This is the last chapter of Deep Jungle. My apologies to it's fans. I wanted it longer, but found that it would be too hard. The following worlds have more chapters than this one, I promise.

Roxas: "DarthKingdom doesn't own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Square Enix, or anything else he wants to use. But he does own a butt-load of plot elements and O.C.s."

Also, the numbers in parentheses are now author's notes. Now we get to 'talk' more!

Roxas: "Oh boy..."

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Chapter 34: Rumble in the Jungle

On Tantor's back, Sora hoped they would be able to get to the gorillas in time to save them.

He was with Kairi and Tarzan, whose intimate knowledge of the terrain and skills in tracking would hopefully lead them to the endangered primates. They were following signs of a struggle leading to the east.

He remembered what Clayton had tried to do last time. First, he had nearly shot Terk, but they had stopped him (sheer dumb luck). Then after the Heartless got a hold on him, he had nearly killed Kerchak and a few dozen other gorillas. They had had good timing and luck. He only hoped that this luck held out long enough.

Soon, they arrived back at the lake where they had first met Tantor. It turned out to be just where they needed to be. Out in the middle of it was Andmox, and at his feet was a very battered and bruised Kerchak. The Nobody lifted his hand, and it was enveloped in a black fire.

"You'll make a fine Heartless, old one." He said.

But before he could do anything, Sora, Kairi, and Tarzan sprinted at him. As he brought his hand down, Sora's blade intercepted it. Andmox looked at him with something resembling surprise, then jumped away from Tarzan and Kairi's weapons. Tantor ran into the water and carefully scooped up the now unconscious Kerchak with his trunk.

Tarzan spoke to him for a moment, and he ran back to the jungle.

Andmox surveyed the three of them coldly, and snarled. "It seems I chose a bad world to target. We'll have to be more carefull of that in the future."

"Stay away from our worlds!" Kairi shouted.

Andmox laughed coldly. "But where would the fun in that be?" He reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a card.

With a flick of his wrist, he tossed the card back onto dry land. A purple mass that looked like a corridor of darkness covered it, and when it faded a man stood there.

Sora assumed that this was one of the Organization members he had forgotten about, having had the situation explained to him by Namine and Riku. He was a tall, muscular man with a hard face and red-brown hair. He wore the horribly familiar black cloak that all of the Organization had known.

The man narrowed his eyes at them, and his gaze flickered to Andmox. "Lexeaus, do me a favor and deal with these trouble-makers."

"With pleasure." Lexeaus responded with a gleam in his eye. A hint of a smirk came to his lips as Andmox vanished from the world. He looked back at Sora and the others. "Looks like I have the privilege of disposing of you, Sora."

"I beat you before and I can do it again!"

"Riku defeated me." He said, rolling his eyes. "Though, he had a bit of helpfrom his darker side."

"Well now that doesn't matter!" Kairi said, brandishing Destiny's Light.

Lexeaus stretched out his hand. In a brief flash of light, a weapon appeared. It was a massive black tomahawk (1), outlined in red and marked with gold in some places. The handle was blue, with a gold spike at the end. He slung it over his shoulder effortlessly.

"Goodbye, Keybearer." And he attacked.

Sora ran to meet him with Kairi and Tarzan on either side.

He blocked Lexeaus's first strike, which had enough power behind it to buckle his knees. The Nobody launched a kick at Sora's midsection. It knocked the wind out of him and sent him flying back into the water.

Kairi lept at him, launching a flurry of attacks from the air, but each one was blocked with his giant weapon. Tarzan tried to attack from the other side, but he was kicked as well, and thrown from the water completely. For a moment, Kairi was all alone with him.

Fortunately, his strikes were fairly slow, but they all packed a lot of power behind them. She sidestepped a downward blow that left cracks in the ground, and stabbed at his ankle with little effect. Lexeuas swung the tomahawk and nearly took her head off, but she ducked and attacked his ankles again. He came forward with another kick, and she was forced to jump backwards.

Sora got back to her side again, and lunged at the giant man, only to have his blow deflected. He dodged a heavy blow just as Tarzan joined them again. He tried to stab him in the chest, but Lexeaus grabbed hold of the harmless end, and tossed it aside. The Lord of the Apes lept away from his follow-up attack and ran to fetch his spear.

Lexeaus lifted the tomahawk into the air over his head. He roared and smashed it into the ground. It created a massive shockwave that sent them all stumbling. What's worse is that massive, sharp, stalagmites burst from the ground all around them. One nearly ran Sora through, and only a desperate leap saved him.

He stood perched atop a stalagmite, and had to jump off when Lexeaus shot a large chunk of earth at him. It soared past him and at the waterfall. It lodged itself into the rock face behind it, cutting off the water flowing down it.

Sora landed and shot a fireball at the Nobody, which hit his massive chest and delt only cosmetic damage to the cloak (it didn't even catch fire). He shot another huge rock at the Keybearer, but Tarzan came out of nowhere to pull him out of it's path.

The two landed in the water. "Thanks, Tarzan." Sora muttered after spitting out a mouthfull of water.

Kairi lept into action, and tried everything she could to get past Lexeaus's guard, to no avail.

But when Sora and Tarzan joined her, there was some measure of success. No matter how large a man was, it was still hard to defend against three attackers from three different directions. And Lexeaus was pretty slow.

He grunted in pain for the first time in the fight when Kairi slashed him across the back. Sora followed up with a swipe at his side, and Tarzan with a lunge at his leg.

The Nobody tried his shockwave trick again. The tomahawk slammed into the ground, and five huge stalagmites burst from the ground. The group jumped into the air simulatneously, avoiding the rocks and the shockwave. When they landed, Sora looked at Tarzan with a smile that suggested he had something in mind.

Tarzan returned the smile and nodded.

Sora charged at Lexeaus, showing no fear at all. The Nobody looked surprised for a moment, wondering if he was actually just going to charge at him like that. His defenses were too strong to break that way. Then Sora cried, "Tarzan!" (2)

Seemingly out of nowhere, the Lord of the Apes jumped at Lexeaus with his spear moving unnaturally fast. Leaxeus was battered all across his head and chest with the spear point. And the blows were hard enough to make even him flinch.

After a few painful seconds, Tarzan lept away from him and back to Sora's side. "Back!" He shouted as Sora tossed his Keyblade at their enemy.

Lexeaus stumbled away, clutching a particularly nasty scar on his chest. But the assault didn't end there. Sora called Oblivion back to his hand and ran directly at Lexeaus with the point end first, it was enveloped in a strange, green light. He rammed the tip into him, sending him staggering backwards.

Then Tarzan came back into the picture, leaping directly at him with his spear held ready. He landed on his shoulders and smashed his face with the blunt end of the spear. Then he did it another three times before leaping off.

They repeated this process again and again. Sora would lundge at him with the Keyblade, and Tarzan would jump on him and beat his face in. Through it all, Lexeaus was practically a rag doll, flailing about like a spastic.

Then they decided to finish it.

"It ends!" Tarzan shouted.

He and Sora stood together again, back-to-back. They pulled as much air into their lungs as possible, and let it all out in one enormous, drawn out cry. And just for the effect, they beat their chests. The cry released a huge amount of pent-up energy, exploding outwards to smash into everything with the force of a wrecking ball.

The rocks spearing up from the ground shattered into tiny particles. Lexeaus was tossed backwards all the way into the waterfall. He hit the rock face behind it so hard that he created his own crator. His tomahawk slipped from his grasp and hit the ground with a thud.

Lexeaus was a sight to behold. He was covered head to toe with cuts, bruises, and abrasions. He was panting heavily, and struggling for breath.

And Sora had never seen a more furious looking Nobody.

"Impressive." He growled. His eyes started flashing. He bent down, and picked up his weapon from where he had dropped it, water streaming off of it. He gripped it tightly, and a red, fiery glow formed around it. With a shout, he tossed it into the air, and caught it effortlessly with one hand. Now that same glow surrounded him.

With his tomahawk slung over his shoulder, he charged at them at a surprising speed, shouting. They prepared themselves for impact. When he was almost to them, he moved his weapon and stabbed it into the ground.

A huge, twenty foot tall, ten foot wide column of earth erupted from the ground, with Sora and Lexeaus still on it. Sora struggled for a moment to keep his balance on the pillar, and got it back just as Lexeaus took a heavy swing at him. He jumped over it and brought the Keyblade down on his head.

He didn't even flinch.

Oh, not good.

With one giant fist, Lexeaus knocked Sora off the pillar completely. As Sora fell, he plunged the Keyblade into the side of the pillar, and saved himself. He yanked it out, and dropped lightly the rest of the way down.

Kairi and Tarzan stood by his side again as the pillar fell back into the ground. It created a powerfull shockwave that knocked the three of them feet into the air, and crashing unmercifully to the ground.

Sora got to his feet first, and dove out of the way of the charging Lexeaus. He stopped several feet away from them, and they simply faced off for a moment. Now it was Sora who was panting.

There must be a way...

Sora then noticed that the tomahawk was glowing scarlet, brighter than the strange glow surrounding Lexeaus himself.

"Get the tomahawk out of his hand." Roxas whispered into his mind. "I've seen it work before."

Thank you very much, dear Nobody.

"This is not the Hundred Acre Wood, in case you haven't noticed."

Heh heh.

Sora's Keyblade was engulfed in a blue light. He wasn't quite sure how he did that, but he certainly didn't object. He and Lexeaus charged at them at the same moment with their glowing weapons ready to strike.

The two grossly different blades met in a bright flash of light and a loud clang. Neither warrior was about to back down, and they pushed at each other's guards with every ounce of strength they had.

That meant that eventually, Lexeaus would win. In half a minute, Sora was practically on his knees, and his opponent had a smirk.

Then there was a third blade, glowing white.

Sora looked over at it's wielder and saw none other than Kairi. She smiled at him and pushed against the tomahawk, and he did the same.

The two now pushed united against Lexeaus's weapon. And soon, his smirk was replaced by a look of dread. They pressed with all their might, and with one last heave, they knocked the tomahawk from his grip, and sent it spiraling through the air to crash into the ground twenty feet away.

"Yes!" Sora cried. He and Kairi moved in unison, back-peddaling and spinning their Keyblades to gather momentum. Their blades were glowing brighter than even before. They sprang forward, striking him directly in the stomach, and flying a full fifty feet away.

He landed with a crash, and groaned in pain. Sora, Kairi, and Tarzan walked over to his still form and looked down at him. Lexeaus glared at them, before giving one final grunt, and fading away. "It seems I've lost again. Let's see if you are strong enough to continue on winning, Sora." Soon, he was nothing more than black smoke floating into the sky.

"We did it!" Kairi exclaimed. Sora hugged her tightly.

"You were great." He told her. She smiled up at him and pecked him on the nose. They broke apart and faced Tarzan. "You too, Tarzan."

Just then, there was a dull rumbling from the jungle. Out came Tantor, and on his back were Jane and a dazed-looking Kerchak. They ran to meet them, and Jane lept off the elephant's back and immediately into Tarzan's waiting arms.

"How you doing Kerchak?" Sora asked, trying to be polite. All he got was an incoherant grunt in response. Then, the gorilla spotted something. He lifted one of his arms and pointed at the waterfall.

Everyone turned around. Kerchak was pointing specifically at the break in the water flow where the rock was protruding from the wall behind it. In that break, Sora was surprised at what he saw.

A Keyhole.

I guess the world moved the Keyhole around. It wasn't there last time.(3)

Feeling a sense of déjà vu, Sora summoned his Keyblade and pointed it at the Keyhole. The blade started glowing, and a beam of light shot from the end.

The Keyhole shone for a few brief seconds, and let out a high whine, before it disappeared completely. Sora dismissed the Keyblade and smiled in satisfaction.

"Was that another Keyhole, Sora?" Jane asked.

"Yeah. It looks like our job here is done." He replied.

"Thank you Sora, Kairi." Tarzan said. "Will you be back?"

"You know it! I want to try some more of that tree surfing!"

They shared a good laugh for the first time since they had arrived on the world.

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Hahaha! Corny ending! Oh well... Sorry for the shortness of the chapter, and for any of Lexeaus's fans who wish he had a larger part (heck, even his own disclaimer).

Lexeaus: "Thanks a lot."

(1) Isn't a tomahawk supposed to look more like an axe?

(2) Sora and Tarzen's 'Jungle Fury.'

(3) Really, does anyone know what happened to those things?

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