Search Party

By Kikofreako

Summary:

Sora's whereabouts are unknown, Kairi has some strange power, and what's up with this Blonde Haired Kid that's carrying around a set of Keyblades? Everything's spinning out of control as Donald, Goofy, the Destiny Islands crew and the FF crew are jammed together in efforts to find a certain brunette. SoraXKairi Some: Squiffie and SelphieXTidus.

Disclaimer:

-dreams about owning Kingdom Hearts-

The Random Quote of d00m:

"Ewww! Backwash center!" -Selphie

XxX

"You spied on her?"

Tyson shut the hatch and strapped in, frustrated as ever. "I didn't have much choice! It wasn't like she was going to tell me what was going on, Yuffie."

The ninja was obviously upset. "That was low."

Leon interrupted her, trying to talk some sense into the girl. "Look, he's right. It's not like he did it to hurt Kairi."

Riku closed his eyes as he felt the ship lift off. Don't get involved in this fight, his common sense screamed. It was probably right. Too bad he didn't listen to it. "Still though, why did you yell at her?"

"I didn't yell at her! She yelled at me!" He paused, trying to keep calm. "I know that I wasn't exactly nice to Kairi. But there wasn't any way to find out what was going on other than snoop."

The door opened, revealing Kairi herself. Everyone stared for a moment, realizing that she had likely overheard their entire conversation.

"Tyson is right. I should have told you guys. I'm sorry."

The blonde sighed, an air of resignation in his tone. Now apology was inevitable. "Yeah. Sorry I said...that stuff."

She smiled. "Here. I take it you'll want to look at this." With that, the blade appeared in a golden shimmer of magic, its silvery hilt glinting. She handed it to Tyson, who furrowed his brow in confusion. "What? What's the matter with it?"

He took a few experimental swings. "Nothing- it's just that its weight is strange. Most swords have the weight evenly distributed, so that it's easy to use. But this...the bulk is centered near the handle. The rest is feather-light."

Leon mused aloud, finishing Tyson's thoughts. "So it wouldn't be much good for close-quarters. Which is the point of a sword- close-quarters fighting. It makes no sense."

Tyson handed it back to her. "Do you even know how to use this?"

Kairi shrugged. "That's the mystery here- I have never wielded a sword in my life. I don't know how."

"This is nuts..."

"There's something else too," she said, tracing her fingers over the engraved message on the hilt. "Look at this."

Selphie read the words carefully. "Queen Of Hearts."

"Garwsh, I, thought that you were a Princess Of Heart, a-hyuck." Goofy looked confused. Although, for the easygoing dog, that was nothing new.

"So did I."

"I hate to break this up," quacked Donald (not really looking sorry at all), but we're about to get to Wonderland's wall."

Nodding, Kairi touched the dash, waiting for the familiar feeling of a wall accepting her in. It wasn't the same as the first time, though. The wall recognized her heart, apparently- there was a strange sensation though, of something passing through her heart. It was actually the light of the wall- checking up on her, in sorts. The sensation passed, and they were through. Holding her breath, Kairi prayed that they wouldn't walk into the same scene as Traverse Town.

XxX

Kxerrix tacked a small green pin onto a map and turned, looking at Axel and Marluxia. "They've arrived in Wonderland. Who's gonna keep tabs on them?"

Axel leaned back in his chair. "I have more important things to do. Get Marluxia to do it."

Marluxia looked at the brash redhead, his eyes narrowing dangerously. "Do you want to repeat that?"

He leaned forward, face close to Marluxia's. "After your charade at Castle Oblivion, you should be honored that the Organization still permits you to be ON duty."

"Not like you did much better, hotshot. That kid had you on your knees, if I remember correctly." He threw his hands up in mock surprise, contempt lacing his voice. "Oh, I forget. You THREW that battle, right?"

Kxerrix shoved them both apart, half of her wanting to see Axel take a punch or two, but her sensible side knowing that it would be too much of a blow to her status in the Organization. She casually dusted off her jet-black robe, looking at the two in disgust. "Have you two had enough yet? Any more and the testosterone will start to pool. I'll ask again. Who's gonna go and keep watch on them?"

Silence filled the room as the two men sat back in their chairs, the tension in the air thick enough to cut with a knife. Kerrix was getting irritated, and anyone who knew her could testify that it wasn't good for her to get irritated. Axel sensed this, and wisely decided to put aside he and Marluxia's fight. "I'll do it. Happy?"

She laughed bitterly. "When have you known me to be unhappy?" Pointing to the map, she tapped the green thumbtack. "Wonderland."

Nodding, he ran a finger over his flame wheels absentmindedly. "Got it. I'll be gone within the hour." Walking out of the room, Marluxia soon followed suit claiming to have something or other to attend to. Like she cared what they were doing.

Kxerrix sighed and leaned back, letting out a long breath. Calling her Heartless, she stroked it almost tenderly. The little Yellow Opera hummed softly to itself, leaning into her touch, darkness seeping from Kxerrix's fingertips like a dripping poison from the fangs of a deadly viper. The Operas were, in her opinion, the best Heartless. Dodging, whirling, resourceful. Rarely missed. A perk of having one around was that they let out a small squeak whenever attacked, alerting everyone's attention to the attacker, but glided completely silent. Useful to have when you were, oh say, spying on the Queen Of Hearts and her friends. Kxerrix rolled over onto her stomach, yawning casually. What was the Queen's name again? Oh well, not like it mattered. She was going to be dead soon anyways. Not until after she served her purpose to the Organization. Which was specifically to take down Sora with her. Shouldn't be too hard.

XxX

"Owwwww!" Tidus yelped as he fell right on his butt, the tile floor of the room not helping the situation. Looking around, he noticed the fireplace. The one on the wall...

"I'm late! I'm late! The Queen'll have my head for sure!" A fuzzy white streak bowled Leon over, apologizing hastily. "Oh! Please pardon me sir... oh I'm late I'm late I'm late!" He scurried off through the hallway. Yuffie helped Leon up, and dusted off his leather jacket carefully.

"Are you okay? That crazy bunny hit you pretty hard..."

"I'm fine. I can take a hit from rabbit, Yuffie."

She tried not to let herself snap back a witty response. Why did she have to live with the world's human ice cube? Grumbling to herself, Yuffie took out one of her ninja stars and pretended to polish them with the corner of her scarf.

"Same as allers, a-hyuck," Goofy commented, walking to the door in his strange, lopsided gait. "This place is nutters."

"You don't say," Riku remarked sarcastically. "No time to waste. Let's go."

Everyone looked at him as he walked to the door (Or should I say doors?). Wakka scratched the back of his neck. "That was weird, ya..."

Yuffie shrugged. "Must be jet lag, or whatever they call it. Space lag?"

The group walked through the doors and stopped abruptly. Seeing the bizarre room. "Um, I don't think we can all FIT inside that room!" Tidus commented. Donald picked up a small can of...something.

"We just have to drink this, and we'll shrink." he said.

"EWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Selphie screamed. "That's gross! Backwash center!"

"No, you big palooka! Only one of us has to drink it, and everybody shrinks!" With that, he took a sip of the concoction. In the blink of an eye, the party was reduced to the size of ants. The table rose three stories high, and the grandfather clock seemed like the Eiffel Tower. Bricks from the fireplace were now as tall as themselves. Everyone except Donald and Goofy stared at their surroundings.

"This...place...is...nuts." Tidus spoke slowly, enunciating his words carefully, afraid that his voice would be the next thing to change. He'd already been through puberty once, and that was bad enough.

Goofy walked toward a door in a corner of the room. "We gotta go see the Queen," he said. "She'll know if the Heartless 'ave shown up, a-hyuck." Donald, for once, nodded in agreement and walked toward with him. Then he turned to face the still staring group.

"Come on, you big palookas! Let's go already!"

XxX

Trumpets sounded loudly as the fanfare blared around them, the cards bowing in synchronization, so that they actually looked like a bunch of dominos. Really, really, BIG dominos.

"Sheesh, the Queen has an ego problem," Selphie muttered quietly.

Donald snorted, a strange sound coming from a duck. "That's not the half of it."

"WHO DARES TO DISTURB THE QUEEN? IF THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD REASON...OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" the Queen screamed.

Tidus groaned. Why did they always have to work with the crazies?

Riku coughed and stepped forward. "We need to check the world for Heartless. There's been some activity-"

"HOW DARE YOU MARCH IN HERE AND MAKE DEMANDS OF ME! OFF WITH THEIR HEAds..." She trailed off as she noticed Leon casually draw his sword. Geez, that was a really big sword, and sharp too. Like it could cut through paper cards pretty easily...

The Queen of Hearts coughed, then waved them on. Leon sheathed his sword, and they walked into Lotus Forest. Everyone immediately started laughing once they were out of earshot of the guards. Except Leon, of course, who just smirked.

Wakka wiped a tear from his eye. "Man, that was hilarious! The look on her face..."

Kairi laughed. "Yeah, her eyes were as big as saucers!" ...Silence. She looked around, confused. They're all...frozen. What in the heck-

"Finally. I've been trying to get hold of you for months."

She spun around to find a man in a long, black cloak. An Organization cloak. (A/N - You guys are so lucky I decided not to leave you off right here. I guess I'm just not feeling that evil today. Something must be wrong!)

XxX

He dusted off his cloak, even though it hadn't a speck of dust on it anywhere. Time to have a talk with this Queen. Now then-

THUMP!

The blonde Organization member found himself on the ground. Kairi was holding him down, and something sharp pricked his throat, threatening to cut him if he moved even the slightest inch. He cursed to himself. This girl is more dangerous than she looks. Think fast, he commanded himself.

"One move, and you're Heartless fodder," she commanded. Instantly, the man's soldier sense registered the slight tremor in her voice and the fear in her eyes.

"Don't make me laugh. Besides, I don't want to hurt-" He felt cool metal harder against his throat. This girl is stubborn, I'll give her that. Enough. They were wasting time.

The girl's eyes narrowed. "I told you- you move one more time, and I'll kill you!"

"Come off it, girl," he scoffed. "You're shaking. You don't have the nerve," He paused. "Listen to me. If I wanted to hurt you, I would have done it when you and your friends were unaware of my presence in these accursed woods. Now get off me. We're wasting time here."

"Give me one good reason."

"Because I know information that will save your life."

XxX

Kairi stared at him. That was all the time the black-coated man needed. He flipped her off of him and into a cluster of giant-sized crabgrass. She stood up hastily, cursing herself for letting down her guard. He just stood there, arms folded impatiently.

"Now will you listen to me? I'm unarmed."

She narrowed her eyes. Putting down her weapon (Yuffie's, actually- she'd slid the throwing star from the ninja's pocket before he had a chance to do anything) seemed like insanity, but he had a point. She lowered the serrated metal piece gradually.

"What's your name?"

"Vexen. Although it is no concern of yours." He summoned an hourglass out of thin air and frowned. "We've already wasted three and a half minutes now, thanks to your antics."

"MY antics! You're the one who-"

He waved her question away impatiently. "No time. Listen to me. You're being tracked by the Organization."

"What? YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION! WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME-"

"Girl, if you interrupt one more time, I swear..." Vexen stopped and shook his head, patience dangerously thin. "I was a member, until- well, that's not important now. All you need to know is that I want to help."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"My reasons are my own." He looked at the hourglass. Only about a half an inch of sand remained. "Go to Deep Jungle. You can lose them somewhere there, I'm sure. Then we can talk more." He turned to leave.

"Wait! Why can't we talk more now? And why did you freeze my friends?"

Vexen faced her, his face stony. "Because one of your friends is not what they seem."

Then he was gone.

XxX

I am so sorry for making you all wait so long! I got in big trouble...REALLY do not want to go into it, so don't ask. Anyways...here's the update, finally. And as a sort of apology for making you all wait so long...a special tidbit of information here. All of you who don't read the author's notes are missing out, aren't you? Hahaha.

TEN REASONS THAT SUGGEST YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH KINGDOM HEARTS:

11) You make little Sora, Kairi, and Riku dolls. (My friend has made a FMA plushie.)

10) At the pool, you take one of those foam noodles and start whacking your little brother with it, screaming, "Arcanum! Arcanum!"

9) You have this strange obsession of the keyhole on your door.

8) You suddenly think that red overalls are SO cute!

7) When your mom is planting flowers in her flower garden, you comment: "Geez, mom. You bought a heck of a lot of Riku!" and laugh like it's hilarous. (For any of you that don't know, Riku's name means land. Or more appropriate...dirt. Hahaha.)

6) Whenever you're mad at someone, you wait till their back is turned then you point at them and whisper, "Fira!" (Soon to be guilty.)

5) You go on websites for Kingdom Hearts fanart and fanfiction. (Guilty.)

4) You've bought three copies of the game: One to play, one in case the one you play gets damaged, and one to cuddle up with in bed.

3) You refuse to sleep in the dark. Cause...the Heartless will come.

2) Whenever anyone in your family leaves the house you say in a very serious voice: "Don't forget...I'm always with you."

1) When you're able to make a list entitled "Ten Reasons That Suggest You're Obsessed With Kingdom Hearts" with little or no difficulty. (Guilty.)

Hahahaha! Okay, your turn. Got another reason? Or another list: maybe, "Ten Reasons Why Riku is the Hottest Bishe Ever". Send it to me, either through e-mail or put it in your review. Speaking of which... (All my reviewers are gone! I still have a faithful two, though. Lol.)

Perhelediel- Man, you know after all this time I'm finally able to spell your username from memory! xD Well, Tyson is a little confused right now- about everything that's going on. But heck, he's the rock. He's not gonna show it. And I think there's an awful lack of female Organization characters...that's why I made one. She's a main character- at the end of the story I"ll be asking you for some feedback on her. Not now, though. And you won't hear from Sora for a few more chapters...but I'll tell you this. He is not dead. I would never DREAM of killing Sora. -makes a cross sign-

Horsie890- Glad you liked. And...toast monsters! I've gotta check this out. -arms herself with a bottle of syrup and stalks off-

Well, that's all for now. All you people that are reading my story but aren't reviewing...BAD. -sticks out tounge- Oh well. You know what I'm gonna say, right? Just spare me having to say it.

Akiko