(Warning: This chapter contains what in our universe would be considered underage drinking. However, in The Arabian Nights, which is where Aladdin obviously comes from, there is no indicating of any sort of societal frowning upon 15 or 16 year olds drinking. So I'm going with that as an excuse to get Zach and Violet comically drunk. And sorry if anything seems clichéd, but I've watch too much anime and played to many video games than can possibly be good for me. It's my story, so if you don't like it, write your own.)
Chapter 9
"A Whole New World"
At Masne's Fortress….
"Lupine, I want you to go after the new Keyblade master." Masne said to a tall handsome man with suspiciously long fingernails and long ashen blond hair that strangely grew not only on his head but also down his neck and across his shoulders. "They should be at Agrabah next. He should be easy to kill after the rattling Joachim gave him." "Yes sir." The man named Lupine said in a deep voice.
At Agrabah….
"So you are friends with the Sultan of this world, Sora?" Zach asked as the group walked through the thriving marketplace of Agrabah. "Well he wasn't sultan when I met him, but he married Princess Jasmine and then her father died and so, BOOM, he's sultan. You guys explore the town while we meet with Aladdin and Jasmine, okay?" And so Sora, Kairi, and Riku left for the Palace. Violet started looking at a jewelry stand while Zach pulled Dash aside and asked "What's with Violet today, Dash? She seems even more down than usual." "Well today's her 15th birthday and it's the first one without Mom and Dad." Dash responded "That's the problem? Well I know the cure for that. Dash, here's the plan. I'm going to take your sister out celebrating for a while. When it's your birthday, we'll do the same thing, okay? Here's a bag of Munny. Have fun. We'll meet at the Palace gates at sundown." Dash left as Zach walked up to Violet as she was looking at a necklace. "That's nice. You want it as a birthday present?" Zach asked. "Dash told you it was my birthday, didn't he? Where is he?" "He wanted to go exploring by himself. You know kids. Best to let him get it out of his system. I told him that we were all going to meet at the Palace gates at sundown" Zach explained as he bought Violet the necklace. "Come on, Birthday Girl. Let's celebrate." Zach said as he grabbed Violet's arm and started walking deeper into the marketplace.
Hours later….
Zach and Violet walked out of the marketplace with a few more purchases for Violet's birthday. "Let's get you a nice birthday dinner." Zach said as they walked through town. "Let's see, Scheherazade's. This looks promising. Ever had curry? Try it, you'll like it." And so they entered the restaurant and sat down. "What can I get for you today?" The waiter asked. "Yeah, I'll have a mutton curry, extra hot. She will have a vegetarian curry and some baklava for dessert." Zach said "And would you like some wine with that, sir?" the waiter inquired. "Yes please." The waiter walked away. "What? Don't look at me like that. We got plenty of munny and no one to tell us not to. It's your birthday. Live a little." Zach said. "How do you know so much, Zach?" Violet asked "Well, I'm not gonna lie to ya. Before my world went all 'Crazy Funhouse' on me, I was a bit of a dork."
One meal and four bottles of wine later….
"So why are you fighting to return all these worlds if you'll just return to your screwed up one when this is all over?" Violet drunkenly asked as they left the restaurant, leaning on each other for support. "Well, for one thing, I'm not just fighting for me. You and….. Dash and probably countless others have lost their worlds and I'm fighting for them too. But mostly, well. My world's like a ….wossname. Woman! Thass what it is. She strings ya along, lets ya fall in love with her, then kicks ya in the…. Things… in your mouth… Teeth! She's a bitch. And then you hate her and, and just when you think you got her, it, out of your system, then she opens her great big rotten heart to ya and catches you off balance. I never knew where I stood. The only thing I'm sure of is I can't let it go. Because, because it was mine, all I had, even when I was lying in its mud." And Violet saw Zach in a new light and began to realize she was falling for him.
"Huh, pitiful. You are supposed to be the Keyblade master?" A deep voice said from behind them. Zach and Violet turned to look at Lupine. "Oh great, another robed guy. And me so drunk I couldn't find my ass with an atlas." Zach said, leaning against a stand that was selling lamps. "It doesn't matter that you're drunk. I'm going to kill you anyway." Lupine said as his fingernails turned to claws and his face elongated. "Oh, you're a werewolf. Normally that would make thing a lot harder, but…." Zach said as he grabbed a couple of lamps filled with oil and sloshed the oil over Lupine. "I know 2 things can kill a werewolf. Silver, which I haven't got any of, and…." Zach aimed the Keyblade at Lupine "FIRE!" Zach screamed as a fireball set Lupine on fire. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Lupine screamed as he ran away as Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Dash showed up. "Who was that?" Sora asked "One of those Organizization guys" Violet said "Yeah, I showed him a thing or two." Zach chimed in. "My god, you two are drunk!" Kairi yelled. "Well yeah. We had to celebrate her birthday. Now let's go seal tha Keyhole." Zach said. And then he and Violet fell face first into the dirt.
And after a good night's sleep and a stern talking to the next morning, the Keyhole was sealed and the group left Agrabah.
At Masne's Fortress….
Masne sat thinking. ('I can't believe how fast he adapts to situations. I mean, he was drunk as hell and he beat Lupine like it was nothing. Maybe he's not such a failure after all. And I guess my hypothesis was right. After I disposed of his heartless body as a baby, he must have gotten a new Heart. And to have this power and skill, the new Heart had to have come from Kingdom Hearts itself. The heart of every thing has been turning my own creation into an instrument to combat me. This is going to be a little harder than I thought.')
Stay tuned for the next chapter of
Kingdom Hearts Neo
Where the party travels to Halloween Town
In
"Trick or Treat"
or
"I LOVE HALLOWEEN!"
Authors note: Drawings of Zach and Joachim are not up at