A Serendipitous Key of Hope

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Kingdom Hearts.

-Omake-

Naruto stares down, hanging from the edge of the tower. Standing over him, a man in a black coat stands over. He pulls out a tool and glares down, his blue eyes flaring. "Join us Naruto. Only with Organization XIII can you survive."

"You're an idiot!" Naruto shouts, holding on tightly with his only hand. "Why would I join the guy who killed my father?!"

"He's not dead." The man pulls over his hood. "I AM YOUR FATHER."

"Eh?!" The shock causes Naruto to lose his grip, plummeting downward screaming.

Minato stares down at his falling son. "... He'll be fine. Just needs time to accept the offer."

The XI Keyhole: Farewell to the Kingdom of the Sun

Naruto summons his Keyblade in a flash. With a single motion he swings forward. A small object flies upward into the air, pulling away the vial in Yzma's hand.

"What?!"

"He got it!" Kuzco says happily. Yzma then quickly heads to the shelves and pushes it down, just as the orb disappears and the object falls. All the other vials fall down among the lone human one, leaving no way of telling which is which.

"Ah fudge!" Naruto swears, before stopping to realize that's not much of a swear. 'Wait, why can't I say the F word?'

"Kronk, send them in!" As the trio search for the human vial in vain, Kronk hesitantly opens a door. He sees a group of soldiers storm inside. Yzma then orders, "Kill them! They murdered the emperor!"

"No way, stop! I'm the emperor!" Kuzco says in hopes to stop them, only for them to charge forward.

'I don't wanna hurt them too bad...' Naruto prepares another spell. As he does Pacha thinks fast, kicking most of the vials over at the guards. They explode on contact, and transform them all into various animals. "Oh."

Pacha then grabs the remaining 6 vials and rushes off with Naruto and Kuzco. As they flee, Yzma calls out, "What are you waiting for?! Go get 'em!"

One of the guards raises his hand. "Hey uh, I've been turned into a cow. Can I go home?"

"... Sure. But the rest of you, go!" As the cowman leaves, the others head out after the boys. Yzma then goes back to the elevator. "I don't have much time left."

Naruto continues to lead his friends down a random trail. "I don't get why we're running; I can knock them out!"

"We don't want you to kill someone by accident!" Pacha replies, before taking up a vial. He gives it to Kuzco, which turns him into a turtle. "Really?"

"Of all the things!" Kuzco complains as he tries to move. Pacha is forced to carry him.

As they run, the bridge breaks down and tilts to another passageway. As they slide, Pacha takes out a vial. "Let this be something with wings!" He feeds it to Kuzco, and as they slide the trio collect together and take flight.

"Yeah! Now we're cooking!" Kuzco flaps his wings swiftly, only to facefault the moment he realizes he's a parrot. Soon as they realize this, they fall downward.

"Wind!" Naruto uses his wind magic to save them, before they land safely on a bridge over a water passage. "You got any animal forms in there that are helpful?"

"Yeah, ya know what, I'm picking the next one!" Kuzco draws one of the three remaining potions and drinks, subsequently turning into a big, red whale. "Don't. Say. A word."

Naruto and Pacha facepalm at this, before groaning when the bridge gives way and crumbles under Kuzco's new weight. They fall into the river, both on top of the whale, as the guards go to a drainage control to pull the plug.

"Crapbaskets!" Naruto swears, and groans again.

Pacha gives Kuzco the fourth vial, which transforms him again. "Yay! I'm a llama again!" He cheers at being the spitting mammal, before realizing... "Wait..."

The plug gets pulled. The sea they float in becomes a whirlpool to send them to hell. Eventually, as they near the drain, Naruto uses ice magic on the edge of his Keyblade and stabs into the floor. He then grabs Pacha who in turn gets Kuzco and uses the key to stomp themselves from falling down.

"Come on guys! Nobody lives forever!" The guards dive down to knock them over, not realizing how slippery the surface is. This leads to them slipping and sliding all the way down the hole.

"Just as planned."

"How was that planned?" Kuzco calls out Naruto on his crap. Instead of answering he pulls them farther from the hole. He then summons wind magic to lift them upwards, back on the platform where they fell from. "Only two left."

Pacha holds up the last two vials. "One of these has got to be human." Out of nowhere however, an Air Battler Heartless flies in and steals them both. "Ah no!"

Naruto and the others follow the little gremlin all the way back to the throne room. There they see Yzma sitting on the throne. "Yzma!"

"That was close." The Heartless places the vials in her hands. "Now, one of these things turns things into humans, and the other does something else. Kronk, get rid of them."

"Give them back you old broad!" As Kuzco shouts, the room begins to turn dark. Lines pop up pass them, causing the boys to hit the ground painfully. Yzma stands up as she hands the vials over to Kronk. "What...is this?"

"The ritual is starting!" Yzma cackles as the roof overhead reveals one speck of light from the sun. The clouds outside turn dark, the skies just as black, and the sun begins dimming. Energy pours into Yzma's body. "Yes! Soon I will return to the prime of my youth!"

Naruto looks around. "Now I see why she lured us here... Whoever isn't in the main circle where the throne becomes paralyzed until the ritual is over. That's why we can't move!"

"Not paralyzed; drained." Yzma cackles more. "Those in such close quarters lose their lives. The only ones safe are me and Kronk!"

Naruto looks up over at the big guy, who stands there holding the potions. Though he has this dumb look on his face he does feel kind of bad. "Hey big guy! Are you really okay with this?! She's going to turn your world into a neverending land of darkness! You'll never see the sun again!"

Now he feels more conflicted. "Well, I can't just go against Yzma."

"Why not?" Kuzco struggles to lift his head. "This only benefits her. I may have been selfish-"

"Still are!" Naruto and Pacha correct.

"Hey I never did anything this serious! When you put two and two together, you get me as a much better ruler!"

Yzma groans. "I'm tired of hearing their prattling. Kronk, throw the knife at Kuzco."

Kronk holds up the knife she gave him earlier. He takes aim at Kuzco, who looks so desperate to escape right now. Though Naruto could see it; he's having second thoughts. Eventually, the big guy gains a devil on his shoulder. He says, "Dude, you aren't going to chicken out now are you? Do something about them!"

"I don't know..." Kronk then checks his other shoulder. "Hey, where's the other guy?"

His shoulder angel then appears. "Alright, I'm here. What'd I miss?"

"Oh well, Yzma is planning to take over the world by turning herself young and stealing the sun's energy. She also ordered me to kill Kuzco while he was already dying." As he explains to the personifications of good and evil in his mind, everyone just stares blankly.

"Is he really talking to himself in this situation?" Kuzco asks no one in particular.

"Look, the way I see it, you can't just let her get rid of the sun. We need that to grow food; cold kills broccoli and spinach," says the angel.

"Wait, what?" This takes the devil by surprise. Even he likes Kronk's spinach puffs.

"KRONK!" Yzma yells, gathering all three of their attention.

"Look, Yzma, I think this is a bad idea. If we do this the sun can't grow our crops. I can't make any of those spinach puffs anymore."

"That's why he's hesitating?" Pacha asks surprised.

"Let him talk." Naruto tells him.

Yzma snaps. "What in the world is wrong with you?! Once again I'm telling you to do this one simple task, and once again you're failing! The last guy wasn't this much of a useless bumpkin and he was a monkey!"

The devil guy twitches. "But with you it's like ACTUALLY dealing with a monkey! A big, stupid ape named Kronk!"

The angel cringes. "Besides, I never liked those disgusting things."

That hits him hard. The devil guy says, "Oh that's it, she's going down!"

"Now now, the wicked shall receive their just desserts," says the angel, who wants her to pay just as much.

Kronk then acts on the first thing on his mind. He opens one of the vials and splashes it over Yzma. "WHAT?!"

Kuzco panics thinking it was the human potion. Yzma is surrounded in an explosion of smoke, falling out of her throne. Upon her exist, the sun's ray stops falling down on the throne and the ritual is canceled. Naruto immediately gets up, rushing towards Yzma. But the smoke clears away, revealing the old lady to now be a half black furred panther woman with dark yellow, feral eyes.

"What... What has happened to me?" She shines with some energy given off of the sun, while the solar star itself seems to have dimmed. "The power... it's threatening to break free!"

"Wish we used that potion..." mumbles Naruto before he draws the Keyblade.

"Kronk!" Yzma snarls at her former assistant, darkness leaking off her body. "I will finish you later after I've dealt with Kuzco and his friends." She flicks at him, sending a shockwave that cuts into his arm and sends the last vial flying. It rolls out the doorway.

"The vial!" Kuzco and Pacha go after it, leaving Naruto to block Yzma's pathway to them.

"Why are you bothering to save that useless little llama?! You have any idea what kind of nuisance he's been to this world?! No one likes him, cares about him, or would even bother to help him if there was no benefit for themselves. What, did he promise you riches in return for helping him?"

"Why would I save my friend's life for money? I'd do it for free." His response confuses Yzma. Did he actually refer to Kuzco as his friend? "Kuzco's not as much a lost cause as you believe. He grows on ya."

"I guess there's no point in talking to you." Claws grow from between her knuckles. She then rushes at him, clawing predator style at a speed Naruto could barely keep up with.

Nicks and cuts appear on Naruto's body. He sees an opening and steps in, jabbing his Keyblade at her shoulder. But she grabs it, holding him back. 'Ah crap; she's super strong too.' He then gets tossed away, rolling over the ground painfully. "What the?"

He sees her tail flapping behind her. "This is a new body; I need some time adjusting before I kill them."

"No point in holding back; let's go all out!" Naruto gathers ice around his sword and uses Freeze Raid, a move Yzma knocks aside with ease. "Fire!" He shoots Fira at her, causing the panther woman to dodge by dipping to the left. "Blizzard!" He then infuses Blizzara into the ground to send towards her. She leaps high up in the air and avoids him.

"I gotcha now; Thunder!" He ends with Thundara, which strikes her down. Naruto grins watching her fall. That smile disappears when he sees her standing back up, still sparking from the lightning spell.

Dark energy gathers around her bone blades, before swinging and releasing a shockwave of darkness that cuts into Naruto and sends him flying skyward through a wall. She leaps out chasing him, already in position to lacerate the blond ninja. "Die!"

Naruto recalls the Keyblade and blocks the attack, before kicking her in the chin and striking her left arm. He then falls outside the palace, groaning when his shoulder takes the brunt of the landing. "Ah... Not good." He pushes himself up, knowing his left shoulder is busted now. Though he watches her land, and immediately notices light bleeding out her arm.

'Wait...' Naruto rushes in and dives right slashing at her, light bleeding from the wound as she stumbles backwards in pain. The wound heals up, leaving nothing left. "I get it; each hit releases the power you absorbed from the sun. I just have to keep hitting you and eventually things will go back to normal."

"That's saying you actually live that long." A dark look enters her eyes as she charges forward.

"Let's dance!" Naruto jumps back avoiding her first strike. Somehow she's gotten slower, which may be from all the energy he's made her release. Meaning the more he cuts the weaker she becomes.

He ducks under her left swipe before cartwheeling to her right, standing tall to make a powerful swing she was no where near prepared to dodge. This forces her to block with her claws, releasing a force that blows away leaves, before being able to dip and dive from the next two slashes. He makes a lazy slash for her head, which she ducks under effectively. But he knew she'd be able to; using the same momentum for the early slash he brings the Keyblade down her collarbone and slashes downward. Light pours out from the wound like a shower of blood, causing Yzma to stagger backwards.

Naruto sees she's weakened to a point where he can finish her off. 'I just need the right opening.' Wind gathers around his Keyblade, before he uses a Strike Raid maneuver on her. She knocks it aside, but the Keyblade continues to spin around her slashing rapidly.

"It took a while to get this right, but we're back." He raises his right hand, before gathering his mana in its palm. The energy blows around his palm as he manually renders the wind with his left hand into the right. It gathers together into a sphere, a bright white and blue attack reminiscent of his previous ace attack. "Mahou Rasengan."

Naruto rushes in towards Yzma, viciously slamming his attack into her stomach the moment the Keyblade stops assaulting her. The energy of the Rasengan entraps her before blowing her away. The magical energy also pushes out the solar energy inside of the panther warrior, causing her to scream out painfully as she becomes enshrouded by darkness. The sun above becomes brighter as a result, and the Heartless flee.

Naruto sighs as he looks at Yzma's new form, who has drastically shrunk and is now a helpless little kitty cat. He dips down looking at her, and flat out laughs at her. "How dare you laugh at me?! I was so close to gaining immortality, and now... Wait, is that my voice?" Her voice has also become high pitch like a little kid. "Is that REALLY my voice?!"

Naruto laughs even more. This comes to bite him when she lunges on his face and scratches him. He screams before throwing her off, and using Stop to freeze her in place. "Phew. I don't need anymore lines on my face."

He then picks her up and walks off, looking for Kuzco and Pacha. Eventually he happens upon them, seeing his two buddies coming up to him. He immediately notices Kuzco is no longer a llama. "Kuzco?"

"Yeah. Sexy, ain't I? The emperor's back baby!" he gloats, striking a pose.

"You looked better as a llama," says Naruto with a laugh.

"Hey!"

"I WILL GET MY REVENGE ON ALL OF YOU! I SWEAR!" screams Yzma as she tries to break free. Naruto

"Do something about her." He tosses her into Pacha's arms, who forces her into a bear grip. All three of them then laugh. Everything is okay now.

…

Elsewhere within space, in a world where a bright white and blue castle stands, the sun blazes brightly. A lone white duck dressed with the clothes of a sorcerer walks through the halls of said castle, giving off an enjoyable smile. He walks past moving broomsticks carrying buckets of water and comes before a set of enormous, purple doors.

He opens a passage that's actually his size and enters a hall of white onto a crimson, golden edged carpet, his tail feathers wiggling. "Good morning your Majesty!" says the duck in his squawking tone. "It's good to see you your Ma-" He stops short the moment he sees the golden throne is empty. "WHAT?!"

Looking around he sees a mix breed yellow furred dog coming out from behind the throne, a letter in his mouth. The duck rushes up and takes letter, reading it. Seconds after reading, he runs off quacking randomly.

He reaches the castle garden, where he sees a dog like person in knight's armor lying on the grass, fast asleep. "Wake up! We got a serious situation!" The man continues to snore, oblivious to the pleas of the duck. He quacks loudly pointing skyward, casting Thunder to shock him awake.

The knight sits up, rubbing his head with narrow half asleep eyes. "OH, hey there Donald. Good mornin'-"

"Ain't no time for that! We got a problem, Goofy!" Donald tells him, before looking left to right. "But don't tell anyone what I'm about to say."

Goofy becomes dazed. "Queen Minnie?"

"Not even the queen." Donald shakes his head.

"Daisy?"

"NO! It's top secret!"

Goofy waves. "Good mornin' ladies."

His response surprises Donald, who turns around slowly seeing a mouse woman and duck in formal clothing fitting for their status. "Uh oh."

…

"So, you're leaving?" Kuzco asks from atop his throne.

"Yeah. I don't know what I was supposed to do here, but I might as well get moving along. I was actually supposed to get somewhere else." Naruto stares along the field seeing the Gummi ship not far away.

"Thanks Naruto." Pacha holds out his hand, who shakes it. "I still don't know why you were here, but it's good that you did."

"You should thank that Kronk guy. He really saved all of us," he replies. Turning his eyes over to Kuzco, he says, "Take care Kuzco."

Naruto waves to them as he takes off. He heads to the Gummi Ship and enters, before it takes off for space. "Thanks for waiting Chip and Dale."

"No problem," says Chip as he prepares the ship to leave orbit. "What were you doing here anyway?"

"I kind of forget," he replies, looking around. "Anyway, we gotta get to Traverse Town for Yusei."

"When we get there we gotta take off. Something just came up at Disney Castle and we need to get back!" Dale states, and the ship quickly takes off fast. After hours of travel, the Gummi Ship reaches Traverse Town and lands.

Naruto jumps out and takes his scroll. "See you guys."

Chip and Dale wave to Naruto before they take off for wherever they were going. The blond swordsman twirls his scroll walking while staring at the dark skies above. "There's allot of stars tonight..."

To his lack of knowledge, those stars would play important to his life later down his life.

Yusei: That brings an end to this chapter, and the Kingdom of the Sun Arc. Now we're in Traverse Town, where Naruto will finally meet Donald and Goofy.