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IX
Vivi Orunitia
"So what do ya say? You gonna joins us?"
The man thought for several moments, looking over the one who asked him. "No," he answered, turning around.
"Hey! Don't you walk away from me!" the man yelled, pointing a finger at the other one. "Do you even realize what I'm offering you! You know what kind of power you could gain working with Maleficent?!"
The man stopped. "Maleficent, you say?" He gave a curious smile and looked back to the obese man, what was his name? Oh yes, Pete.
"Yup!" Pete said proudly, putting his hands on his hips. "You got that right Kuja!"
'What a fool,' Kuja thought. 'He doesn't know the crone is dead. I could tell him now, but I'm sure it'll be much more fun if he finds out later.
"If you join us," Pete continued, "you get control of the Heartless!"
'The same things that did her in.'
"I refuse." Kuja began to walk away.
"What?! But the Heartless will do whatever you want! And they're extremely powerful!"
"Oh yes, I've heard about Heartless. I don't like such disgusting creatures. I've come up with something much more useful than those things." Kuja snapped his fingers, and a small figure appeared in front of Pete.
"Uh, what the heck is that?" he asked, scratching his head. What was this tiny little thing with a pointy hat. "Why'd choose these over the Heartless?"
"I call it, a 'Black Mage'," Kuja said. "And as to why I prefer them over the Heartless," Kuja smirked.
The Black Mage then pointed its hands at Pete, and fired a massive fireball at him, sending his flying into a wall.
"Owie!" Pete cried out. "That's it! I'm outta here!" Pete snapped his fingers, opening a portal of darkness, which he hand into.
The Black Mage followed him and closed.
"Such a pity," Kuja sighed to himself. "That was a prototype. Oh well," he flipped his feathery hair, "I better be off to my work than."
000
The Black Mage ran through the portal, and found itself standing in what a city.
It looked around for Pete, only to be struck across the back of the head, and sent crashing into a wall.
"HA!" Pete laughed, walking up to the downed Mage. "Like this thing could beat the Mighty Pete!"
He raised his fist, ready to crush the Mage, when something hit him in the back of his head. "Wha?" He turned around to see that three people standing there.
"What do you three punks what?" Pete growled.
The one in the center smirked. "You know, I really hate it when someone picks on a defenseless kid."
Pete growled. "You little brats. You know what? I don't need any of this stuff!" Darkness wrapped around Pete, and he was gone.
"Should we check on him?" the larger of the three asked.
"Hurt," said the only female amongst them.
"Yeah, looks like it," the first person said. They walked up to the Mage an kneeled down next to him. "Yo, kid, you okay?"
The Mage slowly opened its eyes at looked up at the three.
Quina Quen
Sora, Donald, and Goofy walked down the soggy path.
"How did we get lost?" Donald asked.
"Easy; we got lost on our way to the mansion!" Goofy pointed out.
"Don't remind me," Sora hung his head. "And now we're in a swamp."
"I think we should take a right."
"How 'bout a left?"
"Straight?"
"What about we-" Donald couldn't finish this sentences, as a frog jumped out of the water, and onto his face. "WAAAKK! Get it off me! Get it off me!" he cried, tripping, and landing in the water.
"Donald!" Sora and Goofy cried, running to the water's edge. Donald emerged from the water.
"Are you okay?" Sora asked.
Donald growled as the frog jumped off his hat, and into Sora's hand. He said something that Sora assumed was a curse to the swamp.
"Yummy!" cried a voice from behind them. They turned around and saw what looked like a large marshmallow in an apron, chef's hat, and its tongue hanging almost towards the ground. It waked up to Sora and pointed at the frog in his hand. "Yummy!" it called out.
"Um, hello," Sora said, unsure of what this was. "Hey! Can you help us out?"
"Help?" the thing asked.
"Yeah, we're lost, and we're wondering if you can help us back to town."
The thing appeared to think for several minutes. "Okay! I help!"
"Great!"
"You give yummy! I help!"
"Yummy?"
The thing then picked the frog out of Sora's hand and gobbled it whole.
"Now go!" the thing then walked away, prompting Sora, Donald and Goofy out of the swamp.
000
"It's great to be out of there," Donald sourly said, wringing the water out of his hat.
"Thanks for getting us out of there-" Sora turned around to face the thing, but saw it was already gone. "Huh? Where'd it go?"
"I don't know," Goofy asked, scratching his head. "Maybe we'll see him, her, it, um, whatever it was, again."
"Yeah, maybe."
000
The three of them had been walking down Radiant Garden's streets, when they were attack by Heartless, which they had just defeated.
"That's done with," Sora said.
"Hey, what's that?" Donald pointed across the street.
There, they saw they saw the thing from the swamp.
"It's that guy," Sora said.
Suddenly a Shadow appeared in front of it, and attacked, and to the surprise of the trio, it ate it, only to cough it up moments later.
"Not yummy." It then walked off, leaving the trio in confusion.
Eiko Carol
"This is a real weird world, isn't it?" Sora asked Donald and Goofy.
"I think Leon said that Traverse Town was made up of a bunch of different world," Donald said. "So of course there's going to be a lot of different terrains."
An hour ago, Sora had decided to explore the areas outside Traverse Town's wall, and was surprised to discover a large amount of scene changes, ranging from mountains, beaches, deserts, and not a forest. All within the short time they had begun to explore.
"How many worlds do you think the Heartless destroyed to make this place?" Sora asked sadly, mostly to himself.
Hearing this, Donald and Goofy turned away, the same heaviness weighting down on their hearts.
"Kupo!" cried out a voice from a shaking bush. The three of them drew their weapons, prepared to fight a Heartless, only to be surprised for a moogle to show up.
"Is that a moogle?" Sora asked.
"I think it is," Goofy answered. "What's this little fella doing all the way out here?"
"You have to help me, kupo!" the moogle yelled, flying up to Sora's face. "Help kupo!"
"What do you want help with?" Sora asked.
"She's going to fall out of the tree! Kupo!" The moogle then flew off the way it came.
"We'd better see what's going on." Donald and Goofy nodded and followed Sora as he chased after the moogle.
000
The trio ran into a clearing and found the moogle worryingly circle a tree.
"Don't worry kupo!" it cried up the tree. "I found help!"
"You did?" said a voice from up the tree. "Good! It's about time!"
"Who's up there?" Sora asked as the three of them walked up to the base of the tree.
"Look out below!" Suddenly a weight then dropped on Donald, crashing him to the ground.
"Ow," Donald groaned.
"Thank you," said the small person that landed on him; a little girl with baggy clothes, purple hair and, what Sora found odd, a small horn poking out from her forehead.
"You okay?" he asked the girl.
"Yeah, thanks." She jumped off Donald, causing him more discomfort. "Is he okay?" She poked Donald with her foot.
"Yeah, not the first time something landed on him," Goofy answered with a chuckle.
"Hey, what are you doing out here, all alone?" Sora asked, kneeling down next to her. "Aren't you afraid that the Heartless will come?"
"Hmp," she said, crossing her arms. "I'm not afraid of those things! I can keep can keep care of myself!" She turned around, to proudly march away, only to trip on a root and fall flat on her face.
"HA!" Donald laughed, only to have an acorn thrown at him.
"Who are you guys anyway?!" the girl yelled.
"They came to help you out Eiko, kupo," the moogle said.
"I know that Mog," Eiko said, placing her hands on her hips. "But just were did they come from?"
"We came from Traverse Town," Sora answered.
"Traverse Town? What's that?"
"It's a small town not that far away," Sora pointed his thumb behind him. "It's like an hour that way."
"Uh, what?" Eiko answered dumbly.
"Didn't you know there was a town there?" Goofy asked.
Eiko then turned to Mog, and began to strangle him. "Dammit! Why the hell didn't you tell me that there was a town there!?"
"I didn't know, kupo!" Mog cried.
"Hey, you won't to come with us?" Sora asked.
Eiko stopped the moogle abuse and stared at Sora. "What?"
"It must get pretty lonely out here, I thought that you'd maybe like to be around other people."
Eiko was silent for several moments. "It is lonely," she said quietly.
"Then let's go," Sora said, holding out his hand. Eiko hesitantly took it.
000
Sora sat on the steps leading into Merlin's Radiant Garden residence, looking down at the summon charm in his hand.
These summons were different than the ones he uses last year, and he found some difficulty in using them.
Maybe he could ask Eiko for advice.
Amarant Coral
The trio walked through the streets of Twilight Town.
"Yo," said a gruff voice from behind them. They turned around to see a rather tall man with oddly blue skin, and a mess of red dreadlocks. "You three Sora, Donald and Goofy?" he asked.
"Yeah, we are. Why do you want to know?" Sora responded.
"Good." The man then began to crack his knuckles. "I'm the Flaming Amarant, and I'm here to fight."
"Fight? Why?"
Amarant did not respond. He only rushed forward and swung the first punch at Goofy, but the knight quickly brought his shield out and managed to guard against it. Donald then cast a fire spell at Amarant, but the man then jumped into the air and landed behind Sora and kicked him.
Sora managed to right himself up and pulled the Keyblade out, and blocked a strike from Amarant, who had quickly traversed the distance he had kicked him.
They fought for several more minutes, having difficulty with the man's pure strength, but proved victorious in the end.
Amarant kneeled down on the ground, breathing heavily.
"Looks like you guys are good," he said.
"You're not so bad yourself," Sora said; he, Donald and Goofy holding their weapons out.
Amarant then stood up. "I did what I came here to do." He then turned around and began to walk away.
"Wait!" Sora called, causing Amarant to stop. "What did you have to do that? Fight us?"
The man snorted. "Some fat guy paid me to fight you. He originally wanted me to kill you, but that ain't my style. I was only paid enough for one fight, so that's all I'm going to do for now. But you beat me, so expect me coming back for a rematch. And soon." He began to walk away, leaving the three alone.
Freya Crescent
The three walked down the streets of Radiant Garden.
"Halt," said a voice. The three turned around to see a tall, rat-like person, dressed in a heavy red coat, and a red, armored hat, and messy silver hair covering most of her face. There was also a ribbon tied around the end of her tail. "Would I be correct in assuming that you are the Keyblade wielder?" she asked.
"Um, yeah." Sora demonstrated this by summoning his Keyblade.
The woman nodded. "I've heard, that you are strong. Is this true?"
"Of course he's strong!" Donald butted in. "The Keyblade wouldn't choose anyone who's weak!"
"Thank you. May I ask you of a favor?"
"What kind of favor?" Goofy asked.
"I would like to fight you. To see if the claims to your power are indeed true."
Sora gave this a moments thought. "Okay. But you have to tell me your name first."
She nodded. "That sounds fair; My name is Freya Crescent." Freya then pulled out a long spear, with a very sharp blade at the end of it.
She was the first one to make a move, by jumping high into the air, and when she reached the pinnacle of her ascension, she quickly dove down, the spearhead pointing down. She crashed into the ground, resulting in a large shockwave that knocked all three of them to the ground.
Sora was the first to jump up, and just in luck as Freya stabbed the ground where he sat.
The fight was hard for them, as Freya would often jump into the air, resulting in powerful shockwaves when she landed back to the ground.
When it was over, Freya put her spear away. "You really are strong."
"Thanks," Sora said. "You're not so bad yourself." He dismissed his weapon. "But why did you want to fight us?"
Freya turned her head away. "I am looking for someone, very important to me. He had left many years ago, so that he could become stronger, so he could defend our home much better."
"If you're looking for someone, then why fight us?"
"One way of becoming stronger, is to defeat the strong. Word of your prowess has reached many ends, so it would make sense that he would come to you sooner or later. Have you fought anyone who hails from the land of Burmecia?"
Sora shook his head. "I'm sorry, we haven't met anyone from there."
Freya bowed his head and gave a heavy sigh. "Then it would seem that though I have come to you too early. If you do meet someone though-"
"Tell them that you're looking for them?" Sora said. "We can do that."
"Thank you," Freya said, turning around and walking away.
Adelbert Steiner and Garnet til Alexandros XVII
The trio walked through the Twilight Town shopping district. They had just replenished their supply of potions, eithers and elixirs.
"I think we've got enough supplies," Sora said, patting his pockets.
"Now that we've got everything," Donald said. "Now we can get-" They turned a corner, and were crashed into by a large, clanking metal wall.
There was pained groaning for several moments, before Donald jumped back up. "HEY! Watch where you're going!"
"Watch where I'm going?" said the person who crashed into them, a large man in clanky armor said. "You should watch where YOU are going!"
"Why you," Donald growled as both he and the man glared at each other, creating much friction in the air.
It was the man who broke off first. "I don't have time to mess around with rapscallions like you! I have much more important matters to attend to!" The man then ran off.
"Why that little-" Donald hissed.
"Yeah! The nerve of that guy!" Goofy said in an annoyed tone of voice. "Who does he think he is, calling us scallops?"
"Rapscallions!"
"Just who was that guy?" Sora asked.
"Well I'm going to find out!" Donald yelled, chasing after where the man went.
"Hey! Donald! Stop!" Goofy called, chasing after the wizard.
"Wait! Guys!" Sora called, too late though, as they had already disappeared. He hung his head. "Might as well find out where they went." He ran after his friends.
000
"Donald! Goofy! Where are you two!?" Sora called, walking down one of the alleys. "Just where did those two head off to?" He looked around, trying to see if he could spot them. "Maybe I should ask someone if they've seen them." He looked around the alley, and spotted someone. "Hey! Excuse me!" He ran to the person, a short girl in orange, and long brown hair.
"Yes," the girl said, turning around to meet him.
"I'm looking for a couple of friends of mine; one's tall and smiles a lot, while the other's short and gets angry a lot."
She shook her head. "Sorry, but I haven't seen anyone like that."
"Are you sure? They were chasing after this real big guy in armor."
The girl then gasped. "Armor?"
"Yeah!" Sora shook his head. "Yeah! Do you know him?"
She nodded. "Yes I do. That's Steiner, he's supposed to be my bodyguard."
"Bodyguard? Are you looking for him too?"
She shook her head. "No, not really. I actually had to get away from him for a while."
"Why would you want to run away from your bodyguard, um," Sora then realized he didn't know her name.
"You can call me Dagger," she answered.
"Why would you want to ditch your bodyguard?"
"Well, I'm kind of trying to get somewhere right now, and Steiner wants to bring me home."
"Didn't you tell him you had somewhere to go?"
"I did, but he cares a great deal about his duty to protect me, and while his heart is in the right place, his head isn't always."
"I see," Sora said. "Well, I hope you get to where it is you want to get." Sora turned around, as did Dagger, and they began to walk in opposite directions.
Just as Sora was about to walk down the ramp, the bodyguard, Steiner, burst through the archway leading to sandlot.
"Oh where is she!" he cried in worry to himself. "I have to find the princess!" He then ran up the ramp Sora was on, and into the direction Dagger had walked off to.
"Get back here!" cried Donald as he appeared moments later.
"Wait for me!" said Goofy, who was right behind the wizard.
They both ran past Sora without a second look.
Sora sighed, and chased after them, but stopped shortly.
"Wait, did he just call her 'princess'?!"
Zidane Tribal
"Wait hold up!" yelled Sora, and he, Donald and Goofy ran into the train station, just as the train began to pull away. The three of them jumped into the train, just as the door shut.
"We made it!" Sora said, from under Donald and Goofy.
"Wow, you guys real cut it close." They looked up to see a blonde boy sitting on the seat. There was nothing peculiar about him; with the exception of the long prehensile tail.
"You can say that again," Goofy said, standing up. "We almost didn't make it."
"Yeah, you really have to watch out sometime, otherwise these things will go off without you one," the tailed-boy said. He jumped from his seat and offered his hand to Sora. "My name's Zidane."
"Thanks," Sora said, grabbing Zidane's hand and pulled himself up. "I'm Sora, and this is Donald and Goofy." He then gestured to this friends.
"Nice to meet ya."
Ten minutes later, they were at the other side of Twilight Town, and stepped off the train.
"It's great talking to you," Zidane said, walking down the stairs.
"You too!" Goofy waved happily. "I liked that guy."
"Yeah, he was cool," Sora said, stuffing his hands into his pockets. "Uh-oh."
"What?"
"I don't feel any munny in my pocket."
"What!" Donald snapped. He then ran to the stairs and saw Zidane walking away, with their munny pouch in his tail. "He stole our munny!"
"What!?" Sora and Goofy yelled, and ran to the stair.
"Thief!" they yelled, causing Zidane to stop in his tracks. He then ran away. "Get him!" They ran down the stairs and began to chase after him.
000
The three of them ran into one of the larger rooms of the underground tunnels.
"Where did he go?" Donald asked.
"We saw him head into here, so he can't be to far," Goofy said.
"Just where'd he go?" Sora asked.
There was then several warping noises, and they were then surrounded by Nobodies. "Where did these things come from?"
The three summoned their weapons and fought. The battle lasted several minutes, but there appeared to be no end to the Nobodies.
"When are these things going to end?" Sora said, wiping the sweat from his brow.
A Nobody jumped into the air, poised for Sora, but before it could hit him, it was sliced in half.
"What-" Sora said, surprised by sudden event. "You!"
"You guys need help?" Zidane asked, twirling a short sword in each hand.
More Nobodies began to attack, and the four retaliated.
Sora flipped through the air, and struck and several before landing on the ground.
"Zidane!"
"Right here!" the tailed-boy cried, landing right next tot Sora.
They then began to quickly strike at the Nobodies, giving them little time to evade the attacks. After destroying several Nobodies, they landed next to each other, and raised their weapons into the air.
"Final wave!" Zidane cried, as a several columns of purple energy appeared around them, destroying the remaining Nobodies.
Several moments passed and no Nobodies appeared. They each put their weapons away when then were sure they were in the safe.
"Looks like we took care of them, huh?" Zidane asked.
"Yeah, we did. Why'd you help us?" Sora asked.
Zidane shrugged. "What? Do I need a reason to help someone?"
"No, I guess not."
It was then Donald jumped up, and smashed Zidane on the head, knocking him down. He then took back their munny pouch and stormed away.
"Ow!" Zidane moaned from his spot on the ground. He then sat up. "Well, better get going. Got some people to look for." He then walked down the opposite tunnel Donald took. "Oh! And if you see some guy in rusty armor, and a cute girl in orange, point them my way!" He was then gone.
"Guy in rusty armor, and cute girl in orange?" Goofy asked. "Didn't we see those guys earlier?"
"Yeah! We did!" He looked back down the tunnel, only to see Zidane no longer there. "He's gone. Maybe he can find them on his own."
Goofy nodded, and they went down the tunnel where Donald left.
000
Zidane walked along the train tracks that curved right through the middle of town.
He then stopped in his tracks and looked around and saw someone leaving the district. He then ran to follow the person.
He had to return to where he belonged.
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