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And once again no one has added any comments or reviews for my other story 'Kingdom Hearts: Silver Lining'. Since the last time I spoke about it, no one has told me whether I should continue or trash it. So please let me know what I should do wirh that story. Did you readers liked it or not?
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"Now that were done addressing the lessor loved Zootopia/KH crossover." Maverick stated smugly.
"Hey!" Blake Ryo frowned.
"Stay in your lane Blake!" Maverick shot back humorously then said to the author. "Let's continue with this wonder of wonders."
Right you are Mav!
Anyway. two things will be introduced in this chapter. One is a song that was played in the second chapter of my first story. And the other is some items that were given to Sora at the beginning of KH III. So i figured why not introduce both?
"I hope this experience will bring back memories...Of my golden days." Maverick remarked.
Now time to answer some comments!
Haxorus knight: Thank you! I'm glad your enjoying it. And thank you for the ideas I'll use in upcoming chapters.
"NO SPOILERS PLEASE!" Maverick warned and wondered."Wait? Who's Hurricane Dragoon? Is that a poison? A candy? Or both?"
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"I mean who do those common folk that are working to survive think they are?!" Maverick exclaimed humorously.
Anyway be patient with Spiderfan626. When he has time and enough bandwidth again. We'll hear from him soon enough. I'm sure of it.
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Alright. Now that we're all here.
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!
A Beastly Rumbly In My Tumbly.
Back in Belle's bedroom….
While Victoria stood outside guarding the door. Kairi and Baby Groot passed the time with Belle, keeping her company until the boys got back with the Beast. Belle was sitting on the edge of her bed while Baby Groot sat at the edge of her nightstand. With his wooden legs wagging like a child.
Kairi sat on a wooden chair talking about the time when she was 10 years old. Sora and Riku pretended to be sick so they wouldn't go to the cherry blossom festival with her.
"I of course found out the moment I came home after the fair and heard them laughing in the bedroom, eating pizza and playing video games." Kairi groaned in annoyance.
"Were you upset?" Belle asked, interested in the story.
"Oh yeah, but instead of giving them a piece of my mind. I decided to get back at them with a little trick of my own." Kairi said smugly.
"What did you do?" Belle snickered a little.
"Well me and my friend Selphie looked up a rare disease called 'Bolvainian Brain Fever'. And we both pranked Sora and Riku into thinking they got it." Kairi smirked sinisterly. "You should've seen their faces. How they screamed like little girls."
Belle laughed at this. Thinking of the gags Kairi and her friend pulled off to make that happen.
"I should've felt bad for scaring them. But I thought it served them both right for lying to me." Kairi smiled cheekily.
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot asked leaning forward. Kairi didn't understand him. He either asked what's 'Bolvainian Brain Fever?' Or 'How did you do that?'
Just then Victoria opened the door and peered in looking serious. Since she was guarding the door, she would only give a serious look whenever troubles were on the way.
"Kairi. I just spotted a dark hood heading down the hall. I think I found our main castle invader." Victoria said to them.
Belle gasped. "What do we do?" She asked them.
"Come with us. You're not safe if they know you're here." Victoria suggested. "We'll protect you."
"Yeah, we got this covered." Kairi stood up and summoned her keyblade.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot stood up confidently on the nightstand.
Belle looked a little worried at first, knowing she's not well equipped to handle folks like the heartless. But she was a brave and courageous young woman. So she nodded and followed Kairi and Victoria out the door. To make sure they had extra protection, Kairi shifted into her armored form while Victoria shifted into her Blaze form as they ran down the hall, with Groot on Victoria's shoulder.
Meanwhile back in the entrance hall….
The others had just left the west hall and were on their way to regroup in Belle's room. The Beast was with them this time, back to normal and determined to make it right with Belle. Even if he wasn't sure if it would work out completely.
" Just a couple word!" They heard Kairi's armored voice.
"Huh?! Was that Kairi?!" Sora and the others stopped when they heard the commotion.
"Stay back there Belle! We got this!" They heard Blaze's voice as well.
"Belle?!" The Beast staggered hearing her name being called.
"Quick! It came from the ballroom!" Cogsworth told the others to run there.
"Stay here! We'll handle it!" Aiden told Cogsworth and Lumiere to stay with the other servants while he and the Guardians ran ahead.
Sora shifted into his armored form while Aiden shifted into the Maverick as they ran.
Inside the castle ballroom…
Belle stood outside the balcony with the doors closed and Baby Groot guarding her, while Kairi and Blaze were swinging their keyblades and slashing at some Gargoyle Knight heartless, smashing them to pieces. Along with some Large body Heartless who were being bowled and smacked around. After they had finished off most. Sora and Aiden along with the team came in to see Blaze, with her electrically charged keyblade. Knock the last Large Body Heartless in the air and Kairi dashing up there to air slash it down, and landing next to Blaze.
"Hey boys!" Kairi chirped at them looking snarky.
"You all missed one hell of a dance." Blaze smirked.
"And you lazy bums were too slow to join." Kairi smirked with her hands on her hips.
"Well excuse us for doing all of the hard work." Sora snorted with his arms crossed.
"Yeah. We got the Beast back to normal." Goofy showed them the Beast who was standing there, looking around worried for Belle.
"By normal we mean back to what he was before the cabin fever kicked in." Maverick quipped about the fact that he's still a Beast and not human.
So define normal.
"Belle!" He called out.
"I'm alright! I'm out here!" Belle answered him. Which the Beast sighed in relief.
Just then, before anything else could happen, the ballroom floor immediately turned black like a shadowy liquid. Alarming everyone as even the walls and the heavenly mural on the ceiling turned black as well. Suddenly a round orb like Heartless with spiky hair like tentacles and a chain wrapped around it's form, spawned up and floated in the air before the Guardians and the Beast.
This Heartless was called A Shadow Stalker.
"Sheesh! Did you get a bowl of soup with that haircut?" Maverick quipped at the heartless, saying how ugly it looks. "IRIS, play something retro."
'Yes Maverick. Loading up a playlist now…' IRIS answered as she projected a neon speaker in the air and played a song from Maverick's playlist.
(Sweet - Ballroom Blitz)
*Rooooar!*
The Shadow Stalker Heartless roared threateningly at the team as they summoned their weapons. And the Beast roared back. Even louder and more powerful than the Heartless.
*ROOOOOOAR!*
Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh
Andy? Yeah
Mick? Okay
Alright fellas, let's go!
Just then the Shadow Stalker Heartless teleported in and out until it's reflection displayed on the many windows.
"Look out!" Kairi quickly dodged out of the way.
Right when the Shadow Stalker Heartless sent waves of long shock blasts from the windows. Everyone either flipped or jumped out of the way. Of course Blaze flew out of the way while Maverick teleported. But the Beast was knocked by the waves, slamming him against the wall. He of course grunted and quickly recovered.
Oh it's been getting so hard
Living with the things you do to me
My dreams are getting so strange
I'd like to tell you everything I see
Then the Shadow Stalker Heartless flew up and into the Chandelier, taking over the object as it spun around the room and slammed down on the floor. Then it spun around with three dark beams shooting on both sides. But the Guardians dodged as Sora and the Beast paired up and performed a new signature move called a twin howl. They both shouted a battle cry as they dashed into the Chandelier and while Beast and Sora slashed at it. Either with a keyblade or a pair of claws. Maverick saw his chances and blasted a beam of neon while Blaze shot a blast of lightning from her hands. They both shot from above while Kairi slashed the other side of it.
Oh, I see a man at the back as a matter of fact
His eyes are as red as the sun
And the girl in the corner let no one ignore her
Cause she thinks she's the passionate one
Then Beast roared out, sending a shock wave. Thus it stunned the chandelier. Then Maverick flipped in the air and slammed both of his keyblades down on the Chandelier, forcing the Shadow Stalker Heartless to fly out of it. Then they all focused their attacks on the round dark heartless. It's attacks consisted of bouncing and trying to use it's best attacks by going into the black ground or even the pillars. But Maverick froze both the ground and the pillars solid with his ice powers. To keep the Shadow Stalker heartless vulnerable.
Oh yeah! It was like lightning
Everybody was fighting
And the music was soothing
And they all started grooving
It kept trying to teleport away, but Maverick caught it and teleported with it, they both appeared into the air as Maverick caught it by a tentacle and swung it like a slingshot and slammed it down down to the floor. Then the Beast pounced it, and Kairi sent lightning spell strikes from her keyblade. And Blaze sent fireballs at it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
And the man in the back said everyone attack
And it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz
Thus wearing it down. When the Shadow Stalker heartless had enough, it began to shake in the air and roared out. Right before darkness surrounded it and it began to change shapes. Then it became a new full blown heartless with arms and legs, teeth and horns with long red hair on it's back waving like strands of worms. This new Heartless landed on the ground and roared.
Call this one a Dark Thorn.
Oh reaching out for something
Touching nothing's all I ever do
Oh I softly call you over
When you appear there's nothing left of you
"Okay now I'm offended." Blaze commented on it's long red hair. Since she has red hair.
"Ditto." Kairi, also being a redhead, agreed.
And the man in the back is ready to crack
As he raises his hands to the sky
And the girl in the corner is everyone's woman
She could kill you with a wink of her eye
The Dark Thorn Heartless caused Darkball Heartless to appear. Which attacked Donald and Goofy, but they both fought back. Then the Dark Thorn Heartless turned invisible and began bouncing on the walls. But Maverick was just as quick and flipped in the air and started air dashing with his keyblades. And swung at the Dark Thorn Heartless each time it came by, slashing at it as Maverick bounced from wall to wall to keep up with it.
Oh yeah! It was electric
So perfectly hectic
And the band started leaving
'Cause they all stopped breathing
Sora of course step vaulted over a Darkball Heartless and flipped in the air, then Sora grabbed hold of the Chandelier support chain and began to spin around it to build up momentum. He started to swing the Chandelier around like a pendulum which knocked against the invisible Dark Thorn Heartless. Revealing itself as it became visible on impact and was swung against the chandelier. Once Sora stopped swinging, the Dark Thorn fell on the ground.
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
And the man in the back said everyone attack
And it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz
But it recovered and started running around on all fours like an animal, tried using a spin attack with it's hair as it twirled around. But the Beast kept up with it. Running at the same pace. After a few spin attacks from the Dark Thorn Heartless, the Beast slammed his shoulder into the Dark Thorn Heartless, knocking it back down. Then Blaze swung a fire chain around the Dark Thorn Heartless and swung it into the wall. Kairi tossed her keyblade which spun and slammed into its face. Then the Beast came in growling and slammed his fist into it's torso.
Thus finishing it off.
Once the fight was over, the music stopped. And the Dark Thorn Heartless vanished into oblivion. And the black shadows around the room faded as well.
"We did it!" Sora cheered along with Donald and Goofy.
"Alright!" Kairi cheered as well and fist bumped Blaze.
"Red heads all the way!" Blaze quipped as she fist bumped her back.
"We'll keep dancing as long as the music keeps playing baby." Maverick fist pumped victoriously while sounding like Barry White. "Oh yeah.."
"So you think." They heard from behind.
Maverick and the others turned to see Xaldin standing there.
"Whop, there's a creep in the room." Maverick quipped a deadpan.
"Xaldin!" The Beast growled and ran after to tear him apart.
"Farewell." Xaldin disappeared quickly before the Beast could get his hands on him.
"Damn it! I was really looking forward to seeing you eat him." Maverick groaned while looking at the Beast.
"At least he and his dark pest are gone. For now." Blaze presumed.
"What does he want here?" The Beast asked.
"He's with a cultish looking group called Organization XIII." Maverick answered.
"Ever heard of the Nobodies?" Sora asked the Beast.
"No." The beast answered.
"Well the main Nobodies look like people only they dressed bland with those black robes they have a fetish for, for some reason, and act like lobotomized ventriloquist dummies." Maverick stated. "While the lesser ones look like white humanoid zippers. Those you definitely got to take down if you ever see them."
"Where do they come from?" The Beast asked.
"When a strong-hearted person turns into a Heartless, a Nobody is created too." Sora explained. "See, the Organization….they got control of all the Nobodies."
"Sort of like an alpha over the entire pack. And they always want more to add to their list of weirdos." Blaze stated.
"That's right. And they were gonna make you into a Heartless." Goofy realized. "That way, they could get that Nobody of yours and have control over it."
"Be glad we got to you before they could. Cause I already have a Nobody and it's a Class-A headache to have." Maverick remarked and winced at the thought of Dianex AKA Stormur.
"You're all right!" Belle came in looking happy to see the Beast. With Baby Groot riding on her shoulder.
"Belle!" The Beast ran for her looking happy that she was okay.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot winked and hopped off her shoulder. And ran up to the team. Translate "I'll give you too some privacy."
Maverick picked up Groot and patted his head. "You did good pale." He whispered softly to him. The baby tree leaned into his touch as they watched the Beast and Belle make up.
Even Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts and Chip came in just in time and watched the two.
"Belle. I..I'm sorry. I wasn't myself." The Beast apologized sincerely. "I hope I haven't done anything to hurt you. Forgive me."
Belle gave him an angelic smile that warmed his heart.
"I know you weren't yourself. You don't have to apologize." Belle said softly. Then she did give a ridiculing look. "But I had hoped…that you might have changed a little bit."
The Beast winced when she wagged her finger lightly and scolded him. "I wish you could start trusting me." Belle crossed her arms and looked away.
The Beast moaned lightly looking guilty.
"Mama mia. He sure is in a burning doghouse." Maverick muttered.
"You would know." Blaze teased quietly, earning a look from Maverick's mask eyes.
"Oh, I am afraid time is running short." Lumiere stressed.
"What time?" Maverick Inquired.
"Remember the rose?" Lumiere whispered to Maverick and Sora.
"From the Beast's room?" Donald recollected.
"Precisely. You see, if the master can learn to love, and earn love in return, before the last petal falls…." Cogsworth explained.
"The spell will be broken." Lumiere stated.
"Damn. This sounds worse than a marital peace treaty being signed by Bob Eubanks." Maverick winced.
"You think he's gotta make it?" Sora wondered looking at Belle and the Beast.
"We think so." Mrs Potts nodded confidently with Chip at her side.
"I think you're right." Goofy shared her confidence.
"Me too." Kairi agreed.
"I hope you're right." Sora shrugged looking unsure.
"No pressure or anything." Maverick bit his tongue.
"Yeah I take back what I said about the fuzzball earlier. When he's not savaged or crazed, he's not half bad." Blaze admitted as they were looking at how humble and timid the Beast was acting.
Just then Sora's keyblade was automatically summoned as he and the team knew it's time for another path to be opened.
Then the enchanted rose in Beast's room began to glow as the area around Sora began to shift in between dimensions, like he was standing over night clouds and thunderstorms. Sora held his keyblade forward with both hands as a light ray in the shape of a crown formed underneath him as the rose that was floating above, shot a beam up light upwards. And it revealed a keyhole. Sora spins his keyblade and points at the keyhole, then a beam of light shot inside the keyhole. Then he heard the sound of a large gate unlocking as it shines brightly beyond belief. Then the area shifted back around Sora and he was standing with his friends again.
"What happened?" The Beast asked as he and Belle just witnessed the light show.
"The gate is opened!" Donald announced in excitement.
"And our que to take off." Blaze added.
"Do you have to go?" Belle asked, sounding a little sad since she just met some of them.
"I'm afraid so. It's been so nice meeting you Belle." Kairi said as she shifted out of her armored form and shared a friendly hug to Belle.
"You too Kairi." Belle smiled and hugged back.
Those two being former Princesses of Heart easily became friends.
"We'll be back though. Count on it." Blaze promised as she shifted back into Victoria.
"Yeah." Sora agreed as he shifted out of his armored form.
"We'll just be in the neighborhood. AKA the multiverse, give or take a couple of cosmic blocks away." Maverick quipped as he shifted back into Aiden.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot nodded sitting on Aiden's shoulder.
"Now, no more arguin, okay?" Goofy playfully warned Belle and the Beast.
"Uh…" The Beast looked at Belle nervously as he blushed at her warm smile.
"We'll see to it." Lumiere assured the team.
"Take care dears." Mrs Potts bid them farewell.
"You're all welcome here anytime!" Cogsworth stated with a courtesy.
"Oh one more thing. When we get back. If you hear anything about Riku or King Mickey. The Heartless, the Organization. Anything at all. Let us know." Sora told Belle and The Beast.
"By contacting us with this." Aiden handed Belle a blue and green business card with an animated M logo that spun in the middle.
"Just press the M in the middle and it will let us know if you need help or anything else." Victoria explained.
"We'll show up quickly if we're not too busy kicking the crap out of dark folks or other Guardians stuff." Aiden added.
"We will." Belle promised with the Beast nodding.
"Okay. Gotta go!" Sora and the others waved at them.
"Beam us up Scotty- I mean IRIS." Aiden spoke to his computer on the ring.
'Yes, right away Maverick.' IRIS answered as Aiden and the rest of the team were beamed up to the Highwind Spaceship.
With their business done for now on Belle and the Beast's world their attention was called to another world elsewhere.
Back on the Highwind…..
Once everyone sat up on the bridge. Sora sat in the captain's seat with Aiden sitting on his co-captain's chair.
"Now that we're out of Pee Wee Herman's Castlevania. Got any new abilities?" Aiden asked Sora.
"Hmmm…" Sora wondered and tested his keyblade out. He suddenly casted a healing spell over himself. "Nice! I got my cure spell back!"
"I have it too!" Kairi beamed when she tried her keyblade out.
"Sooo it's a new ability for each new world we visit and save?" Victoria figured.
"That's the idea, I've done it before in my last adventure but-" Sora was interrupted when the ship halted and started flying backwards. "Huh?! What's going on?!"
"IRIS what gives?! Why are we flying backwards!?" Victoria demanded of the computer.
'The ship is being commandeered on a course for Hollow Bastion. My systems can not interfere.' IRIS stated as the ship entered a quick space bridge for Hollow Bastion. Then it stationed itself above the clouds of that world.
"Being commandeered by what?!" Aiden demanded in an annoyed tone.
Then everyone was suddenly being beamed down to the world.
"Huh?!" Donald jumped in surprise as he was de-materializing for being teleported down below.
"I am Groot?!" Groot asked what was going on.
"OH COME ON?!" Aiden exclaimed as they suddenly vanished.
Down in the Hollow Bastion…...
The Guardians of the Multiverse suddenly reappeared at the entrance of the borough, right across from Merlin's house. They stood there confused wondering why they were sent back there. No one seemed to be around, not even the Nobodies or Heartless.
"I swear if we're being hijacked for cash, I'm going to pimp slap the first ski masked prick I see!" Aiden snapped, he really didn't want to come back to this world unless he absolutely had to.
"Come down Aiden. Let's just save the ass kicking for after we find out who brought us here." Victoria suggested as they walked and looked around.
"Any ideas?" Kairi asked Sora.
"No clue. I wonder what's up." Sora said as they went over to see that the front door of Merlin's house was open and a couple Soldier Heartless running out.
"Uh Oh!" Donald got the team's attention as they turned to see them.
But the Heartless suddenly vanished before they could do anything to them. For some reason the team must've arrived here too late to see anything.
"Come on!" Sora told the team as they ran inside Merlin's house.
Inside Merlin's house…..
They ran in and saw Merlin who was getting off the floor. He must've gotten knocked down by those Heartless they saw just a few seconds ago. He stood back up and cleared his throat.
"Well now. Took your time did you?" Merlin remarked.
"Oh, was it you who summoned us Merlin?" Goofy realized.
"Yes, yes. But it seems I used too much power in doing so, and those infernal Heartless…" Merlin huffed feeling exhausted.
"Oh, well you could've just called us. We thought we were being hijacked or something." Aiden reprimanded.
"I did try to call you! You didn't answer after i typed the number!" Merlin criticized holding a gummiphone up.
"Did you press call?" Victoria deadpanned.
Merlin's eyes widened as he looked at his phone and realized he didn't press the call button afterwards. "Oh. Well forgive me for being born in Medieval Times. I prefer using magic to technology anyway." He answered sarcastically. Then he looked a little surprised to see Kairi with him. And chuckled a little. "Oh. Well now! I see you brought the girl with you after all."
"Hehe. Hi Merlin, it's been a while." Kairi greeted with a smile.
"That it has my dear, that it has." Merlin greeted with a nod.
Kairi and Merlin met back in Traverse Town, after she escape from the Hollow Bastion castle with Sora and his friends.
"So what's been happening?" Sora asked the old Magician.
"Well. Firstly I happened to come across this in the Zero District." Merlin caused a familiar story book to appear on his hand in a puff of magic smoke. Then he handed it to Donald.
"It's Pooh's Storybook!" Sora beamed recognizing the cover of him and a yellow Teddy Bear walking together with a bouncing tiger.
"Winnie The Pooh?" Aiden guessed.
Sora looked at him surprised. "You know about Pooh?" Have asked.
Very few people knew about this book and heard about Winnie The Pooh. So how would Aiden know about him. Here's a little recap of Aiden's last adventure.
"Pretty much. My -40° Mom and UFO Dad had an encounter with Pooh and his friends back in Corona. During that same time Vic and I were hunting after the shards of the M'Kraan crystal." Aiden explained.
"Oh yeah. I remembered that. Me and Donald were there." Goofy stated.
"Yeah." Donald nodded.
"Aiden and I of course met Pooh Last year when Master Yen Sid had this book. He spoke a lot about you." Victoria also added to Sora.
"So Master Yen Sid must have sent the book to Merlin." Donald figured.
"That's right. I know you're a good friend of Winnie The Pooh, Sora. That's the first reason why I summoned you. And when I did, I was attacked by the Heartless. Of course I fought back with some rather powerful magic." Merlin went on explaining. "But then I began to fear that the book would be damaged, so I-"
"We get it. You needed some extra help in making sure the book wasn't screwed in anyway." Aiden politely stopped Merlin from talking. Or at least his version of polite.
"Precisely. Now the other reason I called you was that, well... I needed your help Aiden in figuring out a package that just arrived. It could be some new equipment for you and Sora. But As you can tell, I'm not that familiar with the technology." Merlin stated. "I could've had Leon and his friends to help me figure this out, but with them out and about, running errands and fixing the town. I'm not quite sure how to work this thing."
"Well I ain't no Apple support, but I'll do what I can." Aiden agreed to help Merlin.
"I'll help out as well." Victoria offered to assist. "So. Where's this package?"
"Why. It's right here!" Merlin waved his wand.
"Wait wha-" Before Aiden could finish.
*POOF!*
He and Victoria, along with Baby Groot who was riding the girl's shoulder, disappeared in a puff of smoke along with Merlin. Surprising the others as Sora, Kairi, Donald and Goofy were left to wait with Pooh's book.
"I, guess...they got that covered then." Kairi shrugged looking at the others. "What now?"
"I wonder how Pooh's doing." Sora wondered looking at Pooh's book.
"Wanna find out?" Donald asked while holding the book.
"Yeah!" Sora beamed ready to step in and see the hundred acre woods again.
"Wait Sora, shouldn't we wait for the others?" Goofy asked out of concern.
"Goofy's right Sora, didn't Merlin say that the book might be damaged?" Kairi said, touching Sora's shoulder to make him think for a second.
Donald opened the book to check and saw that it was okay. "Looks fine to me." He smiled and held it open in front of Sora.
"It'll be fine Kairi, come with me. I can't wait for you to meet Pooh and the others." Sora took Kairi's hand, insisting that she come with him.
"Well...I don't." Kairi still looked unsure.
"It'll be fine. Trust me." Sora gave her an assuring smile.
Kairi sighed and smiled back. "Okay." She nodded. She wasn't completely sure but she trusted Sora with her life.
"But Sora!" Goofy tried to stop him.
"It's okay Goofy, cover for us." Sora winked at him before he and Kairi took hands.
Then they both were magically sent into the book by a ray of light. Leaving Donald and Goofy alone to guard the book and Merlin's house until Aiden and Victoria returns with the old hermit.
Down in the Hundred Acre Woods…..
Sora and Kairi appeared right in the Hundred Acre Woods. And on the walkway which leads up to the tree... or rather, the house of Winnie The Pooh. Kairi looked around in awe of how beautiful and enchanting the rich green of the trees looked as well as the grass. The Blue sky. And many colors of the flowers planted all around. It was such a place to behold. Sora smiled and held Kairi's hand, Kairi looked at Sora and smiled back. Both feeling butterflies in their stomachs by how they stared into each other's eyes. They both faltered a bit and looked away while blushing.
"Um…" Sora chuckled nervously. "Maybe we should go see Pooh now."
"Good idea." Kairi chuckled the same way.
She followed Sora up to the house, where they saw a sitting log on the ground in front of the house, under the name of Sanders. Which means Pooh had the name 'Mr Sanders' over the door in old letters. And Pooh lived under it.
Even though it could have meant something more than that. But given that the N and S in the name was backwards, it probably doesn't.
Sora and Kairi saw Winnie The Pooh himself. Sitting on the log, thinking as he usually does. Being a bear of very little brain. He usually takes a while for Pooh to come up with an idea of what to do next. But when the bear saw Sora and Kairi walking up to him. He smiled when he saw his old friend.
Sora got down to Pooh's height and greeted him. "Hey Pooh Bear. How are you doing? Finding enough honey lately?"
"Hi there. I'm Kairi." Kairi greeted with a cute smile.
"Hello Sora. And nice to meet you…. Sora's friend, Kairi." Pooh greeted Sora and Kairi. "Nice of you to stop by. I was just about to do my stoutness exercises. Would you too like to join me."
Kairi giggled at how cute the bear seemed. "Sure." She chirped.
"Yeah, I'm game." Sora smiled.
But just as Pooh stepped off of the log, he froze. In the middle of the air. Like he was paused in time. This made them both confused and concerned.
"Sora?" Kairi asked as Sora reached to touch Pooh.
Then suddenly. A gust of wind pushed them both in the air. "WAAAHHH!" They both screamed as they went up in the sky and straight out of the book.
Back at Merlin's house…..
Sora and Kairi were sent back to the outside world, falling on their rears, grunting against the floor of Merlin's house. Kairi moaned a little as she sat up and gasped when she saw a Soldier Heartless touching the book, ripping pages out and collecting them.
"Drop them!" Kairi snapped and swung her keyblade, taking out the heartless and causing him to drop the pages.
"Sora! Hurry up!" Donald shouted from outside, sounding like there was trouble.
Sora and Kairi turned to the open door to see Donald and Goofy taking on some more Heartless.
"Donald?!" Sora got alarmed.
"Go, you gotta help them! I'll take care of the book!" Kairi urged Sora to go outside and fight.
Sora quickly got up and ran out to help his friends. While Kairi collected all of the torn pages of Pooh's book and the book itself.
Back outside the Borough….
Donald and Goofy stood together on both ends, surrounded by Shadow Heartless and Soldier Heartless. Sora ran out to join them with his keyblade at hand.
"Did you bring the book Sora?!" Goofy asked while holding his knight's shield up.
"I got it!" Kairi came out holding the book protectively in one arm and her keyblade in the other hand.
Once they all stood together, they all began to fight the heartless. Sora changed into his valor form and began to swing two keyblades. Kairi copied him and her outfit changed into the same colors as Sora's red valor form. Much to Donald and Goofy's surprise. They both were flipping and slashing around. Into the air and on the ground. Shooting fire spells and ice spells. Lightning spells and multiple combo moves of their best keyblade moves. Sora did some triple air flips while swinging his keyblades, taking out five or six Soldier Heartless. While Kairi spun five times in the air slashing down six or seven Soldier Heartless.
Donald and Goofy took care of some heartless as well, even if their speed didn't match how fast Sora and Kairi were fighting. They even vaulted over each other like a game of leapfrog. Landing on the ground for each swing of their keyblades wiping form heartless out. Soon there were no more Heartless left.
Then the fight was over.
After the fight with the Heartless. Kairi opened the book and saw that the pages magically connected back to the tares in the book. But the cover was torn. So that can't be a book.
"You think it's okay?" Kairi asked Sora about Pooh's book.
"I don't know." Sora answered truthfully looking concerned for Pooh.
"Gawrsh. Maybe you two better go back and make sure Pooh is alright." Goofy suggested an idea.
"But what about Merlin?" Donald asked.
"I guess we could explain to him, Aiden and Victoria." Goofy figured.
"Alright. Come on Sora!" Kairi took his hand, anxious to check on Pooh just as Sora was.
Donald retrieved the book from Kairi and held it open so they both were magically sent back into the book. Sora was worried if this was worse than the last time the book was damaged. He remembered having to collect the missing pages from across the other worlds. But thankfully having Kairi here prevented that from happening.
Maybe this will be simple. Like a light breeze in the woods.
Back in the Hundred Acre Woods…..
Sora and Kairi ran back to Pooh's house and saw the silly old bear sitting on the log, thinking again.
"Pooh!" Sora called out running up to him.
"Thank goodness." Kairi sighed in relief bending down to check on the little bear.
"I'm glad you're okay Pooh." Sora knelt down looking at Pooh.
"And I'm glad you both came to visit. But you see. I was just about to begin my stoutness exercises. Perhaps we could visit again later. Some-People-I-Don't-Know." Pooh said politely to the two of them.
And rather oblivious of who they are. Sora and Kairi widened their eyes when Pooh referred to them as 'Some-People-I-Don't-Know'.
"Okay?..." Kairi raised an eyebrow as she stood back up.
"Oh...Sure…" Sora stood back up as well. Sounding a bit hurt as he allowed the bear to have some space. "So...How's Piglet these days?"
Sora's attempt at a conversation was ignored as Pooh focused on his stoutness exercises. The bear began to bend up and down with his arms up and then touching the ground. And even stretching his legs.
"I don't think I know anyone by that name. Now where was I? Oh yes. My stoutness exercises." Pooh continued his morning workout to make himself get in the mood, for food.
"Pooh? Hey Pooh?" Sora tried again. But nothing.
"Sora. Let's give him some space." Kairi held Sora's shoulder and softly encouraged him to let it go.
Sora sighed looking down at Pooh and nodded looking at Kairi. "You're right. Something very weird is happening here. Maybe We'd better go back and ask Merlin about this." He said.
"Good idea. Let's go." Kairi agreed and left the Hundred Acre Woods with him.
Whatever is happening in the wonder world of Winnie The Pooh. Sora had to find out. He owes to Pooh to do so. After all, this happened on his watch.
Back in Merlin's house…..
Once Sora and Kairi came back out of the woods. They saw Donald and Goofy with Merlin. Along with Aiden and Victoria scowling at them with their arms crossed in a scolding like manner. Even Baby Groot was mimicking them as he stood on the table. The little tree wasn't really mad at Sora and Kairi, he was just being silly.
"Ten minutes! We were gone for ten minutes and you two couldn't hold your jazzed up britches long enough for us to get back?!" Aiden scolded as he walked up to them.
"Unbelievable." Victoria pinched the bridge of her nose.
"You couldn't even bother to wait for an old wizard either, eh?" Merlin looked just as mad.
Sora and kairi both looked guilty with nervous smiles and small chuckles. Kairi's hands were behind her back while looking down at her shoes. While Sora rubbed the back of his neck.
"Sorry guys. I guess I got a little carried away." Sora apologized.
"Not just a little carried away. You lifted the cargo and drove it into a volcano." Aiden emphasized humorously on how badly Sora messed up. Then he sighed while dropping his scowl. "But, don't worry about it. We'll fix this, that's what we do."
"Are you sure?" Kairi looked worried for Pooh.
"Believe me Kairi. Cleaning up other people's messes is what we're good at. Might as well call us, the Janitors of the Multiverse." Victoria reassured Kairi with a hand on her shoulder.
Sora and Kairi smiled at them. Seeing how understanding they were. Aiden was more focused on getting things done and not dwelling on mistakes. He even taught Victoria to be the same way seeing that she agreed with him.
"So...what's been happening inside the book?" Victoria asked.
"Well...Pooh seemed to have forgotten all about me. And not just me, but all his other friends too." Sora answered while handing the book to Aiden.
"Yeah. that's not good." Aiden said looking at the book.
"Why? What's wrong?!" Kairi got worried hearing that.
"No I don't mean 'not good' as in, they're going to become Open Season. More like their history was erased the moment the pages tore out. Since Pooh's the main protagonist or Poohtagonist of this story.." Aiden quipped.
"Lame…" Victoria deadpanned about the Pooh pun.
"Your lame." Aiden quipped back and whispered. "God that sounded a lot better in my head."
"Basically this will only affect Pooh. Right now the book is repairing itself. So with it being unstable, it's best not to go in until it's fully repaired. After that it will take time for Pooh to get over his cosmic amnesia. We'll tell you how as soon as the book is safe to go in." Victoria explained.
The book was glowing yellow as the pages we're reconnecting and the images inside were repairing slowly.
"Until then. we'll put it on lock down on the ship. IRIS will let us know when the book is repaired for you and Kairi to go back inside." Aiden stated to Sora while he placed the book inside the magic compartment of his ring.
"This book is one of the world's most cherished items. Take good care of its guardians." Merlin told the team.
"We will!" They all responded.
"I am Groot!" Groot said the same thing with them.
"Good good… Now that book isn't all that's cherished. These are for all of you." Merlin handed them each a different colored heart shaped charm.
"What is it?" Sora asked.
"That my boy, is a heart binder. Simply concentrate on it with all your heart. And you need only say the word to summon and ally, who will help you in your time of need." Merlin explained it's power.
"Like Simba and Mushu did, the last time we were here." Goofy beamed.
"Precisely!" Merlin smiled.
"So who will these summon?" Victoria wondered.
'I'm detecting the identified allies of each of those heart binders. Are residents of Game Central Station.' IRIS stated after scanning the heart binders.
"Holy mother of Markiplier! We're going to be summoning video games characters Spike!" Aiden exclaimed in excitement. While trying to hold back a Joker laugh
"Awesome!" Sora matched his excitement.
"Boys…" Kairi and Victoria both scoffed, looking at each other with bemused grins.
"Were these the package that you needed Aiden's help with Merlin?" Kairi asked while middling curiously with her beige colored heart binder. "Because these look more magical than technical."
"Which reminds me. No he needed help with two pocket treats in the package. And they had your names on it." Aiden took out two new Gummiphones and handed them to Sora and Kairi.
They both looked at them intrigued by the designs. And how they both matched.
"Cellphones?" Kairi asked, looking peaked.
"Not just any cell phone Candy Crush. Gummiphones ." Aiden smirked. "These baby gold nuggets do a hell of a lot more than your average Verizon store."
"Welcome to the real 21st century you two. Aid and I set the phones up for you, while Dumbledore here couldn't even figure out how to turn them on." Victoria stated sluggishly looking back at Merlin on that last part.
"You don't need to rub it in!" Merlin crossed his arms pouting with a frown.
"Anyway let's get back to the ship Spike Jobs. We'll show you how the phones work." Aiden said picking Baby Groot up and getting ready to beam them up.
He literally just called Sora Steve Jobs, because he knows nothing about cell phones.
"Okay sure." Sora nodded and gave a thumb up to Merlin. "Thanks again Merlin!"
"Go fourth Guardians! And may your journey achieve victory!" Merlin waved at them.
Then within a flash of light. The Guardians of the Multiverse were beamed back up to the Highwind. Ready to set sail across the stars and find out where their journey will take them next.
That's all for now folks!
So I you can tell. Having Aiden, Victoria, Baby Groot and Kairi on the team made a few changes to this part of the story. For example, no hunting after torn pages. And since Aiden already had a gummiphone in the last story, it would make sense every else should have one too.
As for the heart binders. You'll have to guess for now what some of them are. They are video game characters that will be summoned by the four young keyblade weirders. For now you'll have to guess who they are, and I'm open to any ideas who they might be.
Also in the next story. We'll visit Disney Castle. And those of you played KH II knows what that means later. It will be so much fun!
"Especially with a crystal clear pure glowing nutcase like me." Maverick winked. "See you then folks."
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