KINGDOM PUPS

This takes place after you complete San Fransokyo and The Caribbean. This story is also based on PAW Patrol: The Movie.

CHAPTER 1: ALL FOR ONE,AND ONE FOR ALL

The great battle with Xehanort was fastly approaching. One by one Sora, Donald and Goofy traveled from world to world in the hopes of finding Sora's power of waking which he had failed to master during his mark of mastery exam. The journey had taken the trio to many places such as a world where toys could come to life, the beautiful kingdom of Corona and the high open seas just to name a few,and yet despite all their travels little to no progress had been made on Sora's power of waking. He certainly gained more power and reperfected many of his lost abilities but as for the power of waking,he had nothing to show.

Sora wasn't typically one to dwell on the negative side of a situation as he always preferred to think positively if he could,but even he couldn't help but get concerned at his staggering lack of growth,and it didn't help that almost everything seemed to lie with him. It wasn't just that he still didn't know exactly what it was but it seemed more and more likely that rescuing Terra and Ventus would require this power of waking. There were two empty spots left in the seven guardians of light and they could potentially be the ones to fill them. Sora didn't wanna admit but he knew that there was immense pressure on him to master this thing and let the rest of the pieces fall in place for their confrontation with Xehanort.

The trio had decided to take another stop at Twilight Town in order to have a good meal at Little Chef's bistro. The three of them had just walked out of the front door as Donald stretched his arms and happily boasted "Oh boy! That was delicious! I feel like I can take on anything now!"

"Gawrsh,I imagine Little Chef can make anything taste good." agreed Goofy with a light chuckle as he rubbed his now full stomach before he asked "How was your food Sora?" only to receive no answer.

"Sora?" Goofy asked a second time only to once again not receive an answer before he and Donald turned around to see that Sora was merely following them with his head lowered and a slightly dismal look on his face. He wasn't paying attention to what they were saying and was instead focused on the words of Master Yen Sid that played out in his mind.

"It is absolutely vital that you perfect one power,the power of waking which you failed to master during your exam. Our greatest chance of stopping Xehanort's plan,still lies with you Sora."

*BUMP*

Sora suddenly found himself snapped out of his daze by bumping into Goofy,who was looking at him with a concerned look on his face alongside Donald.

"Huh? What is it?" asked a slightly confused Sora upon seeing their worried faces before Goofy softly asked "Sora,what happened to you?" to which the kid stammered with a raised eyebrow "Nothing! I-I mean…what do you mean?"

Suddenly Jiminy came out from Sora's hood and politely answered "I think it's quite obvious. Ever since we left San Fransokyo you haven't been yourself." before Goofy nodded "You look worried." to which Donald added "And you aren't smiling. You know the number one rule,this boat runs on happy faces!"

"So,I guess it's that obvious." Sora chuckled with an almost embarrassed grin on his face before he explained in a more melancholy tone "It's just…I'm supposed to be learning the power of waking right? Well we've gone and traveled to all these worlds and I still don't have it. I don't even think I know what exactly it is yet,and it feels like everyone's counting on me to learn this thing. Freeing Roxas and Ven is probably gonna need the power of waking,and I can't go and help Riku and King Mickey without it. Right now it just feels like….I'm useless."

Sora hung his head again and let out a sigh while Donald and Goofy looked at each other with worry before nodding and turning back to face their friend.

"Sora,do you remember what we said when we first met each other?" Goofy asked with a slowly growing smile to which Sora lifted his head up and pondered for a few moments before guessing "That I gotta look funny?"

"Nope." Goofy shook his head.

"Happy faces?"

"You're getting cold." Jiminy retorted.

"That you only wanted me to come along to help you find the king?"

"Noooo!" shouted a now frustrated Donald causing Sora to shrug and put his arms behind his head "Well I'm stumped,what was it then?" to which Goofy happily answered "All for one,and one for all."

Those words caused Sora to snap out of his confusion and realize with a smile "Oh yeah! Wow I can't believe I forgot that one." before Donald nodded "That phrase means we're a team,and we look out for each other." to which Goofy encouraged while he placed his hand on Sora's shoulder "When you're on a team,you should never feel like you have to do so much on your own. If you ever need to,you can count on us to help you out."

Goofy's words managed to resonate with Sora as he gasped and smiled at the sight of Donald, Goofy and Jiminy smiling back at him,he knew he could always count on them for help.

"You're right,I guess I did kinda forget about that. Thanks guys." thanked Sora before Donald jumped in the air and exclaimed "Alright! Then it's off to the next world!" before quickly darting to the town's exit while Goofy hastily followed.

"Hey! Wait up!" Sora shouted in excitement before following after his two friends,unaware that on the rooftops above him,Xigbar was looking down at them the entire time and listening in. He wore a cold,concerned frown and kept it while Sora and his comrades exited his sight before he vanished into a dark portal.

*Thirteenth Discretion plays.*

Shortly afterwards Xigbar exited the dark portal and was now in the woods outside of town that led to the old mansion. Strangely enough Larxene and Vanitas were there as well as the former leaned on a tree and the latter sat down on one of the taller tree's branches.

"So,how's the brat doing?" asked Larxene with the same cold tone of voice she usually had before Xigbar calmly explained "Not good,looks like keyboy is a little more down in the dumps than usual."

"Really? What went and broke that loser in?" scoffed Vanitas as he jumped down from the branch and landed right in front of Xigbar before the latter answered "Himself,it seems those pesky expectations of him being the one to gather their guardians are starting to get to him,seeing as how he still hasn't learned his power of waking that is."

"Well…we could always go and beat it out of him. I'm still in a slightly foul mood after what he did to me in that castle." suggested Larxene with a sadistic chuckle as she moved away from the tree and summoned her lightning knives only for Xigbar to shake his head "Nah he's too important to be playing around with. The seven lights are still not complete and finding the rest of them hinges on Sora. The old man may have been having us keep an eye on the new seven hearts as a backup,but he clearly wants Sora and his pals to be the ones to forge the X-Blade. The new seven hearts are merely a last resort to him."

"So what do you wanna do then?" sighed a disappointed Larxene as she put away her knives to which Xigbar replied with a slimy and twisted smile "It's quite simple,I think Sora just needs to be taught a little lesson,and I know just the place to teach it in." before disappearing into a dark portal.

"I still prefer my plan." yawned a still pouty Larxene before disappearing into a portal of her own.

"Get ready brother,your retribution is near." chuckled Vanitas before he disappeared into a dark portal.

*Future Masters plays.*

Kairi and Lea meanwhile were still partaking in their keyblade training in the timeless forest conjured up by Merlin. Thanks to them getting a new set of duds that Lea still felt incredibly reluctant to put on,their training had been going incredibly smoothly since Kairi and Lea had just finished a sparring match that the former ended up winning. She pointed her keyblade at her knocked down partner and smugly remarked "I win again,Axel."

"That makes the score 5-5. We're tied,got it memorized?" chuckled Lea before he summoned his keyblade and swung it at Kairi,however she ended up dodging the attack and jumped back a few feet before she and Lea suddenly locked keyblades while the latter enthusiastically suggested "Let's say we make this 5-6?" to which Kairi obliged with a grin "Loser has to pay for Ice Cream!"

"You're on!" Lea ecstatically agreed before quickly managing to break out of their lock and swing it out of Kairi's hands before casting aero where it landed,launching it into the air and out of Kairi's reach.

"Nice strategy." Kairi couldn't help but compliment Lea's strategy before she sprinted toward her sparring partner and asked "But did you forget that we can summon them back?!" before doing so and casting strike raid to which Lea scoffed and retorted as he jumped out of the way "I was just trying to make it interesting!"

"Well you better watch out!" Kairi laughed and smugly warned when her keyblade came right on back and hit Lea in the back of the head like a boomerang to which he cringed in pain and fell right on the ground with a loud thud while Kairi's keyblade landed right back into her hands,making her hair and clothes blow back a little as she walked up to the man and requested "I'd like sea salt please."

*Music stops.*

"Same here."agreed Lea before their attention was suddenly diverted to the field when they saw a puff of blue smoke appear before none other than Merlin walked out of it.

"Merlin! What are you doing here?" greeted Kairi as she and Lea regained their posture before the latter greeted as well "Hey there magic man. What brings you out here?" to which the old man straightened out his glasses and cheerfully greeted the duo "Ah hello you two,I see your training is coming along very nicely I presume."

"Of course it is. I actually know how to hold this thing now." Lea summoned out his keyblade and smugly replied as Kairi nodded her head and added in agreement "We've been doing very good out here. In fact our training's almost completely done." before Merlin happily sighed and retorted "Yes indeed,now we just got one more test for you two and you'll be as free as birds." to which Kairi cheerfully gasped and Lea added in determination "All right,send out the big bad and we'll take it down with our eyes closed."

"Oh no,it's not even a test in this world,but a real living one." chuckled Merlin to which both Kairi and Lea grew looks of confusion and curiosity while the former asked "A real world?" to which Lea added equally as confused "We're finally leaving this place?"

"Yes indeed. You see me and Master Yen Sid have been discussing your training back at the tower,and while we both agree that you two have come very far in proving you are capable keyblade wielders,we also agree that the two of you should test out your skills in the real world. So we have searched and searched for a world that would best be suitable for you two,and we have finally found one."

Afterwards Merlin then proceeded to conjure up a white door very similar to the one he conjured up at Disney Castle and Kairi and Lea were both in awe at the sight of it as the former asked "Is this our way out?" to which the wizard enthusiastically confirmed her guess "Yes,through this door is the very world that the two of us have found for you. It is called Adventure Bay."

"Adventure Bay? Great name." Lea sarcastically joked before Merlin explained "You see me and Master Yen Sid have discovered an unusual pairing of dark and negative energy seething through the world at an incredibly rapid rate. We have both concluded that this is due to the heartless,the nobodies and the unversed."

"Unversed?" questioned a confused Kairi while Lea rolled his eyes "Oh boy."

Merlin then grew a much more serious look on his face and decided to give Kairi and Lea a brief description of the creatures "The unversed are dangerous creatures that thrive and are fueled off of the negative emotions in the average person. They're normally an incredibly rare species,only being a problem around twelve years ago but it seems like they've recently popped up again. They're bad enough on their own but alongside heartless and nobodies,who knows what they could be capable of."

"So I take it you want us to take care of em? Right?" guessed Lea prompting the wizard to nod before Kairi reassured "Don't worry Merlin,we'll take care of the unversed and whatever else is going on there." to which Lea excitedly added "It's about time I bring my new skills to the field."

"Well it's good to know you two are confident,and it seems that you two won't be alone either."

"Huh?" Kairi asked in confusion as her confident smile faded away before Merlin explained "You see right before I left the tower and made my way here,we found out that Sora, Donald and Goofy are on their way to Adventure Bay as we speak." to which Kairi gasped in excitement and Lea chuckled with glee "Well I'll be."

"Sora's gonna be there?!" Kairi ecstatically asked out of shock and surprise as Merlin stroked his beard and happily confirmed that he told the truth "Yes indeed Kairi,he and his two friends should be arriving anytime now,and I'm sure they'll be surprised and overjoyed to see you two. Now then I must be on my way,I have a nice cup of tea at a bistro with my name on it. Oh and by the way Lea,I recommend that you finally slip on those new clothes of yours,it'll help you blend in better with the locals. Ta-ta!" before he vanished in another puff of smoke,leaning only the door and the two keyblade wielders.

NEXT CHAPTER: PAW PATROL IS ON A ROLL

Author's Note: It's been a while since I've done a Kingdom Hearts story. For those who are wondering, I'm still working on my Persona 5 crossover,I'm just goin through some writers block with certain stories right now.