Chapter 4: Deep Jungle
Hey everyone! It's me, sakuraphoenix, and I'm back with a new chapter! I know that it's been a while, but hey, I've been busy! Anyhow, disclaimer time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. I also do not own Luz. Credit goes to Keybladeauraofpie.
Enjoy!
In all honesty, I would've preferred going to the next world via the Lanes Between and my Keyblade Glider instead of this excuse of a ship, but beggars can't be choosers. Soon, we saw the next world.
"Hey Donald, maybe King Mickey's down there." Said Goofy
"In a backwater place like that? No way! Let's move on." Said Donald
"Hold on. Riku and Kairi might be down there." Said Sora
"Yeah, let's just check it out." Said Lumen
"Forget it! We're on an important mission!" exclaimed Donald
"Just land!" exclaimed Sora
"No!" exclaimed Donald
"Come on!" exclaimed Lumen
"Aw, phooey!" exclaimed Donald
"We're landing!" Sora and Lumen exclaimed in unison
Sora and Lumen were reaching the control panel, and began touching random buttons.
"Don't touch that! No!" exclaimed Donald
We were then suddenly spinning all over the place. Next thing I knew, I was falling, and landed in some kind of tree house.
"Oww… my head…" said Sora
"You can say that again." Said Lumen
"Make that double." Said Luz
"Triple." I groaned in pain
"Donald?" asked Sora
"Goofy?" asked Lumen
No answer, until we heard a roar. Then some weird gigantic cat pounced in! I think it thinks we're its dinner! We summoned our Keyblades, and attacked it with everything we got. We then managed to get it on the ground, and slowly moved closer to it. It got up and growled again, and it was about to attack, until a man with long brown hair entered. He was holding a spear, and didn't wear a lot of clothing. At the sight of the person, the uh, thing ran.
"Sabor, danger." Said the man
"Um… thank you." Said Luz
"Thank you." Said the man
"Huh? Uh, what is this place?" I asked
"This place, this place." Said the man
"Okaaay… Where did the others go?" asked Sora
"Look, we got separated from our friends. Have you seen them?" asked Lumen
He didn't seem to understand.
"Friends…" said Luz
"Friends!" Said the man
"Right, our friends. There's two of them. One of them is pretty loud, and named Donald, and the other is a bit of a jokester named Goofy. Have you seen them?" I asked
"We're also looking for our friends, Riku and Kairi." Said Sora
"Look for Riku, friends?" asked the man
"Right!" exclaimed Lumen
"Kairi, friends?" asked the man
"Uhh… right." Said Luz
"Friends here." Said the man
"Really?" I asked
"*&&X%." said the man
"Huh?" wondered Sora
"*&&X%. Friends here." repeated the man
"Not sure we understand, but can you show us, please? Can you take us to Riku and Kairi?" asked Lumen
"Tarzan. Tarzan go." Said Tarzan
"And… I'm Luz." Said Luz
"Hikaru." I said
"Sora." Said Sora
"And I'm Lumen. Tarzan go, Sora, Lumen, Luz, and Hikaru, go go!" exclaimed Lumen
We followed Tarzan down to the top of some trees where he showed us a tunnel that helped us get to the forest floor. He then urged us to follow him inside an orange tent.
"Jane!" exclaimed Tarzan
The woman inside turned around to see us.
"Tarzan! Oh, and who is this?" asked Jane
"Uh, hi there. I'm…" started Luz
"Oh, you speak English! So, then, obviously, you four aren't related to Tarzan. Are you here to study the gorillas?" asked Jane
"Highly doubtful." Said a male voice
A man with a gun walked in and behind him were Goofy and Donald.
"Sora! Lumen! Luz! Hikaru!" exclaimed Goofy
"Goofy!" exclaimed Sora
"Donald!" exclaimed Lumen
As soon as we were reunited, Lumen, Sora, and Donald had their backs to each other.
"A circus of clowns. Not much use for hunting gorillas." Said the man
"Mr. Clayton, we're studying them, not hunting them. This is research." Said Jane
Clearly she was frustrated with him.
"Well, the more the merrier. Do make yourselves at home." Said Jane
"Well, anyway…" started Lumen
"I'm staying." Sora, Lumen, and Donald said in unison
"Huh?" wondered Sora
"Sora, Lumen, Luz, Hikaru, look what we found. Look at this." Said Goofy
Goofy showed us something. Hmm… I've never seen anything like it before.
"What's that?" Sora, Luz, Lumen, and I asked in unison
"A gummi block. It's the same stuff used to build our ship." Said Goofy
"So that means…" started Lumen
"The king could be here. So, we've gotta work together to look for him. For now." Said Donald
Clearly he was still mad with Sora and Lumen.
"Fine, we'll let you tag along." Said Sora
"For now." Said Lumen
Jane decided to cut into the argument. Good for me, I was getting a headache listening to these guys fight.
"Apparently Tarzan was raised in the jungle by the gorillas. Communicating with him still isn't easy, but he's learning." Said Jane
"So he was speaking in 'gorilla' back there." Said Luz
"Ah, that's right. You're looking for your friends?" asked Jane
"He said that Riku and Kairi are here. And one word that we couldn't understand." I said
"Why don't we try this? We'll show Tarzan some slides and see if any of them match that word. Oh, what happened to the slides?" wondered Jane
"Maybe they're around the camp." Said Sora
"We could go look for them." Said Lumen
"Thank you. There are six slides in total. When you find them, bring them back here." Said Jane
We all exited the tent, and searched around for the slides. We each found one slides. When we found all six, we went back inside the tent, and gave them to Jane. When she started the projector, Sora seemed to be deep in thought over one picture.
"What's wrong, Sora?" asked Donald
"What? Um, nothing." Said Sora
We looked through the rest, and it looked like none of the pictures matched the word.
"Well, Tarzan?" asked Jane
"Where are my friends Riku and Kairi?" asked Sora
He only shook his head.
"Hey, we thought…" started Lumen
"That leaves just one place. Young man and little girls, we're been in this jungle for some time now. But we have yet to encounter these friends of yours. I'd wager they're with the gorillas. But Tarzan refuses to take us to them." Said Clayton
"Really Mr. Clayton. Tarzan wouldn't hide…" started Jane
"Then take us there! Take us to the gorillas. Go-ril-las." Said Clayton
He looked at us for a long time, and then nodded his head.
"Tarzan, are you sure?" asked Jane
"Tarzan go see Kerchak." Said Tarzan
"Kerchak?" asked Jane
"He must be the leader. Perfect. I'll go along as an escort. After all, the jungle is a dangerous place." Said Clayton
We exited the tent, and the leopard was back! Sheesh, can't this thing take a hint after we kicked its butt last time? After we sent it packing through the jungle, Tarzan led us to the top of some trees, where he began speaking with some of the gorillas.
"Uh, did you get that?" asked Goofy
"No." said Donald
They left, and Tarzan seemed to be distracted. Was he looking towards the tree house? Only one way to find out. We climbed up the trees to get there, only to find that Clayton had his gun pointed at one of the gorillas! Donald and I jumped in next to him. Donald scared him while I cried out:
"Stop!"
He missed with his shot, and the gorilla that was playing around with the globe ran off next to Kerchak.
"What's the big idea?-!" exclaimed Donald
Tarzan was trying to speak to Kerchak, but just walked away with a look on his face. The smaller gorilla looked hurt as he too walked away.
"You don't understand. I was only trying to… ah. A snake slithered by, you see. I saved that poor gorilla's life." Said Clayton
"I didn't see any snakes. Besides, the only snakes that can climb trees, are the kinds that aren't poisonous. You have a lot of explaining to do to Jane when we get back down to your camp mister." I scolded
I dragged him by the ear back down to his camp, and went we got to Jane, we explained everything that happened.
"How could you do such a thing?-!" exclaimed Jane
"Now, Miss Porter, as I told you, I was not aiming at the gorilla." Said Clayton
"You are not to go near the gorillas again!" exclaimed Jane
"All because of one mishap? Come, now…" started Clayton
Jane, Luz, and I had our hands on our hips while Lumen and Sora had their arms crossed. He soon walked out of the tent, and not long after he did, we hear gun shots. We quickly exited the tent, only to find that Heartless have found this world too, and that they had surrounded one of the gorillas we saw earlier!
"Heartless!" Sora, Luz, Lumen, and I exclaimed in unison
"Is there is a world they haven't found yet?" asked Luz
"Maybe, maybe not." I said
I asked myself the same question about the Unversed years ago. We went on the offensive with these Heartless, and we took care of them, easy.
"Well, no more monkey business for us." I joked
Sora and Lumen laughed at the joke I made while Luz gave me a look.
"Hey, I was just trying to lighten up the situation." I said
We entered back into the tent after scouting the forest, only to see that Clayton wasn't around for miles. At least the gorillas were safe.
"I do hope Mr. Clayton is safe…" said Jane
She must be lost in thought. We then heard another gunshot, which sounded like it came from the bamboo thicket. We ran inside and saw some kind of smoking pipe on the top of a rock. This must be Clayton's. Okay, now I'm getting a bad feeling. Then Sabor, the leopard, appeared again. I guess the third time's the charm. Hopefully, this time, the leopard can take the hint. When you mess with Keyblade wielders, you don't get away with a scratch, especially if one of those wielders is a Keyblade Master. When we were finished with the punishment we gave it, it collapsed. I didn't think any of us wanted to take our chances, so we headed back to the camp, but the startling news was, Jane was missing! Not good, this is not good at all.
"Hey, where's Jane?" asked Sora
"Where did she go?" asked Lumen
"She must've been taken by someone, or something." I said
"You're not suggesting…" started Sora
"If it were the Heartless, the tent wouldn't look like this on the inside." I said
"What's wrong, Tarzan?" asked Goofy
"Something coming. Jane, danger. Jane near… near tree house." Said Tarzan
"Sounds like trouble. Let's go." Said Donald
We exited the tent, and got to the climbing trees, but there was something different about this place this time.
"Tarzan!" exclaimed Jane
"The big black fruit looks suspicious." Said Donald
"That's no fruit, it's a net, made for holding people, or animals, imprisoned." I said
Sora and Lumen worked with Donald and Goofy to handle the Heartless while Luz and I worked on breaking the net. When we finally did, Jane fell out along with the small gorilla we saw earlier.
"Clayton came to the tent and… that's the last thing I remember." Said Jane
"Clayton?-!" exclaimed Lumen
"Gorillas trapped. Terk ran." Said Tarzan
"We must help the gorillas!" exclaimed Jane
We made our way to the cliff, where we saw Clayton behind a bunch of Heartless. So the Heartless are attracted to him! He was about to fire his gun when we intervened.
"No!" Sora, Lumen, Luz, and I exclaimed in unison
He didn't lower his gun, and stared at us.
"Clayton?" wondered Sora
"Not Clayton!" exclaimed Tarzan
He said *&&X% again.
"Not Clayton!" exclaimed Tarzan
"Sora, Lumen, Donald, take out the Heartless! Goofy, Luz, you guys are with me!" I exclaimed
We went after Clayton as the others went after the Heartless, and he was all talk no action, until something broke the rock behind him, then Tarzan went in for the attack, then got pushed back, and then Clayton got picked up by something we couldn't see.
"What's holding up Clayton?" asked Lumen
"Something we can't see. We'll have to use him as an aiming point." I said
"Aiming point?" asked Luz
"Charge up your spells, and go full throttle!" I exclaimed
While Sora, Lumen, and Donald were facing against the Heartless, Luz, Goofy, and I were focused on getting Clayton off. We finally did, and I stepped on his back for good measure.
"Sora, Lumen, Donald, now!" I exclaimed
They all cast a Fire spell, which stunned the Heartless
"Luz, it's all yours!" I exclaimed
"Got it!" exclaimed Luz
She dealt the final blow, and before Clayton could shoot us, the Heartless ate him, and then it disappeared. Luz, Lumen, and Sora were then surrounded by a green light. Looks like they learned the Cure spell. Then Kerchak, the gorilla leader, walked up to us, and threw us over the ledge! I could see that Lumen, Luz, and Goofy landed on their behinds, Donald and Sora on their chests, and well, I landed on my feet. Tarzan soon joined us.
"Tarzan, home." Said Tarzan
He led us to a sort of cavern behind the waterfall we saw as we well, got the blood out of our heads. When we arrived at our location, there was something blue and glowing in front of us. I bet that I'll kick Vanitas' butt to the curve the next time I see him that that's the Keyhole to this world.
"*&&X%." said Tarzan
"This is your home?" asked Sora
"But that means…" started Lumen
He cut them off as he listened to the sound around us.
"Huh?" wondered Goofy
"The waterfalls. They're echoing all the way here." Said Jane
"*&&X%. Friends there. See friends." Said Tarzan
"Oh, now I've got it. *&&X% means 'heart'. Friends in our hearts." Said Jane
"Heart." Said Tarzan
"Oh, so that's what it meant." Luz said disappointed
"Friends, same heart. Clayton, lose heart. No heart, no see friends. No heart, no friends." Said Tarzan
"Sorry about what I said." Said Sora
"Same here." Said Lumen
"I'm sorry too." Said Donald
"Yeah. All for one, huh?" asked Goofy
Luz walked up to the butterflies, and they flew away to reveal the Keyhole. She summoned her Keyblade, and sealed the door to this world shut. Another gummi appeared from the Keyhole.
"A gummi!" exclaimed Donald
"But it's sure not the king's." said Goofy
Terk nudged Donald's elbow as he turned his attention to the gorilla.
"I think someone has a new admirer." Said Jane
Donald looked shocked and shook his head as he waved his hands around.
"No, no, no, no! Daisy would kill me!" exclaimed Donald
We all laughed at his expression as he looked a little flustered.
"Well, guess we'd better get going." I said
"Where is your ship, anyway?" asked Jane
"Well, uh… not too far." Said Donald
"Sora, Lumen, Luz, Hikaru, Tarzan, friends." Said Tarzan
We walked out of the tent to travel to the next world, but why do I have a feeling that something isn't right?
Third Person P.O.V.
Three figures were together in a room. Two of them were wearing Black Coats while another was looking through a magic orb. They were Maleficent, Sarah, and Kyo.
"I can feel it. Yes, the heart we've been seeking has finally reached my senses." Said Maleficent
"So her powers have awakened." Said Sarah
"Yes, the seeress has finally awakened her powers. She can't be any older than 15 at least." Said Maleficent
"Now if this were ten years ago, we'd drag that useless excuse of a Keyblade Master to you." Said Kyo
"Who knows where Master Hikari is now, I don't care. Her light may be strong, but the darkness is stronger. Ankoku, I believe it's high time that you introduced yourself to them." Said Sarah
A girl with short black hair with a purple hair clip holding part of her bangs aside walked into the room. A part of her bangs over her right eye almost reached her eye. She was wearing a green halter top, jean shorts, and dark grey boots. She also had blue eyes and her ears weren't pointed.
"I understand mother, father." Said Ankoku
And the plot thickens! It's been ten years, and Ankoku still has no idea that Hikari is her sister! Or does she? Please review, and until next time, I'm sakuraphoenix, saying I heart you, signing off for now. Kan dao ni!