Tarzan led the way deeper into the jungle, walking crouched over in the style of a gorilla, supporting his weight on his knuckles. Sora and the others followed him closely, aware that it wouldn't be difficult for them to get lost in the jungle depths. Clayton brought up the rear of the party, his hands glued to his shotgun as though they were physically attached. Riku however kept on glancing back to Clayton feeling something was off about Clayton. "You have good instincts Riku…..do not trust the hunter" He heard a voice .

/Who said that?/ Riku thought looking for the source of the voice but he found no one in the team had spoken. The voice sounded familiar to him but he couldn;t put his finger on it He looked at Cloud before he whispered. ""I have a bad feeling about Clayton. theirs something about him that seems off"

"I know, He looks more to be a hunter than a protector." Whispered Cloud.

"Don;t worry, We'll keep an eye on him" Hercules replied, catching the conversation. they slowly passed the word to the others who agreed to keep an eye on Clayton.

They had been walking for quite a while before they reached a small lagoon. There were several deep pools of water, in which several hippos could be found bathing. The entire area was surrounded by moss covered trees and vines. There were several thin trees that seemed to be growing right out of the water, providing a small amount of shade from any sunlight that might manage to stream through the thick tree canopy.

"Whoa…"

"This place is Beautiful" said Xion.

As the group stood in awe, gaping at the lagoon before them, Tarzan examined a growth of ivy that could be found on one of the trees. He dug his hands into and climbed it a little ways upward, then climbed back down. It was definitely strong enough to support human weight. He peered up into the canopy, trying to see where it led. Then, with a firm nod, Tarzan turned to Sora.

"Sora," he called firmly.

Tearing himself away from the vision of the lagoon, Sora moved toward Tarzan. The jungle man immediately pointed at the growth of ivy and gestured toward the top of the tree, making climbing movements with his hands and pointing to the canopy. Sora's jaw dropped.

"Y'mean, we gotta climb up this tree?" he asked in disbelief.

The other members of the group spun around to look at Tarzan and Sora. Tarzan merely nodded and smiled, and then offered to give Sora a boost. Sora stared at the ivy for a moment before taking a deep breath and climbing on. He dug his hands into the plant, giving it a hard tug to test how sturdy it was. He then swung himself up onto it as though it were a ladder, finding holds for his hands and feet as quickly as he could, and climbed.

Sora looked over his shoulder, down to where everyone remained. "Come along guys, just don't look down"

Hercules mounted on Pegasus as they slowly flew with the rest of the team climbing until they reached the top of the vines

As soon as they had arrived safely, Roxas looked around them, concerned.

"Hey, where'd Clayton go?"

The others noticed that Clayton had vanished out of nowhere.

""Maybe he went back?" Goofy offered with a scratch of his head.

Before anyone can say anything, Tarzan made a motion for them to be quiet.

His green eyes were locked onto two large figures that were perched on a large tree branch just above them, looking down at them expectantly. Two gorillas; one distinctly male and the other female. The male must have been the leader, judging by the silver patch of hair on his back. The female was brown in color, with softer features on her face, making her seem almost motherly.

"Kerchak…" said Tarzan.

Kerchek gazed down at Tarzan for going against his orders.

"Kerchak, please listen to me!" Tarzan pleaded with Kerchak in gorilla.

The gorilla leader narrowed his eyes at Tarzan. "I told you to stay away from the strangers!" he roared in rage. "I said not to let them see you and not to seek them out!"

The female turned to the silverback. "Kerchak…"

"Don't try to defend him, Kala!" he roared, turning his attention on the female.

"Just listen to him, Kerchak," she said gently, shrinking back slightly.

Her expression was grave, her eyes glimmering in sympathy for her adopted son. Only then did Kerchak concede to listen, sighing in exasperation before turning his gaze onto Tarzan.

Tarzan took in a deep breath before speaking. "I know the nesting grounds are secret, but I…" He took in another breath, closing his eyes for a moment. He glanced over his shoulder to look at Sora and the others. "I trust them." He then looked back at the other gorillas, his voice softer, humbler. "You see, I want to help them, because… because… well, they need us."

Kala turned to Kerchak expectantly, continuing to plead with him silently on behalf of her son. The silverback continued to stare at Tarzan, who had lowered his eyes slightly in submission. Kerchek then turned his gaze towards the guardians who felt afraid of the gorilla leader. Then, after a brief moment, he turned away as though something had come to his attention

His nostrils flared slightly as he looked up toward a different part of the jungle canopy. Then he simply turned and lumbered away silently.

"Kerchak…"

Tarzan then turned to his mother, who could only give Tarzan a long, sympathetic look. She closed her eyes and began to follow Kerchak. The jungle man sighed heavily, closing his eyes, crushed by the turn of events. "anybody get what they were saying to each other?" asked Roxas.

"I think he was heading for the Tree house we crashed into" said Kairi.

Then suddenly, Tarzan looked up, his eyes going wide, his nostrils flaring as though he'd caught an interesting scent. "Clayton."

"Clayton?" Sora echoed, confused. "What about him?"

Without another word, Tarzan bounded off, taking off through the trees, climbing up the tree trunks as fast as he could.

"Tarzan! Tarzan, wait up!"

The guardians nodded before going towards the tree house as they ran with Tarzen did Riku look at the others. "I knew something was fishy with the man!,"

"You guys don't think he's going to hunt the Gorillas?" asked Xion

"Possibly, we gotta hurry to that Tree House!" exclaimed Max.

/Scene Change/

The gorilla plopped herself down in the middle of the tree house, gazing about her in awe at the unusual surroundings. She then turned her attention onto the peculiar blue and green ball that she had pulled out from among the boxes and crates. The gorilla had no idea what the object could be, but it was most certainly interesting looking. Curiously peering at it from all sides, the gorilla poked it and backed away quickly, expecting something to happen. Interestingly enough, the sphere began to slowly spin in place. After a brief moment of this, it stopped. Nothing else happened.

Blinking, the gorilla slowly moved back toward it, one finger outstretched, and poked its surface again. Once again, the ball began to spin. A small smile crossed the gorilla's face. She seated herself next to it and began to smack the sphere, watching contentedly as it spun faster and faster with each strike. She continued to do so, but would then stop the ball her other hand, only to hit it again. She truly found herself contented with her newfound game.

The barrel of the shotgun gleamed in the dim light as it was raised in the air, its wielder getting down on one knee as he set his sights on the unsuspecting gorilla. A wry smile crossed his lips as he watched the gorilla continue to play with the globe. He aimed carefully, squeezing one eye shut as his grip on the shotgun tightened. His finger began to squeeze the trigger, slowly. The hunter knew he couldn't afford to miss this shot. This was the perfect opportunity.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!"

The duck's voice was so hoarse and loud and so close to his ear that Clayton jumped back and fell onto his rear as he squeezed the trigger, the gun slipping slightly from his grip. He stared at Donald in surprise and alarm as the duck seemed to have appeared from thin air. The shotgun ended up blasting at the floorboards not three feet away from the gorilla. The noise forced the gorilla to jump from her place, stumbling clumsily backward before jumping onto the broken steps and climbing up them frantically to the second story.

Clayton ran a hand through his hair, his eyes wide as he looked up to see the guardians glaring at him. Pegasus, Stitch, Lucy and Pluto glared at him angry. "Whats the big idea!" shouted Donald. jumping hysterically into the air.

They glared at him for a moment, Donald panting for breath, before turning their attention to Tarzan. As The group turned their eyes from Clayton to Donald and back to Clayton, Sora followed Tarzan's gaze to the balcony, where the gorilla had leap up to. Clayton bit back a curse and stared warily at Tarzan. The jungle man moved forward, stepping deeper into the tree house, watching the gorilla as she retreated. He opened his mouth slightly, his eyes widening in recognition.

"Terk?"

The gorilla returned Tarzan's gaze, and as she was about to make her escape, she bumped into the large, lumbering frame of the gorilla leader. Her eyes went wide in horror, and she shrank slightly before him. Tarzan's breath caught at the sight of Kerchak. The silverback looked first at Clayton, his eyes practically spewing fiery rage, then at Tarzan. He grunted angrily, gestured to Terk, and turned to leave.

"Wait, Kerchak!" Tarzan pleaded. "Please!"

The silverback turned, his eyes locking on Tarzan. His face hardened in rage. "I asked you to protect this family. And you betrayed us all."

He then turned and lumbered away, taking his leave. Terk looked back down at Tarzan sympathetically, and then turned her attention to his companions. All of them were looking up at the gorillas, with solemn, sympathetic expressions on their faces. Donald watched her sadly as he took in a deep breath. Terk returned Donald's gaze for a moment before turning around slowly and following the leader.

It was then that everyone's expressions hardened in rage and every pair of eyes turned on Clayton. they were angry at Clayton for ruining their chances to find the King.

His long hair swung into his face as he turned sharply to glare at the British hunter.

Clayton looked at everyone's faces, his eyes wide in panic.

"You don't understand," he told them defensively. "I was only trying to…" He searched frantically for something to say. "Ah, a snake slithered by, you see." The words were practically stumbling over themselves clumsily. "I saved that poor gorilla's life!"

Tarzan could feel the anger welling up within him as he glared at Clayton. He took in a few deep, slow breaths before finally shutting his eyes and turning away. He shook his head slowly from side to side and hung his head in disappointment.

/Back at the Camp/

"How could you do such a thing?"

The group had returned to the tent and had explained what happened in the tree house to Jane. The young researcher was beside herself with rage. Her eyes were burning angrily as she turned on Clayton, yelling at him, her words said as clear as crystal, every syllable shaking in wrath.

"Now, Miss Porter," Clayton started to say, defending himself, "as I told you, I was not aiming at the gorilla."

Jane stepped up to Clayton, pushing her face into his, pointing one finger at him angrily. "You are not to go near the gorillas again!"

The hunter was taken aback somewhat. He laughed nervously, trying to loosen the tension in the tent. "All because of one mishap?" Clayton asked, chuckling slightly. "Come now…"

Clayton's attempt to soften the group hadn't worked at all. Everyone in the tent glared angrily at him, their faces only hardening with frustration and disappointment. Jane stood with her hands on her hips, her lips pressed together in a tight line, taking deep breaths through her nostrils in an attempt to calm herself (which wasn't working very well). Sora folded his arms over his chest as Tarzan turned around to glare at Clayton over his shoulder, his eyes burning in silent anger.

Even Professor Porter was glaring at Clayton as well.

Realizing he was outnumbered, Clayton slowly backed out of the tent, chuckling nervously. He turned around as he reached the doorway and threw the flap of canvas out of his way viciously. As soon as he was outside, Clayton's face twisted angrily.

"What am I doing with these imbeciles?" he asked himself, frustrated. He gripped his shotgun tightly in his hands. "Blasted gorillas! I'll hunt down every last one of them!"

He tapped the barrel of the shotgun in the palm of his other hand, and then slowly lowered it again, not releasing it from his grip. His free hand clenched into a tight fist as he remembered that they had no idea as to the gorilla's whereabouts.

"I'll track them down somehow." Clayton took a breath, calming himself down slightly. "I'll stake my life on it."

An aura of Darkness was over him that he was unaware of.

Clayton then pulled out a matchbox and pipe from the bag that was tied to his belt. He lit up the pipe and was about to put it to his lips when he heard a noise; a rustling from within the surrounding forest of bamboo. Clayton's eyes went wide. Immediately, he lowered the pipe as he strained his ears to pinpoint the location of whatever it was. More noises coming from the surrounding trees. Still nothing to be seen. The hunter put the pipe and matchbox away, tucking them back into their respective bags. More sounds. He continued to search the area, spinning slowly in place, looking around, getting ready with his shotgun. Still more sounds. Coming from somewhere else. Clayton raised the shotgun. He knew where it was coming from now. He aimed the barrel to the source.

He fired.

The sound of the gunshot echoed loudly throughout the jungle.

Everyone inside the tent looked up at the sound of the gunshot, Jane jumping slightly at the loud noise. Sora's eyes went wide as he looked over at the others.

"What was that?"

Tarzan's eyes lowered slightly. "Clayton."

Jane smiled slightly at Tarzan, her face softening. "Yes, Clayton," she confirmed. "It sounded like he shot at something." Her face took on a thoughtful glaze. "But what…?"

Donald grunted. "Who cares? That guy gets what he deserves."

"Oh, don't mind Mr. Clayton," Jane told Donald gently. "He's not a bad person – just a bit impetuous."

"Yeah a bit too much, he reminds me of Damian way to much, i swear sometimes that guy lets his ego go to his head" said Xion as the group exit the tent to look for the gunshot when they felt a familar chills began to run up their spines. Something was wrong. Very wrong. Tarzan especially felt the strange new tension that hung in the air. The usual jungle atmosphere had been interrupted by something. It had to be something powerful. Usually, nothing could make the jungle feel as cold as it did at that moment. That's when they all heard an unusual popping noise, as though something had magically appeared in the area, followed by a series of soft thuds.

"Heartless!" shouted Kairi pointing to a bunch of Blue monkey like Heartless surrounding a Gorilla. instantly the guardians went towards the Heartless with their weapons while protecting the Gorilla. after defeating the heartless did they regroup and the Gorilla fled back to Kerchek. . "You were great Tarzan" said Hercules.

"Thank...You" said Tarzan.

"Guys we gotta find Clayton" said Namine after dismissing her keyblade.

"Yeah especially if theres Heartless here." said Tifa.

"Wait, some of us should stay here and protect Jane." said Kairi moving towards the tent to protect Jane and her father.

"Everyone lets split up and make sure all the Gorillas are safe.' said Sora, He, Donald, Goofy and Tarzan would go check where the gun went off . Riku and his team would go to the treetops and the others will check the Cliffs.. The team split up to go search for the Gorillas.

/Riku/

Riku and his team of Max, Namine, Adam, and Phillip investigated the treetops for any heartless and to make sure the Gorillas were safe. "Do you think the Gorilla's made it back to their homes alright?" asked Namine.

"Maybe but we gotta make sure" Riku replied when their path was obstructed by something big.

A large, sleek-skinned, black gorilla-like Heartless stood in front of him. It was at least ten feet tall and almost as wide. It had a protruding square jaw and extremely muscled arms. On it's broad chest was the Heartless emblem. It's fists were dark purple in color, and it's gleaming yellow eyes were narrowed.

It bellowed, and with that simple shout, every tree within miles shook. Unfortunately, the group of off-worlders was caught in the path of the sonic wave it emmitted from it's mouth. They were blown completely off the trees to the ground nearly a hundred feet below. The five of them landed on their backs after getting thrown off the trees. Then without warning, the gorilla Heartless landed in front of them with a loud crash. It was glaring at the four with those emotionless, yet creepy eyes. The Way to Dawn appeared in Riku's hand just as there was a flash of light around them, indicating that there was now an invisible barrier around the field of battle. They were on their own for this fight.

"Howler...I'm calling this guy a Howler" said Namine taking a snap of the heartless with her phone.

(Boss fight-Sinister shadows theme

Mission-Defeat the Howler

(party-Riku, Namine, Max, Adam and Phillip.)

Riku gazed at the Howler past his blade. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Namine take out her Keyblade and began twirling it between her hands in with his claws ready and Phillip was armed with his sword and shield. Max held his bow ready. .

The Howler beat it's chest with it's massive forearms and let out another howl.

It rushed at them at an impressive speed for something so large, it's knuckles beating the ground on the way.

Riku readied a blast of dark fire and shot it at the oncoming Heartless. It hit it square in the chest, but it did little but slow it down. If anything, it only got angry. It got to Riku first and smashed into him with it's shoulder.

As the young Keybearer went flying across the temporary arena, it stopped and swung it's massive arm at Namine She was more fortunate than her boyfriend and jumped over the arm. She tossed her keyblade at it's massive head. But just like Riku, the weapon had little effect, and it bounced right off.

Riku stumbled to his feet just as the weapon struck the ground at his feet. He yanked it out and tossed it back to his girlfriend who tried a blizzard spell

But the Howler just lifted one of it's arms and they hit the firm skin there. It then swept it's arm out at the girl, sending her flying.

It turned it's attention to Phillip and brought down one huge fist. The prince raised his shield to block, but he was practically flattened under it. He staggered to his feet and retreated from it's follow-up attack.

Riku came up from behind the Heartless, leaping into the air with his Keyblade over his head. He landed on it's head, fully intent on driving his blade into it's face. But before he could do anything, the Howler started thrashing around widly. Riku lost his balance and fell off.

The Howler was about to bring both arms slamming down on him when Adam came to the rescue. He lunged at the Heartless before he used his powerful claw to hit the monster in the face. right between it's yellow eyes, and Riku followed up with a barrage of dark fire in the same spot.

The Howler staggered back, clutching it's face. It fell onto it's back, and stayed there for several seconds.

"Thanks for that Adam" said Riku to Adam.

"Your welcome." said Adam when the Howler got back up. It glared at them, and then let out another monstrous howl.

Pure sound blasted them, hurting their ears and sending them reeling backwards. When the barrage stopped, Max fired off arrows from his bow only to have it smacked away the arrows by a giant palm. The Howler advanced on them again.

/t's way too durable to hurt by conventional means. we have to find a weak spot./ Riku thought after his team regrouped to figure a plan of attack.

Riku realized what it was soon enough: the face. But it had been trying to protect it, it was only by luck that he and Adam had been able to strike it last time. To experiment, he tossed a ball of fire at the face. It blocked the attack immediately.

"Aim for the face." He told the others. "Namine, Follow my lead."

They nodded to him before Riku ran at the charging Heartless with his blade outstretched, a barrage of fireballs preceding him. The Howler blocked the fire with one arm, and immediately swiped at the Keybearer with the same arm when he was within range only for Adam to catch the arm and hold it with his might.

Riku overlept it and tossed Way to Dawn down at it's face as he went by. At the same moment, Namine with her keyblade had covered her weapon in fire tossed her weapon as well. Both weapons crashed into the Howler's face at the exact same time, and met in a crash of light that was as intense as the roar the Heartless made in it's death throws. It thrashed about clutching it's face as their keyblades returned to them in a flash of light.

The Howler toppled over and landed with a huge thud. It's body began to dissolve into plumes of black smoke, drifting upward along with a large, pink heart. There was a soft flash of light, and the barriers keeping them trapped disappeared.

(end Sinister Shadows)

"Great work guys" said Max coming to them with Phillip and Adam.

"Yep and we saved those gorillas from that Heartless" said Phillip gesturing to the five gorilla's they had rescued from the Howler. Each one of them had a gummiblock with them and gave them to the gang. "Come on, lets continue our search" said Riku before he and his team continued their search for any more gorillas.

/Roxas/

"How many of these things are there!" Xion shouted in frustration after taking down another Powerwild Heartless. Roxas and his team consisting of him, Xion, Lea, Tifa, Hercules, Cloud and Zack. they had investigate the Lagoon area where they found more Gorilla's being attacked by Powerwilds, Sniperwilds and a new breed of flying Heartless that resembled parrots, though they were predominately black, and marked with red and green on the wings. They had the same gleaming yellow eyes that most Heartless shared.(Dark Beaks.)

"Stay calm Xion...we can take em." Cloud said before he used his Buster Sword to take down a diving Dark Beak. Hercules grabbed a log and he smacked away five of the Dark Beaks before he used his god powers to create two Aura Spheres. Zack smacks the spheres into the air as they zoned in to the Heartless destroying them.

"Holy!" said Xion casting her spell. Pillars od light erupted from the ground. Taking down the shadow heartless one by one. She then tosses her keyblade at another Dark Beak before it can sneak up on Tifa.

Lea shot a few fireballs at the airborne Heartless, holding them off for Roxas who was engaging Powerwilds. He now equipped with his Chakrams Lea's spun with his arms outstretched, his chakrams cutting into everything that got close enough to attack. When he stopped spinning, he launched his twin weapons into an approaching Dark Beaks and set them ablaze. It exploded, taking three of it's fellows with it into darkness. The chakrams flew back into Lea's hands and he spun, decapitating another two with identical swipes. He kicked behind him and knocked another one flat.

Zack using his Buster Sword finished off the one Lea knocked down. The area cleared did the team look at the Gorilla's they had saved. They too had pieces of the gummiship and handed them to their saviors.

"Come on, lets head back to camp.

/Sora/

Sora, Donald, Goofy and Tarzan arrived to the area where they heard the gun go off. They found no traces of Clayton before goofy spotted something.

"Hey whats that?" asked Goofy looking at the rock. a large curved wooden pipe. He picked the pipe up and showed it to the gang. Placing his spear on the jungle floor, Tarzan took the pipe into his hands and inspected it, running the tips of his fingers over its surface and smelling it.

"Clayton."

just then Toothless turned his head towards the thick bush before he growled. That's when Sabor came out of hiding and went towards the nearest person which happened to be Sora. Sabor lunged at him only for Stitch to smack the predator away with a rock he threw. Tarzen then began to battle Sabor while the three watched. Suddenly, Sabor pounced at Tarzan, and they could only watch helplessly as both fighters fell backward, falling through a small, narrow hole that had previously been half covered by the surrounding foliage and small twigs and branches. Tarzan's yell echoed up from within the pit.

"Tarzan!" everyone shouted

For a long while, everyone merely stared at the open pit expectantly, waiting for the victor to emerge. If it was Tarzan, then they had won. But if it wasn't… then they would be ready for it.

After a long, drawn out moment, noises could be heard from within the pit. Some of the vines that ran deeper into the pit began to shake slightly. Something was coming. One of the fighters had won. The guardians pulled out their weapons ready in case it attacked.

Ever so slowly, a yellow fur coat emerged, pulling itself out of the pit, it's shoulder blades visibly working to do so. The leopard's head was still hidden from view as it worked to free itself from the confines of the narrow hole. Sora Donald and Goofy gripped their weapons, ready to finish the battle, when suddenly the rest of Sabor emerged from the hole. Its body dropped to the floor, limp, revealing a victorious Tarzan as he pulled himself out. He looked up at the three with a smile. "Way to go Tarzan!" said Sora as the apeman brought the body of Sabor with him.

Sora then heard a gorilla cry before he, Dpnald and Goofy saw a Gorilla being held hostage by a silver baboon with a boomerang in the shape of a wing. "Ook?" asked Tarzan.

The monkey known as Ook then retreated with the gorilla hostage into a very large dead tree. "What is this place?" asked Goofy.

"Jungle Temple...Ook's home. Something wrong with Ook...We must help him." said Tarzan before he entered the Jungle Temple with Sora, Donald and Goofy behind him.

(Jungle Temple-Forest Temple Theme from Twilight Princess)

The four entered the Jungle Temple to see that it was covered in a vines and plantlife. Totem poles were covered in moss and the four of them looked at the temple. "Where did he go?" asked Donald when Goofy pointed in front of them. A Silver monkey was being held captive in a wooden cage and guarding it was a Soilder Heartless. Sora with Kingdom Key ran straight at the Heartless before he struck the heartless in one hit. Tarzan used his strength to destroy the cage and freed the monkey.

"What happened to Ook?" asked Tarzan in Gorilla much to the other three who cannot understand.

"Boss started to act mad when a monster made its home in the deepest part of our home...Boss tried to fight it but then came out all crazy and had rest of family locked up. I was about to warn Kercheck about Ook when i got captured. Please help me to free my family." said the monkey.

"Whats wrong Tarzan?" asked Sora.

"Some Monster has made its home in the Jungle Temple and Ook is being forced to serve it. We must destroy the monster and free Ook and his family." Tarzan replied revering the message to Sora, Donald and Goofy.

"right , we'll help any way we can." Sora said.

"Because were Heroes." said Donald.

Tarzan smiled to his new friends before he looked at the silver monkey. "Take us to Ook. we can try to find out whats wrong with him."

"Thank you Tarzan" said the Monkey before she climbed up the spider infested vines. She guestered for them to follow them up the vines. Sora seeing the spiders pulled out a slingshot his sisters gave him and he fired a few rocks at them taking them down. "Where did you get that slingshot Sora?" asked Goofy curious.

"My sisters gave it to me for my birthday and i also have this lanturn I brought back in Traverse Town." Sora said, pulling out a lanturn. The four of them climbed up to the monkey who pointed to the stone door with a red swirl on it. Sora then opened the door for them to proceed into the next room which is slightly bigger than the previous room. Donald spots a small bug standing before him and he said. "Out of my way you big palooka"

He hits the bug only for it to light up like a bomb making the three of them panic. "Its a BOMB!" shouted goofy. Tarzan hits the bomb away and it strikes a cracked wall revealing a small treasure chest. "Thanks for that Tarzen...wasn't expecting that" Goofy replied when Sora opened the chest to find a small amount of money. "Not bad...i wonder what else we'll fnd in here" Sora replied when the four followed the monkey up the small stairs. Another treasure chest only blue hanged above them in webs. A large spider with a skull painted on its back stood in their way

"Skulltulla" said Sora, remembering Merlin's book of monsters he gave the team to study in case they run into any monsters unknown to them. Tarzan used his spear to stab the spider in the face before he heaved it up and tossed it out of their way. "Gravity" Sora said on the chest making it fall down right in front of him. Sora opened the chest to pull out a map of the entire temple. "Hey, I bet we can use this to find our way though this place without getting lost."

"Theres another one right there Sora" Goofy said pointing to another one across from them near the door. The four of them jumped over to the small treasure chest near the door the monkey stood and Sora opened it to reveal a Compass. "A compass? I wonder what its for?" Sora wondered.

"We'll figure that out later but right now we are in the room called the Crossroad Hub." said Goofy looking at the map. The monkey pointed to the door in front of them before Sora opened it. The five including the monkey stepped into a room called the Windy Gorge. The wind picked up making it very windy for the five. The female monkey led them to a large windy chasm with a long bridge up ahead. The monkey began to cross the bridge by herself, when suddenly, Ook with the Boomerang came out from the door on the other side and he readied his weapon, which startled the female monkey and she ran back, just in time when the baboon threw the boomerang at the bridge's ropes, cutting them. The baboon made an evil cackle as he turned his back at them and spanked his red posterior before heading back into the door he came from.

"That was just mean" Donald stated. The monkey then climbed back up before she said. "The others can help us reach leader. They have been captured by monsters within the Temple. Follow me"

"Was there a monkey fight or something?" Sora wondered but he and the others went back into the Crossroad Hub. The monkey then pointed to the two doors. "I think we should split up if were gonna find the other monkeys" said goofy.

"Good idea Goofy, you and i will go this way" Donald replied pointed to the east. Sora and Tarzan would go to the west door.

/Donald and Goofy/

They were met with pure darkness as Donald conjured up light with his staff to light their way and burn down a web to reach a room with wooden piers, with water below them. The two was about to make to the piers, but a Deku Baba was in the way so they defeated it first before leaping to the first segments of piers and faced off against a hanging Skulltula. They noticed that this room had two doors, but one of them was locked.

"So, I think we should head to the unlocked door, right?" Goofy guessed.

"That's right. There might be a key in that door. We don't have a keyblade with us" Donald stated before the door lead them back to the Windy Gorge. There was a bridge that spins by the wind's blowing. They made it across to reach the Wind Bridge Crossroads, a small room where there was a wind bridge in the middle of the room. A chest was near the two and goofy opened it to reveal a key. "Got it. Lets head back to that other room."

Donald and Goofy retrace their steps back into the Step-Stone Cavern. Goofy saw a black chest with a red gem behind a wooden gate. "Hey Donald...i wonder whats in that chest?"

"Must be something important" Donald replied looking at the top of the towers. "Wind!" said Donald casting Aero at the top of the towers making them all spin to open the gate. Goofy opened it to reveal a black key with a red gym. This key was bigger than the silver key they had just obtained.

"This key must be very important...lets keep going" Goofy said before he and Donald unlocked the door. As soon as they stepped into the next room, they spotted another monkey trapped in a cage at the top of a totem pole.

"There's one of the monkeys" Goofy pointed before he tripped on a root and crashed into the totem pole. The cage fell down and the monkey was freed. The Monkey began to clap its hands at the two Disney residents. "Come on, lets go find the other monkeys" Donald replied. He, Goofy and the rescued monkey left the room.

/Sora and Tarzan/

The first thing that they encountered in the room they were on were Baba Serpents and heartless as they defeated them before going up the stairs, finding a boulder at the top. "Sora." Tarzan pointed to another Bombling near them. Sora then hits the bomb bug at the boulder destroying it to reveal a door. The two went through it.

On the next room, it had more totem poles and a small stone bridge across the water. Tarzan saw another chest on top of a totem pole. He climbed up the totem pole and he pulled out a small key from it before handing it to Sora the two then tried to cross the tile floor where some worms called Tile Worms hid underneath ready to ambush them. "Wind" Sora casted Aero to make the tiles worms go flying into the water. The two then cross over where Sora found another chest. He opened it to find a small amount of treasure and he pocked it into his money bag. He then lite the torches up to make a stairway up to the caged monkey and he used the small key Tarzan found to open the cell.

"There you go. You're free." Sora smiled as the monkey happily claps. The monkey followed them back to the previous room where Sora took care of some wall spiders with his slingshot. The three then climbed the vines to reach another door into a room which contained a monkey imprisoned behind a locked door, with the key standing right in front of them. Unfortunately, the key gets swallowed by the Big Baba in the middle of the room, Big Baba consist of a huge, weighty head on a giant thorny stem attached to a large bud. The bud in the center is actually the main body of the creature. It was flanked by Power wilds and plant like heartless called Creeper Plants.

The round, silver-lined head of the Creeper plant has a small face, with two glowing yellow eyes and a jagged maw. Four large flower petals border the head, two of which are orange, and two of which are yellow. Four orange and yellow spikes can be seen protruding from the head, the orange ones appearing in front of the yellow petals, the yellow ones appearing in front of the orange petals. A thin, green, vine-like neck extends from the back of the head to the small, blue-green body, where four root-like legs extend from the corners and into the ground. Small mounds of brown earth gather where the legs enter the ground.

Some of them had a different color. The body, neck, and legs are now light-green, the face is now a reddish color, the mouth is larger, all four spikes around the head are now orange, and the petals blend from yellow to light-pink.

"Lets do this Tarzan" Sora replied before he summoned Oblivion and Tarzan held his spear. Sora ran straight for the Big Baba and dodge the monsters head before cutting it off the main body. The Creeper Plants now had an opening to fire their seed shots at him only for several firespells and a shield to intercept them. Donald and Goofy arrived just in time to join the next fight. Goofy mounted his shield before going around and smacking the Powerwilds into the air. "Thunderga!" Donald casts Thunderga to destroy the ones he missed taking them all out in one go. The body of the Big Baba was still alive and Sora grabbed a Bombling and tossed it into the body destroying it and revealing the key.

Donald picked it up and he went over to the caged monkey freeing it. "Great i wonder how many more needs to be set freed?" Sora wondered before Goofy pulled out the black key, he and Donald found. "We found this key after we freed another monkey."

"It must be important. Lets keep going." Sora replied before the four of them with the two monkeys backtracted to the Crossroad Hub. The four freed monkeys gestured for the four to follow them back to the Windy Gorge. the four monkeys joined together and leapt on the bridge's rope, hanging upside-down and clapping their hands at the group. Sora thought for a moment until he finally got it; he leaped off the ledge and the monkey on the front grabbed his hands. He made it to the other side like an acrobat actor and approached the door, with the others following suit before they all went inside.

The moment they all stepped into the new room, the door behind them suddenly shut tight as they saw that Ook was waiting for on one of the totem poles; the one in the middle of the circle of totem poles. Tarzan spoke in Gorilla. "Ook please, we are here to help you"

Ook wasn't in a listening mood before he rose his boomerang and throws it as it traveled around the ceiling, cutting down two Baba Serpents, who began to slither towards the group as Ook spanked his posterior again before leaping over to another pole and throwing the boomerang at them.

"We have no choice.. We must knock some sense into Ook" Tarzan said before readying his spear while the other three readied their weapons. Goofy smacks the Boomerang with his shield back to Ook who failed to catch it after Sora and Tarzan hit the totem pole he was standing on. Knocking him off the pole and Donald was ready. "This outta do the trick...FIRE!" said Donald setting the Baboon's butt on fire.

Yelling in pain, Ook hopped while holding his posterior, not paying attention to where he was going, and hit his head into the nearby pole. With that, a strange insect fell out of his head and exploded.

Ook slowly recovers while placing a hand on his head, looking all confused… and then he tensed up as he turned to look at the group, leading him to freak out as he jumped in fright towards one of the poles and ran out through a small opening in the wall above.

"Well, that was… something." Sora blinked.

"Huh… so some sort of bug was controlling him?" Donald pondered. "That seems kind of weird."

"True but don't forget about Wonderland...that was one weird place" Goofy commented before Sora noticed the boomerang Ook left behind. now glowing pure white on the ground, when suddenly, it spun in the air by itself, and a voice spoke to him:

"I am the Fairy of Winds who resides in this boomerang. You have freed me from evil, and I now have my true power back. Please… Take it with you, use it to aid your quest, and may both my power and my blessing go with you. If you focus power in your boomerang before releasing it, it will unleash the power of wind, aiding you in unforeseen ways."

The boomerang flew in a loop before landing on Sora's hand. It had became the Gale Boomerang. "Sweet. With this, i bet we can continue deeper into the Temple."

The four of them left the chamber to continue their search for the other monkeys unaware of the mysterious man watching them.

/1 hour later/

Sora, Donald, Goofy and Tarzan managed to free the remaining monkeys in the temple and they were now at the Giant Forest Tree Chasm, where all the monkeys joined up together to create a giant rope of monkeys to help the heroes get to the boss door. There, they nodded to each other and unlocked the door and entered it, getting ready to face what's up ahead.

They enter a large round chamber with a shallow pool of filthy purple water, which they assumed it was poisonous. The door shut tight behind them as they turned back to see Bomblings poking out of hollow logs. In a cage not to far from them was several gorillas including the brown one that was spotted with Kerchek. "Mother" said Tarzan on seeing his mother. Suddenly, the water begins to bubble, and two gigantic Baba heads roared out of the water, snapping and snarling at the heroes.

"What is that thing, a giant plant monster!" said Donald.

"The Parasite of the Jungle ...Diababa" said a voice to Sora who was confused. He snapped out of it when one of the Babas attempted to bite down at him, but he stepped away just in time. The other head goes for Tarzan but he jumps away from it before stabbing it's face with his spear. The monster retreated before Sora saw a Bombling nearby. Sora readys the Gale Boomerang and tossed it at the bombling, carrying the bomb to the baba who ate it. The bomb exploded making the head retreat into the water. Sora caught his boomerang and tossed it again repeating the process making the other head retreat into the water.

"We did it" Sora replied but then, the hollow logs sunk into the water, causing the two Bomblings to retreat as another rumbling sound came in and the water boils while the room was shaking. From there, a massive snaking head, flanked by the giant Babas the heroes just defeated, emerges from the murk and roars at their faces, showing its only 'eye' in the mouth. That was no doubt the real body of Diababa.

'What the!" Donald replied.

"That must be its real body," said Goofy holding his shield.. The baba heads tried to lunge at the four but they quickly dodge the heads and Donald fired a few firespells at the monster but they bare affected it. Sora jumped away from another head before he smacks it with his keyblade. The fight seemed hopeless when a familiar cry. The four see Ook came into the room by a small opening at the wall above. Grabbing hold of a rope, he swung to the other side to bring out a Bombling. "Looks like he came to help us" Goofy replied. Ook swings across the room with the bomb making the middle head of Diababa looking at him. "Sora!, the Gale Boomerang, use it to get that bomb" said donald dodgeing another heads bite. Sora aimed his Boomerang at Ook before throwing it. The winds caught the bomb before guiding it to the thrid head contaning the eye where it exploded and the massive plant fell over to the ground while exposing its eye.

This gave everyone the chance to lay the smack down on the eye, until it got back up and then a few bulges showed up on its belly before firing poison from its mouth. Goofy blocked the deadly spew with his shield. the group noticed Ook coming back in with a another Bombling.

With that, Sora threw his Gale Boomerang at it and had it go towards the eye again as Diababa was distracted by Tarzan. After it fell over on the ground again, Sora with Kingdom Key stabbed it delivering the killing blow.

Diababa roars in pain as it moves its head around in defeat. It then shrivels up into an emaciated tube before dropping its 'eye' into the ground. Diababa dries up and explodes into shards of darkness. Tarzan went over to his mother nad the other gorilla before he leads them out of the Temple leaving Sora, Donald and Goofy alone. The lake in the middle began to glow before a large sphere of light came up. A large spirit of what appears to be a mix of a monkey, Squirrel and lemur appeared as it hugged the sphere. Sora, Donald and Goofy were taken back at the spirit. "I am Faron….I am one of the ancient light spirits who guards the Realm of Light. By destroying that creature, you have freed me from my prison "

The spirit looks at Sora's necklace before he continued. "Heroes of Light...my fellow light spirits have also been captured and imprisoned by the dark forces to keep us from using our powers to protect the balance of the Worlds...You must free my brethren before Darkness takes over all worlds."

A column of light appeared around the three. "This portal will teleport you out of the Temple...may your Heart be your guiding key" said Faron before disspatting into particles of light. Sora, Donald and Goofy were teleported out of the Temple and back at the entrance. Tarzan was already waiting for them. "Wheres the gorillas?" asked Sora.

"They retreated to the cliffs where they will be safe from the Heartless." said Tarzan when another gun goes off but this time, it came from the campsite.

Sora and Tarzan instantly got worried. "Kairi"

"Jane"

The four of them quickly rushed towards the camp.

/Kairi-Few minutes before/

Kairi sat at the camp feeling a bit bored on guarding Jane and her father in case the Heartless tried to attack. "I hope everyone is okay" she muttered.

"Im sure they'll be fine. Now why don;t you have a cup of tea dear" said Professor Porter pouring her a cup of tea. Kairi smiled before she took the cup. Before she can even take a drink, she hears something coming out of the jungle to reveal the same gorilla that Clayton tried to shoot. She crashes into Kairi feeling scared before Kairi saw Clayton coming out of the jungle with his shotgun. "Clayton! I thought we told you to stay away from the Gorillas!" Jane snapped at him. Kairi then saw him gice them a dark look and kairi felt darkness coming off him. "Stay back." she said summoning Destinys Embrace. Clayton aimed his gun at them before he fired at them. Kairi raised her barrier which is a pink with her lucky charm to guard the bullet. Clayton gritted his teeth before he summoned a giant Heartless called the Blackfang.

it resembled a giant African Black Mamba with dark grey skin and yellow eyes. It was sixty ft long, The heartless Emblem on its forehead as the heartless screeched at the two girls. the insides of it's mouth was pure black with black fangs.

(Boss Fight-Blackfang- Dark Inferno Theme-KH3)

The Blackfang spat out a black substance from its mouth at Kairi who dodged the black substance. It narrowed its yellow eyes at Jane and her father before it heard. "Hey over here!" shouted Kairi before she hits the tail of the monster with her keyblade. The Blackfang hissed at her before trying to strike her with it's lightning like speed. Kairi using her quick reflexes got out of the way of the monster's jaw before she used a combo on the monsters head.

The monster thrashed away from her before it dived into the ground. The Blackfang came back out of the ground right underneath sending her flying. Kairi did an ariel recovery before she aimed her keyblade at the monster. "Flower Shot!" a ball of pure light left her keyblade and struck the monster in the face. Kairi jumps and hits the Heartless's face with her spiral attack combo on the Heartless. The Blackfang then grabbed them both in it's coils and held her in it's grasp. The Heartless squeezed tightly making the girl struggling for air./Gotta break free or else i'm done for/ Kairi thought.

Just then Lucy came to the rescue as she began to to claw the monsters head to get it to let go of Kairi. Kairi seeing her chance to free her hand. She poitned her keyblade at the monsters mouth. "Pearl!"

The orb of light fired from her keyblade and struck the heartless hard but it wasn't letting go of her. Kairi then raised her keyblade at the monsters opened jaw before she casted. "Thunder Shot!"

A ball of Electricity left her keyblade before it went into the monsters mouth. That did the trick before a glowing Heart left it's forehead. The body fell down before dissolving into Darkness.

/End Theme/

After the defeat of the heartless, the rest of the team came back to the camp and saw the damage to the campsite. "You okay?" asked Lea.

"I'm fine, took down some Heartless. nothing i can't handle" said Kairi before Jane came over to them with her father, Terk and the Elephant which his name was Tantor. "what happened Jane?" asked Tarzan.

"It's Clayton. He's going after the Gorillas. We have to stop him" said Jane before telling them about her encounter with Clayton. just then they heard another gunshot and it came from the cliffs.

"To the Cliffs!" exclaimed Tifa. The guardians along with Tarzan and his friends hurried to the Cliffs.

/Cliffs/

The entire group of gorillas had been driven into a small area that was completely closed off by small cliffs of dirt and rock, leaving only a few ways to escape through. There were growths of ivy and other vegetation on small segments of the stone walls, and the roots of some of the larger trees could be seen protruding from within the rock and dirt. The leaves and branches of trees could still be seen from this part of the jungle, but not much light managed to reach this far to the floor. Any light that illuminated the cliff area came from the other side of one of the higher dirt walls, which was almost impossible to scale as it had no footholds or handholds. There wasn't a single growth of ivy spanning its surface; the only vegetation that was on it was several patches of green mass.

The gorillas all huddled together, shaking in anxious terror as they stared wide eyed at the stranger before them and his horde of blue and gray monkeys. Some of them had been struck by the strange creatures and ran to the company of the others in fear. They watched nervously as the Heartless hopped up and down in place, their glowing yellow eyes locked on the figures of all the gorillas. Standing not far behind them was a tall British hunter, holding his shotgun in both hands as he surveyed the work of the Heartless that were at his command. A wry smile crossed his lips and he moved forward, raising his shotgun into position and aiming carefully at the nearest gorilla who was Kala.

Shrieking in terror, the other gorillas fled out of the way. Kala appeared to be paralyzed, her feet rooted to the spot. Her gentle brown eyes merely grew wide, her nostrils flaring. She looked to the others out of the corners of her eyes, but couldn't even find her voice to call to the others for help. Her entire body quaked in fear as she looked on, helpless.

Kerchak moved forward quickly and roared in offended rage. Almost immediately, a group of the Heartless fell from their perches in the nearby trees and descended upon the silverback. The other gorillas began to scream and holler, pounding their massive fists on the floor and baring their teeth. The hunter squeezed one eye shut and his finger began to slowly pull the trigger.

"NO!"

Sora and the others had arrived in the nick of time. They ran into the cliff area at top speed and slid through the dirt to a stop several feet away from where Clayton stood. Clayton glanced over at them, rolling his eyes slowly to the side to look. He lowered his gun slightly before turning his neck to look at them fully. He stared at them for a long moment, unflinching.

As soon as he had disposed of all the Heartless that had attacked him, Kerchak hurried to Kala's side and examined her quickly. He looked toward the others before gesturing for her to follow him. She obeyed him almost immediately, nodding slightly. All of the gorillas then retreated into the higher reaches of the area; into the trees or to the tops of the cliffs. Tantor with his passengers stood next to the Gorilla leader as they waited for battle to begin.

"Clayton?" asked Sora.

Tarzan stepped back slightly, shaking his head. "Not Clayton!" he yelled firmly. His grip on his spear tightened. "Ee ooh, oo ooh ah! Not Clayton!"

Powerwild Heartless appeared along with Bouncywilds, and Green Requiems, Cousins of the Red Nocturnes and Blue Rhapsodies only they were dark green and focused on healing magic. Clayton nodded to the Heartless before they charged towards the guardians.

Donald bashed a heartless with his staff before casting blizzard at a Powerwild. Tarzan exploded into action, bounding forward and swinging his spear dangerously, slicing through the Heartless easily, making his way toward Clayton. Meanwhile, Sora had blocked the charge of the Heartless with the side of his Keyblade and pushed the monster away before following Tarzan's example and running headlong into battle, his weapon flashing in the dim light.

The rest of the team finished off the heartless before strange purple like creatures with red eyes appeared. they were sleek, humanoid creatures. Its arms and legs end in points and have no distinct digits. It has a triangular head with two long, jagged, lightning bolt-shaped antennae. Kairi's eyes widen before she had a small flashback to the blue monsters only they were purple. "IT"S THEM!" she shouted in her mind.

"Unversed!"Shouted Hercules and Zack remembering the monsters from long when their friends Aqua, Terra and Ven were still around

"Unversed?" asked Roxas before taking down the first one near him. Another tried to attack him but the Guardian appeared and punched it into the wall. Riku noticed the Guardian had a very angered look on its face before going at the Unversed with a fury. Punching all that were near it.

That's what they are called. the Keyblade can kill these guys too" said Hercules before picking up a boulder and tossed them to the Unversed. Several more Unversed appeared alongside the Floods.

The Wild Bruisers were large, muscular, ape-like creature. Its body is predominantly brown, but its belly and chest are dark grey. Its forearms are massive and drag along the ground, its hands are black, and it wears a green and light green bracelet on each of its wrists. Its legs are relatively small and thin and its head is spherical. The Wild Bruiser's face is black and has two black horns jutting out of the sides of its head. It also has what seems to be a yellow banana peel on its head. Its red eyes are set in a happy expression and the Unversed logo is emblazoned on its belly.

The Scrappers is a humanoid Unversed with predominantly blue skin. Its hands are silver and end in three-fingered claws. Its head is diamond-shaped and sports two short horns on either side of it. Its red eyes are set in a sorrowful expression and the Unversed logo is emblazoned on its chest. some of them were blue while the others were dark green.

The Bruisers are large, bottom-heavy creature with predominantly blue skin. Its feet curl up at the toes and its conical arms end in round, silver, mitten-like hands. Its head is spherical and sports two long antennae that hook upward sharply. The Bruiser's midsection is black with white highlights and is lined by triangular patterns resembling teeth. Its red eyes are set in a happy expression and the Unversed symbol is emblazoned on its belly. some of them are Purple besides the one with the blue skin.

The Thornbite's lower body is orange and resembles a flower pot or spinning top. Its head is spherical, black, and sports a pink flower on its top. Its arms, which sprout from either side of its body, are long, green, and thorny vines that end in dark green leaves. Its red eyes are set in a sorrowful expression. The Unversed symbol is on the back of the Thornbite's head.

and the Mandrake is a small Unversed with dark green skin, wide hips, and short legs. It has green and light green highlights on its body, and it lacks arms. The Mandrake has a spherical, white head that is partially surrounded by a dark green "collar," and its eyes are red and set in a sorrowful expression. A red marking between the Mandrake's eyes resembles a mouth. The Mandrake's most prominent feature is the three white, leaflike blades atop its head. These blades end in pale green, arrowhead-like tips. Some of the Mandrakes were orange.

"Let's get those things!" shouted Adam before charging into battle with the others minus Kairi who was frozen in a bit of fear. A sudden memory came out of nowhere as she remembered something she had long forgotten.

/Flashback/

Kairi who was only five was terrified as she was being chased by the Floods near a large castle. She was soon cornered by the Unversed as she shook in fear. Her eyes were filled with tears as the first Unversed lunged at her before it met it's end by a spell. standing in front of her was a girl with blue hair. she has a tall and slender figure, . She has blue eyes and medium-length blue hair, mostly parted to her left. She wears a black and navy blue, high-collared halter top, a black corset with two pairs of white laces and black shorts. She has two pink straps intersecting over her chest, with a silver badge over the intersection. On her arms are white bell-sleeves and tan, fingerless gloves. She also wears a small, segmented piece of armor on each of her upper arms. She wears black stockings reaching about halfway up her thighs, leaving a small area of bare skin. There are two strips of blue cloth draped over each of her hips, along with a smaller, white strip of cloth tied around her waist and draped in the same manner. Her silver boots are pointed and armored, with a sharp "hook" on the outer side of each.

"Leave her alone!" shouted the woman holding her Keyblade as little kairi got a good look at it. The blade is thin and predominantly a dull, metallic blue color. There is a teardrop-shaped gap in the base and near the tip of the blade's shaft. The head of the Keyblade is roughly diamond-shaped, though the left corner of the diamond is absent and there is another, small, white diamond on the inner edge of the right corner. The teeth are formed by four blue spikes lining the outer edge of the Keyblade's head. The handle is smooth and black. The guard is angular, predominantly white, and does not fully connect to the Keyblade. The Keychain links and its token are all made up of water droplets.

Just then another Unversed lunged towards them when a small anamorhic mouse with the Star Seeker keyblade. He wears a short-sleeved jacket with white lining. The top half of this jacket is black, while the bottom half is red, and there are two yellow straps dangling in front of it. His pants are red and sport a zipper going down the front of each leg. Each leg also has a yellow pouch with a black strap that partially cover the zipper, as well as a blue strap on the outer side of each pant leg. "Hurry!, get that Girl to Safety" said the mouse.

"Who are you, and why do you have a keyblade?" asked the woman.

"I'll explain Later, right now we have to stop these things!" said the mouse as he faced the monsters. "Come on this way" said the woman as she lead her to safety before rejoining the fight and quickly took out the monsters. She came out of hiding before she looked at Aqua and Mickey. "Thank you, im Aqua, I train under Master Eraqus" said Aqua

"And im Mickey, i train under Yen Sid, i came to him for more training" said Mickey with a smile.

Aqua then turned to Kairi. "I can feel her light, do you think it's why they attacked her."

"Gosh maybe, maybe she;s someone really important" said Mickey, little Kairi gasped thinking that she was going to be someone important.

"Yep, i can feel it too. Lets stick together" said Mickey until his star charm went haywire and then sent him going off again as the two watched him go.

"Here" said Kairi handing her some of her flowers. "Aww so sweet is that for me?" asked Aqua looking at her with a soft smile.

"Yeah, thank you for saving me. My name is Kairi" said Kairi with a big smile.

"Hello, i'm Aqua" said Aqua with her smile before she felt something from Kairi. like she too had the power to wield the keyblade. "Kairi, hold out your hand for me?"

Confused did Kairi do what she was told before Aqua said "In your hands take this key..so long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be. And you will find me, friend—no ocean will contain you then. No more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love."

Aqua offered the keyblade to Kairi and she looked at her. Aqua smiled before she nodded. Kairi took the hilt of the weapon until she was holding it. Aqua smiled knowing that she was right. this little girl does have the power to wield one.

"Kairi" said an elderly voice. Aqua and Kairi looked to see an elderly woman had arrived to the castle. a small, elderly woman with thick, grey hair tied into a bun. She is usually seen smiling pleasantly with her eyes closed, though the few times they are seen open, she is shown to have blue eyes like Kairi. She wears a sleeveless, purple dress with a white apron that has laces at the bottom, over it. She also wears a dark cloth tied around her neck, and a white ring on her left ring finger.

"Its time to go home" Her Grandmother replied.

"Okay" said Kairi handing Aqua her weapon and she dismissed it.

"Hang on Kairi, one more thing" said Aqua as she placed her finger on Kairi's necklace. A glow came before it went away. "I placed a Spell on your necklace. Should anything happen to you, Your light will guide you to another's light and they will keep you safe."

She nodded before she hugged the older woman who returned it before going over to her grandmother. She looks back at aqua before she waved. "Bye"

Aqua waved to her before watching the two walk home. Aqua looked at the flowers kairi gave her. Before her eyes she watched as the flowers became Destiny's Embrace before it flew out of her hand and towards Kairi. The keyblade went into her by a small orb. Aqua was taken back at what she witnessed. /I just hope that she never have to use the Keyblade ever/ she thought as the flashback came to an end.

/Flashback ends/

Kairi;s eyes opened as she saw that she was still in the same spot where she was. , Sora, Donald and Goofy were engaging Clayton and his heartless while the others were engaging the Unversed. /Aqua/ she thought before she felt a power come over her, a sudden power to protect her friends like Aqua did for her. The woman who saved her life and is also a friend of the boy named ventus who Sora has been dreaming of. "Arcane Form!" She shouted before her clothes changed into a dark blue much like Aqua's hair. on her skirt was an Arcane symbol with the same symbol Aqua had on her clothes. Kairi felt something else was in her hand before she noticed she was holding the very same keyblade Aqua held. "Aqua" she muttered before she focused on the Unversed. Kairi dove into the battle and her friends noticed her new form. "Whoa nice clothes Kai" said Xion. Hercules, Zack and Phillip noticed her keyblade before their eyes widen. "Is that." began Phillip.

It is!" exclaimed Zack.

Kairi took down a few of the floods before she felt a power come over her. "Spellweiver!"

she was covered in a light blue aura before she begin to attack the monsters with a multitude of combos before firing a ball of light at a wild bruiser taking it down. "Thundaga Shot!" she shouted firing a ball of electric energy at another group of Unversed taking them down. "Go Kairi!" cheered Xion before finishing off the Scrapper with her keyblade. Kairi looked at the Guardian seeing it was in a grapplelock with a Wild Bruiser. She ran towards the Unversed and she stabs it in the side. Distracting it with pain did the Guardian finish it off before it noticed her keyblade. seeing her with it made it soften up before it glided over to the next horde of Unversed.

"You got this girl!" cheered Tifa also cheering for her as the rest of the team joined her in the battle against the Unversed.

Clayton pointed his gun at the five he was facing as they waited for him to fire before he raised his gun when the large stone wall immediately behind him exploded as though dynamite had been set on the other side, large chunks of dirt and rock flying out in all directions. The entire wall was gone in a moment, save a chunk at the top that had survived, protruding precariously to a different cliff side with nothing underneath it for support.

A loud, moaning roar could be heard from within the cloud of dust, but as soon as the dust had settled, there was nothing to be seen. Only more of the jungle and Clayton could be seen standing there. Tarzan clenched his teeth together before making a vicious charge forward, running at Clayton with his spear held tightly in his hand. He was then suddenly struck by something and sent flying backwards by some invisible force. Sora gasped in shock and alarm as the man's figure flew right past him and landed in a roll a few feet behind where he stood. Tarzan growled in pain as he tried to get up.

The gorillas screamed and roared in disapproval, pounding their fists on the closest flat surface that they could, hopping around in place with their teeth bared as they howled.

Clayton was floating. He seemed to be straddling some kind of large, invisible creature. The monster made a strange, high pitched warbling noise as it straightened, Clayton sitting on its back with his shotgun aimed at Sora.

Sora swallowed hard, standing his ground. His eyes darted around as his mind raced to think of what to do next. And just as the hunter began to squeeze the trigger, Sora knew what to do. He threw the Gale Boomerang at the shotgun, The gust of wind created by the magical weapon knock it out of Clayton's hands. The Boomerang then made a u turn back to Sora who caught it and the gun with his right hand. Sora then tossed the Shotgun far away.

All of the gorillas cheered loudly at Sora's small victory. "Cure" Donald said healing Tarzan before Clayton on top of the mysterious creature charge to the four. "Take this Clayton" shouted Goofy as he hits the mysterious creature on the side making it groan in pain. The Creature tackled him away with a burst of wind. Tarzan and Sora began to swing their weapons blindly and viciously at the invisible creature with Donald and Goofy attacking it's side. Kairi still in her new form saw they were struggling with Clayton and the invisible monster. "Go Kairi, We got this" Riku said taking down a Bruiser with his keyblade and the Guardian was behind him shielding him from anything that can attack him from behind.

She nodded before running towards them with her drive form still active. "Triple Firaga!" she casted three fireballs straight at Clayton and his mount. The monster didn't like that before it tried to hit her with another burst of wind. She cartwheeled out of the way before she begin to spin around with a ice crystal above her head. "Take this!" she shouted ending the combo. Sora and the other three were amazed at Kairi's new form. "Triple Blizzaga!"

Three ice chunks left her keyblade and struck the monster in the face making it back away from the girl. "That was advanced magic!" exclaimed Donald.

"when did she learn how to do that?" asked Goofy.

"Wow she's so amazing" said a drooling Sora watching her land many combos on Clayton and the monster. "Hey lover boy! Focus on the fight and not on my sister!" exclaimed Namine firing a Pearl spell at a Green Requiem.

Sora having enough of standing to the side said "It's my turn to help out. Formchange!, Counter Shield!" Hero's Origin, transformed his keyblade into a shield. his clothes were turned into his Guard Form. Using similar combos like goofy he hits Clayton and his monster with a few combos. The others soon join in the battle. . Hercules tossed a boulder at them sending the monster back when the air dissolved around it to reveal it's body. The guardians saw a giant horned chameleon. Its skin was dark yellow and it was covered in black markings. It's horn was white and its underside was tan. "Stealth Sneak, i'm calling this guy a Stealth Sneak" said jiminy writing away in his Gummiphone. Clayton hopped off the Stealth Sneak and went for his gun.

The Stealth Sneaks eyes glowed before it fired projectiles to the team. "watch out for those lasers, There homing onto us!" shouted Cloud before he used Omnislash on the bruisers. Clayton had almost recovered his gun only for two silver monkeys from Ooks clan to get it first. "Hand me that!" shouted Clayton but they decided to play monkey in the middle tossing the weapon keeping it away from the hunter. The Stealth Sneak roared to the sky before two more Heartless like it appeared before them.

The Veil Lizard is a large, bipedal lizard also resembling a chameleon. It has a dark green body, with five tan spikes along its back. It often stands hunched over, holding its arms out in front of it. Its arms and legs sport zig-zagging stripes that alternate from tan to a dark green, with gold bands at the shoulder, wrist, hip, and ankle. Its green hands and feet have three toes each, two in front and one in back, with light green claws. Its prehensile tail is curled up behind it in a spiral. It has a smooth jawline, a pink tongue that can extend to surprising lengths, and large yellow eyes with small black pupils. Its Heartless emblem is on its chest.

The Lurk Lizard is also a bipedal lizard resembling a chameleon. It has a teal body, with five blue-green spikes along its back. It often stands hunched over, holding its arms out in front of it. Its arms and legs are striped with zig-zags of blue-grey and a lighter blue, with gold bands at the shoulder, wrist, hip, and ankle. Its hands and feet have three toes each, two in front and one in back, with light green claws. Its prehensile tail is curled up behind it in a spiral. It has a smooth jawline, a pink tongue that can extend to surprising lengths, and large yellow eyes with small black pupils. Its Heartless emblem is on its chest.

"Roxas, you got the Lurk Lizard...I'll handle the Veil Lizard." Xion said before the two went towards the monsters and began to fight them with Lea, Tifa and Adam as backup. Xion moved in to smack the monster only for it to smack her with it's tail. The Veil Lizard then used it's tongue to grab her and bring her close and slashed her good with it's claws. "Let my friend go!" shouted Namine pointing her keyblade at the Veil Lizard. "Fire!". Her spell hits the monster and it didn't like that one bit. "Shadowbreaker!" said Riku using a new attack he had recently found out he can use. He attacked the Veil Lizard with a slash of Dark and Light he learned he can use the Darkness. Cloud has begin giving him lessons in how to control his darkness. Riku, Lea and Xion then used a combined Fire spell to finish off the Veil Lizard.

Roxas with his two keyblades began smacking the Lurk Lizard with many combos. The Lurk Lizard smacked him away with it's tail before trying to grab him with it's tongue. The boy however pointed his keyblades at the Lurk Lizard "Blizzard!" Two ice chunks along with froze the Lurk Lizard completly. Roxas then slashed the Heartless into many pieces as a heart floated away.

Max with his Sword and Shield backed up his father and Donald as they begin to distract the Stealth Sneak allowing Sora and Tarzan to attack the Stealth Sneak from the side. Sora with Counter Shield bashed the monster's side and Cloud slashed the monsters other side. "Here goes" Sora said tossing the shield down to make a chariot being drawn by a magical Pegasus. riding the chariot all over the battle did lightning bolts struck the monsters. "Way to go Sora!" exclaimed Hercules before bonking a Flood on the head with his fist. The Stealth Sneak was knocked out from the attack.

Clayton was still trying to get back his shotgun when he finally grabbed his weapon from the two monkeys before kicking them away. He aimed his gun towards Kerchek.

Sora cried, "Tarzan!"

Seemingly out of nowhere, the Lord of the Apes jumped at Clayton with his spear moving unnaturally fast. Clayton was battered all across his head and chest with the spear point. And the blows were hard enough to make even him flinch.

After a few painful seconds, Tarzan leapt away from him and back to Sora's side. "Back!" He shouted as Sora tossed his Keyblade at their enemy.

Clayton stumbled away, clutching a particularly nasty scar on his chest. But the assault didn't end there. Sora called Hero's Origin back to his hand and ran directly at Clayton with the point end first, it was enveloped in a strange, green light. He rammed the tip into him, sending him staggering backwards.

Then Tarzan came back into the picture, leaping directly at him with his spear held ready. He landed on his shoulders and smashed his face with the blunt end of the spear. Then he did it another three times before leaping off.

They repeated this process again and again. Sora would lunge at him with the Keyblade, and Tarzan would jump on him and beat his face in. Through it all, Clayton was practically a rag doll, flailing about like a spastic.

Then they decided to finish it.

"It ends!" Tarzan shouted.

He and Sora stood together again, back-to-back. They pulled as much air into their lungs as possible, and let it all out in one enormous, drawn out cry. And just for the effect, they beat their chests. The cry released a huge amount of pent-up energy, exploding outwards to smash into everything with the force of a wrecking ball.

The rocks spearing up from the ground shattered into tiny particles. Clayton was tossed backwards all the way into the waterfall. He hit the rock face behind it so hard that he created his own crater. His tomahawk slipped from his grasp and hit the ground with a thud.

Clayton was a sight to behold. He was covered head to toe with cuts, bruises, and abrasions. He was panting heavily, and struggling for breath before raising his gun again.

the Stealth Sneak came out from behind it, slowly rising to its hind legs, the dirt and rock falling off of its body. It began to shimmer and glow, strings of what looked like electricity flying over the surface of its scaly skin. The camouflage effect on its body flickered on and off; one moment it was invisible, the next it was visible once more. Its entire body was shaking violently as it tried to stand, its eyes rolling upward and looking toward the sky. Ever so slowly, Clayton dropped his shotgun and turned around to look at it.

From above, the gorillas began to chant; a series of loud, synchronized grunting noises that became faster and faster and louder and louder as they continued. All eyes were fixated on the scene laid out before them.

The Heartless chameleon dropped its gaze and stared at Clayton, its vision blurred as it took a few steps toward him. The monster groaned and warbled wearily, as its hind legs slowly gave in to its exhaustion. Clayton howled in horror as the chameleon's gargantuan body fell on top of the hunter, crushing the British man beneath it. The ground shook violently with the impact, and Everyone winced on the impact. The guardians watched as Clayton and the Heartless wasn't moving. all eyes locked on them as though expecting something to happen. Then a small part of the body of the Heartless began to glimmer with a bright light. Rays of white light pierced through the body and glowed brilliantly as a large, glowing heart emerged from within the chameleon and began to drift skyward. The chameleon's body shone brilliantly before slowly fading away, a series of small, twinkling lights winking out one by one.

The gorillas moved forward slightly, their eyes wide in awe as they looked at the Guardians of Light that stood a few feet away from where the Stealth Sneak had vanished. Sora and the others looked up at them all, somewhat nervous, not knowing what to expect. Jane, Professor Porter, Terk and Tantor remained beside's Kala.

For a long while, the gorillas remained silent. Then suddenly, they all burst out in a loud cheer, howls of victory and pride echoing up from within their bodies and soaring out over the jungle. They whooped and cheered and thumped their fists on the ground in explosive celebration. Kairi sighed before she collapsed on her knees. "Kairi!" Sora and the rest of the team ran to her and surrounded her. . Pluto and Lucy gave her licks and she smiled at them, "You were amazing Kairi." Namine commented to her sister.

Riku looked at Aqua's keyblade before he asked. "Where did you get that?"

"I remembered when I was a little girl and back when we lived in Radiant Garden...I was attacked by those blue monsters only for a woman named Aqua who wielded this keyblade along with a mouse with the keyblade." Kairi said as Donald, Max and Goofy exclaimed "The King!"

"Aqua saved you" said Zack. Sora had been filling everyone in about the dreams he has been having about Aqua, Terra, and Ventus. the keyblade wielders before them.

"Yes, she and the King saved me and she even let me hold this keyblade. but why do i have it now?" Kairi said, looking at Aqua's Keyblade.

"Because you have been chosen as her successor." said Kerchek coming to them.

"Successor?" asked everyone.

"Yes, I have known about the Keyblade for a long time and Forgive me for being distrustful of you." said Kerchek.

"hold up...how is it that you can speak english? asked Roxas.

"I know that there are other worlds beside my own and i learned to speak the language of man due to my encounter with a man named Eraqus." Kerchek replied.

"It's okay but what do you mean by Successor?" said Lea.

"It's a way for Keyblade Wielders to pass on the power to wield the keyblade to another generation who have strong hearts." said Kerchek. The guardians nodded listening to the Gorilla Leader.

"Follow me" spoke Kerchek before he headed for the cliffs. Kairi tried to get up but she was exhausted. Sora picked her up bridal style. "I'll carry you Kai, you rest up" he said. She smiled at him before he caught up with the others. The Guardians followed along with Tarzan and the gorillas. Jane and Professor Porter were on Tantor's back as they saw a wide, blue river. There was no point in swimming across it, as neither side of the river had a bank to clamber up onto. It merely wound its way deeper into the jungle, with large cliffs on either side of it. There were two large, roaring waterfalls to the left, separated by a portion of protruding cliff. The tops of waterfalls were covered in rich green foliage and vines. The water turned a foamy white as it tumbled from the top of the cliff and plunged into the deep still blue of the river. There was a fine mist floating around the waterfalls until it diminished into the air.

"It's so Beautiful" Jane said, lost in words.

"It is indeed" said Roxas before he intertwined his hands with Xions, Riku put his arm over Namine's shoulder and Kairi now back on her feet took Sora's hands into hers. Tarzan shut his eyes and took a deep breath through his nose as he faced the area. He then glanced over at the others. "Tarzan, home."

Jane looked at Tarzan in surprise. "This is… Your home?"

Kerchek and Tarzan led the group into a cavern tunnel which lead them to behind the Waterfall.

The entire right side of the cavern was slightly open, so they could peer out from within the cliff at the beautiful scenery. By the time they got to be directly behind the waterfalls, the wall was completely opened up, and the cave expanded from a narrow tunnel into a large cavern. Everything was tinted blue; the rocks, the moss, and even they had been draped in a blue tint.

The waterfalls roared in their ears as the water spilled onto the already wet cavern floor. They had to be careful where they stepped lest they slip on a patch of moss and get caught in the waterfalls themselves. There was even water gushing out from cracks in the rock walls, creating smaller, less malevolent waterfalls as they tumbled over the layers of rock. All of the water eventually spilled out into the main waterfall.

Tarzan led the way, holding Jane's hand as they climbed up the layers of rock carefully, making their way to the top. They had to jump up to reach some of the ledges, or press their backs to the wall as they slowly shuffled along a smaller ledge. They were lucky that there were several patches of ivy that they could use to climb along. The only downside to that was the fact that these growths of ivy were situated in high places with nothing soft below them.

Once they had reached the top, Kerchek and Tarzan led everyone deeper into the cavern. They walked through a long, dark tunnel that had a small glimmer of light at the very end. That's where they were headed. They hurried through the darkness to reach that light. And that light was within another beautiful cavern.

This new cavern was, for the most part, a circular area. It was closed off by layer upon layer of moss grown slabs of stone. There was a large tree protruding from the side, straight ahead of them. Its surface was completely covered in moss and vines, making it seem like the tree's bark was green colored. In a spot just over the tree's roots was a bright blue light. The light seemed to be alive, glowing brilliantly for a moment and then fading ever so slightly, as though it were breathing. It was almost like it was beating, like a heart.

They entered the cavern carefully, glancing around their surroundings in awe of its simplistic, primitive beauty. What had everyone hooked, however, was the ebbing blue light on the tree.

Tarzan was staring at it as well.

"Ee ooh, oo ooh ah," he said, slowly.

Sora glanced at Tarzan. "This is your home?" he asked, confused. "But that means…"

Tarzan straightened himself slightly and raised one hand in the air, a gesture for Sora to be quiet, and then cupped one hand over his ear and slowly shut his eyes. Everyone fell silent and listened, straining their ears to hear whatever it was that Tarzan was listening to.

A faint rumbling noise could be heard, echoing through the caverns. The sound was bouncing off of the rocks and stones, whisking gently through the air until it reached someone's ears. Goofy gasped softly as he listened, surprised to hear the noise. He was even more surprised to find that he could recognize the sound. The rest of the team looked around also hearing the noise.

"Huh?"

Jane smiled slightly, amazed. "The waterfalls... They're echoing all the way here."

"Ee ooh, oo ooh ah," Tarzan said again. "Friend there. See friend."

"Oh, now I've got it," Jane laughed. " 'Ee ooh, oo ooh ah' means 'heart'. Friends in our hearts…"

Tarzan glanced at Jane and then strained his throat to copy her. "Huh… Heart…"

"Now i get it. Even if we ever get separated from our friends, we can still see them in our hearts." Sora said with a soft smile.

"Friends, same heart," Tarzan went on. "Clayton, lose heart. No heart, no see friends." His voice had then fallen into just over a whisper. "No heart… no friends."

The light then let off a big glow before the gang and Sora stepped forward, entranced once again, and as he did so, he saw what the light was made of. It was a cluster of blue butterflies, all huddled together on the tree's trunk. They all seemed to be glowing as they flapped their wings slowly, their wings touching together for just a moment before they opened again, revealing the intricate blue design on the surface. It looked like there was a pair of round eyes staring out of the butterflies' wings. "There beautiful" Kairi said looking at the butterflies.

Hidden beneath the cluster of beautiful blue butterflies was the keyhole, its edges glimmering a beautiful blue color. Sora looked at Kairi before he said. "Kairi, want to take this one?"

She smiled at him before she summoned Rainfell and pointed it at the Keyhole. her hand was immediately steadied as the Keyblade locked into place. The tip of the key began to glow brilliantly, bright streams of energy spiraling into its epicenter and compressing into the vessel. And once it was ready, a beam of blue light shot out of the tip of the Keyblade and struck the keyhole.

Upon impact, a series of intricate patterns began to appear on the surface of the tree, glowing a light blue color as it spread out. It started from just around the keyhole and spread until it had encompassed a large portion of the tree trunk. Twinkles of blue light were magnetized immediately toward the keyhole, moving into it quickly. And as all of the blue lights began to fade, a loud clicking noise was heard, and the keyhole turned into twinkles of light and winked out.

It was only then that something fell to the floor. Donald and Goofy leaned forward to look at it. It was a small diamond shaped Gummi block, colored in shades of yellow and green. It was rounded on one side and shimmered brilliantly for just one moment. As Goofy stared at it, he realized that it looked somewhat familiar.

"A Gummi!" Donald exclaimed.

"But it's sure not the king's," Goofy said sadly.

Donald hung his head for a moment before reaching down and picking it up. He tucked the Gummi block away and sighed heavily. He hadn't noticed that Terk had made her way toward him. Donald quacked in surprise when he saw her standing right next to her. The young gorilla nudged Donald gently in the side and smiled at him. The duck was confused.

Jane laughed softly. "I think somebody has a new admirer," she said teasingly.

Donald jumped in alarm. "Huh?"

Tarzan smiled at Terk, giving her an approving nod, and laughed. Terk returned the smile at Tarzan before continuing to stare contentedly at Donald. The court wizard looked wide-eyed at Terk, then at everyone present. He shook his head vigorously from side to side and waved his hands frantically in the air in front of him as a gesture of refusal.

"No, no, no, no!" he quacked in protest. "Daisy would kill me!"

Everyone burst out into laughter, Goofy releasing a few rounds of his trademark chuckle. Donald let out a long, frustrated breath before pulling his cap over his eyes. He sank to the floor and moaned.

/Hollow Bastion/

What drew the Heartless to that world?" asked Jafar looking at maleficent. He along with a few other villains were meeting in the Castle while the rest of the Organization were out on missions.

"The hunter lured them there," she told them, her voice calm and steady. "It was his lust for power that was the bait. But it seems the bait was too tasty for his own good."

"Yeah!" Oogie Boogie said excitedly when he had finished cackling. "He got chomped instead!"

"A weak-hearted fool like him stood no chance against the Heartless," he said disdainfully. Then his tone became angry and firm. "But the Guardians of Light are another problem, They have found another Keyhole."

"It will take them a long while to find the Rest" spoke Xehanort coming into the meeting room with Vanitas.

"The Girl is the one we seek but she is getting stronger." Vanitas replied.

"Yes, but with those other keyblade wielders she will be impossible to capture. but no matter. I always have a plan" Xehanort said before he looked at a hooded figure next to them. "you will battle them next. Capture the Princess of Heart and the Heir, Kill the rest."

The hooded figure took off his hood to reveal a man with white hair that reaches to the base of his neck in the back and is styled into rather messy, vertical spikes and bangs that frame his face. "Shan Yu is preparing his army of Heartless in the Land of Dragons. once that world falls then he will come to assist you" Maleficent said to the dark man.

/Guardians/

The Guardians now back at the Gummi-Ship fully repaired as they were preparing to continue on with their quest. "Do you have to go?" asked Jane.

"Yes, We have to continue our mission to find our friend" said Tifa.

"you are all welcome to come back here anytime." said Kerchek.

"Come back soon.." said Tarzan. The team climbed in the Gummiship before it took flight leaving Deep Jungle. Kairi sat by the window of the Gummiship. She was holding Rainfell before she muttered. "I hope we meet soon Aqua"

The gummiship then blasted off into the direction of Traverse Town.

/unknown location/

Aqua continued walking through the dark realm. she had just escaped being attacked by a giant Heartless and was now walking again. she suddenly felt something from her heart before she looked up to the black sky. She felt a light that was very familiar to her. A light she felt from a girl she met back on Radiant Garden. . "Kairi'' she said with a smile before resuming her walk in the Dark Realm.