Disclaimer: This story is inspired by the Kingdom Hearts Series (mainly Kingdom Hearts II), which solely belongs to Walt Disney, Square Enix, and Buena Vista Games. And the High School Musical Series, (HSM and the upcoming HSM 2) is a belonging to Disney Channel.
A KINGDOM HEARTS SCHOOL MUSICAL
—What They've Been Looking For—
There are always obstacles standing in the way of someone who wants to achieve a dream. In the case of Troy and Gabriella, there are their comrades of their same status quo: Troy's basketball teammates, Gabriella's scholastic teammates, and a pair of high and mighty blond siblings in chic and fashionable clothes: Sharpay and Ryan Evans. These co-presidents of the Drama Club were known to be in seventeen or more school musicals productions since kindergarten without breaking a sweat. However, with Gabriella and Troy's sudden interest in the winter musicale, they are not going to let this slide without a fight.
The evil siblings were at the library's computer, doing an internet search on Gabriella.
"Whoa, an Einsteinette." Ryan noticed the many articles about Gabriella's various academy achievements. He faced his sister, "So why do you think she's interested in our musical?"
"I'm not sure that she is." Sharpay said, "And we need not to concern ourselves with amateurs. But, there's no harm in making certain that Gabriella is welcomed into school activities that are…" she chuckled, "well …appropriate for her. After all, she loves pi."
"Ooh! Pie! I love it too! My favorite's Meringue." a voice came from behind the siblings. They turned around and saw no one…for a brief second. Two dark portals emerged out of nowhere and Organization XIII's Demyx and Larxene came from the portals, dressed up in school uniforms. Larxene's hair was attached in a bun and Demyx had his sitar strapped in his back.
The Organization's appearances would have alerted many people, but it didn't have that effect on Sharpay and Ryan.
"You called?" Demyx pulled up his sitar and played a three-second rock and roll number on cue. The students in the library turned to face Demyx and harshly whistled "Shh!" Demyx stopped.
"What are you wearing?" Sharpay gave the duo a look of mockery on their school uniforms. "This is a high school, not a carnival for acrobats."
Larxene got offended, "What did you say?"
"Y'know, I have to agree with my sister." Ryan said, "Seriously, this ain't the style of today."
Demyx and Larxene sighed, "Whatever." The duo touched their shoulders with only their fingertips and their uniforms magically draped into their regular organization XIII black robes. The siblings looked even more disgusted.
"Uh… hello? Too gothic!" Sharpay said.
"But that's all we have!" Demyx protested.
Sharpay sighed, "Whatever. Let's talk fashion faux-pas later. Right now, who are you?"
"See for yourself." Demyx snapped his fingers and a pop-up ad came into view on the computer screen. The siblings turned to see the ad displaying the Organization XIII symbol and a picture of all thirteen members with their faces hidden behind their hoods (the picture taken of them at Hollow Bastion)
"Organization XIII." Sharpay read.
"Count your blessings and thirteen make 'em a breeze?" Ryan read the tagline before facing the duo members, "You're the Organization XIII guys?" he brought a confused look on his face.
Demyx and Larxene nodded, "Yes we are."
"And we've heard your call, desperate people." Larxene added.
"What call?" Sharpay raised an eyebrow.
"Your musical, girl." Demyx replied, "We're here on a mission to make your dreams come true."
Sharpay and Ryan looked at each other. Their puzzling expression gradually switched to scheming smiles before facing Demyx and Larxene again. The quartets were up to something. Something bad.
Sora walked down the hallways until he came across Chad, Troy's best friend and basketball teammate. Chad looked restless as if he was searching for something that he lost…or someone.
"Hey, kid. Have you seen Troy?" Chad asked.
"Troy?" Sora said anxiously. He knew where Troy is, but reluctant to let his best friend know his whereabouts and mislaid on how he should respond properly, he replied, "Which Troy? Troy Duck? Troy Goofy? Troy Sora?" he stopped, "Oh wait, that's me."
"What are you talking about here?" Chad asked, his agitation reaching to annoyance, "Just tell me where he is." He suddenly paused to glance at Sora. He never saw him before "…who are you?"
"Name's Sora. Keyblade master." Sora smiled.
"I know that." Chad was now aloof, "Now could you move a little to the side? I gotta find Troy."
"Wait!" Sora stopped him. Chad sighed in frustration, "What?"
Sora looked over to Chad and pointed, "He went that way!"
Chad turned around to see students leaving and entering their classrooms. He saw no Troy. He turned around to notice Sora was gone. "What the—? Oh, something is definitely going on here."
Sora turned up at the school's auditorium and as he was just about to enter, Nobodies, shaped like musical notes, came out of nowhere, surrounding the boy. "What the—?"
"Dance, water, dance!" the voice of Demyx echoed. Sora looked around, searching for the source of the voice, "Aw, not again." He groaned.
Demyx appeared in front of him, "And here I thought you hated the power of music. As it turns out, you want to audition for the school's musicale." He told Sora as he played his sitar to control the note-shaped nobodies.
"I'm not auditioning. I'm helping out a friend here!" Sora said. He then thought for a second, "…well, actually, two."
"Who cares how many friends you want to help." Demyx said, "I'm not going to let you and your posse destroy two dreams here."
"What dream?" Sora asked.
"It's best that you do not know." Demyx pointed towards Sora and the musical shaped Nobodies leapt toward the boy. Sora blocked their attacks with his Keyblade, then delivered crescent slashes and combos to the Nobodies.
Just as Demyx was about to pulled a water attack on Sora, he began to hear steps coming from behind him. "Oh, snap."
He disappeared. Sora ran towards him but it was too late. "Come back here, chicken!" he yelled, "You're not getting away from me, Demyx!"
"Who are you talking to?" A sweet, innocent voice spoke from behind Sora. He turned around to see Gabriella, giving him a confused look.
"Oh—erm…I'm…well…" Sora stammered.
Gabriella laughed, "You're going to audition for the musicale too?"
"Yes!" Sora responded quickly, "Thank you."
"It's all right." Gabriella replied, "I know the feeling. I once tried to sing solo at my church choir and fainted."
"You must be Gabriella." Sora asked with a beaming smile. He already knew who she was the moment she mentioned her embarrassing moment.
"Yes, I am." Gabriella replied. She was back to being shy again, "Who are you?" she asked.
"I'm Sora. A friend of Troy." Sora responded, "In fact, I'm more of a matchmaker than a friend."
"Excuse me?"
"You should try the winter musicale. Come on, don't be shy." Sora pushed Gabriella inside the auditorium and ran off. Gabriella looked around nervously until the moment she saw Troy there, watching the pair-up auditions while hiding, her nervousness melted away.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Gabriella asked.
Troy startled, "Oh, Gabriella."
"You decided to sign up for something?" she asked him.
He shook his head, "No. You?"
"No."
"Why are you hiding behind a mop?" she asked. Troy laughed embarrassingly as he pushed the mop away.
"Your friends don't know you're here, huh?" Gabriella asked.
"Right." Troy responded. He then paused for a second, reminiscing Sora, Donald and Goofy to be the only one to know of his secret, "…well, at least some of them."
At the same time, Sora reentered the auditorium from the other side: behind the staging area. Donald and Goofy welcomed him with mortified looks.
"What?" he asked.
"'I'm more of a matchmaker than a friend'?" Donald repeated.
"What's wrong with what I said?" Sora asked.
"Sora. You suck at matchmaking!" Goofy said, "If matchmaking was a class, you'll get an 'F'"
Sora held his heart in pain, "Goofy!" he exclaimed, "You don't have to be so mean! I mean, look at them!" Sora pointed toward Troy and Gabriella at the far end, "They're perfect for each other. When they sing together, their tunes melt perfectly in harmony."
"Have you even heard them sing?" Donald asked.
"No, but—" Sora shook his head.
Ms. Darbus, the drama teacher in charge of the musicale, suddenly announced after surviving an unsuccessful, untalented string of audition for the show, "And for the lead roles of Arnold and Minnie, we only have one couple signed up, Sharpay and Ryan."
Sharpay and Ryan smiled proudly. Ms. Darbus continued, "I think it might be useful to give us a sense of why we are gathered in this hallowed hall."
Sora, Donald, and Goofy watched the siblings entered the stage with confidence.
"…but I'm sure they can sing way better than them." Sora finished his sentence.
Donald shook his head, "Sora. If I were you, I wouldn't be too quick to judge."
"Oh yeah? Well, let's see."
The music suddenly played an upbeat tempo from a boom box.
Ryan began,
It's hard to believe that I couldn't see
Sharpay joined,
You were always there beside me!
Thought I was alone
With no one to hold
But you were always right beside me
Sharpay on solo,
This feelings like no other
Ryan joined,
I want you to know
Together,
I've never had someone that knows me like you do
The way you do
I've never had someone as good for me as you
No one like you
So lonely before I finally found
What I've been looking for
Sora, Donald and Goofy watched the siblings' performances with their jaws on the ground.
Sharpay,
So good to be seen
So good to be heard
Together,
Don't have to say a word
Ryan,
For so long I was lost
So good to be found I'm lovin'
Sharpay joined,
Havin' you around
Ryan,
This feeling's like no other
Sharpay joined,
I want you to know
Together again,
I've never had someone that knows me like you do
The way you do
I've never had someone as good for me as you
No one like you
So lonely before I finally found
What I've been looking for
Doo-Doo-Doo.
Doo. Doo-Doo-Doo Doo Doo
Whoa! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Doo-Doo-Doo.
Doo. Doo-Doo-Doo Doo Doo
Whoa! Oh! Oh! Oh!
The siblings finished with a few dance moves and a pose.
The almost empty auditorium applauds for the siblings; however, there was total silence between the trio. Donald broke the silence by facing Sora with a smile, "You were saying?"
Sora stammered, "Y-yeah but still…"
"Gwarsh, these guys are good." Goofy appraised, "They should have a record deal."
"No! No deal!" Sora exclaimed, trying to sound sincere, "Troy and Gabriella must bring this! A little competition won't hurt, right?"
"Wrong." The voice of Larxene spooked the trio. They turned around to see her and Demyx standing behind them. The duo pulled out their weapons.
"Competition or not, there's no way that your fellow high school friends will interfere with Sharpay and Ryan's dreams of becoming stars!" Larxene aimed her blades. "Much like you will not interfere with our dreams of becoming whole!"
"You again!" Donald exclaimed.
"You're working for the siblings?" Goofy asked, stunned.
"Our employment is none of your darn business. All we care about is their hearts. All four of them." Demyx exclaimed before strapping up his sitar and posed for battle, "Now, that is what we've been looking for. So, let's finish what we've started, Roxas."
"For the thirteenth-thousand-thirteenth-hundred-and thirteenth-time, it's SORA!" Sora yelled, unaware that his tone of voice had reached the auditorium, exposing the gang's hiding place.
"Who's behind the curtains?" Ms. Darbus called. The gang looked around in panic, "Uh! Oh!"
The Org. duo teleported and Sora, Donald, and Goofy ran off for the exit before Kelsi the music composer had the chance to look behind the stage, "No one's here." She said.
"Have you been keeping scores or something, Sora?" Donald asked curiously as the trio strolled down the hallways.
"It was just an assumption, that's all." Sora replied.
"Gwarsh, I can't believe Organization XIII is after Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, and Ryan's hearts." Goofy said, "And here I thought they were only here to take us out."
"Is that why they are posing as the Siblings' private employees? Cause that doesn't make any sense." Donald said.
"Don't worry guys. Organization XIII will not get away that easily. All we gotta do is to find them, and what better way to do that than to allow ourselves in the musical with Troy and Gabriella." Sora said, no knowing that he was been listened to…by Troy's Wildcats' teammates.
"Musical?" Chad exclaimed. The trio turned around to see them livid.
"Uh…oh…" Donald muttered.
"Did we say musical?" Sora grinned, "I meant muscles!"
"What's going on here, man?" Zeke, one of Troy's teammates, asked.
"And where is Troy?" Jason, another one of Troy's teammates, asked.
"Did you do something to him?" Chad asked.
"Yeah, speaking of that—" Goofy was about to reveal everything but Donald jumped on him to close his mouth.
"—he's actually at the weight room!" Sora quickly replied. Donald nodded and at the same time moved Goofy's head up and down in a nodding fashion.
"Yeah… I mean, you gotta let Troy be in shape for the big playoff, right?" Sora said, "That's what I've been trying to tell you earlier. Heh, heh."
"Earlier?" Donald gave Sora a look of shocking discovery. Apparently, Donald and Goofy had any idea Sora came across Chad before.
"What does that gotta do with the new girl Gabriella?" Chad asked, still curiously.
Sora froze. He was lost of lying words to get away from the mess he and his friends were in, "About that…" he stammered.
"I don't know what's going on and what you guys are trying to hide, but sooner or later, the truth will come out." Chad said.
"Truth?" Donald cackled, "You can't handle the truth."
Chad shook his head, "No. But the entire school can."
The team took off. Sora, Donald and Goofy looked at each other and ran back into the auditorium.
"We gotta warn Troy! These guys are onto us!" Sora exclaimed.
The trio reached the auditorium. As soon as they entered inside, they heard a piano playing and the duo singing the reprise of "What I've been looking for." They sat down to listen.
This feeling's like no other
I want you to know
I've never had someone that knows me like you do
The way you do
I've never had someone as good for me as you
No one like you
So lonely before I finally found
What I've been looking for
Ooh-Ooh, Ooh-Ooh, Ooh.
"Wow. That's nice." Troy said.
Suddenly, Ms. Darbus came inside the auditorium and declared, "Bolton! Montez! You have a callback. Kelsi, give them the duet for the second act. Work on it with them."
Gabriella and Troy looked at each other, stunned. The trio looked ecstatic. Ms. Darbus turned to face Sora, Donald, and Goofy, "Who are you?" she asked.
They stammered, "err…we were just…"
"If you came for the audition, you're too late. Perhaps, the next musicale." She quickly responded before taking off.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy ran toward Troy, Gabriella, and Kelsi who were setting up appointment for the duet practice, "All right, guys! You did it!" Sora exclaimed.
"Oh boy!" Donald exclaimed.
"Yahoo!" Goofy exclaimed.
"What?" Troy was even more confused, like he had no idea what just happened.
"You're in the musical!" Donald said.
"Well, not exactly." Kelsi corrected, "The musical will happen after the callback audition, and we have two pairs as finalists."
"Yeah. Sharpay, Ryan and you two." Goofy said.
"Isn't that great, Troy?" Gabriella said.
Troy smiled, "Yeah… I think."
"You think?" Sora exclaimed.
"You know this sooner or later; this is going to come out, right?" Troy said.
Sora snorted, "Please, Troy. So what if it's going to come out. It's not like the end of the world, right?"
The next morning came to be quiet and serene like any other school days. That is until the moment Sharpay and Ryan read the bulletin board.
"CALLBACK! !"
Chapter 3 coming up...