Kyrie (c) Me

Kingdom Hearts characters/some of the story (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Bonded Soul

Chapter 29

It was mid-day when the group walked back into the Peddler's shop, only to find him gone.

"Hello?" Aladdin called as he looked around.

"Stop your whining and hand it over!" they heard a familiar voice from outside shout, making everyone but Aladdin, Iago, and Abu scowl.

"Oh no! I'm trading it for treasure. This lamp is going to bring me riches!" the group looked at each other before running outside, in time to see Pete chasing the peddler in the direction of the palace. Without a second to waste, the group chased after the troublesome twosome, hoping that they could get the lamp before Pete did.

"Oh no, you don't! Get back here, you!" Pete shouted, shaking his fist.

"I knew it, it was Pete that I saw back at the Cave of Wonders!" Kyrie thought as she ran. When they ran into the palace grounds, Pete gained on him and snatched the lamp from his hands.

"Thank you." He smirked as he ran, the peddler now chasing him.

"It's mine!" he cried, leaping and snatching it back out of Pete's grasp. The group watched as the two darted back and forth, playing a strange game of "keep away" with each other.

"Lamp hog!"

"Go away!"

"…Should we stop them?" Kyrie thought as they watched. Finally Pete took the lamp from the small man's hands, keeping it high above his head as the little man tried jumping to take it from him.

"Heh heh, I win!" he sneered. Suddenly, Iago flew from Kyrie's shoulder and took the lamp from Pete's grasp with his little feet. Pete looked up and realized what had just happened as he and the peddler chased the bird, trying to get the lamp back.

"Nice one, Iago!" Sora cheered, pumping his fist into the air as he did so. Kyrie smiled and whistled in approval.

"You go Iago! Whoo!" her thoughts screamed as she began to jump up and down.

"Way to go!" Aladdin called, following Sora's lead as he pumped his fist.

"Don't drop it!" Donald called, eyeing the lamp warily. Goofy gasped and pointed.

"Look! Behind you!" He exclaimed. Iago began to zigzag back and forth before making a sharp turn, causing both the peddler and Pete to run into the wall. Kyrie winced at the sound of the impact, causing Iago to look back to see if his plan had worked. Big mistake.

"Iago, watch out-" Kyrie thought as she pointed, but it was too late. He slammed into the wall with a loud thud, falling to the floor and dropping the lamp as he did so. Kyrie gasped and ran over, just as Pete picked up the lamp. Kyrie ignored this, and went to Iago's side, picking the bird up and cradling him against her chest.

"Nice try, bird brain. Just wait 'til Jafar's free! He's gonna make one beauty of a Heartless! And as for you-" He quickly grabbed the back of Kyrie's jacket with his other hand, lifting her high off the ground at level with his head. She began to struggle, kicking and squirming as she tried to release herself from his grip.

"You're comin' with me! Maleficent's got somethin' real special planned for you!" he spoke, sneering at her. Sora gasped.

"Kyrie! Let her go, now!" he demanded, summoning his keyblade. But in that instant, a flash of light radiated off of Kyrie and stung Pete's hand, making him cry out in pain as he dropped her. She landed with a painful thud, but quickly picked herself up and dashed over to the others, not wanting to get grabbed again.

"You little-" Pete cried as he shook his hand, trying to shake the pain away. Suddenly, there was an earthquake as the sounds of shouting and bells rang out through the air, causing the others to look in the sky as something flew at them.

"I'm home!" a blue-skinned man shouted as he flew at them, flying past Pete before making a u-turn, grabbing him in a tight hug. "Al! It's been eons! Al, you princely little muffin, you!"

The others tried to stifle their laughter as they watched the blue-skinned man hug the living daylights out of Pete.

"Cosmic travel can get so lonely without a friend. To think I left you forlorn and Genie-less…Oh, the humanity!" he exclaimed. He looked Pete over for a moment before continuing, oblivious to the others behind him.

"Hey, Al, you've been puttin' on weight? Aw, of course, what am I saying? You're living at the palace now." He continued, teleporting away and leaving Pete in a daze. Then a clone of him appeared and they looked at each other lovingly.

"Aladdin!" one cried as the two men embraced. "Jasmine!" immediately a volley of fireworks went off, making Kyrie laugh silently with tears in her eyes as she watched. "I can just picture it…" he suddenly shrank and zoomed around Pete, the doppelganger disappearing as he did so.

"Wait, tell me. Am I being a pest? Just a big blue pest? Aw, who cares, Al! I'm just so glad to seeyou!" he cried as he grew again. Aladdin quickly walked over, deciding that Pete had enough and went to spare him from his best friend's affection. "Genie!" he cried, causing the man, Genie, to look at him.

After realizing his mistake, he went to embrace Aladdin as he lifted the smaller man off the ground, hugging him tightly.

"I'll teach you to make a fool out of me! Time for Plan B! I'm finishin' you mugs off right now!" Pete cried as he regained his composure. He immediately clenched his hand and punched the ground, causing geysers to shoot up and some of the bushes to burst into flames. The group jumped back as two large heartless appeared, one blue the other red.

"Oh man…" Kyrie thought as she stepped back, Iago in her arms. She quickly darted over to Genie and placed the bird in his arms, before summoning her keyblades. Genie looked at the girl in concern.

"Are you sure you can handle those guys?" he asked. She looked at him and gave him a curt nod before running in. The red one was up first as it slammed into the ground, burning the ground where it touched. Sora was quickly to stop it, sending it flying at its partner as the two ricochet. Kyrie came right after him, jumping up in the air and slamming her Lost Memory keyblade into the blue one just as it tried attacking, throwing it into the wall.

"Donald, Goofy! Take care of those guys! Kyrie, Aladdin, and I got these two!" Sora shouted as a dozen ice-cube and fire-ball like heartless appeared, hindering them. Donald and Goofy nodded, going after the small fry while Sora, Aladdin, and Kyrie deal with the two larger ones. Aladdin was first as he ran in, using his sword to stop the fire heartless in its tracks, allowing Sora and Kyrie to jump in.

"Kyrie, go for the head!" Sora shouted as he slammed his Kingdom Key into the heartless' stomach. Kyrie nodded as she pulled her keyblades above her head, before slamming them both down, but the heartless raised its staff, stopping her attack. With a swing of its arms, it sent her flying into the wall, causing her to gasp out in pain as she crumpled to the floor. Sora and Aladdin gasped.

"Kyrie!" they cried, before the heartless went after them. As they fended off the heartless lords, Iago and Abu came over and tried to get the girl to her feet.

"C'mon, wake up! You gotta keep fighting!" Iago urged as he shook her shoulder. She made a soft noise as her eyes fluttered open, dazed and confused. Taking a quick look around, she realized that Sora and Aladdin still needed help, and struggled to her feet.

"That thing's gonna pay for that…" she thought as she ran in, keyblades in hand. She quickly jumped in the air while the blue heartless had its back turned, before successfully slamming her keyblades down on its head. The heartless went down easily, leaving its companion outnumbered. Sora, Kyrie, and Aladdin surrounded it, weapons drawn.

"Go!" Aladdin shouted, and they all ran in simultaneously and brought their weapons down on it, destroying it instantly. Both heartless faded, each releasing a large heart that disappeared into the sky. Pete growled as he shook his fist at them.

"You've messed with me for the last time! I'm gonna get you yet!" he cried as he ran off, leaving them behind at the palace courtyard.

-Later-

After sealing the lamp in a dungeon inside the palace, the group found themselves back at the palace courtyard talking to Jasmine and Genie, introducing their new companion to him.

"Hmm…so your name's Kyrie? Nice name, it has a nice zing to it." he spoke, making the girl giggle silently as her cheeks turned a faint shade of pink.

"Abu!" everyone turned and watched as Abu ran in, Aladdin right after him. The monkey was holding a familiar large jewel as it ran. "Catch him!" Aladdin called. Within seconds, Sora, Donald, and Goofy dove in, landing on top of the poor creature. Kyrie gasped as she ran over, pushing them off of Abu before picking the monkey up, making sure that he hadn't gotten hurt.

"He must've secretly stolen it from the Cave of Wonders." Aladdin sighed, pointing at the jewel. Donald quickly glared at the monkey.

"Abu!" he scolded, snatching the gem out of his hands. But after taking one look at it, Donald was transfixed on the gem, his mouth agape.

"I guess some things are just hard to resist." Goofy murmured as the duck continued to stare. The others nodded, fully agreeing with him. Donald quickly snapped out of it, shaking his head.

"Aw, who needs it!" he shouted, throwing his hand forward. The others turned, expecting the jewel to land a few feet away, but nothing hit the floor. Abu began to screech wildly, and pulled Donald's hidden hand into the open, revealing the gem inside it. "Oh…uh…I guess it got stuck!" he chuckled embarrassingly. Suddenly, it let off an unnatural glow. Kyrie sighed.

"Here we go again…" she thought as her body lit up as well, but this time instead of nothing happening to her, a voice spoke.

"You must hurry, there isn't much time. The people you hold dear are quickly approaching their doom, only you can save them." a familiar feminine voice spoke, causing her eyes to widen at the words.

"Huh? What do you mean? Who is approaching their doom?" she thought, trying to discern her cryptic words. But the voice didn't speak any further, as Sora sealed away the keyhole with his keyblade. Aladdin quickly walked over, confused at what just happened.

"Sora…What is it?" he asked, confused. Sora looked up at the sky before looking at him.

"I think it's time for us to go." He answered. Aladdin and Jasmine looked at each other sadly, before looking back at the group.

"Will you be back?" Jasmine asked. Sora nodded, grinning as he pumped his fist.

"We will, I promise!" he assured her. Kyrie nodded as well, stroking Iago's feathers fondly once more before the four disappeared.

-The Gummi Ship-

"Oh man, Agrabah was so hot…" Sora sighed as he walked into the ship, greeted by cool air conditioning. Kyrie nodded as she settled back into her chair, relieved to finally have some cold air blowing on them instead of the insanely hot desert air.

"You said it. I'm glad I didn't have my cloak this time…" she thought as she reclined her chair, exhausted. Taking off her backpack, she noticed how much heavier it felt than normal, and quickly opened it to see what was making it so heavy. What she saw made her gasp.

"What the- how'd all these jewels get in here?" she thought as she stared. She saw mostly gems and a few pieces of gold. Reaching in, she pulled out a mouse-sized ruby and stared at it, before shaking her head.

"They must've fallen in when Iago and I had all that gold dumped on us. …I guess I'll keep them for now, I could probably use them later." she quickly opened one of the extra pockets and placed all the gems and coins there for safekeeping, making sure that Donald wasn't watching. For all she knew, he might attack her and plead for her to give him the jewels.

"So Donald, what world are we goin' to next?" Goofy asked as he sat down. Donald looked over their coordinates before looking back at the three.

"It's Halloween town!" he answered. Sora smiled.

"Great! We'll get to see Jack and the others again!" at this, Kyrie raised her eyebrow.

"Jack? Oh. He must mean another Jack. It is a very common name, after all." she thought. Then she frowned, before looking at the window. She remembered the voice that called out to her in Agrabah, and stared out her window in worry.

"What did that voice mean? Will something happen to Sora and the others soon? Or…was it talking about Axel, Demyx, and Xigbar?"

-Meanwhile-

A girl with dark red hair sighed sadly as she stood on a beach, watching the waves as they rolled onto the sand, before pulling back out to sea.

"Maybe…waiting isn't good enough." she spoke sadly, holding her hands tightly in front of her. A strange warping sound startled her as she turned, a red-haired man standing a few feet in front of her.

"My thoughts exactly. When you want something, you should go for it. Why don't we go see him?"

Oooooh, what's our dear Axel got planned for Kairi? ...Well, I think you all should know by now since this goes with the KH 2 plotline. If not...look it up on youtube. Or somewhere else.

Anyways, please read and review. And I hope you enjoyed this chapter! XD