PrismRain13: hey guys! I'm back after a crazy month of work, college courses and vacations. Plus I got to go to my third animé convention; my Astrid cosplay was a big hit! But sadly, hardly anyone recognized Cissnei :(
Phil: they kept confusing her for Axel, how do you mess that up?
PrismRain13: I know right?! Plus, I FINALLY GOT TO SEE FANDOM HEARTS THE MUSICAL! It was so frikin hilarious! I laughed practically throughout the entire thing! And the music was amazing and catchy! If you haven't seen it yet, go check out Kingdom Hearts 1's parody musical!
Phil: woah. You're excited.
PrismRain13: I know! Plus, Tyler Mann(Sora) and Joshua Smith(Riku), HOTTIES!
Phil: oy, women. *back to the audience* got two words for you readers; Prism owns nothing!
PrismRain13: and just to get something out of the way; guys, I'm aware what I write here probably won't be accurate to the real KH3, but I'm not going to leave this story. So please don't abandon me when it comes out *kitty eyes*.
Chapter 37: Warnings
Not long after Hercules had disposed of Hades and the Titans, Olympus had been completely rebuilt in an instant thanks to the gods. This allowed Zeus and his wife, Hera to sit on the thrones once again. The rest of the gods were with them with restored power, eagerly awaiting what Zeus had to say to the mortals who had saved their world and kingdom.
Sora found himself slightly nervous about being in the presence of the rather intimidating gods, but a smile from Kairi and the soft touch of her fingers intertwined with his was enough to soothe him. As well as cause his heart to slightly flip-flop. Pegasus had flown back down to the Coliseum and came back up five minuites later with Meg, Phil and Serah's crystal statue. Lightning wasted no time in taking her sister from the two and holding her protectively as though she was about to loose her again.
At that moment, Zeus cleared his throat, gaining the attention of everyone around him. He slowly rose to his feet and despite the intimidating aura surrounding him, his kind smile was enough to ensure everyone was relaxed.
"Words cannot express my deepest gratitude for what all of you have done here today." He addressed the group before him. "I know I, and my fellow gods are highly thankful of you all. I am proud to call each and every one of you true heroes!"
The group all beamed in happiness and instantly began congratulating each other, patting eachother on their backs and high fiving.
"Hmph. That's a matter of opinion." Phil huffed irritably, crossing his arms but he went ignored.
"Now then, is there anything that I can do for you?" Zeus asked the group. Sora shrugged before turning to look at Lightning; kneeling in front of her crystalized sister and clutching her heart. She was trying to hold back tears.
"Sir," Sora spoke up to Zeus. "Would it be possible for you to get rid of Lightning's curse and get her sister back?" At Sora's words, Lightning's head immediately snapped up with her mouth open in shock. Zeus took a glance towards Lightning and sighed in defeat.
"After what you have done here today, young lady, I wouldn't hesitate to remove your curse." Zeus replied. "However, after watching you fight; I've come to the conclusion that yours is a rare curse that will be nearly impossible to remove. I would remove it if I could, but this is caused by something beyond my power."
"It's alright." Lightning replied with a hint of disappointment in her voice. "I didn't expect you to be able to do much after I found out Hades lied. But, will Serah ever get out of that crystal?"
"It is my understanding that your sister is asleep. I believe she'll awaken when she is ready." Zeus replied. Lightning gave him a short nod before turning her attention back to her sister and Zeus moved to talk with the world-travellers again. "I truly am sorry for not being able to do anything about miss Farron's curse, but please, take this. I hope it will help you in your future battles."
Then, the king of the gods held out his hand as a small white and gold orb of light appeared. It slowly fell down as Sora held out his hands. The orb landed softly in the teenager's gloved palms and Sora noticed that within the orb was a white angel wing symbol. It was then that he, Donald and Goofy realized what it was; a new drive form.
The orb then split into four separate, smaller glowing balls of golden light. Then, flew and hovered in front of Sora, Riku, Kairi and Mickey before flying into their hearts.
"Thank you, Zeus." Mickey smiled up at the god. "But I'm sorry we couldn't visit under better circumstances."
"We'll have to meet up when the fate of the worlds aren't at stake." Zeus laughed joyfully. "Of course, knowing you, Mickey you'll take care of everything. You always were one to hog the adventure."
"Don't worry mister high and mighty, the king's not having all the fun; we'll be right here to back him up!" Lea added, ruffling Mickey's ears.
Suddenly, the decorative, golden gates of Olympus began to glow. Kingdom Key appeared in Sora's hand as he looked towards Kairi. She gave him an encouraging smile, motioning for him to step forward. Slowly, Sora let go of Kairi's hand, firmly grasped his keyblade and pointed it at the gates, a glowing crown emblem appearing underneath his feet. There was a strong gust of wind blowing around him as a beam of light shot up from the gates and formed the shape of a keyhole in the sky. Sora then pointed the keyblade up at the keyhole as a beam of light shot straight into it.
The light died down quickly, signalling that it was time to move on. Sora felt a little sad leaving one of the worlds he always visited on his travels, but knew that his team was needed elsewhere. Suddenly, Sora was pulled into a bone-crushing hug from Hercules and was soon followed by the rest of his team joining in the group hug.
"I'm really gonna miss you guys." Hercules smiled as he finally let go, allowing Sora a chance to breathe.
"Me too, Herc." Sora said, playfully punching his friend in the shoulder. "We need to have another match one of these days." Hercules released a laugh before Meg came up beside him and slipped her hand into his and cuddling up to him.
"Just don't get too cocky now that the big man's called you true heroes!" Phil pointed out. "And make sure to keep Cloud in line!"
"Phil! I didn't even ask them yet!" Cloud exclaimed, capturing everyone's attention. The world-travellers stared at him in confusion as Cloud sighed in defeat. "When I got here, I told Herc and Phil that as soon as I found a way off this world I'd take it. I knew right from the start that Sephiroth wasn't here, but I have to find him. I need to finish him off once and for all."
There was silence across Olympus, as the group took a moment to think about what Cloud said. Finally, Sora shook his head and smiled up at Cloud.
"You know, I was going to ask you to come back to Radiant Garden anyway." Sora smiled, Cloud looking at him questioningly. "Tifa really misses you; she's worried. And she asked me to bring you home if I saw you."
"Plus I think we all wanted to see how the portal's coming. And I wanted to get an update from the Restoration Committee." Mickey added.
"Well, that settles it Cloud; your girl wants you home, you need to go." Meg said as Cloud nodded. The soldier then glanced towards Lightning. Ignoring the world around her and beating herself up over what happened to her sister when she was powerless to help her. He hadn't seen his childhood friend in years, he couldn't just leave her; not when she clearly needed support.
"Lightning," Cloud spoke up, getting her attention as she turned to face him. "You know, Radiant Garden's your home too. You should come back, you and Serah. You know you can't protect her alone."
Lightning's eyes widened at Cloud's words and was about to open her mouth to respond before Riku held up his hand.
"And before you pull the whole 'I'm a dangerous l'cie' thing, we don't care. You're our friend now and we'll help you out any way we can." The young man told her. "I promise that we'll help keep Serah safe no matter what."
"And who knows; maybe some of Ansem's research will give us some clues about l'cie." Lea added.
The female soldier crossed her arms over her chest, thinking long and hard about what Mickey had said. Ever since her parents died, she had to be strong for Serah. That responsibility only intensified after Radiant Garden was destroyed. For eleven years they'd been trying to survive with the elder sister doing everything necessary to make sure Serah was taken care of. And when Serah became a l'cie... Lightning paid for not being there when her younger sister announced her engagement. Lightning swore she'd find a way to save her sister, the process causing Serah to vanish and Lightning to become a l'cie herself.
After what seemed like a long time, Lightning released a sigh as her eyes met Cloud's. "You're right, Cloud. After all these years, I never thought I'd ever get back to Radiant Garden. But I guess it's time."
"Best of luck in your future endeavours." Zeus told the group.
"And don't forget to check in for more training!" Phil added. "Ya ain't gonna stay true heroes for long if you don't stay on top of your game!"
"You got it Phil!" Goofy exclaimed happily, helping Cloud and Lea hoist Serah's crystal on their shoulders. The group waved goodbye to the world's natives before walking away back to the Gummi ship and wandering out of Olympus's gates.
"You know one thing I don't get," Max said, capturing everyone's attention. "Hades said he separated us so Hercules wouldn't have an army fighting with him. We were all separated with that barrier during that battle, so how'd we win?"
"Hades took the word 'army' literally." Mickey replied. "What Hades didn't know was that we're always fighting together; connected in our hearts."
As Sora looked back, he couldn't help but feeling sad for leaving his friends on yet another world. But he soon smiled with happiness up at the constellation of himself, Donald and Goofy. But that smile only grew when the stars began to move and form into the shapes of Kairi, Riku, Mickey, Lea, West and Max standing beside them. As he continued to look, he noticed that more stars were moving towards a constellation of Hercules and beside him form the shapes of Lightning and Cloud.
The group took a moment to take in the astonishing sight, gazing upwards at the skies. Before silently striding back to enter the Gummi ship; their coordinates set for Radiant Garden.
~*KHIII*~
Meanwhile, As Sora's team were just leaving Olympus Coliseum, another Gummi ship flew through space. It was an older ship coloured dark indigo with multiple battle scars and made of tough, sustainable armour. The outside of the ship clearly reflecited its pilot; Kyra.
The young woman had just recently completed a special mission assigned to her by Leon(or is it Squall now? Seriously would the guy just make up his mind!) and was currently on her way back to Radiant Garden. However, more than anything Kyra was ticked off. The black-haired young woman rolled her eyes at Rusty who barked from his position at the weapon's control, clearly agreeing with her.
Her "special mission" consisted of journeying to both Kim and TJ's respective worlds and picking up TJ's brainyac friend an Kim's tech guy in order to help Lewis, Phineas and Ferb construct the portal to the realm of darkness, which they were having an immensely difficult time with. What the eighteen year old hadn't counted on was heading back to Radiant Garden with six more passengers than she originally planned.
As soon as she had explained the situation to both people they needed, TJ's friends, Kim's boyfriend and his pet mole rat practically begging her to take them along. Now, Kyra was regretting her decision to let them all come.
TJ's friends were all around his age and height and were all ecstatic to see Radiant Garden and meet the people their friend considered his family. Clearly, TJ had told them too much.
The one Kyra was assigned to pick up; Gretchen, was a tall, skinny red-haired girl with a large, round glasses and a slight scattering of freckles. She was wearing a blue and white dress with loose pink socks and brown shoes.
The four others from TJ's world all were just as eager and amazed at the Gummi ship. Among them was another girl named Spinelli with black hair tied into short pigtails, mostly covered by an orange beanie, wearing a red dress with a black jacket, boots and stripped stockings.
The three boys from TJ's world were as different from each other as possible. Gus was the shortest had large glasses and extremely short blond hair and was eyeing everything in the ship cautiously. He was dressed in army green coloured pants and matching collared shirt. Next to him Mikey, a chubby blond boy reading a poetry book, a white t-shirt and jeans barely covered his middle. The last boy was Vince. He was tall and lean with dark hair and skin. And his green basketball jersey and black high tops strongly suggested he was an athlete.
From Kim's home world she had been assigned to pick up Wade, a ten-year old genius who managed her website and informed the teen hero of her missions. He was dark-skinned and slightly overweight dressed in a blue t-shirt with a grey shirt underneath and jeans and had freckles covering his cheeks. He was accompanied by Kim's boyfriend, Ron (Kyra had a hard time believing it). He was tall, clumsy and lanky dressed in a black shirt and cargo pants similar to what Kim once wore. His hair was blond and messy and like Wade, freckles were littered on his cheeks. And lastly, out of his pocket was a pink naked mole rat he had affectionately called "Rufus", who looked just as excited to be on a Gummi ship.
One of TJ's friends in particular, Spinelli was fascinated with the weapons the ship had and was constantly trying to get a closer look. She came up behind Kyra and stared at the controlls, eyes twinkling with curiosity.
"Don't even think about it, Spinelli." Kyra grumbled as Spinelli quickly pulled her hand away. "I swear, soon I'm going to loose it!"
"Aww come on!" Spinelli whined. "What's the point in having weapons on this tin can if ya don't use 'em?!"
"She's right, Spinelli. You might cause the ship to blow up!" Gus added nervously.
"Actually, Gus that's very unlikely." Wade said. "If the ship were to blow up it would be due to power failure, leaking fuel or attacks from the outside." Awkward silence filled the cockpit as soon as Wade finished talking, all the newcomer's eyes wide and on him.
"Wow, dude. Way to kill the mood." Vince grumbled, crossing his arms. "And here I was excited about space travel!"
"As was I." Gretchen replied. "However, according to my recent observations of this ship, I've concluded that it would prove to be very unsafe if we were to impact another ship or someone were to interfere with the engines-"
"Gretchen, my friend. We must not criticize the beauty of nature. If the ship were to explode, it is meant to be." Mickey said in a calm tone.
"This thing does have parachutes or something, right? " Ron interrupted, coming up beside Kyra. "I mean, no offence but Kim always makes sure to have something to make sure we're safe!" Rufus nodded his head and squeaked in agreement. Kyra was gritting her teeth in irritation and just about to burst.
"Will you all just cut it out! The ship's not going to blow up!" Kyra groaned. "Me and Rusty have been riding in Gummi Ships since I was ten years old; nothing like that ever happened!"
Just then, a sudden jolt caused the entire Gummi Ship to shake, knocking everyone clean out of their seats. The lights creepily flickered on and off, sending chills down their spines.
"What was it you were saying about 'nothing like that ever happened'?" Gus asked Kyra. The young woman shot Gus a death glare, causing the boy to cringe.
At that moment, Rusty jumped up to his paws, growling at the door leading to the engine room. Kyra pushed herself up to her knees and gasped at her companion; he was only this defensive when something truly dangerous wanted to hurt them.
"Rusty? What've we got, boy?" Kyra asked. Rusty released another growl and a few deep, warning barks. The young woman reached under the control panel and pulled out the bow and quiver of arrows that had aided her in battles on numerous occasions, getting ready for battle as the lights continued to flicker.
"Everybody, stay put." Kyra ordered, carefully positioning her bow and getting an arrow ready. "Rusty and I are going to go find out what's going on."
However, just as Kyra took a step forward, Spinelli sprinted right in front of the young warrior with her ams crossed and a determined look in her eyes.
"Hey, you're not checking that out without me!" She exclaimed.
"Get out of my way, Spinelli." Grumbled Kyra in an irritated tone while Rusty stared at TJ's friend in confusion.
"She's right, though." Ron spoke up from behind her, still sprawled on the floor. "Kyra, me, Rufus and Spinelli are coming with you; You need back up!" The small naked mole rat climbed up on typo of Ron's head, pulling his tiny paws into fists.
"Forget it!" Kyra snapped. "Rusty and I've gotten ourselves out of worse situations before. And I'm not risking your safety."
"Yeah, blah blah blah." Retorted the tomboy. "Try not to take to long; I don't wanna miss my first moment of action on this trip!" And with that, Spinelli pulled open the door leading into the hallway that would take her to the engine room and ran in without another word.
Kyra stood there, staring at the place Spinelli once was with her mouth wide open in shock. Then, Ron made his way back up to his feet and walked up beside Kyra.
"So, we going or what?" The older boy asked, Rufus shrugging his shoulders Muttering something that sounded like "I dunno".
Kyra released a small groan and face-palmed, her teeth gritting in irritation. After a few seconds, the young woman finally composed herself and turned to the remaining five in the cockpit. "None of you move a muscle; I don't think whatever's here with us will take kindly to kids." Then, Kyra and Rusty ran down the metal-plated, wire-filled hallway Spinelli went down with Ron and Rufus following closely behind.
It didn't take them long to find the young girl, considering there weren't that many areas on the Gummi ship. After running down a ramp directly underneath the cockpit, Spinelli and the open engine room came into view. She was standing, eyes and mouth wide open in front of a tall figure dressed in the black hooded cloak of the faded Organization XIII. In one gloved hand he held an assortment of ripped, colourful wires. And, judging by the damage done to the ship's wires behind him, they belonged there. In his second hand, pointed at Spinelli's troat, was something Kyra never thought she'd see in the hands of their enemies; a Keyblade.
But this Keyblade in particular was much different than the ones she'd seen Sora's team use. It gave off a strong aura of darkness and was spiked in several directions, coloured in different shades of blue, black and white. What really stood out as key shapes in the weapon were demonic wings, a horned demon head, an eye, an hourglass and a stopwatch.
Shaking her head to bring herself back to the present, Kyra quickly pulled out her bow and arrow again into a battle-ready position, snarling at the stranger. Rusty followed her lead by crouching low to the floor and growling dangerously. Ron nervously raised his fists and Rufus scurried back to his hiding place in Ron's pocket.
"Who are you?! What do you want?!" The young woman demanded, pulling her bow up to her cheek and pulling her arrow back. "If you think you're going to make us crash, you've got another thing coming!"
The mysterious figure raised his hooded head as though he were looking directly at Kyra. He slowly lowered his weapon, giving Kyra the chance she needed to pull TJ's friend protectively behind her as the figure threw the ripped wires to the floor.
Clearly seeing this person as an enemy, Kyra ran straight towards him, prepared for battle. She fired a number of arrows at him, but he dodged every time, causing the arrows to get stuck into the wall and wires instead. Snarling, the figure raised his keyblade and hit Kyra in the chest and shoulder with two violent, deadly blows. Kyra was knocked to her knees, but pushed herself back up and tried hitting the figure with the bow, delivering violent kicks and firing blasts of magic in the form of arrows. Both weapons locked when they tried to hit each other at the same time, their weilders pushing against eachother. However, the figure pulled back at lightning speed, causing Kyra to stumble. Then, he hit her with in the chest with a blast of dark magic as she tumbled backwards to the floor. Dropping her bow and arrow and grasping her chest and shoulder in pain. Her face paled as she felt blood dripping through her fingers.
Ron and Spinelli gasped in shock and rushed to her side, while Rusty growled angrily at the figure for hurting his companion. Still, in her weak state Kyra tried to pick up her weapon, before the figure knocked it out of her reach with his foot. The figure smirked from under his hood, reached up and pulled down it down. He was revealed to be a young man, not much older than Kyra herself, with tanned skin, unkept silver hair and deep, threatening yellow eyes.
"Straight to the point, are we? I like that." The figure spoke in a smooth voice. "As for why I am here, believe me when I say I'm not here to make you loose control of your precious Gummi Ship here. I've merely come with a message; the light has stood in our way long enough. But Xehanort always loves a challenge. The time will come for the light to snuff out, and we look forward to it. Soon, you will join who opposed us in the past." Releasing a cackle, the young man soon became engulfed with a dark shadow, disappearing without a trace.
"What the heck was that about?!" Spinelli exclaimed.
Rusty released a whimper, nuzzling Kyra's hand, deeply concerned for her health. Slowly trying to push herself up, Kyra released a gasp of pain as her kness buckled and she collapsed. But was fortunate enough to have Ron catch her before she hit the floor.
"Man, Kyra. You don't look good." Ron said.
"I'm fine... It's... Just a scratch..." Kyra moaned in pain as she tried to stand, only to fall again and hiss in pain.
"Sorry, Kyra but that doesn't look like it's 'just a scratch'." Spinelli said, crossing her arms but still, a look of concern spread across her features for the black-haired young woman. Just as Ron, Rufus and especially Rusty were. The fox was releasing small whines, pawing at Kyra's hand.
"We... need to... warn the others." Kyra mumbled. "Need to... Get... Back... To... Rad...iant..." And with that, Kyra collapsed on to the floor out of pain and sheer exhaustion. Panicked, Rufus scampered on to Kyra's neck, relieved when he felt a pulse. The mole rat climbed back into Ron's pocket just as he was struggling to lift the young woman's weakened form.
Whoever it was that did this to Kyra meant business, but it wasn't them he was after. He let them live to deliver his message to Sora's team. One thing was for certain; the worst of the battles were just around the corner. And everyone had to be prepared.
PrismRain13: so now we're headed into the main point in the story. And don't worry guys, Kyra's not dead! She's just weak and tired after fighting the mystery guy.
Phil: *pfft* yeah, big secret who that guy was.
PrismRain13: so, on to where our new teammates are from; Spinelli, Gretchen, Gus, Mikey and Vince are from Disney's Recess. Ron, Rufus and Wade are from Disney's Kim Possible.
Phil: don't forget to review you lazy bums! Or I'm making you run a thousand laps!
PrismRain13: and don't forget to vote on my poll for what summons you want to see!
-Jared Reese- pretty please don't abandon me! I wouldn't recommend starting a KH3 fic now, but if you can come close to finishing it by the time the real one (i'm guessing two years) comes out then I don't think it'll be a problem. Of course it's up to you.
