Kingdom Hearts Light Of Nome

Chapter 5: The Battle In The Snow

Sora and the others were in a darker area of the forest. It wasn't super bright but it wasn't super dark either,little light penetrated through the trees but the mostly clear sky illuminated the darkness. It was very quiet as well,with not a sound able to be heard aside from the crunching of snow under their feet until they stopped for a break.

"*Sigh* no matter how long we're out here,I can't get used to this snow." Sora complained when a pile of snow fell on him from a branch.

"Sora,are you sure we're going in the right direction?" Donald pouted while Goofy added "I'm getting hungry." as he rubbed his stomach.

"We'll get the medicine and bring it back as quick as possible,come to think of it I'm pretty starving too." Sora agreed as he got up to possibly find something,but something made him stop in his tracks. Out in the distance he heard the very faint but still audible crunching of snow,his heart started to pound because the complete silence of the forest from before was broke and he didn't know what it was. He signaled for Donald and Goofy to stay quiet as he jumped up in a tree to try and get a look at whatever it was.

He quietly scampered across the tree branches as not to give away his location,and once he reached the sound,he was surprised and relieved to see that it was Balto,Borris,Muk,and Luk.

Balto was still sniffing the air while Borris trudged behind and the two polar bears had a snowball fight.

"Okay,Sora and the others should be just up ahead." Balto said as Borris quietly growled "Anything to keep those two ingrates distracted."

Balto's ears perked up when he heard the yelling of a familiar and happy voice "Hey Balto! We missed you!" They all turned their heads in anticipation to find where the voice came from when it added "Up here!"

Balto turned his head upwards to see a smiling Sora on top of a tree branch as he yelled "Hey Sora! Come down here!" Sora chuckled and jumped down to happily greet Balto,while he was petting him he turned to Borris and the two bears and exclaimed "Hey Borris! How you doing?"

"Nothing but sunshine and rainbows." He growled through his teeth as Muk and Luk kept pelting him with snowballs.

"Donald! Goofy! It's alright it's just Balto!" They soon arrived at the comoction when Balto decided to ask "What on Earth are you doing out here?"

"I was about to ask the same to you. We're tracking Steele and the medicine. That idiot got lost and now the medicine is stranded out here." Sora replied with a concerned voice to which Balto smiled "Well thankfully that's why I'm out here too. We shouldn't be too far from Steele, so if we keep going we should reach him by sunset."

Sora grabbed all of them in a hold and said enthusiastically "All right,let's find that medicine!"" Borris however suggested "kindly" "Sora,I do have a bit of a request for you."

"What is it Borris?" Sora asked dimwitted to which Borris shouted at the top of his lungs "HOW BOUT LETTING GO!"

Unbeknownst to them,Saix was watching their reunion when he summoned the heartless that attacked Steele's group with a snap of his fingers.

"Buy time,take care of them. Do not devour them." He snapped his fingers once again and the heartless vanished into a cloud of red smoke. After that,Xemnas appeared from a dark portal as he asked "What troubles you?"

"It's too early for them to reach the medicine. Steele must be pushed to the point where any help could be considered a personal attack to him. If the wolf dog is to become a viable asset to the Organization,he must give into the darkness and this time,he must not return. So I sent a distraction to buy us time."

Xemnas stared off into the distance and he could faintly see a signal light come off of the medicine,he gave off a slight smile and vanished into another dark portal as Saix followed.

Sora and the gang were making better progress due to Balto's sense of smell,and as Balto was about to lead them in another direction,he stopped dead in his tracks when he heard what sounded like a very faint growl. He perked up his ears and tried to figure out where it was coming from but to no avail. Whatever it was however,it was getting closer and closer.

Balto got nervous as he tried to tell the others "Guys I think-" but he stopped when he heard something and turned his head to see a dark figure hide behind a tree as it growled.

"I think we should keep moving." He continued as Borris asked "Is that your answer to all problems,motion?" Donald found himself being with Borris most of the trip as Muk,Luk,and even Goofy pelted them with snowballs. Sora ran up to Balto while Goofy was still behind with Muk And Luk,with Donald and Borris not being too far behind.

Donald and Borris were getting more annoyed at the continuous pelting of snowballs,they were just about to tell them off when two big snowballs pelted them both in the head.

Borris got up from the snow and yelled"Okay,that's it. It's time for goose and duck to kick a little bear butt." to which Donald agreed "Yeah! I'm getting a headache!"

They both turned around to see that the two bears and Goofy were shaking in fear. Borris laughed after seeing their reactions "Aha! Finally! Your old Uncle Borris is making an impression!" but he stopped when he and Donald felt their backs come up against something furry. Their eyes soon widened with shock as they lifted their heads up to see a heartless with pitch black fur,red eyes,and razor sharp teeth. It was also in the shape of a bear and the little bit of sunlight gave the heartless shades of orange and blue on its fur. This was none other than the heartless Saix summoned and Borris and Donald's jaw dropped when they saw it.

The bear lifted its arm up ready to swipe at them when Sora and Balto turned around to see it. They gasped at the sight and ran forward to attack it as Sora whipped out the keyblade and yelled "Guys run!" but the others were too paralyzed to move.

Balto jumped up at the beast preparing to strike but the bear swiped at him,and Sora jumped up and cast reflect on him but the bear broke through it and swiped him away as well.

It took awhile for Sora to get up,but Balto got up and started chewing on the bear's leg. It wasn't doing much but it did keep the bear away from the others and it did end up knocking it down.

When it was still down,Balto yelled at the still unconscious boy "Sora help me take him out!"

This woke up Sora as he went into limit form and jumped straight up in the air as he prepared to perform a downward sonic blade into the bear along with Balto,but before they could hit it,the bear grabbed them both with it's paws and pinned them down into the snow.

Sora yelled out of panic "Donald! Goofy!" This snapped the two out of their daze and Donald ran forward with the intent to light its fur on fire. But before he could,he stopped to see that a familiar face had jumped on the bear's back. It was Jenna,she attempted to dig into the bear with her claws,it did some minor damage as the bears walked around trying to get her off like a bull. This freed Balto and Sora as the boy cast cure on both of them.

The bear was still flailing around with Jenna barely holding on,eventually the bear did get her off as it threw her into the snow and Donald cast a fire spell on it. It did some minor damage but the fire didn't last very long due to the cold.

Muk,Luk,and Borris were panicking as they ran in different directions and Balto tried to attack it while Sora gave Jenna a potion. Donald did the same fire attack over and over but it kept going out. Sora saw this and got an idea,he told Donald to do it again,but this time Sora cast areo to fan it out so it would expand and get bigger. The bear panicked as it did lots of damage,and it was on its last legs as Sora and Balto teamed up to do a drill attack.

They jumped up into the air and Balto used his claws to spin at a rapid speed while Sora performed a drill version of Sonic blade. They joined together and formed a much bigger looking drill as they hit the bear directly in the face as it flew at least 10 feet,unfortunately however the landing spot was right in the middle of a frozen river . Almost the entire river that ran for miles and miles was frozen,but the attack certainly took out the heartless as it vanished away with it's heart floating into the sky.

The landing of the bear did cause a giant crack in the ice to appear and the two of them got nervous as they slowly trudged across the ice. The others had ran to the edge of the water as they happily smiled at the revelation that they weren't hurt.

However their smiles went away when Balto's foot fell right through the ice and it caused a domino effect that broke some of the surrounding ice. Sora panicked and tried to grab ahold of Balto's leg but his weight caused him to fall in the water with him. The others all panicked as they all shouted "Sora! Balto!"

Muk And Luk without really thinking had already decided to jump in the river to retrieve their friends,the others ran on the ice as Jenna shouted "Muk! Luk!"

Borris panicked as well "They cannot swim!" as Jenna shouted flabbergasted "What?! Polar bears who can't swim?!"

Muk and Luk were being hammered by the current as they flaied uncontrollably,but they soon saw that Balto and Sora were hanging onto the upper layer of ice. Balto used his claws to hold on while Sora used the edge of the keyblade as a hook.

Jenna panted hard as she panicked "They're drowning! No!" She turned to Borris who was bobbing up and down through a hole in the ice hoping to see them.

"Well?!" Borris lifted his head and sneezed "Yaa-ow! I don't see them."

"Ohh! Where are they?!" Jenna yelled,but she got curious when she saw that Donald used fire to melt some of the ice.

"What are you doing? She asked calmer when Donald replied "I'm getting my friend back." He jumped high into the air,lifted his rod and in an instant turned himself into his octopus form from Atlantica. Borris and Jenna's jaws dropped when they saw that and before they could question Donald about it,he had dived into the river.

They soon heard a faint rumbling under the ice as the two bears burst out with Muk And Luk carrying Balto while Donald carried Sora as he turned back into a duck. The others roared with cheers and laughter as they ran towards the shore.

Borris ran towards the unconscious duo as he panicked "Come to life. Come to life. Breath! Come on!" He slapped Balto's face as Donald cast cure on both of them and Luk asked "Are they going to be okay? 'Cause they're not breathing. They don't look very well. Stop hitting Balto Uncle Borris!"

Eventually Balto opened his eyes slowly as Borris happily muttered "Balto,I was so scared I got people bumps." Sora woke up to see that Muk was staring at him right up in his face as he screamed. Once Muk saw that he was alive he grabbed Sora in a bear hug as Sora panicked "Muk! Muk! I'm okay!"

Balto and the others laughed at the display as Muk let Sora go,eventually Balto spoke up and coughed "Borris-I know you think this trip is crazy but-I'm glad you came."

Borris smiled and joked "Who else should you bring on a wild goose chase but a goose?"

Balto saw that Jenna was walking towards him and they both asked at the same time "Are you okay?"

Jenna a little out of breath replied "I'm fine. A message came through,we have to take the mountain trail." She huddled up to the dog so he could be a little warmer. Sora also took the opportunity to light a small fire.

Balto still shivering objected "But if we take the eagle pass,it'll save us half a day."

"It's blocked. The mountain trail is dangerous but we can do it."

"I'm beginning to see there isn't anything you can't do." Balto smiled at Jenna as Borris intervened their back and forth "I'm seeing a few things too. And it's making the ice melt."

Before Balto could retort back,Muk and Luk shook all the water off their fur with Borris right next to them as he shouted "I HATE BEARS!"

They all laughed at Boris's anger but Jenna tripped on her leg as it was broken due to the heartless. She tried to deny it as Balto told her "You're hurt." When she tried to walk and it ended up hurting more,she admitted that she was not fine.

Sora and Donald both cast cure on her leg but it wasn't enough for her to continue on.

"You should all go on ahead without me." "Jenna-" "No no I'd be slowing everyone down. Rosie can't hold out much longer."

Balto hung his head and Sora got a frown when Balto insisted "Muk,Luk,Take Jenna back to town on this." He grabbed a tree branch that still had some leaves on it for them to use while Borris added "And this time don't go for a swim."

"You can make sure of that Borris. You're gonna lead them home,just follow my marks." Balto assured as Borris face palmed himself.

Sora rubbed his chin to think and soon turned to Donald and Goofy and asked "Donald,Goofy,I think you should go with them too."

"What!" Donald asked abruptly as Goofy added "You need us Sora! All for one and one for all!"

"I know,I just think that Rosie and those kids could use a little bit of magic. Look I know it won't be enough but just a little bit could make their chances much higher."

Donald and Goofy after hearing that did a salute and said "You can count on us Sora!"

"Just you and Sora?" Jenna asked to which Balto replied "Me and him can do anything."

"Here. Afraid it won't keep you very warm." Jenna took off her bandana and gave it to Balto as he put it on his neck "Yeah it will." She rubbed her head against Balto's signifying a hug as Muk sobbed intensely. Luk seeing this assured him "Well of course Balto and Sora will come back. They're Balto and Sora aren't they?"

"Hey we're coming back with the medicine aren't we Balto?" Sora asked with a smile as Balto replied "Yes we are. I promise Jenna. Go ahead guys take her home."

Sora walked up to Jenna and assured her "I promise too Jenna." He went into his pocket and pulled out Kari's good luck charm and gave it to Jenna.

"Jenna,this is something very special to me. It's something's a friend made and I'm holding on to it for her. It's her lucky charm,but I think you could use it for now. Don't ever forget Jenna,wherever you go,Balto is with you." He pointed to Jenna's heart and she rubbed her head against his too as she said "Thank you Sora. For everything."

As Balto and Sora were about to head off,Borris called out to Balto "Balto. I do not like leaving you out here alone. Who's going to tell you how cold you are?"

"Borris,Sora can. Look they need you more than I do."

"Let me tell you something you two. A dog and a boy cannot make this journey alone,but maybe a wolf and a man...can." Borris walked up to Sora and whispered "Can you keep him out of trouble for me?" Sora chuckled "I will Borris."

"Alright you two balls of fluff and circus animals! Let's move!" Once they were all gone Sora and Balto stared off into the horizon. Sora turned towards the dog and asked "You ready to get some medicine Balto?"

Balto chuckled and replied "As ready as I'll ever be." And they were off.

Author's Note

This chapter took way too long to make I know,but I have some other stories to write and finish and I will try my best to finish this story as soon as I can. All I can say is look forward to the climax,it'll be worth it and without spoiling too much,the movies climax isn't where this story ends.