Kingdom Of Memories (PG-13 for language)

Curses!!! Ah well keep up the great work!:p

 

I absolutly love it. I'm a bit confused on some parts but i'll eventually figure it out. and are Christie and Riku going to get together?

 

@TifaxRikuForever: Yes, they will eventually get together. (In fact, in my KH3 story's first draft, thier already married! *fangirl squeal*) I'm a Riku fangirl, it just took a while for me to actually get it this far. But i'm proud of it. You know, i did say that if you're confused about anything in my story, you can send me a PM, and i'll try to help. (smiles) Anyhow, here's the first part of Chapter 10, i had to split it into two because i was getting so confused on what to type for thee second part. (winces)

Disclaimer: The KH franchise belongs to Squeenix and Disney. Christie and the Infinity Belong to ME.

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I turned to watch Donald and Goofy chatting with Infinity. Funny, she pushed Donald out of the Pilots chair, and now thier talking like old friends. We're about a half an hour away from Agrabah, and Sora's sound asleep. He seems to be having a nice dream though, so i won't wake him up till we get there. I licked my lips as i turned back to face the outside. What's going to happen next? Riku's with the heartless now, Kairi's lost her heart, and as far as i know, Riku's going to get to Monstro for Pinocchio soon. We'll meet him there, but for now, concentrate on the task at hand. Which is.... Agrabah. Let's hope this goes well, cause if it dosen't, well I'm not gonna let that happen.

CHAPTER 9: A SEA OF SAND AND A GENIES WISH OF FREEDOM


I shook Sora from his slumber, wincing as his blue eyes shot open. He had a tendency to wake up like he'd been sleeping for only ten, very light minutes, even if he'd been sleeping for ten hours, and i hated waking him up. We all did. He stretched, yawning. He looked at me as i walked down the hatch

"We're here. Come on Sora."

He nodded, chasing me down the hatch. My feet landed on soft sand just outside of the town, and i smiled at the feel of the warm sun on my back. Sora stumbled, still yawning, and i caught him by his jacket hood. Goofy took his arm, trowing it over his shoulder to support Sora's tired form.
"I'll take care of him." Donald and I nodded to him as he went back into the ship to put Sora to bed. Donald and I entered the down, and i looked at him, a slight smile on my face.

"Just us now, eh Donald?" He nodded, hand clenching at his staff as e surveyed the empty town. And by empty, i mean EMPTY. There wasn't even a heartless as we walked through the Bazaar area towards the Alley. I stopped suddenly, surprised at what i saw in the Alley. Or should i say who? That's right, who. Riku had pinned Jasmine to the wall while he winced as Abu was biting at his heels. I unsheathed my daggers, running into the alley with Donald at my heels. Halfway to him, i shouted.

"Riku, let her go!" He turned to me, eyes narrowed as Soul Eater appeared in his hand, back to it's normal colors of blue and red. Upon seeing that, i stopped suddenly, causing Donald to crash into me. Riku smirked at me, then looked behind me in surprise. I followed his gaze to see Sora and Goofy. There was a strange sound in front of me, and i turned to see Riku disappearing into the wall, Jasmine on the ground behind him. I ran after him, trying to follow him into the darkness, but my path was blocked by a Fat Bandit, so i had to jump back as the portal shut. I bit my lip as Sora walked up beside me, a question on his lips.

"Was that..?" I nodded tightly as he drew his Keyblade.
"Riku.... What's happened to you?" I shook my head at Sora, jumping at the Fat Bandit, wincing as i got thrown back into a wall. I pushed myself up, leaning against said wall. As my back rubbed against the rough sandstone, i felt a gloved hand on my shoulder from above. I looked up, then smiled at Axel as he pulled me up onto the ledge. He's stronger than he looks, i'll give him that.
"You ok kid? You got thrown back pretty hard." I nodded, licking my lips as i saw Sora slash his way through the lesser heartless the Fat Bandit was commanding. I looked at Axel.

"Axel, what do you know about Heartless battle tactics?"
"Not much, just that the larger ones, like the fat one down there, command the smaller ones." I smiled at him, then jumped behind the Fat Bandit, daggers creating a large cut in it's back. The cut took on sickly green shade, then became black as the bandit itself before the bandit faded away into globs of black 'something', leaving it's dark red heart to float away. I looked up to where Axel was, only to discover him leaving the area. I nodded a goodbye, then waled over to Sora.

"You ok Sora?" He nodded rapidly, leaning over Jasmine as she woke up. She shrieked in surprise, backing against the wall.
"W..Who are you?" I moved to stand behind Sora, a small smile on my face.
"We're friends, don't worry." I offered her my hand, and still wary, she took it. As she dusted herself off with grace, she looked at us.

"You have my thanks. When he attacked me, i thought i would die. But did you know him? He didn't seem surprised to see you." She shook her head before any of us could answer, suddenly remembering her manners.
"I'm sorry, i haven't introduced myself. My name is Jasmine, and my father is the Sultan of Agrabah." Sora and I nodded, and Goofy's face took a strange, confused look to it.

"So, that makes you a princess?" Jasmine nodded as Sora extended his hand to her, a smile on his face. She shook it, smiling as well.
"I'm Sora, and these are my friends, Christie, Donald and Goofy." Jasmine nodded as she sat down on one of the boxes in the alley.
"As i said, my father is the sultan of Agrabah, but he has been deposed by Jafar, and he now controls the city." Goofy spoke up again.
"Jafar?" Jasmine blinked in surprise as Goofy said this.
"You haven't heard of him? He's the royal vizier. He's gained evil powers and seized Agrabah. Jafar caught me trying to escape, but he helped me." Sora tilted his head in question.

"Who helped you?" Jasmine hadn't heard him apparently, because she kept talking to herself.
"We were hiding nearby, but he left a while ago to take care of something.... Oh, i hope Aladdin's all right." As Jasmine said this, i felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, and let my hands subconsciously drift to my daggers. Jafar had arrived.

"Aladdin? Where might i find this street rat? Jasmine, do allow me to find you more suitable company, my dear princess. These little rats won't do you see." Jasmine jumped off the box she was sitting on, a look of fear on her face. Sora stood in front of her, blue eyes narrowed as he waved for her to move.
"Jasmine, run!" I kept my eyes on Jafar as he looked at Sora, a look of glee in his beady eyes.

"Ah, the boy who holds the Key and The Guardian of Dawn." I looked up at him, surprised. That last line hadn't been in the game.
"The Guardian of Dawn? What are you talking about?" He smiled at me, and i stepped back. His smile was worse than Xehanort's.
"My dear, don't tell me Maleficent didn't tell you? You are destined to protect the true keyblade master, Riku." With that said, he summoned some heartless, and disappeared. I growled as i backed into Sora, surrounded by Fat Bandits on all sides. I felt Sora turn his head to face me.

"Christie, what was he talking about? Riku's the keyblade master?" I nodded tightly, hands clenching my dagger hilts so tight my knuckles had gone white.
"Sora, it's really complicated, and i rather not explain this three times." I could tell he wanted to ask, but he kept his mouth shut as he tried to attack the heartless. But since they had their fronts shown to us, it was useless. I growled, not willing to go down without a fight. I looked at Sora out of the corner of my eye, to see him grimace. I sighed, we were stuck. I had no idea where Donald and Goofy were, but i hoped they went after Jasmine. I blinked, surprised as the heartless fell, only to smile as i saw Axel's chakrams returning to his hand as he gestured for us to climb up to him on the ledge above the Alley floor, Donald and Goofy standing beside him. I pushed Sora towards the wall, then once he was on, allowed Axel to pull me up. The Heartless didn't follow us, so i returned my daggers to thier sheathes as Sora thanked Axel. Axel shook his head.
"It's no problem. Besides, I've got a feeling that helping you guys out is in my best interest." I rolled my eyes, already following Sora as he exited the upper area. I stopped, turning to face Axel.
"Thanks, for saving us. You're not so bad Axel." He ran a hand through his hair, smiling at me.

"No worries. And you're not so bad yourself, Squirt." He opened a dark portal as i blinked in surprise at what he said. I rolled my eyes, mumbling to myself as i walked through the arch after Sora.
"I'm not a squirt damn it." Sora looked at me strange, but i just shook my head, snickering to myself as he yawned. I looked up at the quickly fading sky. Night was fast approaching, and we were all exhuasted. We couldn't go back to the ship, but the only other place... I shook my head, jumping off the awning to gesture at the boys to follow me.

"Come on, we need to sleep, and Infinity's to far from here to make it before dark." Sora nodded as he jumped off the awnings to land crooked. I winced as he brushed sand off his knees, turning to face me.
"I'm okay." He yawned again after saying this, and I exchanged looks with Donald and Goofy. They nodded, and started pushing Sora towards the pole that would lead to Aladdin's house.

"Guys! I can walk on my own you know." I rolled my eyes as i climbed up the pole, hearing the boys follow me up into the house. I stepped around lots of cloth and pillows to the window, looking up at the starry night sky. Sora came to stand beside me as Donald and Goofy fell asleep.
"So, Riku and Kairi are on one of those stars, right?" I nodded, extending a hand to one of the brighter stars, trying to feel with my heart if Riku and Kairi were there. Feeling nothing, i let my hand fall to my side, looking down at the streets below us.

"Sora, if i told you something that would probably sound stupidly crazy, almost insane, would you still call me a friend?" When he didn't answer, i looked at him, then smiled. He was asleep on his feet, head lolling to his chest. I dragged him away from the window, making him lay down on one of the cloths before grabbing one myself and sitting on the windowsill, placing said cloth around my shoulders in the chilly desert night. As i fell asleep, i couldn't help but wonder how Riku and Kairi were doing, out there somewhere.

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Riku snarled as he cut through the small Heartless Maleficent had summoned to allow him to hone his instincts. Jafar had interfered in HIS mission, and for all he knew, Christie was dead because of it. As the last of the shadows fade away, he returned Soul Eater to it's sheath at is waist, heading away from the lift platform into the Castle Chapel to speak with Maleficent. Once there, he stood in front of Maleficent as she watched Jafar's progress in Agrabah. Not five minutes later, she spoke.
"Is something the matter child? You seem troubled." He rolled his eyes behind his bangs, nodding.
"It's about Christie....."
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I sneezed, waking up to see the Flying Carpet waving it's tassels in Sora's face as he buried his head in the covers. It 'huffed' as much as a carpet could, turning to me and perking up as i stood. It flew to me, grabbing one of my hands and trying to drag me out the window.
"Whoa boy! Easy! Let me wake up my friends, then we'll go save Aladdin." The carpet flew out the window as i woke the boys, pushing them out onto the awnings to follow the carpet out into the desert. As we arrived at the outskirts of the city, they jolted awake as they saw the carpet, mouths dropping to the ground as i climbed onto the waiting carpet.
"Boys, come on!" Goofy was the first to get on, helping Donald and Sora to climb up. Once we were all on, the carpet took off into the desert.

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Maleficent nodded at Riku, opening a portal.
"Very well Riku. You obtain Jasmine, i will send you to Christina. You hold to your end of the bargain, i will hold to my own." Riku nodded his thanks, walking into the dark portal towards Agrabah. He could only hope that Christie would be okay when he go there.
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I jumped off the carpet, running towards Aladdin in the quicksand pit as the boys dealt with the heartless. I kneeled on the exterior of the pit, grabbing his flailing hand. He jerked in surprise.
"Who are you?!" I rolled my eyes, starting to pull him out of the pit as the carpet tugged at me to help
"I'm the girl who's gonna get you out of that pit. Now shut up and start helping!" Aladdin looked at me funny, but kept his mouth shut as the Carpet and I pulled him out. As soon as he was out, he pulled the lamp away from his pants, rubbing it.

"Genie! Get rid of these guys!" In a poof of blue and pick smoke, Genie appeared, cracking his knuckles as he snapped his fingers.
"Wish number one, coming right up!" In poof of smoke, the heartless disappeared, and we all turned to face Genie and Aladdin. Sora started o explain why we there, and Aladdin nodded.
"I see... Thanks, Sora." Sora nodded, leaning one foot on the tip of his shoe as he folded his arms on the back of his head.
"Aladdin, what're you doing so far out here?" Aladdin shrugged.
"Oh, same old stuff. Hunting legendary treasure. Just pain a visit to the cave of wonders. I found that magic carpet, and this lamp. Legend has it that whoever hold this lamps can summon the----" He got cut of here by Genie's reappearance.
"Please, kid, leave the intros to a professional. The one and only GENIE OF THE LAMP!" I smiled as Genie made a bright neon sign appear in midair as he circled our little group.

"Rub-a-dub-dub the lamp and have your dearest wishes granted! And today's winner is...... Aladdin! Congratulations."

Aladdin smiled as Donald took a conspiratorial look to his face
"Any wish?" Genie shook his head.

"Patience my fine feathered friend! Any three wishes! A one wish, a two wish, a three wish! Then i make like a banana and split! Our lucky winner made his first wish today-" He leaned in towards me in a stage whisper, "-and let me tell you what a doozy they wish was-" he flew back to Aladdin, "So he has two left! So master, what;ll you have for Wish Number Two?" Aladdin tilted his head, placing a hand on his chin in thought before looking at Genie.

"Hmm, how about making me a fabulously wealthy prince?"

Genie smiled brightly


"Oooh! Money! Royalty! Fame! Why didn't i think about it? Okay, you asked for it! A hundred servants and a hundred camels loaded with gold! Just say the word and i'll deliver it in thirty minutes or less, or your meal's free. Hey, i'll even throw in a cappuchino!"

"No thanks." Genie's face fell a bit, but he smirked again, cracking his knuckles.
"Okay."
"Uh, Genie, i think i'll put that on hold until we reach Agrabah." Goofy looked at Aladdin.
"Um, why a prince?"
"You see, theres this girl in Agrabah. Her names Jasmine, but she's a princess, and i'm just a...... It dosen't matter, she'll never fall for a guy like me." I rubbed my forehead as Donald opened his eyes in surpisre
"Oh. Princess?"

"Jasmine?"

"Oh, thats right. She's in trouble Aladdin!" Aladdin gasped in surprise, whistling for the carpet.

"What?! Well, let's going!" We all jumped on the carpet, and took off across the sand.

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Well, comments please! (And don't hesitate to send me a PM if you're confused about ANYTHING at all.)

 

*claps*

Great work!

*waits for next chapter*

 

that was great, im a riku fangirl too. umm what i want to know is why did riku join malificent, before the agrabah chapter.

 

My apologies for bumping this up Moderators. Here we go, the second part of Chapter 10

Disclaimer : Christie and the Infinity belong to me, KH is a jointly owned franchise, to whom the rights belong to Square Enix and Disney.



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Riku blinked away the sand from his eyes, pulling his shirt up to cover his mouth. The sand was blowing around like the waves back home during a storm, and it was getting into places he'd rather not have it in, so he ducked into the Cave of Wonders to escape the storm, sitting to wait for the storm to blow over. Jafar would bring the princess here, and he would take the princess to Maleficent. Then he would take Christie to safety.
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I smiled as Genie wheeled through the air, obviously enjoying the fresh air.

"Ah, fresh air! The great outdoors!

"I guess you don't get out much huh?" Genie shook his head, hovering next to the carpet as we flew along.

"Comes with the job. Phenomenal cosmic powers, Itty-bitty living space. It's always three wishes, then right back into my portable prison. I'm lucky to see the light of day and smell fresh air every century or two."

Aladdin urged to carpet on faster, the turned to Genie.

"Say Genie, what if i use my last wish to free you from the lamp? What do you think?"

Genies eyes bugged out

"You'd actually do that?!" Aladdin nodded, smiling widely at the spirit.

"Genie, it's a promise. After we help Jasmine."

During the conversation, the Carpet has arrived at Aladdin's house. We jumped off as the carpet flew away.

"So, Jafar is after Jasmine and this 'Keyhole'."
"Keyhole eh? I could have sworn I've heard about that somewhere before....."
"Really?! Where?"
"Now where was it? It's only been 200 years..." I rolled my eyes as Donald facepalmed.
"Well, wherever it is. we've got to stop Jafar before it's too late."

Aladdin nodded, pushing us out the side door towards the Palace Gates across the awnings, slashing through heartless. Upon reaching the Palace Gates, Aladdin jumped off the awnings first, while the boys and I followed him

"Setting your sights a little high, aren't you boy? Back to your hole street rat. I will not allow you to trouble the princess anymore." I growled, unsheathing my daggers as Aladdin called out to the girl.
"Jasmine!"
"I'm so sorry, Aladdin." Aladdin turned to Genie, a pleading look to his eyes
"Genie! Please, help Jasmine!" Genie poofed over to Jasmine, grabbing her and taking her up in his arms
"One wish left! You're making this really easy, you know?"
I growled as Jafar cackled.

"So sorry boy. I'm afraid that your second wish has been denied." Aladdin gasped in surprise as Iago grabbed the lamp off his pant loops, Sora and I tripped over each other to grasp the bird, but were unable to as he got away. Genie disappeared, dropping Jasmine into a pot as the girl screamed.

Sora pushed himself up, pulling me off the ground as smoke wound it's way up the vizier and Genie. Jafar waved his staff, spurring the Pot Centipede on.
"And now, i bid you all farewell. Attack!"

I unsheathed my daggers as the Centipede jumped at us, separating us. I don't know how long we were chasing that thing throughout the Bazaar before Sora skidded to a halt, hands on his knees while Donald, Goofy and Aladdin kept running after it, trying to free Jasmine. I placed a hand on his shoulder.


"Sora! We need to keep after that thing!" He nodded, digging in his pocket.

"I know Christie, but we're only wearing ourselves out like this." We both looked up as Donald squawked a warning. Sora pushed me out of the way, the item he had pulled out of his pocket glowing as it reacted to the Keyblade.

"Courage!" I covered my eyes from the light, and when i reopened then, a lion was clawing at the Pot Centipede, destroying pots quicker than we could have ever done.
"Simba..." I dusted myself off, running to stand beside Sora as Simba turned to face him, the pot centipede gone. Sora smiled brightly in thanks as Simab started disappearing, but just before the lion did, he looked at me, smiling as only a lion could.


"So, you're the one.... Take care of each other." I clutched at my head as Simba's voice rang inside, forming an image.

Four lion cubs ran across the grasslands. One had dark brown fur and a spiky mane. The cub running alongside him was slightly smaller, obviously female. Said cub had dark red fur with an even darker red mane. The other two cubs ran behind them, bigger and slightly weary of the world, if their running said anything. One was also female, with dark brown fur and a darker brown, almost black mane flat on her nack. The last cub was the biggest of the four, with silver fur and a long silver mane. He ran with a pronounced limp in one of his back paws, but kept pace.

"Jasmine!"
I shook my head to clear it as Jafar's voice rang out across the plaza, cackling. Aladdin jumped, pointing towards the exit of the city.
"To the desert! Come on, let's move!" Aladdin whistled for the carpet, and we were off.

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Riku rolled his eyes as Jafar babbled on and on to himself, the Pot heartless that held the princess walking at his side as the blue Genie flew above him. Said Genie flew down to Riku
"Hey kid, what are you doing with this kook? You've got two worried people out there looking for you." Riku looked at the spirit out of the corner of his eye.
"Becuase, i'm trying to keep a promise i made. A promise to protect her."
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I slashed through another Heartless, breathing a sigh of relief as the last of them faded away, resheathing my daggers and stepping forward towards the Cave of Wonders with Aladdin leading the way. As the ground rumbled with the awakening of the Guardian, i rolled my eyes. It was impossible to get a break in this place. Sora tumbled to the ground, unable to keep his balance before Aladdin grabbed him.

"You've got to be careful! Somethings wrong with the Guardian!" I snarled as heartless approached us, blades dancing in the sandy night. I shook my head, placing a hand on Sora's shoulder.

"Sora, the Guardian's controlling these things. If we take it out, we can stop all these heartless." He nodded, running forward clumsily to the guardian with me chasing after him. We climbed around the back, and i gestured for him to attack one eye as i got the other one. We fell off once or twice as the guardian got weaker and more volatile, but a blizzard spell from Donald finished off the sandy tiger.

With the entrance open, we were free to go in. I'm not going to explain how we got through there, but i can tell you that the water in the catacombs is COLD! Once all the crystal keys had been triggered, we made our way into the treasure room, with a slight interruption from Donald's greedy streak. Aladdin pushed the door open, and we were able to catch the last snippets of Jafar and Maleficent's conversation.


"That boy again?" I had to hold Sora back from rushing in to question Jafar.
"He's more persistent than i expected. Why not explain the situation to that boy Riku? Doing so may actually prove useful to our-" Sora slipped out of my grasp at the mention of Riku's name, and ran into Jafar's view as Maleficent began to fade through a dark portal

"Wait a second! Are you Maleficent?" I grabbed at Sora's arm as he ran to follow her, but Aladdin jumped up onto the platform where Jafar had Jasmine, only to get sent flying back down by Jafar's magic. He stood on shaky legs as he glared at the evil vizier.

"Jafar, let Jasmine go!"
"Not a chance street rat. You see, she's a princess. One of seven who somehow hold to the key to opening the door." I glared at the vizier, sneaking away from Sora to creep around to Iago. If i could grab the lamp, i could make sure Jafar never hurt the others. Unfortunately, my plans don't work most of the time. The bird saw me, then jumped up, flying to Jafar with the lamp in his talons

"Jafar! The girl just tried to steal the lamp!"
"I was willing to let you fools live. But my hand has been turned. Genie! My second wish. Crush them!" I jumped back to Sora and the others, unsheathing my daggers on the way down.

"Genie, no!" Sora summoned the keyblade as we faced the blue spirit getting ready to fight us.
"Sorry Al, the one with the lamp calls the shots. I don't have a choice." We all jumped aside, being scattered around the battlefield. Sora, Donald and Goofy ended up near the door we had come through, while Aladdin and i ended up crashing into the pedestal below Jafar. We nodded at each other, and clambered up the sides of the platform, surprising him as he was knocked off said platform. I called out to the boys below.

"Guys! Forget about Genie, get Jafar!" I took off after Iago, but stopped as i heard Jafar's cry of pain. The vizier staggered over to the platform i was standing on, and i backpedalled as he called out to Genie.

"Genie! My final wish! I want you to make me an all powerful genie!" I gasped as Genie snapped his fingers, his other hand over his eyes. The boys all jumped onto the other platforms to avoid Jafar's transformation and the resulting collapse of the floor. I met Sora's blue eyes as Genie flew over to Aladdin, transporting him to Jasmine.
"Jasmine! Jasmine, wake up!" I put a hand on Aladdin's shoulder.

"She's ok, she's just unconscious. Come on, we'd better deal with Jafar." He swallowed, then jumped down into the area where Jafar had gone, Sora and the others following after him. I turned back to look at the unconscious girl just before jumping down myself.
"He cares about you, don't let that go to waste" With that said i jumped down after the boys.

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Riku scoffed as he watched Christie and the others fight the Vizier, only to gasp in surprise as he ordered the Genie to turn him into a genie. The floor caved in from the force of the magical energies, making Jafar float down into the lava filled chamber below. He watched as Aladdin shook Jasmine, only to have Christie say something to him before he jumped down into the fray. Sora and his new companions jumped down after the eldest, but Christie turned to face the unconscious princess and said something he couldn't catch. She then jumped down, no fear on her features. Riku watched the fight for a moment, then jumped over the platforms to the princess who was also watching the fight. He snuck up behind her, and just as she realized he was there, he placed a gloved hand over her mouth.

"If you fight me, the girl down there might die. I'd prefer if you don't fight me." The princess nodded, and he backed into a dark portal to take her back to Maleficent just as Christie reappeared on the platform, her brown eyes meeting his aqua. She gasped in surprise, then tried to stop Aladdin from running after him, only to trip as the platforms rumbled after Sora sealed the keyhole. He shook his head as the portal closed.
"Soon."
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I bit my lip as i listened to Aladdin's anguished cries. Jasmine was gone, Riku had taken her, and the cavern was collapsing. Goofy dragged him onto the carpet, and the rest of us jumped onto said carpet after him before large chunks of rock began to fall around us. It was a tricky ride out, but we made it in one piece. Singed, but in one piece. The carpet flew us back to Aladdins house, and said boy sat down on the stairs near the entrances to the alleyway.

"So, Jasmines no longer in Agrabah. Sora, Christie, let's go find her." I rubbed my neck as Sora looked at the ground.

"Sorry Aladdin, but you can't come with us."

"Wh-Why not?!"

I looked at him, licking my lips,

"Aladdin, i wish we could, but if we took you with us, we'd be meddling into things that aren't very safe." Sora nodded, a sad look in his eyes.

"Aladdin, we'll find Jasmine. I promise." ALddin nodded, but his head fell and his shoulders sagged as Genie appeared.

"Uh, earth to Al. Hello? You still have one wish left. Look, just say the word. Ask me to find Jasmine for you." He looked dissapointed, but was ready to snap his fingers.
"I....I wish.... For your freedom Genie."

Genies jaw dropped as i smiled.

"AL!" Genie's cuffs disappeared in poofs of golden smoke, and his tail was replaced by legs.

"A deal's a deal, Genie. Now you can go anywhere you want to. You're your own master. But if you can, it'd be great if you could go along with them and help Sora and Christie find Jasmine." Genie crossed his arms, turning to face away from Aladdin

"Sorry Al, i'm done taking orders from others. But, a favor, now that's entirely different! I guess i could try. After all, that's what friends are for, right Al?" Aladdin smiled, nodding.

"Yeah Genie." I smiled, those two would be fine. Aladdin looked at us, smiling. He stepped away from the window, walking past us to a small chest. Abu picked the lock, and he came out with two small pouches.

"About a week ago, a man in a red cloak came, he said to give these to two kids matching your descriptions." He handed one pouch to Sora, and the other one to me.

Keychains were inside the pouches, for me there was a golden flying carpet and a small ruby crystal. I unclipped Jungle Queen, slipping them into my pouch as i clipped on these new ones.

In a swirl of golden light, the hilts themselves became gold with Lapis Lazuli winding it's way up the handles. The blades themselves were gold, with intricate cloud designs inscribed.

'Souls Desire'

I slipped them into my sheathes, not surprised to find they were so light. I turned to Aladdin, smiling.
"Thanks. We'll make good use of these." He nodded as Genie poofed out of sight, and the boys and I stepped onto the transport beacon I had set up.

"Good luck you guys, please, bring Jasmine back." I nodded as Sora smiled.

"We will, i promise!" With that, we transported back onto the Infinity, said AI welcoming us back.

"Glad to see you safe and sound Captain. Where to?"

"Just try and find a world we haven't been to yet."

"Yes captain, right away"

I sighed, ploping down in the captains chair as Sora looked at me.

"Christie, that was Riku back there, wasn't it?" I nodded, only to nearly fall out of my chair as the ship shook violently.

"CAPTAIN! Unidentified object approaching! I will be unable to get us far away from it time to avoid a collision, brace for impact!"

I pushed Sora into his seat, but fell over as Monstro swallowed us up, hitting my head on one of the consoles. As I fell, I could barely make out Sora's concerned cries as my world went black.

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"That smarmy vizier could have had them, if someone had stuck around to give him a hand!" Hades struck the table, glaring at Riku

"Hey, I did my part. I brought the princess didn't I?" Maleficent intervened in the argument

"Jafar was beyond help, consumed by his own hatred." She turned to Hades, cold cat yellow eyes glowing in the minimal light of the room
"One should beware of letting it burn to fiercely." Hades backed away from the table in fear.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Lighten up, i'm as cool as they come, okay?" Riku rolled his eyes, Hades always lied to cover his rear around Maleficent. Said God of Death turned to face him.

"By the way kid, have we got a surprise for you."

Maleficent nodded as Riku turned to face her.

"We had a deal, yes? You help us, and we grant you your wish."

Maleficent gestured to the table, where an image of an unconsious Christie was shown. A small trail of blood was snaking it's way down her head, and a large bruise had formed on her forehead.

"Christie!"


"Go to her. Your way is waiting." Riku ran off into the dark portal she had opened, worry creasing his face.

"Hold on Chris, i'm coming."
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'Riku, Nii-san.... I'm sorry'

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And thats it! Comments and criticism are welcomed with open arms!

 

Heh this story had dropped off my radar. But now its back!
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Man,The one chapter and my bro is being a pain in the a-
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Disclaimer: Kingdom Heart's belongs to Disney and SquareEnix. Christie, the Infinity and The Crest Lock system belong to me.

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CHAPTER 11, INSIDE THE BELLY OF A WHALE, MEMORIES OF HOME.

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Christie sighed as she turned the page in her book, wincing as thunder rumbled loudly outside Riku's home.

"Don't like thunderstorms Chris?" Christie looked at the newly 15 year old boy - his birthday had been yesterday- and nodded.

"Yeah. I've always liked the rain, but thunder, i don't like." Riku smirked, making the girl smile.

"Well, I'll keep you safe. If you ever get scared of anything, just think of me, and you'll be safe." Christie blushed, but nodded.

"Thanks Riku."

"Don't worry about it."
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I woke up to Sora's concerned face above mine.

"Christie! Christie, wake up!" I groaned, pushing him off of me while i held my head.

"I'm up, I'm up." I shook the cobwebs from my head, pinching the bridge of my nose while I waited for my vision to clear.

"Thank goodness. When you hit your head, I was worried you wouldn't wake up again" I rolled my eyes as I pulled myself up onto a chair, sighing.

"It's just a concussion, I've had worse before, Infinity." Sora sighed in relief, walking to the back to speak with Donald and Goofy.

"He was worried about you."

"I know, Sora's like that, a worrywart. Alright, give me a damage report Infinity."

"We've lost six wing gummi's on our starboard side, but it won't take the Auto-Regens long to repair them. As for the whale, my thruster flames burned his tongue rather well." I smiled at the pride in Infinity's tone as I stood, swatting away Sora when he came to help me before climbing down the hatch to stand on Monstro's burned tongue.

"Come on, we might as well see where we ended up, beyond the fact we are in a WHALE. We'll be back soon Infinity. Let's go boys." I jumped up to the wooden platforms above my head, climbing over them with little trouble as Sora followed. Donald and Goofy couldn't follow the way we went, so they had to take the shorter route, through the fish filled water.

I shuddered at the thought, jumping to a lower platform, only to yelp in alarm as it caved out underneath me, sending me tumbling into the not so shallow waters. I swam to the surface, sputtering slightly as I heard Sora laugh. I ducked under the water, grateful that Riku had taught me how to swim.

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I kicked my legs in the air, sitting on the dock as I watched Sora and Kairi laughing in the water. I jumped as someone flopped down on the docks beside me.

"Aren't you going to join us, Chris?" I looked at Riku's heaving form, smirking as I cuffed him around the ears.

"I already told you, i don't swim, I sink." He stood, jumping down into the water below the dock, extending a hand.

"In that case, I'd better teach you."

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I could hear Sora's voice from under the murky water, surfacing quietly to pull on his leg, knocking him down into the water.

"Christie!" I giggled as he spit out the fishy water, swimming over to Gepetto's boat with me behind him as I wrung out my ponytail. I smile as I saw Pinocchio handing a green gummi to Gepetto, then the puppet boy pointed to us.

"Their the ones Father, their the ones who came out the ship that burnt Monstro!" Gepetto turned to us, a smile in his old eyes.

"Why hello there. I do have to thank you, had Monstro not swallowed your ship, Pinocchio would have been badly hurt." I smiled slightly, rubbing the large bruise on the side on my head.

"You're welcome, but we didn't really do anything. Just in the right place at the right time i guess, huh Christie?" I nodded to Sora as Gepetto smiled. I saw Pinocchio sneak off the ship out of the corner of my eyes, and gently followed him across into Monstro's intestines.

"Pinocchio! It's not safe in here, your Dad's going to get worried about you!" The puppet boy stopped, turning to face me.

"I know, but it's my fault Father and I are stuck in here, If I hadn't ran away from home, none of this would have happened." I shook my head, kneeling down to look him in the eye.

"Pinocchio, even if it was your fault, your father loves you." I smiled gently at the puppet boy, and he smiled back as I stood, taking his hand as I closed my eyes to clear the blurring in my vision.

"Let's get back." Pinocchio nodded, and we started walking out of the chamber, only to get blocked by three NeoShadows. I snarled, pushing Pinocchio behind me as I drew a dagger from my sheathes, the other hand keeping Pinocchio close.

"Need some help Christie?" I gasped in surprise as the NeoShadows disappeared in flashes of black smoke, only to smile slightly as Riku swung Soul Eater over his shoulder, turning to face me, smirking.

"Thought you might be here." I rolled my eyes, resheathing my dagger as Pinocchio peeked out from behind me as Riku walked over. I hadn't realized it then, but Pinocchio must have sensed Xehanort in Riku, because he ran deeper into Monstro's guts without me noticing. Riku's gloved fingers pushed some of my messy ponytail back behind my ear, a frown on his face as I winced, his fingers had danced over the large bruise on my head.

"When did this happen?"

"Monstro banged Infinity around a bit, i played pinball with my head." I shook my head to clear the blurring from the edges of my vision, pinching the bridge of my nose as I looked down to where Pinocchio had been standing, only to have my jaw drop in surprise as I saw he was gone.

"That stupid puppet......!" I shrugged out from beneath Riku's hand, running deeper into Monstro, with the elder boy's footsteps dogging mine.

"Chris! Why are you chasing after a puppet?" I skidded to a stop, making Riku fall over to avoid crashing into me, as I turned glaring at him.

"That puppet is very important to someone! He's a person, not a wooden boy." I sighed, closing my eyes as I extended a hand to the boy.

"Look, I'm not going to let that puppet stay here, running around all willy-nilly. If it's not safe for us, both of whom know how to defend ourselves, it's certainly not safe for a puppet with no defensive skills at all." I pulled him up, and took of running deeper into Monstro's intestines, the chambers blurring together to form a pathway of types in my memory.

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Thirteen year old Christie groaned as she flopped back onto her bed. She had been running Sora around Monstro's guts for so long, she was really getting frustrating. She sat up, looking at her bookshelf, the brand new Kingdom Hearts Strategy guides unworn spine glaring at her.

'Just for this' She stood, pulling the book of the shelf and turning it onto the pages that detailed Monstro.

"Let's see, first comes up Chamber 1....
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I guess my subconscious had led both Riku and I through the chambers, because we found Pinocchio siting on lumpy mound of flesh in Chamber 4, wooden legs swinging as I bent over, catching my breath as Pinocchio stifled his giggles. I smiled, only to have that smile turn into a frown as the young boy ran off into Monstro's throat.

"Can't he hold still?!" I chased after him, hearing Sora talking with Riku as Pinocchio stopped running, smiling brightly. I smiled back, gesturing for him to follow me. He nodded, and I turned to walk out of the throat before the Parasite cage arrived, but I'm never that lucky. I turned when I felt the creatures presence, but it managed to grab Pinocchio before he could run. I snarled, unsheathing both of my daggers as the boys ran in, drawn to the sound of Pinocchio's scream. Sora's eyes widened, and he grabbed the Keyblade from his waistband as Soul Eater reappeared in Riku's clenched fist.

"You two up for this?" I nodded, as Sora verbally responded while I jumped off, tuning out the battle sounds as i remember something Nii-san had told me during a night we had spent at Traverse Town

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"Nee-chan, forget about everything but the battle your in. Keep your ears open at all times, your hearing is one of your best resources"
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Sora hung back, letting off Fira spells as i moved to the rear of the creature, using my "magic strings" to send my daggers flying to the front of Parasite Cage while Riku danced around, getting in various hits on both the head and stomach of the creature. I don't know how long we were pounding on that thing, but it finally used it's tentacle like arms to pull itself up onto the ceiling, releasing Pinocchio, sending the boy falling into the mouth as Riku jumped after him.

I rolled my eyes as I returned my daggers to their sheathes, jumping after him to land on Geppetto's boat.

"Pinocchio! Pinocchio! Please, give me back my son!"

"Sorry old man. I have some unfinished business with this puppet."

"He's no puppet, he's my little boy!"

"He is unusual. Not many puppets have hearts. I'm not really sure, but maybe he can help someone who's lost theirs."

Sora looked up at the boy standing above us both.
"Wait a sec Riku, are you talking about Kairi?!"

"What do you care about her? If all your doing is running around, showing that keyblade off, do you even care that she's lost her heart?"

I glared, stepping in front of Sora.

"Of course he cares! If Sora didn't care about Kairi or you, we wouldn't be here. Riku, I don't know whats gotten into your head, but I'm worried about you! Come on, we'll save Kairi together!"

"Sorry Chris, i have to do this for someone I care about."

He ran off after saying that, and my face fell.

"Someone he cares about....."

I swallowed, getting shaken out of my stupor as Sora handed me a small crystal.

"Geppetto said these allow us to jump higher. I think we're going to need it to get up after Riku"

I nodded, following Sora up the wooden platforms into Monstro's throat. Once in said room, I dodged around the Rare Truffles.

The harmless creatures kept wandering around, but since they didn't attack us, we left them alone. I shook my head as my vision blurred once again, a massive headache springing out of nowhere, forcing me to lean against Monstro's fleshy walls. Sora put a hand on my shoulder, worry in his face. I shook him off.

"I'm ok, just a headache."

He nodded hesitantly as I jumped up to a higher platform. Somehow, an air current at the top blew us into Monstro's stomach.

'Would explain why the old whale keeps getting so upset, all this acid can't be good for his mood.'

I blinked in surprise, where had that come from? I shook it off, grabbing my daggers from their sheathes as we reached Riku and Pinocchio.

"Hey, let Pinocchio go Riku."

Riku turned to look at us, and i stepped back slightly as his eyes flashed orange.

"A puppet that's lost its heart to the Heartless. Maybe it holds the key to helping Kairi." He shook his head, turning to face us.

"But right now, it can't help her. I'm offering you a deal Sora. Kairi and this puppet can go with you, if Christie comes with me."

Sora's eyes widened in surprise.

"What!?"

"You'd rather have to fight me to get this puppet back, and leave Kairi with the Heartless, than hand over Christie? Your dumber than I thought Sora."

I resheathed my daggers, putting a hand on Sora's arm as I looked at Riku.


"You've got a deal. Bring Kairi here first, and i'll go with you."

Riku smiled.

"I'll be back in five minutes. Don't go anywhere."

Having said that, he backed into an open dark portal, leaving Sora and I alone as Jiminy jumped down, running towards Pinocchio.

"Pinocchio! Pinocchio!"

"Jiminy..... I'm not gonna make it."

In a small flash of light, Pinocchio's nose grew slightly, a sure sign that he was lying. The young boy's head shot up, brown eyes open wide and a smile on his face.

"Oh! I guess i'm ok!"

I smiled, turning to face the dark portal that opened. Riku stepped throug, the unconcious Kairi in his arms. Sora ran forward, gently taking her from the elder boy as Goofy ran Pinocchio back to Geppeto.

"You've got Kairi and the puppet. Christie, let's go."

Sora loked at me as I nodded, and I looked at him, my hazel eyes meeting his blue.

"It's ok Sora. Head back to Traverse Town, tell Nii-san I'm ok."

He nodded, standing up and walking out of the chamber with Donald in front of him. But before he could leave, Riku turned to face him, calling out to the younger boy.

"Sora. For what it's worth, I'm sorry about this."

Sora shook his head smiling, then walked out of our sight. I sighed, smiling at Riku as I walked into the portal he had opened.

"Shall we, milady Christie?"

"We shall milord Riku. I'm just glad i'm not scared of the dark."
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~SH

 

Oh....
My....
God....
That was Awesome!
Dramatic is more like it.
what do you think Riku?
Its okay I guess.
Attitude adjustment much?

 

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Disclaimer: I own Christie, The Infinity, The Crest Lock System, and The Koukennin no Ariake. Everything else is Square/Disney.
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I sighed as i leaned against the wall, waiting for Maleficent to stop chewing Riku out. I raised a hand to my head, feeling the bandage around the bruise from Infinity's console. It's strange really, how things turned out.

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Riku paced the hall outside of the impromptu Medical Wing of the castle. Ursula had dragged Christie off the second they stepped through the portal back into Hollow Bastion, screeching about how she was not supposed to be hurt. He shook his head, only to blink in surprise as Christie landed face first on the ground in front to him, a white bandage wrapped around her head, ponytail considerably messed up. Ursula stepped into his vision as Christie pushed herself up, face livid.

"And stay out of my Medical wing!" The girl in front of him winced as the sea witch slammed the heavy wooden doors in their face before she turned to face him

"Well, that worked"
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I pushed off the wall as Riku stepped out of the Castle Chapel, rubbing his ears as he dragged me off out of the castle into Rising Falls. Once we were there, he sighed, sitting down.

"Maleficent's pissed, isn't she?" He nodded as i sat, pulling my legs up to my knees.

"She said that we have to accompany Ursula to her world to make up for bringing you here without her permission. And don't even say you'll leave. You'll just get hurt again." I rolled my eyes, but nodded. We sat there together in the comfortable silence for some time before Riku stood, brushing off his pants before he pulled me up.

"We'd better go before Ursula gets upset." I nodded, following Riku through the castle to where the Sea witch and Maleficent were waiting. Ursula snorted, making her way through the portal as Maleficent looked at us.

"Ursula's world is different than the ones you've been to. Be alert." Riku nodded as i veiled my surprise, before she pushed us both into the portal. I knew we were heading to Atlantica, but for the change to feel so, painful, that was unexpected. Now i knew why Ursula hadn't taken on a human form while in Hollow Bastion, changing back would have taken to much of her magic. Riku and I came through the portal, only to sink, neither ready for the experience a tail gives in place of legs. Ursula scoffed as i scrambled for hold on the rock wall behind us.

"You children explore around, get used to those forms. Just don't get in my way." I glared as the woman swam out of the glade we had ended up in, leaving Riku and I to learn how to swim on our own. I pushed off the wall, testing my new tail as Riku tried to detangle himself from the kelp bed he had been shot into. I chuckled, managing to swim over to him and pull him loose. He smiled, doing some flips and twirls to gain experience in the water as i followed him with my eyes, wincing as he collided tail first into the wall. He slid down to the sea floor, ad i floated above him, noting that his shirt was gone, and he had an Orca's tail. He smiled sheepishly as i pulled him off the sand, smiling.

"I think we've got this down right, let's go "explore" as Ursula put it." I nodded, but grabbed his arm before he exited the glade.

"Problem. We don't have our weapons, and there's bound to be heartless here." His eyes widened, but then he smiled. Soul Eater appeared in his hands, my dagger sheaths hanging off the weapon.

"I stole these back from Maleficent. Figured you'd feel kinda empty without them." I smiled, throwing my arms around his neck.

"Thanks." He nodded, fiddling with the cloth of my tank top before i pulled back, my black tail scattering the fish that had swum into the glade as i reattached my sheathes, happy to see that Soul's Desire was still inside the leather holsters. I took the lead, swimming out of the glade towards where Sora had ended up, grabbing at Riku's arm to keep him from hightailing it out of sight.

"Riku! Christie!" Sora swam over to us, obviously still getting used to his tail. I smiled, and Riku looked at his tail.

"You're both ok?" I nodded, and trusting Riku not to swim away, let go of his arm to cuff Sora around the ears.

"You think we wouldn't be?" It was then that Riku piped up, apparently noticing how quiet it had gotten.

"Sora, where are your new friends?" Sora turned to face Riku, surprised, before he smiled.

"They stayed on the ship to take care of Kairi. I wanted to stay, but Donald kinda pushed me off." I sighed, opening my mouth to tell off the younger boy, only to get cut off by Ariel's scream. Sora gasped in surprise, and shot out of the grotto into the open waters with Riku and I on his tail. I yelped in surprise as a red and green blur shot past us, barely able to duck in time to avoid another concussion. Sora took off after the blur i knew as Ariel, and i shook my head as the Sea Neon's stormed the tunnel Riku and I floated in. He called Soul Eater, and i grabbed my daggers. We quickly destroyed the Heartless, and as the last one dissipated, i followed the heart as it floated up and through the stone. Each of those hearts had been stolen from someone. Maybe a parent, a sibling, a lover. I would never know. I sighed, resheathing my daggers as we swam back into the grotto, where Sora introduced us to Ariel, the girl obviously calmed down.

"Guys, this is Ariel." I smiled, shaking her hand as Riku nodded.

"It's nice to meet you Ariel." She smiled.

"Thank you for saving me from those creatures. They appeared out of nowhere, and i couldn't fight them off." I frowned. Ursula was taking this a little to far. Ariel's head shot up, eyes wide in surprise.

"Oh no! Daddy!" I quickly dodged out of the way as she swam for the tunnel, before she turned around.

"I'm going to ask you for your help again. I need to make sure my fathers alright, but i can't fight off all those creatures on my own." Sora smiled.

"We'd be glad to help, right guys?" I nodded, and Riku shrugged as Ariel smiled brightly.

"Thank you. If we follow these trident marks, we won't get lost. They lead all the way back to the palace. Let's go." We followed Ariel back to the place, often dodging around the Heartless that got in our way, as they would have overwhelmed us to quickly if we chose to fight them. Once we reached the city, Sora and Riku were sporting various bleeding scratches, and i had exhausted my Mana from casting so many thunder spells. I scrambled to grab the boys hands as Ariel hurried us into the palace, pushing the boys and i ahead of the heartless before swimming ahead. We barely stayed ahead of the Heartless through the entry tunnel, before we literally sunk in despair.

Triton wasn't at the Throne Room.

I bit my lip as i withdrew my daggers from their sheathes, backing into Sora as the Heartless corralled the four of us into a small area at the center of the Throne Room. I shook my head, growling under my breath as Ariel looked around, before her head sagged.

"I'm so sorry everyone. I never should have-" Riku clamped a hand over her mouth, aqua eyes narrowed as Soul Eater disappeared in a dark flash.

"Listen Princess, we would have tangled with the Heartless eventually anyway, so quit playing the blame game and give us a hand!" With that said, Soul Eater returned to his hand as he charged the heartless, only to have Sora catch him as he got thrown back by the sole Aqua tank in the room, shaking his head as Sora pulled him up. I swallowed thickly. There was nowhere to go. But then again, we didn't really have to go anywhere.

"ARIEL!" We all looked up as Triton literally roared in anger at the heartless, his trident quickly destroying the dark creatures. I sighed in relief as the Sea King swam up, concern for his daughter in his eyes.

"Ariel, are you all right?" As the red head nodded, i returned my daggers to their sheathes as the boys swam up beside me. Triton smiled at Ariel, before he frowned at us.

"And just who are you three? You certainly don't look familiar." I grimaced slightly, rubbing my neck as Riku came to our rescue.

"We're from very far up north, we came to make sure those creatures hadn't wiped out another city." I looked at Riku, surprised he was being so revealing. Triton's eyes narrowed at the sight of my black tail, and i shrunk back as Riku swam in front of me, aqua eyes glaring at the Mer-King.

"I thank you all for saving my daughter, but those with black tails are not welcome in my kingdom. Please, leave." Sora opened his mouth to protest, but Ariel beat him to it.

"Daddy! Just because her tail is black doesn't mean she'll-" Triton's cut her off at this point, roaring in anger.

"Ariel that's enough! I will not tolerate that girl in my palace!" I winced, but shook my head as Riku clenched his fist, putting my hand on his arm before i swam out of the palace, grateful for the speed my tail gave me. I knew where Ariel's grotto was, i might as well wait there.

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Riku glared at the sea king, snarling as Christie disappeared out of the palace before Triton sighed in relief.

"That was to close. The last time a black tailed was here, those creatures killed my wife. I will not have another in my palace." Sora shook his head in obvious disgust at the Sea King as Riku tried to swim out after Christie, only to have Triton block his passage.

"You will not go after her, she's a monster." Aqua eyes narrowed in anger as Riku ducked under the trident before swimming out, throwing a barbed insult at the Sea king as he left the palace.

"The only monster here, is you."
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I sighed as i dove through the shadows, dodging around the heartless as i made my way into the Grotto. Once inside, i sighed as i sank into the soft sand below, leaning against the chilled stone wall as i pulled my tail to my chest. Triton may have had his reasons, but it still hurt. I looked up as i heard the stone blocking the entrance come open to allow Riku in. I sighed, throwing small pebble to get his attention. He smiled sadly as he swam over to sit beside me, throwing an arm around my shoulders. I leaned into the embrace, just basking in the comfort he brought. It's funny really, two years ago, I'd always dreamed something like this would happen, but never like this. I never dreamed i would be fighting alongside them. I can only hope, that when all this is over, everything turns out the way it's supposed to. We broke apart, cheeks flushed red when Sora and Ariel entered the grotto, both surprised to see us. Ariel shook off her surprise as we swam up to meet them, twirling around in the salt water.

"Look at all these wonderful things Flounder and I've collected. I think it's all from the outside world. Someday, I'm going to see whats up there. I want to see other worlds. Does that sound strange to you?" Sora shook his head, smiling.

"No. Not at all. We used to feel the same way." Ariel tilted her head in confusion as she drifted back down into view from the sunlight at the top of the grotto.

"Used to?"

"I mean.... we still do." I punched Sora lightly in the shoulder as Ariel smiled..

"Hey, why don't we try looking for that Keyhole you told me about?"

"But your father said-" Ariel huffed, lower lip disappearing. Tail or no, she's still a teenager.

"Oh, he treats me like a little girl. He never wants to let me do anything. He just, he just doesn't understand." I flicked my tail, gently tipping over the globe in which Sebastian was hiding in over, effectively trapping the crab. He wasn't going to rat us out this time. Riku tilted his head as Ariel grabbed Sora's hand, pulling him out of the grotto with us behind them. We made our way into the large open area where the baby dolphin was swimming around, only to be besieged by heartless. I growled, daggers flying through the water as we made quick work of the Sea Neon's. Once the heartless were gone, the small creature poked it's head out from beneath one of the reefs, only to chatter happily as it swam between us. I smiled.

"I guess this things hates Heartless as much as we do." Ariel tilted her head in thought, then snapped her fingers.

"I've got an idea. If we hold on to this dolphin, he'll be able to take us to the sunken ship. Maybe the keyhole's there?" Sora shrugged.

"Maybe, it's worth checking out at least." Ariel whistled to the dolphin, and we grabbed hold of it's fin. It swam rather quickly, obviously grateful for the lack of heartless. Once we reached the tunnel with the current, the dolphin calf slowed down slightly, but a whisper from Ariel got it to speed up enough to fight the current. It dumped us off at the tunnel leading to the sunken ship, and we swam through. Ariel smiled, shooting off through on the portholes into the ship as the rest of us squeezed through after her. We turned that place upside down, all the while i grew more frustrated because i knew the keyhole wasn't there. I rolled my eyes, diving down into the wrecked hull, calling out to the others while i opened the chest that held the Crystal Trident. Ariel's jaw dropped.

"Christie, where did you find this?" I gestured to the chest, eyes narrowing as i spotted the shark just outside the ship, obviously circling for a way in. Ariel gently took it from my hands, blue eyes filled with longing.

"This will fit the indentation in my grotto perfectly. Let's get back." I nodded, swimming out after the redhead with the boys behind me. I turned when i noticed Riku lagging behind, the silver-haired boy looking around with Soul Eater in hand. Sora stopped when i did, calling out to Riku.

"Riku, come on! Let's get outta here!" Riku raised a clenched fist, telling the younger boy to keep quiet. Sora raised a brow, opening his mouth to call out at the elder boy, but i put a hand over his mouth as Ariel swam up to us, the Crystal Trident cradled in her arms.

"Guys, we really should be going. A shark guards this wreck, and it's not very happy i came back" Sora and I looked at the girl, jaws dropping. I made a disgusted noise, leaving Sora to process what Ariel had just said while i swam over to Riku. He was still looking around when i dragged him off. My timing couldn't have been better, because the second he was out of range, the Shark's jaws chomped down on where he had been. Sora swam in front of Ariel, herding her out of the area as Riku and i exchanged blows with the shark. The thing kept flailing around, and as i dove around the back to attack it's tail, it lashed out at Riku, sharp fangs scratching his back. He cried out in pain, and i snapped, daggers flying through the water, the strings cutting the shark deeper than the blades. It's stamina depleted, the shark swam away. I quickly swam to RIku's side, a Cure spell on my fingertips to heal his back. The spell stopped the bleeding and closed the wound, but it left a rather large scar. I sighed, Cura was going to be necessary at this rate. Riku nodded his thanks as i resheathed my daggers, and we both swam out. We met up with Sora and Ariel outside the grotto, and Sora winced at the scar. I rolled my eyes and shoved him inside, noting that the globe where i had trapped Sebastian had been moved, the crab had gotten out. Ariel swam in front of the indentation, the Crystal Trident floating before the sound of the stone moving made all of us turn around to face a livid King Triton.

"Ariel you've disappointed me again! I told you not to leave the Palace!" He raised his trident, magical energy gathering in the weapons prongs. Ariel tried to stop him.

"Daddy, no!" Triton paid no heed to his youngest daughter, the magical bolt of energy destroying the Crystal. Ariel turned, obviously feeling betrayed.

"How could you--" She swam out of the grotto, and i tried to go after her, but Triton pushed me back, looking at Sora.

"Young man, you're not from another ocean. You're from another world aren't you? Then you must be the Key bearer and his guardians." Sora looked surprised at the fact Triton had hit the proverbial nail on the head.

"How did you know?"

"You maybe able to fool Ariel, but you CANNOT fool me. None of you know your dorsal fins from your tails. As the key bearer Sora, you must already know. One must not meddle in the affairs of other worlds."

"Of course we know that, but...." Triton shook his head, cutting the boy of mid sentence

"You have violated this principle. The key bearers shatter peace, and bring ruin to all worlds they know." I swam forward, throwing an arm in front of Sora.

"Sora isn't like that at all! If you'd just listen---" Triton's sea blue eyes narrowed, and i reeled back.

"Once again, i thank you for saving my daughter. But there is no room in my ocean for you or your key!" With that said, he swan out of the grotto, leaving us amongst the shattered pieces of Ariels treasure. I dropped my arm back to my side as Sora sank to the ground.

"Shatter peace and brings ruin to all worlds. Then it's my fault the Islands are gone...." Riku huffed, then smacked Sora upside the head. Sora yelped in pain, sky blue eyes meeting Riku's sea green.

"If it's anybody's fault Sora, it's not yours!" I pulled Sora up off the sand, gesturing out of the Grotto.

"Let's go talk to Triton. I've got a bone to pick with him anyway." Sora nodded, and we all swam out into the open waters. The lack of heartless was what tipped me off to trouble first, the second was Ariel's scream. We all jumped, and then shot off towards the Palace. Upon entry, we noted that Ursula was there, and looking very pissed.

"Why, we have company. I'm afraid you're a little late kids." In a flash of smelly ink, the sea witch disappeared, trident in hand. I growled in disgust as the ink dispersed around the throne room, turning the water a pale shade of black. Ariel raced to Triton's side, putting a hand on his arm.

"Daddy!"

"The trident, we must get it back." Sora took one look at us, before he nodded.

"Come one, let's go." Ariel must have heard him, because she immediately dove in front of us, blue eyes full of determination.

"Wait, i'm going with you. My father is hurt, and this all my fault. I have to stop Ursula" I nodded at the girl as Sebastian swam up to us.

"That's right. I'm right behind you Ariel!" As we prepared to swim out of the throne room, i stopped, feeling Triton's gaze on my back. Riku's lip curled upwards until Sora dragged him out, obviously understanding that the Sea King wanted to speak to me alone. I swam up into hearing range, and he looked down.

"My wife once told me about the Koukennin no Ariake, the Gaurdian of Dawn. She said that the Gaurdian would help tp protect our world. I do not know if you are this guardian, but since you are going to face Ursula, know that she draws power from her cauldron, in order to defeat her, strike it with magic. Take these with you." His large hand clasped over my smaller one as he handed me a pouch full of bottle filled wth blue liquid, Ethers. I nodded, turning just before i left the chamber.

"My name is Christie."

Once outside the chamber, i split the ethers up evenly between us, explaining what Triton had said to me. With that said, We took off swimming towards the main area of Atlantica, the boys on my heels as Ariel led the way to the sunken ship again. After an eventful fight with the shark- eventful meaning that Sora went crazy on it- we started poking around for a trigger or switch. We'd been poking around for a half hour at best before the sound of stone scraping against stone made us turn in surprise, weapons appearing in hand. Sebastian had triggered the switch, and swam back into view as we returned out weapons to where they belonged, and I took the lead through the plant-creature filled tunnel. Ariel started to look a little green at the sheer number of creatures moaning, but she swallowed her rising panic and swam beside Sora. We came out of the tunnel in Ursula cave, and Riku swam forward, Soul Eater in hand.

"Come out Ursula, you've got nowhere left to run!"

At the sound of a large amount of water bieng disturned, i removed my daggers from thier sheathes, glaring as Ursula made her mad appearence, glaring at the two of us.

"When Maleficent hears about this, niether of you two will ever see the light of day again!"

Flotsom and Jetsem appeared at her side, the eels quickly wriggling and darting arounf the arena like area, to fast for Sora or I to catch. Ariel swam up beside the brunnete boy, and he nodded to something she said, and both she and Riku starting tagreting the eels. I swam into a small alcove, ready with my ethers and magic incantations for Ursula's cualdron. The battle went surprisingly well, and it didn't take nearly as long as i thought it would. Flotsam and Jetswm drifted up to the surface of the chamber, hitting the cieling, unmoving. Ursula's face contorted in rage as she swam up to them, grabbing thier limp forms. She glared at us, and i heard Sebastian whimper

"You'll pay for this!"

She disappeared into the shell tunnel she had come out of, and Ariel went up to it, gentle hand pounding on the debris that blocking it. I swam up to the redhead, shaking my head. She nodded, turning to the boys with a small shell shaped crystal in hand.

"This will allow us to swim after her against the current. We need the get the trident back."

We swam out of the chamber, dodging heartless on the way back to the current tunnel. Once thier, we "Mermaid Kicked" into a large open glade of sea water. Ursula swam in the center, trident in hand and golden crown on her head. She glared at us, and released spews of ink from her body as she grew larger. We swam up to avoid the ink, weapons in hand as her voice echoed in the water.

"You pathetic fools! I rule the seas now! The Sea and all it's spoils bow to my power!"

I shoved Sora and Riku aside, swimming under her open mouth and around to the back of her neck, Soul's desire flying at her. Ariel was quick to give me a hand while the boys kept her attention elsewhere, so we had little trouble until halfway through the fight when she turned around, trident raised.

"You will all perish here!"

We all raced to get out of range, barely managing to so so before the trident's energy beams rained down where we had been. I pushed the boys to the back of her neck while Ariel and i kept her busy this time, and we finished her off quickly. In a flash of light, she clutched at her neck, making a choking sound as the trident returned to normal size, Ariel snatching it up and leading us back to the throne room where Triton was nervously swimming across the room, torso bandaged with kelp. Upon Ariels entrance to the throne room, he smiled in relief.

"Daddy, i'm so sorry."

"Please don't be angry with her your Majesty."

Triton looked at his youngest daughter, face covered in sadness.

"It's my fault. You went to Ursula becuase..... I wouldn't let you follow your heart. And when you all found the crystal, i lost my temper and destroyed it."

Sora looked up, surprised at the mention of the crystal.

"Oh yeah! The Crystal, why did you destryo it?"

"That crystal held the power to reveal the Keyhole. I had to keep it hidden away at all cost. Key bearer, i have one last request: Seal the keyhole. My trident also hold the power to reveal it. Will you do it?"

Sora nodded, a smile on his face.

"Of course. That's what we had in mind from the start."

Ariel turned to Triton, grateful he was accpeting us.

"Where is the keyhole Daddy?"

"You should know better than anyone else. It's in your grotto."

Riku blinked in surprise, turning to Sora.

"Really? Sora, let's go."

Ariel swam out of the throne room, holding the trident close as Sora and Riku swam out after her. Triton held me back a moment, before i turned to face him.

"Christina, i'm afraid i've misjusged you from the beginning. I thought you were an evil creature, when all you have in your heart is a want to protect your love. It's the will of the Night to protect the Dawn, and your will is strong. Use these to defend him well. And Christina, i'm sorry."

I nodded, my cheeks tinted slightly red as i accepted the two blue shell shaped crystals and dolphin shaped shells. With Tritpo watching me, i swam out of the throne room to meet up with Riku just outside of the palace. We swam to Ariel's Grotto, where Ariel was placing the trident in the indentation. In a flash of light, the keyhole was revealed. Sora quickly sealed it, and Ariel placed the Trident on the ground, turning to face the keyblader.

"Tell me Sora, your world, what's it like?

"Oh, about that.... Sorry for lying to you."

"It's ok. Besides, if you all can travel to other worlds, maybe i can too. So many places i want to see. I know i'll get there, someday, I'm sure of it."

Ariel swam down to Sora's level, a blue charm in ahnd.

"This is from my collection, i want you to have it."

We smiled at the sea princess, waving goodbye as she swam back to the palace, trident in hand. One we returned to the split tunnel that would lead us back to our respective exit points, Sora stopped, his back to us.

"You guys, can't come with me, right?"

Our silence must have answered for him, becuase he turned to face us, blue eyes sad.

"Since i can't go with you either, promise me we'll see each other again."

He extending his hand to us, palm down. I smiled as Riku placed his gloved hand on top of Sora's, and i placed mine on top of his.

"It's a promise Sora."

The spiky haired brunnete smiled, and swam off towards the transport beacon as Riku and I swam off towards the Dark Portal. It was open my the time we got there, and i sighed, turning to Riku.

"Let's go."

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And we're done! Atlantica is finished, there was more RikuxChristie fluff, and Maleficent's going to be mad! Please Comment, it's very much appreaciated~!

 

this story rocks!!!!!!

i really like what is going on. Please continue the story.

 

Great work! Cant wait for the next chapter.

 

about next chapter

when will the next chapter be ready?

 

WOW!!!thats such an awsome story so far i mean i didnt read it all yet cause its so long i only read like the first 15 paragraphs! ill continue reading the story 2morrow 2! i was getting so into the story! i mean i think u were born 2 write storys like this i mean besides the kh related stuff u rock take the story all the way till the end!

 

Not for a while now. I still have to type it up, and theres been some problmes around here. Just be patient, i'll update as soon as i can.


ANd thanks for the compliment KHCrazy! It'e very much appreciated.

 

thanks

ok thanks fo the info

 

Well, I just finished after about two or more hours of reading. I'm a slow reader. I like the interactions between characters. So, I'll be willing to let some less desirable things slide. I'm not too into some of the wording, but it's good enough. Not like I could do better right? Capitalize the word 'I'. Um, lemme think. Also, I'd like it if you were more specific as to who is speaking at a given time. I can tell but at one point it was a bit hard to. Also, use more words. A wider variety of words will make this a bit better to read. But, again not like I could do any better. In general I like this. So you know keep it up. Byes, I'll be back later.

 

Thanks for the comments everyone.

TAF: Thanks for the con crit, it's well respected. The thing is, that's how i write. I forget to capitilize my "I"'s, i've never read a thesuarus in my LIFE, and i'm a romantic at heart, so i over complicate things. Also, take that Ad somewhere else, it's the only part of your comment that's not welcome here, and never will be.