Krissa sighed as she rode through the lanes between.

"What do you think Rufus...do you think I was too hard on him?"

"Uhh I dunno," the rodent answered. He was inside Krissa's helmet to keep him protected.

"I mean maybe he just wanted to protect me. Afterall, the last time he saw me, I was a helpless wreck!"

"Yeah." Rufus answered back.

"Then again, I hardly know the guy! And at this point, I think I'm able to protect myself.

"Yeah."

"You're just going to agree with me no matter what I say, aren't you?"

"Uh yeah."

"Heh. You're fun to talk too. Here comes another world, better go take care of things there!"

Sora, Riku, and Kairi had made their way back inside Merlin's house as it was impossible to see outside. They only reason they were able to see inside was because of the light of Cid's computer and around a dozen candles were lit.

"So there's more than one way to unlock Kingdom Hearts," Kairi said.

"And Maleficent is trying to unlock it," Sora responded.

"I'm afraid so," Merlin answered. "It appears she's trying to plunge many worlds into darkness right now by use of the shadow. That way, when she gains control of Kingdom Hearts,"

"She'll be able to easily plunge the entire universe into darkness," Riku finished. Everyone was quite for several seconds. Riku hadn't said much since Krissa had run off.

"It becomes even worse than that," Merlin said, "Two hearts..."

"Wait," Riku interrupted, "Maleficent said she was looking for Sora, so..."

"Me?!" Sora exclaimed. On one hand, Sora was somewhat relieved because he thought the evil fairy witch would go after the Princesses of Light-meaning Kairi would have been in danger; however, Sora was curious as to why he was needed to unlock Kingdom Hearts.

"He has a touch of destiny in him," Merlin responded. "Word came from Yen Sid that two as such would be needed."

"NO!" Kairi yelled, "She can't have Sora! She just can't!"

"No worries, dear girl," Merlin said, "I believe Master Sora has received enough training, as well as people around him, to ensure he remains protected, make not mistake about that."

Riku then banged his fist against the table. This took everybody by surprise. "Maleficent mentioned that she was looking for her as well." Everything clicked in Riku's mind. "Was Krissa destined to wield that keyblade?!"

"I have not been able to determine how she came to wield, so that would be my educated hypothesis." Riku stood up and headed for the door upon hearing this.

"Riku, wait!" Kairi exclaimed. "You don't even know where she went!"

"Maybe not- but I can find Maleficent!"

"Riku..." Sora said. It was not like his friend to jump into action without thinking his ideas through. That was usually Sora's job!

"I promise I will make this right!" Riku exclaimed as he made his way outside.

"Riku wait up!" Sora yelled as he and Kairi chased their friend.

"Stop!" Kairi exclaimed. But it was too late. Riku had already ridden off into the dark sky and disappeared.

Merlin made his way outside.

"I don't understand," Sora said, "Riku is usually the calm and rationale one."

"I think this is more complex than you understand, Young Keyblade Master," Merlin responded.

"Huh?" Sora said. Merlin laughed.

"I believe you two should visit some more worlds and make sure their keyholes are locked away tightly. Your friend will be fine. Something tells me he's the type that doesn't give up and lose easily."

"Okay..." Sora said. Kairi had an idea about what Merlin was talking about, but she knew that something of that topic would fly over her boyfriend's head.

"Don't worry, Merlin, we'll make sure everyone stays safe." With that, the young couple took off into the sky. Merlin stood in silence for a few seconds as he stared at the two, then he chuckled.

"Ho ho! No wonder he hasn't been able to pop the question yet!"

"It's very...blue here." Krissa tried to walk, but when she looked down she noticed she had no legs.

"AH!" She gasped. When she looked down below her, she didn't see the ground. She saw...turtles...swimming. And they were huge!

"AH Giant turtles! And...I can breathe...underwater...and..." She finally looked at herself the best she could, and she swam in a circle.

"...And I'm a fish." She was mostly a pink color with a yellow (or blonde one could say) back stripe and fully yellow tell. At first glance, she appeared to be a Bartlett's Anthias.

"Well this is great," she muttered. "First I was a dog, now I'm a fish! Rufus, would you...wait where are you." She began to look around for her little friend.

"Rufus!" she called.

"Down here," she heard a small squeaky voice say.

"Rufus! You're..." she didn't know what to say. Rufus was now a small pink sea slug, complete with antennae. He was stuck on one of the turtle's shell.

"...there!"

Title Screen: The EAC

Field Music: The Turtle Lope

Battle Music: Curl Away My Son

"Wow..." was all Krissa could say as she looked around. She loved the ocean. So much, in fact, that if she wasn't a teacher, she would have wanted to become a Marine Biologist or something along those lines. Scuba diving had always been on her bucket list, but now she could swim underwater without having to spend a lot of money on the classes.

"Beautiful..." she said.

"Ah, the big blue," a voice said. Krissa looked around and noticed the turtle she and Rufus were on was talking to her. "An endless road towards a lifetime of wondering. Righteous."

"Uh, yeah. Heh, given my adventures so far, I guess I shouldn't be surprised I'm talking to a turtle."

"I would hope not, Pinky. The name's Crush."

"Krissa. And that's Rufus."

"Hiya," the newly formed sea slug said. Krissa looked down after hearing a moan. What she saw was an unconscious orange fish with three white stripes. Given the ocean nerd that she was, she knew him to be a clownfish. "Crush what's wrong with this-" Krissa was interrupted by the clownfish once more when he moaned once more, and she noticed that he began to open his eyes.

"Duuuude," Crush said to the orange fish, "Focus Dude. Duuuude."

"Ooooooh," the clownfish moaned.

"Oh, he lives!" The turtle exclaimed, "Hey Dude!"

"Ooooh...what happened?"

"Oh saw the whole thing, dude! First you were like whoa! And then we were all like whoa! And then you were like whoa..."

"What is he talking about," the clownfish asked looking at Krissa."

"Believe me, I have no idea," the pink fish answered.

"I dunno," Rufus added.

"I'm talking about you, mini-man!" Crush exclaimed, "Takin' on the jellies! You got serious thrill issues dude!" Marlin groaned even more. "Oh man, No hurlin' on the shell, dude okay? Just waxed it!"

"So Mr, Turtle-" The clownfish began to ask.

"Whoa, dude. Mr. Turtle is my father. Name's Crush."

"Okay Crush-and you are?" he asked, looking at Krissa.

"I'm Krissa,"

"Rufus!" the former naked mole rat stated.

"I'm Marlin," he said. "Okay Crush, listen I need to get to the East Australian Current. EAC? Where can I find it?"

"Dude," Crush laughed, "You're ridin' it! Check it out!" Krissa looked around once more as Marlin looked around as well, amazed by what they saw. The way the turtles swam appeared to be similar to a highway system. Each turtle had a unique hawaiian and/or floral print on their shells. Little turtle kids were swimming around and playing. It was a nice sight to behold.

"Okay, grab shell dude!" Crush suddenly exclaimed.

"What do you-?" Krissa began to asked, but suddenly they hit a point in the current that was twisty and loopy, and they had to hold on to crush to avoid being thrown out. Krissa, Rufus, and Marlin began to scream at the top of their lungs!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Ok, so we understand more about what Maleficent is going after...but I still can't reveal all the details yet! Hmm we haven't seen Riku act irrationally since KH1, what's going on in his head?! Why is Rufus a slug?! And where is Nemo?! Eh, we've all seen this movie, we know what's next (or do we...?). Next chapter, we introduce Dory :))) I love writing this chapter because Finding Nemo is one of my favorite movies. And I cannot wait until Finding Dory! I'll be 24 when it comes out (it will actually be 5 months before I'm 25 lol), but I don't care! Move over kids!

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