(A/N): My uncle is using my car so I'm not sure when I'll next be able to update.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything from Square Enix.
Chapter 6: Agrabah
The first thing Kairi noticed when she landed on world is that it was night time. The second thing she noticed, and probably the more important thing, is that there was NOTHING around except her friends and sand. Lots and lots of sand, miles in every direction. Each of her friends seemed to be coming to the same realization as they took in their surroundings.
"Ok so why did the Gummi ship port us down here exactly?" Riku voiced the question they were all asking.
Everyone turned to Sol, the one who had programmed the teleporter.
"I know what you're all thinking and it wasn't my fault. I programmed it to take us to the palace. You know so we'd be close to where the princess lives, someone who'd know if there are any Heartless wondering around."
"Well this is most definitely NOT the palace," Kairi argued as she gestured to the open area.
"Thanks Princess didn't notice that" Sol remarked, sarcasm oozing out of him.
"You did not just call me Princess!"
"I think he did Kairi" Sora added
"Alright you two stop fighting. We just need to head in the direction of town and hope we don't die of thirst before we get there" Luna advised.
Riku simply shook his in agreement while the others let out a small groan at the prospect of walking for who knows how long. Next, of course, came the argument about which direction they needed to be going. Sora wanted to head west but Riku insisted that the town was to the north. The two friends almost came to blows before Kairi stepped in and told them they were both wrong and that the town lay to the east.
"How do you know that it's to the east Kairi?" Riku questioned.
"Simple, you and Sora both suck with directions. And if you two would stop fighting long enough to open your minds, you'd feel darkness coming from the east."
Riku and Sora looked at each other then closed their eyes. A look of understanding crept across their faces. When they opened their eyes Sora chuckled and but his hands behind his head in his trademark pose.
"Guess you're right," Riku said glumly.
Now that they were in agreement the five of them headed out towards the darkness, and hopefully a town.
"Hey how come you and Sol didn't pick a direction," Sora asked the Luna as they were walking up a sand dune.
"Because like Kairi we sensed the darkness. We were hoping that you and Riku would be able to also, but Kairi beat us to the punch and talked some sense into you." Replied the golden eyed woman.
After three hours of walking in the cold desert night with the scenery staying the same, the group got a little tired. Kairi was the first to complain about the situation saying she was tired of seeing so much sand. Anther few hours later and everyone was complaining about thirst. They hadn't bothered to bring canteens with them since they were supposed to be ported into the town. Sol once again got blamed for this.
"Alright! I know we're all thirsty, but can you please stop complaining?" Sol pleaded. Then Sol face palmed himself and started muttering profanities about his stupidity, and that of the groups. "Ok everyone prepare to be amazed!" Sol held his hand out in front of him palm up. White-blue energy swirled into existence and created five ice crystals above his hand. He handed each of them one of the crystals and stuck the last one in his mouth.
Kairi popped the shard into her mouth and could feel it melting giving her the water her body longed for. As they continued walking the ice continued to melt in her mouth keeping her body happy. Soon though the ice had melted and Kairi still wanted more water. She felt energy gather around each of her friends and watched as they created more ice shards for themselves. Sora went to popped his in his mouth and Kairi let out a small whimper. She didn't know ice magic no one had bothered to teach her.
Just steal it from him Kairi Naminé suggested.
How to you expect me to steal it from him?
I'm sure you could think up a way.
Yeah I'm sure I could to, but I'm not in the mood to think up anything. Kairi responded with a mental poke at her Nobody.
Alright, it is the perfect opportunity for a nice little kiss though.
Kairi was a little shocked at Naminé's suggestion. Sora and Riku had told her about Naminé and how quiet and innocent she was. If only they knew the real Naminé that lived in her head. They wouldn't think her so innocent.
It's always the quiet ones Kairi thought to herself. Well she thought she thought it to herself.
It's fun to be innocent on the outside and dirty as hell on the inside.
With a sigh Kairi ignored Naminé, worried about where that conversation could lead. She made her way over to Sora and stuck her hand out. A puzzled look came across his face. Clearly he didn't get the fact that his girlfriend couldn't make ice shards for herself.
"Kairi here," Luna said as she tossed an ice shard at the female Keybearer. Kairi turned and caught it. She then faced Sora and stuck her tongue out at him and popped the shard into her mouth and went to walk by Luna.
"Smooth Sora, you couldn't understand the fact that Kairi doesn't know ice magic?" Riku scolded his friend. "You better make it up to her, you've only been going out for a little while. You don't want to mess it up this early." Sora stared at Riku dumbfounded.
"Thanks Luna," Kairi said through the ice "Sora just wasn't getting it."
"Well he doesn't seem to be the sharpest tool in the shed. You just have to train him to pick up on your subtle hints.
Before the conversation could go any farther Sora let out a cry.
"I can see the city!" the brunette proclaimed pointing ahead of the group.
Sure enough in the distance they could just make out the walls of a city. With a cry of glee the five picked up the pace their energy renewed at the sight. They slowed down the closer they got though. The darkness they felt before was growing behind those walls. The closer they got the more darkness they felt; the shear amount of energy was staggering. They exchanged glances and called forth their weapons. Ready for battle they charged forth once again. By the time they reached the wall the destruction of the town was obvious. Sections of the wall had completely collapsed allowing the group to peer in. There were no fires, which Kairi thanked the gods for. There was however a great many people running around trying to avoid being attack by Heartless.
Kairi noticed the Heartless were different on this world. Pale purple Heartless with turbans and scimitars were the greatest in numbers. There were a few Green Requiems flying around along with what looked like giant Red Nocturnes. She even saw a few Air Pirates along with the normal Shadows and Soldiers. The ones that really caught her eye were the ones that had on an orange coat and were spewing fire! Later she find out that the unnamed Heartless were Bandits, Crimson Jazzs, and Fat Bandits.
Sora rushed in holding the Kingdom Key and started taking down the Bandits doing his best to protect the citizens. Riku joined the fray blocking the scimitars of the Bandits with Way to the Dawn and preforming well against the sword wielding Heartless. Sol and Luna stood back to back lashing out with both magic and their swords as they were surrounded by Air Pirates and Fat Bandits. Kairi felt slightly useless as she fought off Shadows. Her friends were taking care of the stronger Heartless while she fought the lowest rank. She wanted to do so more than stand there killing the weaklings, she wanted to be helpful.
A Soldier charged at her, thankful for a different opponent, Kairi held her Blooming Love Keyblade in a defensive position as the Soldier struck. It stumbled back and Kairi dealt it a quick slash causing it to release its heart upon death. More Soldiers started attacking her after the death of the first one. Kairi realized that physically fighting against so many was much harder then she first thought, even with the power of the Keyblade. She decided it was time to use magic. After she had found out who exactly Luna was she had gone to her house and begged to be taught the mystic ways.
Kairi dived into the source of her magic powers. She gathered the energy around her tip of her Keyblade and shouted "Thunder" while pointing the tip at a group of Heartless. Lightning shot out from the tip and arced to the group of Soldiers and Shadows. Once the lightning finished off its target it jumped to another. Kairi let the spell go stopping the lightning from continuing its jumping pattern. Looking at the mass of Heartless before her she noticed it was significantly smaller.
As Kairi got ready to fight some more she heard the sounds of a slash behind her. She looked over her shoulder to notice Sora and a few hearts floating up into the air. He had just saved her from an attack from behind. Smiling Sora stood next to her with his Keyblade ready. Happy that Sora was now fight by her side, literally, Kairi made sure to do her best.
"Jasmine" came a shout from up the street.
"That sounds like Aladdin, we got to see if we can help him," Sora said to Kairi as he shot a piece of ice at a Fat Bandit. Kairi nodded her head and followed the path Sora created. Riku, Sol, and Luna must have noticed them leaving because they were soon running along with her and Sora. They had even formed a square around Kairi blocking any Heartless from getting to her. This enraged her a little, but knew it was for the best. They had only been fighting for a few minutes but the Thunder spell she had unleashed had drained her more then she thought it would.
As they ran down the streets she witnessed people "dying" all around her. She wanted to stop and help these people, they couldn't. Even with magic most of the people were too far away for them to be of help. Tears fell down her face at the sight. They reached a giant gate soon and Kairi saw a man in a purple vest with white pants who had a mop top of black hair topped with a red fez hat beating back a group of Heartless. Behind him was Jasmine a Princess of Heart like Kairi. Sora and Riku jumped over the Heartless and landed next to the man who Kairi assumed was Aladdin. This left her, Luna, and Sol to deal with the outer ring of Heartless. Most didn't notice the three warriors on the outside until they met their death they were so focused on the four they had cornered. The six fighters dispatched the Heartless with relative ease.
"It's good to see you again Sora," Aladdin said after the last heart disappeared into the sky. "I just wish it was under better circumstances."
"Yeah good to see you to Al. I just wish I knew how so many Heartless got here. I sealed the Keyhole the first time I came to Agrabah."
"I believe I can answer that."
They all looked around for the speaker.
"Above us" Riku shouted as he pointed to the sky.
Standing in the air was a man with purple hair that came down just past his shoulders. He had on a white coat with a black shirt underneath. His pants were black for one leg and white for the other. In his hands was a set of knives. What caught their attention the most was the fact he was wearing a mask identical to the one Virgo wore.
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Gemini the Number 4 of the Celestial Warriors. I believe you have met my companion Virgo when she attacked you back at home."
"So she has friends," Riku growled "then you should know we sent her packing last time. It won't be any different for you."
"HA! You really think you beat Virgo? I love to break the news to you kid, she was already injured by the time she got to you. You only 'won' because she was weakened and she didn't feel like taking you on. But to answer your question about the Heartless it's simple actually. There's more than way to plunge a world into darkness all you have to do is bring enough Heartless and bam. No matter if you punks have sealed the world or not the darkness over takes the world. I do hope you get out though, we do need a Keybearer for our plans." As he spoke the last word a Corridor of Darkness opened up behind him and Gemini walked through leaving the group of heroes alone.
"This world will fall any second now. I'd know, I brought many worlds into darkness before. We have to get out of here right now guys." Riku explained as he put his hand on his friends shoulder. Sora looked at him with tears in his.
"Right. Jasmine, Aladdin please come with us there enough room on the ship" Luna said as she extended a hand to the couple.
"I'm the Princess of this world as much as it saddens me to see it fall I know that there's nothing I can do for it. I'm sorry." Jasmine seemed to be talking to the world itself.
Aladdin grabbed Jasmine's hand and pulled her next to Sora. Sol reached into his pocket and pulled out a small device that had a buttons all over it. He typed in a command and they all seven people were bathed in a blue light.
From aboard the Gummi ship they watched the world below succumb to the darkness and wink out of existence. Jasmine let out a sob as she watched. Aladdin pulled her in close and stroked her hair. He whispered soothing words into her ear. Kairi found herself in the arms of Sora getting the same treatment as Jasmine. Riku, Luna, and Sol looked out the window with dark looks on their faces. They'd feel sad for the loss of the world later. Right now they needed to be strong for their friends. Sol and Luna head to the bridge to plot the course to the next world. Riku followed after them.
"Where we going?" he asked Sol.
"Disney Castle, it'll be the best place for Aladdin and Jasmine to rest. Should they decide to join later they can talk to King Mickey and receive training along with their own ship." Sol turned to Luna. "Could you call the king and let him know we're coming and dropping off our two passengers. We won't be stopping there if we're to prevent the same thing happening to other worlds."
"Doesn't that seem a little cold? We rescue them just to drop them off."
"Listen Riku, it may not seem the nicest thing out there to do but it needs to be done. We can't spare the time to answer their questions if we are to save other worlds. Mickey probably can explain it better to them anyways." Sol let out a sigh. Riku walked away to tell Sora and the others their destination.
"Are you doing ok Sol?" Luna asked as she took his hand in hers.
"We saved two people, so yeah. Just call Mickey and let him know what's going on" Sol responded while staring out into space.
"Will do," Luna said quietly.
(A/N): If anyone was sad that I didn't spend more time and Agrabah, to bad. It was a pain in my arse to write. You guys got the 3rd version of what I was trying to write and it still didn't come out right. It was a bastard of a chapter and so I killed the world since it was driving me mad.
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