Summary: On Christmas Eve, Kairi receives a Nutcracker from her godfather Von Drake and one crazy night.
A/N: Okay, so here we are! The second chapter of "Kingdom Hearts in The Nutcracker"! I betcher all just GIDDY with anticipation, right? I certainly hope so; cause things are just starting to get interesting.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in this story; each belongs to their respective owner. Even if they're dead.
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Kingdom Hearts in The Nutcracker
Chapter II: The Nutcracker Vs. The Rat
Kairi looked around, and to her surprise (though not really, because when one finds toys fighting a rat and some bug things, they should really expect these kinds of things) everything, except her brother and herself, had grown. Or they had shrunk. She preferred the latter. Kairi handled this with slight surprise, while Roxas was running in circles around. "HOLY CRAP! WE SHRUNK! WE'RE GONNA BE EATEN!" Kairi watched Roxas run in circles. "Roxas." Kairi tried grabbing his attention, with no success. "Roxas! ROXAS! Boy, don't make me slap you again!" At the prospect of getting slapped, Roxas stopped. "Stopping." Kairi looked at the rat, more like glared really. And she stepped forward. "If you want to have the Nutcracker, you'll have to go through us!" Roxas looked panicked. "What? Since when did I-!" "HEARTLESS! ATTACK THEM!" "Holy-! Kairi, remind me to hate you extremely if we live through this!" Roxas had run towards the 'Heartless' all the same, trying to punch them. Kairi was doing her best not to get hit, although she suffered scratches, as did her dress. She was far too busy running towards the Nutcracker to notice.
"Don't you dare hurt him, you dirty rat!" Kairi said, when she was within earshot of the rat. "The name's Mortimer, you vile little girl!" Mortimer paid no attention to the Nutcracker at that moment, for he was attacking Kairi. Which gave the Nutcracker just enough time to grab his blade, and fight back. Kairi, however, had her back against a horde of Heartless. "Umm…I wasn't thinking when I called you a dirty rat! I honestly wasn't! Can't we just talk this out?" Kairi laughed nervously. "Let me think about that…Hmm…NO!" Mortimer laughed as he was about to strike, but was intervened by a voice. "Slinking down to attacking girls, eh Mortimer?" The Nutcracker held his blade to the back of Mortimer's neck, and Mortimer turned around. "How cute, protecting the girl!" Mortimer charged forward, as he and the Nutcracker engaged in battle once more and quite frankly, it would last sometime.
It was 11:50 PM, and Roxas wasn't in that bad a situation, if you called having so many scratches someone might think you drove your bike into the branches of a tree not bad. So, yes, he wasn't doing too well, and apparently, was too stubborn to stop fighting the way he did. Which a certain redheaded freak noticed. So said redhead popped up behind little ol' Roxy, and pretty much scared the shit outta him. "Heeeeeya there! So, I notice you've been havin' trouble with these here Heartless, am I right, or am I right?" Roxas jumped. "Woah-NO! I am doing just fine! And I don't need your help…what in the heck is your name?" The redhead smirked. "The name's Axel. A-X-E-L, got it memorized? And I'm the court jester, thank you very much! I'm practically royalty!" The jester, apparently named Axel, was dressed in what a jester would usually wear, in the colors of black and red, minus the hat. And as far as Roxas could tell, said jester was totally checkin' him out! "Listen, Axel, I don't need your help, I'm doing just fi-!" Axel sent two flaming chakrams behind Roxas, taking out several Heartless. "You were saying?" Roxas looking behind himself in awe, then in Axel's hands as the chakrams magically appeared. Roxas scowled. "Show off." Axel winked. "I know I am. Now let's get these buggers out of here, shall we?" Roxas nodded grudgingly.
Meanwhile, Mortimer and the Nutcracker were locked in battle, while Kairi could only bat away at the Heartless with a trumpet ornament that had fell off the tree and rolled away from it. It was now 11:58 PM. "Make like a fly and shoo!" Kairi looked at Mortimer and the Nutcracker. The Nutcracker was pinned down, yet again. But this time, Mortimer was using magic! Now, last time Kairi checked, that just wasn't fair! This time, she'd thought of a different plan. Just take her shoe and throw at the back of Mortimer's head. Which is exactly what she did. Lifting her foot up while trying to keep her balance, she took her left shoe off, and flung it at the back of Mortimer's head. She closed her eyes, and when she peeked, she saw Mortimer waver, and then. THUD. He was out cold. The Heartless gathered around him, and looked at one another. One stood up, and seemed to be ordering retreat. Several Heartless carried Mortimer's body into a mouse hole. The Nutcracker stood up, and shook off his pain. Kairi ran over to the Nutcracker. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you? You didn't lose any limbs, did you?" Kairi asked, in a worried panic. "No, no, no! Don't worry, I'm fine. Besides, I'm just wood." Kairi sighed. "Why was he attacking you? What were those things? What's going on?" The Nutcracker placed a hand on Kairi's shoulder. "There's no time to explain right now. Troops! Regroup!" The main soldiers, the ones Roxas had gotten for Christmas, marched towards the Nutcracker, along with Axel leading Roxas behind him. There were two in front of the now small army, a mouse and the boy with long silver hair. Roxas was trying to see behind Axel.
"Damn it, you're too tall!" Axel picked Roxas up from the waist, and turned around so Roxas could see what was going on. "Ha! Now YOU are!" The one in front with silver hair shook his head and turned to Axel. "Axel, this is no time for foolery! The fate of Disney Kingdom is at stake!" Axel pouted. "But Rikuuuu, I'm a jester! I'm supposed to make people laugh!" A soldier, the Chinese one, said, "We're not getting anywhere with you two bickering!" They both sighed and said, "Yes General Shang." The Nutcracker shook his head. "I have a feeling neither you or your brother know any of our names, correct?" Roxas raised his hand and said, "I know the name of the freak that's carrying me, does that count?" The guard like soldier made a mutter of "Hardly." The Nutcracker cleared his throat (do nutcrackers even have throats?), and stated his name. "My name is Sora." The Arabian soldier shouted out, "Aladdin! And the monkey here," a monkey peeked out of Aladdin's hat, "Is Abu!" Shang bowed, and said, "My name is Shang." Next came the guard. "Phoebus." The long and short silver haired duo said, with a bow in order, "Riku and Nisemono." The beast growled, "Beast." The mouse squeaked, "My name's Mickey!" and the last, a prince-like persona, "Phillip!" Kairi gave a quick curtsy to each of them, earning a bow in response. Axel raised his hand, and said, "And I am the mighty court jester, Axel! A-X-E-L, got it memorized?" Axel made very extravagant hand gestures when he spoke, gaining a giggle from Kairi. "Okay, we get it, your name is Axel, and we have it memorized! Can you put me down now?" Axel dropped Roxas on the floor, his butt cushioning his fall. Kairi sighed, while grabbing her shoes and slipping it back on. "See Roxas? That's what happens when you demand things!" Roxas grumbled and stood up. "Shut up Kairi." Kairi blinked, and then said, "Oh! I'm sorry, I forgot! My name's Kairi, and my brother is Roxas." The clock struck 12:02, and Sora looked at the mouse hole. "Well, let's get going." The rest nodded, and headed in. And so (officially) began their journey.
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For those of you who guessed Sora was the Nutcracker, you guessed right! And before I get any reviews asking who Nisemono is, Nisemono is Riku Replica! In the Japanese version of Chain of Memories, he is called Nisemono. It was either that name, or Jerome. So, compared to the last chapter, this one is rather short. Which MIGHT be good, for those of you who dislike long chapters. And this is one chapter closer to the end! Although not really. Who was able to guess the guard was Phoebus? If you review, then I'll be able to know! Anyway, please review!