Chapter 7: Agrabah
Hey everyone! It's me sakuraphoenix, and I'm back with a new chapter! I know it's been a while, but hey, I've been busy like crazy! At least I had a four day weekend, again, this time not due to hurricane-like conditions. Side effects may include more story updates and some sore eyes from reading. Anyhow, disclaimer time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. I also do not own Luz. She belongs to Keybladeauraofpie. I also do not own Rita, Reina, and Yukie. They belong to D.J. Scales.
This will begin in Luz's point of view, and enjoy!
After we left Traverse Town, Lumen never left Hikaru's side. I mean, here I was, pacing across the ship, and Lumen's watching over a stranger! We barely know her, and he's watching over her as if he's known her for years!
"Is everything okay Luz?" asked Sora
"Sora! Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" I asked as I wrapped a lock of my hair around my finger
"You're lying. Every time you do, you wrap a lock of your hair around your finger. You like Lumen, don't you?" asked Sora
"What gave you that idea? I mean, why would I be jealous of some strange girl we just met?" I asked
"I never said you were jealous." Said Sora
"Wha?" I wondered
"You're jealous of Hikaru?" asked Sora
"Okay, yeah, I am. We just met her a few weeks ago, figured out that she's a Keyblade Master, and to top it off, she managed to drive away those two in the black coats despite being poisoned. I mean, we had trouble fighting against that Ankoku girl." I said
"Well, she's been fighting the Heartless longer than we have." Said Sora
"I don't think that's it. I think she's hiding something." I said
We suddenly pulled to a stop, and I noticed that Lumen caught Hikaru before she hit the ground. Why doesn't he catch me like that? Sora and I ran up to the front and saw something in front of us. It looked like some kind of hole.
"What in the world is that?" I wondered
"Got me." Said Goofy
"It does look suspicious. Maybe it leads to another world." Said Dale
Donald drove through, and we ended up not only in the middle of a swarm of Heartless ships, but we were also in the middle of an asteroid field! One of the asteroids hit the ship, not good.
"What's going on up there?" Hikaru asked as she ran up
"Look who's finally woken up." I said sarcastically
"An asteroid field. We can't clear it with the Gummi ship alone." Hikaru said while ignoring my comment
"Got anything else in mind?" I asked
"As a matter of fact, we're looking at help right now." Hikaru said
I noticed three people in some kind of armor riding some weird vehicles. Who are they, and why are they helping us?
"Remind me to thank them once we've touched down on the next world." Said Hikaru
"Do you know them?" asked Luz
"We've just met them. Then again, I'm not surprised you don't know it's them. Keyblade Armor, comes in handy in times like these. Anyhow, that's our stop just up ahead." Said Hikaru
Hikari's P.O.V.
Once Donald landed the ship, we stepped out, and boy was it hot! Don't get me wrong, the Keyblade Graveyard had heat waves from time to time, but this was steaming! The Lanes Between opened up, and Rita, Reina, and Yukie, all clad in Keyblade Armor, descended. They disembarked their gliders, and took of their armor.
"Rita, Reina, Yukie, thanks for the save back there." I said
"I'm glad to see you're alright. Looks like we administered the antidote just in time." Said Reina
"Yeah, any later, and the worlds would have one Keyblade Master less." I said
We were suddenly surrounded by Heartless!
"Oh man, you guys are relentless, aren't you?-!" I exclaimed
"Hold on, I wanna try that summon gem." Said Luz
She pulled out the summon gem, which promptly glowed green, and a green orb appeared on the top of her Keyblade. She raised her Keyblade into the air, and a lion appeared as he gave a mighty roar, which promptly sent the Heartless packing.
"Awesome! I have a lion! I have a lion!" exclaimed Luz
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever." Said Rita
"Hey, be nice. At least she has a summon gem." I said
"Hey, before we start arguing, why don't we look around? There has to be someone here who can help us." Said Yukie
"Sounds good." I said
"Whatever." Said Rita
We walked into an alley, and I saw a girl hiding behind some boxes.
"Who's there? Hello?" asked the girl
"Are you okay?" I asked
"Yes. I'm Jasmine. My father is the sultan of Agrabah." Said Jasmine
"Uh… so that makes you a princess." Said Goofy
"But now he has been deposed by Jafar, who now controls the city." Said Jasmine
"He's an accident waiting to happen." I muttered
"Jafar?" asked Goofy
"You haven't heard of him? He's the royal vizier. He's gained evil powers and seized Agrabah. He's desperately looking for something – something he calls the 'Keyhole.' Jafar caught me trying to escape, but he helped me." Said Jasmine
"Who helped you?" asked Sora
"We were hiding nearby, but he left a while ago to take care of something. Oh, I hope Aladdin's alright." Said Jasmine
"Aladdin? Where might I find this street rat?" asked a male voice
We looked up and saw a guy wearing a black outfit with a red cloak with a matching hat and a staff that looked like a snake. Even his beard gave me the creeps. Jasmine seemed to recognize him. He must be Jafar.
"Jasmine, allow me to find you more suitable company, my dear princess. These little rats won't do, you see." Said Jafar
"Jasmine, run!" exclaimed Lumen
Jasmine got out of there as we summoned our Keyblades.
"Ah, the boys and girls who hold the keys." Said Jafar
More Heartless showed up. Great, I hate these guys. At least they were holding swords, which made things a little easier for us, but what they didn't know is that I'm also a sword master. I didn't just train with the Keyblade. I can also wield a sword when I wanted to. When one of them dropped their sword, I used it against them before sending them back to where they belonged with their own weapon. In no time at all, they were all gone, but Jafar went after Jasmine. Suddenly, I saw a boy entering somewhere, and this place was close. I began to walk to the place I saw where he was.
"Hikaru, what are you doing?" asked Luz
"I think I saw something, another vision. I think, we can find Jasmine if we go here." I said pointing to where I saw the boy last
I think he climbed up the pole, but when we entered, no one was here, but I did see something moving. We moved whatever was on top of it, and it flew. It was a freaking flying carpet!
"That carpet flew off towards the desert. Let's follow it, Sora!" exclaimed Donald
We all ran towards where the carpet flew off too, but how are we going to find a carpet in all this sand? Just then, the carpet appeared again, but there was only enough room for four to be on it at once.
"Sora, Donald, Goofy, you guys can ride the carpet if you want." I said
"Why don't you?" asked Sora
"There's only enough room for four, besides, I got a trick of my own." I said
"Whatever. Why don't we have a race? First one to wherever the carpet wants us to go wins!" Luz exclaimed as she summoned Simba
She climbed onto him and ran off just as Sora, Lumen, Donald, and Goofy got onto the carpet. I summoned out my Keyblade Glider the exact same moment Rita, Reina, and Yukie did. When we arrived, apparently, Yukie, Rita, Reina, and I were first, Luz was second, and look whose last. We didn't have time to rest from the travel because Heartless appeared out of nowhere in the sand! One of them caught me off guard, and I saw the boy in that vision from earlier! Not long after I saw him, more Heartless showed up.
"Gawrsh, not again!" exclaimed Goofy
The boy then pulled out some kind of lamp and rubbed it. What's it going to do? Summon the Genie of the Lamp?
"Genie, get rid of these guys!" exclaimed the boy
Hey, so that wasn't just a story! Did my grandfather once visit this land? I can think about that later, because this big, blue guy with a tail just appeared out of the lamp!
"Wish Number One, coming right up!" exclaimed the genie
With a snap of his fingers, it was bye-bye Heartless. We promptly introduced ourselves and explained the situation.
"I see… Thanks, Sora, Lumen, Luz, Hikaru, Rita, Reina, Yukie." Said Aladdin
"Aladdin, what are you doing out here?" asked Lumen
"Same old stuff. Hunting legendary treasure. Just paid a visit to the Cave of Wonders. I found that magic carpet, and this lamp. Legend has it that whoever holds the lamp can summon the…" started Aladdin
"Please kid; leave the intros to a professional. The one and only GENIE OF THE LAMP! Rub-a-dub-dub the lamp and have your dearest wishes granted. Today's winner is… Aladdin! Congratulations!" exclaimed Genie
"Any wish?" asked Donald
"Patience, my fine, feathered friend! Any three wishes! A one wish, a two wish, a three wish. Then I make like a banana and split! Our lucky winner made his first wish, and let me tell you, what a doozy that wish was, so he has two left. So, master, what'll you have for Wish Number Two?" asked Genie
"Hmm… how about making me a fabulously wealthy prince?" asked Aladdin
"Oooh! Money! Royalty! Fame! Why didn't I think of that? Okay, you asked for it! A hundred servants and a hundred camels loaded with gold! Just say the word and I'll deliver it in thirty minutes or less, or your meal's free. Hey, I'll even throw in a cappuccino!" exclaimed Genie
"No, thanks." Said Aladdin
"Okay." Said Genie
"I think I'll put that on hold until we reach Agrabah." Said Aladdin
"Uh, why a prince?" asked Goofy
"You see, there's this girl in Agrabah named Jasmine. But she's a princess, and I'm… aw, she could never fall for a guy like me." Said Aladdin
"Oh. Princess?" wondered Donald
"Jasmine?" wondered Goofy
"That's right! Ugh, I can't believe I completely forgot! She's in trouble, Aladdin!" I exclaimed
"What?-! Well, c'mon, let's get going!" exclaimed Aladdin
Now Aladdin was on the carpet with Sora, Donald, and Goofy while Lumen was riding with me, Rita, Reina, and Yukie were on their gliders, and Luz was riding Simba.
"Ah, fresh air! The great outdoors!" exclaimed Genie
"You don't get out much, do you?" asked Lumen
"Comes with the job. Phenomenal cosmic powers. Itsy-bitsy living space. It's always three wishes, then back to my portable prison. I'm lucky to see the light of day every century or two. Many years ago, I met this guy. Nice fellow. Wanted to save his daughter from the fate she was given. I couldn't do it though; I wasn't strong enough to take away her curse without killing her. He promised that he'd return one day to set me free, but I never saw him again." Said Genie
"Wait, was his name Kira?" I asked
"Yep! Hey, how'd you know his name?" asked Genie
"He's my grandfather! He used to tell me stories every night about the genie of the lamp. But… he's gone now. And I didn't get a chance to say good-bye." I said sadly
"Wow! Now, that is sad. Don't get me wrong, I've heard plenty of stories, but that's just one of the saddest ones I've ever heard." Said Genie
"Say, Genie, what if I use my last wish to free you from the lamp? What do you think?" asked Aladdin
"You'd do that?" asked Genie
"Genie, it's a promise. After we help Jasmine." Said Aladdin
We all regrouped back in Aladdin's home and gave him the rest of the info now that we know that he was the same Aladdin that Jasmine was talking about.
"So, Jafar is after Jasmine and this 'Keyhole'." Said Aladdin
"Keyhole, eh? I could swear I've heard about that somewhere before." Said Genie
"Really? Where?" asked Donald
"Don't get your hopes up Donald. For all I know, my grandfather could've mentioned it." I said
"Now, where was it? It's only been 200 years." Said Genie
"Well, anyway, we've got to stop Jafar before it's too late!" exclaimed Luz
I then began having another vision. This time, it was of Jafar leading Jasmine to some kind of palace.
"I know where she is. She's gone to the palace, and Jafar is with her." I said
"We better hurry then." Said Lumen
We made it to the palace, and I saw Jasmine with Jafar, just as my vision predicted.
"Setting your sights a little high, aren't you, boy? Back to your hole, street rat. I will not allow you to trouble the princess anymore." Said Jafar
"Jasmine!" exclaimed Aladdin
"I'm so sorry, Aladdin." Said Jasmine
Suddenly I sensed her heart, and… and… no, impossible! There's no darkness within her! Wait, no darkness? Then that means that she's…
"Aladdin, Sora, Lumen, Luz, Rita, Reina, Yukie, it's important that we keep her safe." I said
"What's so important about her?" asked Rita
"She's not just a princess." I said
"Are you suggesting that she's…" started Reina
All I did was nod, and she got the hint. Jasmine is one of the Princesses of Heart.
"Genie, help Jasmine, please." Said Aladdin
Jafar then turned to see Genie holding Jasmine.
"One wish left! You're making this really easy, you know." Said Genie
"So sorry, boy, I'm afraid your second wish has been denied." Said Jafar
A bird flew to Jafar, and it had the lamp! Now you why I hate birds, especially parrots.
"I'm sorry, Al." said Genie
Jasmine then fell into a jar, and this one had legs!
"And now, I bid you all farewell. Attack!" exclaimed Jafar
He pulled a disappearing act, and then the jars came to life! It seemed like these Heartless had something up their sleeve. The only thing that was exposed was the head and tail and every other part of the body was hidden in the pots. If we find the one that has Jasmine in it, we get her to safety. The sooner the better. Suddenly, I heard her voice from inside one of the pots. I finally broke her out just as the others took care of the head and the tail, but she was then whisked away.
"Jasmine!" exclaimed Aladdin
The sound of Jafar's laughter filled the air as Aladdin got an idea as to where he went.
"To the desert! Come on, let's move!" exclaimed Aladdin
Reina tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to talk to them in private.
"Let me get this straight, you're saying that Jasmine is a Princess of Heart." Said Reina
"That's exactly what I'm saying." I said
"They're nothing but a fairy tale. There's no way seven people like that could exist." Said Rita
"Master Eraqus believed it. Master… I'm so gonna regret this. Master Xehanort knew of the legends, and guess what, he's hell bent on finding them." I said
"Who are they?" asked Yukie
"Keyblade Masters of a past long gone. Come on, we better hurry." I said
As we got to the desert, we noticed Aladdin taking off with Lumen riding on Simba with Luz. We quickly flew on our gliders to catch up with them. We noticed that the carpet landed in the spot where we first met Aladdin, and then, I saw this gigantic tiger head made completely out of sand, well, burst out of the sand, and let me tell ya, it does not look happy. While some Heartless decided to show up to keep Sora and the others busy, Rita, Reina, Yukie, and I attacked the tiger's head with our Keyblade Gliders. Just then, I noticed that Lumen was surrounded by darkness, and managed to finish off the tiger's head, or whatever was controlling it at least, but now I was worried. The darkness is rooted deep in your heart. Has your heart already crossed the point of no return? We made our way inside, and somehow found ourselves in this dark place, filled with water. While we were looking around, I noticed there was something here, and it looked like it was a page from a storybook. Wait, a storybook? Maybe this is one of the pages from Merlin's book! I carefully placed it inside one of the packs. Good thing they were bigger on the inside. We soon found ourselves in a hidden room, and there was some kind of pillar. It must lead to the top. Just as Sora destroyed part of the pillar, my chest erupted in pain again, and I saw Jafar, Genie, and Jasmine!
"My first wish, Genie! Show me the Keyhole!" exclaimed Jafar
He was obviously not happy to do that, but he had no choice, as he was cursed as the genie of the lamp. When the pain faded away, I noticed the others were swimming away. I frantically kicked my legs and moved my arms to catch up with them. We made it into some kind of chamber, and there she was with Jafar, Maleficent!
"Maleficent!" I exclaimed
She only smirked as she faded away.
"Jafar, let Jasmine go!" exclaimed Aladdin
"Not a chance. You see, she's a princess, one of seven who somehow hold the key to finding the lock that will open the door." Said Jafar
"Open…" started Goofy
"The door?" finished Donald
"But you fools won't live to see what lies beyond it. Genie! My second wish. Crush them!" exclaimed Jafar
"Genie, no!" exclaimed Aladdin
"Sorry, Al. The one with the lamp calls the shots. I don't have a choice." Said Genie
Jafar then managed to seal the way to the Keyhole, and blocked the exit. We're trapped! While we managed to get away from Genie's first attack, we still had to come up with a plan. That was when I remembered the story grandfather told me. The one who holds the lamp commands the genie of the lamp, and if the master changes while the old one still has another wish to grant, the wish before it is canceled out.
"Luz! Lumen! I could use your help!" I exclaimed
"What's the plan?" asked Luz
"While everyone else is busy running from Genie, we're gonna get Jafar." I said
Lumen got the hint and began to fight Jafar full force. Luz and I backed him up with some spells. Just when we thought we were gonna get him, Jafar knocked him out.
"Lumen!" Luz and I exclaimed in unison
"Now your time is up you little street rats." Said Jafar
My scar acted up in pain as I turned to see Lumen. Darkness began to surround him, and the armor he wore while he was under Xehanort's control appeared. He disappeared in a flash and finished Jafar with the Keyblade Xehanort gave him. Suddenly, the room got colder, and I assumed that their Blizzard spells have just been upgraded. We ran toward the Keyhole and Jasmine after Jafar was defeated. Just then, Lumen changed back into his clothes, but was confused as to what happened. It must've been a subconscious reaction. Luz was about to seal the Keyhole when we heard Jafar, and he said:
"Genie! My final wish! I want you to make me an all-powerful genie!"
Genie covered his eyes with one hand, and with the other he zapped Jafar with some magic, and opened up an area under the cave with lava.
"Hope you don't mind getting some burns." Said Luz
"I don't. Hang on. I better keep Jasmine safe. Light Protection." I said
An upgraded version of Light Shield appeared around her.
"No one who's aligned with the darkness can get into that shield without feeling a lot of pain." I said
We then jumped down into the volcano, well, not really a volcano, but it sure was hot! We looked for Jafar, and he emerged out of the lava as a red, and scary looking genie. Then, we saw his bird carrying a black lamp. A black lamp? That's Jafar's lamp!
"Lumen, Luz, you guys are with me." I said
"What do you have in mind this time?" asked Lumen
"You really wanna know?" I asked
"Yeah." Said Luz
"Get. The. Stupid. BIRD!!!" I exclaimed
Sora decided to play the distraction while Reina helped by cooling the place down a notch while Rita and Yukie flew in circles around Jafar with their gliders. That left me, Luz, Lumen, and Aladdin to take care of the stupid bird, and let me tell ya, that bird is stronger than it looks. We finally got the lamp after we knocked out the bird, and it landed in Luz's hands. It's up to her now.
"Jafar, back to your lamp!" exclaimed Luz
He was sucked into the lamp while the area heated up even more! Wait a minute, their Fire spells have been upgraded again. Just then, a page fluttered and flew towards me. It looked like some kind of report.
"Guys, I think we have a page of Ansem's report!" I exclaimed
The place shook, and we got out of there. When we got to the higher levels, Jasmine was gone! But how? Unless… no. Someone who's still aligned with light took her. Someone… like Riku.
"Jasmine? Jasmine!" exclaimed Aladdin
The Keyhole began to glow and Luz pointed her Keyblade at it, and thus locking it. The Keyhole disappeared, and the place shook even more.
"Whoa, we'd better get out of here!" exclaimed Goofy
"Jasmine!" exclaimed Aladdin
We all got onto our Keyblade Gliders, Lumen held onto me as I started up mine, everyone else got onto the carpet, and we rode for dear life out of the cave. We managed to get out before the cave sunk back into the sand. We then got back to Aladdin's house and explained the situation.
"So, Jasmine's no longer in Agrabah. Guys, let's go find her." Said Aladdin
I scratched the back of my head in a nervous manner. We couldn't do that.
"Sorry, we can't take you with us." Said Sora
"Wh-why not?" asked Aladdin
"I sure wish we could." Said Goofy
"But we can't. If we take him to another world, we would be…" started Donald
"Muh… mudd…" Goofy tried to say
"Meddling." Said Luz
"Aladdin, we'll find Jasmine. Promise." Said Lumen
"Uh, earth to Al. Hello? You still have one wish left. Look, just say the word. Ask me to find Jasmine for you." Said Genie
"I… I wish… for your freedom, Genie." Said Aladdin
"Al!" exclaimed Genie
A swirl of magic appeared around Genie, and when the magic dispersed, he had legs and the gold bracelets on his arms were gone. The genie of the lamp is finally free.
"A deal's a deal, Genie. Now you can go anywhere you want. You're your own master. But if you can, it'd be great if you could go along with them and help them find Jasmine." Said Aladdin
"Sorry, Al. I'm done taking orders from others. But a favor, now that's entirely different. I guess I could give that a try. After all, we're pals, right, Al?" asked Genie
"Genie…" started Aladdin
"Just leave it to me!" exclaimed Genie
"Here. Take this with you." Said Aladdin
He gave Sora Genie's lamp, and I could've sworn that the light from the lamp reflected onto Sora and Lumen
"Guys, please find Jasmine for me." Said Aladdin
"Don't worry. We will. Promise." Said Luz
Before we boarded the Gummi ship, I turned to face Rita, Reina, and Yukie.
"Hey, Rita, Reina, Yukie. If you want, you could hitch a ride with us back to Traverse Town." I said
"Are you guys okay with that?" asked Reina
"I'm okay with it, besides, beats using a Keyblade Glider all the time." I said
The others just nodded at the invite I gave them. We all then boarded the ship and headed back on our way.
This is the longest chapter I have ever written so far! Well, there are more to come. Please review, and until next time, I'm sakuraphoenix, saying I heart you, signing off for now. Kan dao ni!