Open Space, Sora's Dimension

In the empty space between worlds, a wormhole opened up, and out came the Swiftwing Gummi Ship. Inside it, Kirito, Asuna, and Yui dismissed their Keyblades after opening a portal between worlds.

"We finally made it back to our dimension again?" Sora asked, indicating himself, Donald and Goofy.

"Yep. Everything went as well as it could." Kirito replied, dismissing his Keyblade and walking to his seat.

"Wow! This is your dimension, kuru?" Candy asked, hopping up to look outside, "Doesn't seem that different from our world, kuru."

"Yeah, but the worlds are as versatile as our dimension." Yui pointed out, picking up Candy and placing her in her arm, "Some worlds even have us transform into new forms or attire."

"Really? What kind of things, kuru?" Candy asked curiously.

"Like mermaids." Sora answered, remembering Atlantica.

"And wildcats." Asuna followed up, thinking of the Pride Lands.

"And even Halloween attire." Kirito added, noting Halloween Town.

"We even became elemental monsters." Yui finished. To this, she was talking about how they were Pokémon.

"And we also got sent into a computer." Donald noted, recalling Tron's world.

"And don't forget what we looked like when we back in time." Goofy pointed out, remembering Timeless River.

"Please, don't remind me of the last one." Kirito grumbled, "I swear, there was no rhyme or reason in that place."

"Do you think we might turn into something in the next world, kuru?" Candy asked.

"Maybe." Kirito replied, "I just hope it's nothing too crazy."

"Let's start by making our way to the next world!" Sora told the team, taking the wheel, of the Gummi Ship and guiding it through space.


(Insert 'Adamas Amalee ver.', TV version)

Music intro

(Rushing through black darkness, glittering shards of light pass by. As music starts, the three main Keyblades suddenly shoot forward like shooting stars, circling around from a distance, then crossing one another, shining brightly, forming the logo of the series.)

I'm trying to understand it but it's making me numb

(Left half of Sora's serious face, the other half hidden by the teeth of his Kingdom Key.)

This swirl of karma leaving such a bitter taste on my tongue

(Right half of Asuna's determined face, the other half hidden by the Lambent Light's teeth.)

'Cause I know the pain and sorrow, it has only begun

(The upper half of Kirito's face, with glaring eyes, the lower half hidden by the Elucidator's teeth.)

Who-o-oa, Who-o-oa, Who-o-oa

(Flashing through the faces of each hero; Donald, Goofy, Yui, Mickey, Riku, Leafa, Kairi, Axel, and Kayaba.)

Now I'm surrounded by my enemies, but luck's on my side

(In the dusty fields of the Keyblade Graveyard, the camera pans around the circle of the six main heroes as they ready their weapons.)

So I shatter through the walls and change the course of the tide

(In the same field, the camera pans the opposite way around the six other heroes as they ready their weapons.)

Can't stop this surging fate like a volcano set to break, Take a breath until you're set to

(Allies of the multiple worlds they will or have visited pan across the screen, finally ending with the silhouettes of the four Lost Princesses of heart, with the one in the center opening her hands to reveal a bright light.)

face that voice of fear. That god of death that's always looking down on you

(Philia stands on a lone green hill, staring at a card with the picture of Castle Oblivion on it. She feels a hand behind her, and looks to see Flair and Hinata standing behind her, giving assuring smiles, with Tinkerbell coming out of her pocket, and Samson giving a thumbs up.)

"Do you believe yourself?" I won't stop til I've won

(Maleficent and Dr. Temna stand together, with Pete and Tears next to them, and a swarm of Heartless and shadowed foes ready to strike.)

A glimpse of that bright future that's just begun!

(Xehanort's maliciously smirking face appears, as he and fifteen others float together in a circle. Screen splits in half as half of Heartless Oberon and Gouxus take the screen, their eyes shining from yellow to violet.)

Shining like a diamond, The emotions in your heart reflect like crystal

(The six heroes team up together, taking down Heartless, Nobodies and Unversed that come across their path with their weapons, skills and magic.)

As we vow an oath that will ignite your light and mine - And we will rise!

(A Demon Tower nearly falls on top of the six, but they get away, with Kirito, Asuna and Sora in the air, performing Soul Bursts and Keyblade transformation, creating Cloud's Buster Sword, Asuna's SAO Lambent Light, and Sora's twin guns, unleashing a sword beam, ice spears, and magic shots as one.)

So many times I've gotten back on my feet to make it to this moment

(A group of dark energy orbs shoots down the trio from a cliff above, hitting them into the ground. The attack comes from Xehanort, Heartless Oberon, and Gouxus.)

It's time our prayer that's waiting in the dark. Is set free so light the spark and let it shine!

(Sora, Asuna and Kirito get back up on their feet, shaking off their injuries, and raising their Keyblades as they charge forward, beams of sunlight shining upon each of them as they all take a leap at the Organization XVI, with their friends, the other heroes, including Roxas, Xion, Recon, Terra, Aqua and Ven, joining them from behind.)


"We are nearing the next world." Donald called out, looking at his computer. The team looked out to the next world, which looked like a massive ball surrounded by an assortment of toys.

"Yeah, this world looks bizarre." Asuna noted.

Yui, who was at the other computer, tapped away at it as she stated, "Since Gretinal is not here to explain what these worlds are, we're relying on how we did it the first time around, through the analysis on the computer. And according to this, this world is called the Toy Box."

"Sounds like fun, kuru!" Candy stated.

"Yeah, but we still will be prepared." Kirito told her.

"It also says here this place has a world order we must follow." Yui added, looking to the team, "Fortunately, the Swiftwing has the same magic transformation function as our old ship."

"Guess Candy's wish has been granted." Goofy summed up.

"Wonder what will happen to us?" Sora asked.

"Only one way to find out." Asuna replied, "Yui, activate the transporter."

"Copy that, mama." Yui replied, placing in the coordinates, while everyone went to the transporter. She then hurried onto the platform, and they were teleported down to the surface.


When they reappeared, they found the area completely dark, except for the path ahead of them. The area looked very unusual, as there seemed to be oversized versions of things, such as a ball, a toy xylophone, and other such things. Wandering out into the open, they noticed a soccer ball next to wooden columns.

"What in the world?" Sora started, "Where are we?"

"I'm not entirely sure." Asuna replied.

They walked outside from underneath whatever they were under, and discovered the place they were underneath was a bed, the wooden columns were really legs to a nightstand, and the area they were in was a supersized room, fit for a kid.

"We're in someone's room!" Yui noticed.

"Oh, my gosh! Have we been shrunk?!" Sora gasped, realizing the situation they were in.

"Not only that, but look at all of us!" Kirito noticed, looking at the team in general. They all examined themselves, and realized that, apart from Candy, the team had transformed. Their bodies were no longer curved, but had edges and were more block-like, with sockets that allowed them movement of their limbs, like an action figure. All of their attire had changed and become part of their body, with the exception of loose cloth like the cloth pieces on Kirito and Asuna's hips, and Yui's sash. The altercations to the attire of each person were different, with Sora having checkered parts on his thinner pants and black diamonds for his undershirt. Kirito had blue strips on his sleeves and pants legs, with a white sash on his left shoulder. Asuna had golden pauldrons, along with golden hip guards. Donald and Goofy sported darker attire, with new headgear different and more top hat-like, Goofy now sporting black glasses on it. Yui had more white on her attire, losing her hip sash, and a white a blue-trimmed cap on her head. While the boys' hair was block-like, the girls' hair was more nylon.

"What...what happened to us?!" Asuna questioned, examining her body.

"Kuru! You guys became blocky, kuru!" Candy noticed in shock.

"You know what the magic is for!" Donald told the group, "We have to protect the world order!"

"Border?" Sora questioned, mishearing what he said.

"I said 'Order'!" Donald squawked.

"But how come Candy hasn't changed?" Yui asked, looking to Candy.

"Guess she doesn't need to in this world?" Kirito answered, flexing his arm to make sure he had the same fluidity of movement as before, "I honestly have no idea."

"Gawrsh..." Goofy interrupted the moment, "Who's gonna protect the order from them?" He was pointing to an open part of the wooden floor, near the closed door of the room, where new Heartless they had never seen before were at. They looked very toy-like, with black, blue, yellow, and orange colors, goggles, jetpacks, and a crossbow in one hand.

"Heartless!" Sora and Donald called out.

"They are Toy Troopers!" Yui analyzed with her scanner. The team drew out their weapons, which were thankfully the same as before, and raced to the Heartless.

They dealt with not only the Toy Trooper, but Shadows and Vermillion Sambas, as well. The team was able to clean the floor with the Heartless, with Candy doing an amazing job in her fighting. This was all due to her training in the Battle Tower.

"Hey, I got a feeling, right now!" Sora called out, "Kirito, Asuna, Yui, Candy! Get out of the way! We need the space!" The four wondered what he meant, but obliged and leapt out of the way. Sora raised his Keyblade and shouted, "Attraction Flow: Mad Tea Cups!" Sora summoned up three oversized teacups on saucers, with him, Donald, and Goofy hopping into them. They began spinning around at a very fast speed, flying around the room, grinding into the Heartless. They could even make the saucer plates jump to reach the Vermillion Sambas, preventing them from escaping the scene.

"I keep forgetting that Sora has these kinds of wacky attacks." Kirito noted.

"It looks like so much fun, kuru!" Candy exclaimed happily.

"It also looks pretty nauseating." Asuna added, "How does Sora not get dizzy from all that spinning?"

"Bring it in!" Sora called out to Donald and Goofy, and the three brought their rides together, spinning around as the grinding from one another caused magical spark to fly, destroying the last of the Heartless. With that, the Attraction Flow disappeared.

"Nice job, you guys!" Yui told the team.

"Easy peasy." Sora replied, dismissing his weapon.

"Are they new?" said a male voice behind them. The seven turned and saw a group of four characters coming towards them. From what they could tell, they looked like toys. One was a piggy bank. The second was a cowboy doll. The third was spaceman action figure in a green and white spacesuit. The fourth was a green T-Rex, who upon examining the group, was excited to see Sora, and dashed through his pals.

"Wait! Ah! Ah! You look familiar!" he cried out, reaching Sora, "I know this. You're, uh, you're, uhh..."

"Yozora!" the piggy bank finished.

"Huh?" Sora questioned, "My name's Sora." His correction was interrupted when a laser pointer was at his chest, and the team looked to see that the spaceman was pointing the laser at Sora from his wrist.

"Stay back!" he warned his comrades, while Sora raised his hands, "For all we know, the intruders sent them."

"Yozora!" the dinosaur called out, giving Sora a hug, causing the spaceman to pull away his laser pointer. He then looked Kirito and Asuna, before crying out, "Ah! And I recognize you guys, too! You're... Eugeo, and Alice!"

"Eugeo?" Kirito echoed, looking to Asuna.

"Alice?" Asuna repeated, looking back at him.

"Slow down there, Rex." the cowboy intervened, "We don't know them."

"But we can trust them." the dinosaur named Rex assured him, "They're the number one-selling heroes in the country!"

"Yeah. Andy's mom must've bought 'em for him." the piggy bank assumed, while Rex was shaking Sora's hand, followed by Kirito and Asuna simultaneously. Meanwhile, Donald, Goofy, Yui, and Candy watched the spaceman circle the group cautiously, not showing any signs of vulnerability.

"Hamm's right." Rex responded, "Did you see how easily they took care of the intruders? I bet they're here to figure out why all our friends have gone missing, and why Buzz's laser started actually laser-ing, and all the weird stuff that's been going on. I mean, that's what heroes do, right?"

"Let's not jump to conclusions." the spaceman, who the heroes assumed was Buzz, said, before noticing the cowboy ponder in thought, and whispering, "Gotta be smart, Woody."

The cowboy looked to the team, before smiling as he approached them, asking, "So, you're... Andy's new toys?"

"Toys?" the heroes echoed, confused.

"You sure did a number on those intruders." the cowboy noted.

"Those are the Heartless." Goofy corrected him.

"The bad guys!" Donald added.

"And they're very dangerous." Yui finished.

"We've been fighting against those 'intruders' for a while." Sora explained.

"I knew it!" Rex exclaimed, with Hamm chuckling.

The cowboy thought for a couple seconds, before saying, to the surprise of Buzz, "Okay! In that case, you're all right by me. My name's Woody. Put 'er there." He raised a hand to Sora, who greeted as he took his hand.

"Nice to meet you." Kirito greeted.

"It's a pleasure." Asuna added.

"Now hold on." Buzz attempted to stop the conversation.

"My name's So-." Sora started, but Rex exclaimed, "Yozora! And that's Eugeo and Alice!"

"Sorry, that's not it." Asuna dismissed his claims, "He's Sora. That's Kirito, and I'm Asuna."

"And I'm Donald."

"I'm Goofy."

"Pleasure to meet you. I'm Yui."

"And I'm Candy, kuru!"

The spaceman decided to follow through with introductions as he responded, "And I'm... Buzz Lightyear."

"Call me Hamm. It's a real honor." the piggy bank followed up.

"And I'm Rex. I'm your biggest fan." the t-rex proclaimed, "In fact, I've been playing your game for months now. And I've already gotten you all the way up to Lv. 47. But that Bahamut boss is really tough. Slinky and I can't figure out how to beat him. Oh, I wish Slinky and the others were here. They'd be so happy to meet you!"

"So we're apparently based off of video game characters in this world?" Kirito whispered to Asuna.

"It would fit our image." Asuna pointed out, "Plus, I know we would figure out how to beat a Bahamut, whatever that is."

Just then, a small platoon of toy green soldiers approached the group, barely at knee level from the team, all saluting the heroes as the lead commander called out, "All troops at attention, sir!" The seven heroes gave their salutes in response, though Candy delayed hers by couple second.

Suddenly, the team heard a rolling of wheels, with voices monotonously cheering in joy. They turned to see a giant skateboard rolling their way, with three green, three-eyed alien toys wearing blue space attire riding on it. The team scattered before they hit them, with Donald and Candy nearly getting hit, had Donald not pulled the latter out of the way. He put her down as the aliens hopped off the skateboard as it stopped at the wall, waddling over towards the pair.

"Strangers." started one alien, raising its arms.

"From the outside." the second one followed up, mimicking the other's movement.

"Welcome." the third finished, mimicking the other two.

Kirito and Asuna spoke to Hamm and Rex as Goofy joined Donald and Candy, while Sora and Yui looked from afar. "They're all toys?" Sora questioned, "So that's why we look the way we do."

"Though, to be fair, I was at this size before." Yui recalled times when she was a pixie.

"Excuse me." Buzz spoke up, approaching the pair, "You said that you've battled those intruder before. Tell us where and why."

"Oh. Well, we're uh..." Sora started, until Donald shouted, "Order!", reminding him to not talk about the outside world.

"Actually, we're from the next town over." Yui explained, making up a story off the bat, as her parents joined her side, "We dealt with the Heartless there, but learned there were more here."

"But that's not..." Candy started, only for Goofy to softly place his hand over her mouth, stopping her from saying the story was false.

"And how exactly did you know they would be here?" Buzz asked.

"Well..." Yui was not completely sure how to explain that.

"Take it easy, Buzz." Woody intervened, "What matters is that they got those intruders out of the way, for at least a little while. No need to interrogate 'em."

"Yeah, Buzz!" Rex agreed.

"Woody's right." Hamm followed up.

Buzz looked to them, before answering, "Noted. But still..."

"Hey..." Sora started, "Have those 'intruders', the Heartless, been a problem around here?"

"No, they just showed up a little while ago." Woody answered.

"In fact, those 'Heartless' materialized, right after all of our friends up and vanished." Buzz further explained.

The team looked to one another, with Donald asking, "You don't think...?"

"Well, gee. It can't be a coincidence." Goofy answered.

"It is the best assumption." Yui noted.

Woody looked around the place, stating, "It wasn't always this lonely. One day we woke up, and we were the only toys here." He wandered over to a letter block as he continued, "Nobody's heard from Mom, Molly, or Andy..." He sad down on the block, lifting his boot to see that the underside had the name 'Andy' on it in black permanent marker. He looked sad as he finished, "We keep waiting for Andy to come home."

Kirito and Asuna looked to Sora as he placed a hand over his heart, saying, "You really care about him."

Woody smiled at him, before standing up and placing himself amongst the fellow lost toys as he answered, "Yeah. He's the best friend that toys like us could ever hope to have."

Sora looked to Kirito and Asuna, who smiled and nodded, knowing exactly what he was thinking. "All right. We'd better start looking!" This caught Woody off guard.

"Let's start looking for clues." Kirito followed, "Have you got any clues we can use? Like, were there other unusual things that happened are here?"

"Well..." Woody started, pondering on the question, "There's one thing."

"One big thing." Hamm followed up.

"Huge, sir." the army commander followed up.

"What thing?" Rex asked.

"After everyone went MIA, the intruders didn't come alone." Buzz explained, stepping towards the team, "They arrived with a guy wearing a hood, dressed in black, just like you. As a matter of fact, he's the only other toy we've seen, outside of you seven."

"A black hood?" Sora echoed.

"I bet that must be..." Asuna realized.

"The Organization!" Donald, Goofy, and Yui replied simultaneously.

"Organization, kuru?" Candy echoed, confused.

"Yeah, remember Gouxus? He was one of them." Asuna reminded her.

"You know who it is?" Woody asked.

Sora placed a hand on his heart, saying, "Yeah. They're bad news."

"Seems like you have a lot of enemies." Buzz noted.

"You have no idea." Kirito stated, "But because of that, we believe we know what's going on here. Don't worry. Just leave it to us, okay?"

"I'm sorry. But we're not gonna leave this to you." Woody rebutted, approaching the group, "If that guy had something to do with our friends vanishing, then he's our problem, too. We've got to work together." He held out a hand to Sora, who thought for a second, before smiling and taking his hand, answering, "Right!" The two groups, now converged into one, cheered in joy from the alliance.

"So then, where can we find that guy?" Sora asked.

Woody looked to the army commander and asked, "Sarge, any word from the recon team?"

"The latest reports placed him in town, sir. At Galaxy Toys!" He pointed to a poster on the cork-faced board nearby, which had a poster for the store, along with special deals in it.

"Then Galaxy Toys is where we're going." Woody decided, looking to the team, "Sora, Kirito, Asuna, follow me. It's out the window and down the roof." He looked to the open window nearby, drawing its attention to the others.

"Not so fast, cowboy." Buzz intervened, "You seem pretty gung ho on going, but shouldn't we stay here and wait for Andy?"

"Well... You've got a point but... we've tried waiting." Woody argued, "Look, if we go with Sora, we might find a clue. Are you with me, Buzz?"

Buzz thought, before smiling as he answered, "Of course." He looked to everyone and declared, "Okay, let's move out!"

The team made sure to gather themselves up, with Sora discovering a map of Andy's house and the street outside, Kirito discovered some materials in the room, and Yui noticed a Lucky Emblem, something they forgot about since going to the other dimension, making sure the team got a photo of it, which caused a Thundara Trinket to appear, thanks to the amount of emblems they gathered so far.

"I keep forgetting that getting photos of lucky emblems would be beneficial." Kirito noted, seeing the picture.

"We got to keep an eye out for them." Sora told the team, who nodded in response, making sure they would keep that reminder in the back of their heads as they moved on. With that, they leapt onto the window, and went outside.

While on the roof, they discovered more Heartless, not just Shadows and Vermillion Samba, but also Gold Beats, too. They also found a dent in the roof that was another Hidden Mickey Emblem, taking a photo of it.

"Papa!" Yui called out, pointing to something in the back of the house, "I sense a treasure inside that toolbox!" Kirito looked down and saw what she was talking about. He could tell that it was sealed shut from a distance.

"Don't think we can open it up the old fashion way." Kirito noted, "And whacking a heavy metal container would be pointless."

"I bet if you dive from up here, you can get the momentum to smash it open." Yui suggested.

"Worth a shot." Kirito replied as Candy and Hamm appeared near them. Kirito leapt off the rooftop, dove headfirst down towards the toolbox, and brought his Keyblade down onto it. The result was the toolbox smashed to pieces, leaving only the treasure remaining. "Sweet! An elixir!" Kirito recognized the concoction, taking it and pocketing it.

"Sorry. I hope you aren't bothered by us breaking that open." Yui told Hamm.

"Eh, it's no biggie. It was rusted shut Andy's mom gave up on getting it open when she brought it home, anyway." Hamm assured her.

The team gathered up in the front parking lot, with a swarm of Heartless to deal with, including those mentioned before, along with Large Bodies and Toy Troopers, too. As for the toys, the only two that seemed to do any fighting in the group was Woody and Buzz, while the others ran from the Heartless. Woody fought with his knuckles, while also shoulder bashing and even using the pull string on his back as a lasso. Meanwhile, Buzz also fought with hands and feet, while also firing his laser, which did shoot laser beams, as well as lariat attacks. While going out into the streets, they even found another lucky emblem on a car bumper that had the license plate 'A113' on it.

Sora and Goofy managed to use a Goofy Bombardment together near the front steps of the house, coming together as Goofy noted, "Hey, don't ya think these leaves on the ground are odd?" Sora looked to the said leaves, and he did notice that they were rather stationary despite the shockwaves of the fight. He then noticed that they formed a shape. He wandered over to the top of the front steps, and looked down at the leaves. "Hey! That another lucky emblem!" Sora exclaimed, before taking a photo of it with his Gummiphone.

"Sora, Goofy, hurry up!" Kirito called out, "We cleared out the Heartless in the area! We're heading off to Galaxy Toys!"

"Get a move on!" Donald shouted.

"Coming!" Sora answered, running towards the team. With that, they ran down the street.


A long while of hoofing it down the streets, with nothing but Heartless being the living beings around, the group arrived in the shopping mall parking lot of Galaxy Toys, which was an enormous building, with what looked like multiple-colored buildings stacked together like building blocks. Multiple names of what was inside the building were on it, with the name 'Galaxy Toys' over the front entrance, with what looked like a creature with a space helmet on.

"This is a lot larger than I thought it would be, and not because of our size." Asuna noted, looking up at it.

Kirito examined the surroundings as he passed by, noticing a truck that had a rocket ship on its back, with the name 'Pizza Planet' on it. "That's an old school vehicle." Kirito noted, before moving on.

Buzz led the team as they jumped together at the front entrance, getting the movement censor to notice them, sliding the door open. They entered through, amazed at the interior. It was three stories tall inside, with an assortment of shelves circling around the place, a cash register near the entrance, with the center having what looked like an oversized candy dispenser, though it looked like it did more than that, with the name 'Space Capsule' on it. There were many toys on display, but the most notable one were toy robots that were about three times taller than Sora.

"So many toys to play with and have fun, kuru!" Candy cried.

"Yeah. Too bad this isn't a play date." Asuna stated.

While the others were in awe at the enormous amounts of stuff in there, Sora and Kirito stopped, looking up at one of the large robots, before the former asked, "Hey, why doesn't THAT toy move?"

"I guess it hasn't figured it out." Woody answered.

"Toys need to figure out how to move?" Kirito questioned, looking to the labels of the robots, noticing the name 'Power Gigas', underneath the red one.

"I can make it move for you." spoke up a voice from far off. The team looked up at a silver piece above the Space Capsule, a corridor of darkness appeared, and out came someone in an Organization cloak. He disposed of his hood, revealing a familiar face to Sora, Asuna, and Kirito. The dark skin, white-haired teen around their age, with the same yellow eyes from before.

"You're from the dream!" Sora recognized, "The first of the Xehanorts!"

"The guy who tricked Sora and nearly made him one of Xehanort's vessels!" Kirito growled.

"I'm so honored you remember me." Young Xehanort responded. He snapped his finger, and summoned three Toy Troopers, jumping down towards the shelves, where they reached the robots, opening up the compartments and piloting them, closing them inside. The red robot began moving, leaping off the shelf, and down at Sora and Kirito, causing them to draw out their weapons.

"Oh, no! He CAN move!" Woody noticed.

"Way cool!" Hamm noted. This sentence was retracted from his mouth when the robot wound up its fist, ready to bring it down on him. Fortunately, Kirito, Sora, and Goofy got in the way, and blocked the attack together, which was very difficult. It proved to be a powerful machine. Woody pulled Hamm out of the way of harm.

"One heart's shadow fills the emptiness of another." Young Xehanort noted, "See how they bring him to life? Like Heartless and Nobodies, they fit together."

"Enough. Why are you doing this?!" Sora demanded, pushing as hard as he could against the robot fist.

"There's a darkness we are missing and must reclaim." the Organization member explained, "The way hearts connect in this world can provide us with a clue. So we made a copy of this world, and then pulled those hearts apart. I wonder how you'll handle the stress." He summoned a corridor of darkness as he finished.

"Where do you think you're going? We're not done!" Asuna shouted, racing past the boys holding back the robot, with Donald and Candy at her side, their weapons ready, before stopping as another Heartless piloted another robot, a blue one, who moved so fast, it got in the pair's way, punching the ground and pushing the trio back.

"Don't let me down." Young Xehanort told the team, before leaving through the corridor, causing it to vanish.

"Wait!" Sora shouted, before he, Goofy, and Kirito were sent flying by the fist. Woody went and grabbed Sora, catching him as he flew, while Buzz grabbed Kirito and Goofy. Yui looked from them, to see Asuna, Donald, and Candy run back as the blue robot summoned energy bombs from the containers on its shoulders, hitting the ground and causing the three to fly. Yui summoned her fan and with a gust of wind, slowed their fall, landing near her.

"Buzz!" Rex shouted, as he and the other toys were hiding far from the battlefield.

Buzz lifted his head as he called out, "Woody! What is going on?! Are these toys friend... or foe?"

"I think we got our answer!" he replied as he and Sora got to their feet.

The two robots came together as they pointed their turret arms at the group, before firing a machine gun round of energy bullets at the team, causing them to run for cover. They hid themselves behind the shelves, avoid getting hit by the rounds. Sora, Woody, Donald, Asuna, and Yui went behind one set of shelves, while Buzz, Kirito, Goofy, and Candy raced to the other end.

Donald looked back at Sora, stating, "Sora! you're up!"

Sora looked confused, before Goofy called out, "If the Heartless know how to do it, there's no reason you can't."

"Do what?" Sora asked.

"I think they're saying, 'Get in the robot, Sora'!" Asuna stated, pointing to another blue robot nearby.

"Brilliant! I'm on it!" Sora replied, making a run for the robot.

Yui, meanwhile, looked to another robot, a purple one, looking more made for long-ranged fighting, and decided, "Okay. I'll go, too!", and she ran off to the robot.

"Yui!" Asuna cried, before sheltering as laser fire nearly hit her.

Sora leapt into the cockpit of the blue robot, which closed up. He could still see through it, even though it was opaque outside of it. He grabbed the controls and leapt off the shelf, ready to fight. Yui did the exact same, far more use to this thanks to her Gummi Ship skills, and hopped off the shelf, readying her arm cannon.

"Yui's piloting the mech?!" Kirito questioned.

Sora managed to get the controls quickly as he began firing the turret arm back at the enemy Gigas, as they were gonna call them, marching forward towards them, while Yui began firing her own turret, with far more accuracy than Sora. The moment Sora got close to the other red Gigas, he unleashed a straight punch that was powerful enough to send the enemy flying onto its back. The rest of the fighters in the team saw the enemy Gigas targeting the team, while there were more Heartless to deal with, and decided to join in the fight to join them.

Sora and Yui were understanding the benefits of their mechs, with Sora realizing his blue Gigas was designed for speed, moving around and striking the target before they could hit him. Yui, on the other hand, confirmed her purple Gigas to be designed for long-ranged attacks, as she accurately assumed before. Her arm turret was more superior than the blue Gigas, and far more superior than the red Gigas, which was more designed for close-quarters melee. They also learned that the mechs had their own special moves. Sora learned his blue mech's special move was a bomb cluster attack, where he shot energy bombs from his shoulder weapons at the enemies. Meanwhile, Yui's purple mech special move was the shoulder cannons, which fired energy shots that exploded upon impact. The damage the two were delivering was far superior than the others, who were doing there best to strike down the enemy Gigas and Heartless on the field.

Sora finished the fight by shooting the last red Gigas repeatedly, until it stopped functioning. The cockpit opened up, and the Toy Trooper inside looked defeated, before vanishing into nothingness, leaving nothing but the floating heart. Yui moved her mech next to Sora's before they opened up their cockpits, leaping out of them together, though Yui stumbled as landed. "That was a lot of fun!" Sora told Yui.

"I admit, it's a very new experience, but I found it pretty interesting." Yui admitted, "It is a new way of fighting."

"Yeah, and you piloted it incredibly well, Yui." Kirito noted as he and Asuna joined their side, "You did great, too, Sora. Maybe I should try it next time."

"I don't know. I really don't see the appeal." Asuna noted, "Yui is probably the only girl I know who would find that fun to ride in."

Meanwhile, Buzz passed the group, looking up at the Gigas that had the Heartless in it, before noting, "He was being controlled? He wasn't just switched into battle mode by accident?"

"Buzz?" Sora called to him, noticing his great concern for what just happened.

Buzz looked the others looking to him, before looking away, saying, "It's nothing."

"I'm confused." Woody spoke up, joining the team, "The guy in the black coat, did he say he made a copy of the real world? What's that mean?"

"It...prob'ly means they split the world in two, your friends in one world, and us in the other." Sora answered.

"Right. One world is real, while the other is so accurate, you couldn't tell the difference at first." Kirito explained, with Asuna nodding in agreement. It wouldn't be the first time they encountered something like this.

"You can't be serious." Buzz retorted, before reminding himself, "Oh! That's right. You're from a video game. Well, maybe in your game, that's how things work, but here in reality, you can't 'split worlds'. This is ridiculous." He walked away from the group, tapping the cowboy's shoulder as he said, "Let's go, Woody." And he started to walk to find the man in the coat.

"I admit, it does sound just a little far-fetched." Woody admitted, causing Buzz to stop and look at him, while Donald, Goofy, and Candy got in close to listen to the conversation, "But... say we HAVE been taken to some kind of alternate world. That would explain why your laser's real. And is it really that crazy? Worse than 'evil emperors' and 'protecting the galaxy'? Any of that ring a bell?"

Buzz, noting that he was talking about an embarrassing past of his, cleared his throat as he replied, "Point taken. But that just means that these strangers are part of the delusion. And I say it's time we parted ways and went home."

Donald and Goofy looked hurt as the latter said, "I thought we were friends, not strangers."

"That makes me really sad, kuru." Candy muttered, looking depressed.

"Guess he's continuously suspicious of us." Kirito noted, as Yui looked a bit saddened, as well, "He really can't trust us fully."

"Look, I get that it seems weird, but we know something's wrong with this place." Sora spoke up, "We should stick together."

"Sora's right." Woody agreed, "They helped with the intruders, so they might help us find our friends." Buzz walked away as he continued, "They have been for us so far. You can't deny that. Come on, every toy deserves a fair shake. Am I right?"

Buzz stopped, turned to Woody, and pointed at the red Gigas they stopped, stating, "Tell it to that toy over there." Woody was caught off guard, but couldn't deny after what happened before.

"That wasn't the toy's fault." Asuna argued, stepping forward next to Woody, glaring at Buzz, "It was the Heartless that controlled it. Don't blame the toy for what it did." Woody looked to her, mentally agreeing with what she said, while Buzz looked like he was in though of her words.

"Sherriff, sir!" Sarge spoke up from the top of one of the shelves, with his army men by his side, "Rex has been dino-napped!"

"What's that?!" Woody cried out as the others gasped in shock.

"My men saw him get hauled up to the second floor, sir!" Sarge explained, pointing to the said floor, "And Hamm and the Aliens are MIA."

"Come on. We have got to find them!" Woody answered, taking off further into the toy store.

The heroes didn't hesitate in following Woody as Sora shouted, "Please, let us help!"

"We wanna, kuru!" Candy cried.

Woody stopped to see Buzz hadn't moved, before running over to him, saying, "Well, Buzz? Do you really think we can save our friends on our own? We didn't get very far before. We gotta take all the help we can get." Buzz didn't reply initially.

"Don't worry." Goofy assured them, "Sora, Kirito, and Asuna may be reckless, Donald grumbles a lot, and Yui and Candy act childish. But you can 'em!"

The six he called out on looked startled at the unintentional insults to each of them, with Donald shouting, "Hey! He suspects you, too!"

"True, and who are you calling reckless?!" Asuna questioned.

"Huh? He does?" Goofy asked, not noticing that.

"And you are the airhead in our team." Yui noted, while the others looked amused that Goofy would not notice this.

"You kinda do let your emotions get the better of you." Kirito noted, "I can't count how many times I seen you do that in a fight."

"Oh, and who was it who recklessly stopped the darkness in Leafa's heart from targeting me?" Asuna asked, recalling how they reawakened Leafa during the Mark of Mastery, "I had to save you BEFORE saving her!" Kirito couldn't argue with that.

While the seven heroes laughed about their faults, Woody and Buzz watched them as the former stated, "See, they don't seem bad. Am I right, Buzz?"

"Okay, fine. We do need the extra help." Buzz answered, walking with Woody to the others, "But just so we're clear: I remain skeptical about this." He stopped in front of the group, pointing to them as he finished, "I'll work with you till we find our friends."

"Ohhh-kay." Sora answered, unsure about his statement, while Woody stopped to watch Buzz move on.

"Thanks for the help, you guys." He told the group.

"It like Candy said, we want to help you out." Asuna assured him, with Candy nodding in agreement.

"My troops will return to the field, sir!" Sarge called out, and his troops hobbled off from the team.

The team wandered to the Space Capsule, stopping near it. Buzz stopped Woody by pressing a button on his suit, causing wings to pop from his back. "This ascent is gonna be rather tricky." Buzz stated.

"Too bad we're not strapped to a rocket, huh?" Woody asked amusingly, leaning on Buzz's wing. Buzz retracted his wings, nearly making Woody fall over.

"Bet we can use that." Kirito assumed, pointing to the spiraling rails going up from the Space Capsule top, "They could be good grinding platforms."

"It's perfect." Woody answered, "C'mon, guys!"

"Wait!" Sora stopped, "I'm pretty sure I saw some treasures around here during our fight. Think they could be useful for us for saving the other toys?"

"I saw some suspicious areas, too." Yui agreed, "Let's go find them!"

"Okay, but don't take too long." Asuna answered, as the pair, with Candy, Donald, and Goofy at their side, raced about the main floor.

"Asuna and I can make the ascent with Woody and Buzz to look about the place." Kirito stated, "Let's see if we can't find where Rex is at."

The five treasure hunters went to work, with Sora and Yui both going into their Gigas, looking around the main floor, not just finding treasure, but also Lucky Emblems. They earned enough to gain a new accessory, a Moon Amulet. They found more ingredients for food, as well as a Petite Ribbon in a very high place that required the Gigas's jetpack function to reach.

Kirito and Asuna, meanwhile, were leading Buzz and Woody through the inside of the machine, finding a map of Galaxy Toys inside. They used the spring inside the capsule, landing on the top, where they found three different rails, colored red, blue, and green each, all going to different parts of the store. Kirito examined the three paths and where they lead, and decided to take the green rail that led to a small area hanging from the roof. Inside, the team found a poster called 'Mickey Cuts Up'. Kirito recognized the QR code on it, and decided to take the poster to give it to Sora. Apart from that and a potion, there was nothing left.

They went down to the top of the Space Capsule, going to the red rail that had the number 2 at the start of it, leading them to the second floor. They ended up finding Heartless to deal with, which they took on together. By the time they cleared them out, they managed to clear them out, the team rejoined the group.

They investigated the area, going all the way to the lounging area in the second floor, where they discovered a new kind of Heartless in the ground. It pulled itself out, and Yui analyzed a very unusual breed of Heartless called the Flantastic Seven. There were seven variants of the Heartless, with the difference being what was decorated on their crown. This one had a giant strawberry on its crowned head.

"So, is it another intruder?" Buzz asked, ready to fire his laser.

"Wait! The Flantastic Seven aren't hostile!" Yui assured him, "In fact, they will challenge you to minigames, and they will give you prizes depending on how successful you are."

"Cool! Let me try!" Sora requested, approaching the strawberry Flantastic Heartless. The moment he and the Heartless were close enough, there was a bright light, as the environment transformed.

Next thing Sora knew, he was back on the main floor again, in his 'Attraction Flow: Tea Cup Ride', as a swarm of the Heartless were all over the place.

Suddenly, something appeared in Sora's mind, as if telling him what the mission was. "So, I'm suppose to make as high of a stack of Flantastics as possible before the timer stops?" Sora spoke up, before spinning his tea cup ride at the Heartless.

Sora began hitting the Flantastic Heartless, causing them to magically stack on top of him and his ride. While there were tons all around, there was also interferences, as well. For example, there were Flantastic riding oversized strawberries like balls, ringing around the circular field between the shelves of toys. There were smaller ones that were riding ones half the size of the other ones, but putzed around the field here and there, only they home in on Sora's direction. Sora had to spin to keep his balance going, as the Heartless tower was getting taller and taller, avoiding getting hit by all the interference, or causing things to fall over. There was only one other obstacle apart from all of this; the ceiling. The height of the ceiling was different in the inner parts of the circular room compared to the outside, which meant if his stack was taller than the outside ceiling, they would be shaved off. And the inside parts were not easy to get around. Still Sora managed to get a very, very tall tower, before the whistle blew on his minigame.

Another flash of light, and Sora found himself standing in front of the strawberry Flantastic, who applauded Sora for his skill, jumping in joy at the excitement.

"What happened?" Buzz asked.

"There was a flash of light, and now the Heartless is cheering?" Kirito questioned.

"It must've done the minigame with Sora, already." Yui assumed, "From our perspective, it must've taken only a second.

The Flantastic Heartless suddenly gave Sora a glowing light, which Sora felt enter his body. "What did that Heartless do?!" Asuna demanded, wondering if the Heartless did something harmful.

"It's okay." Sora assured her, closing his eyes and feeling the new energy, "I think it gave me a boost. My Attraction Flows can now last longer thanks to that."

"Is it a reward for the minigame?" Goofy asked Donald.

"I dunno?" he replied.

"I wanna play the game, too, kuru!" Candy exclaimed.

The Heartless then summoned up three small containers of strawberries, giving them to Sora, before diving into the ground, with only its crown and strawberry on top. "Cool! More ingredients!" Sora stated, handing them to Asuna, who took them.

"I bet I could use these at Little Chef's Bistro." Asuna assumed, pocketing them.

"Alright, enough playing around." Buzz told them, "If you hadn't noticed, our friends are still missing."

"We hadn't forgotten." Sora assured him, "And we got a new power thanks to this detour. That should make finding everyone that much easier. Let's go!"

They continued on, finding some Fire Cufflink, which Sora equipped himself with, before they got to the first store on the second floor, which had the title 'Action Figures' on it. They entered through, looking about the place. True to the name, the shelves in here were filled with tons of said style of toys, mainly those of the Gigas and monsters, with a display table having a set of boxed action figures called 'Monstrous Monsters'.

Woody had looked around, and could've sworn they saw Rex's tail that disappeared around the display table. "Rex!" he called out, running around the table, only to see no one there. "Where'd he go?" he asked.

"You sure you saw him?" Buzz asked.

"Yes." the cowboy replied, "He just-"

"Shh!" Kirito suddenly hushed the group, "Heads up. I hear something." The team looked around, keeping themselves cautious as they wondered where the noise was coming from.

"What's that?" Goofy asked, looking behind the boxes on the display table. It looked like there were multi-colored, spiked canisters with stems on top. It also looked like spoke was coming from underneath them.

Everyone noticed it, with Buzz noting, "Something feels wrong..." Suddenly, the boxes were sent flying, as the owner of the canisters revealed itself to be one of the monsters that was on the display case before. It was a large dinosaur-like monster with red scales, a white underbelly, green straps that held five electric canisters on its back. It had yellow eyes, and a Heartless emblem on its chest. It had stiff movements, with only its top half able to rotate.

The team avoided the boxes that flew. Donald and Candy attempted to flee, but the metal sliding door to the store suddenly fell from above, preventing them from escaping the Action Figure store.

"Another toy's being controlled!" Sora noticed, readying his Keyblade. Buzz looked hesitant before, but then readied his laser, pointing it at the toy. "Buzz, you sure?" Sora asked.

"If it wanted to play nice, then it should've stayed away from my friends!" Buzz answered. Sora nodded in agreement, and readied himself, as it, along with a couple other possessed toys just like it prepared to fight.

"Papa, look!" Yui cried out, pointing to one side, where she saw a red Gigas in a display case.

Kirito looked to it, before saying, "I'm on it!" He focused and used his Airstepping technique to fly to it, while the others went to work on the Heartless. Kirito immediately entered the cockpit, and got himself ready to pilot the mech. "I've always wanted to do this." Kirito muttered, thinking back to the mech anime he saw when he was a kid.

The new Heartless, dubbed the Supreme Smasher based on boxes, were powerful. Their claws were large, and they used them to great effect, spinning their upper bodies around to slash the group. It also shot fireballs from its mouth, as well as unleash a storm of lightning bolts from the containers on its back. Sora, Donald, Woody, and Buzz were handling one of the three possessed toys. Asuna, Goofy, Yui, and Candy were dealing with another. This left Kirito in his red Gigas to handle the last.

Woody used his pullstring as a lasso to strike the Heartless, but it whacked away the pullstring, sending it flying out of the toy's hand. It was about to swipe Woody with the other claw, and Sora, seeing the pullstring end fall near him, about to retract into Woody again. He grabbed it and pulled Woody out of the way of the Supreme Smasher's reach. 'There's a snake in my boot.' a speaker system said as his pullstring fully retracted into Woody's body.

"Thanks, Sora." Woody thanked him, who nodded back.

"No prob." Sora replied.

"Woody, Sora, we need to take it out together!" Buzz called out. They nodded in response, focusing as they unleashed their Team Attack, Rocket Ruckus.

Sora summoned up a toy rocket, with the fuse lit at the end. Sora, Buzz, and Woody climbed aboard, with Buzz shouting, "Go time!", before being shot into the air at high speeds. They looped around and flew at the possessed toy, guiding the rocket as they used it to unleashing looping uppercuts with its body, as well as spinning it to send the sparking end to burn the target. They kept this going on it for a while, before they were prepared to finish, where they flew up high, looped around, and leapt off as they sent the rocket flying right into the possessed toy, causing it to explode and be sent flying, before collapsing on its side, defeated.

Meanwhile, Goofy and Yui performed a whirlwind-empowered shield spin that ground itself against the Heartless, before the two backed off, while Asuna and Candy banded together, unleashing a punch and stab together, causing the Supreme Smasher to reel backwards.

"We're not done with you. Candy, let's go!" Asuna called out.

"Kuru!" Candy cried out, as Asuna leapt behind her, and shot a beam of light at her, activating her Soul Release. Candy jumped as she cried out, "Candy..." She drew a heart with her ears, focusing the energy within, before finishing, "Shower!" She unleashed a beam of light, striking the Heartless hard, before it fell over, also defeated.

In Kirito's battle, he did try firing his gun at the Heartless, but ended up realizing it wasn't doing a lot of damage, and got in close to punch the Heartless a couple times. The Supreme Smasher ended up grabbing the fist of the Gigas in one hand, putting the two in a strength deadlock. Kirito struggled to overpower it, only to see it open its mouth, about to breath fire on him. He reacted fast, leaping back and sliding to one side to evade the oncoming fireball, before seeing the meter on the Gigas's powerful attack show it was ready.

"Take this!" Kirito shouted, activating it, which turned out to be a powerful shoulder bash that sent the possessed toy flying, hitting the display table, where it moved no more.

Sora sighed in relief once he saw all three teams take out their respective monsters. However, he let his guard down too soon, as another one suddenly appeared behind him and his team, surprising them. They were prepared to counterattack when they heard someone crying out. They looked up and saw Rex was riding on top of a flying monster on display on the ceiling. It then was detached from the ceiling, hurling himself and the toy at the possessed monster. As the collision took place, something was jettisoned out of the possessed toy, revealing itself to be a creature that looked like a Possessor Heartless with a gear around its body, with strings attaching itself to a puppet.

It hit the floor, with Rex falling on top of it. "What's this?" he asked, looking down at it. The puppet head turned and looked at Rex, causing the dinosaur to run off in a panic. Sora ran past Rex, and with one slash, destroyed the Heartless.

"That was a Marionette Heartless." Yui analyzed, "They are a slightly more advanced version of the Possessor Heartless."

"So that's what was controlling the toys." Kirito understood, "I remember we faced a lot of those back in Beasts Castle."

"And don't forget the special ones back in Pit's world." Goofy noted, recalling the ones under the Chaos Kin's control in Skyworld.

As they spoke, Woody wiped his forehead, before approaching the frightened dinosaur, saying, "Nice moves, Rex. That was great."

"Great? Really?" Rex asked, "Would you say that I was impressive?"

"Very impressive, Rex. We couldn't look away." Buzz answered.

"Hurray!" Rex jumped in joy, "Oh, that makes me so happy!" He looked to the other heroes, insistently asking, "Were you watching, too? Did you see what I did?"

"Yeah, good for you." Donald answered.

"You remind me of Cure Happy, kuru!" Candy noted.

"Really?" Asuna asked, before thinking about her as she fell headbutting into opponents from above, "I guess you would."

"Listen, Rex." Woody stepped in, "Would you- Earth to Rex." Finally, Rex calmed himself as Kirito, Sora, and Yui joined the group.

"Do you know where the others were taken?" Sora asked.

"What do you mean? Did something bad happen?" Rex asked. His question said it all; He had no idea that the others vanished.

"Back to square one." Buzz sighed, looking to Woody.

"Oh, great." Woody groaned. He then noticed a grate open up from the ceiling. Coming down the grate was Sarge, all by himself landing on the high shelf. "Sarge! Have you got us a status report?"

Sarge saluted as he reported, "Sir! One of my men just located Hamm forward of our position, in Babies and Toddlers." The team looked relieved to see he was okay, but Sarge continued, "The corporal was debriefing him, but something must have gone wrong. All radio contact has been lost."

Everyone looked worried now, as Buzz asked, "Anything more specific we can go on?"

"Right before I lost contact, I heard music with some sort of sonic interference." Sarge noted.

"Music?" Buzz echoed, thinking on that clue.

"Ya think it could be the Heartless?" Goofy hypothesized.

"What if it's another big monster?" Donald asked.

"Maybe that Organization guy, kuru?" Candy wondered.

"Let's find out." Sora answered.

"I agree." Woody replied.

"Actually... I think I'll head back and wait by the entrance." Rex spoke up, "I'm sure those vents are gonna be much too narrow for my big dinosaur tail."

"Really? I'm sure you'd fit." Sora answered as Sarge went back up into the vents.

"Sora, take the hint." Asuna told him, "He doesn't want to deal with any more Heartless right now. We already have a big enough party as it is, so let's have him go where it is safe."

"Asuna's right." Buzz agreed, "Besides, we need a lookout at the entrance. It's an important mission. Can you do it?"

"Yes, sir!" Rex answered, raising a hand, though his tiny arms could not do a salute to Buzz, who saluted back. Sora, Asuna, and the other giggled at this exchange.

With Rex heading back to the entrance again, the team looked around the area, discovering a couple treasures here and there. Candy got interested by a dinosaur version of 'Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots'. Candy played with Donald on this, but upon beating his dinosaur, which fell off the field, a treasure chest popped up in its place, revealing a Strength Boost. "Who would've guessed THAT would happen." Kirito told Woody, who shrugged in response.

They ended up in the 'Beast & Bugs' part of the store, where they found the open grate, going into the vents within. "This should get us to the Babies & Toddlers section of the store." Kirito noted.

"I hope they cleaned these vents recently." Asuna hoped, "I don't want to end up sneezing midway through a fight."

They went into the vents, dealing with Heartless that were also within the vents, as well. Sora managed to demonstrate his skills with the Fire Cufflink when he unleashed a Firaza spell, unleashing a powerful blast of flames that heavily burned all the enemies in the vicinity. Comparing it to Asuna's Waterza spell, it was just as powerful.

They had turned and reached a long and wide part of the ventilation shaft, where they saw a large fan on the other end, as well as many turrets on the wall. "Those are Pole Cannons." Yui analyzed, "They stick to most flat surfaces, and act as turrets."

The Heartless begun firing on the group of heroes, who dodged or blocked as best as they could. They tried to get close, but the fan behind the Heartless began to spin, blowing the team to the back of the area. "Why is it on?!" Sora demanded, trying to push off the wall. He then noticed a shot from the Pole Cannon coming at him, and rolled along the wall to evade it. The Heartless were stuck to the wall, and were not perturbed by the winds, as they fired on the heroes.

"With those cannons shooting at us, and that fan blowing, it will be difficult to get to them." Buzz noted, stuck to the wall. Once the winds died down, they managed to pull away from the wall.

"Then we need to hit them with long range attacks." Sora stated, "Magic and Shotlocks could work!"

"So can this. Soul Burst: Second Form!" Kirito shouted, unleashing his Soul Burst, transforming his Keyblade into the Elucidator.

"Soul Burst: Yuna!" Yui shouted, unleashing the Soul Burst of Yuna, transforming her weapon into the mage's staff. She twirled her staff, and summoned Valefor onto the field, ready to go.

While Sora, Asuna and Donald unleashed spells, the two Soul Burst users flew, Kirito unleashing a Sonic Leap Sword Skill to close the gap on the Heartless, and slash it upon reaching it. Yui unleashed slicing winds from her aeon, striking multiple Pole Cannons with it. Even with the winds blowing in against, Valefor was able to flap hard against them, while Kirito struck the ground with his Elucidator, preventing himself from being pushed back. Only a couple Pole Cannons remained, and aimed at the immobile pair.

"Shotlock: Ragnarok!" Sora shouted, unleashing his Kingdom Key's maximum Shotlock, firing a salvo of light shots at the remaining Heartless destroying them just as the fan died down. "Now we can move!" Sora called out.

"Good job, partner!" Woody told them, and they charged ahead through the fan to the next section.

They slid down a path where they found a place to catch their breath, finding a poster for the cartoon 'Taxi Troubles'. Recalling they found a poster before, Kirito and Asuna showed the other poster to Sora, who took snapshots of the QR codes on his Gummiphone, planning to play them later.

They continued on, being blown up to the upper vents, where they followed the path that led them into the next part of the toy store. The section had a more pink motif, with the area mostly composed of stuffed animals and dolls on display all over. Truly a place for very young people, mostly for girls. Sarge was waiting for them when they came out

"This is Baby and Toddlers." Woody noticed, "Where do you guys think we should start?"

"Sarge, didn't you mention music?" Goofy asked the green soldier.

"Affirmative, Goofy." Sarge saluted.

"I can't hear any music around here, kuru." Candy noted, raising her ear hair to listen.

"Hmm... All right. Why don't we look for things that make noise?" Sora suggested. Goofy nodded in agreement.

"A lot of things here can make noises, Sora." Asuna noted, "Let's listen for something that people would consider music."

"Yeah. That's what I meant." he corrected himself.

"Typical Sora. Always thinking so simple." Donald made a snarky remark, laughing as he walked off.

"Wha... What do you mean 'simple'?!" Sora demanded. Donald ran off, and Sora pursued him around the team.

"Hey, not around us!" Asuna told them, evading being Donald's guard against Sora. Kirito and Goofy could only watch the two, while Yui and Candy were laughing as they watched them from the sidelines. Woody and Buzz stood there, watching the scene before them.

"I think they really are good toys." Woody told Buzz.

"Well, you wouldn't have trusted them otherwise." Buzz responded, "And I know that your trust is a hard-earned treasure." He walked away, looking at the store as he finished, "Well... for all out sakes, let's hope you are right, cowboy. I'm willing to give 'em a chance at least for a little while longer. Especially if it means getting Andy and our friends back."

"Agreed." Woody responded.

"We're ready to go." Kirito told the two toys, "We're gonna divide into two teams to look around the place. Sora, Yui, Donald, Goofy, and Candy are gonna go one way. Asuna and I will go with you guys."

"Good idea. Best not get lost, though." Woody told them.

"Trust us. The only way we get lost is if Kirito found something interesting." Asuna assured him.

"Oh, now I'm being thrown under the bus?" Kirito questioned, causing Asuna to giggle.

The two teams looked about the place, with Sora's team sticking on the shelves while the other team went down to the floor. Sora's team ended up finding a Gold Amulet, while Kirito's team ended up discovering Heartless. They went to work taking them out, seeing Marionette, Large Bodies, and Gold Beats.

"I'll go help them!" Yui called out, diving down with Valefor and attacked the Heartless from above. Kirito and Yui, still in their Soul Bursts, dealt more damage to the enemies than the others.

"They are doing a lot of damage." Goofy noted.

"Yeah." Sora agreed, "I need to get my game up the next time I..." He stopped as he looked to the front desk of the shop. Above it was three disco balls. Sora could've sworn he noticed something unusual about them. He sidestepped as he looked from a different angle, before stopping and gasped in shock. The three disco balls were able to align into a a familiar face. "A lucky emblem!" Sora exclaimed, pulling out his Gummiphone, and snapping a photo of it.

Donald, Goofy, and Candy looked to his angle, with Goofy gasping, "Oh, boy! You found one!"

"I wouldn't have noticed it, kuru." Candy stated.

Kirito and Yui found more Heartless to deal with, while Asuna, Buzz and Woody were hanging back, watching them work. The Marionette Heartless were even taking control of some of the stuffed animals around the place, but it wasn't gonna stop the team.

"I think those two have it covered when it comes to the Heartless." Woody noted.

"I'm afraid Yui is really inheriting Kirito's 'battle maniac' nature." Asuna sighed, "I gotta make sure she doesn't go along that path."

"Don't worry. In the end, she'll still be the same toy you know." Woody assured her.

"Yeah... thanks, Woody." Asuna thanked him.

"Look. Something is up with them." Buzz noted, seeing Kirito and Yui finish off the group of Heartless, only to stop as Yui's eyes began glowing.


Yui found herself on the Station of Awakening, not in her toy form, with Yuna in front of her once again.

"You are truly developing well with my eidolon." Yuna told Yui, "I am rather surprised at how skilled you are at it."

"Is it difficult to master aeons?" Yui asked.

"It is. During my pilgrimage, there were many temples I had to enter into, going into a chamber, where I prayed to find a way to take out Sin. However, I wasn't alone on this journey. I had guardians with me who would aid me in my journey. They ended up becoming my dearest friends."

"Who were they?" Yui asked, "I remember you talking about Tidus before."

"He ended up becoming one of my guardians, but he was not initially one of them. I had three others. Wakka and Lulu were two people who I grew up with on my home island of Besaid. Then there's Kimahri, a Ronso who became my guardian some time later. After that, Tidus came along, and became the next. After that, there were two others; Sir Auron, who aided the last summoner in his pilgrimage, and Rikku, an Al Bhed who I became friends with."

"I know the last two names." Yui recalled them, "So Auron was from your world, huh? My family, friends and I all met him in another world, and he said he was a guardian. He apparently died, but was resurrected by Hades to fight Hercules. He ended up being our ally. As for Rikku, I remember a version of her alongside you in Hollow Bastion."

"Sir Auron was revived?!" Yuna gasped, surprised, before muttering, "I wonder if it was the same as the one I know?"

"I'm not sure. I know he must've moved on, but was reincarnated into a being known as a Lucario. He became a guardian for us then, too, and aided us when we managed to reach the center of a darkness that was said to destroy the world."

"He truly was a guardian, no matter where is at." Yuna stated, smiling pleasantly, "Sir Auron was one of the best. I hope his spirit continues. That is why I must continue living, not just for him, but for all of my friends and those who know me, especially Tidus. He even knew that by choosing this alternate path, and destroying Sin for good, he would disappear, as he was made of dreams."

"He...was made of dreams?" Yui echoed.

"It's...very complicated to explain." Yuna answered, "But he did end up coming back some time later."

"That's good. The way you talk about him, it almost feels like you are sweethearts like my mama and papa."

"Oh..." Yuna looked a bit embarrassed at this, "I... wouldn't go that far."

They felt the area brighten up around them. "Looks like our time is up. I pray you will do your best out there, Yui." Yuna told her.

"Thanks. I hope to see you soon!" Yui responded, and everything went white.


Yui was back in reality again, looking to her father, who closed his eyes, focusing. "Papa?" Yui asked, wondering what was happening.

"I can feel it." Kirito muttered, "My own Soul Pact...it's at its max potential. Soul Armament!" Kirito's body glowed, transforming into a very familiar attire. While it was adjusted to look more designed for an action figure, the black coat, the fidget spinner-shaped metal piece on the front that held the straps on his chest, the gloves and the boots. There was no doubt this was his Black Swordsman SAO attire.

"He now looks more like that other man." Buzz noted in a suspicious way.

"That's Kirito's old SAO attire." Asuna noted, "It cannot be helped. He is known as the 'Black Swordsman'. He favored black attire back then."

"Back when?" Buzz asked.

"Well, that's..." Asuna started, but realized she was in the range of breaking world order, so she answered, "...a little hard to explain. Regardless, just because he wears black doesn't mean he's evil. He's already proved that, hasn't he?"

"That's true, Buzz." Woody agreed, "You can't judge a toy by its' design. Remember Sid's toys?"

"True enough." Buzz responded.

"Hey guys!" Sora called out, and the team looked to see him, Donald, Goofy, and Candy in one corner of the shop. "We cleared up some more Heartless, and found some treasure, but we think we found where the music is coming from!"

"Check out my new staff!" Donald shouted, raising a staff that looked like a modified version of his old mage's staff.

"Alright. Let's get moving." Kirito told the others as he and Yui's Soul Burst diminished.

"Let's get movin'." Woody told Asuna and Buzz, and they joined the others.

The group found themselves in one corner of the room, where they saw a display that looked like an orchestra of frogs, one acting as a conductor in front, and the rest with musical instruments in hand.

"Cute toys." Asuna noted, "But how would they make music?"

"Hmm..." Sora looked around, before looking at some lillypad table with a machine right next to it. "Maybe that?" Sora asked, looking to it.

"Is that a gramophone?" Kirito asked, "Now that is an old piece of machinery."

Sora hopped onto the display before making his way over to the record player, and started power walking on the side of the vinyl disc, causing it to spin. All of a sudden, the light over the orchestra turned on, and they started to play music. It was a slow song

(Insert 'Kingdom Hearts III OST Sora -Orchestra of Toads-')

Woody peered over the counter, saying, "Come on, Sora. You've never used a record player?" Sora stopped moving as Woody got onto the vinyl player and said, "Like this!", and he started running on the disc, with Sora joining him, as the song begun playing at the appropriate speed.

"It's workin'!" Goofy stated, seeing it work magic.

"That looks like fun! Let me join, kuru!" Candy proclaimed, about to jump up to join, only for Asuna to grab ahold and stop her.

"Hold on, Candy. With your little legs, you would go flying off the minute you step onto there." she told the little fair, who puffed her cheeks in disgruntlement. Asuna looked at the orchestra of toads, before stating, "Still though, the music... something seems off."

"Yeah. I heard the very same things." Buzz agreed.

"Huh?" Sora questioned, about to slow down, only to realize he was gonna run into Woody if he was gonna stop.

"Sora, there's some kinda strange noise comin' from the orchestra!" Goofy called out.

"I'll go check it out." Kirito told Sora, "You and Woody keep running."

"Got it!" Sora responded, keeping up with his running, "Woody, let's keep playing the record!"

"Whoa-oah-oo-hey!" Woody cried out, realizing he had to run more.

"I'll join with you." Yui told her papa, with Candy also joining in. They climbed onto the orchestra display, listening to each toad play. They ended up stopping in front of the only tuba-playing toad on the display.

"It's definitely coming from this one." Kirito noted, as the rest of the team, minus Sora and Woody, gathered around.

"Let me check, kuru." Candy told the others, hopping onto the edge of the tuba, looking inside of it. She peered in too closely, cause she suddenly slipped and fell into the tuba, much to the surprise of the others. Her head got stuck, and only her furry ears and lower half of her body were sticking out.

"Candy!" Donald exclaimed.

"Are you okay?" Goofy asked.

"Kuru! Something is stuck in the tuba, kuru!" Candy called up, "I got ahold of it, kuru! Pull me up!"

"Got it." Kirito answered, grabbing Candy's body, and tugging on her. Considering she was grabbing onto something else, it did take a bit of effort, before Candy was able to dislodge whatever was within the tuba, popping it out with her. As Kirito held Candy, she was holding onto what was in the tuba; one of the green soldiers.

"Got him, kuru!" Candy cheered, jumping out of Kirito's hands, and placed him on the ground, using her Cure spell to heal the weakened soldier.

"Corporal!" Sarge called out, appearing on the scene, hobbling himself towards his weakened comrade, bending down to hold him up, "You all right, son?"

"Yes, sir." the corporal answered.

"That the soldier Sarge lost contact with." Buzz understood.

"That means you know where Hamm was at." Kirito assumed, looking at the soldier, who was risen to his feet by Sarge.

"Yes." the corporal answered, "But... while I was radioing in, a giant hand grabbed me and stuffed me in there. They must have taken Hamm to another location. We have to hurry!" He removed himself from Sarge, and started to keep moving. Unfortunately, in his weakened state, he fell over on his hands and knees.

"Wait, Corporal. You're not fit for action." Sarge told him, hobbling over to him and picking him up once more.

"But, Sarge..." Corporal argued weakly.

"Your tour is over, son." Sarge responded, "And it's all right. Our trusted allies will take over." They looked up to their new allies; Kirito, Asuna, Yui, Donald, Goofy, and Candy, all of which saluted them.

The corporal looked like he was about to tear up, despite not having any tear ducts, while Sarge said, "I will move the corporal to a safer location. Good luck, ladies and gentlemen." Sarge carried the soldier away, making their way over into view of Woody and Sora, both of which looked exhausted as they ran. The two soldiers saluted the pair, before descending to the floor.

"Hey-hey-hey!" Woody called out, not hearing anything that happened.

"What's...going on?!" Sora called out.

"Oh, yeah. We forgot about them." Kirito realized.

Buzz got closer and called out, "Woody! Sora! Mission complete!"

"Really?! Finally!" Sora replied, hopping off the gramophone with Woody, the cowboy doubled over in exhaustion, while Sora leaned himself against the wall, catching his breath.

"Why didn't... you tell us... a little sooner?" Woody panted. He tried moving forward, but like corporal, his weakened state put him on his hands and knees.

Buzz was hopping off the table of orchestral toads, looking to Woody as he said, "Sorry, there's no time to rest. Hamm needs us."

Asuna hopped towards Sora, asking, "You gonna be okay?"

"Yeah... Just let me get a few breaths in." Sora replied, gathering himself together, before pulling himself away from the wall. They went over to Woody, making sure he was okay, then joined the others as they already descended to the floor.

They did a look around the place, trying to see where Hamm might be placed in. It took the team about five minutes of investigating around when they noticed something. A doll house at the window display was shaking a bit, like something was trying to break out of it. Candy was the first to discover it, and called to the others to come towards where she was at.

"Hamm, you in there?!" Woody called out.

"Please respond!" Buzz added.

"Woody! Buzz! Get me out of here!" Hamm's voice called out from the closed-up dollhouse.

The team hopped onto the display, and saw where it should open up. They came together, and tugged on the side of the dollhouse. After a few seconds, they were able to open it up, causing them to fly from the force of how hard they pulled. Woody and Sora were the most exhausted, as they already had to deal with running so much before.

"Talk about cabin fever." Hamm said, walking out of the dollhouse, "Thanks for the save."

"You okay, Hamm?" Woody asked, crawling towards him.

"Yeah. Aside from being locked in, the accommodations were fine." Hamm answered.

Asuna, Yui, and Donald looked into the dollhouse, walking in as the anthropomorphic duck said, "Wow, what a tiny little house."

"Not as fancy as the dollhouse in Arrietty's world." Asuna noted, recalling the intricacy of the said house in the world they were only ten centimeters tall in.

"I wondered if I could've fit in one in my pixie form?" Yui asked.

Suddenly, they felt something look at them, and turned to see a large human face with glowing yellow eyes look at them. The sheer surprise factor made them scream out in surprise.

"Asuna?!" Kirito called out, recognizing her scream.

Hamm noticed something and scurried backwards, with Woody asking, "What's wrong?!" The team then turned to see who was it that scared him and the trio in the dollhouse.

The figure was a large doll with pale skin, with golden eyes, makeup, and long blue hair that curled at the ends, a white bunny-eared headpiece with a Heartless emblem on her left ear, and black bows on the side. Her attire was a Victorian-style black and white one-piece dress, with white socks and black Mary Jane shoes. The shadowy smoke emanating off of her was showing her possession.

Donald, Asuna, and Yui all came out of the dollhouse as Hamm exclaimed, "She's back! That's the doll that pig-penned me!"

"Hamm, take cover!" Woody ordered.

"Uh, copy that. One stay in the dread and breakfast is enough for me!" With that, Hamm took off to hide.

"Not another possessed toy..." Buzz grimaced.

"We can save her." Kirito assured him, readying his Keyblade, "Let's stop her from being used for any more evil!" With this, the team readied to fight off the flying possessed doll, as more Gold Beat and Marionette Heartless appeared, the latter possessing the stuffed animals in the store.

The team divided up as they took on the doll, which they learned based on a box of the same name was called 'Angelic Amber'. The lesser Heartless were making it difficult for the team to get to her, especially since she was more of a hit-and-runner Heartless. Her attacks varied from ground-pound slams that created shockwaves, spinning with her arms spread out while emitting a dark energy, and spinning like a drill as she rammed at the heroes. They were able to read these attacks, and get around them, before attacking Amber while beating back the other Heartless that joined her.

"I bet people who played with dolls like this never thought it would be this aggressive!" Sora noted as they fought, striking it hard. It went limp for a bit, causing the team to deal the hurt on it for a couple seconds, before it reawakened and spun, knocking those near her out of the way. It looked as if she got even more powered up after her recovery.

"Asuna, I just have to ask, but did you ever play with dolls like this when you were little?" Kirito asked.

"Not ones like these. My grandparents handmade ones with me." Asuna answered, "My own mother had me focus on my studies back when I was a kid, so I never got to play with dolls like that." Kirito regretted saying anything about it, reminding of how strict Kyouko Yuuki was to Asuna even as a child. Asuna, on the other hand, already knew the reasons behind what she did. Not just to be successful, but also to push her from the abnormal life she would eventually have.

"Asuna, Kirito, heads up!" Woody called out, and the two saw Angelica Amber float above them, before crashing down on top of them. They both leapt back, but were forced to endure the shockwaves of the attack that were larger and stronger than before, causing them to topple onto the ground.

"Back off, kuru!" Candy cried out, unleashing a double punch with her glowing fists. Yui used her Fan-Fair while Goofy unleashed his Tornado technique at the same time to deal more damage. The possessed doll countered by spinning, the energy much stronger now she was stronger, cauisng the trio to fly. Sora was in the distance as he unleashed Fire spells one at a time to hit her over and over, until the other lesser Heartless appeared and interfered, forcing him back into the fight with the others.

"I got it from here!" Asuna called out, "Soul Burst: Tifa Lockhart!" She summoned up the power of the said powerhouse girl, transforming her Keyblade into gloves, before charging at Angelic Amber. "You wanna see me play with dolls? Let's play!" Asuna roared, punching and kicking with fury at the Heartless, who tried to retaliate by doing a drill spin at her. Asuna unleashed a Water Kick in retaliation, the two attacks pushing off against one another. Kirito went and unleashed Fire spells from his Keyblade, shooting from the side as he ran. His attack made it easier for Asuna, but her Water Kick and her opponent's drill spin canceled each other out.

"Sora, now!" Kirito shouted, seeing the Keyblade wielder from a distance, pointing his weapon at Angelic Amber. Woody, Buzz, and all his other friends were taking out the remaining lesser Heartless.

"Take this. Firaza!" Sora shouted, sending a large fireball at the possessed doll, before it made contact and exploded in tumultuous flames. The doll was sent reeling backwards towards the table where the dollhouse. The moment she hit it, a Marionette Heartless appeared from her, landing on the ground.

"There!" Kirito shouted.

"I'm on it!" Asuna shouted, dashing in and unleashing a straight punch that destroyed it. The moment she did so, the Heartless emblem vanished from her ear, and her golden eyes became green. She went limp, falling backwards against the table, where she slid down, into a limp sitting position, lifeless. "Sorry we had to do that." Asuna apologized, placing a hand on the doll's arm, "We won't let the Heartless control you anymore."

"Let's keep moving!" Sora called out, and the team rushed towards the table, about to get ready to escape the shop. However, Buzz stopped and looked to the lifeless doll, before a dreading thought came to his mind.

"Wait..." he stopped the group, "What if we end up just like her? Forgetting ourselves and... attacking each other?"

"No way, Buzz. That won't happen." Sora assured him.

"True that." Kirito agreed.

"You guys are too strong." Goofy noted.

Woody nodded in agreement, but Buzz was different. "You can't be sure! What if I get taken over, and attack you?!"

"Buzz, you're overthinking it!" Woody stopped him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"He's right." Asuna assured them, walking away from the Angelic Amber and right next to the pair, "It's not just the Heartless, but the darkness itself can seep into your heart if you falter. Trust us. Everything will be fine so long as you don't falter."

"Well, that's good." Woody responded, walking over to the heroes and turned to face Buzz, "Because I know you, Buzz. You'll never lose heart when it comes to your friends."

Buzz smiled as he responded, "True enough, cowboy. Sorry to have worried you all."

"No problem." Woody answered, turning to the window display, "Now, let's go find the others." The team managed to crawl their way up onto the display table, with Buzz giving Woody a helping hand. Yui, Donald and Goofy walked over to the window, looking out into the main floor, before Donald shouted, "Look!" Everyone turned and saw something fly along the path. It was a U.F.O, with several flashlights underneath and a claw like ones you would find in arcade crane machines on the bottom.

"A flying saucer!" Goofy recognized.

"Where's it going?" Yui questioned.

"I think I know who that might lead us to." Woody responded, "Let's go!" They opened up the window, and hopped out of the shop, with Asuna using Burst Recovery to restore her Soul Burst.

"Hey, Woody. I'd just slow you down, with all this loose change I'm carrying." Hamm told the cowboy, "I'll hang by the entrance."

"No problem. Be safe, Hamm." Woody responded.

"Hey, thanks, Woody." Hamm thanked him, "You just take care of your old self." With that, the piggy bank parted ways with the rest of the heroes.

"Now, let's follow that UFO." Woody told the team, and they ran off. They did find a couple Lucky Emblems along the way, earning another prize in the form of a Magic Boost, which they gave to Asuna to use.

They arrived at a playpen area for little kids, which was an entrance area to a place known as the Kid Korral. There, they saw the flying causer floating above, along with three waddling figures on the ground going underneath it. It was the three green aliens.

"They have come for us." one alien called out.

"The mystic portal awaits." the second alien followed up. The UFO flew directly over, and dropped its claw towards them, wrapping the talons around the aliens.

Everyone was running towards them with all their might. "Oh, no!" Buzz gasped as they ran.

"Wait!" Sora called out.

"Stop!" Woody cried, but it was too late.

The aliens were being retracted into the UFO as they said as one, "Farewell." With the aliens dangling slightly from the UFO, the team stopped as multiple Heartless appeared, getting in their way to the kidnapped aliens.

"Don't go!" Yui cried out.

"We gotta stop it from leaving with the aliens!" Kirito told the team.

"I'll take care of the ground!" Asuna told them, charging in and punching and kicking the Toy Trooper into another.

"I'll stop that alien ship!" Buzz called out, using his laser to fire at the flying saucer, hitting it, and making it fumble in the air.

"It'll take more than that. Let's keep going!" Kirito shouted.

Woody, Goofy, Kirito, and Candy ended up on ground support with Asuna, leaving Buzz, Yui, Donald, and Sora trying to catch up with the UFO. Yui even went into 'Soul Burst: Sakura Kinomoto', using cards and her wand to try and stop it. Sora, meanwhile, used his Shooting Star's Double Arrowgun form to do long-ranged attacks. Buzz relied on his laser, while Donald relied on his magic.

"Keep going, you guys!" Goofy called out, before blocking shots from a Toy Trooper. Asuna had entered into Advance Burst: Premium Hearts, unleashing Meteodive, grabbing a Toy Trooper and hurling it at the UFO, damaging it more.

"Nice swing, Asuna!" Kirito called out, before unleashing a Sonic Leap Sword Skill at the the Large Body he was targeting.

Sora kept up going after the UFO, unleashing a barrage of magic shot from his arrowguns, hitting it until it warped away, trying to evade a constant barrage, and rising up even further to evade any close-ranged attacks.

"Blaze!" Yui shouted, tapping the said card with her wand, and shooting a stream of flames, hitting it hard.

"Nice shot!" Donald told Yui.

"Look out!" Buzz shouted, pulling Donald out of the way as a barrage of energy shots nearly hit the two of them. A blue Gigas had appeared, and was targeting them.

"Not again!" Donald grimaced. Sora looked to them, but saw the UFO escaping him, and pursued it. He had to trust his friends to deal with them.

The Gigas fired off a cluster of bombs at Donald and Buzz, but Yui got in the way, shouting, "Seige!", using the card to create a flexible barrier around herself and her allies. They got peppered with the attack, but the barrier absorbed the shocks, and caused them to be safe. The barrier vanished as Yui looked at her last card, before tossing it and raising her staff towards it, shouting, "Spiral!" From the card, a double helix made of blue tablets appeared, spiraling upwards before coming down onto the Gigas, trapping it and causing it continuous damage.

"You bound down the toy!" Buzz noticed.

"Finish it off!" Yui cried. Donald and Buzz responded by charging in, Donald unleashing a Blizzard spell, while Buzz struck with a lariat attack. Yui concentrated as she produced three more cards, looking through them, before choosing one and shouting, "Hail!" With this final card, she brought down a massive ball of hail on the Gigas, destroying the Toy Trooper within.

The others were also dealing with more Heartless that appeared, along with a purple and red Gigas that tried to take them down. Fortunately, Asuna was able to overpower the red Gigas with her own physical strength, ending it with a Final Heaven that took it and many other Heartless around her down. Kirito and Goofy performed a Goofy Bombardment to daze the purple Gigas, before Kirito unleashed Candy's awakened attack, Candy Shower, defeating the Toy Soldier within.

Sora had transformed his weapon into the magic launcher form, and fired off a missile from it, hitting the UFO hard. It warped out of the way, and flew into an area even higher than before. Not even his Airstepping could reach it. "Great. It's gonna be near impossible to get it from here!" Sora grimaced as he was slowly descending, "And I was almost done taking it out!"

"Sora!" Yui cried, and Sora looked to see Yui run up, throwing one card, and tapping it, "Gale!" She summoned a whirlwind right at Sora, causing him to be blown towards the UFO.

"Brilliant!" Sora shouted, getting in close enough to pull off an Airstep, and closed the gap on the UFO, before getting right above it. He pointed the magic launcher right on top of it, and shot a point-blank shot right at it, causing it to fall out of the sky, leaving behind four magic orbs as it did so. This final attack did the job. It wound up dropping the three aliens, to which Donald, Buzz, and Woody caught the aliens respectively.

"Hey! More magic!" Donald recognized, as the orbs flew to Sora, Donald, Kirito, and Asuna, respectively.

"This tingly feeling..." Kirito recognized, as Asuna's Soul Burst was used up, and she reverted to normal.

"It's Thunder magic. Looks like we were able to regain that magic again." Asuna noticed, feeling the spell within her.

The UFO tried to stay up, but ended up crashing to the ground, the Marionette popping out of the toy, which Sora destroyed with a shot of his magic launcher. The Heartless emblem on the UFO vanished afterwards.

"We are back!" the three aliens stated.

"Our ship is no more." one alien said as they waddled about.

"Nirvana will not be reached." another alien noted.

Sora dismissed his weapon as he picked up one of the aliens, looking guilty as he said, "Sorry I trashed your ride."

"Fear not." the alien answered.

"We still have our new home." another alien answered, as they joined Sora's side.

"The Chamber of Andy." they said together.

"They're right." Buzz agreed, turning away and looking out to the center of the store, "This isn't where we belong. We've been in this toy store long enough. It's time for us to go home to Andy's room."

"But don't you remember what Xehanort told you guys?" Kirito reminded, stepping forward, "That room isn't even the real one."

"Can you prove any of that nonsense is true?" Buzz asked him and the other heroes, "And even if that Andy's room IS fake, that doesn't mean he's not somewhere in this world with us. I'm going home to wait for him. No more debate. You with me, Woody?"

Woody paused to think as the three aliens waddled towards Buzz, before responding, "You're right, Buzz. Now that we're all accounted for, we should meet up at the entrance and go home."

Kirito wasn't sure what to say, but Sora spoke up by saying, "Okay. We could have used friends like you four the final showdown..."

"But Organization XVI's our problem to solve." Asuna answered.

"That's true." Kirito agreed, though it was more due to him not wanting the toys to get hurt.

"Yeah, I can take 'em!" Donald stated.

"Not so sure about that..." Sora retorted amusingly.

"Yeah, that's so true." Asuna agreed.

"I'll show ya!" Donald squawked angrily, before charging at the two, who instantly ran off.

The seven heroes joined up with Woody, Buzz, and the aliens as Sora asked, "Guys, can we see you off?"

"That would be great." Woody answered.

"We did manage to find a couple of treasures as we fought, so we should be good to go." Goofy noted.

"Then let's head back downstairs, so we can say goodbye to all the toys." Kirito told the team, before leaving the Kid Korral.

Little did they know that they wouldn't be able to say goodbye anytime soon. Although, they might for one toy in particular.


Next Time on Sword Art Kingdom III

Hollow Toys! Saving Buzz Lightyear!