We're Back Folks!
Sorry for the long wait. The holidays have been pretty hard these past weeks. But i'm free now and i can go back to adding more to this story.
Also here's a question i would like to know. And i know i'm more than a week late to ask this but. Did anyone out there like Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker?
If you want to know my thoughts. I didn't hate it, because i had low expectations from it and i just wanted a popcorn flick to just go and enjoy some action. And that's all it was, not an amazing film. Just a popcorn flick. I remembered people coming home from seeing ' The Force Awakens' and they were like "IT'S AMAZING!" And i'm like really? Don't get me wrong i really liked that film but not as much as the original films.
And that's how I treated 'Revenge Of The Sith' and especially 'The Last Jedi.' In Spite of the problems those movies had. I'm about the same with this movie 'The Rise of Skywalker'. If you want to know why, i can't tell you yet, because i don't want to spoil anything for anyone until it comes out on Blu Ray.
So no need to tell me no spoilers and please don't hate me for saying i like this movie. Okay? Good…...Maverick put the pie down.
"What?" Maverick said hiding a lemon meringue pie behind his back.
Haxorus Knight: LOL! That was the Devil May Cry Cerberus Battle theme. Thanks for that little treat. If you want i can add that to the second fight with Cerberus. Yes there will be another one in this story.
KingdomWarrior125: Well i'm glad you enjoyed Frozen II, so did i. And i'm glad to know that your enjoying this story.
Alright. Now that we're all here.
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
Beauty And The Beast.
On the Highwind…...
While Sora was piloting the ship through an asteroid field, shooting down Heavy Laser heartless ships. Maverick was flying through space, shooting down some extra heartless ships with large beams of neon shooting out of his hands. Space fighting like he's a male Captain Marvel.
The whole team watched as they sat on the bridge, working like a ship crew on a smaller enterprise.
Sora was almost shooting down heartless ships at the same rate Maverick was fighting. But some machine's can't match the power of super speed and super wits.
"WHOO!" Maverick flew around in a spiral as he passes a line group of enemy ships. Blowing them out of the sky.
"Hey! Save some for me!" Sora complained as he flew the ship to keep up with Maverick.
"EAT WHAT'S IN YOUR BAG, SPIKE! WHOO HOO!" Maverick spoke from the ships comms.
"He always treated space threats like a drive thru meal." Victoria said to Kairi with a bemused look.
Just as they were making it to their next jump point. Maverick flew next to the ship as they spot a Hunter class heartless ship, with it's four leg laser shoots beams at them.
Maverick constructs an ice shield wall over the ship, blocking the shots.
"Spike! Send in Mr happy!" Maverick smirked evilly as he drops the ice shield.
"You got it!" Sora pushed a button, launching a homing missile that had a crazy face with teeth painting on the head.
The missile avoided rocks and shots as if it were self aware when it was heading directly to the Hunter ship. But once the missile hit, it impaled inside the center between the eyes of the Hunter ship.
"Damn it! Mr Happy failed us!" Maverick groaned in disappointment.
"Settle down Aid. Where just trying to run them out of the sky." Victoria stated.
"Well then!" Maverick constructed a neon fire leach rocket launcher and aimed at the center of the ship, where the homing missile was stuck. "It's about time for them to start running!"
*BAM!*
He shot a rocket straight at Mr Happy which was still impaled in the Hunter ship. Maverick teleported back inside the ship, before it collided.
*BOOOOM!*
(1812 Overture - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.)
The Hunter blew the bits while Maverick played music from the ship. Then as he sat next to Sora's captains chair. He shifted back into Aiden as he laid back to watch the fireworks.
The Hunter heartless ship kept blowing up like a grand finale, thanks to the Mr Happy homing missile. Then the Highwind ship flew at high speed towards the next jump route, in this case a giant glowing keyhole shaped portal. Once they made it through they were heading towards their next world.
"Alrighty, IRIS? What's our next stop for our not so final frontier?" Aiden started scanning their next world.
'I'm detecting a castle down below with a strong Nobody activity. It could be something of interest.' IRIS stated.
"Only one way to find out." Sora stated as he and the team prepared to beam down below.
The Beast's Castle…
Sora and his party appeared in the entrance hall of the castle. Once they arrived they were taking in the Gothic theme with how grey the walls looked. The gargoyle statues all over the pillars just added to how haunting it felt inside.
"Hey, what is this place?" Sora looked around.
"Got me." Aiden shrug and spoke to his. "IRIS, when you said castle. I was expecting Buckingham Palace or Bill Gate's house. Are you sure this is the right place?"
'Affirmative. I am certain.' IRIS confirmed.
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot asked from Aiden's shoulder.
"No Groot, it's not Batman's mansion." Aiden deadpanned. "We would've seen a giant portrait of a dead couple by now."
"This place is huge." Donald commented.
"And sorta gloomy, don't ya think?" Goofy asked.
"Eh,that's just another reason Corona's castle looked way better." Victoria said not looking that impressed.
"Don't tell me your thinking of moving already." Aiden quipped at his girlfriend.
"No, i'm just saying if we had HGTV back in Arendelle. We would lose in an instant to Rapunzel's crib." Victoria rephrased.
"But Arendelle's castle does look better right?" Kairi asked them.
"Oh yeah, just remove the gargoyles." Victoria started.
"And the lack of color." Aiden added.
"Put up a few green and purple banners." Victoria pointed.
"And a talking snowman." Aiden added.
"Who still lacks the magic ability to shut up, but you can't kill because he's too innocent and likable." Victoria muttered the last part before she exhaled through her nose in irritation.
She must've not gotten along with Olaf at first.
*ROAR!*
"What was that?!" Kairi summoned her keyblade along with Aiden and Victoria.
"I don't know. Be ready for anything." Victoria stood ready to fight.
"Hey wait, Sora don't you recognize that sound?" Goofy asked.
"I do. It's monster thriller talk for the black guy dies first." Aiden quipped as he spins his keyblades.
"No wait!" Sora realized and stopped Aiden. "That's the Beast!"
"The who?" Victoria looked confused.
"Wait, you mean the same Beast you tagged with in Hollow Bastion a year back?" Aiden figured out and lowered his guard.
"Yeah." Donald nodded.
"Then we should deal with the pest instead." Victoria pointed behind the team.
Sora and the others turned to see a Heartless shadow roaming into a small parlor.
"Come on!" Donald yelled.
Then the team ran over it, they burst through the parlor doors hoping to catch the heartless or at least get some answers. But once they were inside the parlor, the heartless was gone.
"Darn it, It's gone." Kairi said.
"I am Groot." Groot told them to look on the bright side.
"Yeah you're right. This does looks nicer than what's outside." Aiden agreed admiring the parlor's decor and fireplace.
The fireplace was so intricately crafted. It must've cost a fortune to build.
But Donald was admiring this glowing red rose in a glass casing. He smiled like a monkey looking at a red jewel as he approaches the rose. While no one was looking. But before he could reach for it, the heartless appeared in front of him. Catching Donald off guard.
"Found it!" Donald jumped in surprise.
Then more shadow heartless appeared all around the team as they formed a circle together and attacked. Sora and Aiden was taking out most of them. Victoria was holding her fire powers and Lighting back so she wouldn't cause damage in the room as she slashes some heartless down, along with Kairi who was fighting well. Sora uses his valor form to bring out two keyblades to fight. Ironically. So did Kairi, which surprised Sora but didn't have time to say anything. Since they were too busy fighting to talk.
But the more the guardians kept taking out heartless, the more it was starting to get repetitive. They just kept coming.
"Ah come on! Enough already!" Sora exclaimed as he slashed several heartless down.
"I have dreams to haunt too you know!" Aiden quipped in irritation as he slams his keyblade down on a couple more.
"SOMEBODY HELP US!" Donald screamed as they were getting tired of fighting.
*ROAR!*
Just then, the beast bursts through the doors. Sora and his comrades were happy to see him. He rages in and slaughters the rest of the heartless with his claws and roars like a demon lion. After he finished the heartless off. Sora and Aiden was standing in front of Beast as he came over with an angry look.
"Just in time!" Sora smiled hold his hand up for a high five.
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot asked if something was wrong, because Beast looked mad for some reason.
But Aiden never chooses a good time to make a joke.
"Hey wait…..Your not Hank Mc- Woah!" Aiden was cut off when the Beast swatted them away.
"Ugh!" Sora grunted when he and Aiden hit the wall hard. Even Baby Groot fell down.
"Sora!" Kairi ran over to help him.
Donald and Goofy looked scared before they were swatted away. Then the Beast was about to hit Victoria who glared back. But she blocked him with her arm.
"Do it. And i'll turn your ass into a seat cover." Victoria glared at him.
Beast glares back and just passes by her with a disgruntled noise. "Hmph."
It's beneath him to attack girls. So the Beast approaches the rose with a worried look. And took it in it's glass case. Then he walks out without acknowledging the guardians that he just knocked down. Kairi helped Sora up form the floor while Victoria was helping Aiden up. They watched as the Beast walked out, leaving the team to wonder what the heck was that all about.
"Why did he have to do that?" Donald complained rubbing his own sore cheek.
"No offense Sora. But you never told us your friend was a dick." Victoria said while glaring back at the doors where the Beast left.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot hopped back on Aiden's shoulder and glared as well.
"Still, he hits like a nun compared to how my Nobody hits." Aiden grunts a little while rotating his other shoulder.
"Hey, Beast wasn't like this before." Sora said in his defense.
"Gee, ya think he might've forgotten about us?" Goofy wondered.
"With this many heartless around, something is up." Sora figured.
With that the team walked out of the parlor and went back in the entrance hall. Seeing that the Beast was nowhere to be found. But Donald was looking up at the stairs with a curious look.
"Found something Donald?" Kairi asked him.
"Yeah, i think i just saw a lady run at the top of those stairs." Donald pointed at stairs, where the doors to the east wing were.
"Well. If the Beast is here. Then that must've been Belle, right?" Goofy said.
"Who's Belle?" Kairi asked.
"Don't you remember? She's one of the Princesses of Heart, just like you." Donald answered.
"No. I was empty, remember?" Kairi said sarcastically.
She didn't get to meet Belle due to being an empty vessel back in Maleficent's lair in Hollow Bastion.
"Oh yeah i remember. You were inside me." Sora remembered.
"That's what she said." Aiden quipped which made Baby Groot laugh.
"No i mean her heart was inside mine when-" Sora tried to explain.
"We know Sora, we heard the whole story." Victoria held her hand up to ease him.
"Still. If Belle's here. She might know what happened to the Beast." Kairi figured.
"Just what i was thinking." Sora smiled which caused Aiden to smirk at them. "What?"
"Nothing. Come on, let's find Belle, and we better have our name cards ready for another intro/reunion." Aiden said.
The team nodded and went up stairs to the east wing.
Up in the east wing…
The team made it down the hall. With no surprises or Heartless to fight. But Sora heard some noises behind the door to a bedroom. He leaned in to listen but was having a hard time trying to hear when the team caught up with him.
"I think we're in France. I know a Simon Vouet painting when i see one." Aiden said looking at the paintings
"Shhh." Sora shushed him and the rest, which they nodded.
Then Sora snuck up to the door, along with Donald and Goofy. Sora hid on the side and leaned in. Hearing a voice inside.
"What am i going to do?" He heard.
Sora pointed at the door. Donald nodded figuring someone was trapped inside. So he stood back, ready to bust the door open.
"Okay." Donald stood ready.
"Wait a second Donald!" Kairi tried to stop him.
But then the door opened causing Donald to fall on the floor.
"Hey! Who opened the door?" Donald complained raising his head up.
The team saw that it was Belle who opened the door. And boy did she look happy to see them. Mostly Sora, Donald and Goofy.
"Oh, i'm so happy your here!" Belle picked up Donald and hugged him, Donald of course was quaking up and struggling to get out of her grip. "Donald!"
"Hey let go!" Donald groaned.
"Sora! Goofy!" Belle smiled seeing the other two.
"Hiya." Sora greeted along with Goofy who waved.
"Put me down! PUT ME DOWN!" Donald yelled.
"Oh, sorry." Belle chuckled nervously as she put Donald down.
When the team walked in, Aiden whistled at how nice the room looked. "This has the deluxe suite vibe." He said.
"Who are your new friends Sora?" Belle asked.
"We're more than that ma'am. We're his co-workers. But I'm the manager." Aiden quipped earning a small smack on the arm by his girlfriend.
"We're the guardians of the multiverse. I'm Victoria AKA Blaze and my idiot boyfriend is Aiden the Maverick. Who of course likes to blow crap up." Victoria clarified with sassy tone.
"Yeah well, we all have hobbies." Aiden shrugged.
Then Baby Groot hopped and Aiden's shoulder.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot greeted.
"Get use to it, that's all he can say." Donald specified.
"Why, hello there." Belle chirped stroking Baby Groot's chin.
"You probably can't tell, but they've been at this whole keyblading thing a lot longer than I have." Sora commented about Aiden and Victoria. Even Groot.
"And he's been at this much longer than i have." Kairi said about Sora before offering her hand to Belle. "I'm Kairi, AKA the seventh princess of heart."
"Well, it's nice to finally meet you Kairi. Me and the other princesses knew about you." Belle shook her hand with a smile. "I had hoped to meet you when everything was over, but we were all brought back to our worlds after everything returns to normal."
Kairi smile in response. And wondered. "Speaking of normal. What's been going on with your big friend out there?" Kairi asked.
"Oh. You mean the Beast." Belle said looking down sadly. "We don't talk like we used to."
"Used to?" Victoria inquired.
"She and the Beast are pretty close." Goofy said to her.
"Did something happened?" Sora asked Belle.
"Yes. Isn't that why your here?" Belle asked the team curiously.
The team looked at Sora who just shrugged, they all wondered why the gateway brought them to this world. So Aiden gave an answer
"Kinda sorta. Let's just say when the stars goes out of whack or some generic antagonist comes along for some plans of dominants or whatever, the worlds need to know that the multiverse has a response. We, are that response." He spoke like a pro in his own way.
"You stole that from the Iron Giant." Victoria pointed out with an amused look.
"Shh." Aiden shushed her.
"The Beast won't talk to you?" Donald asked Belle.
"He's been acting strange lately." Belle said. "The only ones who might know are locked up in the dungeon. I want to help them but…"
"Wait a second, who locked who up?" Sora inquired.
"The Beast locked up his servants." Belle said.
"But why?" Donald asked.
"That's what i don't know." Belle said solemnly.
"Okay so we're dealing with civil house arrest and a possible break up." Aiden elucidated.
"Huh? Oh! It's not like that, were not a couple!" Belle said in defensive denial.
"I am Groot" Baby Groot rolled his eyes. Translate: "Doesn't everyone get tired of hearing that?" He never knew why everyone denies what they feel when it comes to romance.
"You'll get it when your older twig." Aiden whispered to Groot.
"I am Groot!" Baby Groot hissed back.
"Emphasis on 'use to be older'. But i digress." Aiden muttered back.
"Where can we find this dungeon?" Victoria asked.
"If you head down to the underloft of the west hall. The dungeon is down there." Belle stated to the team.
"West hall. Got it." Sora nodded.
"I'll keep an eye on Belle while the rest of you head down to look for the servants." Kairi volunteered to be the bodyguard.
"Kairi, are you sure?" Sora was cautious since she's knew to the whole thing.
"I'm sure Sora, i can take care of myself." Kairi grinned holding her keyblade.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot walked up to them and also volunteered.
"He wants to be the back up." Victoria translated with a smirked.
"Well. I feel safer already with someone like you around." Belle smiled bending down to tap Groot's nose.
"You should, nothing crawls under the bed anymore, because he eats it." Aiden said about how Groot eats up pest.
"Anyway we should head out. We'll be back later." Sora stated as the team heads out.
" Be careful down there." Belle said out of care and caution.
"We mean it Sora." Kairi said like a concern girlfriend. Even you can't deny it.
"You too." Sora smiled and gave a thumb up before he walked out with the other Guardians.
Whatever is happening inside this castle is not normal, if it ever was. Aiden and Sora suspects that this Is the works of Organization XIII. Everything else seems to be at this point. But it's nothing they can't handle. They just hope that it will stay that way.
That's all for now folks!
I'm sorry if this was shorter then the others, but there will be more in the next chapter.
As you can tell, i'm using the animated Beauty And The Beast film just like Kingdom Hearts did. Because it's still superior. Let me know if any of you have ideas for what i should add next. And does anybody know what the Beast's real name is?
Let me know in the comment section below. And as always Disney/Square Enix fans!
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