A/N: About Isle Delfino, this story takes place in an alternate universe, so I've made the island its own world to make it more interesting.
Chapter IV: Welcome to Isle Delfino Part II
Back at Isle Delfino, a few hours have passed ever since Sora's encounter with Squall..er Leon. It was early in the evening and most of the citizens are in their houses, hiding out from the dark creatures. The few who were brave enough remained outside. In another part of the island, on a beach called "Sirena Beach", most of the citizens have gone into the famous Hotel Delfino for the night. The hotel was a single big building with a bamboo roof and a sign that said "Hotel Delfino" on the front.
It was surrounded by a rather large beach, with beach chairs, a bamboo roof area where people could get out of the shade. It was low tide as the water came in from a distance. Two figures were seen in the back of the building. They were slowly walking around the back of the hotel, as if they were looking for someone. It was non-other then Luigi and Yoshi. They were cautious as they walked down the back of the hotel. The wind howled at them lightly, they felt the tension from it. Yoshi took Luigi's hand, scared as always
"Luigi, I scared," Yoshi whimpered. "Why did Luigi and Yoshi come this way?"
"Kid, we have to search every part of the island," Luigi said nervously. "That means even places where it's dark and creepy."
"Is Luigi scared?" Yoshi asked nervously.
"You kidding?" Luigi responded, laughing nervously. "I'm not scared of anything!"
"But, princess Peach told Yoshi that Luigi was so scared in haunted mansion, the one where they held Mario captive." Yoshi questioned. "Luigi was so scared that he almost went peepee in his pants, and shivered in his boots!"
"Well, I was cold and I had to use the bathroom," Luigi lied. "But I was not scared!" Yoshi made a look of disbelief. "What? I wasn't!"
"Luigi's nose growing," Yoshi giggled.
"Kid, that's just a fairytale," Luigi groaned. "And I'm not a coward! I'm big, I'm brave, I'm..." All of a sudden, a hand lightly tapped Luigi on the back. The man stood frozen for a moment, petrified with fear. "DOOMED!" Luigi jumped into Yoshi's arms, frightened on who did that. "Quick, save me, Yoshi!"
Yoshi rolled his eyes, but at the same time, shivered in fear. He didn't want to know who was behind them. Behind them was a woman, much taller than the duo. She wore a long pink dress that connected to her upper body, and it was sleeveless. She also had brown hair with two splits that dropped down ,and had two pony tails in the back. She wore a purple belt around her waist, with two ropes supporting the belt which were located on her side. She bent down to them, a warm smile across her face. She wasn't threatening and she thought Luigi and Yoshi were funny looking.
She spoke up, her voice very soft and soothing, "Excuse me? Were you two sent here from the Mushroom Kingdom by a man named Mario?"
The slowly turned around to notice her. She appeared harmless to them, but were confused as to how this woman knew they were from the Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi was even baffled as to how this lady knew his brother. He slowly got off Yoshi, his breathing was light as he approached the woman.
"And why do you want to know?" Luigi asked with suspicion.
"Please, forgive me for startling you," she apologized, slightly bowing as she clasped her hands together. "Leon told me that..."
"Wait, you know Leon?" Luigi asked in surprise, cutting the woman off.
"Yes, I'm a friend of his," she responded with a smile. "He told me two residents of the Mushroom Kingdom are looking for the key."
The duo sighed with relief, knowing things were starting come together now. This person might be able to help them find this key.
"Relieving ravioli ," Luigi sighed with relief. "Thank goodness were able to find somebody."
"Who you?" Yoshi asked.
"I'm Arieth." the lady introduced herself. "And who might you two be?"
"I'm Mario's brother, Luigi." Luigi introduced himself. He then gestured Yoshi. "And this is my friend Yoshi."
She smiled at them, "It's an honor to meet you both. Now, if you'll follow me, I may be able to explain a few things about what is going on."
Luigi got happy upon hearing that, "Mama-mia! Now maybe we can get a better understanding of what's going on here."
"Please, come this way." Arieth said, gesturing her body towards the hotel
The three headed into the hotel and walked up the stairs. Opening the double doors at the top, they walked in, arriving at the lobby. The lobby itself was blue. The entire lobby was shaped like plus sign Around the lobby, receptions were at wooden desks selling times. There were tour maps, pamphlets for spots on the island, and a snack bar which had fruit out on display. Yoshi, hungry as always, tried to eat the fruit with his tongue, but Luigi held him back.
"Stop that!" Luigi snapped. "Can't you think about something else besides food?"
"Okay, how about candy?" Yoshi asked.
"Still food." Luigi responded.
"Um, pretzels?" Yoshi asked again. Luigi shook his head. "Rock candy, mints, ice cream?" Luigi smacked his forehead. Yoshi started panicking. "YOSHI CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT FOOD!"
"Yoshi!" Luigi shouted. "Calm down!" He then turned to Arieth. "Please, forgive Yoshi. He can be very wild when he doesn't get food down that grand canyon he calls a stomach."
"It's okay," Arieth giggled. "But, we shouldn't waste time. We must head upstairs."
"Okay, let's go!" Luigi nodded.
They turned to leave when Yoshi tugged at Luigi's shirt with his hand.
"Luigi, what about princess and Toadsworth?" Yoshi asked concerned. "Weren't they suppose to meet up with Luigi and Yoshi?"
"I'm sure they're fine," Luigi assured Yoshi. "Come on. We'll worry about them later."
The three headed up the stairs, arriving on the second floor. This floor had three doors with different colors. The one on the right was blue, the one in the middle was red, and the one at the end was green. They entered the red room, Arieth looking around with caution, making sure nobody was following them. As they entered the room, the blue room opened which revealed Peach and Toadsworth.
They both walked outside to look around the area. Peach looked down the stairs, wondering where Luigi and Yoshi were. In her room she noticed the sun going down, meaning it was getting late and the duo haven't return yet.
"Where's Master Luigi?" asked a worried Toadsworth "I don't see him or Yoshi anywhere."
Peach sighed worryingly, clasping her hands together, "I'm not sure, but they'll be okay. I trust in what they're doing and can handle what is out there."
Toadsworth felt a little better from hearing that.
"You're right, princess." Toadsworth smiled. "I'm sure they'll be okay." He then turned back to the door. "Let's head inside and await their arrival."
Toadsworth headed inside and Peach followed. She felt like something was wrong. Turning back, she looked down the stairs, noticing the same figure she saw that looks like Mario sitting in a lounge chair. It was looking at her with a glare of evil in its eyes. Peach looked at it with confusion.
"Mario?" she whispered to herself.
Peach shrugged her shoulders and headed back into the room. Meanwhile, Sora could only see darkness before his eyes. His body felt numb, he couldn't move. Finally, he felt movement in his legs that worked its way up to his neck. He slowly opened his eyes. From his point of view he could see that his vision was blurry. He slowly rubbed his eyes, trying to get the particles out. As his vision got a bit more clearer, he got a decent picture of his surroundings.
He was lying in a single bed that was already made. He noticed the walls were colored green. Looking above, he saw a chandelier hanging on the ceiling. Next to his bed was a small desk that had a lamp on it. Sora looked to see he was in a hotel room of some sort, which was pretty big. He saw a giant round brown table and chair underneath it. He noticed two brown doors, one next to him and one across from him. Sora was about to figure out where he was when he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey there lazy bum, wake up!" called a voice. Sora looked to his left and saw a blurry vision of what appeared to be Kairi. "You okay?"
"I think so." Sora said weakly, rubbing his head.
"Those creatures that attacked you, are after you because you wield the keyblade," Kairi explained to Sora. "But it's your heart they really want."
Sora thought it was Kairi. He couldn't believe it, she was alive and okay. He was so excited that he jumped up and hugged her.
"I'm so glad you're okay, Kairi!" Sora said as he excitedly hugged her. "I thought something bad happened to..." All of sudden, she roughly pushed him back onto the bed. He looked up at her, speechless by what she just did. "Kairi! Wh-what did you do that for?"
"Kairi?" she responded in confusion. "Who the heck are you talking about?" Sora then noticed a significant change in her voice. "I'm the great ninja Yuffie!"
Sora rubbed his eyes again and looked back at Kairi, only to see she was replaced by Yuffie. Sora couldn't believe he messed up like that. He blushed, feeling so embarrassed. He couldn't stop thinking about her and he must have begun to hallucinate her.
"Oh, man, sorry about that!" Sora blushed, apologizing nervously. He then rubbed his head blushing "I though you were someone else!"
Yuffie chuckled, "Don't worry about it. That's how clueless people like you act some."
Sora angrily stood up, offended by her words.
"Hey, what's that suppose to mean?" Sora snarled. He then stumbled back again, still a little weak from the fight. He feel back onto the bed, his head hitting the mattress hardly. "Ugh!"
"Geeze, he really did a number on you," Yuffie said. She then turned to the shadows. "Looks like you overdid it again, Squall."
Sora stood up and rubbed his face. He gasped in surprise as he saw Leon walk out from the shadows with an angered look.
"That's Leon!" Leon angrily corrected.
"You again?" Sora said standing up. "You're gonna pay for..."
Yuffie quickly held Sora back who angrily made his way towards Leon.
"Hold up little guy!" Yuffie strained as she held Sora back. "This guy was just trying to help you get those creatures off your back."
"You call attacking me helping?" Sora asked rhetorically.
"Please, sit down," Leon said calmly. "There is more to this than you can comprehend. There is a whole logical explanation for this."
Sora sighed and sat back down. He then realized he was missing something. Turning to his left, he saw the keyblade resting next to the door. It started to come together as he understood the name of that weapon.
"The keyblade!" Sora cried.
"Yeah, we had to get it away from you," Yuffie explained, sitting next to Sora. "You see that's how those creatures were following you."
Leon walked over to the keyblade, picking it up, "That little spar of ours was the only way we could conceal them from your heart." Holding out the keyblade, it disappeared before his eyes and reappeared in Sora's hand, startling him. "Sadly, it won't work for much longer. But, I still can't believe that out of all the people you, Sora, are the chosen one."
"Wait, how did you know my name?" Sora asked in surprise.
"Cid saw you walking around the town earlier, holding the keyblade in your hand," Leon replied. "He then told me about the situation and I arrived near by as soon as you met him."
"Clever," Sora complemented. "I guess there is more to Cid then meets the eye."
"Whatever you do, just don't get on his bad side." Yuffie giggled.
"Oh, well. I guess beggars can't be choosers." Leon said directly at Sora.
Sora frowned at the comment, but shrugging it off, he asked the next best question.
"Listen, start making sense around here and tell me what's going on!" Sora demanded
Meanwhile, in the red room next door, Arieth sat on a giant queen sized bed, while Luigi and Yoshi stood on the other side of her. She rested her hands in her lap and leaned forward a little bit, telling her story. Luigi noticed the room was short, shorter then the room Sora was in.
"Okay, so you both know there are many other worlds besides this island and your kingdom, right?" Arieth asked.
"But they suppose to be secret," Yoshi stated, covering his mouth. He then shrugged his shoulders "But Yoshi never knew why."
"Because we'd cause big trouble, that's why." Luigi responded.
Arieth shook her head, "There's more to it then you think. They've been secret because they've never been connected, until now." She put her head down sadly. "You see, when the heartless came everything changed."
Meanwhile, back in Sora's room...
"Who are the heartless?" Sora asked.
"They're the creatures that attacked you." Yuffie said giggling.
"Creatures born without hearts," explained Leon. "They get attracted by the darkness in people's hearts, and every person has darkness in their heart."
"Everyone?" Sora asked Leon.
"Unfortunately," Leon said sadly. "They have no judgement. They consume those who have hearts, transforming them into creatures of darkness."
"Sounds brutal." Sora said, feeling a bit edgy.
"It is." Yuffie said. "By the way, have you heard of someone named Ansem?"
Back at the other room.
"Ansem?" Yoshi questioned, resting his chin on his index finger the thumb.
"He was the leader of our world. He was trying to study the heartless." Arieth explained. "He recorded all of his finding in very detailed reports. Those reports might have a solution to stop them."
"Then, can Yoshi and Luigi see them?" Yoshi asked.
"I can't." Arieth denied, shaking her head.
"What, is it confidential or something?" Luigi asked a bit offended.
"It's not that, but you see, its pages were scattered." Arieth responded.
"Scattered? To where?" Luigi asked curiously.
"Across too many worlds" Arieth answered.
"Oh, I get it," Luigi exclaimed, snapping his finger in realization. "That's why my brother probably left! To go look for them!"
"Yes, those were my thoughts exactly!" Arieth nodded in agreement.
"We got to find Mario!" Yoshi exclaimed.
"Don't get excited, kid!' Luigi snapped at Yoshi "We still need that key!" He then turned back. "What is this key anyway?"
"It is called the keyblade." Arieth told Luigi.
Back at Sora's room...
"So, this thing is called a keyblade?" Sora asked, observing the giant key.
"Yes, exactly!" Yuffie said.
"The heartless fear the keyblade," Leon explained. "It is the only thing that can defeat them. They'll stop at nothing to get it out of your hands. Without the keyblade, they'll take your heart, so they'll keep coming after you no matter what."
"But I never asked for this," Sora protested. "It just appeared in my hand."
"The keyblade chooses who the master will be." Yuffie explained. "Out of all the people in the world, it chose you!"
"So, tough luck kid." Leon said, leaning his back against the door next to Sora.
"It's still confusing me," Sora muttered to himself. He tried to get a picture of everything that happened. The storm, receiving the keyblade, and Kairi and Riku's disappearance. "I just don't remember how this all happened. I was in my room and-" Sora then gasped in horror, realizing something. He stood up worryingly. "Wait! What happen to my home? My island? Riku!" He felt sorrow fill his heart as he said the last part slowly and sadly. "Kairi."
"You know what...I really don't know." Leon responded.
Sora felt like everything was hopeless. He lost his home, and his two best friends. He put his head down in sorrow, feeling like someone stabbed him right in the heart, giving him a taste of reality. He thought traveling to other worlds would be fun, but he wasn't going to do it without Riku and Kairi.
"What should I do?" Sora asked sadly.
"You'll have to fight them," Leon said. "Sooner or later they will find you. You'd best prepare yourself."
"Prepare myself?" Sora asked as he looked up.
"Yeah." Yuffie nodded. "By the way Sora, the keyblade is sort of like a master key, it can unlock almost anything. It might come in handy, but just try not to use it to steal anything."
"I'll keep that in mind." Sora chuckled lightly. He then turned back to Leon with seriousness. "What did you mean by prepare myself?"
"To fight for your life," Leon responded. "When we leave this room, you must be ready for their attack. Are you ready for them? Of course, I can understand if you back down from..."
"No, way!" Sora shouted confidentially. "I never back down from anything! Just because I lost my home from those freaks doesn't mean I'm backing down!"
Leon smiled, "Impressive, you truly are one that never gives up. Not a lot of people would accept their destiny, but you're different. I can see great thing coming from you." Sora blushed at the comment. He felt a bit of influence. Leon then turned to Yuffie. "Yuffie, let's go join Arieth. She should be here with the other visitors."
"Leon!" Yuffie shouted, pointing to the right of the room.
The two turned to see a heartless soldier appear in front of Yuffie. Leon heroically leaped forward, gunblade held high, and slashed it aside. It flipped back into a wall, and retaliated, grabbing onto the gunblade. Leon tried to push it off, but the grip was too strong. Leon looked over his shoulder to see Yuffie.
"Quick, Yuffie! Run!" Leon shouted to Yuffie.
Nodding, Yuffie ran to the door next to the bed. Sora gripped the handle of the keyblade and bolted forward, quickly bringing his keyblade into the air and knocking the heartless off Leon. Luigi and Yoshi were preparing to head next door. As Luigi walked up to the door it slammed open, knocking him into the wall, the door smashing his face. Arieth saw Yuffie running by. She knew something was wrong. She ran after Yuffie, leaving Yoshi perplexed
"Yuffie!" Arieth shouted.
Back in the other room Sora and Leon surrounded the heartless, who was backed into a window. Leon furiously swiped his blade hard, the heartless quickly side stepped the attack. It leaped at Leon again, but Sora swatted it back. Sora joined Leon's side, the two holding their weapons firmly in their hands.
"Sora, let's go!" Leon announced.
"Okay!" Sora nodded. Leon quickly shot a fireball out of his hand, the ball hitting the creature, knocking it out the window. "Ooh, that's going to hurt in the morning."
The two quickly ran out of the hotel room and ran to an emergency exit on the right. They entered a small room with stairs that went up or down. The heartless appeared on the stairs, awaiting the heros arrival. Sora swung the keyblade back and forth, slashing the heartless into pieces. He felt the force of their bodies as he pushed his weight into the attack. Leon jumped on one's shoulders, and then jumped off. He turned around, firing another fire ball, knocking it back.
Sora grabbed the railing as he reached the bottom of the stairs and slid his hand on it, turning around to go down the next set. Sora saw more approach him from the next set of stairs. He quickly jumped onto the rail and slid down on his behind, slashing through the heartless quickly and harshly. Leon ran down the stairs, the gunblade rested on his shoulders. Leon gave an uppercut to one, knocking it into the air. Sora leaped off the rail and slashed it from the front. He landed on the ground and joined Leon. The two quickly ran for the exit door, and pushed it open, arriving in the back of the hotel.
Yoshi was looking around the room for Luigi. Since he's a bit slow, he didn't know where the plumber was. He checked under the beds and looked in the draws. He looked up and called for Luigi.
"Luigi! Where is Luigi hiding?" Yoshi called.
"I'm behind the door!" Luigi cried with a muffle.
Yoshi looked around the room in confusion, "Why do Yoshi hear voices?"
"It's-a-me!" Luigi shouted from the door.
Yoshi heard Luigi's voice coming from the door. He walked over to it and closed it, revealing Luigi, who feel down and hit the ground. Yoshi just giggled at seeing the plumber on the floor. Meanwhile, Sora and Leon ran outside the hotel to the shores of Sirena beach. The two continued to battle the heartless, delivering hard blows to each of them. Finally, they reached the shores of the beach, stopping to catch their breath.
"What do we do?" Sora asked Leon tiredly. "We can't beat them all."
"There's a solution," Leon said calmly. "I can feel the strongest source of darkness coming from that amusement park called Pinna park!" He pointed towards a giant island that had an amusement park. "Go there and find the leader! If you beat it, that should cut off the darkness from this world for awhile, but it will be only temporary. Get going and don't bother with the weak ones!"
The warrior quickly ran for it, leaving Sora behind. The boy knew that time was of the essence, but he couldn't swim across an entire ocean.
"There is no way I'm swimming all the way over to that island!" Sora complained. "I'm only human, I can barely handle the deep part." Sora began to think of a way, but knew it was hopeless. He was about to give up hope when he heard a voice
"Hey, dude! Need a lift?" a voice called.
Sora turned and noticed a young man on a jet ski. He had red short cut spike hair and was Japanese. He wore a red life jacket, and white shorts with an orange flame printed on it. His jet ski also had an orange flame on it.
"Yeah, I need to get to that island!" Sora told the man, pointing at Pinna Park. "It's an emergency and I really need help!"
"Hop on!" the man replied helpfully. "I'll get you there in seconds flat!" The young man quickly brought his jet ski up to the shore. Sora quickly ran over to it and jumped onto the back seat. The young man stared up the engine, while looking over his shoulder to see the boy. "By the way, my name is Ryota Hayami."
"Well, thanks, Ryota," Sora smiled. "I really appreciate the help. Oh, and my name is Sora."
"Hang on, Sora!" Ryota cried. "We're going to go at maximum power!"
Ryota revved the engine and soon enough, slowly pulled out into the ocean. Turning the jet ski around, he drove off towards the island as fast as he could. On the way rough waves appeared in the water. They felt the waves push them up, the water splashing in their faces. The man even jumped off one and made the jet ski flip, spinning both him and Sora. They then landed perfectly on the ground.
"Whoa, that was cool!" Sora said impressed. "Are you a professional at this?"
"You could say that," responded Ryota with a chuckle. "I enter a few tournaments now and then."
Meanwhile, Luigi and Yoshi ran down the stairs of the hotel lobby, wondering where Arieth went. Leon entered the lobby, looking around to see if everything was alright. It seemed peaceful at the moment. The heartless weren't wrecking any havoc upon anyone. He wondered where Yuffie and Arieth were. He quickly ran to the other side of the room to see if they were around. However, he accidently ran into Luigi and Yoshi, knocking the duo over.
Luigi and Yoshi looked up to see Leon standing before them. Luigi screamed and ran behind Yoshi, thinking Leon was going to hurt him.
"Listen, take my money, take my hat, take Yoshi, but don't hurt me!" Luigi begged.
"Hey!" Yoshi growled angrily.
Luigi whispered in Yoshi's ear, "Relax, just eat that giant sword and we're home free."
"Calm down," Leon said calmly. "I'm not here to hurt you." He then recognized Luigi. "You're Mario's brother, aren't you?"
"How do you know?" Luigi asked.
"I am Leon, the one you're been looking for help." Leon replied.
"So, you're Leon," Luigi gasped in realization. He then blushed, chuckling sheepishly. "Sorry I acted up."
Leon crossed his arms, "I accept the apology, but there's no time to lose. The key you're looking for headed to Pinna Park. If you leave now, you can catch up to him."
Luigi got on Yoshi's back, "Quick, kid, let's head to the harbor and use the cannon." He then nodded to Leon. "And thanks."
Yoshi headed off with Luigi on his back, leaving Leon to watch them leave. He curiously looked at the duo as they headed for the door. They were strange characters indeed, he thought. But he had a feeling that these two would make a difference in Sora's battle. The jet ski finally pulled up to the shores of Pinna Park, giving Sora the chance to hop off. After thanking the wave racer he entered the park through an upside down 'u' like entrance.
Sora noticed that the park was abandoned due to the face that the heartless were invading. As he walked through the gates. Sora looked around the park noticing many different types of rides. He saw a purple octopus Ferris wheel, a spinning ships ride, and a red roller coaster track moving around, above the island. He also saw a Yoshi-go-round with other color Yoshis, different from the green lizard. As Sora walked to the center of the park, looking around for the leader that Leon mentioned.
Little did Sora know that Luigi and Yoshi arrived a few minutes ahead of him. They were up in the line for the roller coaster, getting a better look around the area. Yoshi looked over and saw Sora looking around. Yoshi excitedly grabbed Luigi's arm.
"Luigi! Luigi!" Yoshi cried excitedly.
"If you have to use the bathroom again, then tough luck." Luigi said sternly.
"No, Yoshi find the...!" Yoshi replied.
"Quite!" Luigi snapped. "I can't find the key with you talking!"
Yoshi moaned, realizing it wasn't easy to get Luigi to listen at times. All of a sudden Yoshi saw two heartless soldiers appear before him. He screamed, causing Luigi to turn around and see the heartless before.
"Holy ravioli!" Luigi exclaimed.
"Luigi, are these the heartless guys?" Yoshi asked Luigi nervously.
"No, they're our biggest fans," Luigi said sarcastically. "Of course they are the heartless!" Luigi got the P3000 ready.
"What should Yoshi and Luigi do?" Yoshi gulped.
"Come on! Let's go get them, Yoshi!" Luigi shouted. "We can handle them!" He then noticed one has conjured up a fire ball, targeting directly at the two. "On second thought, we're pretty much dead meat."
The heartless fired the fireball at Luigi and Yoshi, causing an explosion which knocked the two into the air, screaming at the top of their lungs. Sora heard the screams, and looked up. He gasped upon seeing this and quickly ran for it, also screaming. However, it was too late as the two landed on top of Sora, knocking him over. The three were all on the ground, their eyes spinning from the impact. Luigi and Yoshi were directly on top of Sora, who groaned weakly. The two looked down to notice Sora was holding the keyblade.
"The key!" the duo cried in unison.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" Sora asked them angrily. "You guys could have killed me!"
"Sorry, kid," Luigi groaned. "We're weren't planning on dropping in."
"Don't joke, and please get off me!" Sora struggled. "I think you broke my spine."
The duo jumped off Sora's back who slowly got back up. His back felt a bit shaky from the impact, but it wore off pretty quickly. Sora was about to say something to them when the entire area began to shake. They felt the vibration in their feet as it got stronger. Sora fell over from the impact, landing on his back. He stood back up and noticed the gates all around the park were sealed by metal bars. Giant purple cubes appeared from the ground, blocking anyway of escaping.
"It's a trap!" Luigi cried.
Sora noticed more heartless appear on the cubes. One leaped towards him, slashing him in the chest with its claws. Sora screamed in pain and fell over. It charged at him again, the boy scarcely holding up the keyblade. Yoshi quickly rammed his head into the creatures chest, knocking it away. Sora looked to see the creature was knocked aside. He stood up again, brushing himself off. He then turned to Yoshi.
"Hey, thanks for.." Sora began. Upon seeing Yoshi, he screamed. "WHAT? A DINOSAUR!"
"Where?" Yoshi asked dumbfounded as he looked around the area.
Sora couldn't believe his eyes. A real dinosaur was standing in front of him, and he thought they were all extinct. Not only that, but he could talk as well. Sora now thought he was going crazy, but he realized that wasn't important now. Another heartless charged at him from the other side of the area. Sora jumped back and used all his weight to push himself forward. He slashed at the creature, cutting it into pieces.
As he jumped back, he didn't realize another one was coming from behind. Sora was too confident after beating the first one to notice. Luigi noticed this and quickly shouted to him.
"Watch out!"
Sora turned to see the heartless ready to attack him. Luigi quickly turned on the P 3000, the air pulling the creature in with incredible force. It tried to move against the force, but it was too strong for it to handle. Luigi sucked the creature into the vacuum, and quickly spinning around, shot it the other way, knocking it into the other shadow. Sora smiled at Luigi.
"Thank you, sir," Sora thanked. He then looked strangely at the vacuum. "Uh, do you know you're using a vacuum cleaner as a weapon?"
"Yeah? So?" Luigi responded.
Sora rolled this eyes, "Never mind. By the way, do you two have names?"
"Let's get acquainted later!" Luigi said frantically. "Those heartless have us cornered!"
"Maybe, boy, Luigi, and Yoshi should work together." Yoshi suggested
"I'm game." Luigi nodded.
"Sure, I could use some help." Sora smiled. He then bravely turned back towards the heartless. "Okay, let's rock and roll!"
The trio charged at the army of heartless with full force. With Luigi and Yoshi on his team, Sora had no problem taking down the heartless. Luigi shot a fire ball out of the P 3000, hitting the creature in the chest. As it felt the burning pain, Sora quickly slashed at it, knocking it backwards. It charged forward at Sora again, swatting at him with its claw. Sora clashed his keyblade with the razor sharp claws. Yoshi quickly fired an egg at it, knocking it back.
Four more came at Luigi who used his amazing jumping ability to jump over them. He then stomped on them, crushing their bodies into the ground. He clenched his fist tightly, making a glow of green fire fade into his hand. The man rammed it into them, knocking them away with full force. Green fire burnt through the hard metal armor on their body, melting it right on them. Sora leaped forward again, keyblade held in his right hand, knocking the heartless away from him.
He grabbed the handles with both hand and fiercely slashed through them, putting everything into the attack. He then knocked it into the air, sending it flying. Sora jumped up following up with a string of combos. He then finished it with a hard blow, knocking it into the ground. The battle was easy as Sora had two new friends on his side. They noticed more coming at them. Yoshi stuck his tongue out, eating the remaining heartless. Sora's eyes widen in surprise as he noticed the young dinosaur not only eating them, but shooting them back out through the other side as an egg.
"Mmm, that good." Yoshi said, happily licking his lips.
"How did you do that?" Sora asked Yoshi in surprise. "You're a guy, you can't lay eggs." He then paused for a moment. "Um, can you?"
"Trust me, I'm still figuring this kid out too." chuckled Luigi to Sora. "Quickly, stomp on the eggs!"
Sora jumped onto the eggs, squashing them, revealing yellowish goo that formed from the result. Sora flicked his foot to get the goo off his shoes. Luigi and Yoshi jumped on the other eggs, smashing them as well. It seems that the battle was over as the three regrouped, panting from all the fighting.
"Did Yoshi, Luigi, and boy win?" Yoshi asked tiredly.
Luigi shifted his eyes to the left, notice something in the corner. His eyes widened and he gulped nervously.
"I don't think so," Luigi gulped. "Look!"
The trio turned to see purple pieces of metal hit the ground. The pieces quickly bounced back up, spinning into the air. Finally, the pieces formed into body that had no arms and legs. The creature had two metal feet, metal floating claws, a metal chest that was colored purple. On it's chest was a mark of a heat with a cross in it and a floating helmet. It looked down at the trio who's mouths dropped wide open
"Yep, we're definitely not done!" Sora said nervously.
The creature know as Guard Armor sent a flying punch at Sora and his crew, sending them crashing into a wall. Getting back up, they charged at the creature, ready to expect the worst. It spun its hands around like a fan, trying to him them. Sora quickly stabbed at the fan trying to swat it off. The hands quickly spun around the torso, smacking Sora in the face.
It walked forward with its feet pounding the ground, causing the earth to shake. It brought its giant foot down on Luigi who dove out of the way. He shot a fireball at it, doing little to no damage. It kicked Luigi in the chest, knocking him aside. It tried to bring its foot down on the man, but Sora quickly put his keyblade up, blocking the attack. Pushing his weight against the keyblade, he pushed the foot into the air. He quickly grabbed Luigi's arm and moved him out of the way.
The armor threw a punch at the group, but Yoshi swatted away with his tail, knocking it back. The hand spun onto the ground, giving them the chance to attack. The other hand quickly flew to the rescue and knocked them aside, their chests sliding across the floor. They quickly jumped back up and charged forward again, charging with full speed. The hand swatted at them, but they ducked under it this time, avoiding the attack. Sora quickly jumped into the air and slashed through the metal hand, delivering a hard blow. He then grabbed it and knocked it into the other one. Both hands fell down, giving the chance for the trio to attack.
Sora slashed through it, cutting the metal right off of the hands. Yoshi kicked it violently, and Luigi shot fire magic at it. One of the feet quickly flew in and kicked the three aside, knocking them into the wall. No matter what they did, each piece would defend each other. They needed to think of an easier way to break the chain so they would have a better chance of winning.
"There has got to be an easier way to beat this guy!" Luigi said worryingly. "Every attack we throw at him just repels back at us."
Sora thought about for a moment. He knew that if they broke the armor's strategy, they would have an easier chance. Sora then remembered how Yoshi easily ate that heartless in one gulp. That was it, he thought.
"Wait, I got it!" Sora shouted, arousing an idea. He then turned to Yoshi. "Hey dinosaur kid!" he called to Yoshi. "Can you eat that thing's smaller body parts?"
"Yoshi try!" shrugged Yoshi. The dinosaur was a bit unsure, he's never eaten anything like a metal hand before. Being brave, he stuck his tongue out and wrapped it around the hands. He then pulled it in, swallowing it whole. He felt the sharpness of the claws hit his stomach. He sat down and moaned in pain. "Ooh, Yoshi got indigestion from monster."
"And I though he could eat anything." Luigi sighed while rolling his eyes.
"Quick, now's our chance!" Sora shouted to Luigi. He and Luigi smashed the eggs with their feet, destroying Guard Armor's hands. Now all that was left was the torso, the feet, and the head. "There, now it shouldn't be as hard."
The armor sent its two feet at the duo, kicking them in the jaws, knocking them into a wall. They felt the hard impact of their backs hitting the wall, denting it a little bit. The Italian plumber looked at Sora with annoyance in his eyes.
"You were saying?" Luigi asked in annoyance.
"Okay, he got lucky," Sora stated. He then stood back up, rubbing his jawbone. "We won't let that mistake happen again!"
"Look out!" Yoshi shouted.
The two saw the foot coming at them again with a horizontal kick. They both ducked under to avoid the attack of the heartless. They ducked so fast, that for a moment, Luigi's hat came off for a minute and then landed on his head. Sora quickly slashed the foot into the air with a hard blow. Sora quickly jumped up, slashing at it with harsh blows that seemed interminable. He then hammered it to the ground, giving Luigi the chance to suck it into the P 3000. He then shot it out at Yoshi, who used his tongue to eat the other one and spit it into the other one.
Upon contact the two exploded into pieces. It was incredible as together they seemed to be an unstoppable force. Their teamwork was defying all odds. The trio stood before the torso and the chest, its body shaking in anger from losing the other body parts. In spun around at them, but they quickly jumped out of the way, avoiding the attack. Sora slid his feet across the floor and used his hand to stop himself. He charged forward and slashed at the metal, the others also helping. Without its hands or legs it was completely defenseless.
Finally, Sora stabbed the Guard Armor in the chest, making it roar in pain from the hard blow. Sora jumped back as the creature began shaking, knowing it was going to fall. The head then fell off and landed on the ground. The chest then glowed with a bright light, revealing a heart that flew out of it. The chest then disappeared from site, never to be seen again. Sora sighed with relief, knowing they were victorious in their battle.
Sora looked at Luigi and Yoshi, who looked back at him. They smiled at each other, proud of their accomplishment in defeating the beast. They felt stronger together as they looked at each other. The duo walked over to the boy who was still a little unsure about the two funny looking strangers.
"Hey, now that was some good teamwork," Luigi smiled. "You're pretty good their young man."
Sora blushed at the comment, "Thanks, but I couldn't have done it without you two, so thank you in return."
"Aw, it nothing." Yoshi blushed, giggling sheepishly.
Sora bent down to Yoshi, still amazed about him being a dinosaur.
"I can't believe you're an actual dinosaur," said an astonished Sora. "I always thought they were..."
Luigi quickly cut him off, "Oh, they exist alright. You don't get out much do you?"
"Of course I do," Sora objected. "But dinosaurs never existed in my world, nor did vacuum cleaners suck up things like a black hole."
"That's the Poltergust 3000 to you, kid," corrected Luigi. He then pat the back of it. "This baby is the ultimate in ghost extermination."
"Like the Ghost Busters?"
"Um, something like that," Luigi said. He then shook his head. "Look, I just want to tell you that we've been looking for you, keyblade master, and it's nice to meet you."
Sora blinked in confusion. They were looking for him? He then pointed at himself, wondering if they were in fact referring to him.
"So, you two were looking for me?" Sora asked.
Yoshi and Luigi both nodded.
"They too have been seeking the wielder of the keyblade." called a voice.
Sora turned to see Leon, Yuffie, and Arieth approaching them. Sora was relieved to see the adults were okay
"You guys are okay!" Sora cried happily.
"Yes, we're fine." Leon said with a nod. He then smiled with an impressed look. "I was watching the battle, and I saw that you truly are a lot stronger than I first regarded you."
"I'll say!" Yuffie laughed. "You rocked that heartless badly!"
Leon raised his eyebrow at Yuffie, "Please, don't speak like that again."
"Hey, why don't you come with Luigi and Yoshi?" Yoshi offered to Sora. "We could travel to other worlds in our big airplane. It go vrooom!"
Sora put his head down. It sounded good, but he began to think about Riku and Kairi again. Though it would be nice to fly in a plane, he wasn't so sure he would be able to find him. He felt upset by this.
"I wonder if I can find Riku and Kairi." Sora said sadly.
"Sure we can!" Luigi said trying to cheer up the boy.
Sora looked up at Luigi, hope twinkling in his eyes. Yoshi was a bit unsure and turned to the plumber, whispering in his ear.
"Luigi think so?" Yoshi whispered.
"Well, who knows, we might," Luigi whispered back, a bit unsure. "But we really need him to come with us to find my brother."
"Sora, you should go with them," Leon suggested. "It's possible to find your friends in another world, but I wouldn't a hundred percent guarantee you'd find them."
"I guess." Sora sadly said with a sigh.
Those words from Leon made him more upset, knowing their was a good chance they wouldn't find them. Luigi and Yoshi looked at Sora, noticing the sadness. They both didn't like that. They were both happy, cheery characters who lived in a surreal world where smiles would shine on everyone faces. Luigi extended his index finger.
"Listen kid, I don't mind what you do when you're with us, but I'm not allowing you to come with a face like that," Luigi told Sora. The boy looked up with an offended look. Luigi just chuckled. "No, I'm not talking about your face in general, but the way you're making it. No sad faces, and no frowning, okay?"
"Yoshi no like when people sad," Yoshi added. He then smiled "You got to be funny like us."
"Speak for yourself," Luigi said. He then turned back to Sora. "Our ship, the Toad Express, it runs on happy faces." His mouth widened with a big smile, making Sora look at him like he was insane. "Don't look at me like I'm a nut, I'm trying to get a point across. Smiling keeps you going, and with that kind of attitude you're displaying this may become a dull adventure. Remember to be happy. Can't you at lease make a happy face?"
"Happy? I could try." Sora complied. " Like this?"
Sora put his down and jerked it back up, displaying a giant smile across his face, displaying his teeth. For a few moments everything was quite when Luigi and Yoshi fell on the floor, laughing their heads off.
"That one funny face!" Yoshi said, laughing on the ground.
Leon, Yuffie, and Arieth started to chuckle lightly. Then, as if a time bomb was set off, everyone roared into laughter, including Sora. They were laughing so loud they thought they woke the neighborhood. Sora needed that most of all. It felt so good feeling his diaphragm shake rapidly, the joy of the moment. Sora knew that if he remained strong, there was nothing to worry about, and Luigi and Yoshi showed him that always be happy no matter what the cost.
He knew that the chance of finding his friends was slim, but if he was happy, the adventure would be a pleasant one. Soon, everything died down and duo stood back up. Sora felt more excited now as he nodded to Luigi and Yoshi.
"Okay, why not!" Sora smiled with enthusiasm. "I'll go with you guys! And after all, I've been waiting for a chance to visit other worlds. This should really be fun!"
Luigi put his hand out in front of Sora, as the two formed a circle.
"I'm-a-Luigi." Luigi said putting his hand out, the wrist side.
"I Yoshi." Yoshi said as he lay his hand on top of Luigi's
"And I'm Sora." Sora chuckled as he put his hand on top of Yoshi's.
"All for one and one for all." Yoshi said.
Leon just smiled, knowing that he could count on the three heros. Perhaps there was hope after all for everyone. Unknown to anybody, a group of creatures and people were watching the heros through a green monitor on a table. The group of creatures were surrounding the small table where the monitor was. The room they were in was very dark, and was hard to tell of the surroundings. The first person around the table was a man wearing a red buttoned shirt, red pants, had short brown hair, and white shoes. He had no eyebrows above his eyes, and he sat in a chair, petting a tan cat creature with a red dot on it's head.
"Who would have ever though that a child would defeat that heartless.," The Team Rocket leader called Giovanni said.
Next to him was a green alligator wearing a golden crown, had a golden chest and had a red cape on his back. His sharp claws pounded the table in frustration.
"But it doesn't explain it," The alligator known as King K. Rool said. "How could one boy defeat a heartless? It's impossible!"
Next to him was a man wearing brown armor on his chest, a medieval red shirt on the inside, a giant grey cape, grey boots, a dark tan face, red hair and a crystal on his head.
"It's not just the power of the boy," The dark king Ganondorf explained. "The power of the keyblade gives him that extra strength."
Next to him was a round duck creature wearing a round hat, the bottom part that rested at the forehead was yellow and with a white dot on top of it. He wore a giant red robe, his face was blue, his chest was blue, and he had red and yellow shaped triangles on his stomach. His mitten like hands were yellow, as well as his pudgy feet. Beside the duck was a pink-greyish type snail with whiskers that appeared on his chin and his cheeks.
"Why don't we just turn the little punk into a heartless?" King Dedede the so called "ruler" of Dreamland suggested. "It would make things a lot faster."
Next to Dedede was a man wearing a red coat. He also wore white gloves and sunglasses and had a giant orange moustache and had no hair. His stomach was shaped like an egg.
"And as for the brat's friends, they're lackeys of that fat plumber boy," said the evil mad scientist Dr. Eggman. "They all look like little ugly molecules from where I see them."
"You're not exactly Mr. Handsome yourself." Laughed the evil hated king Black Shadow of the F-Zero races. His suit was all in black with giant horns on his mask.
"You! How dare you say that about me!" Eggman yelled at Black Shadow, offended by his words. "If Chaos were here he would..."
"Silence!" snapped a sinister voice. The villains turned to see King Bowser in front of them. The same creature Riku met upon his arrival to the strange castle. "Remember, that the keyblade chose that little twerp to wield it's magic. But it's magic is no match for what I've got." He then showed the villains a Star on a rod and they all went ooh. "With the Star Rod in my possession again, I am invincible. As for the boy, will he conquer the darkness, or will the darkness swallow him? Ether way, he could be useful to our plans."
He grinned evilly as he looked back at the trio who were walking back to the hotel. Meanwhile, back at the Hotel, the group arrived in the lounge area. Leon crossed his arms as he looked over the three heros.
"Soon your journey will begin." Leon told the trio
"By the way, check out the shops," Arieth mentioned. "They sell a lot of good things, and here's a hundred gold coins from us."
Sora took the hundred coins and puts them in his pockets.
"Oh, and this is from Leon," Yuffie said, handing Sora an elixir. "He has respect for you, and decided to give it to you."
"Thanks." Sora smiled as rubbed his index finger under his nose.
"Now remember, you must work together and keep your spirits up." Leon advised. "It will make you stronger. I wish you all luck and a pleasant journey."
The three said their good-byes and headed for their room. Luigi turned his attention to Sora in all seriousness.
"Since it is nighttime we should head to bed," Luigi stated. "Tomorrow we'll head out aboard the Toad Express to start our journey."
"The Toad Express?" Sora asked Luigi. "Is that what you use to travel to other worlds?"
"Sora, going to love it!" Yoshi said excitedly. "It big plane that go vroom!"
Sora chuckled at Yoshi's goofiness as he flew around him, his arms out at his sides. Luigi just rolled his eyes.
"Luigi!" called a familiar female voice.
The trio turned to see Peach and Toadsworth approaching them, relieved to see they were alive and well.
"Princess!" Yoshi shouted excitedly.
Yoshi quickly ran up to Peach and hugged her.
"Easy! Easy!" Peach cried, trying to calm Yoshi down.
"Master Luigi!" Toadsworth said approaching Luigi. "Glad to see that you and Yoshi are okay."
"Ever since those creatures attacked, we were so worried about you." Peach said sadly.
"Aw, we okay now princess." Yoshi said licking Peach's face.
Toadsworth noticed Sora, "And who might you be, young man?"
"My name is Sora, sir." Sora replied. "I'm the one who holds the key."
"So, you're the one Mario requested for help then." Peach said.
"Yeah, Luigi told me everything about his brother and the graffiti." Sora explained. "And your Princes Peach, right?"
"Yes I am," Peach answered. She then shook his hand. "It's an honor to meet you, Sora."
"And I'm Toadsworth," introduced Toadsworth. "I'm the official chronicler of our journeys. It will be nice to travel with you, Master Sora."
"Master?" Sora asked Toadsworth in confusion.
"It's a habit," Luigi explained. "He always says that."
Toadsworth took out his pocket watch, gasping at what he saw on it.
"Oh, good heavens!" Toadsworth exclaimed. "We should get to bed. Tomorrow's a big day, and we should get plenty of rest."
"Okay, you get a well deserved rest," Luigi told Peach and Toadsworth. "I need to have a word with Sora."
"Good-night then Master Luigi." Toadsworth said.
The two headed up the stairs and into their hotel room. Luigi watched to make sure they got up to the room alright. He turned back to Sora, putting his hand in his pocket, searching for something.
"Now, kid," Luigi said "We'll need extra magic from you, so I suggest reading this."
Luigi handed Sora a dark brown scroll. The scroll reminded Sora of one of those scrolls that people back in medieval times would use to read things. Sora opened the scroll, noticing the black inked words written in cursive. He skimmed through it for a minute, before double checking with Luigi.
"So, do I read this?" Sora asked to be sure. Luigi and Yoshi both nodded to him. Sora then took a deep breath and read it "Oh, light that burns strong, with it's power I can do no wrong. So let it be and let it show, give me the power of a fiery inferno!" Sora gasped at a fireball appeared on the tip of the keyblade, shooting out and narrowly missing a citizen who fell down, getting startled from the fireball. The citizen got up, angrily waving his fist at Sora, who rubbed his head sheepishly. "Sorry!" he said nervously. He then turned back to Luigi and Yoshi. "What just happened?"
"When reading a magic scroll, you'll learn a magic spell," Luigi explained. "They're across many worlds, and can be very useful." He then turned to Yoshi. "Okay, Yoshi, give him that other thing."
"What other thing?" Yoshi asked dumbfounded.
"You know!"
"Oh, yeah!" Yoshi remembered. He then went through his saddle, and pulled out something. "This is for Sora."
Yoshi handed Sora a badge that looked like two arrows, one that was curved, pointing left, while the other curved down, and pointed right.
"What's this?" Sora asked curiously.
"It called badge," Yoshi explained. "When Sora put it on, Sora can do special moves."
"That's called 'Dodge Roll'. Put it on and see what it does." Luigi proposed.
Sora snapped the bade on his shirt. All of a sudden, as if something took over his senses, he did a super fast roll on the ground and quickly jumped back up. He took the badge off, looking at it in astonishment.
"Whoa!" Sora cried in amazement "That was cool! How did I do that?"
"When Sora put on badge, it causes reaction in Sora's head and make him do powerful things." Yoshi explained.
"My brother used them, and they were very helpful," Luigi said. "I suggest keeping your eyes out for them, kid. They could be useful to all of us later on."
"Anything else I need to know about?"
"Nope, that basically covers everything," Luigi concluded. He then turned to Yoshi. "Okay, kid, time for bed."
"Aw, now?" Yoshi whined to Luigi.
"Hey, growing little guys like you need to get their rest." Sora chuckled with a grin.
Yoshi was about to argue when he felt his mouth widen, feeling air enter his lungs. He was yawning, indicating he was tired.
"On second thought," Yoshi yawned. "Yoshi feel a little sleepy."
"So, let's head to our warm beds, while Sora sleeps outside in the dark." Luigi said
"What?" Sora said in shock, giving Luigi the double look.
"Only kidding!" Luigi laughed. "Your room is next to our room. Leon left it for you."
"Alright, I'll meet you here in the morning then." Sora responded with a nod. "Good-night."
Sora walked up the stairs and opened the red door that was left for him. Inside, Sora noticed the red room that Luigi and Yoshi were in earlier. He sat down on his bed and took his giant shoes, and socks off. He pulled of his coat and hung it up on a coat rack. He stuck his shoes right next to his bed, putting his socks into it. He was so tired from his busy day. He slowly climbed into his bed, removing his crown neckless and white gloves, placing them in the small cupboard next to him.
He turned off the lights and fell asleep without the blankets on. It was too hot to leave them on, considering this was a tropical island. As he fell asleep, he dreamed about when he was young and how he really got to know Kairi for the first time. Young Kairi arrived at the island, confused and a bit scared. She thought nobody would like her, or would just ignore her. As she walked forward she saw a younger Sora and Riku playing tag on the beach. Sora however couldn't catch Riku.
He was a bit taller and faster, giving him the edge. Young Sora gritted his teeth in frustration as he swatted at Riku who ran ahead.
"No fair!" Young Sora shouted angrily. "Slow down!"
"Slow down?" Young Riku scoffed. "Why? So you can catch me? I don't think so." Young Sora continued to chase him until Riku reached the shore of the beach. "Okay, come and get me!" Young Sora ran right at him, knowing he could do it. As he leaped at Young Riku, the silver haired boy ducked under him, sending Young Sora into the water. He started laughing as Young Sora peaked his head out of the water, the split ends of his hair pointing down. "Dude, that's the fifth time this week you fell for the old 'Charlie Brown' trick. You're so predictable."
Young Kairi walked up to the boys, a bit shy at first, but taking a deep breath she spoke up.
"Um, hi," she said shyly.
Young Riku turned to notice her and smiled
"Oh, hello, you must be the new girl that came to this island," Young Riku said. "I'm Riku, and that kid in the water is Sora." he added pointing to Sora in the water.
Sora stood up, shaking the water off his body. He then noticed Kairi, this beautiful girl with red hair and blue eyes. His heart sank upon seeing her. She was beautiful, so beautiful that he started blushing.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you," Young Sora said with a blush.
"My name is Kairi, and I'm new here," Young Kairi giggled. "I've only come to this island recently."
"Do you know why?" Young Sora asked.
"I'm not sure," Young Kairi responded with a shrug. "But I'm still trying to adjust here."
"Hey," Young Riku said, arousing with an idea. He then put his arm around Sora. "Let us take you on a tour of the island."
"Yeah! It will be fun!" Young Sora added
"Thanks." Young Kairi smiled
For the rest of the day, Young Sora and Riku showed Kairi around the island. All of the places on the island, the sighs, the smells, and the sounds. It was a beautiful sigh indeed. Right away she started to adjust to her new soundings. They also introduced her to Wakka, Selphie, and Tidus. At the end of the day, they all went to the secret place and looked around. Kairi was speechless by the small cave area, seeing all of the drawings on the wall.
"So here it is," Young Riku announced. "The secret place where we draw on the walls. No grownups dare set foot in here."
"Wow, this place is amazing!" Young Kairi said astonished. She then turned to the boys. "I really enjoyed being here. Think we can do it again tomorrow?"
"Of course we can!" Young Sora nodded. "We should do this everyday!"
"Kairi, time to come home!" called Kairi's mom.
"My mom is calling me. I've got to go. I'll come back tomorrow and we'll play some more." she smiled at the two of them, expressing her gratitude. "Thank you. I feel much better about coming her now."
The boys blushed brightly from the compliment and watched her leave. As she walked to Young Sora, she stopped and kissed him on the cheek. The boy jumped back in surprise.
"What was that for?" Yong Sora asked in surprise, rubbing his cheek from the wetness.
"Time to get up!" she said in Yoshi's voice.
Young Sora was startled for a minute. It was like Yoshi suddenly took over her voice.
"Y-yoshi?" Young Sora asked in shock
Sora saw the darkness of his eyelids next, and could feel something wet licking his face. Upon opening his eyes, he saw Yoshi licking his face clean. He got startled by Yoshi, and fell out of his bed, screaming all the way. Yoshi started laughing as Sora hit his face on the floor.
"Sora fall down and go boom!" Yoshi laughed out loud.
Sora sat up, groaning lightly from the pain he received. He rubbed his tired face.
"Yoshi, have you ever heard of knocking?" groaned Sora tiredly.
"Yoshi knock but Sora no answer," Yoshi responded. "Sora big sleeper and loud snorer."
"Hey, I don't snore!" Sora said in protest. He then sat on his bed again.
He then notice Luigi entering the room with his arms crossed.
"Oh, yeah? Well I could hear you from outside," Luigi said as he entered the room. "It sounded like the midnight express flew through the hotel." Sora yawned, waking up from his restful sleep. "As much as you enjoy dreaming, kid, we need you to get moving! We have world traveling to do!"
Sora jumped out of bed, realizing he overslept, "Aw, man, I overslept again! Give me a few minutes to get ready!"
The two nodded and left the room. Sora quickly got his socks and shoes on. He then put his crown neckless and white gloves on. He then got his coat and ran outside where the others were waiting for him.
"Okay, about time," Luigi sighed. He then began to walk down the stairs with the others following him. "Let's head over to the plaza and pick up items before we head off to other worlds."
The group headed off into Delfino Plaza, where things have gotten back to normal ever since Sora took care of the heartless last night. There was less graffiti, but it was still hanging around. Luigi told Sora about the sludge on the ground and about his brother was being framed. Sora said he believed Luigi's words and would do what he could to help. Toadsworth observed the sludge on the ground, disappointed that Mario was still being framed.
"I hope we can find out who is framing Master Mario with all this graffiti." Toadsworth said hopefully.
"Me too." Peach said sadly.
The five continued to walk through the town until they arrived at Tom Nook's item shop. Luigi looked up and observed the sign.
"Hm, they should have some good items here." Luigi said.
"Hey, I remember this place! This is where I met Tom Nook." Sora said excitedly.
"Who Tom Nook?" Yoshi asked Sora.
"This racoon who helped me find you guys last night," Sora explained, his voice speeding up. "He sent me to Cid, who sent me to meet Leon, and then, Leon told me where you guys were."
Everyone looked at Sora for a moment in confusion. Luigi finally spoke up.
"Make sense to me." shrugged Luigi.
The trio walked into the store, leaving Toadsworth and Peach behind. Inside, the Nook Brothers saw them. They excitedly turned to their father who was behind the counter, putting things away.
"Dad! Dad!" the Nook brothers cried. "It's Sora!"
"Ah, Sora!" Nook said running up to the group. He then stopped to catch his breath, and the trio walked up to him. "Sorry, not as fast as I used to be. Cid told me everything. Glad to see you're heading off into other worlds."
"Yeah," Sora nodded. "By the way, thanks for all your help last night."
"Ah, don't mention it," Nook said with a chuckle. "As for right now, we have no customers, Rover's bringing lost people here again, Mr. Resetti is acting up, it's a crazy world, hm?" He then started to laugh.
"Sure is." Yoshi responded in agreement.
"So, boys, you need any help?" Nook asked the heros.
"Actually, Mr. Nook, we need to buy some items." Luigi said.
"Go ahead boys, take your time."
Sora and Luigi mostly shopped for items while Yoshi waited. Yoshi tried to eat some of Nook's item supplies, but Sora and Luigi held him back. They bought Potions, Ethers, and Elixirs. At the counter, Luigi put the items on the counter.
"After this, let's see if Cid has any items we could equip." Luigi told the boys.
"All right," Sora nodded to Luigi. He then took out his coin bag and turned to Nook. "How much do I owe ya?"
"Well, I did promise you a discount, so I would say about thirty gold coins." Nook said. Sora payed Nook the coins, and Luigi took the items and placed them in a bag. "Thanks, Sora. Good luck and come back now, hm?"
The trio said good-bye and headed outside to where Toadsworth and Peach greeted them.
"So are you all set?" Peach asked.
"Not yet," Luigi responded, lightly shaking his head. "We need to go see Cid first, then we'll head off."
The five headed to the accessory shop. On the way, Sora remembered the promise he made to Captain Olimar and Louie yesterday and told his friends about it. Yoshi was shocked upon hearing that, and the others felt sympathetic.
"That horrible!" Yoshi gasped in shock
"While we're out in other worlds, keep your eyes peeled for the Pikmin in the ground." Luigi told the boy. "The next time we come back to Isle Delfino, we'll return them to Captain Olimar."
"Well, I see I have much to write down in this big adventure," Toadsworth chortled to himself. He took out his journal and began writing in it.
Sora and the group arrived at Cid's shop and entered it. Inside, Sora and the gang met up with Cid.
"Hey, kid, glad to see you again." Cid said happily. "Anything you need, I got it."
After a few minutes of browsing, the group bought some Protect Rings, Fira Rings, and Badge Rings. At the counter, Sora payed Cid the money.
"Here you go, Cid." Sora said.
"Hey, I wish you luck kid," Cid said, showing his support . "But be careful, you never know when those heartless will strike."
"We learned that the hard way." Luigi said with a slight smile.
"Shall we get going then?" Sora excitedly asked Luigi. "I can't wait!"
"Okay, kid this is it." Luigi said to Sora. "Let's-a-go!"
The group said good-bye and they headed off to the docks. At the docks, the boat pulled up to them. Toadsworth took Peach's hands, knowing he was about to leave her for a short while.
"Princess, I'm going to think about you while I am journeying to other worlds," Toadsworth said. "Just stay out of trouble, and wash your hair before you go to bed."
"I will Toadsworth," Peach giggled, rolling her. She then turned to Luigi and Yoshi. "Please, be careful, guys. It's going to be dangerous out there. I'll miss you both."
"Don't worry, Peach." Luigi said with assurance. We'll straighten everything out."
"Yoshi, Luigi, and Sora, save day and make princess and everyone happy." Yoshi added with a smile.
"Thank you everyone. As long as I have faith in you all, I have nothing to fear." she said, smiling with hope. She then turned to Sora. "And Sora, I hope you find your friends."
"Thank you, your majesty" Sora said shaking her hand.
"Call me Peach." she giggled.
Sora chuckled, "Okay, Peach."
Luigi, Toadsworth, and Yoshi hugged Peach good-bye and the four boarded the boat. They sat in their wooden seats, waiting for the boat to head to the airport. Finally, the boat made a loud whistling sound, and it slowly started to move. The four waved good-bye to Peach who watched them go. Sora looked down at the water, seeing it was clear and crystal. As he looked out at the water, he saw Kapp'n rowing in his boat. Sora waved hello to him and the turtle waved back. Upon the arrival at the airport the group noticed yellow police warning signs around the graffiti that Sora and the group saw last earlier
"We should have enough room for take off." Toadsworth said, observing the graffiti.
"Isn't there someway to get rid of this graffiti?" Sora asked Luigi curiously.
"We'll worry about that later," Luigi said. "Besides, I don't want the police to try and stop us again."
"Good point." Yoshi agreed.
The four got on board the ship and Sora look around at it. He was stunned by seeing this first class plane. He saw the giant television monitor in front of him, and the giant red, cushioned chairs.
"Well, this is it kid," Luigi announced to Sora.
"Wow! Talk about first class!" Sora shouted excitedly
He then sat in a red seat and continued looking around in amazement.
"It's quite amazing, isn't it?" Toadsworth chortled. The group notice the seatbelt sign above them light up. They then put on their seatbelts. "Well, then, shall we take off, gentlemen?"
The pilot up front got the ok to start the engines. After a few moments, it ran down the runway, the wheels picking up more and more speed. Sora felt his body getting pushed back into his seats. He noticed Luigi and Yoshi's mouths were wide open, their cheeks flapping from the pressure.
"Hang on!"
The plane reached the end of runway and took off into the air. The four fell back into their seats as the plan left the world's atmosphere. From a distance, Peach saw the plan fly off. She clasped her hands together with a worried look, but she had to hope for the best, and she knew they would come back alive.
"Good luck." she said under her breath.
On board the ship. Sora got excited about the whole thing. He couldn't believe he was finally getting his wish to visit other worlds.
"It's like a dream come true," he said excitedly. "I've always wanted to see what other worlds were like."
"You seem like a big dreamer, kid," Luigi smiled. He then made a serous look "But remember, it's not all fun and games, we have to find my brother and your friends."
"Look out window, Sora!" Yoshi said.
Sora looked to his right and looked out the window. He saw the blackness of space and shining stars in the sky. They were amazing, he's never seen stars that close before. He was speechless as they twinkled brightly in his eyes.
"It's so beautiful," Sora said softly. "I wish Riku and Kairi could see this." he said to himself sadly.
Yoshi noticed a sad look on Sora's face, "Sora, are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Sora said, turning to Yoshi with a smile. He then turned back to Luigi, excitement filling him again. "Will we be there soon? I can't wait!"
"In about a half hour," Luigi said looking at the big monitor. "You're gonna have to keep your shirt on, kid."
"Master Sora, would you care to read my journal to keep you busy?" Toadsworth asked Sora.
"Uh, sure, why not?"
Toadsworth handed Sora his journal and Sora read the journal. Luigi and Yoshi also looked on with him. For the next half-hour, the group read many of the entries in the journal. It explained about many of the people they met, and their missions they had to fulfill. An half hour later, the group got ready for departure to their first world, as they approached a world that had a giant dome, with the words "Coliseum" written on it. Sora was excited as he was about to encounter his first new world.