"My KH Adventure"

By cdc100

Summary: We left the Deep Jungle to talk to Leon in Traverse Town.

Disclaimer: This is a work of pure non-profit fan fiction. I do not own any of the characters, their weapons, their abilities, or any of their universes, nor do I own any of the lyrics that will appear in later chapters, or any of the products mentioned in the story such as Coca-Cola, or Playstation.

Chapter Eight

"Gummis and Keyholes"

We flew back to traverse town in our Gummi Ship to meet up with Leon and talk to him about the Gummi Blocks that we found.

When we arrived, we didn't find Leon. We checked in the hotel in the second district, but found nothing. We checked the abandoned house in the third district, but we didn't find anything there, either.

"Wait a sec!" said Kari.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I remember Leon mentioning something about a secret waterway that you can get to from the first district," answered Kari.

"Well, then, lead the way, Kari," said Lisa.

She did so. She led us back to the first district, to a dark alleyway.

"Here is where we stop," she said.

"But, there's nothing here," said Ryan.

"Oh, yes, there is," said Kari with a mischievous tone.

She drew her Keyblade and began hacking at the wooden fence in the alleyway. Finally, after about a hundred slashes, a hole appeared in the fence.

"Come on," commanded Kari.

We followed her into the hole, until we found that our feet were getting soaked. We discovered the waterway. Near the end of the tunnel, we saw a light. Yuffie, Leon and Aerith were standing by it, conversing with each other.

"Hey, Leon!" yelled Sora.

"Hey, Sora," he replied. "What are you guys doing back so soon?"

"Oh, we came to tell you about something we found!" said Maya.

"What is it?" asked Yuffie.

"This," said Jack, showing them the Gummi Block we found.

"Where did you find it?" asked Aerith.

"We found it in a Keyhole, in a world called, 'The Deep Jungle,'" answered Tania enthusiastically.

"You found a Keyhole?" asked Leon.

"Yeah, the Keyblades automatically locked it," said Sora.

"Good, we don't have to worry about losing that world, now," said Aerith.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Every single world has a Keyhole," explained Leon. "and every Keyhole leads to the Heart of that world."

"Which means that there's bound to be one in this town!" said Ryan.

"Correct," said Aerith.

"How did you figure all of this out?" asked Maya.

"It was in Ansem's reports," said Aerith.

"The Heartless are in search of the Keyhole. When they find it, they enter the heart of the world through the Keyhole, and begin doing something to it, and then, it will eventually disappear," said Leon.

"WHAT!?!?" we all yelled at the same time.

"That's the very reason we need the Keyblades," said Leon.

"All the worlds' Keyholes need to be locked," said Aerith.

"And you're the only ones who can lock them," said Yuffie.

"But no pressure," I said, sarcastically.

"You know, seeing other worlds while looking for these Keyholes isn't such a bad thing," said Leon.

"You're probably right," said Donald.

"We've got to find Sora's friends and King Mickey!" said Goofy.

"I guess you're right. Okay! Let's go!" said Sora.

"Guys! The Gummi Block!" said Jack.

"Oh, right!" said Sora. "I almost forgot. Leon, do you know what this Gummi Block is for?" he asked.

Leon put a hand to his head as if trying to think.

"You might try asking Cid," said Aerith.

"Why? When did HE become a Gummi Ship expert?" asked Ryan.

"Just ask him, you'll see," said Yuffie.

"Oh, wait. Sora, take this with you," said Leon.

"What's this for?" asked Tania.

"That stone holds untold power. I've been carrying it. It's brought me luck, but, I figure, you guys might need it more than I do," said Leon.

"What do you do with it?" asked Ryan.

Leon put his hand to his head again. He must not have known how to use it.

We gave up trying to figure out what it does, and went to see Cid at his accessory shop. We walked up to the front counter and found him reading a newspaper.

"Cid?" asked Ryan.

"WHOOA!" exclaimed Cid.

"Whoa, calm down, Cid. It's us," said Maya.

"Don't ever do that again!" said Cid. "What do you guys need, anyway?"

"We came to ask you about this," said Sora, putting the Gummi Block on the front counter.

"What is it? Well, what do you know! It's a Gummi Block!" said an excited Cid.

"Yup," said Donald.

"What is it for?" asked Lisa.

"You're flyin' in a Gummi Ship and you don't know nothin' about Navi-Gummis? You bunch of pinheads. Inter space ain't no playground."

"We don't know much about Gummi Ships, so what?! We have to use the Gummi Ship to see other worlds. We don't have a choice," said Sora.

"Whoa, you don't have to get so uptight about it. No hard feelins, all right? I guess I could give y'all a hand with it.

"Thanks a lot," said Sora.

"I'll tell you simply. With Navi-Gummies, you can go to new worlds. You want me to put it on your ship?

We all nodded simultaneously in agreement.

"I'll install it for you, but I have to deliver something before I do anything else," said Cid.

"Then… what were you doing reading the paper?" asked Ryan.

"Never you mind!" said Cid.

"What do you need delivered?" asked Jack.

"It's this book. It's ancient. A guy brought it in, and it was practically falling apart. It's too beat up to put back together, but overall, I did okay putting the pieces back in. So, anyway, would you mind delivering it for me? It's supposed to be delivered to the old house just past the third district. You should find a fire sign on the wall."

Cid gave us the book, and suddenly, we felt a violent shaking under our feet! After a while, the shaking stopped, and we heard a bell tolling.

"Son of a buck. What was that?" asked Jack.

"Hmm? Oh, that was the bell over the Gizmo Shop. You can go check it out if you want, but first, that book needs delivered, so get going," said Cid. "Oh, and when you're done, stop by the house in the third district."

We found a panel in the third district after defeating a few new Heartless. The fire emblem on the panel was glowing. Kari used the fire element.

"Fire!" she yelled.

The fire hit the panel, and it opened to reveal a dark hollow. It had a small island in the center, and it was surrounded by water. There were also stepping stones that were… moving back and forth?

We moved across the stepping stones into a house that was on the small island. We went inside to see what we could find, but there was nobody there.

I looked over at Sora. He had a blank expression on his face. After a little while, he spoke.

"Kairi?" he asked.

"Sora?" asked Goofy.

Sora looked at us, then back at the spot where he was looking. He lowered his head to the ground. Suddenly, we heard a voice behind us.

"Well, well, well. You've all arrived sooner than I had expected."

"What? You knew we were coming?" asked Jack.

"Of course."

We looked at him from head to toe. He had a blue shirt on, blue shoes, and a tall blue hat. He had half-moon shaped spectacles, and he had a long white beard.

"Are you a Heartless?" asked Ryan.

"He sure doesn't look like one," said Donald.

"Oh, no. My name is Merlin. I am a sorcerer. I spend much of my time traveling. It's good to be home! Your king has requested my help."

"King Mickey?" asked Goofy.

"Yes. Donald, Goofy, and who might you all be?"

"I'm Sora," said Sora.

"I'm Leo."

"I'm Jack."

"I'm Maya."

"I'm Tanya."

"I'm Ryan."

"And I'm Lisa."

"Ah, so you are the wielders of the Keyblade," said Merlin.

"What did the King ask us to do?" asked Donald.

"Just a moment, let me get my things," said Merlin. "ALAKAZAM!" he yelled.

He opened a bag, and a long line of books, phials and other living supplies cam out of it, and one by one, they began to grow and set themselves on shelves. In a few moments, the spacious cottage that we were standing in finally looked like somebody lived there.

"There, now," said Merlin. "Your king asked me to train you in the art of magic. We'll start anytime you wish. Tell me when you're ready to begin training. Oh, and, uh, one more thing…"

He pointed to a small model carriage on the floor. It disappeared to be replaced by a kind-looking old lady with a blue hood.

"Who are you?" asked Ryan.

"I'm the Fairy Godmother. Your King asked me to help as well. I will be assisting you alongside Merlin throughout your journey.

"I don't know how much help I can be but feel free to stop by this cottage anytime you want," said Merlin.

"Hey, uh, Merlin?" asked Ryan.

"Yes, m'boy?" asked Merlin.

"Cid gave us this book…"

"Oh, yes, that book. So, Cid asked you to give this to me? Thank you all so much. Would you like to know what kind of book this is? I don't even know, myself. In fact, it's not mine. Somehow it found its way into my bag one day. It was an interesting book, so I asked Cid if he could repair it for me. I guess I'll put it here somewhere for now. This book holds a great secret. The missing pages will unlock it. I'll leave the book over there. Feel free to take a look at it whenever you feel like it. Tell Cid that I thank him for repairing it for me. Oh, and about that stone of yours. Leon gave it to you, correct? You should talk to the Fairy Godmother about it."

"Typical old man, eh?" said Ryan.

"Fairy Godmother?" asked Sora.

"Yes, Sora?" she asked.

"Do you know what this is for?"

"Oh, the poor dear! He has been turned into a Summon Gem!"

"Summon Gem?" asked Sora.

"The creature trapped inside this gem lived in a world that was consumed by darkness. When a world disappears, so do its inhabitants. But this one had such a strong heart, he became a Summon Gem instead of disappearing with his world."

"Is there a way to change him back?" asked Tanya.

"Yes, but only in a spirit form. Watch this! Bibbity Bobbity Boo!"

"What is this?" asked Sora.

"I feel… funny," said Ryan.

"I feel this strange power… surging through me," said Jack.

"Cool!" exclaimed Maya.

"Whenever you call, he will help you. If you find any more of these, bring them to me. Don't worry, when their worlds are restored, they will return there. Sora, please help save them," said the Fairy Godmother.

"Don't worry, we will," said Sora.

(Author's Note: I will not be doing this every time me and my friends earn a new Summon Gem. It will just cut into the story time. So, just assume from Hollow Bastion onward that me and my friends have all the summons.)

"You'd best go see Cid before going anywhere else," said Merlin.

We walked out into the third district, and met with a group of Heartless, but before we could attack, someone came up and slashed them with a sword that looked very much like a bat wing.

There in the alleyway stood a boy with blue pants, a sleeveless yellow and black shirt, and long, spiky, silver hair.

"There you are!" said the boy. "What's going on?"

"Riku!" yelled Sora.

Sora ran up to the boy and grabbed his mouth and tried to open it.

"Hey, cut it out!" said the boy.

"I'm not dreaming this time, right?" asked Sora.

"I hope not," answered the boy. "It took me forever to find you, you know?"

"This is Riku?" asked Kari.

"Yep," said Sora.

Kari looked at Riku for a moment, and when I looked at her, I saw that she had blushed crimson. She was also smiling like she had won the lottery.

"Kari?" I asked.

"What?" she asked, still smiling.

"Are you all right?" I asked.

"Oh, uh, yeah, I'm all right," she said, snapping back to normal.

"Wait, Riku! Wait a sec! Where's Kairi!?" asked Sora.

"She's not with you? Well, don't worry I'm sure she made it off the island, too. We're finally free. Hey, she might even be looking for us now."

Just then, he turned around, and a shadow appeared behind him.

"We'll all be together again soon. Don't worry. Just leave everything to me. I know this-"

He was cut off by the sound of Sora's Keyblade wiping out the shadow.

"Leave it to who?" he asked.

"Sora, what did you-"

Sora put his Keyblade to his side.

"I've been looking for you, and Kairi, too, with their help," he said, indicating me, my friends and Donald and Goofy.

"Who are they?" asked Riku.

"My name is-" began Donald, only to be cut off by Sora.

"We visited so many places and worlds, looking for you."

"Really?" began Riku. "Well, what do you know? I never would have guessed.

"Oh, and guess what?" asked Goofy. "Sora and the others are the Keyblade Masters."

"Who would've thought it?" asked Donald

"What's that mean?!" we asked.

"So, this is called a Keyblade?" asked Riku.

We looked at him, then back at Sora. Riku had swiped it from him.

"Huh? Hey, give it back!"

He jumped forward to get his weapon back, but Riku jumped backwards, and continued to look at it.

"Catch," he finally said, tossing the weapon back to Sora.

Sora caught it, and turned his attention back to Riku.

"Okay, so, you're coming with us too, right?" asked Sora. We have this awesome Gummi Ship. Wait 'til you see it!"

"No, he can't come!" said Donald.

"What?" asked Sora.

"Forget it!"

"Oh, come on! He's my friend!"

"I don't care!"

"He's gone!" said Goofy.

We looked up, and sure enough, Riku was nowhere to be seen.

"Riku?" asked Sora. "Nice going. Oh, well. At least he's okay. And who knows? Maybe we'll run into Kairi soon, too.

I looked behind and saw Kari blushing ruby red.

"You like him, don't you?"

"Oh, don't be ridiculous!" she responded.

"Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me…" I said, with an evil smile.

We proceeded back to the small abandoned house in the third district. We engaged in conversation wit Cid, Yuffie, Aerith and Leon.

"You guys ever hear of Maleficent?" asked Cid. "I hear she's in town."

"Who the hell is that?" asked Tanya.

"She's a witch, man, she's a mean ol' witch!"

"She's the reason that this town is inhabited with Heartless. Don't make the mistake of underestimating her," said Leon.

"She's been using the Heartless for years," said Aerith.

"We lost our world, thanks to her," said Leon. "and me."

"Why?" what did you do?" asked Ryan.

"I tried to fight off the Heartless, but I failed. Now they have complete control of our world."

"It's not your fault, Leon," said Aerith.

"Yeah, the Heartless outnumbered us a hundred to one!" said Yuffie.

Leon just stood silent.

"It's been nine years since that happened," said Leon.

"I got out of that mess and came here with these guys," said Cid.

"That's awful!" said Donald.

"Our ruler was a wise man named Ansem the Wise. He dedicated his life to studying the Heartless."

"His report should tell us how to get rid of the Heartless," said Cid.

"Where is the report, anyway?" asked Maya.

"We don't know. It got scattered when our world was destroyed," said Leon.

"I'm sure Maleficent holds most of the pages," guessed Cid. "So, you delivered the book, right? That Navi-Gummi you gave me is installed and ready to go. You find another one, you bring it to me, and I'll install it for you. I threw in a warp Gummi for the heck of it, so now you can jump to worlds you've been to before. Well, better get back to my real job."

"'Real job'?" asked Jack."

"You don't know? Well, come see me in the first district when you have time."

He walked out the door, and Aerith spoke up.

"I've been thinking about the bell in the Second District."

"That big one over the Gizmo Shop that rang a little while ago?" asked Ryan.

"Yeah," said Yuffie. "There's a legend about it, you know."

"But it's all boarded up. Nobody can get in there," said Aerith in a defeated tone.

"Heck, go check it out. Ring it three times to see if anything happens," said Cid.

We walked out to the second district, and hurried over to the Gizmo Shop. We made our way to the roof, and were immediately surrounded by Heartless. We defeated them almost instantly, but little did we know that even bigger trouble was yet to come. We smashed through the boards that were blocking our way out into the bell chamber. And there the rope sat, waiting to be pulled.

"Cid said ring the bell three times, right?" asked Lisa.

"Yep," said Sora.

"Ah, what could it hurt?" asked Jack.

He walked up to the rope, and pulled on it once. We felt a rumble at our feet.

"Earthquake!" said Donald.

"No, look!" said Kari.

She pointed out to the opposite side of the second district. The pattern on the wall behind the water fountain had changed after the rumbling stopped.

"Two more times?" asked Jack.

We nodded our heads simultaneously. Jack then pulled the rope once more, and the pattern rotated again. He pulled it once more, and instead of a pattern, we found a Keyhole!"

"It's the Keyhole to this world!" I said.

"Let's go! We have to lock it with the Keyblades!" said Kari.

We all headed down to the Keyhole, but before we could even raise our Keyblades, a giant Heartless appeared out of nowhere!

"Guard Armor again?" asked Jack.

"Looks like he didn't learn his lesson last time!" said Sora.

We began slashing at its torso, knowing that the Guard Armor would not be able to function without it.

Donald hit it with Thunder spells, but once, when he said it…

"THUNDARA!" yelled Donald.

The bolts of lightning were bigger this time!

"Did the thunder element get an upgrade?" asked Kari.

"It looks that way," said Lisa.

"Donald, one more time! It's almost dead!" I said.

"You've got it! THUNDARA!"

That did it. The Guard Armor fell to the ground, unmoving, but where was the Heart?

"The Heart's not coming out!" said Tanya.

"That's why. Look!" said Kari.

The armor began moving again, but this time, it transformed. The torso turned upside-down, the head opened to reveal a pair of glowing yellow eyes, the feet, crunched to form hands, and the arms flattened out like feet. It turned the hem of its armor towards us, and it started glowing.

"Son of a buck," said Jack.

Whatever it was inside the armor was fired at that exact second. We made every effort to fight the armor, but after a while, we became a little winded. Okay, not a little. A lot! Sora was already bent on one knee, gasping.

"It's no use," said Sora.

"Sora, I've got an idea," said Goofy. "You remember that stone that the Fairy Godmother gave us?"

Sora's eyes widened.

"Oh, yeah. Of course!"

"Use it!" said Maya.

Sora picked the gem out of his pocket, pressed it to his chest, and…

"Give me strength!" he said. He moved his Keyblade in an unlocking motion.

Sora and Donald disappeared. We saw a shape in the sky. It looked like a lion. Suddenly, it stepped out of the sky, and it took the form of a real-life lion! It raised its head and…

RRROOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

Simba, said a voice in my head.

"Power!" yelled Sora.

Simba reared its head, and let out the loudest roar I'd ever heard.

RRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!

The "Opposite Armor" (We decided to call it that) fell to the ground, and vanished. Before it did so, however, a heart came out of it and floated toward the sky.

The Keyblades emitted a bright light, and fixed themselves on the Keyhole. A beam of light radiated from each one, shooting into the hole. After a second, we hear a dull clunk. Another Navi-Gummi came out of the Keyhole.

We found Cid standing next to what looked like an abandoned refreshment stand. Apparently, he ran a Gummi Ship Shop. He took the Gummi Block from us and installed it on our ship.

Later, we decided to stop by the accessory shop and pick up some new equipment. We looked on the floor, and saw what looked like a marionette looking under the desk.

"Well, well! As I live and breathe!" said Jiminy. "If it isn't Pinocchio!"

"Oh, hi, Jiminy!" said the marionette, speaking to… wait, speaking?

"What in the worlds are you doing down there?" asked Jiminy.

"Um…" the boy began, looking up for a minute. "Playing Hide and Seek."

"I just don't believe it. And here I was up all night, just worried sick about you. Why of all the-" He looked up. He was surprised at something. "Pinocchio!"

We saw that Pinocchio's nose had gotten longer.

"Pinocchio! Are you telling the truth!?" asked Jiminy.

"Yes!" said the puppet. His nose then grew longer.

"What? Does his nose get longer when he doesn't tell the truth?" asked Ryan.

"Correct," began Jiminy. "Okay, what is this?" he asked, indicating what Pinocchio was looking at.

"It was a present," said Pinocchio.

"No fibbing, now! You know you're not supposed to tell lies. A lie only grows and grows, 'til you get caught! As plain as the nose on your face!"

"But if you want something, why wait? Why not just take it?" asked Pinocchio.

"Oh, my!" said Jiminy. Who told you that? You need some advice from your conscience!"

"That's right!" said Pinocchio. "You're my conscience, Jiminy! I'll never tell lies as long as you're around."

His nose then shrunk back to normal.

"You need to be good so you can become a real boy. You promised Geppetto you would be, right?" asked Jiminy.

"Oh! Do you know where father is?" asked Pinocchio.

"He's not with you?" asked Jiminy.

"Jiminy! Let's go find father!" said Pinocchio.

"Now, hold on! There are all sorts of dangers and temptations out there! I'll go find Geppetto, so you just wait here. These fellows here will be helping me."

"We will?" asked Sora.

I elbowed him.

"I- I mean, yes, we will."

"Well, shall we go, Sora?"

"You could have asked us first, you know."

After that, we headed out of the accessory shop, and into the Gummi Hangar, for we would soon depart for…

Agrabah

To Be Continued…

(A/N: Sorry if this seems a little unoriginal. I had to refer to the script, 'cuz I couldn't remember 90 of it. Read and review. Tell me what you think!)