And finally, I have brought Deep Jungle in! Love it or hate it, I'm sure no one can deny that it was great to have Tarzan fighting by your side against the Heartless. Man, I always hated that jackass Clayton - seriously, hunting down gorillas? For what? What did they do to deserve that? I would've loved to hunt HIM down instead and have his broken gun as my trophy for giving him what was coming to him.

Gry18: I really appreciate your offer on what things I could for my stories, really I do. But I have my own plans on what I want to do. I'm not gonna lie that I was actually caught off-guard when you actually offered ideas. That's never happened before. Again, thank you for trying to give me suggestions.

All that being said, enjoy the chapter!

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Chapter 6: Deep Jungle

Lo and behold, when they traversed further within the lanes, their ship discovered a jungle-like world filled with great trees and a waterfall seeming to be running ceaselessly along with a treehouse on one of the trees; on some of the trees, there were vines that could be seen in various places as well as winding around the trunks of the wood.

"I wonder what kind of place that is…" Luna wondered.

"Hey, Donald, maybe the king's down there," Goofy suggested, obviously as curious as Luna is.

"In a backwater place like that? No way!" Donald skeptically protested. "Let's move on."

"Hold on. Riku and Kairi might be down there," Sora insisted, "Let's check it out."

"We won't know whether anyone is there unless we look," Luna agreed.

"Forget it! We're on an important mission!" the duck refused.

That was when Medea emerged from Luna's shadow. "Do we give a crap about whatever the hell your mission is?! Just land the damn ship!"

"No!"

"Please, Donald…a little peek wouldn't hurt, would it?" Luna pleaded.

But Donald still wouldn't budge as he started to steer away. "Aw, phooey!"

However, when nobody expected it, Sora hijacked the steering wheel and jerked the gummi ship towards where the jungle world is.

"We're landing!"

Realizing that the ship has gone out of control, Donald began to panic. "Don't touch that! Nooo!"

Unfortunately, it was too late; the gummi ship began careening right towards the next world, causing everyone to fall off their seats and tumble around the place. With Luna, just as they had cleared into the skies, she accidentally hit the emergency exit lever and – before anyone knew it – she and Medea were sent falling leagues away from their other friends.

However, before long, she lost trace of her guardian and Luna was alone. She fell right through the trees until she suddenly felt herself crashing down into the water; because she had gone down too deep, Luna could easily feel herself slowly submerging deeper into the depths and unable to regain her mobility. Before she lost consciousness, she could barely see a human figure dive right into the water and swim right to her; the most she could see was the silvery tints on the silhouette's head, but couldn't make out any more when she finally blacked out…

When Luna regained consciousness, she looked around a bit to find herself in a completely different location than she started. She could make out that the place she was in was a tent, and when she looked ahead of her, it was pretty clear that she was rested under a blanket on a cot on one side.

"Oh, you're awake! Are you feeling alright?"

The instant she heard a woman's British voice, Luna turned her head a bit and saw that she wasn't the only one inside the tent. Seated next to her was a young woman in apparently her early twenties with shoulder-length dark brown hair and blue eyes, and seemed to be fitted in light clothing consisting of a sleeveless top and a mahogany cloth wrapped around her waist (most likely due to the climate the jungle gives off). The woman was gently rubbing a wet rag over her forehead; much like someone would nurse a person to health the old-fashioned way.

"What happened…? How did I get here?" were the first questions Luna asked.

"How did you get here, you ask? Well, it might sound strange to you, but a young boy with silver hair brought you here. You almost drowned in the lagoon," the woman explained, "He did what he could to help you, but he thought it best if you had proper care. Unfortunately, he couldn't stay long enough to see you wake, and he left rather quickly. You poor thing…what did you do to end up like this?"

When she heard this, it sparked her curiosity. "Silver hair…young boy…" Then, it hit her. "That sounds like Riku! What happened to him? Is he alright…?"

"I would safely say so. He had a lot of courage to dive in the water to save you. I'd say he was really worried about you, that boy," the woman replied.

While Luna was relieved to know that Riku is alive – and a little embarrassed that she had been unknowingly rescued from a watery death – and hasn't been harmed, an uneasy feeling pricked into her mind. Even though he did help her in a way, why didn't he go looking for Sora? And why did he leave so suddenly? Was it to protect her from some kind of danger? Or was there something else going on that she didn't know about?

Before she could ask any more questions, she heard footsteps coming towards the tent and – to her relief – she found her guardian had arrived.

"Urgh…as soon as I find that kid, I'm gonna give him what for," Medea grumbled as she cricked her neck, "And I'm gonna give the duck a little lesson in not judging a world by its surface…"

Luna shot up a bit. "Medea…! You're alright!"

Medea turned to see her master, and shot her a grin. "Well, nice to know that you're here. I thought I heard something going on here, and – what do you know – I find my master alive. I take it you haven't seen Sora yet?"

"No, I haven't. I just woke up, and this nice lady…Oh…" Luna forgot one of the important etiquettes. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but I forgot to ask your name."

"That's quite alright. I'm Jane Porter, animal researcher," Jane answered like she wasn't bothered. "I'm out here studying gorillas…Or, at least, I was, and then…Well, it's a rather long story. If Tarzan were here, I'm sure it'd be a lot easier to explain everything."

Luna and Medea looked at each other like they had no clue what the researcher was talking about. Not to mention, the name of the person she was speaking about didn't really strike any familiar chords with them.

But right on cue, the girls got a surprise when Sora arrived with a new face into the tent. The man seemed to be practically in his early adult years, with long brown hair and green eyes, and his only form of clothing being a loincloth with the same color as his hair.

The instant Sora saw both girls, he was relieved. "Luna! Medea! You're both okay!"

"Sora, you're alright! What happened to you?" Luna asked.

"Well, it's a long story: I crashed into a tree house and nearly had a run-in with a wild animal. I would've been a goner if Tarzan hadn't shown up and drove it off," Sora explained, "I followed him, and found myself here. I'll be honest, I was worried about you."

Medea raised a brow at the last statement. "Oh, really? Was it just Luna you were concerned about?"

Jane noticed that there was a new face among the group and asked, "Who is this?"

Embarrassed, Sora struggled to say something. "Um, hi there. I'm –"

"Oh, you speak English! So, then, obviously you're not related to Tarzan…" the English woman said in amazement, "Are you here to study the gorillas?"

"Highly doubtful," a man's voice answered.

Everyone turned their attention to another person entering the tent. He seemed to be a British man – and older than Jane – sporting combed back dark hair with gray streaks and yellow-tan hunting attire, and was carrying a double-barreled gun with him. Walking along with him were their other compatriots, Donald and Goofy, who must've been found by them somewhere in the jungle.

"Sora! Luna!" Goofy said excitedly, happy to see them.

"Well, look who's come to join the party," Medea commented.

"Goofy! Donald! You're alright, too…! What a relief," Luna said happily as she reached out to hug Goofy.

Sora gave Donald a hug as well, but after a moment – and remembering the feud that they had earlier aboard the ship – of realization of what they're doing, the two separated and turned away from each other with frowning eyes; this brought up a bit of worry from Luna and Goofy since they didn't exactly want any conflict now that they're in that world, and Medea couldn't help shaking her head in dismay at the behavior of the two blockheads of the party.

"A circus of clowns," the hunter said in exasperation, "Not much use for hunting gorillas."

"Mr. Clayton, we're studying them, not hunting them. This is research," Jane reprimanded him, not too pleased at what he said. She turned to everyone else with a friendly smile. "Oh, well, the more the merrier. Do make yourselves at home."

"That's very considerate of you, Miss Jane," Luna answered on her friends' behalf. "We promise we'll behave while we're here."

"I dunno, Luna, considering how those two numbskulls are acting right now," Medea said, directing her glare at them, "they could use some disciplining right about now."

"Well…" Then, Sora and Donald answered simultaneously, "I'm staying." Both turned to each other with shock at the realization of what one another just said.

Fortunately, Goofy had an intervention. "Hey, fellas. Look what we found."

When he opened his hands, he showed Sora and Luna a square-shaped gummi block that the two had picked up in the jungle.

"What's that?" Sora questioned.

"A gummi block. It's the same stuff we use to power our ship," Goofy replied.

"It's different from the one we found back in Wonderland, isn't it?" Luna asked.

Medea hovered over to see for herself. "Sure looks like it."

"Then that means…" Sora started.

"…the king could be here," Donald finished. Then he and Sora tensed at each other. "I guess we'll have to work together. For now!"

Sora frowned at the duck. "Fine. I'll let you tag along. For now!"

Medea groaned in displeasure as she pinched the bridge of her nose. "Are you serious? Are you boys gonna behave like this throughout our stay in this place? You'd better reconcile real soon, or one of us is going to have to force ya to with no avoidance…"

While the little bickers were going on, Luna noticed that Tarzan had just shifted his attention to her, as though she was something new he hadn't seen yet.

"Oh…hello," Luna said shyly. "I'm Luna."

"Lu…na…" Tarzan tried out her name. "Luna…friend. Luna, Sora, friend. Tarzan, friend."

"Well…I guess so," Luna agreed. "Sora told you about me, didn't he?"

"Sora told, Luna friend. Lost friends," Tarzan added. But then he spoke something in a language she couldn't understand.

"What do you mean by…?" Luna started to ask.

"Luna, we're about to go look for some slides for the projector," Sora interrupted. "You wanna come along?"

"Actually, Luna should rest a little longer before she does anything," Jane intervened.

"Don't worry, Sora. I'll be alright," Luna reassured him, "I'm not going anywhere until we have a lead."

While Sora left with Donald and Goofy to get the slides, Luna and Medea stayed inside the tent and waited for them. It was quite fine since Luna had a lot on her mind after everything she's experienced thus far, but there was one worry that she couldn't shake off after what she had heard earlier.

"Jane…you spoke about the boy who saved me from drowning earlier, didn't you? Well…that boy was a friend named Riku," Luna said, her worry evident. "While I am glad to know that he is alive, it makes me frightened. Did he tell you anything before he left me with you? At the very least, did he give any indication as to where he's been?"

"Unfortunately, no, he didn't tell me where he has been," Jane replied, "But he did tell me that you were a rather fragile girl, one that required a lot more care than any other child. It makes me wonder what you went through to be such a delicate girl…"

Luna lowered her head sadly. "I…can't say too much. But…I lost many loved ones…but I can't remember too clearly what happened to one of my past friends, and I do not want to speak about where another one is." She shook her head. "But now that Riku and Kairi are not with us, and we don't know where they are, it makes me afraid that something terrible happened to them. I don't want to lose any more friends like I did before…"

"Believe it, sister. You wouldn't wanna know where she's been years ago," Medea warned.

"Well, if there is one advice I could offer, perhaps you should ask him whether he is alright when you see him," Jane suggested, "Tell him how worried you are, and let him know you missed him. That would certainly put him at ease."

Luna nodded in agreement, knowing that Jane was only trying to help her; but still, she couldn't shake off the feeling that something is wrong with Riku. Perhaps whatever he was going through is the very thing her dream was warning her about: if she doesn't want to lose another loved one to the darkness that took away her friends in the past, then she would have to confront the same evil force that caused her pain in the first place. But how was she going to find him?

She had to put her thoughts to the side for a little while when Sora returned with the slides and gave them to Jane. She learned that the slides were meant to help Tarzan jog his memory, so she figured why not see what pictures had to be offered and see what happens afterwards. Among the pictures that were shown, though, there was one that struck a familiar chord to her heartstrings: a grand, magnificent castle nestled among trees in a serene environment.

"Medea…that's the castle…where I met Cinderella," Luna whispered as she tried to keep her tears from flowing.

"Is that so? Makes me wonder how Jane got that picture," Medea whispered back.

Before she knew it, Jane had just finished showing the slides to Tarzan, and everyone was about to find whether their experiment had sparked any ideas to their friend.

"Well, Tarzan?" Jane asked,

"Where are our friends, Riku and Kairi?" Sora asked him.

However, Tarzan shook his head sadly, indicating to them that he doesn't know anything. This proved to be disappointing for Luna and Sora, more so since their friend has no knowledge that could point them in the right direction.

"Maybe he hasn't met them…" Luna speculated.

Just then, Clayton came back into the tent. "That just leaves one place. Young man, young lady, we've been in this jungle for some time now. But we have to encounter these friends of yours. I'd wager they're with the gorillas." Then, he points a finger at Tarzan. "But Tarzan refuses to take us to them."

"Mr. Clayton, Tarzan wouldn't hide –" Jane started to defend him.

"Then take us there! Take us to the gorillas. Go-ril-las!" Clayton demanded.

Tarzan turned towards Sora and Luna, apparently seeing their desperation to find what's important to them and wanting his help in finding their friends. They could see him nod his head, as though he was willing to do what he can to aid them.

"Tarzan, are you sure?" Jane questioned in concern.

"Tarzan go see Kerchak," the ape-man answered.

Luna looked to him in confusion. "Who is Kerchak?"

"He must be the leader. Perfect," Clayton said rather too eagerly, "I'll go along as an escort. After all, the jungle is a dangerous place."

But Medea had objections to the idea. "Now hold up for one damn minute! I don't trust a single thing you're saying, especially how earlier you were saying something about hunting gorillas!"

Donald was aghast at this. "Medea, what are you saying?"

"Madam, what is your problem? What would you know about the jungle, with wild beasts out there that won't hesitate to tear you apart?" Clayton questioned in repulsion at her attitude.

"For your information, Mr. Not-Good-Enough-For-Hunting-Gorillas, I'm Luna's guardian and I say that you don't sound like someone who would faithfully keep her or her friends safe from anything," Medea replied irritably, "On top of that, Luna and I have dealt with more ferocious things than an animal and we didn't always need someone to protect us! So, there! You have your answer, so just take it and deal with it!"

"If you're that concerned about it, Medea, then you can accompany them and keep an eye on Clayton," Jane suggested.

The hunter was appalled at the idea of being watched. "What?!" He growled a bit. "Fine, then. But you'd better not get in my way."

"Don't bet on it," Medea warned darkly.

As they started to head out into the jungle with Tarzan at the lead, Luna and Medea slowed a bit to speak quietly about the situation they're in.

"Medea, I don't like that man. He sounds more like someone out for blood, and for the wrong reasons," Luna said with a hint of anger, "If he strays, do what it takes to stop him before anyone gets hurt."

"No problem, Luna. One mistake and we'll make sure Jane knows," Medea agreed.

With Tarzan at the lead, the party traversed through the deeper parts of the jungle to meet with whomever they had to speak with. True to the agreement, Medea kept her eyes on the hunter while everyone else kept their focus on their guide; sometimes Luna would look back to watch for any warning signs of ill intent, as she was supposed to considering her experience with people that would mean to do any harm.

Eventually, there came a point where, high within the upper part of the trees, they could see a pair of gorillas hovering there. One of them – the male gorilla – obviously was watching the outsiders with suspicions crossed upon his face; the other – the female – seemed to be wondering what could be going on and what the new creatures were doing with Tarzan.

"Kerchak, please listen to me. I know the nesting grounds are secret, but I trust them," Tarzan implored, "You see, I want to help them because…because, well, they need us."

Everyone merely watched as Tarzan spoke with the gorillas in their language, but had trouble understanding what might be going on between them.

"Did you get that?" Goofy asked.

Donald shook his head and answered, "No."

"Maybe he was speaking in their tongue so that he wouldn't make them suspicious," Luna guessed.

But then, Kerchak looked over to a different direction and started to move away, almost as though something wasn't right. It made everyone wonder what was up.

"He seemed sorta distracted by something," Goofy noticed.

"Was he looking toward the tree house?" Donald wondered.

When she heard this, it made Luna worried that something is about to go wrong at any moment. She quickly turned to find her Shadow Guardian already starting to run off, forcing her to chase after her (which in turn made everyone else follow behind her).

"Medea, does this mean what I think it does?" Luna asked in dread.

"Oh, hell, yeah it's what you think it is! That damn hunter was up to no good," Medea replied hurriedly, "Once I find him, I'm so gonna drag him over and make him 'fess up on his immoral actions!"

Sure enough, when they did reach the tree house, they found Clayton aiming his gun at a young gorilla who was playing with a globe out of curiosity. Medea immediately took the initiative and pounced on him just as he fired off a shot; fortunately, it missed and only the gorilla run off from fright at the shot. Unfortunately, the tradeoff was that when the leader arrived, he was rather upset at the scene.

"I knew you were up to no good, jackass!" Medea growled.

"What's the big idea?!" Donald yelled angrily, figuring out what was going on.

Tarzan hurried up front, desperate to reason. "Wait, Kerchak. Please!"

Sadly, his words were not heeded by Kerchak as the mighty gorilla simply stared coldly at everyone below and then left without a word towards them. But the smaller gorilla looked on a little longer, most likely confused, and then turned to leave as well. When both of them were gone, Tarzan turned to Clayton and glared in anger at him. Luna and Medea were also enraged at this, and joined in as they gave the hunter death glares that warned he was in for a heap of trouble when they got back to the camp.

"You don't understand. I was only trying to…" Clayton tried to talk his way out. "Ah…A snake slithered by, you see. I saved that poor gorilla's life."

He got quite a fright when Luna loomed over him with a dark look on her face, almost as though she wanted to murder him (but she had other plans in mind for him).

"Not another word from you, foul hunter," Luna ordered lowly, "We saw what you were going to do. We will tell Jane about this."

"Damn straight we are, Luna," Medea agreed with a hiss.

When they got back to the camp, Jane was surprised to find that everyone came back; but when she saw the angry look on Tarzan as well as the dark looks Luna and Medea were giving off, she quickly caught on that things didn't go too well and that someone had to explain what happened out in the jungle.

"What happened out there?" she asked, not liking where it was going.

"Jane…That hunter tried to shoot an innocent gorilla," Luna answered bitterly, "He made the other gorillas distrustful, no matter what Tarzan tried to talk to them."

"What'd I tell you, lady?" Medea said knowingly.

Sure enough, Jane was furious about this. "How could you do such a thing?!"

Clayton got scared there. "Now, Miss Porter, as I told you, I was not aiming at the gorilla."

"You are not to go near the gorillas again!" Jane ordered.

"All because of one mishap? Come now…" Clayton tried to come with some lame excuse.

But all his attempts to come up with some lame excuse only served to continue biting back at him. Everyone glared at him very harshly, strongly opposing him and not wanting to hear any more monstrous fibs when he should know that all his excuses will only serve to bring nastier punishment on him. Enraged that no one would listen to him, Clayton stormed out of the tent without any other word to say.

Once he was gone, Jane sighed deeply as she rubbed her forehead. "You were right about Clayton, Miss Medea. You were right about not trusting him."

Luna softened a bit as she approached Jane. "It's not your fault, ma'am. Clayton was a bad man. He only cares about killing things he doesn't understand about. It's not right…"

Sora sighed in dismay. "For once, I have to agree on that. I mean, what did those gorillas do to him to deserve being hunted?"

"If you ask me, he doesn't give a damn about the beasts," Medea said coldly.

All of a sudden, a gunshot rang out form outside, startling everyone inside the tent. That only meant one thing: Clayton fired off that shot. The question is, where did this happen?

"Sora, we have to get out there!" Luna cried, afraid of what the gunshot meant.

"Alright, let's go!" Sora agreed.

In an instant, everyone hurried outside to find a gorilla surrounded by a group of Heartless that looked like freaky monkeys. Luna and Sora hurried in to do their job just as Tarzan joined in to help out; at least that was understandable, since for their ape-man friend it was his family of sorts that were being threatened by those fiends.

"Where are those things coming from?" Jane questioned in horror.

"I have one suspicion…but nobody might like it," Luna confessed, "It might be Clayton. No…it has to be Clayton. He hates gorillas, and now he is hunting them with the Heartless."

Goofy sure didn't like the sound of it. "If that's the case, then where's Clayton?"

"Why would Clayton do that?" Donald asked, which was rather stupid.

"Didn't you get the memo? That guy always talked about hunting the gorillas, and I'm pretty sure that he wants all of them dead because we stopped him from shooting just one," Medea grilled at Donald's disbelief.

Luna turned to Tarzan. "I know you must be worried about them. We'll help you save the gorillas. Please, lead the way and we'll take care of them."

Tarzan nodded in agreement, showing a determined look that showed he's ready to defend all he loved from the merciless monster the hunter has become.

Sora turned to Jane. "You should stay in the camp. Don't let anyone come in, unless it's us, okay?"

"Please be careful out there. There might be more of them," Jane warned.

"Don't worry…we won't let anything happen to those poor animals," Luna promised.

After every single gorilla was saved from the packs of Heartless that tried to trap or attack the defenseless creatures, Luna and the others started to make their way back to the camp to see if Jane was alright as soon as possible. But just as they had arrived at the bamboo thicket, they were surprised to find Clayton's smoking pipe nestled on a rock in the middle of the area. Why would Clayton leave it there?

"Do you think it could be a trap?" Luna asked.

"I don't know, Luna. If it was a trap, someone – or something – would come out and try to kill us," Sora replied with suspicion.

But then, much to their surprise, a big leopard leaped out from the bamboo and attempted to pounce at the unsuspecting intruders. It was easy to tell that Tarzan recognized that beast, since he began to snarl like he was ready to rid the jungle of the foul predator. But while Sora readied his weapon as though he was ready for another round with the beast, Luna was quite stunned at the ferocity of the thing before them.

"Sora…! What is that thing?!" Luna cried out in fright.

"It's Sabor! Tarzan mentioned its name when we first met!" Sora answered quickly. "C'mon, we'd better take it down quick if we want to get to camp!"

Thankfully, the fight against Sabor was quite easy, more so since Tarzan was there to keep the beast at bay long enough for either Sora or Luna to smash at it until it finally bit the dust.

Not wanting to waste any more time, they hurried back to the camp to see if Jane was alright; but they got a shocking surprise to find more Heartless causing trouble for them. But to make the matter even worse, by the time they did get inside the safety of the tent, things took a turn for the worse when they found that Jane was missing!

"This isn't good…where could Jane be?" Luna asked in worry.

Tarzan looked around, as though he was trying to figure out what could've happened to her.

"Something wrong, Tarzan?" Goofy asked.

"Something coming, Jane danger," Tarzan answered, "Jane near…near tree house."

"Then that's where we're gonna go!" Medea declared. "Let's hurry up and bail her out before we bash that hunter to a pulp!"

When they did find Jane, it was discovered that vines blocked off where she was being kept and that those vines were coming a giant dark fruit that looks way too creepy to be something edible. It didn't really help when more Heartless showed up to stop them from destroying the fruit.

"Luna, we'll keep the Heartless occupied while you and Medea get rid of the fruit!" Sora instructed as he hurried to fight the fiends.

"We'll take care of this," Luna agreed. "Medea, you ready?"

"Hell, yeah, I am!" Medea said eagerly as she jumped to reach the stem.

With the coordinated attacks, the fruit was completely obliterated and the vines disappeared due to nothing to keep them alive; at the same time, the Heartless vanished from the area as though it were wiser to get out of there.

Not wanting to waste any more time, the group hurried to make sure Jane was alright, and found her with the same gorilla Clayton tried to shoot back at the tree house.

"Are you alright? What happened?" Luna asked in concern.

"Clayton came to the tent, and…that's the last thing I remember," Jane answered.

Sora was appalled at this. "Clayton?"

"Gorillas trapped. Terk ran," Tarzan said.

"We gotta stop him before it's too late!" Donald shouted distressfully.

Immediately, everyone hurried away to the cliffs and found Clayton there with a bunch of Heartless alongside him; the gorillas were cornered in one place, left wide open for the hunter to shoot them all down without any escape or interference – or so he would think. Before he could shoot at the helpless creatures, Luna summoned her Shadow Hands to block him off and drive the Heartless away from the area. This made him turn around in anger that he had been stopped for the last time.

"Clayton?" Sora shouted angrily.

"Stop it! Leave them!" Luna demanded.

"Not Clayton! *&&X%! Not Clayton!" Tarzan protested.

"I dunno what you're saying, Monkey Man, but I agree that he needs to go down!" Medea agreed as her Black Claws formed.

Clayton growled angrily as he readied his gun. "You've got some nerves, but I knew you two women are more trouble than your imbecilic partners!"

That got Donald's feathers ruffled. "What'd ya say?!"

Since the party was dealing with a man that has a dangerous weapon capable of actually killing them, it made it a bit tough to attack him without risking the chance of taking a bullet. As if that wasn't bad enough, the rocks by the cliffs exploded and Clayton mounted atop something that appeared to be invisible. Tarzan tried to attack Clayton, but was knocked aside by the invisible monster.

"How do you like that? You're not so tough now, are you?" Clayton taunted. "Once I kill all of you, rounding up those apes will be –"

But then he was forcibly interrupted when bolts of thunder summoned by Donald electrocuted him and revealed the chameleon form of the Heartless he was mounted on. From there, it was possible to take on the monstrosity as well as Clayton. After a while, the Stealth Sneak took so much damage that it staggered until it collapsed right on top of Clayton; when this was happening, Sora blocked Luna's view so that she wouldn't see the aftermath of the demise of the cruel hunter.

Since it was all over, the gorillas slowly came out of hiding along with Kerchak at the lead. He still maintained the stone look, but he seemed to be aware that Clayton is no more.

"Are you willing to trust us, now that the bad hunter is gone?" Luna asked, hoping that their trust has been earned at last. "We are looking for something."

Kerchak looked at her for a moment before moving over to Sora, and – when everyone least expected it – the boy was tossed really hard up towards the top side of the cliff. Then, Donald and Goofy followed suit with the same crash-landing results. For a moment, Luna could've sworn that she heard her friends say 'ouch' from above.

"I'm just gonna assume that's a 'yes', then," Medea commented.

"You're probably right," Luna agreed.

The next thing Luna knew was that she was grabbed up and thrown up towards the edge, but not as hard as Sora was; she only landed on her rump. Even Medea couldn't avoid being thrown, but on her part, she managed to land on her feet without too much trouble.

"How come you two didn't have to go through that?" Sora complained.

Luna shrugged. "I don't know…"

Tarzan caught up with the others just as Jane and Terk arrived as well, and started to lead the way towards the waterfalls just beyond the other side of the cliff.

"Tarzan, home."

"I wonder if it's someplace special to him," Luna contemplated.

"Could be," Sora agreed. "Let's go find out."

Their remainder of their journey led into a massive cavern with waterfalls flowing in various places and rigid terrains. While it wasn't easy to climb to the top of the cavern, everyone supported each other as Tarzan led them all the way up to a tunnel where they found a massive, vine-covered tree inside a grotto with hordes of brightly glowing butterflies gathered around each other whilst giving off a radiant light that shone like the moon.

"*&&X%," came out of Tarzan.

"This is your home? Then that means…" Sora was about to question.

But then, he was interrupted when Tarzan held his hand to his ear, almost as though he wanted them to be still and listen carefully to something. Curious, everyone followed suit and opened their ears to know what it was. Sure enough, they could hear the faint sound of the waterfalls giving off their melodic flow even though they weren't anywhere near the place.

"...I hear it. How beautiful," Luna said in awe.

Medea couldn't help agreeing. "…No lie there."

"The waterfalls…They're echoing all the way here," Jane agreed in fascination.

"*&&X%. Friends there. See friends."

That was when Jane figured out what he was talking about. "Oh, now I've got it. *&&X% means heart. Friends in our hearts…"

"…Heart," Tarzan tried out the new word.

"Oh, so that's what it meant…" Sora said sadly, finally realizing what it meant.

"Friends, same heart. Clayton, lose heart," Tarzan said, "No heart, no see friends. No heart, no friends."

Guilt spread on their faces, Sora and Donald realized what this meant and understood that they had been rather horrible since they crash-landed into the jungle. Ashamed at how they were acting, they turned to each other and decided to make up for how one another were behaving earlier.

"Sorry about what I said," Sora apologized.

"I'm sorry, too," Donald apologized as well.

"About damn time, boys," Medea said sarcastically, "Your frumps were so annoying."

"Yup! All for one, huh?" Goofy said brightly as he hugged the group.

Then, the glowing butterflies began to scatter from where they were nestled, revealing another keyhole to lock. Sora did his job as he pulled out his keyblade, held it out, and the beam of light shot out to magically lock the keyhole; Luna used her power to check for any shadow still lurking, but when she found nothing, she was able to relax. In the process, another strange gummi block appeared out of nowhere, catching everyone's attention.

"A gummi!" Donald exclaimed.

"But it's sure not the king's," Goofy noted as he picked it up to look.

Then, when it was least expected, Terk moved over to Donald and playfully nuzzled close to his face.

"Looks like someone has a new admirer," Jane teased playfully.

Everyone noticed this, and began to laugh at the humorous sight. Once Donald figured out what was going on, he quickly grew embarrassed and began shaking his head very rapidly in very strong denial at what was happening just now.

"No, no, no, no! Daisy would kill me!" he cried out.

Luna giggled at this. "That certainly sounds familiar…"

But then, without anyone noticing, Luna's smile changed into a worried frown as she thought back on the things she heard on Riku. She couldn't help feeling concerned about where he is, and whether he is with Kairi. How she certainly missed the both of them…

"Riku…Kairi…where are you two?" she asked quietly. "Please, give me a sign you're alright."