Yay! Chapter 10! -sniff sniff- I'm so proud that I have gotten this far! Okay, let's get to the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Sailor Moon in anyway, shape, or form (game, manga).
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Fighting Darkness
Chapter Ten
"I wonder what's wrong with Riku…" Usagi said, thinking out loud.
"Yeah…" Sora agreed, then he shrugged. "Oh well! At least we know he's okay!" Usagi nodded and continued to look out the window with a sad look on her face. "Hey… Cheer up…"
"New world dead ahead!" Goofy exclaimed pointing at it.
/…/
"It's a freakin' desert!" Usagi complained. Sora smiled. At least she's not sad anymore. He hates to see her like that. "It's so hot! Geez…"
"Look! There's a town." Goofy pointed to Agra bah .
As soon as they stepped in town, the Heartless appeared.
"What a shock…" Sora said with sarcasm. After defeating the Heartless, Sora and his companions walked further into town. There were many shops. One sold plates, another sold rugs, and another sold fruit. But no one was there to watch their products.
"Think the Heartless scared 'em off?" Goofy asked.
Donald shrugged. "Maybe…" Usagi walked around, looking at the merchandise. "This is not the time to shop!" Donald yelled.
" I was just looking!" Usagi said.
"Right…" Sora walked away looking around. He looked inside a hole in a building and saw a pole. Curiosity got the best of him so he climbed up. He looked around. 'Looks like someone lives here.' he noted.
-SCRAPE (AN: Or something like that….)-
Sora looked at the source of the noise. It was only was only a carpet and a drawer. The carpet lunged at him. "Yikes!" Sora lost his grip and fell. His companions heard and gathered around the hole.
"What happened to you?" Usagi said with a laugh.
"T-there was a carpet and i-it moved!" Sora explained.
Usagi raised an eyebrow. "A moving carpet?"
Sora nodded. "I'll show you!" Sora, Usagi, Donald, and Goofy. All climbed up one at a time. "Look!" Sora said pointing to the moving carpet.
"Wow…" Usagi said, walking over to it. She moved the drawer. The carpet seemed to bow thankfully and then it flew out the window. "Weird…"
/…/
Goofy looked around the alley. "No Heartless here! Ayuck!"
Usagi looked around. The column of boxes in the far corner moved slightly. "If you're a villager, you can come out."
A beautiful, young Arabic woman stepped out. She had on light blue pants that got puffy from the knee down. Her shirt only covered her chest. Single thick straps went around her arms, slightly under the shoulders, and to the back. The shoes she wore were golden and swirled up at the tip. "I'm princess Jasmine." She said, introducing herself . "My father is the sultan of Agrabah.
"Wow!" Goofy said. "A real live princess!"
"Why are you out here?" Sora asked, crossing his arms.
Jasmine looked down with a sad look on her face. "My father has been deposed by Jafar, who now controls the city."
Usagi raised an eyebrow. "Jafar?"
Jasmine nodded. "He's the royal vizier. He gained evil powers and seized Agrabah. Jafar's desperately looking for something. He calls it the keyhole."
"So you tried to escape?" Donald asked.
Jasmine nodded. "Jafar caught me, but Aladdin helped me. He left a while ago to take care of something. I hope he's alright…"
"Oooo…" Usagi teased. "I'm sensing love…" Jasmine blushed.
"Aladdin?" said a dark voice above. Everybody looked up to see a man dressed in black and dark red robes. He held a golden staff with a cobra head on top in his hand. He is Jafar. "Princess Jasmine, allow me to find you more suitable company. These rats wont do…" he said with a smirk.
Usagi growled. "Rats?"
"Usagi! Take Jasmine and go!" Sora ordered.
Usagi nodded. And beckoned Jasmine to follow her. Sora, Donald, and Goofy all got their weapons out, ready to fight.
"Ahh…" Jafar said with interest. "The boy who holds the key…" Some Heartless appeared next to him and immediately attacked their enemies. Jafar left the scene.
/…/
Usagi looked over the counter. Then she looked at Jasmine, who was next to her. "You sure this is a good hiding spot?" Usagi whispered.
Jasmine nodded. "He hasn't looked here yet.."
Usagi nodded and looked over the counter again. "Where do you think Aladdin is?"
The Arabic princess shrugged. "I'm not sure, but I do know he's in the desert."
"I can hear you…" They both gasped and looked at Sora. "You should really be more quiet…"
Usagi cut him off. "Go to the desert and look for Aladdin…"
"You're kidding, right?"
"I have a feeling that the flying carpet is his… Use that to find him."
Sora nodded. "You always have those kinds of feelings. And you're always right." Usagi smiled at him.
"I'm sensing love…" Jasmine said, mocking Usagi. The two teens blushed.
"Um…" Sora started. "We're just gonna go…" he turned around and left real fast. Jasmine giggled.
/…/
Sora, Donald, and Goofy are riding the magic carpet to some place in the desert.
"Gosh…" Goofy said, "Usagi was right."
"Yup." Sora said nodding, "You can always trust that sixth sense of hers."
"We didn't find Aladdin just yet." Donald pointed out.
"Then who's that?" Goofy asked, pointing to a young Arabic man trapped in quicksand and surrounded by some Heartless.
"Well, whoever he is, we have to help him." Sora said as the carpet declined.
/…/
Usagi wiped some sweat off her brow and glared at Jafar. He laughed. "Just give up girl, you'll only be destroyed!"
"Like hell…" she got in her battle stance again.
The evil vizier laughed as he summoned some more Heartless. "Oh well… I tried to be nice…"
"Yeah right…" Usagi growled.
Jafar lost his last bit of patience. "Tell me where the princess is!" he roared.
Usagi smirked. "Good luck finding her…"
Jafar growled. "Get rid of her!" he ordered. "No matter, I can find the princess easily…"
/…/
Sora and the others are riding the carpet back to Agrabah with their new friends, Aladdin and Genie.
"So…" Aladdin started. "You think your friend can hold her own against Jafar?"
Sora nodded. "She's pretty strong."
"But we never actually fought Jafar." Donald said, pointing out another fact. "How do we know for sure?"
"Well, I have faith in her." Sora said.
Genie flew around the carpet. "Ah, fresh air! The great outdoors!"
"You don't get out much?" Sora asked trying to follow the Genie's movements.
Genie stopped flying around and is now flying at the same level as the carpet. "Comes with the job. Phenomenal cosmic powers. Itty-bitty living space. It's always three wishes, then back to my portable prison. I'm lucky to see the light of day every century or two…"
"Hey Genie… How about I use my last wish to wish for your freedom?" Aladdin looked at him.
Genie smiled brightly. "Really!"
Aladdin nodded. "It's a promise!"
/…/
Sora ran into Agrabah. "'Sagi!" he looked around.
Aladdin ran up next to him. "Jasmine!"
Sora ran further into town. "'Sagi!" Usagi slowly stood up from behind a counter of one of the many shops. Sora ran to her. "You look tired…" he said.
"I'm sorry Sora…" Usagi said with regret. "I couldn't protect her…"
Sora helped Usagi over the counter. "Jafar got Jasmine?" he asked her quietly.
Usagi nodded. Sora placed her arm around his shoulders. "I can walk." she stated simply.
"Well, I'm helping."
They walked together to tell Aladdin the bad news. When they reached him, Aladdin could tell that it wasn't good. "So, Jafar got her…"
"I'm so sorry…" Usagi said.
Aladdin shook his head. "It wasn't your fault. I'm sure you did your best. Do you have any idea where they went?"
Usagi thought for a moment. "I heard something about The Cave of Wonders."
"I just got from there!" Aladdin exclaimed.
"But we saw you in the middle of nowhere." Goofy said.
"I was coming back to Agrabah." Aladdin explained. "That doesn't matter now. We have to go back!"
/…/
Aladdin, Sora, Donald, and Goofy jumped down from the carpet and landed in front of Jafar. Usagi stayed on the carpet, still worn out from the Heartless she fought before.
Jafar grinned evilly at his enemies, especially Aladdin. "Hello street rat…"
"Where's Jasmine?" Aladdin shouted demanding to know.
"Oh, I don't know…." Jafar said obviously lying. "Why don't you just wish to find her."
Aladdin reach for the lamp on his belt only to find it missing.
Usagi looked around and saw a red parrot flying toward Jafar with the lamp in his claws. "Fire!" The spell did hit the bird, but he already dropped the lamp into Jafar's clutches.
"Good work Iago." Jafar said, petting the bird that was perched on his shoulder. Some Heartless appeared., surrounding the heroes. "Destroy them…" he commanded with venom dripping from his voice. He walked into The Cave of Wonders. Everyone in the circle drew out their weapons.
"I'll cast some spells." Usagi said from the carpet. Sora nodded and blocked a lethal attack. Donald cast some spells himself and Goofy was blocking, attacking, and aiding his friends whenever possible. Usagi did her fair share; she cured her allies whenever necessary. Once the Heartless were gone, she jumped down form the carpet. "Let's go guys."
/…/
Jafar smirked as the Keyhole before his eyes. "Good work…" He said to the sulking bule figure in the corner.
A portal appeared in the center of the chamber. Maleficent walked through and looked around. "I'm sensing many Heartless, Jafar. Is it the boy?"
"No worries, Maleficent. My Heartless already took care of him and his friends."
She walked up yup next to the vizier. "Are you certain? Don't underestimate them." She looked down at the princess.
"Even if they did survive…" Jafar looked down at the lamp in his hand, starring at his disfigured reflection. "I'll have Genie take care of them… Why don't you just take the princess now?"
Maleficent shook her head. "I have to see how trust worthy that boy, Riku, really is."
"WAIT!" Sora ran in with the others behind him. He spotted the witch. "Are you Maleficent?"
A dark portal appeared before her and she walked through without a word. Usagi placed her hands on her hips. "That was rude…"
Aladdin spotted Jasmine near the Keyhole. She seemed to be unconscious. He then saw Genie sulking in a corner. "Genie! I need your help!"
Genie looked at Aladdin with a sad look. He shook his head. "I'm sorry Al…"
Jafar laughed and held up the lamp as he did so. "You see boy, the Genie is bound to serve the master of the lamp." He grinned evilly. "Now for my second wish… Crush them!"
Aladdin looked Genies way. "No, Genie…"
Genie sighed and slowly float over to them. "I'm real sorry Al…" He balled his hands into tight fists. "The holder of the lamp calls the shots. I can't disobey his commends." Suddenly, lighting struck behind. Sora and everyone else froze with terrified looks on their faces. "MOVE!" Genie shouted. And they did just that. Everyone was in completely different place. Dodging Genie's attacks were easy since he tried to miss them away. Goofy was hit couple of times though…
Jafar watched them. "Pathetic…" The evil vizier shook his head. "Genie!" Genie stopped his attacks. Jafar continued. "For my final wish… Make me an all-powerful genie!"
Genie unwillingly granted his wish. Jafar laughed manically as he slowly transformed into a genie.
"This is not good…" Goofy said.
Jafar punched the floor with his mighty fist, making a hole in the ground, and flew down there.
"Whoa…" Sora said catching his breath.
"We have to stop him!" Aladdin said to everyone in the chamber.
"Hop on!" Genie said, pointing to his back. "I'll give you a ride."
"Thanks Genie." Sora said. Then he looked at Usagi. "You're staying here."
"What!" She exclaimed. "Why!"
"You're still tired from before." He stated.
Usagi frowned and kicked some dust on the floor. "Fine…" Sora climbed on Genie, who transformed himself into a plane. They went down.
-CRASH-
Usagi ran to the edge and looked down. Jafar was throwing big rocks that came straight from the lava at her friends. "Bastard…"
"What's going on?" Usagi turned her head to looked behind herself. Jasmine was awake.
She rushed next to blond and looked down. "Is that-?"
"Jafar." Usagi answered her questions before she even finished asking. They continued to watch their friends dodge deadly attacks. "They're not gonna win that way…" Usagi looked around for something… anything that would help. Then she saw it. She ran over and picked it up. In her hands, she held a black lamp similar to Genie's. She ran to the hole.
Jasmine looked at the item Usagi was holding. "A lamp?" Usagi nodded as she aimed carefully and threw,
"OW!" Sora rubbed the spot on his head where something hit him. He looked down and saw a lamp. An idea came to him and he picked it up. "Oh Jafar…"
Jafar looked Sora's way. Annoyed was written all of his face. "What!" Then he saw the lamp. Now panic was written all over his face. "How…?
"The holder of the lamp calls the shots." Sora smiled. "Into the lamp. My commands are absolute."
A whirlwind came out of the lamp, sucking Jafar inside. "No!" Jafar screamed as he was sucked in, taking Iago with him.
"Yes!" Usagi cheered.
"Jafar's gone." Jasmine said, relieved.
Usagi nodded. "This is-!" She was shoved forward and she fell down the hole. Jasmine gasped and looked at the assailant. Usagi tried to grab onto anything to stop herself from falling. She caught something but it didn't help.
Sora gasped once he spotted his friend. "'Sagi!"
Aladdin looked at Genie. "That would be wish number two." he told him.
"Whatever!"
Genie shrugged and caught the falling girl just before she hit the lava. Usagi took some deep breaths. "Thanks Genie… I owe you."
Goofy was slightly confused. "Why would jump down without a warning or someth-?"
"I was pushed!" Something in her mind clicked. "Oh no…"
Aladdin seemed to be reading her mind. "Jasmine…"
"Hop on." Genie said as he transformed himself into a plane once again.
When they reached the top, Aladdin immediately jumped out and looked around for any sign of Jasmine. As he did so, Sora sealed the Keyhole. Usagi groaned in frustration. "I did it again…"
The chamber began to shake. Loose rocks from above fell down. "Um…" Sora started. "Just a thought, but maybe we should leave."
Genie nudged him in the side. "I like the way you think. To the carpet!" Everyone, but Aladdin, was on the carpet ready to leave. The hovered by him. "Hurry up Aladdin!" Sora shouted over the rumbling.
"But Jasmine… she still might be…"
Usagi grabbed his hand. "She's in another world! Now come on!"
/…/
Aladdin is sitting in front of the poorly boarded window with a depressed look on his face. Genie waved the lamp in front of his face. "You still got one more wish, Al! Just say the word and I'll bring the princess back!"
Aladdin thought for a minute. "Genie…" Genie prepared to grant his wish. "I wish for your freedom."
Genie's jaw dropped to the floor, literally. "But… Al."
"I promised you, remember?"
Genie gave Aladdin a bone crushing hug. "Thanks Al!" and his cuffs disappeared.
"Hey Aladdin…" All attention went to Usagi. "I'm may not be a genie, but I'll do my best to grant you what you really wanted to wish for. I'll do my best to bring Jasmine back. I promise."
"Don't you think you're being just a teensy bit hard on yourself?" Goofy asked.
Usagi didn't answer. Genie took her hand and put the lamp in it. "Whenever you need the help of a real Genie, give me a call." Usagi nodded and smiled.
/End of Chapter 10/
Wow. Quick update, wouldn't you say? I want to get to Hollow Bastion as soon as I can. What's next? Monstro? Oh yeah… it is. Anyway, reviews:
Riku fan- Everyone's starting to like that couple nowadays…
Chika-Thank you, thank you, and Riku is really catching up.
Flame Ivy Moon- I'm so happy that you love it.
Taiki- Yup. They're her parents and why they wont say anything will be revealed later on. Another on for Riku… You're on the final battle. Hmmm… I just might steal your memory card… Well, I hope this update was quick enough!
Well, Spring break is ending, which sucks. Another update might no come for a long while. You see, while I'm writing, I'm replaying the game on expert. …Not smart. But I refused to start over again. I'll try to dig some stuff from my memory. Anyway, please leave a review, they inspire me.