion!"
"I-I can't find it!" Jila exclaimed, searching through all the potions along with the other four.
"There!" Haru pointed to the human potion spot and then looked up. "But--"
"Looking for this?" a familiar slimy voice called from the shadows. The children looked up and gasped as they saw Yzma and Kronk come towards them, the potion clutched in Yzma's hand.
"Yzma! Hand over the potion!" Jila demanded as she and her brothers drew their Keyblades.
"Not on your life, brat!" Yzma shot back. "KRONK! Attack them!" She pointed defiantly and Kronk paused.
Yzma sighed. "KRONK!"
"All right, all right!" he sighed, shaking his head. He then ran forward, as did the children and Kuzco, ready for a fight.
Kronk, however big and strong he was, was a bit of a pushover. The children only had to hit him with their Keyblades a few times.
"Woohoo!" cried the llama Emperor. A back kick from Kuzco sent Kronk careening into the wall, ending the fight.
"Well, now that THAT'S taken care of," Kuzco smirked and turned to Yzma, who was currently slamming her palm to her face.
"Kronk, you imbecile!" she growled. "Fine! HEARTLESS!" She snapped her fingers, and all around her, Heartless began to pop out of the ground, awaiting her command. "Attack those Keyblade Wielders!"
The Heartless did as they were told and ran forward at the children. Others swarmed around them, heading for Pacha and the Emperor.
"There's too many of them!" Kuzco shouted, doing his best to kick them away. "What do we do?"
"Just keep going!" Jila shouted, slicing at another Heartless with her sword, destroying it. "We'll hold down the fort here!" She slid to the ground as a Powerwild kicked her, but she quickly got up and slashed it again.
"THUNDER!" Rion called, once again destroying an entire ring of Heartless. He turned to Yzma, who was now giving the potion to a Powerwild guarded by a mass army of Shadow Heartless. "Kuzco! Those Heartless have the potion!"
"Let's get Yzma!" Jila told her brothers and then turned to Pacha and Kuzco. "You two get the potion!"
"Right!" they nodded and then ran off towards the army of Heartless while the three children faced off against Yzma.
"Foolish brats!" Yzma snarled. "You can't beat me! Eat this!" Yzma produced from her dress many vials full of explosive liquid. She threw them at the children, one of them hitting Jila.
"AARGH!" Jila fell back into the cabinet, spilling the vials of potion onto the ground.
"Jila!" Rion called, but he too was thrown back by another one of Yzma's explosive potions.
"Rion, Jila, are you guys okay?" Haru asked, sidestepping a potion thrown.
"We're fine!" Rion remarked, helping his sister up. "But as long as she got those things to throw at us, the entire place is a mine field!"
Jila frowned, as did Rion. They were trying to think of a way to avoid the bombs while still getting close enough to damage on Yzma.
Haru suddenly smiled. "I've got it!" he cried. "I know what to do!"
"Idiot!" Yzma screamed, throwing a vial at Haru. "You let your guard down! Prepare to be blown to pieces!"
"I don't think so!" Haru grinned, holding out his red-handled Keyblade. "That's my line! PROTECTIVE WARD!"
The ward appeared around the explosive vial, making a shield for when it did explode. The pieces of glass and energy was harmlessly kept inside the bubble. Yzma looked dumbstruck.
"I'll handle the bombs!" Haru told his siblings. "PROTECTIVE WARD!" He threw the technique at another bomb, reducing it to a firecracker as well. "You guys go get Yzma!"
"Right!" they nodded, then looked at one another, smiling.
"I'll go in straight for the kill!" Jila told him. "You stand back and fire magic!"
"Right," Rion nodded to his younger sister. "Be careful!"
"Hey, it's me," Jila grinned. "Of course I'll be careful!" With that, she turned her foot and sprinted in, Haru still fusing out Yzma's homemade bombs.
"THUNDER!" Rion called, throwing the spell at Yzma. She stepped back just in time to avoid it, but not avoid Jila's sword slash.
"ARRGH!" Yzma cried as she was knocked to the ground right in front of the potion cabinet. "You little brats! You'll pay for that!" She chucked another vial straight at Jila, only to have Haru shield it just in time. "Fine!" Yzma cried, and the next thing the children knew, she had ten vials in her fingers, ready to be thrown. "See if you can block ten at once!"
"I can do better then that!" Haru grinned as the bombs were thrown. "PROTECTIVE WARD!" he cried. He closed his eyes and the shield began to expand from one bomb, to three, to five, to seven, to nine, to…
"Eleven?" Jila asked, looking up. "But Yzma only threw ten!"
"Eat this!" Haru cried loudly. His siblings looked at him, wondering what amazing attack that their brother would pull off next! "Diffuse."
The ward dropped, as did the bombs. Straight on Yzma's head.
"ARRGHH!" Yzma screamed as huge explosion went off. A cloud of smoke filled the room, and the children closed their eyes. When the smoke had cleared, the children looked up and gasped.
"Meow?"
Yzma was now a small kitty cat. Obviously, Haru had accidentally picked up a potion from the cabinet along with the ten explosive potions that Yzma had thrown. When Yzma had been exposed to the potion, it had changed her into a very cute, very sooty, and very tired looking cat. "Meow…you little brats!" she squeaked. "This isn't over yet! All I need is that potion and--!"
"Oops!" Jila grinned as she slammed her Keyblade on the cat's head, knocking it out. "My hand slipped!"
"Oh well," Rion smiled at his sister. "You never really were a cat person."
"Speaking of the potion…" Haru turned his head. "Where are the Emperor and Pacha?" The children looked at the other side of the room and gasped to see the two fighting off the Heartless at opposite sides of the lab, trying to get to the Powerwild that held the Human Potion. They had been squared off into two group, and Kuzco was finishing his off pretty well. But Pacha was having trouble, as he had no weapon except his bare hands.
"Almost got it, Pacha!" Kuzco cried. The children gasped as Shadows began to pop up around Pacha, attacking him as well. "I've almost got the potion!" Kuzco kicked away another Heartless, leaving only a few between him and the potion. The Powerwild looked at the potion and rose it into the air, as if to drop it. "Hey! Don't drop that!"
"Kuzco, look!" Jila screamed, pointing to Pacha. Kuzco turned his head to see Pacha now being engulfed by the Heartless. "There are too many! Help him Kuzco!"
"No time, let's go!" Rion shouted and sprinted forward, only to be cut off by a gate slamming down in front of them, blocking them off. "What the? Who did that?"
"Look!" Jila pointed to a stray Powerwild Heartless on the other side of the gate who had just pulled a switch. "It was that Heartless! Dang it! It'll take a while to break through this thing!"
"Kuzco!" Pacha screamed as the Heartless continued to attack. "Kuzco, help!"
"Be right there!" Kuzco shouted, kicking off another obstacle in his way for the potion.
"Kuzco!"
"Give me a minute!" Kuzco gulped, looking back and forth between Pacha and the potion. He was biting his lower lip and was reaching for the potion.
"KUZCO!" Pacha screamed as he felt his head go under the black abyss.
"HYAH!"
The next thing Pacha knew, a giant tug had thrust him out of the darkness and back into the lab. He looked up to see none other then Kuzco battling off the Heartless around Pacha.
"You saved me!" Pacha smiled.
"Of course I did!" Kuzco said as he kicked away the last shadow. "What do you think I was going to do, just stand there?"
"The potion!" Pacha gasped, remembering their purpose. "Where is it?"
"HYAH!"
Kuzco and Pacha looked over to see none other then the three children slamming their swords down on the Powerwild Heartless. It disappeared and dropped the potion, which Rion caught in free hand. "You guys!" Kuzco grinned.
"No big whoop," Jila bragged, pointing to the now sliced gate. "We've broken through gates loads of times."
"I can vouch for that," Pacha laughed and Jila and Haru smiled at one another.
Rion, however, stepped forward with the potion and handed it to the Emperor. The Emperor smiled and clicked his hooves together. Rion sighed and opened up the potion. He handed it to Kuzco and Kuzco gave him and Pacha a smile. "Well guys. See you later." With that, he took the potion and drank a huge gulp.
"Kronk, this is all your fault!" cried the shrill voice of the cat Yzma, now locked up in a tiny cage with a litter box on the side. Kronk was next to her, waving goodbye as she was taken out of the palace.
"Kronk wasn't arrested too?" Jila asked Kuzco, now in his human form and wearing his emperor robes. It was the first time the children had seen Kuzco human, but he roughly resembled his llama self with long black hair and a skinny build.
"Ahh, I decided to pardon the guy," Kuzco shrugged, smiling. "After all, he was just following orders. He's too stupid to be really bad."
"Bye Yzma!" Kronk called, waving. "Watch out for dogs, okay?"
"You've got that right," Rion laughed.
"Come on guys," Kuzco ushered them into the Great Hall where his throne sat. "I've got a surprise for you."
"Huh?" Jila looked up. "A surprise? What's that?"
"It's something that you don't expect," Rion explained, smirking at his sister.
"I know what a surprise is," she remarked testily. "I mean, what's the surprise?"
Kuzco led the children and Pacha over to what looked like a miniature set up of a hill with many tiny houses on it. At the top of the hill was a huge golden palace, and many broken houses lay at the bottom. "Is that…Kuzco-topia?" Haru asked, pointing to the golden house.
"Yeah," Kuzco said, smacking his lips together. "Actually, I've decided to give you guys this." He took off the huge golden palace and put it into Rion's hand. "You guys have that weird ship outside, right? Use it as an ornament or something."
"We can't use this as an or--" Jila began, but then stopped and gasped, as did the rest of the group. Pacha stepped forward.
"D-does this mean…" Pacha asked. "That you've changed your mind?"
"Uh, yeah," Kuzco nodded, doing his best to remain as sarcastic as possible. "These three here," Kuzco put his arms around the three children, making them look at each other with confused expressions, "gave me a better recommendation for a Summer Home location. I'm afraid your dinky little hill just doesn't cut it."
Pacha smiled widely and then threw his gigantic arms around the Emperor, knocking the three children from his grasp. Kuzco paused, then patted Pacha on the back. "Hey, big guy, no need to get all sentimental in front of the kids." He laughed, breaking apart from Pacha and placing one of the broken house models on the top of the hill. "Oh! Speaking of which! Kids, I've got something to show you. Come here," he pulled the three children's arms across the room and towards a door. He turned to Pacha. "You wait here, okay?"
"You got it," Pacha nodded, still smiling at the hill.
"Good!" Kuzco smiled and shut the door, leaving Pacha alone with the hill and his newly saved home.
"I knew there was some good in him," Pacha smiled.
"But unfortunately, not as much good as you."
The room became pitch black, and Pacha gasped, stepping back from shock. "Wh-who's there?"
"Heart of gold…" murmured the voice, smiling. "I couldn't agree more with you, little Keyblade Defender. In fact…so gold that it makes a Keychain."
"Answer me!" Pacha cried. "Who's there?"
"I'm afraid Kuzco's heart was strong enough, but yours has the qualities of a Keychain. I knew that fool Yzma couldn't possibly have disposed of you, but I thought that the Keyblade wielders would have been less of a problem."
"Show yourself!" Pacha cried, but was cut short by a long appendage being thrust through his chest. He screamed, and then fell without another word.
His attacker pulled out the long appendage to reveal, as always, a Keychain attached to the end of it. The keychain depicted a golden palace with a hill behind it. The assailant smiled wickedly to himself or herself and placed the Keychain next to the Wonderland one. "Lovely progress…just lovely."
Light filled the room again, and there was no one there but Pacha, lying on the ground, white as a sheet, eyes wide and pupils small.
"Uhh…what are these?" Jila asked, fingering the golden dress she had on. Kuzco had given them all very elaborate outfits and was smiling widely as they came out dressed in them. Rion was wearing a blue sparkling shirt and pants, while Haru was dressed in red.
"You guys look great," Kuzco smiled. "I'm giving you management positions in the Palace. It's the least I can do for you after you saved my life."
"Management positions?" Jila asked, frowning.
"Emperor Kuzco…" Rion murmured. "We can't stay here."
"Huh?" Kuzco asked, looking at them with odd expressions. "B-But I thought you guys were going to live in the castle with me."
"We're searching for something ourselves," Haru told him. "Our Mom and our Dad. Along with…umm…others."
"Well no big whoop," Kuzco laughed. "I'll just send out a search party. We'll find them in no time!"
"They're…not here," Jila said softly. "Not anywhere in this world."
"This…world?" Kuzco asked as she saw the three children take off the clothes. They were back in their old outfits, their Keyblades drawn. "What are you talking about?"
"You really changed Kuzco," Rion smiled. "We're touched that you care about us enough to give us a home when you know we've got no place to go."
"But we do have a place to go," Jila said. "We're just not sure where yet."
Kuzco smiled and shrugged. "I'm not getting it all," he sighed, "but you guys seem set on turning me down. Not cool. Oh well, keep the outfits. You look good in them."
"Thanks Kuzco," Haru smiled. "That means a lot to--"
The children were cut off by an ear splitting scream from the other room. "That sounded like Pacha!" Kuzco said, alarmed. "Let's go!"
The three ran for the door and threw it open, but no one was there except Pacha lying on the ground.
"Pacha!" The Emperor cried, running towards his fallen friend. "He's unconscious! Someone, get the Palace doctor!"
"Kuzco, he's not unconscious," Rion said, shaking his head as the three siblings looked down at Pacha. "He's…he's lost his heart."
"What?" Kuzco looked up. "What the heck are you guys talking about?"
"Pacha was a Keychain holder!" Jila gasped.
"But I thought only the rulers of the worlds could have Keychains," Haru asked. "Like King Mickey."
"So it wasn't Kuzco…" Rion muttered.
"You guys are starting to make me mad!" Kuzco said, standing up. "Explain this right now!"
"His heart's been stolen," Rion said. "By someone who's been going to all the worlds and stealing strong hearts called "Keychains". That's why we're traveling, to put a stop to it and find the culprit."
"This is all my fault!" Kuzco shook his head. "I should have known there was more danger from the Heartless!"
"It's not your fault," Jila shook her head. "And don't worry. We'll get Pacha's heart back."
"I'm going with you!" Kuzco announced, walking towards the back of the throne room. "Just let me get my traveling clothes and--"
"Kuzco…you can't go," Rion said, stopping Kuzco in his tracks. He turned around and looked down at Pacha. "You've got to stay here, where you belong! This place needs you now more then ever!"
"We don't belong here, Kuzco," Haru said. "But don't worry. We'll save Pacha, and everyone else whose heart was stolen."
Kuzco looked reluctant, but he slowly nodded his head. "Okay guys, I'm counting on you. See you later, got that?"
"You've got it Kuzco!" Jila nodded. "We'll definitely catch you later!"
"See you on the flip side!" Kuzco smiled and waved as the three children made their way out of the golden doors towards their ship.
"You know…" Jila said, fingering her golden dress as the three took off for the next world. "This dress is really nice. I never got a dress this nice."
"That's because Mom and Dad always bought you pants," Haru joked. "You don't have enough cleavage to look good in a dress."
"ARRGH! I'll get you for that!"
"Rion! Help! I think Jila's been possessed by a Heartless!"
"Hey, next time we have a big party somewhere," Rion smiled to his two siblings. "We can wear these and brag that they're imported."
"You bet!" Jila nodded. "All the cute guys will flock to me!"
"Maybe in a million years," Haru snorted, and Jila growled.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
"HEY! DON'T HIT!"
There it is! Hope you all enjoyed it! Please don't forget to review! These chapters take so long to write!
Omake: Character Profile
Name: Haru
Age: 14
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown
Haru is the middle child, and is the same age as Sora in Kingdom Hearts. He's really supposed to be his mother's child. He looks the most like Kairi, with his brown hair with reddish tints. I decided that the middle child should also be a boy, to exemplify Jila as the "little sister". Not that Haru is just a filler.
Haru is taking Goofy's spot in the fact that he's the most light hearted of the group. He likes to crack jokes, but he can also be extremely serious, especially around his elder brother, Rion.
As for his name, I remember, I was reading fanfiction once and I came across the name "Haru". I remember that it just kind of called to me and I liked it. So, Haru's name (which was originally Spiler all you SOW fans) was born.
Okay, before I get any reviews, nobody give me grief that Kuzco actually lives in Peru. It will make me go blah. The "Deep Jungle" is on Earth too, but it got its own world, so HA! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
Until then,
Ciao for now!