Through the heart and Soul
Chapter 2: Huston... we have a Cid-rious problem... a mouse and a fox meet
"Uhmm... this is going to be troublesome... according to Jeremy's journals... Cid is really mercenary when it comes to his bussiness... I hope the queen game me enough to pay for the gummy ship I will be needing" Gadget said as she entered the lines between the worlds.
"Uhmm... just my luck... no heartless around... thank the many heavens for King Mickey and Sora... they managed to seal off many of the worlds... now is relatively safe to travel between the worlds... thought there ARE some sporadic outbursts of heartless... not as many as before... thank heavens" Gadget said with a sigh of relief, she then landed on the little world called... Traverse Town.
Back With Naruto
"Let me get this straight... we are going... to other worlds" Jiraiya said as Naruto nodded.
"And this person will come in a ship that can fly..." Jiraiya said once more as Naruto nodded once more
"Did someone spiked your drink?" Jiraiya said as he checked Naruto's eyes and took his temperature
"I am fine damn it! Why can you believe me after fighting those monsters?" Naruto said irritated
"Because, I could pass them off as summons... and the guy was controlling them... and also because it all sounds WAY too farfetched to me" Jiraiya said
"Look, I am telling you... this things have been forced to come, normally they couldn't even step in... but that red haired guy... he called them here" Naruto said
"What's that guy's name anyways?" Jiraiya asked
"Axel... that's what he said" Naruto said looking thoughtful.
"What's wrong?" Jiraiya asked him.
"I wish I had a way to get in contact with the person who is going to give us our ride... so we can know when we can expect him" Naruto said
"I know what you mean... how about we just spend some time here and relax... our world hopping trip will be a long one after all" Jiraiya said
"Wonder who they will send... with my luck probably a smart-ass guy" Naruto sighed
Traverse Town
"Say... you are that Gadget fellah the queen told me about?" Cid asked
"yes... golly... you sure have a lot of gummy parts around here" she said
"Yeah... the Sora kid helped a lot, since he fought a lot of heartless in the lines between... almost completed my own ship as well, so... what can I do for you?" Cid asked as he took a drag of his cigar.
"There is a new keyblade wielder... and an old friend needs his help" Gadget said
"Uhmm... I see... I hope this guy is a bit smarter than Sora... he was a nice fellah but... you get what I mean" Cid said
"Well..." Gadget said looking up
"Anyways... you are going to need a ship... would you like one for long flight with speed? Or one weaponry?" Cid asked.
"Golly... I think some weaponry would be nice... but I am more inclined with the speed one" Gadget said
"I see... and I suppose the keyblade wielder is taller than you, right? Well I'll start making arrangements... it should be done within an hour since I got many gummy parts thanks to the kid... the charges are going to the castle... of course" Cid added
"Of course" Gadget said with a nod.
"You should go to Leon's or Aerith's homes... they might help you a bit more on other stuff and even give you something for the brat you are picking up" Cid said
"Golly... you think so?" Gadget asked
"Yeah... after all he is going to be of big help against the upcoming battle we might face..." Cid said
the small female mouse jumped down the table into the chair and then slide down the leg of it into the floor and dashed out the store.
Aerith's home
"Hello? Is there someone here?" Gadget yelled
"Yeah... who is it?" a voice called out
"Ah! Watch out!" Gadget yelled out
The other person stopped and realized she was about to step on her "guest"
"Yeesh... that's cutting it close... sorry about that" a girl with short hair said laughing
"Are you Aerith?" Gadget asked
"Eh... nop... I am Yuffie! But I can still be able to help... I hope" Yuffie said
"There is someone out there who just became a keyblade wielder... and he has a strong connection with another one... Aqua" Gadget said
"EH! REALLY? Say... think I could tag along? I am kinda bored and I wanna meet this new guy" Yuffie asked/pleaded
"I am sorry... but I don't think you might fit in... is gonna be rather tight" Gadget said
"Awww... no fair" Yuffie said
"Ara? Yuffie? We have a visitor?" a sweet voice rang out.
A woman with long braided hair came out...
Yuffie lowered her arm and the small mouse jumped up and handed her to the newcommer.
"I am Aerith... pleasure to meet you" Aerith said
"I am Gadget... I am here looking for a little help.. since you are one of the last Cetras... you might be able to help me... since his magic might not be up to par with any in here" Gadget asked
"Uhmm... I think I have something that might help" Aerith said with a smile as she went to a chest.
"Here... this might help... this ring, it has the haste enchantment, this might help on the travels" She said as she handed the ring to the small mouse, who grunted under the weight of it.
"Oh dear... hold on... "mini"" she said as the ring shrunk to gadget's size.
"you just need to recast this spell to make it big for the keyblade wielder" She said with a warm smile
"Golly... thanks a lot!" Gadget said with a smile.
"I remember how Sora was, I hope this one is not like his friend though..." Aerith said with a small giggle.
"well... anyways... I better get going, the keyblade wielder will be upset if I go there any later... it doesn't help when I didn't say a ETA to him either" Gadget said sighting.
However a small girl had an evil smirk/grin.
"Hey Gadget... glad you made it... I made the ship as fast as I can" Cid said as the mouse looked it all over.
"it has two set of controls, one for you, and the other for the keyblade wielder, since he doesn't know he would learn from you, that way you can teach him how to operate it" Cid said as he sat down and took a drag of his cigar.
"Thank you very much Mr. Cid!" Gadget said.
"No problem, I am getting paid for this after all" Cid said.
"Nonetheless... thank you very much" Gadget said with a small bow.
She got into the ship and took off as Cid looked at his new handywork.
"Good luck there Gadget... I just hope they new kid doesn't trash the sweet new ride" Cid said to himself.
Back on Naruto's world
"So... what now?" Naruto said
"You need to learn how to get out of Genjutsus, since you got so much chakra your control of it is... abysmal" Jiraiya said
"HEY!" Naruto complained
"Silence you... anyways... since most of the ninja's you are gonna be fighting are top tier they are going to be using powerful genjtusu, you need to get away from them... even if you can't use them as good as they can... you should at least be able to learn how to counter them" Jiriaya said as he went over the lesson.
"You need to learn hot to disrupt your own chakra flow... once you do that the genjutsu will be over... however that does not hold true for the tsukoyomi due to being 'special' in that area" Jiraiya said
Naruto then begun to practice this in the lake nearby as Jiraiya put him in mild genjutsus to train him.
After a few hours, without significant progress.
"You. SUCK" Jiraiya said as he got glared by Naruto
"Hey... I am sorry I am such a huge ball of power" Naruto glared at him
"Is okay... you'll learn... eventually" Jiraiya said with a smirk
"not funny ero-sennin" Naruto pouted
"Hey... I have trouble in that area too" Jiraiya said as he patted the young boy.
"How about we go into the forest? We should train for the keyblade for a while... and I wanna see how good you are at it" Jiraiya said.
"Sure!" Naruto said with a grin.
Naruto and Jiraiya begun to exchange blows, Jiriaya noticed a few odd things...
First was that Naruto's chakra fluctuated along with something else, it wasn't the kyuubi's chakra...it felt warm
"AERO!" Naruto cried out as a small whirlwind formed that parried Jiraiya's attack and he used that moment to attack, however Jiraya used his hair as a spiked shield and Naruto had to stop in his tracks by shoving the keyblade down to the ground and redirect his position.
"Damn! That is awesome!" Naruto said
"Yeah... is one of the few original jutsus I made... pretty nifty if you got a long mane like mine" Jiriaya said
"So... how did I do?" Naruto said
"Handling the keyblade was ok, we are going to work on that a bit more... you need to get used to it even more" Jiraiya said
"Damn... I thought I was pretty good already" Naruto said looking down
"hey, you did well considering you only had it for such a short period of time" Jiraiya said
Then... a rumbling sound begun
"W...what is that sound?" Naruto said
They looked up as the sun's light begun to blot out and a rather large metallic looking object begun to descend
"Naruto... be ready for anything... it could be the enemy from yesterday" Jiraiya said preparing himself as Naruto pulled the keyblade out once more
"I found you!" a female voice said as the metallic object open up and a bright light washed them.
"So you are the one I was told to find! I am glad you had the keyblade out for so long... it would be rather hard otherwise" the voice said.
"W... who are you?" Naruto asked as he readied himself to attack
"Ah... sorry, my name is Gadget... I came as a request from the queen... you are friends with Aqua are you not?" she said
"You know Aqua! How?" Naruto asked looking around for the owner of the voice
"Down here" the voice said
Jiriaya and Naruto had shocked looks on their face when they saw
"A MOUSE!" Naruto and Jiraiya said shocked
"how rude" Gadget said
Naruto and Jiraiya coughed
"Sorry... you kinda took us... off guard there little mouse-chan" Naruto said
"Call me Gadget please... and so... we need to hurry... we have much to do, Golly... let's hope the ride back is as easy as the one I took to find you" Gadget said as she closed the ship's door.
Back on traverse Town
"AWW MAN! I WAS SOO CLOSE!" Yuffie said as she was caught in a trap meant for pests
"You thought I didn't know you would pull something like that?" Cid said
"eh...ehehehhee... I can explain" Yuffie said nerviously
"No excuses... NOW OUT!" Cid said kicking the young girl out.
"OUCH! THAT HURT MY ASS... YOU MEANY!" Yuffie said as she rubbed her posterior.
Back to Naruto and company
"So... as I was saying" Gadget said as she was on Naruto's shoulder "I am to take you to Traverse Town for you to meet people who may be of help for your quest" Gadget said
"Golly... we should get going... I don't wish to alert the locals... we are not supposed to let them know about the other worlds" Gadget said as she climbed down Naruto's clothes and jumped down into the floor.
"Allright... all of you, welcome to Gaia Kingdom, transport ship made by Cid, expert gummy ship maker" Gadget said
"Neat" Naruto said as he looked around
"please, as we navigate trough the worlds watch the instructional video as for you two can learn HOW to operate this ship, since it would be better if someone else had some knowledge on HOW to use the ship, in case something might happen to me that would render me unable to do so" Gadget said as a screen came out and 2 chipmunks appeared on the screen.
"Welcome to: How to fly gummy ships for dummies" the chipmunks said
"HEY!" Jiraiya and Naruto roared in unison
Gadget was giggling at this.
"TRAVERSE TOWN... HERE WE GO!" Gadget said as she pressed a button and the ship shot forward.
"GYAAH!" Jiraiya and Naruto yelled by the sudden pull, however it returned to normal after a while
"WOW!" Naruto said as he looked out the windows and saw the stars and other planets.
"We are currently in outer-space, how is the inflight movie?" Gadget asked
"It sucked" Jiraiya and Naruto said in synch
"tehehe...sorry about that... but I do hope you learned something from it" Gadget said
"Yeah..it was rather easy to understand..." Naruto said
"If he got so fast... I did it too" Jiraiya said noggin the blonde's hair.
"As long as you learned how to pilot the ship I am ok... golly we are in luck, no heartless are patroling the area" Gadget said
"Everyone please return to your seats, we are entering into Traverse Town's gravitational pull, I suggestion you fasten your seatbelts" Gadget said
"What the hell is a seat-" Jiraiya and Naruto said in synch as the ship begun to shake and the two where thrown to the farthest corner of the ship
"AAHHH!" They yelled as they felt the gravitational pull on them
"Golly... I DID warn them" Gadget said as she navigated the ship to Traverse Town dock.
"Wh... what the hell is this?" Naruto groaned under the intense gravity
"We are entering Traverse Town's gravitational pull... hold on tight" Gadget informed as they sat down and strapped themselves to the seat.
After the turbulent entry to the planet's atmosphere the landing was pretty much smooth sailing.
Naruto and Jiraiya got out of the ship... and looked for somewhere to relieve their sickness from space travel.
"It's to be expected for first timers" Gadget said while looking at her new companions
"Never... again" Naruto said
"Sorry... but you better get used to it... this is the only method for you to travel... for the time being that is" Gadget said.
"D-damn it" Naruto groaned as he regurgitated his lunch again
"I-I don't remember having Pork Ramen today" Naruto said with a sickly voice.
Jiraiya however got healthy faster as he was used to hangovers and sea traveling.
"Anyways Gadget-san, who do we have to see now?" Jiraiya asked as he rubbed Naruto's back for confort.
"Ah... who we have to see you ask.. but... isn't he supposed to be here to meet us?" Gadget said.
"So... should we maybe look around?" Jiraiya asked
"Urgg... I... I am feeling fine now" Naruto said as he recovered composure.
They begun to walk around the area to find the person who had to meet them.
"Uhmm... somehow... this area feels... wrong" Naruto said
"Yeah... it feels... cold, maybe?" Jiraiya commented
"Eh? Now that you mention it..." Gadget said as she begun to shiver a bit
Then from the ground a dozen neoshadows appeared
"EH?" Gadget yelled in fright, the Neoshadows jumped at her.
"GADGET!" Naruto yelled as he made the keyblade appear and jumped to push back the monsters.
Jiriaya jumped to the fray stabbing on on the back with his kunai
"Damn it... there is too many of them" Naruto said as many more of them begun to appear.
"Chech... you got good moves... but you are only on this level?" a voice said with disdain.
Naruto looked up to the night sky to see a person looking down on them, he had a long blade with a strange design.
He jumped down and with a swing of his blade took care of the monsters with more ease than Naruto could.
Naruto however got irritated, he slashed the monster with renewed vigor, he was not about to be shown up by this guy.
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto called out as he made replicas of himself
"oh?" The newcomer said in surprize.
Naruto finished the monsters off and then blocked the newcomer's blade.
"W-what?" Jiriaya and Naruto said in unison
"Not bad... you have better starting strength and skills than the last brat that came here, let's see what you can do.
With that said he disappeared...
"Naruto... on your left!" Jiraiya warned
Naruto jumped and reacted to it by rolling underneath the blade.
"Don't interfear old man... Silence" the newcomer ordered
"Urgg..." Jiraiya and Gadget both tried to speak... but a force stopped them from being able to speak.
"Come at me boy... show me if you are keyblade wilder material" the newcomer said
Naruto flared his chakra
"bring it on teme!" he yelled as he himself charged towards him.
"LEON! STOP IT THIS INSTANT!" a voice yelled
Naruto and the now named person Leon looked up.
On the church's tower they saw the silhouettes of 2 girls.
"Didn't I tell you Aerith-neechan? Leon was up at it again with his Macho bullshit" A voice said
The other figure sighed... "So true"
They jumped down from there, they both landed gently like cats.
Naruto was taken by the girl with long brown braided hair... she looked... motherly, beautiful, like an angel dressed with pink dress... if he could, even Jiriaya would have whistled at her appearance.
The other girl... she have Naruto a bad vibe.
"She has a feel like Naruto... I wonder why I get that from her?" Jiraiya wondered.
"Hey there shrimp... guess Leon-kun was playing again eh? Sorry about that gramps" the shorter girl said.
"I am not THAT old" Jiraiya thought with a bulging vein on his forehead
"Yes you are" the younger girl said
"Eh? She can read my mind?" Jiraiya thought
"No... is just... it's written in your face" the girl said as she chuckled.
"Yuffie" Aerith warned "be nice with him, he is the master of our younger guest" she added
"Hai" Yuffie said as she undid the silence spell from Leon that affected both Gadget and Jiraiya.
"That should let you speak normally" Yuffie said.
"Ah... thanks a lot brat" Jiraiya said.
"Hey... that's rude... maybe I should seal your mouth again?" Yuffie threatened
"no... no... I am good"Jiraiya said "Definitely like Naruto" Jiraiya thought as his eyebrow twitched.
"Anways... sorry about Leon.. and Welcome... to Traverse Town" Aerith said
End chapter