Title: Kingdom Hearts goes to Oz

Disclaimer: None of the Square or Disney characters belong to me.

Note: I know I'm at the part where they have to put on disguises to get into the castle, it's tricky with Heartless, but I do have a whacky plan.

Chapter 12: Attack!

Cut back to the guys who have made it to the other side of the mountain. Axel, who had help from Sora and Drakena, finally made another tough climb up the mountain pass. The Organization member met with Goofy and Simba in a small rock shelter. From their little shelter, they could see Maleficent's castle looming dark and menacing. Then Pluto ran up to their shelter to meet them.

"Pluto!" said Goofy. "You're alright! Where's Kairi?"

Pluto lowered his head and let out a whimper.

"Oh no, she's in the castle?"

Pluto could only nod.

"Great," said Axel angrily. "She gets herself kidnapped again!"

"It's not her fault," said Goofy, "she wasn't that experienced in fighting Heartless. Besides, she's the one Maleficent wants. We just gotta go inside and find her."

"I'd hate to bust your bubble," said Simba, "but if you have been looking at the gates, they're heavily guarded by Heartless. We'll never get in!"

Down at the castle gates, there were dozens of Heartless marching on the drawbridge. The Heartless ranged from Shadows, Soldiers, Large Bodies, and up to Armors.

"They don't look too tough," said Axel. "I bet we could kick their asses."

"Yeah," said Goofy, "but a battle at the gates would alert Maleficent that we're here and we won't be able to get inside. We need a better plan."

As they were trying to form a plan, a Heartless Armor leapt upon them. Goofy brought out his shield, Axel with his rings, and Simba with his claws. They fought against the Armor until it collapsed into a pile of empty gauntlets, boots, chest plate and helmet.

"Hey, it's empty," said Goofy. "I thought that they turn into Health Point balls once you kill them."

"They turn into what?" asked Axel, arching his red brows. "Did you say balls?"

"Uh… never mind. I think we can use this to get inside without causing a ruckus."

"Jeez Goofy, didn't know you could think. So how the hell do we use this thing to get inside?"

As a reply, Goofy made a smirk.

At the drawbridge, there was a Heartless Armor wobbling with every step towards the gates. The Shadows wriggled the antennas with suspicion at the strange behavior. However, the Shadows did not notice Goofy, Pluto, Axel and Simba hiding within the Armor's husk. Simba was using all four paws to move the boots, on his back was Axel holding onto the gauntlets, Goofy sat on Axel's shoulders to occupy the helmet, and Pluto also occupied the helmet clinging to Goofy's back.

"Walk straight ahead Simba," said Goofy, "the gates aren't that far ahead."

"I'm getting pooped," moaned Simba. "What if they catch us?"

"Calm down, they haven't noticed anything about us. Just keep going."

"Some plan," said Axel. "I'm wearing a heavy can and now I'm stuck in a bigger one with you guys!"

"Hush!" said Goofy. "We can't blow our cover now."

They all stumbled through the open gate with their cheesy disguise still holding together. The rest of the Heartless filed in behind, not even taking notice of a lion's tail swinging out beneath the Armor.

"Wow," said Sora with wide eyes, "can't believe they fooled those Heartless!"

"Yeah," said Drakena. "Never knew the disguise would be possible."

Once inside, they shed the terrible Armor pieces and began fighting off Heartless. Goofy did his tornado move, knocking down several Heartless. Axel swung his spiked rings and cast Firaga spells at enemies. Simba pounced at small Shadows. When the fight was over, Pluto began to bark and jump.

"He wants us to follow him," said Goofy.

"That's because he knows where Kairi is," said Axel.

"Lead the way," Simba said to Pluto.

The dog ran up a stairway that led to where Kairi was held. On the way up, Goofy, Axel and Simba smashed and tore at Heartless that tried to stop them.

Meanwhile, Kairi was still pacing around, chanting to herself.

"Don't think about the hourglass! Don't think about the hourglass! Don't think about the hourglass!" She continued to chant it until she stamped her foot furiously. "God damn it! These bloody shoes are killing my feet! Oh Darkness, take me now!"

Kairi dropped to her knees and began tugging at her hair. "Why the hell is this happening?" she groaned.

"Kairi, is that you?" asked the familiar voice of Goofy from the other side of the door.

"What the hell?" asked Kairi. She looked at the locked door. "Are you guys out there?"

"Damn right," said Axel, "we can't seem to open the door, stand back, we're breaking it down."

"Okay." Kairi noticed that the bottom half of the hourglass was almost full. "Hurry up, the hourglass isn't going any slower!"

Outside the door, they were deciding how to break the door down.

"I say we burn it!" said Axel. "It's made of wood and will be easy to use Firaga spells on it."

"I was thinking of ramming the door," said Goofy. "Burning it would be a little dangerous. You know my costume's flammable."

"What would ramming it do? It would require a lot of force to pop it open, force that we don't have!"

"Guys!" shouted Kairi impatiently from the other side.

"Come on," said Simba. "I think using both methods would work. Axel burns the door and we can smash it down once the wood has burned through a bit."

"That will work," said Axel. "Firaga!" He cast a Firaga spell at the door, causing the wood to burst in flames.

"Do I smell smoke out there?" asked Kairi.

"We're just setting the door on fire," answered Simba.

"WHAT?"

"Alright," said Goofy, "on the count of three." He raised his shield in front of himself. "One, two, THREE!" With Axel and Simba, Goofy charged at the burning door.

Under the force of all three, the burning door shattered into pieces. Goofy, Axel and Simba all fell face forward on the floor in a pile, accidentally breaking the hourglass in their fall. Pluto excitedly jumped over them, wagging his tail, straight to Kairi.

"Pluto," said Kairi as Pluto jumped up and slobbered on her, "cut it out." Pluto did what he was told and got back down to all fours.

"Gawrsh," said Goofy, getting up on his feet, "glad that you're alright."

"Yeah, thanks to Pluto, who managed to find you all and bring you here. I was about to lose my freaking mind if you guys tried finding me on your own!"

"Now that we found Kairi," said Axel, "lets kill Maleficent and get it over with!"

"I agree," said Simba, "this place reeks!"

They ran down the stairs back into the hall, only to have many Heartless chasing them. Many of the enemies were Shadows, Soldiers, Large Bodies and winged Powerwilds.

"Oh shit," said Kairi, "these guys aren't going to stop until they kill us all!"

"I have something to get rid of them," said Simba. He faced the Heartless and took in a deep breath.

"ROAR!"

Everyone covered their ears at the lion's roar. The Heartless stopped moving paralyzed by fear.

"Nice one, Simba!" cried Goofy. The Heartless began to advance on them again. "Oh golly!" Then he noticed a ring of torches hanging from the ceiling, right above the advancing Heartless. "Stand back!" He threw his shield like a boomerang at the rope holding the ring. The rope snapped and the torch ring came crashing down on the Heartless.

"That takes care of them," said Axel, "let's just get going before more come."

They continued running down the hall to find a dead end. There was a puff of smoke behind them. The heroes turned around and there stood Maleficent, cackling at them.

"You fools!" she said. "Do you possibly think you can out smart me?" Green fire blazed at the end of her staff. "How about a little fire, scarecrow?" She blasted Goofy with the flame, setting his sleeve on fire. Maleficent cackled as Goofy jumped in panic.

"Oh my God!" shouted Kairi. She had to help her friend, so she grabbed a bucket of water that was sitting on the floor. She splashed the water at Goofy, extinguishing the flame, but she also splashed Maleficent.

"Ah!" Maleficent screamed. She began sinking to the floor. "Now look what you've done! I'm melting, melting! No!" The witch melted until there was nothing but a pile of robes. Next to the pile, was the witch's staff lying on the floor.

"Whoa," said Kairi, "I killed her!"

"Why didn't I think of that when I fought her?" asked Sora.

Drakena shrugged. "I don't know, guess none of us realized that Maleficent had a weakness against water."

Back at the scene, Kairi picked up the staff and admired it like a trophy.

"Didn't know that killing her was so easy," said Kairi.

"Come on," said Axel, "we better get out of here. The Wizard will want that staff."

They cautiously walked around the pile of robes and headed for the gates. They all felt better about killing Maleficent.

"I guess that's it," said Sora. "They go to the Wizard and get what they want."

"Not literately," said Drakena. "The Wizard will agree to help Kairi, but what will happen shall surely piss Kairi off. Even more, what Kairi finds out at the end!"

"You are a mean author."

To be continued…

Endnote: That was fun. Hoped everyone enjoyed the part where Maleficent melted. Next chapter, they actually get the Wizard to help them.