A Serendipitous Key of Hope
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Naruto, or other Shonen Jump characters, themes or such and such.
- Omake -
"Hello?" Naruto enters a dark theater. Looking around he notices that no one else is around. He takes a seat. "Is anyone here?"
"And now, introducing the Muppet show!" All of a sudden, lights shoot on. The stage curtains open up, revealing a yellow and tan title card.
"What the?"
A green frog sticks his head out of the O in 'show' and says, "It's the Muppet Show with our special guest star Midoriya Izuku!" He then screams, "YAY," before the title rises up. The frog stares down at the ground.
As if magic, more animal people arrive to play music. This includes a shaggy brown dog on the piano. Five more things appear on stage before passing through columns, pointing up to their right.
More things, including a chicken, come out singing, "'It's time to play the music! It's time to light the lights! It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight!'"
"What's a Muppet?"
From the left others come out. "'It's time to put on make up! It's time to dress up bright! It's time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight!'"
'Seriously, what's a Muppet?'
Up in the balcony, two old geezers can be seen.
"'Why do we always come here?
I guess we'll never know!
It's like a kind of torture,
to have to watch this show!'"
Some animal thing plays on the drums wildly. More instrumentals play before: "'And now let's get things started!'"
"'Why don't you get things started?!'" This comes from behind Naruto in the form of an audience.
'When the hell did they show up?!'
The frog returns to stage. "'It's time to get things started.'" Soon everyone joins in.
"'On the most sensational! Inspiration!
Celebrational! Muppetational!
THIS! IS! WHAT! WE! CALL! THE! MUPPET SHOW!'" At the very end a smaller title card falls down, and a person thing with a long, curved nose comes out blowing on a bugle.
Naruto takes a minute to take in everything. And smiles. "This is great."
The XVIII Keyhole: Brave Heart
Last time, Naruto tries talking to Elsa in helping her control her powers. That's when Akatsuki arrives and causes more problems. Elsa was kidnapped and sentenced to death by Hans, before escaping and Naruto seeks to help her before coming up against Akatsuki again. Meanwhile, Anna has to receive an act of true love to save her from her heart freezing over. Now, Naruto is up against Deidara, Hidan and Kakuzu alone.
A clay doll flies in and slams Naruto into a frosted wall. "Target captured," Deidara says as he comes closer.
"Let's get off this freaking glacier before I get sick," says Hidan before pointing his scythe at Naruto.
He however is smiling. "What's so funny?" Kakuzu questions.
"I didn't want to fight seriously back then because Elsa was there, but now I don't have to protect anyone else! Raging Storm!" Triple twisters of flames rise up around him, melting the clay bodies as if they were made of ice. Naruto then jumps back avoiding an explosion. "That was close."
"Get him!" Deidara sends more clay monsters at him.
The blond Keybearer summons his Keyblade and glides off with his fire tornado. 'Still, I need some more fire power to combat that guy's clay things.' He opens his left hand, seeing the keychain from earlier. An idea comes to him out of the blue, two actually. The first involves the chain, and the second comes from his interactions with Deidara's clay thing from before. 'What the heck?'
He removes the chain from his Keyblade and replaces it with the card chain. His weapon takes on a new appearance: the blade and handle of the Keyblade are made up of a single, purple shaft with a pink highlight. The cross guard is made of two clubs facing each other, with a yellow and orange-brown checkered pattern, and the pommel is a diamond with a slightly darker version of the same pattern. The rest of the guard is a purple and red horseshoe shape with curled ends. The blade is tipped with a large, orange heart with a thin, red and yellow border. The teeth of the Keyblade are comprised of a large, red spade with an angled base. The Keychain is silver, and its token is an Ace of Hearts card.
Naruto cancels out Raging Storm, his mind being flooded with thoughts about a name; Lady Luck. "Luck huh? Just my game!"
"His sword changed!" Hidan shouts.
"Gee, ya think?" Kakuzu's sarcasm doesn't go over well.
"Eat me!"
"Whatever." Deidara sends his clay soldiers, each of which charge after Naruto.
A magic seal forms before his Keyblade, and lightning bolts from the spell Thundara shoot out and blasts each of them. The clay bodies fall without detonating. "What?!"
"I noticed something when I used Thundara on you earlier," he says while holding up the Keyblade and pointing it at the clay bodies. "They didn't explode; they just laid there like dummies. Meaning electricity stops your soldiers."
"Crapbaskets."
"Oh, you say that too." Hidan sneaks in behind Naruto to slash at him. He raises his Keyblade to block, but after a second of holding he ends up diverting the force to the ground. 'Huh. Somehow, I'm not as strong as I should be.' He swings and cuts across Hidan's face before punching him in the face.
"Gah!"
"He's definitely getting serious," says Kakuzu. "Then, we better as well." He and Deidara begin brimming with darkness, along with a pissed off Hidan.
"Uh oh." Hidan fires streams of lightning and wind at Naruto, who blocks them both using Raging Storm. 'Why are they stronger?' He feels darkness coming off of their forms. 'I get it; they're empowering themselves with darkness! Then, I'll just fight back with-'
As Naruto taps further into his power, he soon finds himself releasing more strength in him than expected. So much so that a red aura expels off his body. "TAKE THIS!" He slashes, releasing a shockwave that destroys Kakuzu's attack and half of the dungeon. All three members of Akatsuki fly out into the billowing cold.
Naruto jumps out after them, before releasing direct Thundara at Deidara and Hidan. Both are sent flying to the ice floor, which shatters before their impact to release frozen water. They hit the seas, electrocuting upon impact. An explosion of darkness blinds Naruto and knocks him back onto the shifting ice. He picks himself up quickly and goes to the water, seeing they've disappeared.
'Where did they go?' Before he could think further, his body twitches painfully. Power releases rapidly from his body in the shape of a bright red aura, bringing him down to his knees. "I can't stop this! I used too much of whatever that was, so why isn't it stopping?!"
"Naruto!" The blond Keybearer looks up seeing Goofy coming his way.
"Stay back!" Despite his warning, Goofy comes closer. 'Please, I don't want you to get hurt too!'
The dogman places a hand on his shoulder, somehow unaffected by the force of magical energy coming off of him; instead, his red aura is absorbed into him, before returning back to Naruto. His clothes shine a new color; he now stands in his clothes which have changed from their orange, black and blue color to a white, red and black color change. An insignia of a fleur-de-lis appears on his clothes and his hitai-e has blown off. The green crystal around his neck has disappeared as well. "What... What just happened?"
"Naruto, what happened to your clothes?" Goofy asks him in total shock.
"I...don't know." He's really stuck on this. But he can't wait on that now; he needs to find and help Elsa now that Akatsuki are gone. Now that he thinks about it, the weather's gotten worse. He's really worried about Elsa now. "We have to find Elsa! Did you find her!?"
"I found Anna, and she's running out of time!" Goofy's words stress Naruto more. "Hans wasn't her true love after all!"
"Then..." The weather around them stops suddenly. As if all the snow and wind turned to lead, the frozen ocean is now a visible horizon. Before he could question this, he looks around to see a horrifying sight.
Earlier, while Naruto was fighting Akatsuki...
Elsa rummages through the frozen hurricane of her own design. She's not even sure how she could get free in the first place; her hands were encased in steel and yet her powers still bled out, and now the situation in Arendelle's worse than before.
It makes her think her powers were never contained in those gloves she had before. But she can't think further on that yet; she has to get away from her kingdom, from Arendelle, from everyone in the world. 'I'm sorry Anna, Naruto.'
Before she could move further, she is spotted by Hans. She turns to flee, but then he shouts, "Queen Elsa, you can't keep running from this!"
She has to settle this. "Just, take care of my sister!"
"Your sister?" Hans frowns. "Anna came down from the mountains cold and white!" His words bring Elsa to a full stop. "She said you froze her heart, right before she shattered to pieces. Your sister is dead, because of you."
This absolutely shatters her. Tears welling up in her eyes, the poor queen drops to her knees in silent sadness. The winter storm subsides quickly in response, destroying every hiding spot within the snow.
Unbeknownst to her, Hans draws his steel blade. He hoists it high, grinning ear to ear like a demonic troll, and with all his strength brings the sword down like the hammer of judgment.
"NO!" Out of nowhere, Anna steps in to take the blow of death. At that moment however, her entire body freezes over. Now a statue of solid ice, her hand shatters the sword; the sword reached her fingers the moment she froze, causing the frost to weaken the steel and cause it to shatter in the first place. The resulting act causes a shockwave that knocks Hans back.
Elsa awakens from her mourning and sees the sacrifice her sister made, her tears coming out much more quickly. "ANNA!" She stands before her sister's body, hugging her. Naruto, Olaf, Goofy, Kristoff and Donald, all who were out on the ice too, watch the sad scene in defeat.
Elsa's crying keeps her from noticing the miracle taking place. As if by magic, Anna's icy exterior evaporates to reveal her colors. She falls down upon her sister, who suddenly breaks out of her depression. "Anna?!"
"Elsa!" The two sisters hug eachother happily. Anna takes a moment to come away from her to question her survival. "But, how?"
"That's it!" Olaf shouts suddenly. "An act of true love will melt a frozen heart! The love you two share was able to break Elsa's spell!"
Kristoff, Goofy and Donald rush to their sides, as Naruto remains stunned. 'Wow. Anna sacrificed herself to save Elsa, and Elsa's heart saved hers. Love is amazing.'
Hans groans as he picks himself up, having hit his head from the shockwave. "Anna?!" Things are not going how he planned. "But, she froze your heart!"
Kristoff prepares to give him a mess of trouble, but Anna holds him back. She then walks up to him, saying, "The only frozen heart around here is yours!" She then clocks him in the nose, causing blood to spill everywhere on the ice. "I told you; you're no match for my sister."
Hans hastily stands back up. "Is that right? Guess it was too optimistic for things to work out without dirtying my own hands. I'm using your power, Maleficent!" Darkness gathers by his feet, and several Shadows and Soldiers rise up around him.
"Heartless!" Donald and Goofy gather their weapons to fight.
"You're no threat to me. As long as that Keyblade kid is gone I'll-" In a flash, Naruto rushes in and cuts down all the Heartless. The look in his eyes is hysterical; it's as if a blood vessel popped.
"And you'll what?"
"Naruto!" Elsa breathes a sigh of relief seeing him safe and sound.
Hans sits himself up glaring, but inside he's pissing himself. 'This can't be! All that hard work!'
Out of nowhere, a portal of darkness appears behind Hans. Out from it steps a man in a black coat, his facial recognition masked in darkness. "Seems you're having a bit of trouble."
"You!" Naruto raises his Keyblade and swings at him, but the man flips Naruto around onto the ground. 'Wait a minute; he's not the same guy!'
"Nice to see you again, Naruto." The man in dark adjusts his hood, allowing an eye to look out at him. A dark red color can be seen. "You've been slacking in your training."
"Fire!" Donald shoots Fira at him, but the man slashes it apart using the Keyblade. "Huh?!"
Naruto looks up seeing his Keyblade in the hands of that same man. "What? Why the hell are you-" He reaches out his hand to reclaim it, but he tosses it back to him before he could. As soon as it leaves his fingers Naruto manages to take hold of the key.
"Since it's yours I can't keep it. But, how much longer do you think you'll stay ahead?" Naruto begins to recognize that guy's voice. "Finish the job."
With a snap of his fingers, a Heartless rises up from the shadows. The world travelers recall this form. "That shadow thing from Wonderland!"
"Finish them, Trickmaster!" The Heartless juggles its batons and throws them, causing the ice to shatter to pieces. The man disappears, while the cracks spread further to release the water underneath. Goofy and the others back away to avoid the splash factor.
Trickmaster then forms flames around his batons. "Blizzard!" Donald fires Blizzard to put it out, only for it to spawn more.
"Maybe some extra ice outta do it." Naruto aims the Keyblade to deliver extra power, but as he does his weapon fails to generate magic. "Eh? No magic?"
Trickmaster kicks him into a ship. "Naruto!" Elsa and Anna yell out. The ice queen rushes to his side. "Are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah. I don't know why, but I can't use magic with this form I guess." Naruto picks himself up, holding her hand for support. "I need your help though."
"Me?" Elsa looks back at the Trickmaster sending more flames out to repel Donald and Goofy. "How could I possibly-"
"Elsa, your powers are ice. You can unfreeze the water and put the flames out."
"But, I can't. I still don't..." Naruto sends away the Keyblade and takes her hand.
"Look, there was something I meant to tell you before. Magic comes from the heart. If you want to control them you gotta accept them."
"Huh?"
"Hmm..." He takes a moment to think. "I don't know how to say that without sounding stupid... Oh what the heck?" He then gains a stern look. "Your powers won't respect you unless you do! Or, something like that."
"My powers... Have to be respected?" Elsa then takes a minute to think about it, and a realization comes to her. "That's right; I didn't accept my powers at all. Every time I was around others I didn't want to use my powers. I couldn't keep my powers in check, because I didn't want them. But when I made that palace, I started to accept myself. For the first time in forever I started loving who I was. Maybe that's why it did that; if I can't love myself, then I can't love anyone else."
Elsa takes her hands away for a moment and holds them up. The ice around them slowly dissolves, collecting in the skies. From the frozen water they stood upon to the iced kingdom of Arendelle, all the ice collects in the air in the form of an enlarged icicle. Everyone makes it to one ship to avoid taking a cold dip, while Naruto jumps on another. Trickmaster waves about in the sea.
Elsa drops the icicle in the form of a spire down upon Trickmaster, who plunges underneath. "Thanks Elsa!" Naruto looks down at the sea where Trickmaster rises up, half of its body destroyed. A red light forms on his left hand. "If I'm going to make it I'll have to accept this power as well!" The light shines out in a similar form. He jumps forward and slashes at Trickmaster with both hands.
Both of its arms are severed in an instant as Naruto dives into the sea. A blue heart is expelled from the Heartless' body, and ascends. The demonic juggler dissolves into nothing. Naruto resurfaces and wades, raising both his hands. In the right is his Kingdom Key, and the other hand has Lady Luck. "What the? Two Keyblades?"
Both his Keyblades disappear and his outfit changes back to normal. "Huh. So it's temporary." He swims over to the ship with the others and climbs up. There, Elsa runs up and hugs him. Flabbergasted, he shouts: "Whoa, Elsa?"
"You did it!" she speaks, happy to have her kingdom, her family and Naruto safe. Anna notes the closeness they have, and eyes them closely. They then look down at Hans left splashing about.
Neither of them notice Kakuzu in the background, being the only one who hasn't died in black smoke. "Something's up. This is NOT what he promised!" He disappears into a veil of darkness.
With the conclusion of the fight, Hans is taken back to his land to await imprisonment and punishment by his twelve older brothers. The Duke of Weselton is sent back to his place, under the orders that Arendelle will never do business with them ever again. The castle doors open up indefinitely, and a party is hosted celebrating Elsa's true coronation and the efforts of Naruto, Donald and Goofy in protecting Arendelle. Also, Elsa creates a miniature snow cloud for Olaf to keep him alive in summer.
At the end of it all, Naruto and his friends prepare their leave. With their ship overhead, the blond Keybearer gives his farewell to Elsa. "So, this is goodbye I guess," she says, her heart filled with discontent.
"Well, as long as I remember where your world is I can come back anytime."
"World?"
"Donald, Goofy and I are world travelers trying to destroy the Heartless, and protect the Princesses of Heart. Now that we're done here we'll be moving on to the next, but maybe we can come back. I'd love to see you again!"
Elsa's heart flutters from his words. She reaches her arms out and pulls him into a kiss on the cheek. "Don't be a stranger then, Naruto."
Both of them blush a deep red before he enters the Gummi Ship. Donald then asks, "Isn't that cheating?"
"What are you on about?" The ship takes off into space.
Elsa and Ann watch as he leave. The non-magical sister turns to her elder. "So, you and Naruto huh?"
"Don't start."
"No, I think I will, after the advice you and him gave me." Anna gives a confident smirk.
"Like I didn't notice you and Kristoff."
"Hey, atleast we're dating first!" Before Elsa could give her comeback, a shadow of a figure emerges behind her sister. Anna turns around quickly to face him, only to look into red eyes. Her body goes limp and she falls into his arms.
"You!" Elsa throws her arms out to ice him. He counters by jumping to the side and entering a portal of Darkness. "Give her back!"
"No can do, my queen." He calls her queen sarcastically. "If you want her, come and get her. Or maybe you need to get Naruto to do it?"
He slowly disappears into the portal. 'Well, Anna would do it!' She jumps in after him.
Inside Elsa finds herself within the corridors of darkness. She grasps her heart feeling the pain of the dark area. The man looks at her, before moving in close. "I'll admit it; you've got guts to jump into the darkness. I did, but you shouldn't. Your heart isn't as connected to darkness as me or Ichigo."
"Who...are you?" she asks in pain.
"If you see Naruto again, tell him to stay out of Sasuke's way." He thrusts his free palm, sending her flying through a portal. He then pulls over his hood, revealing himself as Sasuke Uchiha. "I'm this close to opening the door to Kingdom Hearts. If Itachi isn't around to give me answers, then it will."
Kei: That brings this chapter to an end. We might not have time for an omake next chapter.
Julia: We took allot of time off working on our final project just to deliver this!
Kei: Don't make the audience feel guilty! We brought this on ourselves when he became a writer.
Yusei: Next time on Key of Hope, Naruto and the others take a short trip to the Olympus Coliseum and meet Ichigo.