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Disclaimers: KH, FF (which hasn't come out yet… or will actually), and anything else is not mine.

Okay, this was a random chapter.

I wanted a chase scene, so I got it.

I wanted Sora to be an idiot… so I put that.

And I wanted to make Riku get freaked out again, so it all adds up into a really weird chapter!

See ya next week when they discover just what's in the middle of the mountain!

Ginormous Mountain (Cave)

"I found it!" Sora calls out cheerfully as he holds up his prize to Xion.

"…We followed a chew toy?" Xion asks in a dumbfounded tone of voice, not believing that they had just risked certain death for a freakin' toy.

"It must be a trap." Sora muses. The second he says this, it was like he had said a magic password.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The two clueless teenagers tumble down through a trap door just in time for the crew sent in to find them to watch.

"Oooooh, this is not good!" Erika says with a shocked look.

"What the hell are we supposed to tell them?" Larxene demands. Xigbar shrugs.

" 'Hey, Kairi, Roxas! We just saw Sora and Xion fall down a mine! No… we didn't save them, we let gravity do its work… yeah, they're pancakes now.' As if!" Xigbar says as he crawls over, Marine-style, to the hole.

He peers inside and sighs.

"What is it?" Larxene calls out from her safe distance of about 10 meters away.

"I smell candy." He tells them as he glares down the hole.

"… Candy?" The girls repeat in doubt. Xigbar puts up his hood and jumps in.

"Geronimo!" He quickly vanishes into the deep hole.

"Me next!" Erika hurls herself in along with the green Chocobo.

"… CRAP!"

One long tunnel ride later!

"Ugh! Xig, that was my foot!" Larxene complains as the small "rescue" team lands in a giant dog pile. It was also completely dark.

"Uh…. I'm under ya, Roachy." Xigbar tells her as he wiggles from somewhere beneath her.

"Erika?"

"Nope! I landed on the Chocobo." Erika's voice says from about three feet away.

A deep chuckle echoes throughout the small cavern as Larxene feels something move on top of her leg.

"RUN!"

"Hey, Sora. Where do you think we are?" Xion asks as she hears loud screaming coming from somewhere behind them.

Sora assumes a thoughtful expression.

"Hmm…. Judging from the temperature of the air, the type of rock we're surrounded by, I'd say we're…." Sora pauses to examine a wall by the light of a Firaga burning in his hand.

"What?" Xion asks, looking impressed by how smart Sora sounds. He nods at the stone wall and then turns to Xion.

"We're hopelessly lost!" He announces proudly. Xion at that moment, trips and falls over.

"WHAT? !" She screams as she does a rapid push up and stands up again. Sora shrugs.

"Hey, I told ya where we are, didn't I?" Sora says as he freezes dead in his tracks.

"Sora, we have to find a way out!" Xion scolds him but he just shushes her.

"Shh! Do you smell that?" He asks and starts sniffing the air. Xion blushes furiously.

"It wasn't me! It was probably you!" She says in an embarrassed tone of voice.

"I smell… candy." Sora proclaims as he takes a few steps forward and sniffs again.

"Huh? Hey, I smell it too!" Xion says as the two candy addicts start following their noses to the smell of tantalizing treats.

Meanwhile…

"Has anyone thought about how we're supposed to get down from here?" Xemnas asks after he calmed down.

No one says anything but Riku immediately turns bright green.