I don't own Kingdom Hearts or X-Men: Evolution. They belong to Square Enix, Disney, Marvel, and Cartoon Network. Alright, and it's that time of the story where Sora explores a new world with this time the X-Men at his side. Alright, before we begin...let's reply to some reviews.

ajjr12: Cool and it'll be the original version during the life of Walt Disney. While, the new version was good, I still enjoy the original the best and works better with the flow with this fanfic.

soki fan: Sora was there before Wanda was sent away, and we might see Polais during the series but not in season 5. This fanfic will only go up to four seasons like the show but that doesn't mean we won't see other characters that weren't on the original tv show.

Petor: I'm pretty sure you have the right idea, if I'm thinking what your thinking. And thanks and hopefully you'll enjoy this one.

Well with that out of the way let's begin the chapter...

Chapter 9: The Jungle Book

"How's it over here?" Kurt wondered as he adjusted the sign above. Jean told him, "Just a bit lower, Kurt." Nightcrawler, adjusted the side lower, as Jean said, "Perfect." Evan walked up, "Hold it still I'll hook it up!"

Evan popped out a spike and prepared to fire when Scott stopped him , "Easy there, Evan. Remember, Riku and Kairi are also coming over. We don't want anything to look a little out of place." Evan nodded as he put the spike away, "Oh, yeah. I forgot about that." Kurt hooked it up properly, he teleported back to the ground. The X-Men in their swimming suits smiled at their work, the sign read: "Happy 15th Birthday Sora!"

"Hard to believe Sora's 15 already." Jean smiled. Kurt wondered, "Ya, how did you guy learn when Sora's Birthday was?" The professor rolled up next to them, "We didn't at first, it took a couple of tries I was able to help him remember when his birthday was."

"Since, Sora's misses his family, we always tries to make his birthday's the best. I hope he likes this one..." Scott wondered. Kurt turned to him, "Are kidding? We've got an out door pool with water balloons and waterside, all of his favorite food with a Captain America themed cake along with Sea-Salt Ice Cream, the presents we got him, we've got Riku and Kairi to come over, plus he get's to see Kairi in a bikini, with the perfect weather thanks to Storm! What's not to love! Plus he's got all of us too! I'd say this will be the best Birthday party he's every had!"

"And here's hoping no one destroys my float this time." Kitty said as she place the float in the pool as she glared at Evan. He smiled sheepishly as the professor chuckled, "Alright, I think we've kept Sora waiting long enough, and Riku and Kairi should arrive here any moment, I think you can all bring Sora down now."

Scott nodded as he, Jean, Kurt, Evan, and Kitty walked there way to Sora's room. But before Kitty followed she stopped to taste the Sea-Salt Ice cream with her finger, "Mmmmm...saltly yet sweet. Sora has good taste."

Everyone walked up to Sora's door as they chuckled to themselves as Jean and Scott shushed them. Scott knocked on the door, "Hey, Sora? You got your swim suit on? We're heading to the pool." Sora nodded, "Yeah, I'll be out in a sec." Sora knew today was his birthday and he also knew that his friends probably planned something special for him. While he was excited for whatever they had planned he stared at an old draw that he drew. It was an old drawing of himself and what he believed what his parents would look like. He'd never told anyone this but on the nights before and after his birthday he'd dream of a beautiful woman spending time with him. He believed that it was his mother and smiled of what memory he did have with her even if it was only a dream. He wondered if his mother and father missed them wherever they were. The same with his adopted parents. So, every year today he'd whispered, "Hey, mom...dad...I hope wherever you are we find each other."

However, this year he added, "I...uh...I made some new friends, stop a couple of evil schemes, and save two worlds. I hope you're proud of me. I miss you guys. God willing we see each other soon..." Just the Sora's Keyblade was summoned causing shock to Sora. His eyes widened as he realized what it was, "No, no, no...not today of all days. Can't I get a break today!"

Meanwhile, outside the door, Evan wondered, "What's taking him?" Scott signed, "He must wanted to catch so more z's" Kitty walked up, "I'll wake him up." She then knonck on the door, "Sora! We not going to the pool with out you sop so get your butt out here!" Sora grunted, "Just a sec...ugh...go away..." Kitty signed as she decided to do the extreme and phase her head through the door. She hoped he was wearing cloths, "Okay, enough, enough, do I have drag you out..." She then gasped and looked away a bright light cover. Kitty pulled back as she exclaimed, "Sora's powers are going outta control!"

"What?! Kitty open the door!" Scott ordered as everyone's eyes widened in shock. Kitty nodded as She phase in Sora's room and unlocked the door and opened it for the others as everyone ran inside. Jean gasped, "What the heck?!" Everyone was blinded as the light grew brighter but they weren't willing to give up on him. Scott called out, "Sora! Take my hand! Jean, can you reach him?!"

"I'm trying but I don't think I'm have an oppisite effect." Jean replied as she tried to pull Sora closer only to be dragged toward the light. Scott caught her but got dragged as well. Kurt grabbed on then Kitty, and finally Evan but it made no difference as they were all dragged into the light. Scott exclaimed, "Everyone hold on!" When the light was at it's brightest, it faded out with the X-Men as well...

Sora stumbled as he landed on the new world. Sora looked around and he appeared to be in some sort of jungle, "Ugh! Not on my Birthday!" He took some deep breath's and signed, "Fine. Let's just get this over with...Gotta find that Keyhole." Sora than ran off deeper into the Jungle. Little did he know that portal he came through didn't close yet. Soon, Jean, Scott, Kurt, Kitty, and Jean landed on the world. Scott lifted his head up, "Everyone alright?"

Everyone groaned in response as they got up. Everyone opened their eyes as they examined the new environment, Evan wondered, "Man, where are we?"

"It... looks like we're in some kind of jungle but how'd, like, we get all the way out here?" Kitty wondered. Kurt added, "And where the heck is Sora?"

Sora called out, "Sora! Where are you?!" Jean also called ou, "Sora! We're all here for you?!" Everyone joined in calling out for Sora but with no response. Scott turned to Jean, "Jean, scan the Jungle, see if you can get a location on Sora."

Jean nodded as she closed her eyes concentrated after a few minutes she replied, "I got something, it's faint but he's here."

"Alright, while we figure out what happened to Sora. One of us should call the professor and let him know what has happened."

"Um...slight problem. We're wearing swimsuits which totally means none of us like has our phone." Kitty pointed out. Scott face palmed himself, "Right, okay, plan b. Once we find Sora, we should try to find a village and maybe they might have a phone we can use to call the professor."

"Sounds good to me..." Evan replied as a shadow covered them. Kurt wondered as everyone looked up, "Uh... What is that?"

"Unversed! Move it people!" Scott ordered. Everyone dodged as large tiger like Unversed landed in between them. Scott removed his glasses and blasted it as Evan fired spikes at it. Unfortunately, it only annoyed the Unversed. Scott's eyes widened, "Right! No Sora means there's no chance of destroying this Unversed!"

"Then we'll keep distracted long enough for us to escape and find Sora." Jean lifted it in the air as Scott told the rest of the X-Men, "You three move on ahead of us. We'll join you soon." Kitty, Evan, and Kurt retreated deeper into the jungle as Scott blasted at the Unversed. As the three ran through the forest, Kitty phased through trees, as Evan and Kurt tried to keep up. Kurt shouted, "Kitty, wait up!"

"Man, I hope Sora's have an easier time than we aren't." Evan told Kurt as the ran deeper into the Jungle...

Sora just wondered aimlessly through the Jungle. He looked around, for a villiage or any place were the Keyhole could be but so far he hasn't me a single person. He signed, "I usally meet someone by now." Just then he heard the bushes shaking, Sora turned, "Hello? Is someone there?"

Just then a black panther came out of the bushes, Sora rasied a hand, "Easy, I not here for any sort of fight...I'm just passing by..." The panther groaned, "Oh no... Not another man cub lost in the jungle..."

"Wait...did you just...speak?" Sora asked in shock. The panther raised an eyebrow, "Yes..." Sora apologized, "Sorry, I'm kinda new here and the panthers back home don't really talk... As far as I know anyways."

"Well, you should head back, the jungle is no safe place. What are you doing this deep in the jungle, man cub?" The panther asked. Sora replied, "Please stop calling me that. It's bad enough Scott and Jean treat me like a kid. Call me Sora. As to answer your question...it was kinda on accident. Anyways, who are you and why is this place not safe? Seems rather peaceful to me."

"I'm Bagheera. And while the jungle is usally safer with a pack, it only makes this place more dangerous now the Shere Kahn has returned." Bagheera explained. Sora asked, "Who's Shere Kahn?"

"He's a Tiger, who hates both man and fire. If he finds you and Mowgli here, he will stop at nothing to kill the both you you while you're still young. And that's not all..." Bagheera explained. Sora replied, "Let me guess, monsters started appearing the same time as he did and they been attacking anything that moves."

"Yes, I take it you've seen them." The panther assumed. Sora nodded, "Unfortunately, yes. They've been causing lots of trouble to my friends and I...wait, who's Mowgli?"

"He's a man cub like you, but much younger. He's was rasied by the wolves all of his life, but when Sere Kahn returned along with the monsters, they send me to bring him to the man village where'd he be safe." Bagheera answered. Sora asked, "That's great but what's the problem."

"He's stubborn. He refuses to leave the Jungle." Bagheera replied. Sora then asked, "Does he know the dangers of Shere Kahn and the Unversed?" Bagheera nodded, "Yes but he won't listen to me, no matter what I tell him."

Sora thought about it for a moment before saying, "I think I understand why he doesn't want to leave, he's lived here his whole life and it's all he's ever known. However, if it's for the best, then he should return to the man village. Take me to him. Maybe he'll listen to me. Man cub to man cub. Then you can take us both the man village."

Bagheera thought about it for a moment before nodded, "Yes...that might work. Perhaps if he meets someone from his own kind it could convince him to head our warnings and return to the man village." Bagheera looked up to Sora, "I'm glad you're more reasonable to talk to... Alright, Mowgli was by the river last I seen him."

"Then let's get to him before Shere Kahn or the Unversed get him first." Sora nodded. Bagheera lead the was as Sora followed. After a few minutes of walking, they heard more movement in the bushes. They kept still, "What was that? Shere Kahn? The Unversed?"

"I'm not sure..." Bagheera replied with uncertainty. The kept the guard up, as Sora summoned his Keyblade, "On three?" The panther nodded, "One..."

"Two..." Sora counted. They both exclaimed, "THREE!" The move past the bushes to reveal another group of people charge but stopped when Sora regonized them, "Peter? Gamora? Drax? Rocket? Groot?"

"Sora? Is that really you?!" Star Lord smiled as he removed his mask and everyone else stand down. Sora greet Peter with a hand shack, "Man, it's so good to see you guys again!"

"We are glad to see you too spikey hair warrior!" As he hugged Sora in greeting. Gamora smiled and wondered, "What are you doing here?" Peter added, "And why are wearing a swimsuit in the jungle?"

"The Keyblade brought me here, when I was supposed to go swimming with my friends...on my birthday." Sora signed. Peter beamed, "Well then, Happy Birthday, dude! Sorry the Keyblade had to drag you here out of all days."

"I thought I regonized that weapon...you're the Keyblade weilder?" Bagheera asked. Sora nodded as Rocket walked up, "Not that I'm not happy here to see you, kid, but I take since your here trouble isn't too far behind." Sora nodded, "Yeah, according to Bagheera someone named Shere Kahn has returned to the Jungle."

"Shao Kahn is here! My worst Nightmares have finally come true! I was never able to beat the boss and NOW HE'S ACTUALLY REAL TO CONQUER THE RELMS!" Peter Quill exclaimed as he paniced. Gamora signed, "He said Shere Kahn, not Shao Kahn."

"Oh... My bad. So, who is Shere Kahn exactly?" Peter stopped panicking to ask. Sora replied, "A tiger who hates both man and fire. He's also brought the Unversed with him."

"Perfect..." Rocket muttered. Drax asked, "How is a tiger leading the creatures that followed Ronan perfect?"

"I am Groot." Groot replied. Sora smiled, "So, Groot's still small?"

"Yeah, it's going take awhile before Groot gets back to his regular size." Rocket nodded. Sora then asked, "So, what are you doing here?"

"Our ship crashed landed here when we were trying the escape the Empire." Gamora answered. The teenager wondered, "The Empire?" Peter replied, "Pray your world never crosses path with them. Anyways, since we're here we might as well help you."

"It's alright with me, what do you say Bagheera?" Sora asked the panther. He shrugged, "Very well. The more the merrier but we must hurry to find Mowgli before Shere Kahn finds him."

"I am Groot?" Baby Groot asked. Sora replied, "We'll explain on the way, let's just get to the river..." With that Bagheera and the Guardians of the Galaxy were off...

Evan and Kurt sat by a tree Kitty phased through when they lost her. They waited for Scott and Jean to return. When they finally did, Kurt asked, "Did ya lose that monster?"

"Yeah, it took us away but we got away from us..." Scott replied. Jean looked around, "Where's Kitty?" Evan replied, "We lost her... She phased through the trees and got way too ahead of us."

"Great, now we lost two now. Jean, can you find them?" Scott asked. Jean closed her eyes as Kurt muttered, "Today is not our day." After a moment, Jean's eyes widened, "Oh, no! Kitty's in danger!"

"Alright! X-Men let's move!" Scott order and with that they were off...

Kitty finally stopped when she thought she was safe. She smiled, "It's okay, guys I think we like lost totally them." After a beat, no response, "Guys?" She turned to see that she had not only lost the Unversed, but her friends as well. Kitty face palmed herself, "Great, now I'm even more lost!" She then calmed herself down, "It's okay, don't panic. I just gotta wait here until Jean comes. She just read my mind and my friends will come for me and then we'll just need to find Sora and we can all go home."

Just then she thought she heard movement in the trees. Kitty shivered, "Hello? Sora? Kurt? Is anyone there?" Just then a new voice spoke, "Well, well, what do we have here..." She then heard the voice chuckle, "Why, it'sssss another man cub... The mate of one if I'm not misssssstaken."

"W-who's there? What are y-you talking about? I'm w-warning you, I know how to defend myself!" Kitty said in fear as she rasie her arms in a battle stance. The voice spoke again, "There'ssss no need for that. I will not harm you. I'm only curiousssss why are you here all by yoursssssself."

"I'm just looking for my friends, once there here I'll be like out of your hair." Kitty replied as she looked for the source of the voice. The voice spoke once more, "But the jungle isssss no sssssafe place for a man cub. Why don't I keep you company until you friendsssss come for you."

"Just like who are you?!" Kitty asked. Just then a snake slivered close to her from the trees and said, "I am Kaa..." Kitty was terrified beyond belief not only did she hate snakes but this one was talking. Kitty whimpered in fear as Kaa told her, "There issssss no need to fear me. Jusssst look into my eyesssss..."

Kitty peaked only one eye but it was enough to see the eyes of snake swirl in different colors. Before she knew it both of eyes were now staring at the snake and she couldn't look away as her eyes began swirled with the same colors. The snake asked her, "Now, what is your name."

"Kitty..." She said as if she was obeying a command. Kaa asked her as his coils began to wrap around her, "Kitty, are you cold? Lonely?...Hungry?"

Kaa nodded making Kitty's head nod as her eyes followed Kaa's as his coils where up to her waist. Kaa smirked, "I'm ssssssstarving... but don't you worry..."

As his coils began to wrap above her chest he told her, "Here you can resssssst...safe and warm...I will alwaysssss protect you..."

Kitty's will tried to fight against his eyes but as the coils tightened around her neck, she lightly gasped as her eyes widened more preventing any resistance. Kaa told her, "You can close your eyesssss and ssssssleep...ssssafe and sssssssound. Trusssst in me." Kitty closed her eyes as did what she was told. Kaa opened his mouth when he heard music started playing, "Ooga-chaka, ooga-ooga, oga-chaka, ooga-ooga, Ooga-chaka, ooga-ooga, Ooga-chaka, ooga-ooga..."

"Oh, what now?" Kaa asked in annoyance. Every time that he tried to eat something would always come up. Kitty's slightly opened due to the music but was still in the hypotonic gaze. The music played, "I can't stop this feeling...Deep inside of me! Girl, you just don't realize... What you do to me!"

"When you hold me...In your arms so tight...You let me know...Everything's all right..." The music continued as Peter aimed his gun at the snake. While wondering through the Jungle, Sora felt a disturbance and they went to check it out to see a girl about to be eaten by a snake. Bagheera whispered, "What ever you do don't look at Kaa's eyes. He'll hypnotize you in seconds."

"Don't worry, Bagheera. We got this." Star Lord smirked under his helmet as he fired. It tasered Kaa causing an shook into releasing Kitty. Peter then put his gun away and flew in to catch Kitty as the music blasted, "IIIIIIIIIIIIIII'MMMMMMMMMM..."

"Hooked on a feeling... I'm high on believing... That you're in love with me..." Sora, Drax, and Gamora quick ran in as the swung their blades at him while avoiding his eye contact as the song went to the next verse, "Lips are sweet as candy... It's taste stays on my min... Girl, you got me thirsty... For another cup of wine..."

"Got a bug from you, girl... But I don't need no cure... I just stay affecting... If I can for sure..." Kaa wondered if this were the friends his dinner mention. He tried to get a good look at them but every time he tried they sung their weapon at them. Kaa failed to notice Rocket placing Groot on one of his coils as he climbed up the tree, All the good love when we're all alone... Keep it up girl... Yeah, you turn me on..."

IIIIIIIIIIIIIII'MMMMMMMMMM..." As Sora finally managed to hit the snake with his Keyblade. Kaa winced in pain as his eyes widened as baby Groot charged his head on his own coil, "I AM GROOT!" Groot them leaped on Kaa's head, wrapped his branches around his mouth and start hitting him in the eyes, "Hooked on a feeling... I'm high on believing... That you're in love with me..."

All the good love when we're all alone... Keep it up girl... Yeah, you turn me on..." Rocket grinned as he got to the branch Kaa was on. He looked down and gave Sora and the Guardians a thumbs up. Sora nodded as he remembered snakes were cold blooded he he casted ice magic on Kaa making the snake wince in pain and giving Groot on opportunity to jump off the snake as Rocket pushed his coils off the tree making Kaa fall to ground level, IIIIIIIIIIIIIII'MMMMMMMMMM..."

"Hooked on a feeling... I'm high on believing... That you're in love with me..." As the Snake groaned as he got back up, Drax put his knifes away and grabbed the snake by the throat. Kaa tried to hypnotize him only for Drax to poke him in the eyes with his thumbs causing Kaa to scream in pain, "I'm hooked on a feeling... I'm high on believing... That you're in love with me..."

"I'm hooked on a feeling... I'm high on believing... That you're in love with me..." As the son ended Sora smiled at Drax, "Nice work, Drax." He nodded in apperaction, "Thank you, Sora, you and the others fought bavely as well." As the Guardians and Bagheera surronded the snake Gamora wondered, "So, what so we do with him."

"I recognize this animal as well. We'd cook them in a pot over a flame pit as children to make a stew. Their flesh was quite delicious." Drax offered. Kaa eye's would of widened if they weren't in so much pain, he cried out, "Oh, PLEASSSSSSSSSE don't cook and EAT ME! I'll do ANYTHING! I promissssssssse never to EAT another living sssssssssoul again!"

"You promise?" Sora asked as he rasied an eyebrow. He nodded, "Cross my heart and hope to die." Drax wondered, "Why would you hope to die if you pleaded us to spare your pathetic life?!" Groot replied, "I am Groot."

"You think he's telling the truth, Bagheera?" Gamora asked. The Panther nodded, "Yes... I believe Kaa had finally learned his lesson." Sora nodded as he winked. "Alright, Kaa we'll spare you but I'd suggest you get out of our sight be Rocket changes his mind." Rocket grinned as he pretend to search through his weapons as he winked back, "Hmmm...now should I go with the explosive grenade or the acid gun?"

Kaa quickly slivered through the Jungle and out of their sight but as they did Sora couldn't help but wondered, "Do you have an really have an acid gun?" Rocket replied, "It's still currently getting worked on. It's not ready yet."

Peter then walked back to them as Sora asked, "How is she?" Peter answered, "She'll live but she's still hypnotized." Gamora wondered, "So, how do we undo it?" Sora then regonized her, "Kitty?"

"You know this girl?" Drax wondered. Sora nodded, "She's lives with me at the Institute. She must of phased through my door when I came here." Rocket wondered, "What is she? You're girlfriend?" Sora shook his head, "She's more of a sister to me?"

"So, she's single?" Peter asked with hope as he gently placed her on the ground. Sora wondered, "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Peter, focus. We need to figure out how to snap Sora's friend out of it. Bagheera do you have any ideas?" Gamora asked the panther. Bagheera replied, "Well, a good enough hit should do the trick. It worked for both Mowgli and I."

"Alright, hold her steady. I'll make it quick." Gamora told them as she placed her sword away and cracked her knuckles. However, Groot stopped her, "I am Groot."

"Groot's right. There's got be way without hurting her." Sora nodded. Peter beamed, "I know! I could try kissing her! Maybe that could snap her out of it."

"Uh... Peter? I don't think that's a good idea." Sora replied. The teenage Star-Lord replied, "Only one way to find out!"

"Oh, Kitty's not going to like this..." Sora groaned. Gamora nodded, "That's Peter for you..."

"Oh, this is going to end well. I can already tell." Bagheera said sarcastically. Drax wondered, "How can you possibly know that?"

Peter leaned and kissed Kitty on the lips. Her color eyes snapped back to normal. Rocket muttered, "Five units, she punches him in the face." Kitty's eyes narrowed as she punched Peter in the face as Rocket grinned, "Called it!"

"You sick pervert!" Kitty exclaimed. Peter tried to explain only to get blasted away. Sora turned to see that the rest of the X-Men were there as well. Scott exclaimed, "Get away from our friends! Jean get them out of there!"

"Wait, guys were not..." Sora tried to explain as Jean lifted him and Kitty away from the Guardians. Rocket exclaimed, "Hey, those creeps are taken them." Drax pulled out his knives as he charged at the X-Men, "You will release them or feel the wrath of Drax the Destroyer!"

"Wait, Drax, they're not..." Sora tried to explain but Evan cut him off, "...going to give them up without a fight! Don't worry, Sora! We've got this!"

"Evan, wait, don't!" Sora exclaimed as Evan fired spikes at Drax. Drax either dodged or cut through the spikes as he continued to charge. Nightcrawler then teleported on Drax and teleported them above the trees. Kurt realsed him their only for Drax to grab on his tail and continued the fight as Kurt teleported again. Back on the ground Scott fired another optic blast as Gamora dodged it as she drew her sword. Scott was about to fire again only to be blasted away, he looked up to see that Star-Lord has gotten back on feet and started flying using his jet boots. Kitty gave Jean an nod as she threw Kitty at Star-Lord and phased threw his jet boots shorten them out causing him to fall. As he was about to get back up, Shadowcat tackled him back to the ground. Star-Lord tried to tell her, "Hey, stop fighting were trying to help you!"

"BY TRYING TO RAPE ME?!" Kitty yelled back in anger. Peter then realized that Sora might have been right saying kissing her was a bad idea, "What?! No! I'd never..." Kitty then proceeded to hit him again. Sora exclaimed, "Could everyone just stop and listen to me for a second?!"

Gamora and Evan charged at each other with sword and spikes in hand. As Gamora cut threw Evan's spikes, she threw one of his spikes back at Jean who caught it with her mind but then she realized that wasn't all she threw as baby Groot revealed himself as he jumped on Jean's face, "I AM GROOT!" As Groot started punching Jeans face, she was forced to let go of Sora as she told the tiny living tree, "Get...off...of...me!" Rocket leaped in the air with two guns in his hands, "Say your prayers!" Scott then removed his glasses and blasted him away. However, Rocket quickly got back up and started to firing force Scott to dodge. Sora signed as the battle raged on, he turned to Bagheera, "Do you ever had so deal with something like this?"

"No, this would be a first..." Bagheera admitted. Sora signed, "Figures... Guess it's up to me..." Sora dodged as Drax threw Kurt back to the ground as Jean finally manged to get Groot off of her. Gamora manged to knock Kitty away from Peter as the two teams stood by eachother. Both team leaders eyes narrowed and the other as they charged at eachother as Sora rasied his Keyblade and exclaimed, "STOP!" Everyone freezes in place, Sora walked in between them, "Could you all stop fighting for five minutes to get a chance to talk."

"He started it!" Scott and Peter exclaimed. Then teenage leaders glared glared at eachother, "I started it? No, I didn't you did! What?! No, I didn't! You're the one who kidnapped Sora! What?! No, we didn't! We were trying to save Sora from you! Stop it! You stop it!" Sora exclaimed, "Okay, that's enough! I don't care who started it but I'm ending it! Look, I'm not in danger here, I'm fine!"

Sora turned to Peter, "Hey, Peter. Remember, when I told you who I live with?" Peter struggle to nod so instead he said, "Yeah, the X-Men..." Peter's eyes widened in realization, "Those are them, aren't they?" Sora nodded as he turned to Scott, "Scott, now remember, when I told you when I first went to another world? Who I meet?"

"Yeah, but that was all a dream?" Scott replied. Gamora rasied an eyebrow, "You seriously thought he was just dreaming about us?" Drax added, "He couldn't have dreamed us up. We are standing right here in front of you and on a world that is definitely not yours."

"Wait, your them?! Sora wasn't dreaming about meeting aliens?!" Jean asked in shock. Rocket replied, "That's rich coming from people born with powers on a backwater planet...no offense Sora." Sora signed as he continued, "Look my point is that we're all friends here..."

"Okay, so if we're all friends, then why did Rocket boy kiss me against my will!" Kitty demaned. Rocket complained, "I didn't kiss you, Peter did!" Evan rolled his eyes, "Like that changes everything!"

"No, it doesn't. You are still angry at us." Drax replied. Evan just stared at Drax, "Okay, I found someone who worse at sarcasm and metaphors than Sora is." Sora signed, "Look, Peter was trying to rape you or hurt you in any way. We found you hypnotized and about to be eaten by a talking snake..."

"Oh, yeah...that was totally creepy." Kitty recalled. Sora continued, "After we rescued you, you were still hypnotized so we had to figure out a way to snap you out of it so Peter thought the best way to do without harming you was by kissing you."

"Yeah...well...he still stole my first kiss." Kitty replied still angry at him. Sora turned to Peter, "And he's sorry. Right, Peter..." Peter signed, "Yeah...sorry, I stole your first kiss...I probably should have considered other options before I did...That was my fault...I don't expect you to forgive me..." Kitty just continue to glare but signed, "Thanks for saving me...just don't like do it again!"

"I promise." Peter nodded. Gamora added, "And we'll hold him to it." Sora then asked, "Now, I'm gonna to release you and you won't start fighting eachother when I do so I can calmly explain the situation to everyone. Blink twice if you agree to my terms." Everyone blink twice and Sora released them from his spell. Sora took a deep breath, "Alright, first I think introductions are in order. Guardians of the Galaxy, this is Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops, Jean Grey, Kurt Wagner a.k.a. Nightcrawler, Kitty Pryde a.k.a. Shadowcat, and Evan Daniels a.k.a. Spyke. X-Men, this is Peter Quill a.k.a. Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket, and Groot."

"I am Groot." Baby Groot greeted. Kitty thought he looked adorable, "Aw...he's so cute!"

"Yeah... not exactly the word I'd use." Jean muttered as she rubbed her bruised face. Kurt wondered, "So, how exactly did we get here? And did you exactly get to these other worlds?"

"My Keyblade? I can't exactly control it but it only happens when a worlds in gave peral and needs my help." Sora answered. Evan wondered, "Okay, so exactly do we get back?"

"Only when I seal this worlds Keyhole can we return to earth." Sora replied. Jean rasied an eyebrow, "Keyhole?" Gamora answered, "It's a Keyhole that leads to worlds heart, if enough darkness, like the Unversed, gets inside it. Darkness will consume it making it along with all who live there disappear."

"Disappear?!" The X-Men exclaimed. Gamora nodded, as Sora continued, "And usually the Unversed have a command like Ronan and Frollo. Here it's a tiger named Shere Kahn."

"KKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNN!" Evan exclaimed as it echoing across the jungle. Everyone just stared at him, "What? I love Star Terk!"

"According to Bagheera, he's a man hating tiger who hates us for fire." Sora explained. Kitty muttered, "Great... like the talking snake wasn't enough." Drax wondered, "How could you possibly think a beast that wants to kill you is great?"

"It was SARCASM!" Rocket exclaimed. He turned to Kurt, "Ya, see what I have to work with?" Kurt was unsure how to answer to that as Scott just decided to ask, "Does anyone else knows what you can do?"

"Just Ben... And Rogue." Sora admitted. Scott eyes widened, "What?! How does Rogue know?!" Jean realized, "Wait, when you did that group project, when you two wrote the Hunchback of Notre Dame, she came with you..." Sora nodded, "Yeah, and it was completely by accident...just like bringing you guys here... I'm sorry for dragging you all into this, I was really hoping it wouldn't happen today of all days."

Before anyone could ask anymore questions, someone called out, "Bagheera! Bagheera!" Rocket wondered, "Who the heck is that?!" Bagheera replied, "That would be Baloo. Well, it's happened. Took longer then I thought but it's happened. Follow me everyone." Kurt wondered as the Panther ran off, "The Panther talks too."

"Yes, these world have the own unquie rules of who their world works so tend to keep an open mind here." Sora replied. As he ran after with as the Guardians ran after them. Scott signed, "Alright, guess we've got no choice but to go after him..." As they did, Kurt replied, "I guess we owe him an apology."

"Who?" Scott wondered as Jean got what Kurt was saying, "Sora... He's been telling us since the first time and we never believed him! In fact, the only ones who excatly believes him is Mr. Kenobi and Rogue. Otherwise, he had to carry this burden alone all this time!"

"Yeah, you're right. First chance we get, I'll apologize." Scott admitted. Kitty added, "We all will."

"Yeah, we didn't believe him either." Evan added. Scott nodded as they a bear climb up a cliff just in the exact moment they arrived as he yelled, "Bagheeraaaaa!" Bagheera screeches and sits stunned for a while as the bear laughed sheepishly, "Oh, you heard me, huh?"

"Their friends. Now Mowgli? Mowgli? All right, what happened? Where's Mowgli?" He asked. Jean whispered to Gamora, "Who's Mowgli?" She replied, "A young boy who lived in this jungle." As Baloo recalled the whole event, "They ambused me, thousands of them! I jabbed with my left, then I swung with the right, and then I..."

"Oof, for the last time, what happened to Mowgli?" Bagheera demanded as he just wanted to get to the point. Baloo replied, "Like I told ya, them mangy monkeys carried him off." The Panther then knew what he was talking about, "The Ancient Ruins. Oh, I hate to think what will happen when he meets that king up there."

"I take it he's bad news." Sora assumed. Bagheera nodded, "Well, not as bad as Shere Kahn but still pretty bad. I could only wondered what that fool wants with Mowgli." Rocket replied, "Well, why are we just standing around here for?! Let's go!"

Meanwhile at the accient ruins, King Louie sung to himself as the other monkey's danced around, "Ding ding lo-la diddly-o zing boing... Sca-be-do, hoo-be-do, zee-bo do-zeb... Diddly-doo dee-hoy... Iwanna be a man-man one or-rang-a-tang tang..." Just then one of the monkey's reported, "Ha, ha, we got him, King Louie!"

"Man, we got him, we got him!" Another nodded. King Louie looked up as they brought down Mowgli, "Ha, ha, ha, So you're the man-cub? Crazy!" He glared at him, "I'm not as crazy as you are! Put me down!" They monkeys then dropped Mowgli on the ground. He glared at them, "You cut that out!"

"Cool it, boy. Unwind yourself." King told him as he sang, Do-doot doot-doot do..." He then shook his hand with his foot, "Now come on. Let's shake, cousin."

"What do you want me for?" Mowgli demanded. King Louie explained, "Word has grabbed my royal ear, have a banana..." He threw a banana into Mowgli's mouth as he continued, "...that you want to stay in the jungle." Mowgli replied with his mouth still full, "Stay in the jungle? I sure do."

"Good. And ol' King Louie..." He told him as he snag, "Bop-boo do-bay doo-boo-do..." He then continued, "...that's me, can fix it for you. Have two bananas..." He then threw two bananas into Mowgli's mouth as he asked, "Have we got a deal?" Mowgli nodded with his mouth even fuller, "Yes, sir. I'll do anything to stay in the jungle."

"Well then. I'll lay it on the line for ya." He told him as he jumped down from his throne, "A bop-bop do-do do-be-do..." He clapped his hands and sang, "Now I am the king of the swingers, oooh... The jungle V.I.P... I've reached that top and had to stop...And that's what's botherin' me..."

"I wanna be a man, man-cub,... And stroll right into town... And be just like the other men,...I'm tired of monkeyin' around..." King Louie sang as he danced, "Ohh, oobie-do..."

"Bop-do-wee..." The monkeys sang as Lowie continued, "I wanna be like you..."

"Hum dee oobee-do-ba..."

"I wanna walk like you..." He snag as the monkeys joined in, "Tee"

"Talk like you..." King Lowie sang.

"Too..."

"Too!" King Lowie sang.

"Wee be-dee be-dee do..."

"You see it's true..." He sang.

"Shoo-ba dee-do..."

"An ape like me..." King Lowie continued.

"Shoo-be do-bee do-bee..."

"Can learn to be... Human... too..." ThenHe makes sounds as if playing a horn but stops to see that one of his servent monkey was doing it too. He tried shewing him off but he would not stop. The monkey even threw the leaf fan at him as he started to whistle much to King Lowie annoyance. He finally stopped when King Lowie threw the leaf fan back at him and sang, "Roo-baka-tee-gah, roo-baka-tee-gee! Zoo-baka too-baka too-baka too-baka too-baka! Too-bee pau-wagau to-pah!"

His loyal subjects cheered for their King as Mowgli laughed as he danced along, "Gee, cousin Louie, you're doing real good."

"Now, here's your part of the deal, cuz. Lay the secret on me of man's red fire." He told him. Mowgli rasied an eyebrow, "But I don't know how to make fire." Louie just thought he was kidding as he sang, "Now, don't try to kid me, man-cub...I made a deal with you...What I desire is man's red fire...To make my dream come true..."

Baloo, Bagheera, the Guardians, and the X-Men reach the walls of the Ruins as they heard King Louie sing, Now give me the secret, man-cub...Come on, clue me what to do...Give me the power of man's red flower...So I can be like you..." Bagheera realized, "Fire! So that's what that scoundrel's after." Scott asked, "That kid has no idea how to make a fire, does he?"

"No, and there's no telling what he'd do if he finds out." Bagheera replied. Baloo pumped up his fists, "I'll tear him limb from limb, I'll beat him, I'll.. I'll.." Soon, both he and Peter were lost to the music, "...ummm, yeah, well, man, what a beat!" Peter nodded as he danced, "You can say that again."

"Will you stop that silly beat business and listen! This will take brains, not brawn." Bagheera told them as they failed to notice Baby Groot dancing. Peter nodded as he continued to dance with Baloo, "You better believe it! And we're loaded with both." Bagheera, Gamora, and Scott exclaimed quietly, "Would two you listen?!"

"Oh, yeah, yeah..." Baloo and Peter stopped... For about five seconds. Drax turned to Groot who stopped dance but as he turned away Baby Groot started dance again. Kitty did notice on the other hand and thought it was so adorable, "Seriously, guys, he's so darn cute." Jean whispered, "Kitty focas..." Although, she had to admit, Groot was adorable when he danced. Sora whispered, "Anyone gotta plan?"

"Now, while Baloo and Quill create a disturbance, the rest of us will rescue Mowgli. Got that?" Bagheera explained. Everyone nodded as it did sound like a good plan untill they saw them walking and dancing away as Baloo told them, "We're gone then, solid gone." Scott, Gamora, and Bagheera exclaimed, "Not yet, Baloo/Peter!" Before the split up Gamora handed Sora some items. They reminded Sora of the coin that summoned Hercules. He looked to her as she simply said, "Just in case." Sora nodded as everyone quickly spread out to find away to reach the boy, Bagheera was the closest by when he reached out for him he gets slammed in the face with a door as Peter and Baloo entered the Ruins disgused as monkeys. Peter's looked allot more convicing until Kurt realized his hollowatch was missing, "Aw, man! He stole my watch!"

"Hey!" The two exclaimed. As Baloo continued, "Da-zaap bon-ronee..."

"Hap ba-dee dee-lap-da-non..." Peter continued. Baloo sang, "Hene-bebe-re..."

"Doot zaba-doo-dee-day..." Peter joined in. Baloo sang, "Doo-bam doo-boo-bee-bay..."

"Bo-bom, za-ba-pa-panney!" They sang together. Louie ran up to greet them, "Abba-do-dee?"

"With a reep-bon-naza!" Baloo sang. Louie turned to Peter, "Eh ba-daba doy..."

"Well-a-la-ba zini..." The Star-Lord sang as Louie turned to Baloo, "War-la-bop, boor-la-bop..."

"See-ble-bop, dooney..." Baloo sang. Louie sang, "Ooh, ooh, ooh!"

"With a huh, huh, huh, huh!" Peter joined in. Louie sang, "Rrrawr, rrrawr..."

"Get mad, baby!" Baloo nodded. Louie sang, "Hada-lada hada-lada..."

"With a hada-lada hadoo-doo..." Peter sang. Louie sang, "Oodle-loodle-oodle-loodle..."

"Ooh-doo-daa-daa-daa..." Baloo sang. As they joined together as Louie sang, "Doodle-doot, doodle-doot..."

"Zee-ba-da-da... Haba-da..." Peter finished as King Louie sang, "Yoo-hoo-hoo..."

"Bop-do-wee..."

"I wanna be like you..." Peter sang as Kitty phased through a wall with Gamora to grab Mowgli but they missed as the monkeys sang, "Hum dee oobee-do-ba..."

"I wanna walk like you..." The three sang.

"Dee..."

"Talk like you..." They sang.

"Too..."

"Too-oo-oo!" Baloo sang. As Kurt teleported on the ceiling to grab him as Groot danced on his shoulders, "Wee be-dee be-dee do..."

"You see it's true, hoo-hoo..." They three sang as Baloo swung on Kurt's tail almost making lose his balance but still winced in pain, "Someone like me-ee-ee..."

"Can learn to be like someone like me..." Peter sang as Jean tried to use her telekinesis to get him away from Louie only to grab a random monkey instead. Drax quickly punched out the monkey before it could call for help as Baloo exclaimed, "Take me home, Daddy!"

"Can learn to be like someone like you..." They sang. King Louie slapped the two on the back, "One more time!" However, Baloo disguse falls off as Peter's holodisguise reverts to his true form as the two sangYeah! Can learn to be like someone like me... Zee-dee-dee bop-bop-botta...Doodle-dat un-dat un-dat un-dat un-dat un-dat..." They then realized that the jig was up as they groaned, "Man..." Peter muttered, "Ah...song's over..."

"It's Baloo, the bear!" A monkey regonized. Another agreed, "Yeah, that's him but who's the man?"

"How'd they get in here?" Another asked. Mowgli ran up to the bear, "Baloo, it's you!" As they monkeys tried to reclaim Mowgli, Scott realized, "Alright, guess we're going with plan B?" Sora asked, "What's plan B again?"

"Oh, the usually, we kick the bad guys butt." Evan replied. Drax leaped to ground level, "Drax the Destroyer approves of this plan B!" He then swatted monkeys aside to rescue Mowgli. Scott, Rocket, Peter, and Evan fired blasts and spikes at the monkeys scattering them. Sora and Gamora fought through waves of monkeys as Jean, Kurt, Kitty, and Groot quickly followed behind. Bagheera and Baloo also fought through monkeys as they finally reached Mowgli. As one last desperate attempt to reach Mowgli, Louie knocked Scott aside as he tried to reach him. As he did so, Scott's glasses fell off and his optic blast began to destroy the temple as everything came tumpling down Scott closed his eyes as Sora knocked King Louie aside, "Gamora, get Scott's glasses! Kurt get us out of here!" They nodded as they did as they were told. Jean got Scott to the others, as Gamora grabbed Scott's glasses with everyone together Kurt telported everyone out of the temple as it came down leaving Louie only holding a pillar of it remains.

Once they were safe, Kurt groaned, "Man, I never teleported this many people before." Gamora told him, "You did good, kid. Scott, here you go." She handed his glasses. As he placed on his glasses he nodded, "Thanks."

"Who are you people?" Mowgli asked. Sora replied, "Well, Mowgli. We're human, like you...well most of us...I'm Sora, this is Scott, Jean, Kurt, Kitty, Evan, Peter, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot." Groot waved, "I am Groot." Mowgli replied, "Yeah, I don't recall being able to shoot lasers out of my eyes or teleport or phase through solid objects. Evan shrugged, "Yeah, well...we're a different kind of human."

"Look, Mowgli. We're here to help, you get back to man village in one piece." Jean explained. However, Mowgli replied, "But I don't want to go to the man village, I want to stay in the jungle!"

"You better believe it! If he goes back to a man village, they'll make a man outta him." Baloo added. Kurt shrugged, "Is that really a bad thing?"

"I don't know we did destroy an entire temple of Ruins." Rocket pointed out. Gamora signed, "Rocket, your not helping."

"Look, we all had a long day. How about we make camp and call it a night?" Peter suggested. Bagheera signed, "That might be a good idea." Gamora suggested, "Our ship, the Milano, isn't far from here. We can camp there."

So, they made their way to Peter's ship, all visitors to this world decided to stay on Peter's ship. Some decided to turn in for night while others mainly the X-Men stayed up. Kitty shivered as the night went on, as Peter and Rocket worked on finishing the Milano, Peter noticed Kitty was cold, he walked up,to her and offered her his jacket. Kitty looked at him, Peter signed, "Yeah, I know your still mad at me about yesterday and I deserve that but I'm not the guy I once was so give me a chance to help you."

Kitty signed as she finally took Peter's Scavanger jacket. After a few moments, Kitty wondered, "Hey, you mind if I ask you a few questions?" Quill nodded, "Quest away."

"You're human, right? So, how did you like end up living in space with a bunch of aliens." Kitty asked. Peter replied, "Well, technically, I'm only half-human on my mother's side, my dad was something else. Not entirely sure since he bailed on us before I was born." Kitty's eyes widened, "Oh, I'm so sorry..."

"It's alright...anyways, I lived with my mom most of my childhood untill the cancer finally got to her. She died, and I was so scared, I'd was afraid she'd leave if I took her hand, but live to regret that day because she died anyways." Peter replied. Kitty eyes widened as she gasped, that was horrible. Peter continued, "After mom died, I ran away. However, not long after I was abducted by group of aliens called the Scavengers. Their leader, Youndu took me under his wing, where I became a Scavanger myself. I've done allot of stuff, I'm not to proud of looking back."

"So, why did you change?" Kitty asked. Peter replied, "I actually have Sora to thank for that. We all do actually. Sora was just that guy that wanted to help people even though he's lost so much." Kitty rasied, "So, you know?"

"Yeah, not being able to remember your past or family. That stinks. Anyways, he got us all together and help us made the right choices in our lives to become better than we were. To be heroes. So, we became the Guardians of the Galaxy, they became my new family. We'd offer Sora a place on the team but he said that he already had one." Peter finished. Kitty frowned, "Hey, look. I'm also sorry for treating you like garbage. I mean, Sora vouched for you and you apologized and ment it. Heck, you even saved my life..."

"Don't mention it." Peter replied smiled. He offered her his hand, "Friends?" She smiled and shook back, "Friends." Peter then asked, "So, you mind telling me how you became an X-Man?" Kitty smiled, "Well, I have Sora to thank for that..."

Sora lied back on a chair as Jean and Scott walked up to him, Scott wondered, "Sorry, how've you been doing?" Sora shrugged, "Alright, it could have been better..." Scott signed, "Sora...I'm sorry, I didn't believe you, when you said you've been going to other worlds..."

"We both are...we should have been there for you." Jean added. Sora nodded, "It's okay. I guess it was kinda crazy to believe...I mean, before I got my powers, these would be the things I'd be asking you about... But now..."

"Only proves how little we really know...but you know allot more than we did." Scott replied. Jean smiled, "You want me to go through you memories so, I have a better idea what you've been through." Sora smiled and nodded he closed his eyes as Jean took Scott's hand as they entered Sora's mind. They went through his memories of his journey through the worlds...

"Peter, listen to me. We cannot allow the stone to fall into Ronan's hands. We have to go back to your ship and deliver it to Nova."

"You killed my wife! You killed my daughter!"

"A boy? Years of destruction, I have caused and the Keyblade choose a boy to fight me?!"

"Guys. Come on. Yondu is gonna be here in two seconds. He expects us to hear this big plan of ours. I need your help. I… Look around us. You know what I see? Losers. And we have. Man, we have. All of us. Our homes, our families, normal lives, memories, and, usually, life takes more than it gives. But not today. Today, it's given us something. It had given us a chance. To give a shit. For once. Not run away. I, for one, am not gonna stand by and watch as Ronan wipes out billions of innocent lives."

"Finger to the throat... means death! It is a metaphor."

"No. You can't. You'll die. Why are you doing this? Why?"

"We...Are...Groot."

"You're mortal! How?!"

"You said it yourself, bitch. We're the Guardians of the Galaxy."

"Be a better guy than I've ever been with girls, Sora. Don't lose her."

"You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help. Justice!"

"God help the outcast...or nobody will..."

"I dare to dream the she...might even care fore me...as I right these bells tonight...my cold dark tower feels so bright...I swear it must be heaven's light!"

"Well, it seems like everytime we tried to help we've only made things worse. What if we help and Frollo decides to kill everyone or the world ends… I was better off on Earth alone."

"With days we've been having, that is completely possible. But if doing what's right only brings in more wrong to the world then that doesn't mean we should give up. We can take Frollo and his army but we need you."

"SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!"

"Men! Focas your attack on….on the Keyblade Master!"

"I should have known you'd risk your life to save that gypsy witch. Just as your own mother died in her pitiful atempt to save you. Now I'm going to do what I should have done twenty years ago! And He shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!"

"All that time, Quasimodo let himself be trapped inside his nightmares Frollo gave him."

""Ya know. Before today, I would have said no but after everything we witnessed today, maybe humans and mutants do have a chance to live together."

"So...here is a riddle to guess if you can sing the Bells of Notre Dame! What makes a monster...and what makes a man...sing the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, BELLS OF NOTRE DAME!"

"Never give up hope, friends, and family...my little Sora..."

Said a sweet angelic voice... Jean let go with eyes widened. Sora wondered, "What? What did you see?" Jean replied, "Well, I saw everything you've been through. It looked like you had some close calls but Sora...why didn't you tells us you've been dreaming about your mother?"

"Wait, you've been dreaming about your mother?" Scott's eyes widened. Sora signed, "Only on the nights before and the day of my birthday. I never told you guys because I didn't think you'd get all over dreams."

"While...for the most part...yes...they were mostly dreams but what she said to you in those dreams, 'Never give up hope, friends, and family.' That was a memory." Sora's eyes widened, "Wait, what?!" Just then Evan and Kurt entered the room along with Kitty and Peter. She was still wearing, Peter's jacket. Evan greeted, "Hey, guys what's you talking about?"

"And why is Kitty look like Peter's girlfriend all of a sudden?" Kurt wondered. Kitty and Peter looked to eachother and moved apart a little from eachother and blushed. Peter cleared his throat, "So, the good news the damages aren't permitted and can easy be fixed? Bad news, we still have no clue how to find the keyhole or how to return Mowgli to the Man-Village willingly."

"Right...we should probably figure those out first if we ever want to get home." Scott nodded. Jean signed, "Have anyone of you tried talking to him about it?"

"We all have... He won't listen to us." Kurt replied. Kitty replied, "Yeah, he's like determined to stay in the jungle. I mean, what's so great about the jungle anyways." Sora replied, "I even tried asking him has he ever wondered what he came from or who his parents were? He's not even a bit curious, I don't get it."

"Okay, so he won't listen to us so we just have to find someone who he is willing to listen too." Evan wondered. Jean nodded, "Okay, so who's it?"

"Well, he does seem to listen to Baloo, maybe if we can convice him that taking Mowgli to the man village is the for the best, maybe he can convince him as well." Peter suggested. Scott nodded, "That's actually a good point. Alright, let's give it a shot."

"I don't know, guys. If we do mange to convince Baloo, I have a feeling Mowgli gonna feel like he's been betrayed." Sora replied. Jean told him, "If this doesn't work we'll think of something else." Sora signed but nodded, "Okay, let's do it." With that, they explained the idea to Bagheera and he seemed to think it was a good idea too. So, Bagheera, Jean, and Scott walked up to Ballo as he watch Mowgli sleep as Bagheera tried talking to him, "...and furthermore, Mowgli seems to have man's ability to get into trouble, and your influence hasn't been exactly..."

"Shhh! Keep it down, you're gonna wake little buddy. Yeah. He's had a big day, it was a real sockaroo. You know it ain't easy learning to be like me." Baloo shushed them. Bagheera replied, "Pah! A disgraceful performance. Associating with those undesirable, scatterbrained apes. Huh. I hope he learned something from that experience."

"Yeah... scooby-dooby, dooby-doo.." Mowgli sung in his sleep. Baloo laughed, "Ha, ha. That's my boy." Bagheera groaned as he, Jean, and Scott walked toward the water, "Oh, nonsense. Baloo, come over here. We'd like to have a word with you." He rasied an eyebrow as he followed, "A word? You gonna talk some more?"

"All right, what's up Bagheera? Scott? Jean?" Baloo asked as he yawned. Scott told him, "Baloo, Mowgli must go back to the man-village. The jungle is not the place for him." Baloo replied, "I grew up in the jungle. Take a look at me."

"Yes, just look at yourself. Look at that eye." Bagheera told him as they stared into the river. They saw they both had each one eye swollen since the fight. Ballo smiled, "Yeah. It's beautiful, ain't it?"

"Frankly, you're a disreputable sight." Bagheera told him. Baloo smiled, "Why, you don't look exactly like a basket of fruit yourself."

"D'oh! Ballo, you can't adopt Mowgli as your son." Bagheera groaned. Baloo asked, "Why not?"

"How can we put it? Baloo, birds of a feather should flock together." Jean told him. Baloo shrugged. Bagheera nodded as he explained, "She's right. You wouldn't marry a panther, would you?"

"I don't know. Ha ha, come to think of it, no panther ever asked me." He joked. Bagheera told him, "Baloo, you've got to be serious about this."

"Oh, stop worrying, Baggy, stop worrying, I'll take care of him." Baloo told him. Jean rasied an eyebrow, "Yes, like you did when the monkeys kidnapped him, huh?"

"Can a guy make one mistake?" He asked.

"Not in the jungle. And another thing, sooner or later, Mowgli will meet this Shere Khan." Scott told him. That name got Baloo worried, "The tiger? What's he got against the kid?" Bagheera answered, "He hates man with a vengeance, you know that. Because he fears man's gun and man's fire."

"But little Mowgli don't have those things." Baloo pointed out. Bagheera replied, "Shere Khan won't wait until he does. He'll get Mowgli while he's young and helpless. Just one swipe..." Baloo's eyes widened in horror, "No. Well, what are we gonna do?"

"We'll do what's best for him." Jean explained. Baloo nodded, "You better believe it, you name it now I'll do it."

"Good. Then make Mowgli go to the man-village." Scott told him. Baloo was shocked, "Are you out of your mind? I promised him he could stay here in the jungle with me!"

"That's just the point. As long as he remains with you, he's in danger. So it's up to you." Jean replied. Baloo asked, "Why me?"

"Be-because he won't listen to me. He won't listen to any of us." Bagheera answered. Baloo frowned, "I love that kid. I love him like he was my own cub.

"Then think of what's best for Mowgli and not yourself." Scott told him. Baloo asked them, "Well, can't I.. Well can I wait until morning?"

"It's morning now." Bagheera pointed. Baloo looked around and saw that the sun was up. Bagheera told him, "Go on, Baloo." Baloo signed as he walked up to Mowgli, "Uh..."

"Ummmm..." Mowgli mumbled in his sleep. Baloo gulped, he didn't want to do it but he knew it was the best chance of being safe, "Oh boy. Mowgli? Mowgli? Uh, it's time to get up." Mowgli woke up and stretched, "Oh. Hi Baloo."

"Hi. Hey, rub that sleep out of your eyes. You and me, eh, we've got a long walk ahead of us." Baloo told him. Mowgli beamed, "Swell! We'll have lots of fun together."

"Sure. yeah. Yeah, uh.. let's hit the trail, kid. See you around, eh, Bagheera. Jean. Scott." Baloo told them. Mowgli waved them goodbye, "Well, good-bye Bagheera, Scott, and Jean. Me and Baloo, we've got things to do."

"Good-bye man-cub. And good luck." Bagheera told him sliently. He looked up to them, "Get the others. We'll be following them shortly." Scott rasied an eyebrow, "Sure. But aren't we supposed to find the Keyhole to return home." Bagheera explained, "It just so happens that the Keyhole is located near the man-village. Sora can lock it up and Shere Kahn will never know you were here."

"Alright, the Guardians can return to space once repairs are complete." Scott nodded. With that they walked back to the Milano. Mowgli told Baloo, "Come on, Baloo. All we've got to do is... Look for the bare necssities... Some good old bare necessities... Forget about your worries and your strife... I mean the bare necessities...That's why a bear can rest at ease...With just the bare necessities of life...Yeah! I'll live here in the jungle all my life! Yeah, man! I like being a bear. Where are we going, Baloo?"

"Well, ah.. it's a.. um, well it's sort of new and..." Baloo struggled to say as Mowgli shrugged, "Oh, I don't care, as long as I'm with you."

"Mowgli, look buddy, there's something I've got to tell you." Baloo frowned. Mowgli asked chasing a butterfly, "Tell me what, Baloo?"

"Gee whiz. How did old Baggy put it? Ah, Mowgli? Hah, you wouldn't marry a panther, would you?" Baloo asked. Mowgli laughed, "Heh-heh. I don't even know what you're talking about."

"Mowgli, don't you realize that you're a human? Like Sora, Scott, Jean and the rest of them?" Baloo replied. He shook his head, "I'm not anymore, Baloo. I'm a bear like you."

"Little buddy, look, listen to me." Baloo told him as Mowgli tried to play around with him, "Come on, come on, Baloo."

"Now Mowgli, stop it now, now hold still. I wanna tell you something, now listen to me." Baloo tried to get his attention. When he finally did Mowgli asked, "What's the matter, old papa bear?"

"Look Mowgli, I've been trying to tell you, I've been trying all morning to tell you, I've got to take you back to the man-village!" He finally said it. His eyes widened, "The man-village?"

"Now look, kid, I can explain." He tried to explain. But Mowgli felt betrayed, "But you said we were partners..."

"Now believe me, kid, I, I..." Baloo tried to explain but Mowgli replied, "You're just like old Bagheera..."

"Now just a minute, that's going too far..." Baloo told him but Mowgli won't hear as he ran away as Baloo called out, "Hey, Mowgli, where are you going? Wait a minute! Stop! Wait! Wait! Listen to ol' Baloo. Mowgli? Mowgli? Mowgli! Mowgli? Mowgli?"

Bagheera, the X-Men, and the Guardians all heard Baloo calling Mowgli quickly ran to him. The Panther wondered, "Now what's happened?" He replied, "You're not going to believe me, Bagheera, but look, now I used the same words you guys did, and he ran out on me."

"Ugh! I was afriad something like this would happen."

"Why, don't just stand there. Let's separate. You take the X-Men and Guardains while I'll seek others to help us. We've got to find him!" Bagheera told them as he ran off in one direction. Baloo said with worry, "Oh, if anything happens to that little guy, I'll never forgive myself." Scott reassured, "Don't worry. We'll find him. X-Men move out."

"Guardians let's go!" Star-Lord ordered. Everyone called out for Mowgli as they searched through the Jungle...

Meanwhile, the tiger Shere Khan prowling in the grass. He snuck up close to a deer grazing, lies down ready to pounce, but elephants trumpet and the deer runs away. He groaned, there goes his lunch. The elephants marched as the sung, "Hup, two, three, four... Hup, two, three, four... Keep it up, two, three, four..."

"What beastly luck. Confound that ridiculous colonel Hathi." Shere Kahn muttered to himself. Hathi ordered, "Comany, sound off!" The elephants marched and sung, "Oh we march from here to there..."

"And it doesn't matter where..." An elephant sang. The elephants sang, "You can hear us push...Through the deepest bush... Hup, two, three, four..."

"With a military air!" Hathi sung. As the others repeated, "With a military air." They then trumpet with their trunks. Meanwhile, Bagheera saw them coming, "The jungle patrol." He realized they could help find Mowgli. The elephants continued to march and sing, "We're a crackerjack bridage... On a pachyderm parade... But we'd rather stroll...To a water hole..."

"Hup, two, three, four..." The youngest elephant sang. As the Elephants sang, "For a furlough in the shade..."

"STOP!" The panther told them. But they didn't hear him but then realized they'd use a different term, "Wait a minute... HALT!" The elephants stopped, crashing into each other. Hathi demanded, "Who said 'Halt?' I give the commands around here. Now speak up, who was it?"

"Oh, it was me, colonel." Bagheera spoke up. Hathi glared at him, "What do you mean, taking over my command? Highly irregular you know."

"Colonel, I am sorry, but... but I need your help." He pleaded. Shere Kahn was curious of what this was about so he came closer to hear but not too close so no one could see him. Hathi told him, "Impossible. We're on a cross-country march."

"It's an emergency, colonel. The man-cub must be found." Bagheera told him. Hathi rasied an eyebrow, "What man-cub?"

"How interesting..." Shere Kahn smirked as he continued to listen in as Bagheera explained, "The one I was taking to the man-village."

"It's where he belongs. Now sir, if you don't mind, we'd like to get on with the march." He told him. Bagheera explained, "No, no, you don't understand, Hathi. He's lost. He ran away."

"How delightful." He grinned, the man-cub was defenseless. Hathi didn't seem to care, "Well, serves the young wippersnapper right."

"But-but Shere Khan, the tiger, he's sure to pick up the man-cub's trail and the creatures who add him are a danger to all." Bagheera replied as Shere Kahn nodded at that. Hathi shook his head, "Ha, ha. Shere Khan. Nonsense, old boy. Shere Khan isn't within miles of here." Shere Kahn chuckled to himself, as the elephant continued, "Sorry Bagheera. Fortunes of war and all that sort of thing you know." Just then Hathi wife Winfred marched up to him, "This has gone far enough.. Now just a minute, you pompous old windbag!"

"Winifred? What are you doing out of ranks?" He asked. She told him, "Never mind. How would you like our boy lost and alone in the jungle?" Their son, Hathi Jr., poses as illustration for the words. Hathi replied, "Our son? But Winifred, old girl, that's an entirely different matter."

"Humph!" His wife replied. Hathi nodded, "Different. Entirely."

"That boy no differnet than our own son. Now you help find him or I'm taking over command." Winifred threatened. Hathi was shocked, "What? A female leading my herd? Utterly preposterous."

"Pop, the man-cub and I are friends. He'll get hurt if we don't find him. Please, Pop? Sir? Please?" Their son plead. His father smiled, he couldn't say no to his son, after all he wanted to be just like him when he grew up, "Now, don't you worry, son. You father had a plan in mind all the time."

"Huh. Sure you did." Winifred rolled her eyes. Hathi turned to the other elephants, "Troopers, Company, left face! Volunteers for a special mission will step one pace forward. Hathi turn around, all elephants do one step behind, except one, who then notices it and step behind too. Hathi laughed, "Ha, ha. That's what I like to see. Devotion to duty. You volunteers will find the lost man-cub."

"Thank you colonel. Now there's no time to lose." Bagheera thanked him as he left. He nodded, "Yes, well. Good luck." He then whispered to his herd, "When the man-cub is sighted you will sound your trumpet 3 times..."

"Yes sir." An elephant nodded as he trumpets as Hathi silences him, "Shh. Not now soldier."

"Sorry, sir." He apologized as he marched up to another elephant and ordered, "Leutenant, our strategy shall be the element of surprise. You will take one squad and cover the right flank..." Shere Khan leaned forward to hear the whisper as the elephant nodded, "Yes sir."

"And I shall take the other squad on the left flank." He explained even quieter. He then spoke loudly, "Company! Forward... March!" As the elephants walked away as trees fell as they left. Shere Kahn chuckled to himself, "Element of surprise? I say. Ha, ha, ha. And now for my rendezvous with the lost man-cub." He then summoned the Unversed, "Find the man-cub, report back to me when you do..." They nodded as they began to search the jungle...

Meanwhile, vultures were sitting on a dead tree on the dead part of the jungle. The one called Buzzy wondered, "Hey, Flaps, what we gonna do?"

"I don't know. What you wanna do?" Flaps shrugged. One vulture named Ziggy beamed, "I got it! Let's flap over to the east side of the jungle! They've always got a bit of action, a bit of a swinging scene. All right?"

"Ah, come off it! Things are right dead all over." Buzzy replied. Ziggy smirked, "You mean you wish they were!"

The vultures laughed at that as Dizzy chuckled, "Very funny." Buzzy nodded, "Okay, so what we gonna do?"

"I don't know, what you wanna do?" Flaps shrugged again. Buzzy signed, "Look, Flaps, first I say, 'what we gonna do?' and then you say, 'what you wanna do?,' they I say, 'what we gonna do?,' you say 'what you wanna do?', 'what you gonna do?', 'what you wanna...' Let's do something!"

"Okay. What you wanna do?" Flaps asked. Buzzy groaned, "Oh, blimey, there you go again. The same once again!"

"I've got it! This time, I've really got it." Ziggy beamed again. Buzzy nodded, "So you got it. So what we gonna do?"

"Hold it lads. Look, look what's coming our way." Dizzy gestured. They looked at Mowgli

As he came their way. Flaps asked, "Hey, what in the world is that?"

"What a crazy looking bunch of bones." Ziggy wondered. Dizzy wondered, "Yeah, and the're all walking about by themselves." They watched as Mowgli sat down on a stone. Buzzy wondered, "So what we gonna do?"

"I don't know- and now don't start that again!" Flaps now found this annoying as well. Ziggy replied, "Come on lads, come one let's have some fun with this little fella, this little flockey?"

They nodded as they all flew down to Mowgli. Flaps commented, "Blimey, he's got legs like a storky."

"Like a stork, heh-heh, but he ain't got no feathers." Buzzy laughed as the others joined him. Mowgli replied, "Go ahead. Laugh. I don't care."

He then walked off as they realized something was bugging him. Dizzy asked, "What's wrong with him?" Flaps felt bad, "I think we overdid it."

"We were just having a bit of fun that's all." Dizzy said. Buzzy told the others, "Just look at him. What a poor little fella. You know, he must be down on his luck."

"Yeah, or he wouldn't be in our neighborhood." Buzzy nodded. He then called out to him, "Hey, new kid, wait a minute, hey!"

"Just leave me alone." Mowgli told them. Buzzy asked, "Oh, come on, come on, what's wrong? You know, you look like you haven't got a friend in the world.

"I haven't." He admitted. Dizzy asked, "Haven't you got a mother or a father?"

"No. Nobody wants me around." He answered. Buzzy signed, "Yeah, we know how you feel."

"Nobody wants us around, either." Dizzy added. Buzzy told Mowgli, "We may look a bit shabby, but we've got hearts."

"And feelings, too." Dizzy added. Buzzy smiled, "And just to prove it to you, we're gonna let you join our little group."

"Kid, we'd like to make you an honorary vulture." Flaps nodded. Mowgli frowned, "Thanks, but I'd rather be on my own alone."

"Uh, now look, kid, everybody's got to have friends. Hey, fellas, are we his friends?" Flaps, Dizzy, Ziggy sung, "We're your friends... We're your friends... We're your friends to the bitter end..."

"The bitter end..." Buzzy sung. Flaps sung, "When you're alone..." As the other vultures sung, "When you're alone..."

"Who comes around?" Flaps sung. As Buzzy, Dizzy, Ziggy joined in, "Who comes around?"

"To pluck you up..." Flaps sang as they lifted him the air as Buzzy told Mowgli, "Give us a smile." Mowgli gave a little smile as they brought him back down, "When you are down..."

"And when you're..." Flaps began as the others joined in, "..outside looking in who's there... To open the door?"

"Come on, kid, we need a tenor." Buzzy whispered as they sung, "That's what friends are for...Who's always eager to extend... A friendly claw?" Mowgli smiled as he shook their feet, "That's what friends are for... And when you're lost... In dire need... Who's at your side...At lightning speed..."

The Unversed led Shere Khan to them as they continued to sing, "We're friends of ev'ry creature... Coming down the pike... In fact we never met an animal... We didn't like..."

"Heh, heh. you take it kid." Buzzy qued Mowgli. As everyone sung together, "Didn't like..."

"So you can see..." Buzzy sang as Ziggy sang, "can see..."

"We're friends..." Buzzy sang. Ziggy and Dizzy joined in, "we're friends..."

"We're friends in need..." Buzzy sang as the others sang, "friends in need..."

"And friends indeed..." Buzzy sang as the all stood on eachother, "Friends indeed..."

"Take it easy lads, steady, steady. W-w-watch it!" Buzzy said as he tried to keep balance as the rest of the vultures sang, "We'll keep yo safe in the jungle...Forevermore..." However, Buzz gulps in fear as he noticed Shere Kahn and the Unversed from the distance. Shere Kahn than sang getting everyone's attention, "That's what friends...Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee...Fffffffffffoooooooorrrrrrrrr!"

"Bravo, bravo! An extraordinary performance. And thank you for detaining my victim." Shere Kahn clapped. Flaps shook in fear, "D-don't mention it, your highness."

"Ha-ha-ha. Boo." He simply said scaring the vultures. Vultures run and fly back to their tree as Dizzy said, "Let's get out of here!"

"Give me room! Run friend! Run!" Buzzy told Mowgli. He replied, "Run? Why should I run?"

"Why should you run? Could it be possible that you don't know who I am?" Shere Kahn wondered if the boy was trying to be brave or just plain stupid. Mowgli glared at him, "I know you all right. You're Shere Khan."

"Precisely. Then you should also know that everyone runs from Shere Khan." He said in response. Mowgli continued to glare, "You don't scare me. I won't run from anyone."

"Ah, you have spirit for one so small. And such spirit is deserving of a sporting chance. Now, I am going to close my eyes and count to ten. It makes the chase more interesting. For me." He told him before he counted, "One. Two. Three. Four..."

Shere Khan turns and looked to see Mowgli picking up a branch. He signed and warned him, "You're trying my patience..." As Baloo, the X-Men, and the Guardians finally caught up with Mowgli, their eyes widened as Rocket exclaimed, "Is that kid crazy?!" As Shere Kahn quickly counted, "5-6-7-8-9-10!"

Shere Khan pounces at Mowgli, who dropped his branch, but Baloo held him by the tail, "Run, Mowgli, run!"

"Let go, you big oaf!" Sheet Kahn demanded. Scott ordered, "Kurt! Get Mowgli out of there!"

Kurt nodded as he teleported to the young boy and teleported him away from the tiger as he ran after them with Baloo still holding on, "Take it easy, hold it, hold it. Whoa, easy, easy."

"He's got a tiger by the tail." Buzzy beamed. Dizzy nodded, "And he'd better hang on, too." However, Shere Kahn managed to get behind Baloo and bite him, "YEOW!" Where Kahn then noticed the X-Men and the Guardians, "More man-cubs? Must be my lucky day! You there! Kill them! Kill them all!"

The Unversed attacked but the heroes fought back and thanks to Sora, they had the upper hand. Flaps cheered,"Let 'em have it! Hit them!"

Soon, Shere Kahn was back on Mowgli's tail who got away from Kurt somehow, "Baloo, help me!"

"Somebody do something with that kid..." Baloo called out. Kitty ran to Mowgli and held on to him, "I'm on it but I can use some back up!"

"Come on, lads!" Dizzy nodded as the vultures swooped in to help them. As Shere Kahn pounced, Kitty and Mowgli phased through Shere Kahn making his eyes widened, "Impossible!"

As he turned around for another attack he was blasted away by Cyclops and Star-Lord, "Get away from Mowgli and Kitty, you bad kitty!" Scott rasied an eyebrow as Peter shrugged, "What?"

Kitty then hand him over to Flaps and Ziggy who carried Mowgli away. Buzzy told Baloo, "He's safe now, ha-ha-ha, you can let go, Baloo!"

"Are you kiddin'? There's teeth on the other end!" Balloo pointed out. Shere Khan gets Baloo on the ground before him and starts attack the bear, "I'll kill you for this!"

"Let go! Baloo needs help!" Mowgli called out. As they set him down away from the fight, lightning breaks a tree and ignites it on fire. Buzzy then had an idea, "Fire! It's the only thing old stripes is afraid of!"

"Get the fire, we'll do the rest..." Flaps told him. Shere Khan knocks Baloo out, Evan called out, "Baloo!" After Sora cut down the tiger themed Unversed, Sora stated, "Let's cage this cat." Evan nodded as Kurt teleported him above as Evan fired spikes trapping Shere Kahn. Baby Groot then closed to spikes in as the Vultures and Rocket ran in, "Charge! Punch and blow!"

"Stay out of this, you mangy fools." Shere Kahn demanded as as he tried to get free as the Vultures laughed, "Yeah, yeah, missed by a mile!" "Yeah, pull his blinkin' whiskers!""He's a bloomin' pussycat!" As Shere Kahn finally got free, Sora took the mini spear and called out, "TARZAN!"

Just then a wild man appeared and began to fight Shere Kahn with his spear. The two groweled at eachother as they struggled against eachother. a With the tiger distracted, Rocket leaped on Shere Kahn's back. He demanded as he struggled aginst the ape man, "Get off of me, you rodent!" Rocket's eyes narrowed as he placed a device on him, "Oh, you're going to regret calling me that!"

Once Rocket was finished, Sora, Drax, and Tarzan kept the tiger distracted as Mowgli ties a blazing branch to Shere Khan's tail. Sora smirked as he joked, "Does anyone smell something burning?" Shere Kahn rasied an eyebrow as Dizzy pointed out, "Look behind you, chum."

Shere Khan turned as he's eyes widened in horror. He makes a run for it but no mater where he ran the flames would follow. He was so scared he ran away from the fight and the jungle, getting burnt by the fire on every step. The vultures cheered, as Buzzy said, "Well, that was the last of him."

"Old stripes took off like a flaming comet." Ziggy added. Rocket crossed his arms and smirked, "In fact, the device I place on him will keep Shere Kahn away from from the jungle by 50 miles, if he gets any closer...Zap!" The Vultures smirked as Dizzy commented, "Nice..."

"Well, come on, let's go congratulate our friends." Buzzy smiled but Dizzy frowned, "Hold it, fellas. Now's not the time for it. Look."

Mowgli comes to Baloo, who is lying without signs of life. Mowgli pleaded, "Baloo? Baloo, get up. Oh please, get up. Oh." Jean frowned, "Oh, no." Everyone walked towards Baloo's body when Bagheera arrived. The panther told the boy sadly, "Mowgli, try to understand."

"Bagheera, what's the matter with him?" Mowgli asked. Bagheera told him, "You've got to be brave, like Baloo was."

"You don't mean... oh, no, Baloo." Mowgli cried. Everyone else let down their own tears as well as Kitty hugged Peter as she cried. Bagheera told him, "Now, now. I know how you feel. But you must remember, Mowgli, greater love hath no one than he who lays down his life for his friend."

Baloo opens his eyes with out anyone noticing as Bagheera continued, "When great deeds are remembered in this jungle one name will stand above all others. Our friend, Baloo the bear."

"He's cracking me up..." Baloo teared up. Bagheera continued, "The memory of Baloo's sacrifice and bravery will forever be engraved on our saddened hearts."

"Beautiful." Baloo sniffed. Kurt prayed, "God in heaven, please watch after this brave bear's soul." Groot commented sadly, "I am Groot." Rocket nodded, "You said it buddy."

"This lazy bear died an honorable warrior." Drax stated. Gamora added, "And an even better... A hero." Bagheera nodded, "This spot where Baloo fell will always be a hallowed place in the jungle, for there lies one of nature's noblest creatures."

"I wish my mother could've heard this." Baloo continued to tear up. It was then noticed someone commented on that and looked around as he asked Scott, "Does anyone else here that?"

"Not now, Sora." Scott told him. Bagheera told the others, "It's best we leave now. Come along, man-cub." Everyone began to leave except for Sora who noticed Baloo's eyes were wide open and was still breathing, "Uh, guys I don't think he's..."

"Don't stop now, guys, you're doing great! I especially you, Baggy! There's more, lots more!" Baloo told them as he got up. Everyone turned back as their eyes widened with joy that Baloo wasn't actually dead...well almost everyone, "Why you, big fraud! You, you four-flusher! I-I'm fed up!"

"Baloo, you're all right!" Mowgli beamed as he jumped in the Bears arms. Everyone cheered as they ran up cheering for him, "Ha-ha. Who me? Sure I am. Never felt... better." Sora turned to Trazan, "Thanks again." Tarzan smiled and nodded as he returned to his own world. Evan stated, "Man, you sure had us all worried..."

"Ahh, I was just takin' five. You know, playing it cool. he-ha, but he was too easy." Baloo's smirked. Everyone laughed as Mowgli comments, "Good old papa bear."

"It's going to be a bit dull without the little bloke, isn't it?" Dizzy commented. Buzzy nodded, "Yeah, so what we gonna do?"

"I don't know - and now don't start that again!" Flaps groaned as the heroes left...

As everyone walked through the jungle Peter pulled out the present from before, Kitty noticed this, "Like what is it." Peter replied, "A persent mom gave me before she past away." Kitty asked, "You never opened it?"

"I've always been to scared too...but when we had a few close calls with Groot and Baloo..." Peter said but was still unsure. Kitty smiled, "I'll be with you." Peter looked at Kitty as she nodded, he first opened the card it read, "Peter, I know these last few months have been hard for you. But I'm going to a better place. And I will be okay. And I will always be with you. You are the light of my life. My precious son. My little Star-Lord. Love, Mom."

"So, that's why you call yourself, Star-Lord." Kitty realized. Peter nodded as he opened the persent. It was a cassette labeled, "Awesome Mix Tape Vol. 2." Peter smiled as he placed the cassette into his tape player. He and Kitty listened to it through his head phones. Later, Baloo stated, "Hey Baggy, too bad you missed the action. You should have seen how I made a sucker out of stripes with that left in his face. Boom, boom, I was giving him wham!. You know, we're some good sparring partners."

"You better believe it!" Mowgli nodded. Sora smiled, "And hopefully it'll be the last you've seen the Unversed too." Baloo nodded, "Yes, sir! Nothing or nobody is ever gonna come between us again." Just the a girl's voice was heard, "My own home... My own home... My own home... My own home..."

"Look, what's that?" Mowgli wondered. Bagheera replied as he gusereted to the villiage, "Oh, it's the man-village." Mowgli shook his head, "No, no, I mean that." They saw as girl walking to a small river, Baloo told him, "Forget about those, they ain't nothing but trouble." Gamora, Kitty, and Jean all glared at him as Mowgli told him, "Just a minute. I've never seen one before."

"You've seen four now, so let's go." Baloo replied. Mowgli moved on ahead, "I'll be right back, I want a better look."

"Mowgli, wait a minute..." Baloo called out. However, Scott stopped him as he smiled, "Ahh Baloo, let him have a better look." Mowgli climbs on a tree branch over the river where the Girl came to water as she sung, "Father's hunting in the forest... Mother's cooking in the home... I must go to fetch the water... 'Til the day that I am grown... 'Til I'm grown... 'Til I'm grown... I must go to fetch the water... 'Til the day that I have grown..."

Mowgli watches her and falls down in the water. Girl giggles and Mowgli hides in some bushes as she continued, "Then I will have a handsome husband..." Baloo has a funny look that line as everyone else chuckled, "And a daughter of my own... And I'll send her to fetch the water... I'll be cooking in the home... Mmm-mmm... Mmm-mmm... Then I'll send her to fetch the water... I'll be cooking in my home..."

She carries the water in a big clay pot on her head and then drops it so it rolls to Mowgli, "Oh!" Baloo realized, "She did that on purpose!"

"Obviously." Bagheera smiled as the girls cheered, "You own that boy, girl!" Mowgli picks the pot, fills it with water and holds for Girl. She looks at him and walks to the village, humming. Mowgli carries water after her. Baloo pleaded, "Mowgli, come back, come back!" However, everyone else encouraged him, "Go on, go on!"

Mowgli hesitated and then, after Girl looks at him again, smiles broadly, shrugs, and enters the village. Kurt smirked, "Well... he is hooked." Drax smiled, "I see no hook, I mearly see a boy and a girl falling in love." Bagheera told Baloo, "Ahh, it was inevitable Baloo. The boy couldn't help himself. It wa bound to happen. Mowgli is where he belongs now."

"Yeah. I guess you're right. But I still think he'd have made one swell bear. I take it since your all here you guys have to go too." Baloo's assumed. Sora nodded, "Yeah, but I'll be back to check on this." Scott added, "We all will." Sora turned to him, "Hey, you an X-Man. You're problems are our problem too."

"For now on whenever you go..." Jean started. Kitty finished, "We'll be there too." Kurt nodded, "Ya, and who knows what else we can discover." Evan nodded, "Yeah, plus, maybe we can even learn how to fly a space ship!"

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves." Rocket muttered as everyone laughed as Peter gave Scott a comincations device, "In case you ever need us..." Scott shook his hand, "...we'll call. Thanks, Star-Lord."

"What are friends for, Cyclops." Peter smiled. Kitty pecked Peter on the check, "Hope to see you soon." Peter smiled as he rubbed the spot Kitty kissed him as Groot smiled, "I am Groot."

"Untill we meet again, Sora." Gamora smiled. Drax smiled, "It was an honor finally meeting your friends." Sora smiled, "We'll see you guys, soon. You too, Baloo and Baghreea. Baloo smiled as he said, "You better believe it kid." He then turned to the panther and he put his front leg over ships shoulder, "Well, come on, Baddy buddy. Let's get back to where we belong. And get with the beat!" Baloo sang as they left, "Look for the bare necessities... The simple bare necessities..."

"Forget about your worries and your strife..." Everyone sang along, "I mean the bare necessities...Are Mother Nature's recipies...That bring the bare necessities of life..." With that Baloo and Bagheera as well as the Guardians were gone as Sora turned to the Keyhole. He then summoned his Keyblade and sealed it shut. A bright light shined as they disappeared from the world...

The X-Men had the reappeared in the Xaviar Institute. Kitty signed as she lied on Sora's bed, "Home, sweet, home." Sora asked, "Did you guys really mean it?"

"Of course...we'll tell the professor and I'm sure he'll find away to control you powers long enough for all of us to go together." Scott smiled. Jean smiled, "And we'll find out what you're dreams and memory of you mother means...however, next time we'll do it in our uniforms instead of our swimsuits"

"Thanks guys. Now let's get to that pool, we've gotta birthday to celebrate!" Sora beamed. Evan point out, "Sora, the ice cream probably melted by now." Kurt's eyes widened at he stared at the time, "Guys, I think we've been gone a few minutes!"

"What?! How is that possible?! We've been gone for like days?!" Kitty wondered. Sora shrugged, "Ben told me as long as we travel by Keyblade. We won't miss much at home." Scott smiled, "Well, in that case...let's get to your party!" Everyone cheered as they ran outside. By the time they got out there, they saw the professor, Storm, Logan, and much to Sora's shock, Riku and Kairi were there too. The two were in there swimsuits as Sora stared at Kairi, "Hey, Sora. Happy Birthday!" Sora blushed as he didn't realize as he was still walking. Riku replied, "Uh, Sora...you might want to..." But Sora fell right into the pool on top of Kitty's float breaking it again. Riku chuckled, "Never mind." Kitty frowned as the others laughed... Sora blushed in embarrassment as Kairi jumped in the pool and kissed him on the check making him blush. Scott smiled, "At least, we now know what to do when Sora doesn't want to go somewhere."

"Yeah, just put Kairi there..." Kurt laughed. Everyone laughed at that as Sora smiled...best birthday ever...

Well, that will conclude this chapter. We got to see the Guardians return, some Star-Lord/Shadowcat, a Tarzan summon, and so much more. I was debating to use Tarzan or Simba summon against Shere Kahn but I decided to save him for another episode...maybe even the next episode. Speaking of which, let's start the preview. After a training simulation where Rogue was the target, this makes Sora more detirmaned to bring Rogue to the team as a friend while Mystique believes it's time she dealt with Sora before that happens... Can Sora convince Rogue that Mystique was the one who attacked her? Can they survive Mystique's assault long enough for help to arrive. Find out next time! I hope you enjoyed the chapter be sure to leave a review. Plus, if you haven't already be sure to follow and fav. as well. See you next time!