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Author's Note: I haven't played the game in a while, so some of the parts in this next chapter may be inaccurate, but hey, it's a fanfic.

"Don't worry, she's just unconscious. Now, where is Kairi?"

"We have found her. She is somewhere in Neverland. Hook was just there, but I have bad news, it seems that her heart has been taken by the heartless. Now, I have something I want to show you."

They entered the chapel, but it was still the same plain room that it always was. This was the room where maleficent had always conducted her meetings with her clients, such as Jafar.

"What are we doing here?" Riku asked.

"Just wait a moment."

Maleficent pointed her hand towards the wall and a small part of it disappeared, revealing a secret passageway. "No one else knows about this place and I intend to keep it that way. Am I clear?"

"Yes, Maleficent."

"Good."

And with that, they walked into the hallway, leading them to a huge room on either side of the hall were three young women, each were frozen in suspended animation..

"Are these the princesses?"

"Yes, on this side are Cinderella, Snow White, and Aurora. On the other side are Belle-"

"…Jasmine and Alice, the ones I helped capture."

Riku began to have second thoughts about this whole thing, but with the thought of Kairi he quickly dismissed the thought, because it was replaced with a new one: Kairi, I promise, here and I now, that I will do what ever it takes to find you. Then, aloud, he said, "Maleficent, take me to Neverland."

"Yes, but first, I have to meet with all of my associates that have not been… defeated by that boy. You're friend's pretty strong for a boy, but his power is not his, but of the Keyblade. Riku, I'm going to let you in on a secret. Sora is not the true Master of the Keyblade."

"What? Then why does he have it?"

"He was simply chosen by the Keyblade to deliver it to the true master, which is you."

"Me?"

"Yes, but the Keyblade is waiting for the right moment, when your heart is at its strongest. Now, I'm sorry, but I have to go. I'll be back shortly."

She exited the long hallway, back into the chapel. She was going to meet with Oogie, hook, and Ursula, but up until now, hook had not arrived.

"There you are Maleficent! You were taking so long, we thought something bad had happened." Ursula said as Maleficent entered.

"Quite the contrary, the mission was a success."

"But the keyhole was locked, and the boy let Sora get away, and he defeated Jafar."

Riku, who was listening, broke in, and said: "Hey, I got the princess, alright?!"

"Riku's Right. He did what he what supposed to do, and that is all." Responded Maleficent. "So, this meting is adjourned, and Riku, I have arranged transportation for you."

"Yes," a voice said. "But it's not going to be smooth ride." It was Captain Hook.

"Alright. Riku responded.

After Spending a few hours on Capt. Hook's ship, and being very bored, Riku heard Mr. Smee say: Look out!" in an instant a giant whale flew over them.

"What was that?" Riku asked.

"That be the legendary world-eater, Monstro. I've heard many a tale of how he devoured sailor's ships, even entire worlds, with one gulp."

"We have to stop."

"Are you crazy? Do you want it to eat us?"

"Yes, because Sora's on there. And I think I found a way to save Kairi."

"Fine, you go. We'll stay here."

Riku used the darkness to get inside Monstro, and he appeared in a multicolored chamber. The walls were slimy, and they moved, because, of course, they were alive. The entire chamber was covered with debris from the different ships that Monstro had eaten. Now, where is Sora? He chose the first hallway he saw and went through it. He ended up in what looked the mouth. There was more debris here, and even a completely intact boat. In the boat, Sora, Donald, and Goofy were talking to an old man, most likely the owner of this boat. Outside the boat, but staying close by, was a wooden puppet, but it was alive, and it looked it was playing. That must have been what I sensed before. He doesn't need his heart very much, does he? "Hey, you!" he said to the puppet."

"Yeah?"

"What's your name?"

"Pinocchio."

"You want to play, Pinocchio?'

"Yeah!"

"Shh. We don't want them to hear us. Come on." So, he lured Pinocchio into the chamber." Just as they entered the chamber, a bunch of heartless appeared.

"Mr., I'm scared!"

"Don't worry, just stay close to me." Riku began to attack the heartless, but they kept coming. So, he had to resort to using the darkness. His sword, and soon himself, started glowing a purplish black. Is the darkness becoming more powerful? The Aura around him had never been that dark, and it had never been that big before. Indeed, the darkness was growing and becoming more powerful by the second, but so was his ability to wield it. He struck at a heartless, and it was destroyed. The remaining heartless attacked him at once, assuming their odds were better that way. Riku jumped in the air, and started spinning, striking the heartless with each spin. On the final spin, he released a wave of darkness energy at them, destroying all of the heartless.

"Wow, Mr., you're really strong. What's your name?"

"My name's Riku."

"You must be the strongest ever."

"Yeah-" but he was interrupted.

"Pinocchio!" He heard a familiar voice. Sora and his dumb friends had finally noticed he was missing.

"Come out, Pinocchio, this is no time for games!"

"But Sora, I though you liked games! Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?"

"Riku!"

"Come on, Pinocchio, let's go play." And the descended further into the throat. He hoped that they wouldn't meet up with any more heartless, because that attack had left him somewhat drained. Damn! That took more out of me than I thought! I better try to restrict my magic usage. The Darkness might be too strong for me. Now, where is it? By it, he meant the giant heartless he sensed. He sensed something huge that was trying to turn Monstro into a heartless, but he couldn't let that happen, because if it was turned into a heartless while they were still inside, who knows what would happen to them. Besides, he still needed to extract the heart, which would take time.

"Mr. Riku, let's play." Pinocchio said.

"Sorry, I'm tired." This kid, he's a lot like Sora when we were younger. We were really good friends back then. What happened? To both Sora and Riku, it felt like they had been friends an eternity ago, but neither could remember how long it had been since their island had been destroyed.

After doing a lot of walking, they found it. A Huge Bug-like thing with a cage in its stomach and the heartless insignia on its head, a sign he had grown to hate. It only took a few seconds for Sora and his new friends to arrive. Huh, it's funny. Me, Sora, and a monster. It's almost like… He thought back to that day, the day that Kairi had arrived. Sora came to him, with a look of fear on his face. He had said:

"Riku! There's a monster in the secret cave, I know there is!"

"A monster!?"

"Yeah! Could you kill it for me?" Riku had agreed, so they went to the secret place to find the monster. When they went in, however, all they had found were a bunch of plants.

"There's no monster in here. It was probably just your imagination."

"Aww, I wanted to fight a monster!"

"But didn't you ask me to kill it for you?"

"Hee hee. Yeah. Hey, I heard there's a new girl on the island and that she's staying at the mayor's house!"

'Yeah, let's go visit her!" As Riku had said this, Sora had gone off, but Riku had stayed, because he saw something. It was a door. And on the door, there was a large keyhole. "Hey, what's?.. Never mind." And he went out of the cave, following Sora."

"Riku!" It was Sora. Riku had snapped back to reality, and saw that the Heartless had kidnapped Pinocchio. "Are you gonna do something, or are you just going to stand there?!"

"Hey, Sora, let's take this thing down, for old times sakes!"

"All right! Now that's the Riku I know." So, together, they began to attack, but every time they got close to it, their attacks would either bounce off of it or it would blast them away with its acid breath.

Damn, I can't get close to it to hit it, and I still don't have enough energy to use magic. Then, to Sora, he said, "This is going to tough!"

"Yeah!" Sora responded. He stuck his Keyblade in the air, and instantly a gust of wind surrounded him, protecting him. "That's why it's fun!" Then, he smiled, and Riku couldn't help but smiling too. Sora had given him the strength he needed. He mustered up enough energy to shoot a ball of dark firaga at the heartless, leaving it open for Sora to deliver the final blow. The heartless roared in pain, and dropped Pinocchio out of its cage, but it was not yet defeated. It ran away down a hole in the floor. Why did I ever believe that Sora could have just replaced me? Riku thought, as he helped Pinocchio up. I mean he said he spent a while looking for me, and I believe him. "Donald, Goofy, are you all right?" Sora said. Oh yeah, that's how. Instead of asking me he asked first about them. He has replaced me with new friends.

He then grabbed Pinocchio and said, "Hey Sora, come and get me!" and he jumped down the hole. The hole led to Monstro's mouth.

From there, he took Pinocchio into another hallway, but before he could go in, he heard:

"Please don't take my Pinocchio!"

"Sorry old man, but I still have some use for this puppet."

"That's not a puppet, that's my son!"

"Still, it is interesting, not many puppets have hearts. Maybe it can be used to save someone else. Someone who's lost theirs."

"Wait," Sora joined the conversation, "Are you talking about Kairi?"

"What do you care about her?" and with that, Riku entered the hallway, which led directly to the stomach of Monstro. Pinocchio stayed unconscious. Riku had no idea what to do with it. Then, he was again interrupted by Sora.

"Riku! Do you have any idea what you're doing?!"

"A puppet with no heart, could it be used to save Kairi? Sora, join forces me! Let's save her together!"

"It may not have a heart, but at least it still has a conscience, and although you may not always hear it, right now it's loud and clear, and it's telling me that what you're doing is wrong!" Sora then pulled out his Keyblade and got into a battle stance.

"You'd rather fight me, over a puppet that has no heart?" With Sora's unyielding stance, he already knew the answer. But, before he could do anything, the parasite cage heartless came from above and attacked. Riku used the darkness to return to the ship and leave the heartless to Sora. When he arrived on deck, maleficent was waiting for him.

"Why do you still care about that boy?" she asked.

"I don't!" he responded, "I was just messing with him a little, that's all."

"Well, would you like to see your beloved Kairi?"

"More than anything." He responded.

"Then, follow me."