Kingdom Hearts: Kung Fu Light Defenders Part 2

A/N: Takes place before Kingdom Hearts: Hill Valley, and during Kung Fu Panda 2. As well as taking place after Dream Drop Distance, with an alternate ending, where after Sora leaves, Mickey doesn't tell Riku and Kairi about his encounter with Aqua in the Realm of Darkness... yet. Instead, he and Riku start training Lea and Kairi while Sora, Donald, and Goofy travel to Olympus to find Hercules to help Sora regain his lost power.

Eventually, this will all lead to my own version of Kingdom Hearts III. This will also explain why Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are traveling together, why Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Lea are staying at Disney Castle, why the keyblade wielders have their gliders, and why they all get to call Mickey and Minnie by their real names.

Note: By this time, Sora, Donald, and Goofy are returning from their visits to Olympus, they visit The Caribbean, and San Fransokyo to defeat the Heartless (all with the same KH3 plots in those worlds).

ENJOY!

We open up to a narrated story, in a Chinese town miles away from the Valley of Peace. Gongmen City. Two peacocks overlook a tall, majestic tower. A voice is heard.

"Long ago, in ancient China, the peacocks ruled over Gongmen City. They brought great joy and prosperity to the city, for they had invented fireworks."

Citizens gathered in the streets as colorful fireworks explode over the city.

The scene then changed to a room in the palace. A young white peacock experimented with the gunpowder. His name is Shen. A small explosion from the bowl surprised him, and then he smiled darkly. Shen's mother and father witnessed this outside his room, and looked at each other with concern.

"But their son, Lord Shen, saw darker power in the fireworks. What had brought color and joy could also bring darkness and destruction."

The scene switched to the throne room. Shen's parents watched as the court soothsayer put three items into a small bowl and an apparition emerges. In the apparition, a white peacock is consumed by a yin yang symbol with a crown emblem.

"Shen's troubled parents consulted a soothsayer. She foretold that if Shen continued down this dark path, he would be defeated by a warrior of black and white and a human from another world, wielding a keyblade."

Shen watched the scene from behind a pillar. He scowled and exited the palace with a small army of wolves.

"The young lord set out to change his fate. He refused to believe that humans truly existed, so he dismissed that part of the vision. But what he did next... only sealed it."

A moment later, the residents of a small panda village watched in horror as Shen set his wolves on them.

Back at the palace, Shen burst in on his parents, triumphant. His expression changed when he saw the looks on their faces.

"Shen returned to his parents full of pride, but in their faces, he only saw horror."

Outside the palace gates, Shen and his parents stood on opposite sides. Shen's father signified that Shen was banished.

"He was banished from the city forever."

Shen furiously said words back before departing with his wolves. Shen's parents' shoulders slumped as they watched their son leave.

"But Shen swore revenge: Someday, he would return, and all of China would bow at his feet."

The scene cuts to a foundry in the mountains. A pack of wolves were seen heaving, pounding, and burning metal. One of the wolves, a large soldier with one eye, jumped over to Shen and bowed.

"It's almost done, Lord Shen. But we've run out of metal." informed the Wolf Boss.

"Search the farthest villages. Find more metal! China will be mine." said Shen, evilly.

"Shen believed that there would be no warrior of black and white to defeat him, and that there were no such things as the mythical human. But what he didn't realize was that he didn't get rid of all the pandas. And that there truly were humans that existed..."

The scene cuts to the outside of Mysterious Tower as a Gummiship lands. Out from it come three people. It was Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy.

Sora was wearing a black hoodie, with silver pauldron-like additions to his sleeves and white lining. His undershirt was a navy blue with a red patch in the center. His pants, similar to chaps, were colored black on the outside, and a navy blue on the inside, lined with silver-white edging. Yellow straps criss-crossed around his pants, held together with a black belt. The pants featured red pockets with a black cross over them. His gloves were colored black on the outside and white on the inside with a yellow line running around them. He also wore large black-yellow shoes with silver soles, a zipper running across the top, and black straps holding them together with buckles here and there, and a silver crown pendant is present on his neck.

Donald was wearing a blue hat (which resembled a beret), which had a belt in place of a normal brim, and sported a zipper that spanned the length of the hat. His high-collared jacket was navy blue with sky blue lining and cuffs. There were three pouches, all of which were blue with yellow lining, along the middle of the jacket; the center pouch was secured by a flap, while the other two used silver zippers. The middle pouch was framed by two other silver zippers that spanned the entire length of the jacket, from the top of the collar to the bottom. He had a short, blue cape with yellow lining that he wore draped over his shoulders, kept in place by a silver strap. Donald also wore a thick, gold bangle on each of his wrists. He also wore a shorter, light blue coat over his jacket, this one with more bell-like sleeves, gold lining and cuffs, a turtleneck-esque collar, and the two silver, vertical zippers present in his jacket.

Finally, Goofy was wearing an orange hat (save for a blue band in the middle, and the top is an odd shape) resembling a teardrop placed on its side. There was also a small pair of red goggles around the bottom of the hat that strangely, were quite a bit smaller than Goofy's eyes. Goofy wore a green turtleneck sweater with sleeves that belled out slightly and a blue arrow-shaped strap on each cuff. He wore white gloves with a brown band around each wrist. Over the sweater, he wore a sleeveless, black combat vest with grey lining and four pockets of the same color. Goofy's pants were yellow and secured by a thick, black belt. They had rather large pockets and a pouch on each leg with a silver zipper. The legs of his pants had a peculiar style, with the dark orange bottom rims being pulled upward in the front by a brown strap. Goofy also had very large shoes which were brown with steel toes on the outside.

The three friends went through the tower entrance.

"...and although the keyblade wielder wasn't a master, little did Shen know, that this boy and his friends would help the warrior of black and white bring peace to all of China."

Inside Mysterious Tower, Yen Sid was looking over some books. He wore a blue hat, decorated with several yellow stars and a yellow crescent moon. He wore long, billowing blue robes with sky blue lining, with the insides of his robes being dark red. As he was reading, heard a knock at the door.

"Come in." he called, closing his book.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy entered the room, and immediately bowed towards the old wizard. After doing so, they stood up in a straight line.

"I take it your mission was a success?" the wizard asked calmly.

He then noticed the disappointed looks on the three's faces.

"Well, we were able to stop the Heartless, Hades, and the Titans from taking over Olympus, as well as a few quick stops to the Caribbean and a new world called San Fransokyo and protect them as well." answered Sora.

"We got to be pirates again!" smirked Donald.

"And superheroes!" added Goofy.

"Buuuut... Herc wasn't able to help us the way we hoped." sighed Sora.

Yen Sid nodded. "I see. Perhaps regaining lost powers, including the power of waking seems to be more complicated than either of us could've imagined." He then stroked as beard as he thought of something else Sora mentioned, just as Mickey, Riku, Lea, and Kairi entered the room, shocked to see Sora, Donald, and Goofy back.

Riku wore a sleeveless, black zip-up tank-top with double zippers, and a white-and-yellow vest over it with a blue separating the two colors and decorated with four silver buttons. He sported a white thick band on his left wrist, baggy blue pants held up by a black belt covered with square spike studs. He wore a pair of yellow-laced, white sneakers with gray lining and soles, and three black stripes on the sides.

Kairi wore a pink strapless mini-dress made up of three zippers (two appeared to be just decorative) as well as a white halter top underneath her mini-dress with a black hood. She also sported three bracelets on her left wrist, a black belt reminiscent of suspenders with a note book shaped bag attachment, and lilac sneakers.

Mickey wore a short-sleeved jacket with white lining. The top half of this jacket was black, while the bottom half was red, and there were two yellow straps dangling in front of it. His pants were red and sported a zipper going down the front of each leg. Each leg also had 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. Mickey wore very large, yellow shoes with grey backs and two orange, intersecting straps attached to the front of each shoe.

Lea still wore his black cloak from his time as Axel in Organization XIII along with his black gloves, pants, and boots.

"Sora, you're back!" exclaimed Riku, surprised, yet happy his friend was back.

Sora turned and smiled. "Well yeah. Nice to see you guys too." he chuckled.

"Master Yen Sid told us that you went to Olympus to ask Hercules to regain your lost power." said Mickey.

"We did." nodded Goofy.

"But unfortunately, we were unsuccessful." sighed Donald.

"That's gotta blow." muttered Lea.

"Gee, thanks for the support Axel." scoffed Sora.

Lea rolled his eyes. "I thought I told you guys. Axel was my Nobody. My real name, my human name, is Lea. Got it memorized?"

Sora smiled sheepishly. "Oh right. Sorry." he then turned and was surprised to see Kairi there as well.

"Hey Sora." she greeted with a warm smile.

"K-Kairi?" stuttered Sora. "W-What are you doing here?"

Kairi looked puzzled. "Would you rather the fact that I wasn't here at all?"

Sora quickly shook his head. "What?! No! I'm just... shocked. That's all."

Kairi giggled. "Riku brought me here to be your 7th Guardian of Light."

Sora and even Donald and Goofy's jaws dropped.

"Not that I'm saying that that's a bad thing, but you?! Really?!" asked Sora, astonished.

Kairi nodded. "Yep. Master Yen Sid's request. I've been learning how to wield a keyblade of my own just like Lea."

Lea nodded. "It's true. After wielding a keyblade in the Castle That Never Was last year, she's a quick learner." he confirmed.

"Since me and Mickey are masters, we were training Kairi and Ax-I mean Lea in a different world where time isn't a problem while the three of you were gone." Riku explained, while correcting himself when saying Lea's name.

"And I'm not gonna sit around on the islands or just on the side-lines while you guys do all the work. I felt so useless. But now that I am a keyblade wielder, we can be a real team together." said Kairi with a determined look.

Sora couldn't believe it. Now both of his best friends could wield keyblades. Donald and Goofy couldn't believe it either. They all smiled.

"Congrats Kairi." congratulated Sora.

Kairi giggled. "Thanks."

Yen Sid then cleared his throat. Sora, Riku, Kairi, Lea, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy stood to attention in front of the old wizard.

"Now then. It would seem as though that when Sora, Donald, and Goofy went to Olympus, Heartless were invading it once again. And after making side trips to The Caribbean, and another world called San Fransokyo, there were Heartless attacks as well. Which can only mean that darkness is spreading to the worlds once again."

"Looks like the Organization is up to no good again." murmured Lea.

"And given that this is a new one with Master Xehanort in charge, this one could be even tougher than the last." added Riku.

"Indeed. This Organization is filled with members who have managed to become half-Xehanort themselves. To be the 13 Seekers of Darkness to clash with the 7 Guardians of Light to clash and form the χ-blade." nodded Yen Sid. "If the worlds are in trouble again, then it must be taken care of."

"You want us to travel the worlds again?" asked Sora, sounding a bit excited.

Yen Sid nodded. "Traveling the worlds again to save them from being cast into darkness is an important job in a keyblade wielder's life." he then looked at Sora. "And it could also be a new way to recover your lost powers Xehanort took from you. And help you regain the power of waking."

Sora, Donald, and Goofy beamed. "Alright! We'll be traveling with all of our friends now!" cheered Sora.

"You said it!" agreed Donald.

"Oh boy!" cheered Goofy.

Mickey, Riku, Kairi, and Lea smirked at the three's enthusiasm. Yen Sid only smiled slightly before clearing his throat again.

"Yes master?" asked Mickey.

"I'd also like to suggest that before we enter the next Keyblade War, the seven of you find a place to stay together. It would be ideal to keep all of you together so you can get some extra training done together to prepare for the war, should it happen."

"A place to stay together?" Donald wondered out loud.

"What would be a good place?" asked Kairi.

"I doubt we have any rental homes on the islands. And we don't have any guest rooms in our homes." said Riku.

"Yeah, and Radiant Garden seems crowded already." said Lea. "Not to mention that after twelve years, me and Isa's old homes are long gone."

"And we can't stay at a hotel in either of those places until the war starts. That could be weeks." added Sora.

Mickey smiled. "No worries fellas. Disney Castle has plenty of guest rooms."

"You mean it Your Majesty?" asked Donald, hopeful.

Mickey chuckled. "Yep. You four can stay with us."

Sora and Kairi beamed as Riku and Lea smiled.

"Thank you so much! It'll be an honor to stay with you guys!" Sora thanked.

"You guys are the best!" said Kairi.

Mickey, Donald, and Goofy couldn't help but blush at the praise.

Yen Sid smiled slightly. "But before you head to Disney Castle, I recommend you travel to your home worlds to get your belongings."

"Of course master." nodded Sora.

"That won't be a problem for me since I don't have any except my cloak, black clothes, and some money." chuckled Lea, not noticing the looks of pity he was getting from his six friends.

"And will our five guardians walk up and summon your keyblades please?" asked Yen Sid.

Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, and Lea strode up, and summoned their signature keyblades: Kingdom Key, Way to Dawn, Destiny's Embrace, Star Seeker, and Flame Liberator (Lea's keyblade). Sora was impressed that Kairi was able to summon her own keyblade. Yen Sid raised his hand as it glowed blue in power. The five keyblades glowed a little too as their owners, as well as Donald and Goofy stared in awe. As they stopped glowing, the five looked at Yen Sid in slight confusion.

"With this new power I've given to you, your keyblades can now turn into gliders, just like Terra, Ventus, Aqua, and Xehanort's."

"Gliders?" asked Lea.

"The ability for your keyblades to be turned into vehicles of some sorts." explained Mickey. "That was how Terra, Aqua, and Ven were able to travel between worlds, while I used the Star Shard."

"So you do you summon them?" asked Sora.

"By tossing them into the air." explained Mickey. He then turned to Yen Sid. "Just out of curiosity, do we get armor too?"

The wizard shook his head. "I'm afraid not. Merlin and the good fairies are still working on them."

Mickey nodded.

"Keyblade armor?" asked Riku.

"Yep. My missing friends had them too, along with Xehanort, and the late keyblade master, Master Eraqus. Their most important qualities are that they protect the wearer from the darkness surrounding the Lanes Between."

"Oh, just like the black cloaks?" asked Lea, gesturing to his Organization cloak.

"Pretty much." nodded Mickey.

"Now then," began Yen Sid, getting everyone's attention once more. "I believe it is time for you all to go. May your journeys across the worlds be a success. And remember this: May your Heart be your Guiding Key."

Nodding, the seven friends bowed before exiting the Mysterious Tower.

At Destiny Islands, everything was getting underway. Mickey explained to Sora, Riku, and Kairi's parents about the whole situation. Although their parents were reluctant to let their kids go on such a dangerous mission, it took A LOT of convincing before they agreed. They just told them to think of it as joining the army or navy to protect their country. After packing their things and saying goodbye to their families as well as Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka, and promising to return safe and sound, Sora, Riku, and Kairi rejoined Lea and the Disney trio at the Gummi Ship.

But as they were packing their things, Goofy thought he saw something shining in the islands where Sora, Kairi, and Riku always played at.

"Huh? What's that?" he asked out loud.

"What are ya looking at Goof?" asked Mickey.

Goofy pointed to the shining part on the islands.

"What is that thing?" asked Kairi.

"I don't know, but I think we'd better find out before we leave." suggested Riku.

"This will give us a chance to test out our gliders." added Sora.

Nodding, the five keyblade wielders summoned their keyblades before tossing them into the air, turning into their gliders. Sora's and Mickey's looked like Ven's except Sora's was gold and sliver, and Mickey's was light purple with different shades of blue with stars around it. Riku and Lea's looked like Terra's expect Riku's was dark red, dark blue, dark purple, and had one angel wing on the left, and one bat wing on the right, and Lea's was colored all fire like with a design of a chakram on the base. And finally, Kairi's looked like Aqua's, but bright yellow with flowers around it, and a papou fruit on the bade.

Donald and Goofy stared in awe at their friends' new gliders.

"Wow!" quacked Donald.

"Impressive!" exclaimed Goofy.

Lea let out an impressed whistle. "Cool with a capital 'C.'" he commented.

As the five boarded their gliders, Donald rode with Mickey, and Goofy rode with Riku. They sailed across the ocean to the source of the shiny object.

As they arrived and dismissed their gliders, the seven walked over to the object. Its appeared to be a keyblade. Sora picked it up and examined it. It had a smooth, cylindrical, grey shaft that tapered outward at both ends. It had a boxy guard, made up of two small, light grey boxes and a copper rod. The base of the guard connected to the grip, and both sported several small indentations lining them. The grip itself was somewhat unique in that, as it was squared. The teeth were the shape of an "E". Its keychain was made of several simple chain links and its token was the Terra's Mark symbol.

"A keyblade?" he asked out loud.

"Sure looks like it." murmured Riku.

"It looks so old." commented Donald.

"I wonder who it belongs too, and why it's on one of the islands." said Kairi.

Lea noticed that Mickey seemed to be looking at the keyblade with slight suspicion.

"Seen this keyblade before Your Majesty?" the redhead asked.

"Maybe." replied Mickey. "I mean, it does look familiar. Yet I just can't put my tail on it," he added before shrugging.

Sora examined they keyblade one last time before dismissing it in his hands.

"Maybe we can ask Yen Sid later. Right now, I think we've kept Daisy and the queen waiting for a while now." said Sora.

Knowing that Sora was right, the seven friends left the island, across the ocean on their gliders, and boarded the Gummi Ship to Disney Castle.

In the Lanes Between, Mickey drove the Gummi Ship with Donald in the co-pilot's chair, and Goofy at the weapon's seat. Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Lea stood behind them.

"Now before I forget, before I left Disney Castle with Donald, Goofy, and Lea to see Yen Sid, Chip and Dale gave us some things to give you lot." said Mickey.

"And what would that be?" asked Riku.

Donald walked over to the back, and brought out a case which contained four phones that looked like they were made out of Gummi blocks.

"Phones?" asked Kairi.

"Gummiphones." corrected Donald.

"They're like regular iPhone's, but they allow you to talk to people across the worlds." explained Mickey.

"We gave one to Ienzo in Radient Garden to keep tabs on things over there before we came to Mysterious Tower, just to make sure it works." added Goofy.

Sora, Riku, and Kairi were confused by the unfamiliar name but Lea smirked at their confusion.

"Ienzo is Zexion's original somebody." explained Lea.

"Zexion?!" exclaimed Riku.

"Relax." chuckled Lea. "Like me and most of the other members of the old Organization, we were all re-completed with our normal hearts and bodies. Which means that the somebodies of Zexion, Vexen, Xaldin, and Lexaeus are on our side, like me, and not like Xigbar... and Isa." he explained, his voice in a sad tone at mentioning Saïx's original name.

This made Sora, Riku, and Kairi feel more relaxed.

"Oh. Ok." replied Riku.

"Anyway, I cant wait to see Disney Castle. I know I'm not an actual princess of any royalty, but it would be so exciting!" said Kairi excitedly.

"You bet it will be!" chuckled Sora.

"You're gonna love it Kairi." smiled Mickey.

"I know. Sora's told me all about it along with his adventures. I just can't wait!" Kairi giggled.

As Mickey, drove towards Disney Castle, Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Lea got their own gummiphones as they relaxed alongside Donald and Goofy till the trip ended.

At Disney Castle, Minnie, Daisy, Chip, and Dale were waiting in the screening room for the Disney trio to return. Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck, and their friend, Webby Vanderquack were sitting on the couch, watching an episode of Darkwing Duck.

Minnie wore a gold tiara with a ruby Hidden Mickey-shaped symbol set in the middle. She had an elegant ball gown with short, ball-shaped sleeves. The top of the gown was pink with red lining. The pink section sported a flower-like pattern inside circles that line the bottom. She wore another, salmon-colored layer underneath this, and a third, pleated, red layer under that. Minnie also wore white gloves that cover her whole arms and a large, red bow on the back of her dress.

Daisy sported a gold tiara with a sapphire set in the front. She wore an ornate, sleeveless, violet ball gown with a high collar and a white, lace column of buttons going down the front. The abdomen of the dress was amethyst-colored, and the top half was lined with a tan, triangular pattern. The bottom of the gown was periwinkle-colored, with a white, wavy pattern separating the lower half from the upper, violet half. There was a pleated purple layer underneath the dress, visible in the front. Daisy also wore long, white gloves over her four-fingered hands.

Chip wore seal brown gloves, each with a gold, horizontal line near the bottom, an apron of sorts with red shoulder straps secured to black buttons, while the apron itself was yellow with an outline of the same color as his fur. The yellow section sported green stitching lining the edge, and the other section had brown stitching. There was a slanted, blue pocket on the front of the apron with a red Mickey symbol surrounded by a yellow gear.

Dale wore a similar outfit to his brother, but his gloves were a lighter shade than Chip's, and his apron had the inverse color scheme of Chip's; that is, the yellow section on Dale's apron was buff-colored, and vice-versa, the same being true for the two different stitching colors on the apron.

Huey wore a red collard t-shirt with a matching red baseball cap, Dewey wore a blue t-shirt with a lighter long-sleeved one underneath, and Louie wore a long-sleeved green hoodie.

Webby wore a long-sleeved pink collared shirt, a blueish purple vest, a light purple skirt, and a pick bow on the left side of her head.

On the TV episode:

Darkwing Duck villains Bushroot and Liquidator were robbing a bank, the former using an elixir to blow up the exit so they could escape.

"Hahaha!" laughed Bushroot. "Soon, we'll be richer than the richest!"

"True that." chuckled Liquidator, darkly.

But before they could run, their escape car was blown up by a gas bomb.

"What in the name of science?!" exclaimed Bushroot.

"Who would dare ruin our chances at luxury?!" growled Liquidator.

"I am the terror that flaps in the night..." came a voice that made the two villains look up at the top of the bank. "I am the one who cages wild animals..." On the roof, a duck in a purple superhero outfit, mask, cape, and hat revealed himself. "I am Darkwing Duck!"

Darkwing then leaped to the ground. "Let's get dangerous!"

As the superhero duck battles the villains on the TV, Minnie spoke up.

"So, you enjoy watching this show?" she questioned Donald's nephews and their figurative sister.

"Yeah, we used to think it was quite boring." answered Huey, shrugging.

"But like Ottomans, it kinda grows on you." added Louie.

"Launchpad always wishes he could meet the guy." Dewey chimed in.

Minnie and Daisy looked at each other with knowing smiles.

Just then, they all heard a whirring noise. Webby paused the TV.

"What's that?" she asked.

"Sounds like the Gummi Ship!" exclaimed Chip.

"Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey must be back!" cried Dale excitedly.

Minnie and Daisy gasped excitedly as they, Chip, Dale, Huey, Dewey, and Webby ran towards the Gummi Hanger

They were followed by two more anthropomorphic ducks, and an anthropomorphic dog who resembled a younger version of Goofy, who wore a red short-sleeved hoodie, blue sweatpants, and white tennis shoes. This was Goofy's son Max.

One of the ducks was an elderly one wearing a red jacket with a folded-down, black collar, gold cuffs, and a yellow button near the neck, the jacket shut with a black belt with a gold buckle. Along with a black top hat with a grayish-white band near the brim on his head, and pince-nez glasses. He also wore black spats on his feet, and walked with a black stick cane. It was Donald's rich uncle, Scrooge McDuck.

The other duck was also elder, but had gray hair going across from his ears to the back of his head, pince-nez glasses like Scrooge, a white lab coat, a light-blue long-sleeved collared shirt, a black necktie, and a brown vest. This was Donald's genius uncle, Ludwig VonDrake.

In the Gummi Hanger, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Lea exited the ship to be greeted by Minnie, Daisy, Chip, Dale, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Max, Scrooge, and Ludwig.

"Welcome back everyone!" greeted Minnie happily.

"Minnie!" exclaimed Mickey as the two hugged.

"Daisy!" exclaimed Donald as he hugged her.

"Dad!" exclaimed Max as he hugged Goofy.

"'Dad?!'" Lea exclaimed.

Sora chuckled. "Yeah, Goofy's a dad. That's his son, Max."

After hugging Daisy, Donald hugged his nephews and figurative niece.

"Good to have you back Uncle Donald!" exclaimed Huey.

"Yes indeed lad." smiled Scrooge as he and Ludwig hugged Donald next.

"So who are your friends?" asked Ludwig.

Before Donald could reply, Mickey cleared his throat.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet our human friends. Some you may be familiar with, and others you can now fully meet." addressed Mickey.

"My name's Sora. I've already met Queen Minnie, Daisy, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Scrooge." said Sora, gesturing to those he spoke of who waved.

"You're Sora?! Ohmygosh, ohmygosh, OHMYGOSH!" exclaimed Webby excitedly. "Donald and the triplets have told me all about you and your friends!" she then shook Sora's hand. "Hi, I'm Webby!"

Riku and Lea smirked, Kairi giggled, and Sora chuckled at Webby's enthusiasm.

"It's nice to meet you Webby. Donald's told me a lot about you." said Sora.

Webby got her phone out.

"Can we take a picture?" she asked excitedly. "I always want to take a picture with someone I've always wanted to meet.

"Sure, I don't see why not." said Sora.

Sora bent down, held up two fingers with a big smile and Webby smiled excitedly as she took a selfie with her phone. After that, she looked up at Sora.

"What's it like being an islander!? Was your hair always spiky!? Where do you store your Keyblade?! Can you actually fly the Gummiship?!" Webby asked excitedly.

Sora laughed in amusement. "I'd be happy to answer those later." he said.

Webby squealed excitedly.

"Is she your long lost niece or something." Lea asked Donald. "She looks like a girl version of the triplets."

Donald chuckled in amusement. "She's Uncle Scrooge's housekeeper's granddaughter." he explained.

"Anyway, I'm Riku. Sora's best friend." said Riku, introducing himself.

"Name's Lea. Got it memorized?" said Lea, pointing to the side of his head while saying his catchphrase, making Minnie, Daisy, and Webby giggle.

"And I'm Kairi. One of the Princesses of Heart, one of the Guardians of Light like the boys, and Sora and Riku's best friend." concluded Kairi.

"So... just his friend?" asked Huey with a smirk.

"Nothing more?" teased Dewey.

Sora and Kairi were taken aback before they started to blush a little in embarrassment. Donald, Goofy, Max, Chip, Dale, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Lea snickered, Riku smirked, Daisy and Webby giggled, and Mickey, Minnie, Scrooge, and Ludwig rolled their eyes.

"W-We're just friends!" said Sora.

"Yeah, nothing more!" assured Kairi.

"Immature boy talk aside, I'm Scrooge McDuck. Richest duck in the world." said Scrooge.

"I'm Minnie Mouse, queen of this castle." said Minnie.

"I'm Daisy Duck. The Queen's Lady-in-waiting." said Daisy.

"I'm Professor Ludwig VonDrake, Donald's uncle, and this castle's top scientist." said Ludwig.

"I'm Huey, oldest of the triplets." said Huey.

"I'm Dewey. Middle child." said Dewey.

"I'm Louie. The youngest and the 'evil triplet.'" said Louie

"Name's Chip. And that's my brother Dale." said Chip as Dale waved in greeting.

"And I'm Max. Goofy's son." concluded Max.

"Really nice to meet you Max. Goofy's told me and my pals about you." said Sora before quickly adding, "Nothing embarrassing I swear!"

Max chuckled.

"So why are they staying here?" asked Minnie.

Knowing that Mickey didn't tell Minnie everything before they got there, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Lea explained to the group about how Xehanort returned, remade the Organization as vessels for his heart, how the worlds were falling into darkness again, and how the four human Guardians of Light would need a place to stay should a second Keyblade War come about. When they were finished, they were met with shocked faces.

"Wow. That's a lot to take in." murmured Max.

"So would it be ok if we stayed?" asked Sora.

"Mickey said we could." added Lea.

Minnie looked at Mickey suspiciously as the mouse smiled sheepishly. Minnie giggled.

"Of course. We have plenty of guest rooms." she replied.

"Thanks Your Majesty!" beamed Kairi.

Minnie turned to Chip and Dale.

"Boys, would you mind summoning the guards to get their luggage please?" she asked.

"Of course!" nodded Dale. "C'mon Chipper!" he told his brother as they scampered off.

"Shall we give you three a tour since Sora's been here before?" asked Daisy.

"I don't see why not." said Riku.

Soon, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Scrooge, and Ludwig led Sora, Lea, Kairi, Riku and the others to the main entrance of the castle. The sights inside were familiar to Sora ever since he visited there before, but the sights were completely new to Riku, Kairi, and Lea. All around the castle looked splendid as the magic brooms did their work.

"Welcome to Disney Castle friends." said Minnie warmly, gesturing all around.

"We hope you enjoy your stay." added Daisy with a smile.

"I must say, this place looks even better than the last time I was here." remarked Sora.

"Glad ya like it! A-hyuck!" beamed Goofy.

Lea let out a long impressed whistle. "Nice place." he commented.

"You got that right Lea." smiled Riku as he turned to Kairi. "What do ya think Kairi?" he asked.

But Kairi seemed to be starring in awe at the castle sights.

"Kairi?" asked Riku.

"You ok?" asked Sora.

(Beyond My Wildest Dreams from The Little Mermaid Musical plays)

Kairi then suddenly started singing as she walked or carefully ran around the castle, gleam in her eyes. Her friends followed her.

Kairi: Oh! Just look!

It's like I'm in a storybook!

Oh! It's bliss!

I dreamed that it would be

Somewhat-

But not

Like this!

(points to the broom guards)

Look over there!

Oh my god!

How very odd!

And what might they be?

Something splendid, maybe!

(points to the castle library)

Look over here!

Could you bust?

Isn't it just

Bedazzling, dazing

Utterly amazing!

Gazing 'round, it's like, to die!

Just seeing it feels so good

I'd scream if I only could!

I'd hoped and wished

And wanted so to be here

Wished and prayed

And planned it to a "t"

Prayed and wow!

Just look - it's really me here!

Walking around, strange as it seems

Somewhere beyond my wildest dreams!

Her friends are shocked and puzzled as they talk to each other in song.

Lea: Look at here there

Looking 'round

Making such a sound

Riku: Just keeps on waking-

Sounding happy while talking!

Huey: Look at her stare

Dewey: Lucky miss!

Webby: Chosen like this

To stay for dinner

Louie: What has gotten in her?

Mickey & Minnie: Hush now, friends - she's just excited!

Huey, Dewey, and Louie: Ohhh

Sora, Riku, and Lea: Just picture the table chat!

Donald, Goofy, and Max: One sided, if even that!

Kairi (still exploring): I'd hoped and wished

And wondered what I'd do here

Wished and prayed

And pictured what I'd see

Prayed and WOW!

My prayers are coming true here!

Look at it all, look how it gleams!

Lovely beyond my wildest dreams...

(points to her old and new friends)

And look! All of my friends!

So happy towards no end

Sweet, sincere

Happy from head to toe

And oh...

Sora, Donald, Goofy, Riku, Mickey, Lea, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Scrooge, Ludwig, Webby, and the triplets blush at the praiseI'd hoped and wished

My life would feel enchanted!

Wished and prayed

The fates would hear my plea

Prayed and WOW!

That "wow' makes her friends jump in surprise

My prayers are more than granted!

Look at it all, hall after hall

Perfect as you could please here!

Marvels galore, and even more

Gee, did I mention they're here?

And if - who knows? - all of it goes

Past even these extremes

Just look at me and you will see

Someone beyond her wildest dreams!

(Beyond My Wildest Dreams from The Little Mermaid Musical plays)

Kairi stopped running as soon as they entered the throne room, a gleeful smile on her face.

"I take it you like the castle?" asked Mickey with a smile.

Kairi looked at her friends and blushed in embarrassment. "I guess I was a little overexcited."

"A little?" teased Lea.

"Well, it's just when Sora told me about this castle, I always wanted to see it. He's been in may castles before, and as far as I can remember before washing up onto the islands, I haven't." explained Kairi. "Not being an actual princess, this just feels so magical."

Minnie giggled. "It's ok Kairi." She then addressed her subjects/friends from childhood and new human friends. "Now then, while Sora, Kairi, Lea, and Riku get to their guest room for four, I think it's best to get dinner ready."

"Good idea Minnie." smiled Mickey. He turned to his captain and mage. "Donald, Goofy, show our guests to their room please." he told them as he handed them a piece of paper containing directions to the room Chip and Dale gave him earlier after the magic brooms dropped off their luggage.

"Yes Your Majesty!" replied Donald and Goofy, saluting.

"Follow us fellas!" said Goofy.

Nodding, Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Lea followed the duck and dog. No sooner did they leave, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Scrooge, Ludwig, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby went their separate ways.

Later that day in the Dinning Room, everyone was sitting around a long rectangular table, finishing up dinner.

"Your Majesties, this was a fine dinner." complimented Kairi.

"You said it." smiled Sora, wiping his face with a napkin.

"Glad you like it fellas." smiled Mickey.

"So what are you guys gonna do during your stay?" asked Huey.

"Whaddya mean?" asked Riku.

"He means when you're not world traveling." said Webby.

"Maybe do some more training with our keyblades." shrugged Kairi.

Sora nodded. "Although I'm not unhappy I didn't pass the exam, I'm still up for more practice." he quipped.

"You really need more practice Sora." teased Donald.

"Yeah, if you want to be a master, you need to get off your butt more often." chuckled Goofy.

"Oh ha-ha!" said Sora sarcastically.

"Aw lay off the guy. In case you two forgot, this guy saved the worlds twice. Once from Ansem, and the other from Xemnas." reminded Lea.

"And he's also the one who saved the castle from Maleficent and Pete, with your help." added Minnie.

That made Donald and Goofy respectfully quiet. Daisy, Max, Scrooge, Ludwig, Huey, Dewey, and Louie rolled their eyes.

"So anyways," began Kairi, changing the subject. "Donald, I heard that your sister Della was quiet the adventurer."

Donald nodded. "Yep. My sister truly was the adventurous one. She also had a fascination with being a pilot. And one time..."

But before Donald could continue, a ringing noise sounded through the room. Everyone looked over to Mickey as the noise seemed to be coming from him. The king chuckled sheepishly.

"Whoops. Heh-heh. I musta forgot to turn this off." he said, embarrassed.

Minnie and Daisy rolled their eyes with exasperated smiles.

Mickey brought out his ringing Gummiphone and answered it. The one calling was Leon who was standing in font of Ansem the Wise's computer.

"Oh good. This thing works." said Leon, relieved.

"Is that Leon?" asked Sora, walking over to Mickey's side of the table.

"Hey, I'd like to see him!" said Goofy.

"Me too!" exclaimed Donald.

"Whoa! Hold on fellas!" said Mickey. "Here, let's get to the hall so I can activate the hologram mode so we can all see him."

Nodding, everyone followed the king into the hallway where he activated the Gummiphone's video-chat hologram mode.

It showed an image of Leon. He was wearing black gloves, black, zipper-lined shoes, a silver Griever necklace, a white undershirt , a short-sleeved black jacket with a white fur collar, red wings on the back and a red Griever symbol on each shoulder, three brown belts on his left forearm, three buckles on his right thigh, black pants also sporting a vertical zipper going down the side of each leg, and wore two brown belts and two black ones around his hips, all of which were quite loose except for one, a worn black one.

"Hi Leon!" greeted Sora.

"Good to see ya!" smiled Goofy.

"Good to see you too." said Leon. "Who're your friends?"

Sora gestured to each friend while saying their names. "This is Riku, Kairi, Lea, Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Max, Webby, Chip, Dale, and Ludwig. I know you remember Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie from their times at their shops in your worlds."

"Indeed I do." smiled Leon before his expression turned to surprise as he looked at Lea. "Lea, is that you?" he asked, surprised.

Lea smirked. "Yep. In the flesh. Nice to see ya too." he greeted.

"Gawrsh, you two know each other?" asked Goofy.

"We went to the same high school." answered Lea.

"Indeed." nodded Leon. "But anyways, I was hoping to reach Donald and Goofy, and hopefully Sora too. Ienzo told me that's was where Lea went after the two of them and Aeleus woke up from being recompleted. And I guess that I'm lucky to see Sora here." he added with a small chuckle.

"So is everything ok at Radiant Garden?" asked Sora.

"Yep. Progress is going strong. However, Cloud still hasn't returned form his fight with Sephiroth. In fact, Aerith and Yuffie have just left with Tifa to find him again." said Leon.

"Who's Cloud?' asked Huey.

"And who's Sephiroth?" asked Dewey.

"Cloud is a swordsman who's friends with Tifa and both joined the Restoration Committee." replied Donald.

"And Sephiroth is Cloud's enemy, claimed to be his darkness. The two disappeared during a fight last year." added Goofy.

"Oh my!" exclaimed Minnie in surprise.

"I know." muttered Leon. "And before I forget, I thought I should eventually let you know that Even and Dilan have fully recovered from being restored, Lea."

"That's good to hear." smiled Lea.

"Is that why you called us?" asked Mickey.

Leon shook his head. "Nope. In fact, not long after the girls left to search for Cloud and Merlin went to check on things elsewhere, I was talking with Cid just as his computer detected another world covered in darkness. We were going to contact you until his hard-drive crashed. While it was getting fixed, I went to the castle and asked Ienzo if I could borrow this Gummiphone to contact you since I heard King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy gave him one before heading to Mysterious Tower with Lea to see Yen Sid. Ienzo happily let me borrow it while he went to help Even with some experiments elsewhere in the castle."

"What world is in trouble?" asked Riku.

"The Valley of Peace." replied Leon.

"Oh I remember that world!" exclaimed Sora.

"Me too!" added Donald.

"Me three!" chuckled Goofy

"Isn't that the one with the Chinese animal kung fu warriors?" asked Kairi.

"That's the one." nodded Goofy.

"Don't worry Leon, we'll take care of it!" said Sora with determination.

Leon smiled. "That's good to here. We'll keep you updated if something else happens." Leon then exited out of of video chat as Mickey put his Gummiphone away in his pocket.

"Looks like we're going to have to go traveling again." he declared.

"Alright!" cheered Sora.

"Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!" exclaimed Donald.

"And this time, we're all going together!" added Goofy, indicating himself, Sora, Donald, Mickey, Riku, Kairi, and Lea.

While Kairi giggled, Riku and Lea smirked, Mickey smiled, and Sora, Donald, & Goofy cheered, everyone else smiled at their enthusiasm. Except for Minnie and Daisy. They suddenly looked sad. Mickey took notice. "Minnie? Daisy? Is something wrong?" he asked, worried. This stopped the cheering as everyone looked at the two royal mice and lady-in-waiting.

"Oh no, not at all Mickey!" said Minnie with a sad smile which then fell quickly. "But... it's just that... you, Donald, and Goofy were gone for two years, and I missed you greatly." she explained. "And I don't want to keep you from your duties as a keyblade master and a Guardian of Light, but you also have responsibilities here too."

"Not to mention the Dream Festival is coming up next month, and we have a LOT of preparations to attend too." added Daisy.

Mickey gasped and face-palmed. "Oh, gosh! I forgot!"

"Dream Festival?" asked Riku.

"It's a festival we host a couple times a year. It's to appreciate how much we all look out for each other everyday." explained Daisy.

Riku nodded.

"Aw gee, I'm really sorry Minnie. I know I have been away a lot." admitted Mickey. "It's just... the old Organization caused enough trouble to the worlds last year, and now with this one - led by Xehanort - about, they could be casted into even more dangerous trouble." He then frowned as he added bitterly, "And it's the same evil man who's responsible for what happened to Terra, Ven, and Aqua twelve years ago."

Minnie sighed. "I know. And I don't want to keep you from your duties as a defender of light. It's just... not the same without you." she said sadly.

"Aw Minnie..." sighed Mickey.

Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, and Riku exchanged guilty expressions. Lea, on the other hand, was thinking of something as he looked at the six friends. In his opinion, Sora, Kairi, Riku, Donald, Goofy, AND Mickey seemed like a nice team already.

Sora rubbed the back of his neck. "Wow... I guess we didn't realize how much you miss Mickey since the last two years." he sighed.

"Yeah, I'd feel terrible if we forced Mickey to come with us this time." nodded Kairi.

Mickey looked at his five friends with a sad smile. "No need to feel bad fellas. I know you were excited to have me travel with all of ya this time, but I'm afraid it just won't work out."

"Or maybe it can." said Lea.

Everyone starred at the pyro.

"Whaddya mean Axel?" asked Sora before smacking his head before correcting himself. "I-I mean Lea."

Lea smirked. "I see the six of you as a good team already." he turned to Minnie. "I know King Mickey has responsibilities as a king here, but he also has a responsibility as a keyblade wielder and light defender too. Do you want him to stay while the others face danger by themselves?" he asked the queen before adding to the others, "Not that I'm saying that you couldn't handle yourselves."

Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Goofy waved that remark off with non-offended looks while Donald rolled his eyes.

"Well... I am proud of Mickey for helping other people. But with all the work needing to be done, even with all the help from our friends here..." she began, gesturing to the other anthropomorphic animals behind them.

"But you want Mickey to do what's right without feeling guilty right?" asked Lea.

Minnie thought long and hard before answering, "Yes. Of course I do." she then looked at Lea confused. "Why do ya ask?"

Lea smiled before saying something that took everyone by complete surprise. "Then I'd be happy to stay behind while King Mickey travels with the others."

"YOU?!" Sora, Riku, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Kairi exclaimed in shock. Everyone else stared at Lea in shock.

"But why?" asked Mickey.

"Because I know you have other responsibilities to do as a light defender. I know I do as well, but you six have more experience than me when it comes to being heroes. Especially since none of you were afraid to stand up against Xemnas not long after my death as Axel. Plus, I want to atone for my actions as a Nobody and redeem myself by helping others." he explained.

"Lea, are you sure?" asked Mickey.

Lea nodded.

Mickey looked at his wife. "Minnie is that ok with you?"

Minnie thought long and hard again. She did miss Mickey whenever he traveled. But she also knew that Mickey was helping others wherever he went. And if all the worlds were in danger of Xehanort, then Mickey, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Kairi, and Riku would not only be protecting their world, but others too. She then smiled.

"Of course Mickey. I trust Donald, Goofy, Sora, Riku, and Kairi to help you protect the worlds. And I know you guys will be ok."

Mickey smiled happily. "Aw thanks Minnie!" he beamed before hugging his queen excitedly. Sora, Lea, Max, Huey, Dewey, and Louie could help but laugh a little at the king's personality. Donald, Riku, Goofy, Scrooge, Ludwig, Chip, and Dale snickered, and Kairi, Minnie, Daisy, and Webby giggled.

As Mickey and Minnie broke their hug, the king turned to his friends. "We'd better get going. The Valley of Peace awaits."

Nodding, the group went back to the hanger to say their goodbyes to Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy before they left. A new adventure was just beginning.

To be continued...

Wow. I honestly didn't expect this chapter to be so long. I know we haven't gotten to the Valley of Peace yet, but I just wanted to get some blank points out of the way for this story since it's a prequel to my other Kingdom Hearts fanfics such as:

Why Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were traveling together.

Why Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Lea are staying at Disney Castle and why the Organization's former Number XIII stayed behind.

How Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, and Lea got gliders, but not armor yet.

Anyways, stay tuned, and I'll see you soon!