*I don't own any of the Kingdom Hearts...or Naruto characters, I only own Katie. If i did, I'd be swimming in money. Tetsuya Nomura & Masashi Kishimoto are lucky basters...
Sorry if I got some OOC going on...^^'
"Aw, crap…" Katie sighed as she reached the Lanes Between.
Sora pulled up his glider to Katie. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"See those worlds over there?" Katie pointed at two worlds up ahead. The world on the right looked like a giant white castle while the other looked like a village surrounded by trees and hills. "Looks like we can only visit one of them."
It was Lea that replied, "Well, that sucks. Is there any way to go to both of them?"
Kairi looked at Katie. "I have an idea. There's six of us right?" Katie nodded her head. Kairi grinned under her helmet, "Then we can spilt up and go to both!" Kairi concluded.
"Kairi, that's an excellent idea!" Katie exclaimed. She turned to Repliku while saying, "I know I'm stuck with you. Who else wants to go with me?"
"I'll go with ya." Riku told Katie as he pulled up to her, "You're new to this, so you get first pick on which world you want."
Katie sweat-dropped under her helmet and groaned, "I suck at choosing, just saying." She drummed her fingers on her armor chin while looking at the two worlds; it was about a minute later until she decided. "Um…that one…?" she said hesitantly while pointing at the world to her left.
Repliku shrugged. "Works for me."
Katie turned to Lea, Sora, and Kairi. "Sorry guys, but you get the castle." She said sheepishly.
"See you guys later, then." Sora waved good-bye and went towards the castle with Lea and Kairi right behind him.
Katie took a deep breath. This was going to be her first world. "You guys ready?" she asked. Repliku and Riku nodded. "Alrighty, then." Katie went towards the world and everything went to white.
Katie opened her eyes and looked around in awe. Trees surrounded her as well as towering hills. "Holy crap, I've never seen so many hills in my life." Since Katie was from the Great Plains, it was a rare sight to see so many hills in one place. She turned to see if Riku and Repliku were with her, to her relief, they were. But something was different.
Both Riku and Repliku looked like ninjas. Riku was wearing a short sleeve white coat with black trimming over a pale yellow flak jacket. He also wore black fingerless gloves, pants, and sandals. Repliku was wearing a black cloak that reached to his knees that had a high collar, high enough to cover his mouth and half of his nose, with the red outline of the Heartless emblem on his back. Like Riku, he had black fingerless gloves, pants, and sandals. His calves were wrapped in white bandages. They both wore a navy blue headband with a silver plate on it which had the Mark of Mastery logo engraved into it and still had their armor on their shoulders.
Katie crossed her arms and tapped her foot while saying, "I'm assuming that we're in a ninja world. That's weird."
"Why's that?" asked Repliku.
"In the Kingdom Hearts games, each world has something related to Disney movies. From my knowledge, there aren't any ninja Disney movies in existence." Katie explained. "Hey, Riku can I see your headband?"
Riku walked up to her and poked her on the forehead. "Why would I give you mine if you have one yourself?" he asked her with a smirk.
Katie glared at him while she untied her headband, "I didn't know I was wearing one." Katie answered bleakly. She studied the headband and ran her fingers on the engraving of the Mark of Mastery. "I think I've seen these before…"
Repliku raised his eyebrow, "Really? Where?"
"I don't remember what the show was called at the moment…but I'm 99% sure it wasn't related to Disney whatsoever." She looked at a tall tree and walked up to it. "I need to figure out where we are; I gotta get higher up." Katie jumped onto the tree and started to climb like a monkey.
"Be careful!" Repliku called after her.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever." Katie called back flatly. It didn't take long for Katie to get to half way up the tall oak; she looked down to see Riku and Repliku look like ants. Katie's grabbed onto a thick branch and swung herself up, she squinted to see farther. In the distance, she could see a large village with a mountain overlooking the village. Oddly, there were faces engraved onto the mountain, four to be exact. Katie knew exactly where they were. "HOLY CRAP!" Katie yelled as her eyes widened. She jumped back down to the ground.
"What the heck was that yell for? I bet the whole forest heard you." Riku mumbled.
"W-we-we're in Kohona!" Katie squealed.
Repliku looked at her, "We're where?"
"Kohona!" Katie repeated. "It's the village in 'Naruto'! We're in Naruto's world! I don't know how, but—oh! I get it now. It used to air on DisneyXD; therefore it's related to Disney." Both Riku and Repliku sweat-dropped to Katie's rambling; not understanding a single word she said. Katie groaned and grabbed them both by the wrists, "Come on…we need to figure out which part this world is in."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Riku.
Katie marched through the forest while having Repliku and Riku in tow. She turned her head to answer, "Naruto was spilt into two parts: Part I and Part II. If we arrived during Part I; things are doing to be a piece of cake. If we're in Part II…well let's just say we're screwed."
"Screwed?" Repliku repeated.
"Yeah, screwed." Katie confirmed.
"Why?"
"Let's just say one of my favorite characters dies and I stopped watching after that. And my other favorite character turned into a bigger self-absorbed ass. Plus, it's been over a year since I watched it in general." Katie grumbled.
"Oh…" Repliku kept quiet for the rest of the trip, not wanting to get even more confused.
The trio stopped in front of a gate made of bamboo. A guard at the gate watched them approach, "You three here for the Chunin Exams?" He asked in a gruff voice.
'Chunin Exams? We must be in Part I…' Katie concluded in her head. "Um, yeah! I'm Katie Heart and these are my…teammates, Riku and Repliku…Tsuwamono." She answered. Riku and Repliku stared at her with their faces beat red. Probably for giving them the same fake last name. "We're from…The Village Within the Heart."
"I've never heard of The Village Within the Heart, but then again there was a team from Hidden Village of Sound and I've never heard of them before. Smaller villages must be participating this year!" The guard opened the gate, "Welcome to Kohona: The Hidden Village in the Leaves. Good luck on the exams!"
Katie smiled while saying, "Thank you!" She quickly went through the gate with Riku and Repliku close behind her. When the gate closed, she turned to Riku and Repliku with a grim look on her face.
"What's wrong?" asked Repliku.
"The Chunin Exams…that's not good." Katie answered in a low voice. "That means… Orochimaru is here…"
"Orochi-who?" Riku asked quite loudly.
Katie smacked him on the back of his head. "Idiot!" She hissed. "Not so loud!" Katie looked around to make sure no heard, to her relief no one did. She turned back to Riku, "Orochimaru." She repeated in a low whisper. "He's like the Master Xehanort of this world…but ten times creepier." Katie shivered. "I had nightmares for weeks when I first saw him."
"If he's like Xehanort, he might have the power to control the Heartless." Repliku mumbled.
Katie laughed, "Oh please! He's got enough power already; he doesn't need help from the creatures of the dark." She quickly put on her serious face. "But the Heartless would be attracted to such an evil person so keep your eyes peeled for them." All the sudden the trio heard high pitched screams. They all wielded their Keyblades and got ready for an attack.
But instead of a pack of Heartless like they were expecting, a boy that was around thirteen with jet black hair wearing a navy blue shirt and white shorts ran up to them. "Hide me!" he pleaded. Without even waiting for an answer, he hid behind Katie and Riku. "I'm not here." He told them in a cold voice. The trio nodded and dismissed their weapons and pretended to have a conversation with each other. Katie didn't realize that it was one of her favorite characters cowering behind her. In a matter of seconds, a large group of girls screaming their heads off ran past them.
Katie sweat-dropped as she watched the swarm of girls run past. "Damn fangirls…yup we're in Kohona." She looked at the boy, "Their gone, kid." Her heart almost stopped when she realized who it was. 'Sasuke?!' she screamed in her head.
Sasuke was still trying catch his breath while saying, "Thanks…"
"Uh…does that happen often around here?" asked Repliku as he pointed at the fleeting crowd of fangirls.
"Sadly, yes. It mostly happens to me." Sasuke looked at the trio with hard eyes. "And who are you guys supposed to be?" His voice was edged with annoyance.
"Well…I'm Katie, this is Riku and Repliku."
Sasuke crossed his arms, "Are you here for the exams?"
"Yup." Katie answered shortly with a nod.
Sasuke studied the trio for a couple of minutes. "…I'm surprised. You guys seem to actually have what it takes to pass."
Riku glared at Sasuke. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Many of the contestants are a bunch of losers, but I sense there's something…different about you three." Sasuke answered coolly.
Katie sweat dropped at Sasuke's last comment. 'Wow, he's a bigger ass in person.' "Thanks …I guess…" Katie managed to smile. "Good luck on the exams!" She walked away from the group.
Sasuke watched her leave with a confused look. 'What the heck was that? A true ninja doesn't wish good luck to their opponents…' He looked at the remainder of her team and gave them a short nod before leaving.
Riku looked at Repliku. "…What just happened?" he asked.
"Trust me; I'm just as lost as you are." Repliku told Riku. He walked through the crowd to catch up with Katie. "Katie, wait up!" He called after her.
Katie turned around to look at her 'teammates', she gave them a big grin. "Want to get some ramen?"
Riku gave her a blank stare. " 'Ramen'?" he asked.
"It's food." Katie answered dully. "Man, what is wrong with you guys?" she joked as she walked up to a shop. She sat down on one of the chairs and held up three fingers. "Three orders of the special, please." Katie ordered kindly to the old man that ran the shop.
The old man that ran the shop nodded and left; he soon came back with three bowls. "Here you go, missy." He looked at the trio and asked, "Are you three here for the exams?"
"Yup!" Katie answered with a grin, she handed the bowls to Riku and Repliku, "We're from The Village Within the Heart."
The old man nodded. "Well you better hurry. The first stage is going to start soon."
Katie's eyes bugged out of her head and she scarfed down her ramen. "Oh, crap! How do we get there?"
"I can take you there, Dattebayo!" a voice called behind her.
'Oh, God. Please no…' Katie turned her head slowly to face a kid with spikey yellow hair and wore an orange jumpsuit. "Uh…hi."
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki! I'm taking the exams also!" Naruto said with a big grin. He looked at the trio. "…Aren't you guys a little old to take the exams?"
Before Katie could respond, Repliku answered for her, "We got held back."
"I can answer for myself, ya know." Katie told Repliku with her voice edged with annoyance.
"Can you take us there now?" asked Riku.
Naruto nodded his head like an idiot. "Yup! Follow me!" He marched through the crowed.
Katie unraveled US dollars from her pocket and put them on the table. "I know this isn't your currency in Kohona, but it's all I got…" She told the shop owner sheepishly.
The old man waved her off, "It's fine! Good luck on the exams!"
"Thanks!" Katie ran off after Naruto with Riku and Repliku close behind her, the kid was already at the end of the street. "Naruto, wait up!"
Naruto turned his head and laughed nervously, "Sorry! I thought you guys were right behind me."
"Apparently not, kid." Repliku told the blonde with a glare.
Repliku got an elbow in the ribs from Katie. "Be nice." She warned him, she grinned like a fox. "Or I'll use Apocalypse on you."
Repliku stayed quiet for the rest of the way. But the trio failed to notice a certain ninja was watching them. "They'll be fun to kill…"
I don't know if I made a good choice for a world...so tell me if I should stick to Kohona or I should try another world! Tell me if you have any world ideas! Peace out, bros!