Chapter 3: Hawaii
"So what's happening so far?" asked Shades. "Where do I begin? Flamer is dead, he failed to find the doorway to the world's imagination and the 'good guys' got an Ansem report" explained Echie. "Wow…that sucks" groaned Shades. "Yeah, but you didn't hear the best part! Flamer got bashed by a girl!", "no way, "I can't believe it myself!", "Ha-ha, that's awesome."
"Are we ever gonna find that doorway?" asked Potatokiller. "We won't if you don't shut up!" snapped Darkfire. "I'll guess it'll make our jobs easier if we just turn everyone into Thoughtless." "Yes, it would my friend, it would, c'mon lets try that house" replied Darkfire. "What's that?" asked Potatokiller, pointing to an object up ahead. "Dunno, it looks like an alien dog with plasma guns," replied Darkfire. "Oops, we're in deep trouble!"
"Tron, are you done translating the Ansem Report?" whined Sora. "Almost Sora, keep your spiky hair on." A small ding came from the ship's computer. Tron ejected the paper. "Here you go User Cid, enjoy" the program smiled. "Thanks pal" said Cid as he received the report. "What does it say! What does it say!" yelled Sora, bursting with excitement. "Kid, you're growing a bit too enthusiastic." Cid then read the report out loud.
"Congratulations on finding the Secret 'Secret' Ansem's Report No.1, this will help you learn about your enemies. First, I wrote about the Thoughtless™. The Thoughtless™ are beings separate to the Heartless and Nobodies. They are zombie-like creatures that were people but have lost their imagination. They go around draining living people's imagination for sustenance. Those people then turn into Thoughtless™ due to having lost their imagination. The Thoughtless™ also search for the world's imagination which can be accessed by a keyhole called a 'doorway'. To be continued.
"Whoa," gasped Squall, "Ansem clearly had too much time." "Squall! He's helped us to understand our enemy and their plans" Yuffie defended. "So that keyhole was really a doorway. We've gotta seal them!" said Riku. "Cid, what's our next destination?" asked Kairi. "That place" said Cid, pointing to a remote tropical island. "What is that place?" asked Yuffie. King Mickey, who had been quiet throughout the journey, pulled out a map. "Let's see, Hollow Bastion…Sherwood Forest…Port Royal," he mumbled various place names as he looked over the map. "Ah, here we are! We're at…Hawaii!" Squall walked to Cid and told him to land on the beach. "Oh aye-aye captain" Cid obeyed sarcastically.
They landed on the world's beach. It was bathed in sunlight. The ground was covered in golden sand and green palm trees filled most the land. Kairi sighed. "Sorta reminds you of home." Riku and Sora sighed with her. "What's that?" asked Yuffie, pointing to some guys, one surrounded by flames and one in a red trench coat. "Oh, their just Darkfire and Potatokiller, two members of The Dark Crusade" explained Sora. "What's The Dark Crusade?" asked Aerith. "Organization XIII wannabees" said Riku. "Pre-madonnas" added Squall. "Hey you two!" shouted Cid, "Get off my property!" Mickey turned and stared at Cid. "You own land here?" "Summer home." "Uh…make us!" yelled Darkfire, the one surrounded by flames. "I will!" shouted Cid. He went into the Cruiser and came out with his Dragoon spear. Cid ran after Darkfire and Potatokiller whilst swinging his spear. "Dude, this guy is cheesed off" said Darkfire while dodging the spear. "Umm…why are we running when we have better weapons?" asked Potatokiller. The two members stopped and turned. Darkfire pulled out a kantana on fire, he called a 'flametana'. Potatokiller whipped out a shape-shifting kantana (you know, the one that changes form and element). Cid stopped in his tracks and ran to the Gummi Cruiser. "Sora, I guess you can handle this!" he screamed.
"Prepare to hurt!" shouted Darkfire, moving in for battle. Sora, Riku and Kairi drew their keyblades. "Not so fast!" yelled Potatokiller. He raised his hand. Sand shot up and knocked the keyblades out of their hands. Darkfire laughed as he moved in. "Uh, Darkfire, look!" shouted Potatokiller as he pointed behind him. Plasma blasts flew past their heads. "Time to go me thinks" said Potatokiller as a blue dog dashed after them, shooting its guns. "Stitch?" said Sora, he recognized the dog from his last adventure.
"Hey DM, look at this" said Echie. "What?" asked DM. Echie pointed to the crystal ball. "Is that DF and PK being chased by an alien dog with plasma guns?" asked DM. Echie nodded. "Hmm…that's pretty cool." "Well, I think that they're slowing us down," said Sephiroth as he entered the chambers. "I think that I should be finishing those 'heroes' off." DM stroked his chin. "No, lets see how they far they get." "Why? I'm invincible" added Sephiroth. "I know what I'm doing," said DM. "Besides...welcome to The Dark Crusade, Sephiroth. You're in." Sephiroth smiled.
Potatokiller and Darkfire disappeared into flaming shadows. The dog stopped and said something in another language. "Neegachuk!" it barked. "Stitch?" asked Sora. The dog looked at him angrily, its face immediately lit up and its tail wagged a mile a minute. "Sora!" it yelped, it pounced and slobbered on Sora. "Stitch!" yelled a girl's voice. A little Hawaiian girl came up to Stitch. "Sora, this Lilo! Ohana!" said Stitch excitedly pointing at Lilo. "What does that mean?" asked Riku. "Ohana means family," explained Lilo, "family mean no-one gets left behind." "Or forgotten" added Stitch.
"So you guys know those guys that hang out with the zombies?" asked Lilo. "They're Darkfire and Potatokiller," Squall was interrupted by Lilo's laughter of the name 'Potatokiller'. "They're members of The Dark Crusade, they control the Thoughtless, those zombies." "I think that my sister Nami and her boyfriend David might be those" said Lilo, upset. Without haste, everyone rushed for Lilo's house. Squall paused. "Where's King Mickey?"
"Hey DF, look! I caught a mouse." "Cool, lets send him to DM!"
"The door is locked!" cried Riku, as they tried to get into her house. "That's wrong! It's never locked!" screamed Lilo. "Stand back, I'll open it with my keyblade!"said Sora. He pointed his keyblade at the lock.There was agreen explosion. Everyone looked behind. Stitch had his plasma guns smoking, he was breathing heavily and looked agressive. "Moving on..."
As soon as Sora stepped into the house, Thoughtless appeared. Riku, Kairi and Squall leapt in. The Thoughtless stood no chance against the keyblades and Gunblade. Lilo and Stitch squeezed through and ran to the kitchen. Lilo screamed. The Thoughtless of Nami and David tried to grab her. Stitch grabbed them, threw them into a closet and locked the door. He hung a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door and sniggered. "Well now, its a little girl. Maybe she'll tell us where the doorway is" laughed Darkfire as he captured Lilo. Potatokiller grabbed Stitch. "C'mon girl, we just want to drain the world of it's imagination."
Sora, Riku, Kairi walked inside the kitchen. Stitch's face lit up, hebit Potatokiller on the arm, PK released him so Stitch made a break for it. "That 'dog' will die!" roared Potatokiller. "Not before you will" yelled Riku. "Hmm, this one's got spunk, lets take him on,2-on-1!" laughed Darkfire. Darkfire raised his hands. One summoned his flametana whilst the other created acage of fire that surrounded Sora and the others. "Deja vu" moaned Sora. "Ok Riku,wehave King Mickey prisoner,"Potatokiller snapped his fingers andanunconscious King Mickey in a flame cage. "If you win, all your friends are set free; if we win, you all die." Darkfire tossed Lilo aside. Potatokiller summoned his ever-changing kantana. "Can you feel the pressure on your shoulders Riku?"
Riku charged forward and thrusted his keyblade toward his foes. The blocked and countered, causing a huge slash on Riku's leg. Potatokiller teleported behind Riku, his sword transformed into a buster swordand slicedRiku's back. Darkfire slammed Riku into the ground and kicked him into a corner. Darkfire drove his flametana into Riku's deltoid. "Hmm...no wonder you couldn't save Kairi from darkness" scoffed Darkfire. Riku's flesh was being cooked. The pain was unbearable but Darkfire's words hurt more. Riku's eyes turned purple. He grabbed Darkfire'ssword and pulled it out of him. He snapped it in half. The flames didn't effect him. Riku stood up, shadow whisps surrounded him. Darkness covered Riku, thenit disappeared. Riku had transformed into his Dark Form.
"What the?" Darkfire looked at his blade. Riku grabbed his keyblade. Next thing Darkfire knew, Riku's keyblade was sticking out of his chest. Darkfire disappeared in green and blue flames. He was dead. "Youmoron!" screamed Potatokiller. Riku turned on him. Riku repeatedly thrusted his keybladeat Potatokiller, he was teleporting and blocking for his life. Eventually, they stood across from each other. "The first move is the last move" thought Riku. Potatokiller was about to perform the finishing move when he noticed Riku was already behind him, looking as if he just sliced someone. Potatokiller looked at his chest. It was ripped open. Potatokiller collapsed. Riku reverted to his normal form. "Release the King, like you promised" said Riku. Potatokiller smiled insanely and cackeled. "I...had...my...fingers...crossed" he laughed. He snapped his fingers. King Mickey's cage vanished into thin air. So did the flames surrounding Sora, Kairi, Sqaull and Stitch. Potatokiller finally was consumed by the flames of death. The imaginations of Nami and David floated to the closet. A thumping sound came from it. "LILO! OPEN THIS DOOR!" cried Nami.
Lilo unlocked the door. "You're in a lot of trouble, young lady" scolded Nami. "Actually, Stitch locked you inside the closet as soon as you're Thoughtless tried to attack her," explained Squall, "It was for your own good." Nami hugged Lilo, thanking God she was safe. "Ok, now all that's left isthe doorway" chirped Kairi. Stich said to follow him to Lilo's room. "Under bed!" he hinted. Squall and Riku moved the bed aside. The doorway was under the floorboards. The key bearers sealed it. Stitch gave them a present.
OBTAINED EXPERIMENT KEYBLADE
"I wanna thank you too!" said Lilo. She passed Sora a piece of paper. "The only word I can understand is Thoughtless on that, maybe it'll help you."
OBTAINED SECRET 'SECRET' ANSEM'S REPORT 2
So Sora, Riku, Kairi and Squall keft for the Gummi Cruiser. Riku didn't speak. He was too upset about King Mickey. Cid left the world's atmosphere. "Well, we lost King Mickey, Donald and Goofy, but we'll get help from the report" said Yuffie. She gave it to Tron to translate. He accepted the paper and translated it. Yuffie read it out loud.
"Today I learn't about The Dark Crusade. It is a group lead by the demon Darkmaster. The group is filled with demons, werewolves, fallen angels, vampires, black art magicians and other supernatural creatures. They control the Thoughtless™. There plan is to drain the worlds of their imaginations. This makes the world slow, colorless, dull and life will cease to be. Their reason is unknown. They reside in Darkmaster's mansion. No-one knows how to get there. Continued in next report
"Wow Tron, this is scary, isn't it?" Yuffie asked Tron. There was no reply. She looked at the monitor. The screen was static. "Tron!"