GammaTron: *hides in a vase in a studio filled with vases with lids before SZ and Z0 enter*
SZ: *coughs as they walked in*god we gotta stop doing this!
Z0: Indeed…*pauses* Hmmm...this feeling…*spins around and kicks the vase GT was hiding in sending it bouncing around the room before crashing into SZ*
GT: *pokes out of another vase far away from Z0 for a moment before going back in* BAZINGA! *pokes out of another* BAZINGA! *goes back in*
SZ: 0-0….first...ow...second..what just happened?
Z0: Oh...making a fool out of me…*pulls out RyusouKen* Korra! *begins chopping all the vases* You do this in a ball pit and don't think I won't call your Mom on you! *continues cutting*
GT: *pokes out of SZ's hat* He is aware that those vases were Scrooge McDuck's collection of priceless vases from Pompeii and that this studio had been rented out by him for storage, right? *goes back in* Soft Bazinga.
SZ: ...oh Z0…you done screwed up...*looks at teh readers*And we don't own anything in this aside form original content.
Z0: Okay MeraMera time! *lights on fire*
Scrooge McDuck: Alright, here to check up on me vases and…*enters and sees the wreckage and the burning Z0* Me vases! Oh, you no good scallywag of a fire breather!
GT: *pokes out of an empty trash can outside of the studio as it blows up* There goes the deposit. *goes back in* Softer bazinga...
The Ship Orion floated through the endless expanse of space. It should have been moving, however…
"So...we ran out of fuel," Shou Ronpo spoke, sitting in his captain's chair, "...Does anyone have any ideas on what to do?"
=I told you we needed to stop at the Intrepidville Space Station= Raptor sighed.
"Ya...I thought we'd have enough to reach the next world and refill there…" Shou muttered, "Sorry…" he chuckled.
=...= Raptor put her clipboard down as she stood up =Baka…= she spoke simply before running at him.
"AH!" Shou panicked as she began chasing him around, "Sorry! I apologize! I'm just an old dragon!"
"He should be thankful Donald's not here…" Sora whispered as he looked out the window, hoping to see any nearby worlds, "See anything yet, Lucky?"
"Nothing yet…" he spoke, "But I got a feeling we're close...just a feeling!" he smiled, "Like that feeling when you pull a winning ticket!"
"Have you ever had to deal with running out of fuel for your ship?" Hammie asked.
"Not really. It ran of smiling," Sora replied.
"...Smiling?" Spada repeated in disbelief.
"Yeah! It's really handy! We always get where we need to go as long as we smile!" Sora cheered, "What about you, Lucky?"
"I've run out of fuel all the time!" he cheered, "But there's always a meteor shower...a comet...a gravity pull towards a planet...the time I was sucked into a tractor beam by space pirates...nice people!"
"...Seriously?" Garu raised a brow.
"Yep!" Lucky smiled, "It always makes adventure exciting! I never know what will happen...but it's always fun to meet random new people!"
=Yosha! That's always the best!= Champ cheered, lifting a fist up in the air from where he was sitting, unknowingly lifting it at the same time Shou was running behind him, causing the dragon to be caught in his throat by the raised fist, flip around it, and land flat on his back.
"Ah…." he gasped in pain as he rolled across the ground and smacked into the control console.
=Eh…?= Raptor blinked.
=What happened to him?= Champ pondered as Hammie started giggling.
"Throat...hurt…" Shou wheezed.
"Oh, I think there are lozenges in the Gummi Ship," Sora noted as he went off to get them.
=Hmm...Even if the engine is broken, we might be able to salvage the energy converter they used for turning smiles into energy= Raptor noted before following the teen =Wait up, please, Sora=
=Wow. You must have done a lot of screaming today= Champ noted as he helped up Shou =Were you practicing in front of a mirror for intimidation roaring like I do?=
"I...don't want to hear it from you…" he coughed out before pointing at Hammie, who had fallen over when he giggles turned into laughter from Champ's obliviousness at the moment, "...Or you…"
"Hope we find the next world...I'm ready for some adventure," Lucky whispered in excitement.
"Ahh~! Get off of me!" a voice screamed as a lone boat docked at a pier shook for a moment, scaring off some nearby seagulls.
"Hold still, Uncle Donald!"
"Goofy, help me out here!"
"Hmm?" Goofy blinked, his mouth full of food as Donald ran by, one of his nephews currently trying to get his sailor uniform off.
"Morning, Uncle Donald!" Huey greeted, currently cooking something at the stove.
"Gawrsh...you sure love to rough house with the boys, Donald," Goofy spoke, slurping up another pancake.
"It's compli-get off of me, Louie!" Donald snapped once he got said nephew off.
"Uncle Donald, we talked about this. You can't wear that in case you get called back into action...or for a job interview," Louie stated.
"Not until I know you boys are safe and sound," Donald argued, "And I do have a job!"
"Outside of being the court wizard which, due to the current situation with the Heartless, is currently unavailable to be performed since Disney Castle is currently on lockdown?" Louie asked.
"...Well true, but…"
"And besides, you're not gonna get that job unless you have a nice big breakfast!" Huey added as he presented a plate with a fish on it, some eggs on top of it with the words 'We believe in you, Uncle Donald' written in ketchup on the plate.
"...eck…" Donald cringed once the fish deflated before shaking it off, "Just turn that stove off, Huey! What if the boat burned down while the babysitter's here? ...Speaking of whom, where is she? She should've been here by now!"
"...Oh I knew I forgot something…" Goofy spoke.
"...Goofy?" Donald asked.
"She called earlier and said somethin' about you givin' her a new address."
"I didn't give her a new address!" Donald snapped, unaware of Huey and Louie looking at each other mischievously, "Crazy old bird…where am I gonna find another babysitter?"
"I could watch th-" Goofy began.
"Not happening," Donald instantly replied before the boat's engine suddenly began to rev up, "Huh? I didn't…wait…" he shot a look at the two younger ducks, "Where's Dewey?"
"Sleeping," Louie replied simply.
"Who's Dewey?" Huey replied, making Louie slowly turn to face him and give him a look that said 'Really?'.
"...Don't move," Donald ordered as he walked off, "That goes for you too, Goofy."
"Hmm?" Goofy blinked at that.
"...'Who's Dewey?'" Louie deadpanned at his brother, "Seriously?"
Donald opened the door to the room where one steers the boat, there was the third missing triplet dressed in a blue T-shirt with a long sleeved lighter blue shirt underneath.
"Alright boys we'll get to Cape Suzette and back before anyone realizes we're gone!" he cheered, messing with the wires, "So long Dorkburg! Hello ...Uncle...Donald…" he said slowly as he turned to see his fuming Uncle, "..eh heh...wh-what's up?"
"...You were supposed to get him out by 10 o'clock, Hubert," Dewey hissed at his brother, the three locked in seat buckles in the back of Donald's car.
"You were supposed to signal before starting the boat, Dewbert," Huey hissed back.
"We never get to do anything, especially after our shop went under," Louie muttered as he slumped in his seat with his hood pulled over his head, "Lousy no good greedy Moogles…"
"We didn't even have any money anyway since you kept wasting it on stupid schemes…" Huey grumbled fixing his hat.
"They were not stupid! They were brilliant!" Louie argued his hood, falling down as he sat up.
"Boys…" Donald began from the driver's seat, turning the rearview mirror to look at them, "If we want to keep the boat afloat...ugh, we just gotta do things we don't want to do…"
"Donald you don't mean…" Goofy realized what he meant.
"Yup…" Donald sighed as he typed in something on his car's GPS system.
=Destination: McDuck Manor=
"McDuck Manor? As in Scrooge McDuck?!" Huey gasped as he shot up from his seat.
"The Bajillionair?!" Dewey added.
"You're finally gonna sell us…" Louie noted.
"I'm not gonna...look. He owes me," Donald sighed.
"Oh boy…" Goofy sighed at his best friend, "Ya may as well just tell 'em…"
"Tell us what?" the trio of younger ducks asked.
"Ah...you'll see..." Donald spoke, "Somehow it's less painful running around on misadventures with Sora…"
"You think he's doing okay after we left?" Goofy asked.
"I'm sure he's fine...unless he ended up destroying the Gummi ship…"
"Think we can put it back together?" Lucky asked, holding a piece of the Gummi ship.
"Raptor sure took it apart well…" Sora muttered, "I can't even tell what goes where anymore."
"You two should stop moving pieces…" Hammie complained, "How will she be able to put it back together if everything's not where she left it…?"
"Ah…" both blinked before panicking, "AH! This goes here...no there!"
"Seriously, Donald's gonna kill me i-" Sora began.
=A World has been spotted= Raptor spoke from the ship's intercom.
"Yosha Lucky!" Lucky cheered.
"Sweet!" Sora beamed as he shot up, "Hope it's one I haven't been to!"
"Wherever we land, it should still be fun!" Lucky spoke as they made their way to the bridge of the Orion.
"These are the coordinates that Lucky and Sora gave us…" Shou muttered as they looked ahead, "But as far as we can tell, this is a planet safe from darkness...But if Lucky's luck rings true...another Kyutama and Kyuranger should be on this planet."
"...That is a big safe," Sora noted, looking at the world before them.
=That is Duckburg, home of the universe's richest duck, Scrooge McDuck= Raptor explained
"Wait Duckburg…" Sora spoke, "Donald and Goofy went there!"
"Yosha Lucky! Tons of friends are waiting for us!" Lucky cheered, "Ikuzo, minna!"
"Hold it!" Shou declared as he shot up, "We need to choose who will go down there."
"Choose?" Sora asked.
"The energy the Kyutama is indeed vast...however it has its limits as well," Shou explained, "Having too many Rangers battling at once would be like a drain on the battery...of course, the energy will refill over time...but that's a bit of an issue nonetheless. Furthermore with how big the crew is getting, we can't send everyone down to one location. So we shall pick an away team to search the planet. Everyone, Kyutama." he spoke as Raptor placed a roulette device down before him, "We shall roll and the five Kyutama to pop out will be the Ground team!"
"But I don't have one…" Sora pointed out.
"Don't worry; we shall just use the keychain from your Keyblade as a proxy!" Shou declared.
"Wait, what?" Sora blinked twice.
"Too late!" Shou declared as he dropped all the items into the roulette, "Now Kyuulette a chance!"
At that, the lights turned off as multi-colored spotlights shone on him and a Disco ball dropped from the ceiling. A music track then began playing as well.
=Kinotama tama tama tama kyu kyu Kyuu~=
Shou began dancing as he waved his arms up and down, "Hey~ Hey~"
=Kinotama tama tama tama kyu kyu Kyuu~=
Raptor clapped along slowly, =Hai...hai...hai…= she muttered as Shou moonwalked across the floor before spinning around.
"Kyu!" he declared, spinning the Kyuulette as it deposited, the Lion Kyutama with Sora's Keychain stuck to it, with Chameleon, Wolf and Bull Kyutama following after, "Hai! The away Team is decided!"
=Why the Dance!?= Champ gawked.
"To add some zing to it!" Shou declared as he spun in place, only to stop as a pop sound was heard "Ow! Commander Shou is going down...timber..." he spoke, falling flat on his face.
"Is...he gonna be okay?" Sora asked in concern.
"He'll be fine. He just needs his medicine and some rest," Spada smiled.
"No...no...medicine...blarg…" he groaned on the floor, "Ah...If you kids find some off time down there, bring back some sweet ingredients to make desert!"
"And make sure you kids stay on the right track," a new voice spoke up.
=What was that?!= Champ jumped, quickly bringing his axe out as he looked around.
"Oh, that must've been Jiminy," Sora answered as a small cricket in a tophat and suit hopped out of one of his shirt's pockets, "Was wondering why you've been silent until now."
"Well I found myself amazed at all that was happening…" he chuckled, "Imagine this. Don't see stuff like this everyday now, huh Sora?"
"Yeah. Still amazes me now," Sora nodded.
"Goes to show the universe has lots to show us!" Lucky cheered, "Alright...let's go, guys!"
"On to adventure!" Sora added.
"...You sure he's home, Donald?" Goofy asked, the car parked before a large gated mansion, said mansion on top of a large spiral hill.
"Hopefully not," Donald muttered as he looked over at an Intercom, "Mrs. B, open up! I need to get out of here before…!"
*HONK! HONK!*
"...He shows up…" Donald sighed as a limo was behind his car, the sound of a door opening following the honking.
"Hey! Jettison that jalopy from my driveway this instant, ya deadbeat!" a voice snapped in a scottish accent.
Donald sighed before stepping out of the car. Turning around, he and the owner of the limo approached one another. The owner was a duck, much older than Donald. He wore a red coat with black ends on his long sleeves and a folded collar, a dark red patch on both his elbows, and a black belt. A pair of black spats covered his feet while a tophat was upon his head. A pair of pince-nez spectacles laid on his bill while he had a black cane with a white tip in his hands.
"Donald Duck…" the elder spoke.
"Uncle Scrooge," Donald sighed.
"Uncle Scrooge!" the triplets shouted as they began jumping around in the backseat.
"Howdy, Mr Scrooge!" Goofy waved.
"Goofy," Scrooge tipped his hat politely before staring off with Donald once more.
"You're looking good," Donald noted.
"Still living in that boat?"
"Yep. Still a trillionaire?" Donald replied, Scrooge's response merely pointing at the gate with his cane where a peacock flew by in front of the mansion in the distance behind the gate, "Good good…"
"Surprised yer not with your friend Sora right now…"
"Something came up…" Donald replied, "So…"
"So...Jettison that jalopy from my driveway this instant, ya deadbeat!" Scrooge barked, poking Donald in the chest with his cane for emphasis.
"Oh here we go! Giving orders like your the richest duck in the universe!"
"I am the richest duck in the universe, now move!"
"I'd love to! It just so happens, I have a job interview!"
"So why are you just standing there yelling?!"
"Uh, you both are yellin'," Goofy noted.
"Be quiet, Goofy!" both ducks yelled.
"Well good to see ya both are still so alike!" Goofy laughed, not at all bothered by their snapping at him, all while the Triplets were gawking at the entire scene.
"Oh, and Mrs. B said you would watch the boys!" Donald added as he motioned to the triplets, "Can you do that without losing them?"
"Of course I can!" Scrooge replied.
"Fantastic! Thank you soooo much!" Donald said as he walked back to his car.
"Yer welcome!" Scrooge shouted before blinking, "Wait...what now?"
"He got you again, Mr. Scrooge," Goofy chuckled, bringing the boys out of the car to meet him.
"Huey, Dewey, Louie, meet Scrooge McDuck," Donald spoke as he stood behind the boys, "Remember; no tricks. No lies. No trouble."
"Yes Uncle Donald," the triplets replied.
"I wasn't talking to you…" Donald stated, shooting a quick stink eye at Scrooge, who in turn shot one back.
"Hey now...none of that," Goofy spoke, "Donald yer gonna be late, so come on! Let's get a move on!"
"...Right…" Donald muttered, shooting Scrooge one more look before walking back to the car with Goofy.
"...You know I just realized somethin'. Couldn't we have had Sora…?"
"No way. Not after the time he crashed the Gummi ship."
"Didn't you have a part in that, too?"
"...Goofy…" Donald began as he closed the driver's side door, "I will cast Blizzard on you...and I will make it look like an accident."
"Fair enough. A-hyuck!" he chuckled.
"...That...is a huge mansion…" Sora muttered as he looked up at the mansion, "Also...Are you sure this is the right place to land?"
"Something kinda draws me here," Lucky smiled, "Also, it's where the arrow pointed when I spun it on this spinning thing." he said, holding up a piece of paper with an arrow spinner.
"...Let's hope we're not on someone's private property," Hammie stated as she looked around, "Last thing we need is a world's police coming after us…again."
"Come back here, you stuck up bird!" Garu growled, chasing a peacock, "What's with that 'I'm better then you' look you keep givin' me?!"
"Oh for...seriously?!" Hammie snapped, "...Champ, don't think about it!"
=Think about what?= Champ asked, pausing mid-step as he was a few inches away from a gold statue of a dollar sign.
"You know what!"
"...Wow. And I'm usually the one to get yelled at by Donald…" Sora muttered, the group unaware of a limo coming up into the driveway.
"Okay, lads...just...um...find something to do a…" Scrooge began as he climbed out of the limo..and soon took notice of Sora and co, "What the?! What are you doing trespassing on my property!?"
"Eh?" they all blinked as they turned to face him.
"I got him!" Garu shouted, carrying the Peacock under his arm, "But...he somehow won my respect...Oi, who's the Geezer?" he asked pointing at Scrooge.
"...I'm giving you five seconds to put the peacock down…" Scrooge warned, "And to take back the 'geezer' comment."
"Oh I'm so scared. Like you c-" Garu began before Scrooge's cane hit him square between the eyes, knocking him over as he dropped the peacock while the cane came back to Scrooge like a boomerang, "...ow…"
"I tried to warn ye…" Scrooge shook his head before looking at the other, "As fer the rest of ya, g...wait...Sora lad? Is that you?"
"Oh! Hey, Mr. McDuck," Sora greeted.
"Oh, this is a day," Scrooge groaned, "I swear, Donald had better not have left out me having to watch ye as well."
"What? Donald was here? Ah man...I've been looking for him." Sora sighed, "I want him to meet my new friends."
"Yo! I'm Lucky!" Lucky greeted.
"Wait, is that a thing about him or his name?" Scrooge asked.
"Both," everyone replied.
"I'm the Luckiest man in the Universe!" Lucky cheered.
"That doesn't sound possible…" Scrooge muttered.
"Hey Uncle Scrooge, what's..." Dewey began as he poked his head out of the limo, "...guys...Sora's here."
"Sora?!" Huey and Louie exclaimed as they poked their heads out to see the young Keyblade master.
"Huey? Dewey? Louie?" Sora blinked once he saw them, "What are you guys doing here? Don't you have a shop to run in Radiant Garden?"
"We did, but some Moogles ran us out of business," Louie explained before muttering, "Greedy little fluff balls..."
"It was Louie's fault…" the other two deadpanned.
"That's adorable! Their names all rhyme!" Hammie smiled, "They're like some cute set of little ducks!"
"Hey hey! We are not cute! W-is that a robot bull?!" Dewey gasped once he aw Champ...who tried to sneak towards the statue again.
=Ah! I was not going to flatten this with a suplex so I could make it into a new champion belt!= Champ whistled as he jumped away from the statue.
"A suplex, eh?" Scrooge asked as he walked up, "You mean...like so?"
*WHAM!*
"No suplexing me gold statue," Scrooge scolded, stretching a bit to pop some bones in his back, as Champ's foot twitched while the upper half of his body was stuck beneath the ground.
"Whoa…" the boys awed.
"Amazing...wait up, Scrooge-Jiichan!" Lucky called out chasing after him.
"...Were you aware he could do that?" Hammie asked Sora, who had a look of amazement and shock on his face.
"No...no I didn't…" Sora shook his head.
"Did you see that?! He just suplexed that robot like it was nothing!" Dewey shouted.
=I can still hear you…= Champ spoke, tearing himself free as he dusted himself off =That was a great move!= he cheered.
"Well duh! He is the greatest adventurer who ever lived!" Huey spoke up.
"He is?" Sora blinked.
"Yes!" the triplets replied in unison.
"I heard he's so epic, he defeated a rock giant and carved a statue of himself out of its leg!" Dewey said excitedly.
"I heard he's so smart, he figured out the mystery of the Chupacabra...turns out it was a shaved bear!" Huey added.
"I heard he's so rich, he only hunts for treasure...just to swim in it!" Louie finished.
"Wow...I never heard those stories!" Sora smiled, "I just heard he was a really good businessman, but to think he was such an amazing adventurer! Why didn't Donald tell me about those before?!"
"Maybe the same reason he never told us that Scrooge was our uncle?" Louie guessed.
"Huh?" Sora asked.
"He didn't tell you about your own uncle?" Hammie asked, "Did something happen to their relationship in the past?"
"Honestly, we don't know," Huey shrugged.
"Hopefully Uncle Scrooge will tell us while he's telling us stories of his adventures!" Dewey beamed.
"But you three are just little squirts…" Garu grumbled, getting up, "What good would you three be on an adventure if you've never been on one before?"
"...Shall we use that on him?" Dewey asked his brothers.
"You mean the one that scarred that one babysitter?" Huey asked.
"Hey, to be fair...she had it coming," Louie countered.
"Don't think you're clever!" Garu snapped, smacking all three along the back of their heads, "And don't think I can't hear you. My ears aren't for show!"
"OW! Jerk…"
"Of course I'm not gonna let you little runts pull a prank on me! What are ya, stupid!?" Garu complained.
"Garu, stop picking on kids…" Hammie sighed.
"You're lucky I got stuff to do or I'd knock some respect into you brats!" Garu complained.
"Uh...maybe we should head inside?" Sora suggested, "Maybe Mr. McDuck can help us find what we're looking for."
"Why do ya keep following me, lad?" Scrooge complained as Lucky walked after him.
"'Cause you're amazing! Maybe meeting you was also my good luck!" Lucky explained, "You see; we are Kyurangers. We're looking for a rare items called Kyutama...with them, we can protect all of space from some real nasty people and monsters!"
"Oh…" Scrooge spoke in sarcastic awe.
"So I figure since you are such an amazing Adventurer and Treasure hunter, you can help us find them!" Lucky explained, "Finding little globe things should be an easy task for someone as amazing as you, Scrooge-Jiichan!"
"Excuse me if my Japanese is a little rusty...but do you keep calling me...old man?" Scrooge asked.
"Nope...Uncle!" Lucky shook his head, "It's what everyone else calls you, right?"
"You don't much understand how that term works, do ya lad?"
"Not really...I never really had a family," Lucky spoke.
"Oh well lucky you then...oh, I'm getting your name now." Scrooge realized.
"Eh?" Lucky blinked.
"...N-Nevermind. Listen lad, as much as I'd like to help ye with yer little adventure, I'm rather busy at the moment," Scrooge stated as he began to walk off.
"But...why not? It's not because of your age, is it?" Lucky asked, making Scrooge instantly stop, "I mean...if you're an adventurer, age shouldn't be relevant, right?"
"No...it's not because of my age!" Scrooge complained, "I am just very busy! A business doesn't run itself!"
"Please? It's just for a bit while we're here," Lucky explained, "As long as we find the Kyutama, we can find the rest of the Kyurangers...and we can protect the universe together!"
"I don't..I...oh you…!" Scrooge began to fume, "MRS. BEAKLY!"
"Eh...Beakly?" Lucky blinked before he was suddenly grabbed from behind, "?!"
"Please show him the guest room...hopefully some time in there will make him forget his silly little proposal."
"Eh?"
=Eh heh heh...oh this is gonna be good…= Balance whispered in a giddy manor, him and his partner hiding out in some bushes near Scrooge's mansion =Those weirdos have the old duck all distracted, so his Bin should be easy pickings right now!=
"Balance...is this wise?" Naga asked.
=Don't worry about it, Naga! Leave it to the genius Master Thief...that's me…= he laughed, =That old treasure hunter does the easy part for people like us: steal it from cursed temples and ancient ruins. He gets all the curse and magic nonsense...and we get to steal the treasure from their silly collection!=
"Why do we not just take the treasure from those places ourselves?"
=But then we'd get cursed…= Balance argued.
"Hm...yes, that logic is sound…" Naga nodded as they ducked down as people passed the window.
"Whoa...you're really strong!" Lucky grunted.
"...Big duck," Naga noted quietly.
=Wah. That's a big dude…=
"No...woman."
=...I don't get ducks= Balance turned away and towards the side.
"...Well...this happened…" Lucky muttered, sitting in an empty room covered in dust and cobwebs, "Now what do I do?" he walked over to the door, "Huh. That's a lot of dust on the doorknob. Must have been a long while since he last had a guest." he blew on it...only for the knob to fall off and the door to open, "Lucky~!" he cheered, walking out, "I'm not giving up just yet, Scrooge-Jiichan!" he smiled running off down the hall, ignoring the sound of someone trying to break another door open.
"Stupid! Door! Open!" Dewey complained.
"I can just...open it, you know…" Sora's voice spoke.
"How did we end up rushed into this dusty old room!?" Hammie complained.
"The strong lady gave Garu a bone…" Sora spoke.
"Dibs!" Garu declared as if something was in his mouth.
"...Wait! Idea!" Dewey beamed, "I'll just use these marbles!"
"And how are marbles…?" Hammie began.
"I'll use them to hit the doorknob really really hard."
"...That sounds like something Champ would say."
"Again...I can just open it ya know," Sora offered once more.
=I'll use this table to smash the wall!= Champ shouted before a smacking sound was heard =Sorry…=
"URGH! UGH! GRAH! STUPID! DOORKNOB! COME! OFF!" Dewey grunted as smacking went off until a clatter went off and Dewey pushed the door open, "Nailed it!"
"Can't believe that was your best plan," Louie muttered sarcastically.
"You know Sora can magic anything open…" Hammie pointed out.
"Kinda my thing," Sora smiled.
"Yeah...but I did it!" Dewey argued proudly.
"Congratulations...you did something that would have taken Sora a second...in 4 minutes…" Garu muttered.
"Grr…" Dewey growled before a whip snagged around him...and dragged him out, "Ah! Help!"
"Dewey!" Huey and Louie freaked before the whip grabbed them too.
"...What just happened?" Garu asked.
"Boobie trap?" Hammie asked.
"Who boobie traps a door?!" Garu complained.
"Commander Shou when he drank that Rum he bought from a Moogle," Hammie replied.
=I was stuck to the ceiling for a month and no one noticed!= Champ noted.
"Again, we thought you went on that month-long wrestling tour you won," Hammie sighed.
=That only happened sixteen times!= Champ complained.
"Do we care what happened to the chibi's...or…" Garu asked his ear twitching as he listened to them from across the house, "'Cause it sounds like they are being interrogated by an angry little girl…Ah, now the green one is crying for the old duck..."
"Interrogated?" Sora repeated as he shot up, "Should we h-"
"Wait. Now the angry little girl is sounding more...excited...and possibly needy," Garu stated his ears twitching, "...and apparently the green one is the evil triplet."
"That...kinda makes sense," Sora shrugged.
"Still...maybe it's best we should help," Hammie suggested, "...and hopefully find Lucky in the process."
"Gah! Come on you…!" Scrooge grunted, trying to get a diving suit on, "Come on, ya blaggard! You won't get the best...of Scrooge...McDuck!" he gasped once he got the collar over his head, "Okay...just need t-"
"Scrooge-Jiichan! Where are you?!" Lucky's voice called before the door to the room Scrooge was in opened, "Oh! There you are!"
"How did you escape!?" Scrooge snapped.
"Oh, the door just opened for me!" Lucky smiled.
"Wha-wh-but-what!?" Scrooge gawked before shaking it off, "Nevermind. How'd you even get past Mrs. Beakley?"
"She had to deal with the others escaping...and her Granddaughter vanishing into the vents again," Lucky smiled before he looked up as he heard sounds from the ceiling, "Ah! That must be her! Hi!"
"Just what kind of group did Sora get mixed up in…?" Scrooge muttered before looking around, "...I feel like I'm gonna regret this, but can you keep a secret, lad?"
"Hmm?" Lucky blinked before nodding.
"Good. Then read this," Scrooge said as he handed him a newspaper.
"Snow over a reef?" Lucky asked.
"Aye...First time in 50 years…" Scrooge grinned before motioning to a stone tablet, "That weather report aligns perfectly with a Papuya prophecy. A shift in currents in the ocean may present a pathway to...Atlantis, the lost city under the sea!"
"Oh! Sugei!" Lucky awed.
"Yes, and this is my one chance to find it!" Scrooge added, "Mrs. Beakly! When yer finished, I need four oxygen tanks, two pressure gauges, a pilot…"
"I'm a pilot!" a well-built duck in a brown chauffeur's uniform with orange hair informed, poking his head in.
"...a week's provisions, an experimental deep sea sub…"
"I'm a pilot," the duck offered once more.
"Isn't Beakley-san your maid, not a secretary?" Lucky asked, scratching his head in confusion before a pen shot through the door and impaled halfway through the wall by Scrooge's head, "Oh, nice shot."
"...I'll just...stay out of it…" the duck whispered as he slowly moved away.
"...Oh! Maybe Atlantis is where the Kyutama is!" Lucky beamed, "C-"
"No."
"But I didn't even get to finish…"
"I already knew what you were gonna ask, so no," Scrooge stated as he grabbed a diving helmet, "I'm not gonna stay here, cooped up like a retired old man, toiling away the years of my life around family, which by the way is nothing but trouble."
"Eh? Trouble?" Lucky repeated.
"Yes, trouble! Call me a 'has been,' will they? I am not a 'has been.' I am an 'Am now,'" Scrooge grumbled while putting the helmet on, "Besides, I'm Scrooge McDuck! I made my name by being tougher than the toughies, and smarter than the smarties! And I made my money square...on my own. Nope. No nephews, no family."
"...You sure you don't need help?" Lucky asked, noticing Scrooge slowly tilting on one side due to the heavy helmet.
"Nope. Didn't need help then, don't need help n-" Scrooge began before he fell over, "...A little help, lad?"
"Sure!" Lucky beamed, lifting him back to his feet with one arm, "You know...everyone needs some help. No one can do everything."
"..." he sighed, "Maybe they're right."
=Oh, so you landed at Scrooge McDuck's manor= Shou noted =I've heard of the businessman. Was known in his youth as the King of the Klondike and was able to terrify and tame even the most vicious of predators by roaring at them after their attempt to assert dominance failed to even crack a raised eyebrow from him=
"King of the Klondike...That sounds really cool! ...What's a Klondike?" Hammie asked.
"Heck if I know...sounds like an ice cream bar…" Garu muttered.
=I wonder if I can give it a bodyslam…= Champ noted before the vent above them opened and Champ's hands were filled with a young girl with a pink bow wearing a blue vest over a magenta button shirt and a purple skirt =Oh, hello=
"Wow. They weren't kidding about a giant robot bull," the duck noted, looking up at Champ as Huey and Louie fell out and were caught by Hammie while Dewey fell out after another moment on Garu's shoulders.
"It's raining little ducks," Garu deadpanned, "Can we leave before it rains something bigger and less annoying?"
"How did you get in the vents?" Sora asked.
"Oh, I know how to get into every nook and cranny here," the fourth duck noted before gasping, "Oh my gosh! You're Sora, one of Donald Duck's best friends and wielder of the Keyblade! Though you keep losing your keychains for some reason or other."
"D'oh…!" Sora slumped, "Why does everyone keep bringing that up?"
"I mean...you somehow lost your Keyblade's ultimate form...twice…" Hammie brought up.
"So you know everything about this place?" Garu asked, ignoring Sora pouting to look at the girl.
"Yep! Webby Beakley, at your service!" she replied.
"Ever seen something like this?" Garu asked as he showed her his Kyutama, "We kinda need it to save the universe."
"Hmm...oh! I think I know a place that might have it!" Webby beamed as she ran up to a door, "Behold...the Wing of Secrets…" she presented as she opened the door, revealing a darkened room with various objects in it.
"Woah…" Huey and Louie awed as they ran in to look.
"Dewey, check it out!" Louie beamed.
"Yeah...whatever," Dewey huffed as he walked past him, earning a raised brow from Louie.
"It smells dusty in here…" Garu muttered as he kicked over a stack of magazines, "Oi...what is this? Just some store room?"
"Not just any store room; in here is a collection of many of Mr. McDuck's adventures!" Webby explained as she motioned to a statue of a Chinese dragon holding a gong, "Such as the Gong of Pixiu. Hit it three times to unleash unspeakable evil..."
"...Champ, no," Hammie instantly spoke the moment Champ was about to make a step.
=Aw…=
"Any reason for the green sticky notes?" Hammie asked as she walked over to Louie as he was putting said sticky notes all over.
"Calling dibs on stuff," Louie replied, earning looks from everyone, "What? He's like super old."
"Whoa there!" Webby yelped, grabbing his arm before he could put one on a stone-made glove with an eye in the center of the palm, "Do not touch that! That is the Medusa Gauntlet. One touch can turn organic matter to stone. The only way to be safe from it is to not be touched by it, have something blocking contact with organic matter, or be the wearer of the glove."
"Okay, so we'll call this one a maybe," Louie shrugged.
"Real rebel rouser, that one," Garu deadpanned.
"Hey! I found a picture of Donald with Uncle Scrooge!" Sora exclaimed.
"Huh?" Huey and Louie blinked as they rushed over to Sora, Dewey just following behind them with a skeptical look.
"Wow. I haven't seen him in a sailor uniform since the Timeless River," Sora noted as he looked at a torn painting showing Donald swinging from a rope of a viking ship with Scrooge holding his cane like a sword, "Still...never seen him d-"
"It's fake," Dewey deadpanned.
"Huh?"
"Aside from going on adventures with you, Sora, Uncle Donald has never done anything cool," Dewey stated.
"...Yeah, he's right," Huey agreed after giving it a thought.
"Totally fake," Louie added.
"I wonder what he's swinging away from," Hammie pondered.
"Probably a stage rope," Dewey replied, the scepticism heavy in his voice, "Again, he has never done anything cool."
"What? Are you kidding me? Donald Duck is one of the most daring adventurers of all time!" Webby assured as Hammie reached to the part that had torn out of the frame and pushed it up.
"Who's this?" Hammie asked.
"Hmm? Who's who?" Sora asked.
"Th-"
"This has gotta be a fake," Dewey spoke, "And I bet everything else in this room is too."
"That's not true!" Webby argued before motioning to a picture of Scrooge standing on top of a hairless bear, "What about this picture of Chupacabra?"
"Photoshop," Huey replied.
"Uh...this...treasure chest?" Webby asked, opening said item.
"Probably bought from a Moogle," Louie shrugged.
"This…" Webby began before something covered in a large white sheet began to rise from the chest, "Gh...ghost?!"
"Probably some tacky halloween decoration," Dewey countered before the large white sheet spun and looked down at him.
"Hey, who are you calling tacky?!"
"That voice! That's Pete!" Sora exclaimed.
"That...d'oh...hold on…!" the figure under the sheet grunted, fumbling in getting the tarp off before getting it off finally, revealing him to be a large, black cat with a peach mug with several teeth poking out of his mouth wearing a blue and red uniform, "Bah! Finally! That's right, keyboy!"
"What are you doing here?!" Sora demanded, summoning the Kingdom Key.
"Like tha-WHOA!" Pete began before yelping when he fell over, "...Darn portal of darkness...dropping me in that small space…"
"...Should...we be concerned?" Garu asked.
"Very," Sora replied, "He works for Maleficent!"
"Gh?!" the triplets tensed as they shot behind Sora, who quickly got into a defensive position.
"What are you gonna do? You're weaker than the last time I saw ya," Pete smirked as he got up, "And seeing as you don't have those two numbskulls with ya, looks like your all alone…"
"Shut it." Garu spoke as a shield slammed into Pete's face, leaving an indentation of his face in it.
"Ow!" Pete grunted as he pulled the shield off his face, "Oh you...wait. Who are you guys?" he asked once he noticed Garu, Hammie, and Champ, "...Yer not Keyblade Wielders too, are ya?"
"Nope," Hammie smirked, "Just another group of meddling weirdos from across space with super powers." she smiled, "Also I wouldn't take a step forward if I was you."
"Oh yeah? Why's that?" Pete asked as he moved to do so, only to trip, "WHOA!" he looked down to see his legs tied together, "What's huh?"
"Because I tied your shoes together…" Hammie spoke, trying not to laugh.
"Oh you little…!" Pete growled in frustration before putting his thumb and pointer finger into his mouth, letting out a loud whistle, "Heartless, get these brats!"
"Ah nuts…" Sora, Hammie, and Garu complained just as some Shadows, Soldier, and a few large fat Heartless formed from the shadows of the room.
=You...are mine= Champ spoke, lifting Pete up =Hello...I am Champ...Prepare to kiss the mat and hear the ten count!= he spoke, flexing his arm before aiming at his face.
"Oh geez…" Pete paled before Champ's elbow slammed into his face, "D'oh!"
=I ain't done with ya yet!= Champ spoke, grabbing Pete's leg and dragging him away =Moo!=
"Yikes! These are Heartless, aren't they?!" Webby yelped.
"Yeah!" the triplets replied, quickly pulling her out of the way of a Soldier that tried to attack her only for Sora to slice through it and jumped out of the way of a Soldier jumping at him...only for it to slam into the gong.
"Eek! Only two more times!" Webby panicked.
"Find someplace to hide!" Sora shouted to the kids as he slashed a Shadow Heartless, "We'll take care of these guys!"
"I hate how easy it is to summon grunts!" Garu complained, blasting them with his Seiza Blaster, "Why doesn't this place have lights!?" he complained, cutting one down with his claws.
"I think...its a garage!" Hammie complained, kicking one of the Heartless away before blasting another.
"Seriously!?" Garu complained, kicking another Heartless away before shooting it.
"What?! This isn't a garage!" Webby argued from her hiding spot.
"Uhm...Webby…" Sora spoke up while he pointed at Hammie, using a garden hose as a whip to snare several Heartless.
"Pretty sure Old Man McDuck just tosses his old junk in here!" Garu complained, blasting a Heartless.
=MOO!= Champ roared as he tossed Pete across the air...and landing face first into the gong =Hammie did it…=
"Ahh! That's twice now!"
"...That sounded worrying…" Pete noted with a groan as he got up, a grin growing on his face, "Heartless, keep them busy! I'm gonna hit this thing again!"
"Oh no, you won't!" Garu complained before the Heartless cut him and Hammie off, "Whoa...oh come on!"
"Guys!" Sora spoke as he cut some Heartless down only for them to continue multiplying, "This is bad…"
"Yeah...tell us about it!" Louie complained.
"We have to stop him! One more hit and something terrible will happen!" Webby spoke.
"What could be worse than this!?" Louie panicked.
"What in decimal domes is going on in here?!" Scrooge's voice demanded, making the group slowly turn to see a fuming Scrooge standing in the doorway.
"Ah guys!" Lucky cheered as he took a step in, in the process, he bumped into some boxes and sent them all tumbling over like Dominos. Everyone watched as they tumbled until an exceptionally large...and heavy tower of crates tipped over...right over Pete and some of his Heartless.
"...ow…" Pete groaned.
"...What just happened?" Huey asked.
"That was Lucky's Good Luck…" Hammie muttered, "More or less everything works out for us as long as he's around!"
"That looked less like good luck and like some kind of random string of events that just turned out useful…" Scrooge admitted as one box opened and something rolled over to Lucky's feet.
"Oh...a Kyutama!" Lucky cheered.
"There was one here?!" Garu and Hammie gawked.
"Yeah...but it's different. See? It's not all one color like ours...it's clear," he held it up, showing the image of a shield within the clear orb.
=Ah, that's because it's not a Change Kyutama, but a Skill Kyutama= Shou informed.
"Yosha Lucky…" Lucky whispered in awe.
"Okay, maybe he is good luck…" Scrooge admitted, "Now somebody tell me what's going on in my garage!? And what are you kids doing out of yer room?!"
"Worry about that later!" Sora shouted as a pair of Large Body Heartless began to approach the group, "There's still some Heartless to take care of!"
"Oh, wonderful," Scrooge noted as he cracked his neck before flipping his cane up into a riposte position, "I need a little something to vent."
"Uh, sir, I…" Hammie began before Scrooge charged at the two Large Body Heartless and slid underneath the left one's legs while grabbing one leg with his cane and pulled, causing it to fall over onto its face before he used it to grab a shovel nearby and jumped on top of it and used the shovel like a pogo stick, decapitating it and dispersing it into smoke, "?!"
The other Large Body turned to Scrooge slowly. The old duck chuckled before stabbing the shovel into the ground and flipping a panel in it up, revealing a cannon. He pulled the rope and a cannonball fired, taking it out.
"Is that a cannon?! He has a cannon?!" Louie asked.
"I have cannons all over the mansion," Scrooge replied, "Now, who summoned the Heartless?"
"Pete did it," Sora pointed at the downed cat, who groaned as he poked his head out of the pile of boxes.
"Oh, you again," Scrooge noted with annoyance before cracking his knuckles.
"Urgh…" Pete groaned before shaking his head quickly and getting up, "Oh, you wanna go, old man?" he inhaled before roaring at Scrooge, who simply let him roar while rubbing his knuckles on his coat, "...Not even a little scared?"
"Allow me to reply with the following," Scrooge replied before inhaling and letting out a vicious snarl, "GRRRRAWRG!"
"EEK!" Pete screamed as he spun around and ran into a wall, "Ugh!" he fell over onto his back, knocked out, "Ohhh…"
"...You can come out now," Hammie noted to Garu, who was hiding behind Champ who was hiding behind Lucky who was hiding behind Hammie.
"Eh-heh-heh…" Lucky chuckled sheepishly.
"Move," Hammie elbowed Lucky, knocking the boys over and onto the ground.
"And that takes care of that," Scrooge snorted, tossing the shovel over his shoulder and causing it to bounce off a Shadow Heartless that was backing away, causing it to poof and the shovel to land where he had grabbed it, "Now what in the name of the Loch Ness is going on in here?! Why are you all out of yer rooms and in me gare-age?!"
"..." Lucky moved to speak.
"Besides you, Lucky," Scrooge sighed as he closed his mouth, "Alright, lads, out with it." he turned to Sora and the Triplets, "Why are you out?"
"...We can explain," Louie spoke.
"I...ugh. Unbelievable," Scrooge sighed, shaking his head, "I invite you into my home…"
"You locked us in a room!" Louie argued as he and his brothers glared at Scrooge.
"I gave you marbles!"
"Oh, those are fun to play with!" Lucky beamed.
"See!?" Scrooge motioned to him.
"All we wanted was to hang out with you!" Huey stated.
"Well now you have, and look at the mess it's got me!"
"I guess family is nothing but trouble...right, Scrooge?" Dewey asked.
"...Oh he heard that…" Lucky whispered in realization as a look of anger began to form on Scrooge's face.
"Everybody out…" Scrooge growled.
"But…"
"I said OUT!" Scrooge snapped as he banged the gong with his cane, making everyone but Lucky cringe and back away, "Oh what are you gaping at? The curse is only activated when you hit the gong three times and-and-and..." he heard a cracking sound coming from behind, "...You hit it two times already, didn't you?"
"Pete's fault!" Sora, Hammie, and the boys pointed at the unconscious Pete.
The gong fell over as the dragon statue behind it cracked as stone peeled off, revealing a large golden Eastern Dragon. It opened and closed its tired jaw a few times as it got used to breathing once more. Its nostrils flared as it smelled something...something it hadn't smelled in ages...something...wonderfully delectable.
"Uhm...Commander...any chance this is a relative of yours?" Hammie asked.
=Rude! Not all dragons know each other, Hammie...By that logic, that's my great grandpa...which it is not!= he paused =Though...Great Grandpa Long did have gold scales...Grandpa?=
"That's Pixiu, the Gold Hunting Dragon," Webby informed as the dragon roared before breaking out through the ceiling.
"Gold hunting? Sounds great!" Louie noted.
"Not when you're Duckburg's single largest owner of gold!" Huey argued.
"Ack! Me Money bin!" Scrooge panicked upon realizing the same thing. He rushed forward and grabbed Pixiu's tail just before it flew away, "To your rooms!" he snapped just as he was pulled away by the dragon.
"Ahh! Mr. McDuck/Scrooge-Jiichan!" Sora and Lucky freaked as they ran after him.
=...Yeah. I don't think that was your grandpa, commander= Champ noted.
"Might as well help," Hammie suggested, "You kids st...wait. Where are th-"
"They ran off after the old man with the girl saying something about eating a hamburger," Garu answered.
"Why didn't you stop them?!"
"Cause I don't like 'em…" Garu replied honestly.
"What about Lucky!?" Hammie asked.
"He jumped onto the dragon with McDuck…" Garu muttered.
"YOSHA LUCKY~!"
"And Sora?"
"Lucky's foot caught his jacket and pulled him along," Garu replied as he looked down at Pete, "Might as well take him for interrogation."
"D'oh…"
=...Okay...no guard in sight…= Balance whispered as he looked around, him and Naga near a tall building with a large golden 'S' on it =Heh heh...this is almost too easy…=
"Dragon."
=I'm sorry, what?=
"Dragon," Naga repeated.
=...No one summoned Bahamut, did they?!= Balance freaked as he looked around =Last thing I need is the dragon king after me!=
"No...that dragon," Naga pointed at the golden dragon flying their way, "I have read of this...those dragons eat gold."
=Eat gold...but...I'm made of gold…= Balance spoke before he panicked =RUN NAGA RUN!=
"But I'm not made of gold," Naga noted.
=JUST RUN!=
"Yes," he spoke, running with him.
"Whoa! I've never ridden a dragon before!" Lucky grunted, climbing up the length of Pixiu's body catching up with Scrooge, "Talk about Lucky!"
"How is any of this lucky!?" Scrooge complained.
"Cause I never would have gotten to ride on and potentially fight a dragon if I never met ya!" Lucky smiled.
"Ugh…" Scrooge sighed before a pinkish blur of light shot by them, "What was that?"
"What was what?" Lucky asked.
The blur struck a building, revealing it to be Sora with a soft pink sparkling glow coming off his body. He tensed before shooting off towards another building before doing it once more to hit an extended pole hanging from part of a building, becoming a spinning blur. He shot up into the air above Pixiu before throwing his Keyblade down at the dragon, striking it in the head and making it roar in pain. Pixiu stumbled around in its flight, doing several twists that caused Scrooge and Lucky to lose their grip only to land closer to its head. Sora yelped as the tail smacked him, knocking him away from them.
"Sora!" Lucky called out as he pulled out his Kyutama, "Mawa Slide!" he spoke, sliding the globe so its lion image formed, he then slammed it onto his Seiza Blaster before tilting it forward, "Star Change!"
With that, a flash or red sparkling light replaced him with ShishiRed as he grunted and used his suit's new super strength to climb further towards Pixiu's head before grabbing his horns. He grunted as he pulled and forced its head to turn to the side, making it turn against its will. ShishiRed grunted as he made the dragon fly straight up into the air.
"Attaboy, Lucky! This pesky gold hunting dragon will rue the day he thought he could mess with the likes of Scrooge McDuck!" Scrooge declared before the dragon ended up smacking into some buildings in its ascent, each time ending with Scrooge being whacked by both dragon and building, "Ugh...It'll take more than a...bruised spine...to shake ol' Scrooge...ya bad...dragon dog…"
"Ah!" ShishiRed realized he was getting hurt, "Kono…" he grunted, aiming down towards the water, "Ah!" he shouted as they dived down...and then back up, "That...hurt more than it should have…" he grunted as he clapped his hands together and brought them down on the dragon's head, making it cry in pain as it flew around erratically with each strike, "I just need to keep you from getting to that big building…"
"Lucky!" ShishiRed looked down to see Sora shooting up at Pixiu, "Let's hit this guy at the same time!"
"Ah!" he cheered as he punched Pixiu one last time before standing up and jumping off his head as he pulled out his weapons and built them into the KyuSword.
The two flew at the dazed dragon as they held their swords back. As soon as they reached the dragon, they swung and slashed Pixiu, making it roar in pain as the two used their free hands to grab the dragon and climb back on its back.
"Nice shot, boys," Scrooge noted, "But that won't keep him down for long."
"Huh? Why?"
"Why do you think he was turned to stone? He regenerates as long as there is undiscovered gold in the world," Scrooge explained as he pointed with his cane, showing the slash marks already healing up, "Uh-oh. Hold on tight, lads."
"Why?" Sora asked before Pixiu bucked hard and knocked all three off.
"That was why!" Scrooge screamed.
"Whoa! I think we made it mad!" ShishiRed spoke, "We need to take it down in one blow!"
"Well, think of something fast or we're going to land…" Scrooge began before the trio landed on top of a red plane, "...on a plane?! Wait a minute. This is my private plane! Who's having a joyride on me private plane?!"
"Lucky!" Garu called as the cargo bay door opened, "Get in here!"
"I think we know…" Sora chuckled as he spotted Dewey hanging onto Garu's leg to keep from being blown out of the plane.
"Inside!" Scrooge ordered before they quickly go in, "I thought I told you to go to your rooms!"
"No time!" Dewey replied, "How do we stop this thing?"
"It's mystical in nature, so we need something mystical to beat it! Like an Oblivion Mirror or a Medusa Gauntlet…" Webby replied.
"You mean like this?" Louie asked as he held up the Medusa Gauntlet, earning looks, "What? I was gonna give it back."
"So we're gonna turn it back to stone?" Sora asked.
"A sound plan," Scrooge replied as he put it on.
"One question," Hammie noted as she pointed at the nearby window, showing Pixiu ripping open the roof of Scrooge's money bin, "How do we get him down there?"
"I grabbed the garden hose," Huey offered.
"Hmm...Champ, was it?" Scrooge asked.
=Yep!=
"I need ye to wrestle that dragon to buy us time," Scrooge ordered.
=YEAH!= he roared he then turned to the door =Open the door…= he snorted as steam was expelled from his nostrils.
"Yes sir, Mr. Big Robot Bull that I just met today!" the orange-haired duck from earlier now in a brown aviator's uniform replied from the steering.
"Since when is Launchpad a pilot?!" Scrooge gawked.
"Wait, what?" Garu asked, "AH!" he panicked, running up to the cockpit section.
"Go Champ!" ShishiRed and Hammie ordered.
=MOO! Star Change!= OushiBlack roared as he jumped out and was able to grab the Dragon's tail =Half Nelson!= at that, he jumped and began wrestling the dragon, making it fly around erratically.
"Oh, you know he's loving this," Hammie noted.
"Too much so!" ShishiRed laughed.
"Okay, you're good to jump," Huey noted, "Any questions?"
"Aside from when Launchpad became a pilot?" Scrooge asked.
"Launchpad, we need a sweeping dive on that dragon!" Huey called.
"Yes, sir, random kid I just met!" Launchpad replied.
"I have many concerns about this!" Garu complained.
=That all you got?! THAT ALL YOU GOT?!= OushiBlack roared.
Pixiu roared at the black-wearing mechanical minotaur until he felt something grab his tail. Pixiu looked to see a smirking Scrooge holding Pixiu's tail by the Medusa Gauntlet as it was quickly turning to stone. Pixiu roared in shock.
"Now, Champ! Give this nasty dragon a nice piledriver!" Scrooge ordered, releasing the tail.
=MOO!= OushiBlack roared, grabbing Pixiu by the throat and twisting it around to let gravity bring them down.
The dragon's jaw opened to roar, but it was too late as the stone already reached its face. OushiBlack slammed said dragon head first into the roof of the Money Bin, forming a gaping hole in it. A cloud of gold dust came up as he fell within.
=Now this...is a champion's reward!= he laughed, buried in a sea of gold coins and precious gems.
"Whoo-hoo!" many on the plane cheered.
"Um, everyone? The garden hose snapped," Hammie noted.
"What?!" everyone exclaimed as Sora and the kids pulled the hose in, revealing it did snap, "Uh-oh…"
=I got to suplex a dragon!= OushiBlack laughed before looking up to see Scrooge falling =Oh! I got him! I got him!= he shouted as he jumped up and scrambled around to try to catch Scrooge, who turned his fall into a dive and hit the money =Ah! ...Is he dead?=
Scrooge poked out of the money and spat out a few dozen gold coins, "Ah, that was the highest dive I've ever done into me money bin."
"EH!?" ShishiRed gawked, "He can swim in money! That's awesome!"
"I knew the rumors were true!" Louie cheered.
"This has been quite the enjoyable day," Launchpad noted as he looked over at Garu, "Right?"
"The ground! The ground!"
"The grou-Oh no! The ground!" Launchpad panicked before the plane crash landed before the money bin, "...Whew. Everyone alive and okay?"
"Make the world stop spinning…" Hammie groaned as Sora grunted as he struggled to get untangled from the hose with the triplets.
"That was awesome!" Webby cheered.
"Well, my record of safe crashes is intact," Launchpad noted as Garu groaned, his face pressed against the cracked glass.
"You know I thought I liked you…" he spoke, unsticking his face from the glass, "Now I'm gonna maul ya!" he growled, chasing after Launchpad.
"Everybody okay?" Hammie asked, helping up Webby as they looked at the tangled boys. The two looked at each other before poking two sides of the tangled mess...making it untangle and send them all falling in different directions.
"Yeah!" ShishiRed cheered, flashing back to Lucky, "That was awesome!"
"Just glad everyone i-" Sora began.
"Everyone! Front and center! Now!" Scrooge ordered, making everyone tense as they stood straight, "...Not you, Launchpad! Just...focus on cleaning yer mess!"
"Oh! Can do, Mr. McD!" Launchpad saluted as he walked off.
"And the rest of ye…" Scrooge began as he glared at the others, "Sora, in the short time I've known yer friends and the boys, they've wrecked my home and my money bin, unleashed an ancient evil…"
"Technically, you were the one who banged the gong," Garu noted before flinching at the look Scrooge gave him.
"And you almost got me killed...twice!" Scrooge finished before pointing his cane nearby, "And you two! Don't think I don't notice you trying to sneak of with me money."
=Gh?!= Balance tensed, his arms full of bags with Naga just holding a large diamond.
"Balance...we have been...caught," Naga spoke, dropping the diamond while holding his hands up.
=Ah mou…= Balance groaned, dropping the bags as he held his hand up =Okay we give you've caught us, the infamous interstellar phantom thieves…=
"Kaitoh BN," Naga added as they crossed their arms.
"I will be dealing with you two in a moment," Scrooge informed with Balance swearing that the whites of Scrooge's eyes turned yellow while his irises turned bloodshot crimson for a moment, "And as for the rest of ye…!"
"Hoo boy…" Sora gulped as Scrooge glared at the group...only to end up chuckling as it evolved into full blown laughter, "?"
"That was incredible!" Scrooge laughed, sitting between the kids on some nearby rubble as he pointed at Dewey, "When you pulled us into the plane, you said 'no time'! Oh and a Medusa Gauntlet…" he turned his attention to Webby, "Who would've thought of a Medusa Gauntlet?! Brilliant! Oh and your new friends, Sora…! Ha ha! Never have I met such a colorful group of kids like this before! In fact...all of ye are nothing but trouble!" he added as he got up, "Ahh...oh curse me kilts have I missed trouble."
"...so…you're not mad?" Lucky asked.
"Oh far from it, Lucky my lad. In fact…" Scrooge began with a grin, "I'll have to keep a close eye on the kids to teach them to get into trouble properly...and to give you, Sora, and your friends a real adventure."
"You mean…?!" Dewey began excitedly as Scrooge pulled out a gold-colored phone.
"Beakley, clear my schedule! I'm taking the wee ones on a field trip. Oh, and do inform the paramedics of a thief that will need to be taken to the ER while Gyro will be getting a new piece of technology to work on reassembling, please," Scrooge informed, making Balance gulp and Naga to tilt his head.
"I don't understand his meaning," Naga spoke before his eyes flashed and became reptile-like, freezing Scrooge in mid-air, "Oh now I see...he was going to attack us."
"Whoa…" Sora spoke, seeing him do that, "How'd...how'd he do that?"
=Naga is from Planet Ophiuchus!= Balance spoke =A race who has gotten rid of all their emotions, but have powerful ocular abilities!=
"I believe what I just did is equivalent to the spell 'Stop' for my race," Naga added, "I can also make those I've stopped move," he added as he made Scrooge stand normally before blinking and letting him fall and land on his feet, "The duck looks angry, Balance...should I freeze him again?"
=Might be for the best= Balance nodded, leaning on Naga =I mean last thing I need is another quack nerd thinking I'm a robot that can be taken apart=
"Wait...you're not a robot?" Lucky asked.
=Nope! I'm a mechanical life form! I'm an alien!= Balance cheered.
"An alien?! Like a legit alien?!" Webby gasped.
=That's right!= he cheered.
"Excuse me! But ya tried to steal from me!" Scrooge argued.
=Duh...We're Phantom thieves...take from the rich...give to the needy…= Balance argued.
"We are…" Naga spoke simply as he looked to Balance, who nodded. Naga nodded back as they turned back to them.
"...So you think we're a bunch of modern day Robin Hoods, do ye?"
"We have no idea what that is. Is it another type of bird?" Naga asked.
"...Nevermind," Scrooge muttered, "Listen, if you wanted to rob from someone, why not Glomgold?"
=Who?= Balance asked.
"The 'richest' and greediest duck out there, and his company motto is 'Take an idea, make it yer own. Better, faster, and cheaper.'"
=Never heard of him=
"...Actually that's a proper response…" Scrooge whispered before pondering a bit, "...Okay. Considering your friend is capable of casting a psudo-Stop, I won't harm either of ya."
=Phew…=
"Instead, you'll be kept a close eye on and hold our stuff," Scrooge stated, making Balance nearly fall over while Naga blinked, "What? It's a proper punishment...Just be lucky I don't do to you what I did to a Malboro during my one adventure in a swamp."
"What's a Malboro?" Sora asked.
"Really nasty monster with breath so nasty, it gives you practically every ailment out there," Hammie explained.
"Yeesh…" the guys minus Champ all cringed.
=Hahaha...It's funny 'cause you're all organic and squishy!= Champ laughed.
"The really big ones' breath can even cause rust on any mechanical lifeform," Scrooge stated, making Champ and Balance tense, "But enough about that...boys, ladies, best prepare yerselves! We're off on an adventure! To the Lost City of Atlantis!"
"Yay!"
"Oh and no one tell Donald!"
"...How did this happen?" Goofy blinked, he and Donald -who was wearing a business suit- currently stuck to a wall, their clothes covered in staples.
"Lemme go, ya lousy no good…!" Donald ranted as he struggled with getting out of his current state.
"Congrats, lads! You got the job!" a new voice spoke as a figure approached the two.
"Huh? Seriously?" Donald blinked, his anger disappearing for joy, "Oh boy! I'm gonna be an accountant!"
"Wait. But I wasn't goin' for a…" Goofy began.
"Accountant? That was filled yesterday. You two are my new sailor and bodyguard!"
"What?" the two blinked as they were given black versions of their regular clothing.
"Welcome to Glomgold Industries! Now I have a question for ye…" the figure began as they approached the two, revealing themselves to be a fat, old, bearded duck in a Scottish cap and kilt, "What do you know about...Atlantis?"
"..." Donald and Goofy shared looks, 'What did we get into now?!'
SZ:...Hoo boy...ahem. Well with this, part one of this adventure is done...oh yeah. We're going there...each world is gonna be a two parter...which makes sense.
GT: True. I mean, with how big worlds are in the games, it makes sense. Just as it makes sense to have a preview. CUE PREVIEW!
Jikai, Kyuranger: Heart of the Stars!
Lucky: Wah...the entire city is upside down!
Scrooge: Well...that's a new one.
Glomgold: When I find the Lost Jewel of Atlantis and the two sacred star spheres, I'll prove I'm better, richer, and more Scottish than Scrooge!
Pete: Just don't forget our deal, old man.
Sora: Is that...Donald and Goofy?!
Donald, Goofy: Sowa/Sora?!
Balance: Don't mean to alarm anyone, but there's a giant Heartless swimming outside!
Naga: Kyutama…
Lucky: I believe in Naga and Balance...I know they'll come through for us!
Star 3: Hearts of Gold and Silver
Journal Entries
Scrooge McDuck: The richest duck in the universe. He got his fame by being tougher than the toughies, and smarter than the smarties. Aside from travelling from world to world, attending to his businesses, he led a solitary life, but after meeting his nephews and Lucky, his adventurous spirit was rekindled.
Huey, Dewey, and Louie: The triplet nephews of Donald Duck. They once had a shop in Radiant Garden, but were run out of business by some Moogles and had to stay with their uncle Donald for a while...that is until he dropped them off with Scrooge, whom they didn't know was another Uncle of theirs at the time. Apparently, Louie is the evil triplet.
Webby Beakley: Mrs. Beakley's granddaughter who lives with her and Scrooge McDuck at McDuck Mansion. Due to how overprotective Mrs. Beakley was to her, Webby has had little to no interaction with others her age, but is enamoured with the life of being an adventurer. After encountering the triplets, along Sora and co, she finally got her wish and is getting to go out on an adventure with Scrooge to the Lost City of Atlantis.
GT: Well, that was fun. Until next time, readers! Please read and review!
SZ: Later guys and gals!