Monstro

The group was flying towards the next world which looked like a pumpkin that was used for Halloween with a snow-covered house on top of it and a horrifying manor at the bottom.

They were on the halfway mark when suddenly their sensors go wild which alarmed everyone when Donald asks nervously, "What is going on?"

"It is here," says John as everyone looked at him even Nesiara.

"Who?" asks Sora with a bit of fear in his tone.

"Monstro," says John as the giant whale suddenly appeared in front of them.

"We need to evade it, fast!" shouts Donald as Monstro opened his jaws.

"There is no escape," says John as they needed to enter Monstro so Sora sees Kairi and Riku.

It swallowed the whole ship in one go. They found themselves inside the beast surrounded by shipwrecks that didn't survive the landing inside the jaws of the beast.

After the crash landing, everyone looked around and Sora asks, "Is everyone alright?"

Donald was upside down on his seat as he says, "I am fine, but what about the ship?"

"I will give it a quick check-up. You should look for some way to get us out of here," says John as he looked at Nesiara who nods.

"I will walk with you for a while, since I have to make sure that no Dalmatian puppy found itself into the belly of the beast," says Nesiara as she stood up from her seat.

The trio followed her as John hit the middle console lightly making the power go up again when he says, "There is really nothing that doesn't work after giving it a good hit."

But he still needed to go through the system to make sure that the ship worked correctly as it should. In the meantime, Nesiara and the trio see all the shipwrecks around them when Nesiara spots a boy and an old man in the distance.

"It seems we aren't the only ones that survived the act of being eaten alive," says Nesiara as the trio was surprised when Nesiara pointed at the two people standing on top of a shipwreck.

"We should talk to them," says Sora as he went first followed by Donald and Goofy when Nesiara only sighs before she joins them as well.

They arrive at the shipwreck when the man looked at the trio with a smile while saying, "It seems that I have more guests today."

"More guests?" asks Nesiara as she landed beside the trio which made the man speechless.

The man looked at the bed before he turns to Nesiara and then he turns back to the bed when he says, "I think I saw your husband just a moment ago."

"My husband?" asks Nesiara confused as she could feel that John never left the ship.

"Yes, he brought your daughter and asked of me to look after her while he looks for a way out of Monstro," says the man as Nesiara suddenly realized something.

She walked over to the bed and find a girl that resembled her a lot the only difference seemed to be her short hair compared to her long hair.

She turns to Sora and asks, "Sora is this person Kairi?"

Sora walked towards the bed and sees the girl and was surprised, excited, and relieved at the same time as he says, "Yes, that is Kairi. But she doesn't have a father. She was adopted by the mayor of Destiny Islands."

Sora then kneeled beside Kairi as Nesiara was confused about something when she turns to the man and asks, "How did the person look like?"

"He was quite tall, he has blue eyes same skin tone but his hair was silver," says the man as Nesiara opened her eyes wide.

"Leon was here," says Nesiara shocked as the man was confused to see her like that.

"Is something wrong?" asks the man when Nesiara suddenly jumped towards the entrance of the intestines from Monstro.

"I am sorry, Sora, Donald, the and Goofy. But I need to get my son," says Nesiara as entered the intestines.

"Her son?" asks the man confused as she and the other man looked to be of the same age.

"Yes, Leon. She is looking for him for a long time. Maybe we should inform John," says Sora pulling his phone out when Donald stops him.

"John needs to concentrate on the ship. If the ship isn't repaired before we can we will die in space instead of in here," says Donald as he also wanted to inform John but if the ship wasn't ready before they leave they would die.

"You have a ship. Can I ask you for your help to escape from here with my son," says the man as Sora smiles.

"Of course, you helped Kairi that means you have to be a good person," says Sora as he presents himself and the other two.

"My name is Geppetto. Pinocchio, boy come here I want to present you to someone," says Geppetto when Jiminy pops up on Sora's shoulder.

"Geppetto!" says Jiminy as he was surprised to see Geppetto here.

"Jiminy, what are you doing here?" asks Geppetto surprised.

"I am on an adventure with my new friends. Where is Pinocchio?" asks Jiminy as the trio was surprised that Jiminy knew Geppetto as Jiminy told them about his time with Geppetto and Pinocchio.

"But where is Pinocchio?" asks Jiminy as Geppetto scratched his head.

"I called for him but you know how that boy can be sometimes," says Geppetto knowing that his son loves adventures.

"What if he entered the intestines?" asks Sora as Geppetto's eyes sprung up wide.

"No, he wouldn't have-. You need to find him please," says Geppetto looking at the trio as he had a worried look on his face.

"Can we help them, please? They are my friends," says Jiminy as the trio nods with confidence.

"We will find him," says Sora as they were about to leave when he turns around and says, "Can you keep a close look on Kairi until we return."

"Of course," says Geppetto as the trio runs into the intestine of the beast.

In the meantime on Nesiara's side, Nesiara was deep within the beast's intestines as she was looking for her son.

"Where could he be?" asks Nesiara herself as she walked through the intestines.

"Are you looking for someone," says the man in the black coat who was leaning against the wall behind Nesiara.

"You again," says Nesiara as the man pushed himself off the wall.

"I will be everywhere where the boy will be. He is the one that will take my place," says the man as he summoned Two Become One in his hand.

"Are we going to fight?" asks Nesiara with a smile as the man shakes his head.

"Not if you don't attack first. I just want to be prepared," says the man as he didn't get into a fighting position.

"So you appear here at the same time as my descendant and my son was here. Is that some pure coincidence," says Nesiara hinting at something when the man begins to laugh.

"Ah, you mean your son, Leon. I know him, he was here just a second ago before he left because he had a matter to attend to. He told me to look after his descendant until someone comes to get her. It seems that someone is his mom," says the man in the black coat as he and Nesiara began a staring contest.

"I am tired," says the man as he moves and the Keyblade disappears when a dark passage appears behind him.

He leaves Nesiara behind who was confused as she asks herself, "Is he or is he not my son? I really wished John was here to see if that person could have been another person but my heart felt connected to that person in some way."

Nesiara then sighs as she tries to connect to John with her phone when she hears, "Yes?"

"Our son was here just some minutes ago. It seems he brought Kairi to the man that lives inside Monstro with his son. What was his name again..." says Nesiara as she forgot the name.

"Geppetto and Pinocchio," says John as he was under the main console looking into it.

"Yes, he brought Kairi to them instead of letting Pinocchio find her. And now I meet that coated man again," says Nesiara as John was suspicious.

"Do you think he is our son?" asks John as Nesiara sighs.

"I don't know, he was talking as if he knew Leon but I had this feeling that my heart wanted to scream out and just hug him," says Nesiara as John smiles hearing that.

He moved away from the main console and stood up when he leans against the wall while saying, "You know that every world we visit changes us a bit. This world or better said Universe bonds hearts to each other. The feeling you got could be true but it also could be false since we are outsiders and you want to believe that he was our son."

"So you are saying that he isn't our son but just an illusion made by me," says Nesiara as she didn't know what to believe.

"I never said that. I always trusted your instincts remember. I think that you are right and he is our son. I think that he is watching from the shadow looking for something or someone to take his place," says John as a tear falls from Nesiara's right cheek.

"He thinks that he will be leaving this world with us if we met officially," says Nesiara realizing that Leon must be thinking that.

"Most likely, Jack might have never told him that we normally leave someone behind if they don't want to leave," says John as Nesiara walked towards the wall Leon was leaning against.

"Can we send him a message that could explain that he doesn't need to follow us if he doesn't want to," says Nesiara as John sighs.

"There might be a way but I think we should wait until we reach Hollow Bastion. Maybe we won't need to use that approach to send him the message," says John as Nesiara smiles knowing that John meant to use the Dragonballs.

"Alright, we will wait until Hollow Bastion," says Nesiara in a happy tone which made John happy as well.

In the meantime on the side of the trio, they found Riku again who was guiding Pinocchio deeper into the intestines of the beast. They fought their way through Heartless until they had to fight against a Heartless that had Pinocchio trapped between its jaws.

They fought the Heartless to save Pinocchio while Riku took his opportunity to get Kairi. He sees Geppetto watching over her when Riku knocks him out.

He was about to touch Kairi when a hand grabbed him by the wrist and hears, "You are walking a dark path."

Riku turns around and sees only a man in a black coat when he says angry, "And what if I can save my friends while doing so."

"Let me show you only a fraction of what you will be facing soon if you walk down that path," says the man as Darkness shot out of him surrounding them which makes Riku almost fall into fear when it all disappeared again as well as the man in the coat.

"If you continue to walk down that path you will lose yourself, your friends, and your family. Let me be the living proof of that," says the voice of the man that wasn't there any longer.

"You can't scare me with that. I would even make a pact with the Devil if I can save my friends," says Riku as he grabbed Kairi and disappeared with her.