Chapter 34: Hand of Midas
Sora, Aladdin, Kairi and Jasmine were riding on Carpet while Donald and Goofy were riding on Genie, who turned into a plane. They were following Iago's instructions that lead them to a fade light in the distance. The group started to follow it the light that lead them to the middle of the ocean. As they got closer, they saw the light disappear and the waves of the sea got rougher. Then something that appeared to be a rock rose from the depths of the sea. But as the rock continued to climb, one could see that it was not a rock at all... but a building! More buildings followed, until an entire city emerged. The city was seemingly on a small island, until a head poked out from the water, a turtle's head.
The group was wide eyes went they saw the city. "Look fellas, it's the Vanishing Isle." Goofy shouted.
"On a back of a giant turtle." Jasmine added
"And never in the same place twice." Sora finished. He then turned to Kairi, who was wide eyes as well. Sora turned back, not noticing that she muttered someone's name under her breath.
"C'mon, let's get a closer look." Aladdin told them and the group got closer to the turtle city.
The group approached the isle to see Sa'luk, the seven thieves and some Unbirth searching around the city with Cassim in custody. Sora gasped as he noticed the change in Saluk and the thieves, they all seem to be changing like he was. "Is that Sa'luk?" Donald asked
"Yeah. That's him." Aladdin answered
"Looks like Sa'luk is the cause of the disturbance in the balance." Sora confirmed. Sora, Aladdin, Donald and Goofy jumped on the eagle statue while Kairi, Jasmine, Carpet and Genie jumped in front of the thieves.
While Carpet rolled itself up and bashed into the seven affected thieves, Kairi remembered that Sora could do a special limit with Genie and though she'll give it a try. She turned to Genie and called his name, making him change into similar drive clothing that Sora used to have and summoned his false Keyblade. Genie turned into his blue garments, casting him his wisdom form. Kairi started to strike continuously at the Unbirths with magical bullets coming out of her Keyblade while Genie took out some of the thieves surrounding them using his Judgement move. When Kairi and Genie finished their limit, Kairi saw that Jasmine needed some help with the other thieves.
Sora, Aladdin, Donald and Goofy watched Sa'luk dragged Cassim with him in a hostile position. Genie whooshed up to them and saw the situation, "Oh, two claws! With those his looks like a pussy cat." Genie commented
"We need to find a way to distract him." Aladdin said.
Suddenly, Donald jumped up in joy and pulled him and Goofy near him. The three huddled in a circle and suggested Donald's idea. While Sora and Aladdin wondered what Donald's plan was, the three broke up. Genie picked Donald and Goofy up and flew to the turtle's head. Donald and Genie started to cast magic on its nose to make it open its mouth. As soon as the turtle opened its mouth, Genie flew in with Donald and Goofy.
Sora and Aladdin was dumbfounded when the place suddenly started to shake, it was then when they realise that they were causing a distraction. This gave Aladdin the time to get the jump on Sa'luk. He jumped from an arch of the statue and kicked Sa'luk in the chest knocking him down.
"It took me years to find my father. I'm not losing him again," said Aladdin to Sa'luk. Sa'luk got up but Sora jumped down and kicked him in the face, knocking him back. Sora looked back at Aladdin and Cassim.
"I'll hold him back." Sora position himself in his battle pose as he summoned his Keyblade, "You go get that treasure of yours." Aladdin and Cassim nodded in agreement and ran further into the Isle. Sa'luk started to approach Sora as he got both of his claws ready. "Sa'luk! What is Maleficent planning!" he demanded
Sa'luk just charged at him, which Sora dodged, before answering, "Who said I was working for Maleficent." He smirked. Sa'luk strikes at Sora, only for him to broke both of his claws with his Keyblade. "She is nothing but weak. Just like you, boy."
Before Sora could comment back, both of Sa'luk's hands began to glow. Dark orbs began to appears and Sa'luk's eyes completely red. Sora pushed himself away from Sa'luk and dived for cover as Sa'luk started to fire at him. The isle rumbled again, which caused Sa'luk to aim at one of the buildings above Sora. Sora gasped as he saw the building--- afar too late as the rubble fell on the Keyblade Master. Sa'luk watched the rubble for any movement. After seeing none, he gave of a satisfying grunt before he went off to find Aladdin and Cassim.
The moment when Sa'luk was out of sight, the rubble started to move and revealed a light blue shield. Sora shouted something, making the shield clear the way by turning it into some kind of wave attack. Sora started to pant and held his right arm from the usage of magic. "That's the last time I'm using Donald to plan a distraction." Sora said to himself. When Sora stepped out of the rubble, he noticed that the path was flooded. Sora took this as a sign of time and hurried to where he thought the main chamber might be.
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Jasmine punched the last thieve in the face, knocking him out. Kairi and Carpet came towards her as they watched the blackness that had affected their skin and hands started to fade away. When it all disappeared, the thieves started to wake up. The princesses of heart was about to attack again when they noticed the thieves talking among themselves.
"Where are we?" Thieve No 1 asked
"How did we get here?" Thieve No 4 added.
Jasmine and Kairi looked at them oddly before Kairi disposed of Oathkeeper and the two walked up to the thieves. "You don't remember anything?" Kairi asked.
The thieves turned around to face the princesses, "We don't know." No 6 explained, "We remembered sticking with the King when Sa'luk asked us to betray him…"
"Then the creatures that was holding us against our will, spread this black ooze over us…" No 3 continued.
"Next thing we know, we find you ladies and ourselves here." No 5 ended. The Island rumbled, making some of the thieves lose balance. The group then noticed that the isle began to sink…the turtle was diving.
"Jasmine, you and the thieves get on the boat to safety, I'll go and find the others." Kairi told her. Before Jasmine could say anything, Kairi began to search the isle.
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Sora entered the main chamber, but found Sa'luk had already found the father and son. Sa'luk and Aladdin were standing on a giant, floating, golden hand. In Cassim's hand was the Hand of Midas.
"Give me the hand, Cassim," shouted Sa'luk. Sora wasted no time trying to climb up to help his friends, but behind him water came flooding into the chamber, blocking the entrance. "Or your son dies," finished the clawed villain.
"Sa'luk, your battle is with me," shouted Cassim.
"Don't worry Dad, I can take him alone," Aladdin said back to his father.
Cassim looked at the Hand and then shouted, "You want the Hand of Midas, Sa'luk? Then take it," and with that he threw the Hand through the air, where Sa'luk caught it. By now Sora had reached the top and ran over to Cassim.
"Cassim, why did you do that?" asked Sora.
"Sa'luk is a fool," said Cassim, "He caught the Hand BY the hand. Only the handle is safe to touch. The hand is the part that turns things to gold." That fact may be true but nothing was happening to Sa'luk.
Sa'luk then started to laugh, "You're the fool, Cassim," said Sa'luk, "If I combine this power with the power that the key-boy supplied me with, I'll be the most powerful being of all the worlds." He started to laugh again and he started to float into the air.
Then he started to grow and grow. Soon he was nearly the height of the room. He gained golden armour and a golden helmet with horns and now his claws had become a great clawed gauntlet. His eyes had also turned red and the Hand of Midas became his heart. He was so big that half of his body was underwater. Sa'luk voice boomed throughout the chamber. "Cassim, your son, your friend and anyone else who dares to defy me will be crushed."
Sora jumped onto the hand with Aladdin. "Come on," Sora said to Aladdin, "We have taken on worse; let's end his reign of terror."
Aladdin grinned as he drew his sword, "Yeah, let's show him the power of our hearts is more powerful than that of darkness."
Sa'luk laughed, "Your Hearts? The Heart is weak." He then brought his hand down to crush the two. They jumped out of the way and then ran up his arm. Sora reached Sa'luk's head first and tried to damage him, but to no avail. Sa'luk looked at him and batted him away with his other hand. Sora landed back on the floating hand. Sa'luk then grabbed Aladdin and started to squeeze the life out of him. "Cassim," boomed Sa'luk, "Watch as I crush your only son."
Sora panicked as he tried to remember what spells he knew. "Ohhh. What spells DO I know?" he asked himself. Then he remembered, "That's it. BLIZZARD!" He pointed the Keyblade towards Sa'luk's heart and fired. But his hopes were shattered when the spell evaporated before it reached its target.
"Fool!" boomed Sa'luk, "You want to die first?" He then brought his hand down to crush Sora. There was no way to avoid it so he closed his eyes and waited for the crushing blow.
It never came.
Sora heard a roar of pain and some powerful rumbles as he opened his eyes. He looked to see Aladdin and Cassim run by his side to see if he was alright while he watched Sa'luk. Sa'luk was striking at the raising water, trying to hit the fighter that was attacking him underwater.
Cassim watched with amazement, "He is doing really well against Sa'luk." he said. Aladdin turned to his father while Sora carried on studying the fighter.
"What makes you say that the fighter is a he?" Aladdin asked
"My boy, only men can fight. Woman can't do such a thing." Cassim replied. Sora was semi-listening to the conversation and knew for a fact that if Hikari was here, Aladdin wouldn't have a dad anymore. Sora looked at the fighter again when he noticed something familiar.
"What are you talking about Dad? Jasmine can fight, not to mention K-" Aladdin was cut off as Sora shouting to the fighter.
"Kairi?" Sora gasped.
Kairi jumped out of the water and started to run up Sa'luk's arm like Sora did before. The water symbol was on her garments so that explains her ability to stay under water for so long. Sora and Aladdin started to charge at Sa'luk again as Kairi tried to strike the same way as Sora did. Sa'luk battled Kairi away and was about to hit one of the statues when Sora quickly changed into his element and caught Kairi in mid-air. Aladdin was on Sa'luk's arm when Sa'luk tried to squash him like a bug when Aladdin jumped on the golden hand again.
Sora looked at his friend, "Kairi, what are you doing here?"
"I thought you could use the extra hand." Kairi replied, "The Isle is sinking and we need the Hand of Midas."
"The Hand of Midas…" Sora said thoughtfully to himself, "That's it!" Sora flew towards Aladdin while Kairi in his arms and landed on the golden hand. Sora turned to Sa'luk, who was ready to destroy them, and cast 'Time' on him, Kairi and Aladdin, making them teleport on the other side of the room. While Sa'luk started to rage at their disappearance, Sora looked at Kairi and Aladdin.
"I think I know a way how to defeat Sa'luk." Sora said to the two.
"How?" Aladdin asked
"The Hand of Midas." Sora answered, "If we remove it, Sa'luk's heart will be showing. Then me and Kairi can lock his heart away to Kingdom Hearts. It's perfect."
"One problem though, Sa'luk is too high up and he is bound to notice someone flying." Aladdin pointed out. The group heard a roar, meaning that Sa'luk had found them.
"Sa'luk's knees aren't that strong, that's his weak point." Kairi revealed. Before Sora or Aladdin could confirm the plan. Sa'luk slammed his claw down. The group dodged his claw but it was the infected claw, making Sa'luk summon some Unbirths.
Kairi jumped underwater and her water element took affect. Kairi summoned her Keyblade as she saw sight of Sa'luk's knees. She was about to strike when Unbirths appeared in front of her. Kairi fought of the blue coloured enemy and struck Sa'luk multiple times.
Sa'luk roared in pain and kneel down, while looking in the water. Aladdin took this chance and jumped off the golden hand. Aladdin dived towards Sa'luk's chest and sliced of the hand. Cassim, who was watching the event, saw the hand fly towards him and grabbed it using his cap.
Sora could see Sa'luk's heart clearly now and aimed the Kingdom Key in Sa'luk's direction. The tip of the weapon started to glow and it fired into Sa'luk's heart, causing it to fade out of him. Sa'luk roared in pain as light filled his entire body and made him explode, sending shard of his exploded body into every inch of wall. It was a miracle the shards didn't hit anyone.
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Sora, Kairi, Aladdin and Cassim climbed out on to the top of the city. The water had carried on raising after Sa'luk exploded. Cassim looked at The Hand of Midas thoughtfully while Aladdin began to talk to him.
"You finally got the Ultimate Treasure." Aladdin smiled
Cassim shook his head, "No… that wretched thing almost cost me the ultimate treasure. You my boy, you are my ultimate treasure. I'm sorry it took me this long to realise that."
Aladdin smiled happily at this, "Thanks… Dad."
Cassim then turned to Sora and said, "Thank you. Sora, Kairi, for all you've done."
Sora shook his head, "Really, we didn't do anything."
Cassim chuckled at Sora being modest, he looked at the Hand of Midas before handing it to Sora, "Here. Take it." Cassim handed out, "You need it more than I do." Sora smiled as he took the Hand of Midas. The item was already wrapped up so it was safe to place in his magical pants. The building started to rumble again as they saw the water rise again.
Suddenly, Carpet came flying to them and the four jumped on before the entire city dived back into the sea. Carpet flew them next to the Thieve's ship, where Jasmine was kept safe.
Sora and Kairi notice some people missing, "Where's Donald and Goofy?" Kairi asked. At that moment, the turtle head raised again and opened it's mouth to let a steamboat out. This immediately reminded Sora of the steamboat he had a go out when he was in Timeless River. The group looked to see Donald and Goofy, waving at them happily, while Genie was personating King Mickey when we drove the steamboat. Genie drove the steamboat over to the thieve's boat so Donald and Goofy could jump on it.
As soon as Genie flew next to Aladdin, Sora counted everyone and said that everyone was here, "Let's go home." Aladdin sighed, turning toward Jasmine. "We have some unfinished business." Carpet and the Thieve ship started there journey back to Agrabah.
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"How dare he betray me and side with the Order." Maleficent raged
"Maleficent! Remember your blood pressure." Pete reminded her. Maleficent just slapped him around the face, leaving a shocked Pete.
"Get out of my sight before I'll give you a worse fate." Maleficent warned him coldly. Pete didn't hesitate to ran out of the room as fast as his chubby legs could take him. Maleficent started to think of a plan to get back at the Order when see felt a presents in the room. She turned around and started to look for the person. "Who dare comes in without my permission?" Maleficent demanded.
"The prince of darkness himself."
Maleficent watched the shadows as a male figure appeared. He wore a white and black worker's shirt, Brown baggy trousers, Black army boots and deep green shoulder guards. He had short, grass green hair with was tied up and had the side of his hair shaved. His eyes were piercing green like emeralds, and deep green shadowed claw and a scar just slightly to the right of his fore-head.
It was Col Devil
"What are you doing here?" Maleficent growled
"Ow Maleficent!" Devil pretended to be hurt by her comment, "Just when I try to be your friend. You throw it right back at me."
"Why should I be friends with you, Endless." Maleficent said darkly before facing away from him.
"Okay, now you're just be racist." The Colonel walked over to the witch, summoned his giant sword and slammed it in front of Maleficent, grabbing her attention. "I heard that you plan to gather the Princesses again." Devil said in a serious tone
"My plans have nothing to do with you and aren't you suppose to be at Disney Castle." Maleficent argued. Devil laughed smugly before disposing of his weapon.
He began walking away from her with his eyes shut and his hand behind his back, "I've just come to let you know that it would be a waste of your life to try. We'll need one of the Princesses for our plan." He then faced Maleficent, "We wouldn't want to ruin the worlds now, would we?" Maleficent didn't answer, just carried on listening. " What do you know about Little Devon? He asked
"It's just a in-between world that has a similar pathway like your Endless worlds." Maleficent answered. Devil could sense the fear in her voice, anyone could. He could also sense a hint of Jealousy, the best emotion to mess with.
He walked over to her, "What are you Jealous of?" he smirked
"What is there to be Jealous of? I'm the ultimate darkness." Maleficent said angrily.
"If you was then why do you fear me!" Devil shouted. Maleficent sensed the power burst though him so she didn't answer, confirming Devil's senses. "What do you know of my son?" he asked
"Your son?" Maleficent questioned
"Red hair, blue eyes, got a cocky attitude, goes by the name of Brian." Devil replied impatiently, "Don't play games with me, witch. Tell me where he is!"
A/N: Bet you didn't that one coming. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I'm 17 WOAH Sis had her baby boy who should be called Zack WOAH I've just realised that I'm in a woah mood. WOAH WOAH WOAH.
Brian: why???
Mad: why what?
Brian: why are we related?
Mad: cause it funny. Now for messeges…
Kisdota- The Gamer Freak: Good to be back, even though I didn't go anywhere. Here's a cookie.
Soragirl4ever: As much as I want to make them kiss now, I can't. I'm saving there first proper kiss for a important thing.
Shadow Sylph: HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAY!!!!!!!!! Glad it cheered you up cause it was funny to write. You know what chapter coming next…
KK For the next chapter, I'm giving off a warning about it. So no flames about what I'm gonna do to Riku next chapter. Sorry Riku fan girls but it has to be done. To let you know, this is Hikari plan.
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