Part I. Pinocchio
Jiminy Cricket, chronicler of Soras journey, and in the future, ours too.
When I woke up, I couldn't see a thing because of the helmet. When I turned it around so I am able to see, I saw Gregorio and Yoris wearing what resembles Shin-Ra army masks from Final Fantasy 7. When we got up, we were next to Sora and when we looked around we saw Donald saying, "Knock it off!" while Goofy turned around asking Sora if he was okay.
Sora then asked, "What are you guys doing? Where are we, anyway?" Just then, a jewelry box fell to the ground.
"Hey! A jewelry box.", Yoris shouted out and Sora's Co. then noticed us.
"Hmm. These guys seem familiar. What do you think, Donald?", Sora wondered.
"Yeah. They seem to be in every world with us, just wearing different headgear each time but why?"
"Well. Never mind that. What does it matter? As long as they help us, it's okay right?"
"Uhh, yeah. You got a point. Well where were we again, Goofy?"
"Uh, ya know, I think that big ol' whale Monstro just swallowed us. And for today's weather: expect showers. (Then another jewelry box fell on Goofy but luckily, his shield was over his head) Heavy showers!"
"Hey!", Donald hollered out up above us.
"Who's there?", Sora asked.
A wooden puppet up above us said, "It's me."
"Oh, It's just Pinocchio. Pinocchio?!"
Then, a little bug whom I recognized as Jiminy Cricket (From Disney's Pinocchio) jumped up on Sora's shoulder calling out the puppet's name. As we saw Pinocchio walking away, Jiminy kept on calling out his name. Then, he told all of us to follow him quick, and we did.
After pursuing him through a lot of chambers, (odd that there weren't any gastric juices around the walls and floor) we finally ended the chase as we saw him board a shipwreck. As we went over, we overheard a conversation. Instead of stopping to listen, we walked on to the source, hearing every word as we went.
An elderly voice said, "What have you got there, Pinocchio?"
Pinocchio replied, "With this, we can get out of here Father." ("Father?" Gregorio asked to me. I replied to him, "Creator to a creation is quite the same analogy as father is to son.")
"Really? With this big block? You think so?"
As we reached them, Sora popped up and cut in saying, "It's true. (Pinocchio and the elderly man then looked at us as we popped up too.) So how'd you end up here, Pinocchio?"
As we got up to the deck, the old man said, "Oh, my. So the whale swallowed all of you too? My goodness."
"Yeah, looks like it.", I said.
"My name is Geppetto. I'm Pinocchio's father. When we got separated, I traveled all over, looking for him. Thank goodness we're together again."
"You seem to know Pinocchio quite well.", Yoris commented.
As Geppetto carried the green block that was on the floor (I assume it is a Gummi Block) and carried it to the back behind a cabinet holding a fishbowl (It had a fish, of course) on top of it, he continued, "I hope he was a good boy in my absence. Well, we've all had quite a journey. Right Pinocchio? Pinocchio?" We then noticed that he was missing (again?) We got off the ship and explored the chambers.
Part II. Riku and Windelle
Eventually, we found Pinocchio hiding behind a stone. "What are you doing? Come on, let's go back.", Sora said to him.
Goofy said, "You know, Geppetto's awfully worried about you."
Sora continued, "Pinocchio, stop fooling around! This is no time for games!"
We then headed back until a voice said, "But, Sora, I thought you liked games."
We turned around to see Riku and Windelle (though he was wearing a SOLDIER mask).
"Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?", Riku continued.
Sora said, "Riku! (I say this part with him quite simultaneously, but I said Windelle) Wh-what are you doing here?"
They replied, "Just playing with Pinocchio."
"You know what I mean! What about Kairi? Did you find her?", Sora asked. (I silently said the same thing concerning Florina towards Windelle.)
"Maybe. Catch us and maybe I'll tell you what I know.", Riku replied.
"Come on.", we said as the three ran off. We then pursued them all over Monstro. Eventually we found them but as Pinocchio went on, Riku and Windelle stopped us in our tracks.
"What's the matter with you? What are you thinking? Don't you realize what you are doing", Sora and I said to them.
They replied, "I was about to ask you the same thing, (Windelle didn't say my name but he didn't say Sora's either) Sora. You only seem interested in running around and showing off that Keyblade (Windelle said DirLuxGun) these days. Do you even want to save Kairi (Windelle merely said 'her', referring to Florina)?"
"I do."
The two then ran off and we followed. Soon we saw a giant cage with 2 tentacles (the Parasite Cage) and it was imprisoning Pinocchio.
"You up for this?", Riku and Windelle said.
"No problem. Let's do it!", Sora and I replied as we all got ready for battle. (In this case, Riku and Windelle weren't part of the 6-fighter limit, so it was Sora, me, Donald, Goofy, Gregorio, Yoris, Riku, and Windelle versus Parasite Cage) After an easy battle due to our outnumbering him, a hole opened in front of it and it spat out Pinocchio into the hole.
As Riku and Windelle jumped in, the rest of us followed him, which ended up back at Geppetto's ship, with Geppetto still calling out for his son. Just then, he said "Please! Give me back my son."
We then saw Pinocchio at a platform above being held by Riku and Windelle.
"Sorry, old man.", The two of them said. "We have some unfinished business with this puppet."
"He's no puppet!", Geppetto demanded. "Pinocchio is my little boy!"
"He is unusual. Not many puppets have hearts. We're not sure, but maybe he can help someone who's lost theirs."
"Wait a minute." Sora said. "Are you talking about Kairi?"
"What do you care about her?" as they left. As Sora's Co. went off again, I stood still, shocked by their words. Then, Yoris and Gregorio got my attention, and soon, we were following Sora.
Part III. Betrayal
After crossing numerous chambers, we finally found them with Pinocchio. When we demanded them to let him go, Riku said, "A puppet that lost its heart to the Heartless Maybe it holds the key to helpig Kairi. How about it Sora? Let's join forces to save her."
"We can do it, together, so we'll be able to find our friends faster."
As Sora prepared to fight, I said to Windelle, "You're not making sense. Back at Traverse Town, you did not want to join us since we'll find her faster separately. Now you say we'll find her better together. What's happening to you?"
Then we prepared to fight as well, they both said, "What? You'd rather fight us? Over a puppet that has no heart?"
"Heart or no heart, at least he still has a conscience.", Sora and I said (it's starting to get strange).
"Conscience?"
"You might not hear it, (Jiminy, who was in some other place until called, quite like our weapons, was running for Pinocchio at this time) but right now it's loud and clear. And it's telling us you're on the wrong side!"
"Then you leave us no choice."
Just then, Jiminy reached Pinocchio. When Pinocchio said, "Jiminy… I'm not gonna make it.", his nose grew (indicating he was lying).
"Oh! I guess I'm okay.", he then said as Jiminy jumped for joy. As all of us looked at what was happening, Parasite Cage fell down in front of Riku and Windelle, leaving us to deal with the Heartless.
- I leave the whole battle process to your imagination -
It was a rough fight but soon, it fell, but Riku and Windelle were nowhere to be seen. Just then, we were blacked out.
Part IV. Extra to-do
When we woke up, we were back at our Gummi Ship. When I looked at my hand, I was holding a microchip, and 3 green Materia with a clock (Stop), a pink bow and arrow (Charm), and 3 stars in a circle (Confuse). I also got a Yellow Materia with a shock wave (Aura Wave.) Just then, I saw Gregorio and Yoris at the controls taking the ship to Traverse Town. I only went there to ask about the chip, which the Fairy Godmother turned into a red Materia with the symbol of a robot I remember as XR from 'Buzz Lightyear of Star Command' "He will do a series of blasts all over the place. Best used when surrounded by enemies."
When we returned to the Gummi Ship, we headed for Olympus Coliseum (Sora's Co. were there too), teleported down (with our Greek helmets, of course) then participated in the Pegasus Cup with Sora's Co. At the last match however, when the six of us entered the Coliseum, an opaque barrier reaching the sky separated us from Sora and Co.
"Due to unknown reasons, you will be fighting your bosses separately.", Phil called out. When Yoris, Gregorio, and I got ready for battle, Irvine and Rinoa entered the fray.
"Hey there guys.", Irvine said. "Nice to see you again. Guess this is for real, huh." At the signal of "Fight!" Gregorio and Yoris went straight for Irvine who instantly got busy as I was left with Rinoa.
As a first move, she pulled out a (what?) gunblade (Which resembled the Hyperion of Seifer Almasy in Final Fantasy 8) from its holster on her right as she readied her Blaster Edge (the thing I felt while I thought I was hearing Florina's voice back in bed after I was put to sleep by Irvine's powder) on her left then shot it to her left. As I saw it flying towards me in an arc, I readied my shield to block it, but then, I saw Rinoa rushing towards me with her gunblade. As her Blaster Edge struck my shield, and as she swung her gunblade downward to me, I let go of my shield and took a sidestep as the gunblade landed between me and the shield. Having no time to retrieve it, I held my gun on both hands, then started firing away at Rinoa. Because of that, her Blaster Edge failed to return to her and fell to the ground. Not having any time to retrieve it, she then started attacking me with her gunblade, which I had a hard time dodging since I did not have my shield. Just then, a fireball struck her on the side as I saw Irvine still firing away on my left and on the right, I saw Gregorio and Yoris. As I jumped to them, calling my shield as I went, Rinoa went for her Blaster Edge and Irvine followed her. Then, the three of us performed a Trinity Attack (the item was obtained along with those rewards after Monstro but I did not realize it until now), which consisted of Yoris aiming his bazooka at our opponents, Gregorio placing his javelin across the bazooka, and me placing the shield on the other side of the bazooka with gun at the back aimed at the shield's center. The bazooka then charged and when I pulled the trigger on my DirLuxGun, a ball of fire flew to our opponents (in this battle, Irvine and Rinoa) and the battle was over.
After we helped the two of them up, they said they will be returning to Traverse Town now. When I asked how they got here anyway, the replied that they got their own Gummi Ship. They then left the arena and once the opaque barrier faded away, I saw Sora waving goodbye to 2 familiar figures (Yuffie from Final Fantasy 7 and Squall) who were leaving as well.
Dismissing what I saw as my imagination, we returned to our Gummi Ships, taking a yellow Materia with a yoyo symbol (Yoyo Shot), and 3 green Materia with a blue orb (Barrier), a yellow orb (MBarrier), and a white feather (Dispel) as a reward. We then pursued Sora's ship to another world and, after an analysis from Yoris, we found out that the world was an underwater-type one. Seeing that, Gregorio pulled out 3 scuba suits from the closet, and we put them on (after taking off our helmets, of course). We then teleported down to embark on an underwater adventure.
Kingdom Bites Remake: Close Combat
"Uh, Irvine?", I asked him.
"Yes?"
"I was wondering how you became proficient in close combat with that rifle if that was for sniping?"
"Well, you see, back at our world, sometime after the threat of Ultimecia, I noticed that, on their own, my other friends are able to take care of themselves."
"Even Rinoa?"
"Ever since learning the arts of one-handed gunblade combat (Squall's is two-handed) and using it in conjunction with her Blaster Edge, I felt 'helpless'."
"How helpless, I wonder?"
"So helpless that the only way I hoped in surviving a monster situation on my own is to rely on the terrain."
"And most battles are in the open field?"
"Yes."
"Oh. Back to my first question: How did you even learn close combat using the rifle?"
"Sorry, but I couldn't remember anymore."
"It's okay." And as I left him and rejoined my friends, I muttered, "GFs."