Back in traverse town with Sora's Group…
"We already got the keyhole here. Why did we come back here?" Jexi asked.
"Well here you all are." said a voice as they saw Joshua sitting on the edge of a wall. "You kept me waiting."
"You know you can stand on the ground and wait. Come on down." Sora said.
"Now?" Joshua said.
"Yes now." Luffy said as Joshua hopped down.
"You know, Sora. You're turning more into Neku every day." Joshua said.
'Really? We didnt realize. Why;d you call us back?" Jexi asked.
"I didn't. But I'm glad you two groups came back." Joshua said.
"Wait, Riku and Hope are here?" Sora asked.
"Sorry, they are but you guys are still two different worlds apart." Joshua said. "But no worries. Neku and the others all found their game partners."
"That's cool." Sora said.
"Sort of. Their existence is still on the line with the Reapers dead set on erasing them for good." Joshua said.
"Reapers?" Pit asked.
"Yes. You see, they are dead in our world. And in order to come back, you need to win the reapers game. When they win, they can come back to life in your world." Joshua said. "Its like a series of missions. But this time, the mission is a tough one. They're pitted against a Dream Eater that can summon a hundred more just like it."
"So we need to even the playing field. I've been saving some great materials for this one. Make!" Jexi said summoning a large black cat dog creature.
Meowjesty Created! Rare!
"Well, I appreciate you summoning and saying that with conviction, even though you all have no idea what you're up against." Joshua said.
"Hey!" most of them said.
"Anyway, Neku and his partner are pinned down in the fountain plaza." Joshua said. "I can count on you, right?"
"You bet." Sora said as they rushed there and saw Neku and Shiki battling giraffe and seahorse like dream eaters with a pelican like one summoning them. "Hey, where's your dream eater?"
"I don't need them anymore." Neku said.
"Oh right. Your partner." Sora said.
"Her names Shiki. SHe;s my partner." Neku said.
"Well, you should protect her while we handle these guys." Ichigo said.
""Fine. I'll let you do the sweating." Neku said running to safety with Shiki.
The group battled against the dream eaters with Meowjesty bouncing the weaker ones. But after that, the pelican one vanished through a portal.
"Dangit, the pelican got away!" Luffy said.
"Its called a Spellican. Its a mage based dream eater that can summon others of its kind." Jexi said.
"Unless we find it, this place is gonna be crawling with Dream Eaters." Sonic said.
"Fear not. We just need to trap it somewhere." Joshua said approaching. "It warped itself to the other imagining of this world. We can trap it in the 3rd district."
"Dyou think Riku and the others will wear it down?" Shiki asked.
"Most definitely." Jexi said.
Meanwhile on the other side of the world, Riku and the others ran.
" I can't believe Joshua got us with that on the spot!" Riku said. "A dream eater that can summon others?"
know." Hope said.
As the two ran, they saw Beat and Rhyme battling the Spellican.
"Bout time, yo." Beat said.
"Beat, where are your dream eaters?" Riku asked.
"Don't need em when I got my game partner and I don't need you guys." Beat said.
"Really? You pull the act now? About 5 minutes ago, you were like 'Where's Riku and the blue kid?" Rhyme said.
"Don't say that stuff yo!" Beat said.
"Ugh, do you guys need our help or not?" Hope said.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rhyme. Sorry my partner is acting like a doofus." Rhyme said.
"I am not! You always gotta go around and….garnish my reputation!" Beat said.
"Since when? You burned that bridge yourself. 'Nobody raises his reputation by lowering others" Rhyme said.'
"You, you guys just gonna stand there while she gets all up in my grill?" Beat asked.
"You two are really cut from the same cloth." Riku said.
"Exactly!" Rhyme said.
"I ain't made of cloth." Beat said.
The Spellican the shrieked before summoning others as it raced off.
"We ruffled its feathers. Chase after it. We got these guys yo." Beat said.
"Alright, dont argue too much, you two." Hope said as they ran off, Kab Kannon doing his best to keep up. As they ran, a herd of triceratops dream eaters charged at them. "Quantity vs Quality huh?" Hope said.
His Dream Drive shook before ingredients flew out and mixed into one of those creatures.
Cera Terror Created!
"Now thats a dinosaur!" Ibuki said. "Lay into em!"
Riku got on the Cera Terror and synched up. Riding on its back, the Cera Terror went into Riku as light shined from him. Striking the keyblade into the ground, fountains of light engulfed the nightmares, making them all vanish.
"Wow!" Blossom said as they ran after before Joshua appeared.
"Guys! We're going to pin it down in the 3rd District. We're gonna force it to the other world." Joshua said.
"You got it." Hope said.
Chasing it down to the 3rd district, the dream eater looked trapped. Trying to go out a door, Beat and Rhyme blocked it.
"This is my street, punk." Beat said.
"Gotta play by the rules." Rhyme said.
The Spellican then warped out.
"Sora, you got this." Riku said.
"Man, I still don't like this." Beat said.
"We have allies on the other side. No worries." Lacy said.
"Yeah yeah, I guess." Beat said.
"You are such a good listener Beat. You're like a sponge really." Joshua said.
"Me? I'm not a sponge. I'm just me." Beat said.
"You mean 'Daisukenojo Bito'?" Joshua said.
"Hey! Don't use my full name!" Beat said.
"What a weird name." Riku said.
"Hey!" Beat said.
The group then laughed before a keyhole appeared before them.
"DOnt have to say it. I got it." Riku said.
"Hey, you guys. We're gonna come back to the living world one day. And when we do, we're gonna thank you properly." Beat said.
"Definitely." Rhyme said.
"Well hold you to it." Hope said as riku unlocked the key.
Back on sora's end, the Spellican was cornered.
"We got it, Riku!" Sora said.
The Spellican then summoned Dream Eaters that were being battled by Neku and Shiki. In its frustration, the Spellican opened three large portals. Out of them came Hockomonkey, Wargoyle and Char Clawbster.
"So, he wants to go all out on us. Make a last stand." Jexi said.
"Lets give him a fight." Luffy said.
"Lets go, Meowjesty!" Sora said.
Meowjesty nodded and allowed Sora to ride it and bounce and bounce attacking the large boss type dream eaters with ease since they were weaker than the normal ones were. As they did, the Spellican gave them the slip and go up through a keyhole in the sky.
"What the? Where'd it go?" Gray said.
"Out of Traverse Town, both of them." Joshua said.
"So we failed the mission?" Shiki said.
"We'll go after it." Pit said.
"Really?" Neku asked.
"Yeah. We aren't really players so the rules don't apply to us." Ranma said.
"So you can count us us, as friends." Sora said as a keyhole opened up.
"Sora, guys. Thanks. It wasn't easy, but you made it easier." Neku said.
"Wow, Neku. You've changed." Shiki said.
"Huh? You think?" Neku said.
"Yeah. You're less dorky." Shiki said. "Once you find your friends, you should hang out in our town when we make it back to life."
"Definitely. See you in Shibuya." Neku said.
"Its a deal." Sora said as they did a hands in the middle thing. Afterwards, Sora unlocked his key hole, and it was onward to the next world.
Back in the real world, at Disney Castle…
Mickey, Donald and Goofy were in a standoff with Maleficent and Pete, with MinnIe being prisoner.
"Pete, you big thug!" Donald said.
"Heh. Thug works for me. We all gotta role to play." Pete said.
"At least he's honest in a dishonest way." Goofy said.
"Silence! No underling of mine shall be insulted so." Maleficent said. "I have great plans for dear Pete and for all the worlds...once I have taken them for my own."
"And I've got bad news for you. That day is never going to come!" Mickey said.
"Perhaps you should take a few moments to reconsider." Maleficent said. "Or does the queen's life mean nothing to you?"
"You better think carefully or miss Minnie might get a boo boo." Pete said.
"What is it that you want?" Mickey asked.
"I do not want your castle. I assume you are familiar with Xehanort, the one who lead me to learn that there are worlds outside my own? He shared everything with me. How to go about winning a heart over to darkness, and most gloriously, the seven hearts of pure light. The ones that would grant me the power to conquer all worlds. However, the worlds were too complex, too much for even me to contain. It seemed I had miscalculated. Then it came to me. I could conquer them in my own matter. You do have the data for all these worlds, do you not? And now you will hand it over to me," Maleficent said.
"What do you mean?" Mickey said in surprise.
"Don't you bozos play dumb. Its that place me and Maleficent were trapped inside." Pete said. "Before the crazy Ouma stuff. Now cough it up!"
"But why do you want the data?" Mickey demanded.
"I'm afraid that is no concern of yours." Maleficent said.
Before any one could make another move, a chakram stuck in the ground and gunshots made a line. This startled Pete, allowing Minnie to escape. After this, the two villains left.
"Well that takes care of that. But gosh…. I didnt expect you to save us...Axel." Mickey said before sheath went infront.
"Oh, mouse made big mistake. Is not Axel but Lea who save you, and Sheath." Sheath said.
"Yeah, what she said. Got it memorized?" Lea said retrieving his weapon.