KH The Dark Lord 16

The Gummi ship, after following the green mist’s trail, reached another world unknown to them, which consisted of a town surrounding a castle surrounded by a lush forest. It was decided that the girls teleport to that world in the woods to try to avoid any problems. When they appeared in the forest, the three saw their appearance had changed. Kairi was now a red-furred fox, Edea was a white tiger, and Rena was a hawk with green plumage.

"But what happened?" Rena asked, looking at her new form surprised.

"I also wonder the same thing," Edea said, equally surprised.

 "Calm down, this is normal," Kairi said. "Some worlds have different laws and rules to most, and because of this we can change depending on the world and the laws." She explained. "This means that the people here are anthropomorphic animals. Fortunately, since Sora was one in which animals were all without human form. "

"I see," Rena said, scratching her head with her hand, or rather with the wing, realizing it. "This will be very rare."

"Yeah," Edea said, and checked that the communicator in her ear worked. "Eve, do you hear me?"

"Yes, I hear you," Eve said through the communicator. "Apparently now works correctly. Whitmore’s people are very helpful. "

"Okay, okay," Kairi said. "Any suspicious sign?"

"The highest activity was found in the city, but also activity in the forest, but is scarce." Reported Eve. "But you should be careful, also detected Fallen activity in some areas, although they appear and disappear for no reason. Perhaps someone can control and make them appear. Be careful. "

“We will," Kairi said.

The three walked through the woods to get out of it until you reach the entrance of the village, and from there they saw the huge castle that was there. The three decided it would be good to do some sightseeing while searching for information.

"Hey, the three of you!" Shouted a voice aside. When they returned, they found a fat gray wolf dressed as a sheriff with a medal hanging tied neck and waist sword. "I don’t know at any of the three of you. Perhaps you are strangers? "

"Well, yes," Edea answered. "Any problem with that?"

"No, nothing. It’s you have to pay a tax to enter the city of Nottingham." Said the Sheriff.

"Tax?" Asked Rena, with a wing on the head. "Man, here we go again..."

"We aren’t from here, so we have nothing with which to pay you directly," Kairi said.

"Oh, it's a shame." Said the Sheriff and snapped his fingers. Soon several summoning circles appeared around the girls, leaving several Armor Knights around them.

"Fallen!?!?" Asked Rena, preparing her bow.

"What does this mean?" Demanded Edea.

"Quiet, don’t you get in the worst." Said the wolf. "They're just here to make sure that taxes and fees are paid. Nothing else. "

Kairi looked at the Fallen and then to the Sheriff. "Understood, but we just have Munny."

"Munny, you say?" The Sheriff and began to think. "We didn't charge that currency time ago, wait to calculate... to see if each coin is worth... this... then turning the price to Munny... and there are three ..." Then he looked at them. "In total, you have to pay a total of five hundred thousand Munny."

"Are you kidding, pal?!" Edea exclaimed, shocked at the price.

"That's abuse of authority!" Exclaimed Rena, equally shocked.

"It can not be so high that tax, man!" Exclaimed Kairi, shocked too.

"Does that mean you don’t expect to pay? It's a shame." The Sheriff said, smiling. Soon the Fallen pointed them with their spears. "Maybe we can get something useful with your belongings."

They looked around, seeing no escape, with the Fallen around them. Rena looked around and loaded her bow with a mana arrow, looking at the Sheriff. "If you want our stuff, get them," Rena said and shot the arrow to the ground, causing an explosion of smoke that covered the area where everyone was.

The Sheriff coughed bound by the smoke, and when it cleared, was surprised to see that the girls were gone, started to look at either side. "Damn, this girl is as annoying as the outlaw."

Meanwhile, Kairi, Rena, and Edea were hiding behind a house behind the scenes of the elf.

"Good idea, Rena," Kairi said.

"Thanks, I think that will take away that wolf for a while, but we must be careful," Rena said. "Who knows if we can find more Fallen around here."

"Right," Kairi said. "Although it will be better to try to find the way to pay so he leaves us alone."

"Perhaps, but five hundred thousand Munny? That’s a stickup. "Edea said.

"It is true, where will we get the money?" Asked Rena.

Soon someone whistled at them from a nearby corner. When looking, they saw someone who looked like a tramp blind fox covered with a layer, carrying a metal cup and a wooden stick. After some hesitation, they approached him.

"I heard that you need help, don’t you?" The tramp asked.

"You're right, but how you're going to help?" Edea asked.

"It would surprise me," Rena said, looking the tramp because something didn’t fit into it from her point of view. "But I was told once that if a blind man wants to help you, beware." She said, removing his glasses, revealing that he was not blind.

"Who are you?" Kairi asked, confused as to why was disguised.

"I have an idea," Rena said. "The face coincides with the posters around here," Rena said, pointing to a wanted poster.

Kairi, wanting more answers, went into hiding in an alley out of sight of any soldier and/or Fallen I could find.

"Okay, who are you, and why you want help?" Asked Kairi. "After all, we are strangers."

The ‘tramp’ fox took off his coat, revealing he wearing green clothes and a green hat with a red feather. "Let me introduce myself: I am Robin Hood. And I'm just someone who helps people to recover what taxes that Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham rob to the people. "

"So, steal from the rich and give to the poor," Edea said. "That's fine, but you're a thief."

"Okay, and about the posters, is that the rich are already sick of you stealing at them?" Asked Kairi.

"No, it turns out that on this occasion I and my companion Little John stole to the very own Prince John, in his noses." Replied the outlaw.

"It's reasonable," Rena said. "And how do you think to help us with the Sheriff?"

Then Robin Hood gave them a small bag completely filled with coins.

"And this?" Kairi asked, looking at the content.

"With that, you will be able to pay the Sheriff if he finds you ." Said Robin Hood. "And please don’t tell him that I gave you it." He said, putting on the costume. "Now, if you don’t mind, I have I share the spoils with the others." He said, walking like a blind tramp to avoid suspicion.

The three waited a bit to go away and then came out of the alley, looking for a reason why the Fallen were in that world. Unfortunately, they had the misfortune to meet with the Sheriff.

"Damn it," Rena said.

"Ah, there you are!" Exclaimed the Sheriff. "Well, thinking on pay this time the tax access or going to run away again?" He asked in a threatening tone, but still keeping his smile.

"Not this time," Kairi said and threw the bag of coins to his nose, picking it up on the fly after the impact.

The Sheriff looked at the contents of the bag and then to them. "Well, everything is in order." Then he kept the bag . "Be welcome to Nottingham, ladies. But keep this in mind, I'll be watching. "

The girls decided to ignore his warning and turned away from him, looking for a place to stay because it was getting late. But when they went to the nearest inn, they learned that staying in town was outrageous for taxes, and they spent all the money paying the Sheriff’s entry tax. Therefore, they had no choice but to leave town to avoid problems.

While wandering through the woods, looking for the point from which they came, felt someone following them. When they turned, they found Robin Hood behind them.

"Are you looking for a place to rest?" The outlaw asked.

"Well, considering that prices in the city are absurdly high, as you see," Edea replied, not knowing if he was trying to help them or steal them.

"Well, if I may, I can take you to my lair, into the forest." Replied Robin Hood.

The three looked at each other. Do have another option besides sleep in the Gummi Ship, which surely will be nothing comfortable?

The three followed Robin Hood around the forest, avoiding any Sheriff’s soldier as any Fallen which was lurking in the forest. Soon they came to what looked like a campsite, as it somehow, in which another person was.

"Robin, who do you bring this time?" Asked a dressed brown bear as Robin Hood. "Don’t tell me you have now given you for the kidnapping." He joked.

"Calm down, Little John." Replied Robin. "These are just a couple of strangers who can not afford the Sheriff’s exorbitant taxes."

'Little John?' Asked the three at the same time. How is it possible that a bear of that size can be called 'Little' John?

"Ah, I see." Replied the bear. "Well, I hope the Sheriff hasn’t come with the idea of arrest you and put your heads in stocks for not paying."

"What concerned us was the Fallen were working for him," Edea said. "And what you said Robin Hood, only that Prince John could make those evil monsters could come here."

"The Prince? Please!" Exclaimed Little John. "It is possible that Prince is a cheapskate greedy extortionist. But control these things? Don't make me laugh! "

"If true, then that means that maybe one of those Chieftains can be with him," Kairi said.

"It is more likely," Edea said and noticed that Little John was trying to turn off what looked like a burning pot. "What's happened?"

"That what happened?" He asked the bear. "Best said who happened. Robin was cooking when he was distracted, thinking of someone with long eyelashes, ruining the soup completely. And I take all afternoon trying to fix it. "

"Is that true?" Asked Rena to Robin.

"True." Replied the fox. "Guess I was thinking on Marian again. I can’t help it. I love her. "

"Well look, I have met a lot of people people who have made nonsense for love." Commented Edea.

"Look, why don’t you stop moonin’ and mopin’ around?. Just, just marry the girl." Commented Little John.

"Marry her? You don't just walk up to a girl, hand her a bouquet and say, ‘Hey, remember me? We were kids together. Will you marry me?’' Explained Robin. "No. It just isn't done that way."

"Well, why don’t you go in this case to her balcony and you take her like a gentleman?" Asked Edea.

"No," answered Robin. "It's no use. I've thought it all out, and… ...it just wouldn't work." The outlaw sighed. “Besides, what have I got to offer her?”

"Well, for one thing, you can't cook." Replied his friend.

"John!" Exclaimed Rena.

"I'm serious, Johnny. She's a highborn lady of quality." Robin said.

"So she's got, class? So what?" Asked Little John.

'It's not crudest because he can’t, for sure.' Thought Rena.

"I'm an outlaw, that's what. That's no life for a lovely lady. Always on the run. What kind of a future is that?”

Then without warning a rounded badger monk with white hair around his bald head turned to Robin. “Oh, for heaven's sake, son." Exclaimed the monk and the fright made Robin drop on a basket of clothes that were nearly empty. The three girls also jumped in fright. "You're no outlaw. Why someday you'll be called a great hero.”

"A hero?" Robin said with humor. "Do you hear that, Johnny? We've just been pardoned." He said sarcastically.

"That's a gas,” John said. “We ain't even been arrested yet."

"All right. Laugh, you two rogues." Commented the monk happily.

"And you are?" Asked Kairi.

"I am Friar Tuck, and live in a church near Nottingham." Replied the badger. "Besides, I'll take care of giving to the poor what Robin Hood and Little John manage to get for them."

"Come on, a good sponsor without being arrested," Edea said.

"And I can know who you are three? I do not believe you to be around here. "

"Neither of us is," Kairi said. "I am Kairi and they are Edea and Rena."

"What are you doing here?" Asked Rena.

"I came to bring you news of Nottingham." Said Friar Tuck and went to try the stew, but by his reaction was not to his liking. "Well-done, ain't it?"

"Congratulate the chef," Edea said, shaking her head to Robin.

Tuck continued. "Old Prince John's havin' a championship archery tournament tomorrow.”

"Archery tournament?" Asked Little John, laughing. "Old Rob could win that standin' on his head, huh, Rob?"

"Sorry, but I think he's never faced an elf, and of course, though not enough, I am." Commented Rena.

"Why should we be concerned?" Asked Kairi.

"Because they pay with a succulent prize money that wins, and by Maid Marian."

"Maid Marian?" Robin asked, surprised.

"Yeah. She's gonna give a kiss to the winner."

"A kiss to the winner!" Exclaimed Robin with open eyes.

"Well, I'm not interested in a girl to kiss me, really," Rena said.

"What are we waiting for?” asked Robin, preparing his bow.

"Wait a minute, Rob. Hold it." Exclaimed Little John. "That place will be crawlin' with soldiers."

"And not forgetting the Fallen that will be out there," Kairi said. "Besides the safest thing is that’s a trap."

“Aha! But, remember. Faint hearts never won fair lady." recited Robin. "Fear not, my friends. This will be my greatest performance," He said and to be clear, shot an arrow that struck a casserole, and threw his hat into the air, which was pierced by the arrow, and the hat fell perfectly on his head.

The next day, all attended the tournament, but at least two of them disguised. Robin Hood was disguised as pelican with different clothes, and Little John was disguised as a nobleman. The girls had some doubts about the idea, but was persuaded to see that Robin was able to fool the Sheriff of Nottingham, who intended to participate in the tournament. While Little John was going to Prince John, a lion with clear arrogance, and his valet, a snake called Hiss. Clearly, John presented himself before the prince not with his name, but as Sir Reginald, Duke of Chutney, managing to sit next to the prince, casting Hiss from his seat, but was sent to watch 'he-know-who', so Rena, who could not participate because was a female, which displeased her much, next to Friar Tuck and a local rooster named minstrel Alan-A-Dale, followed him closely in case.

Kairi thought Edea could accompany John to watch the prince and find out about the Fallen since Eve was informing them about the sign of a high level Fallen in the area. When they went, Kairi gasped upon seeing alongside the royal box a familiar face: There was one of the Three Devil Wives, more precisely the witch, Salome, who didn’t seem to be under the influence of the laws of that world. Hoping Medusa hadn’t reported about her new companions, although that possibility was scarce, let Edea go alone to the stage while she was hiding in the crowd, watching and avoiding being seen by the Fallen, and could recognize some Sentinels between the guards in the event.

When Edea reached the stage, bowed. "I must assume that you are the ruler of the kingdom, while your brother, King Richard, is away."

Clearly, Prince John didn’t like much to mention his brother. "It had to get someone to mention the 'detail' about my brother and my situation." For the commentary didn’t like anything.

"And I know who are you, Miss?" Asked Salome, who was next to the box.

"I am Edea Lee, daughter of Templar Braev Lee, Marshal of the Duchy of Eternia." Edea was presented. "And let's say you didn’t know of my presence here until today, as the Sheriff treated me like a tramp."

"Well, from what I've heard, that's typical of him." Exclaimed 'Sir Reginald'.

"Well, he was just doing his job." Commented the Prince. "But anyway, I guess I can let someone of her status can sit here," I said, looking at his sides, but the two empty chairs were reserved, and then looked at Salome. "You, bring a chair for our guest now."

"Excuse me?" Asked Salome, offended. "Since when I am your servant?"

"Don’t argue and obey me." He threatened the prince to the witch. "I remember that one of the clauses of our agreement was that you would have to obey my orders, isn’t it?"

"You heard his highness, Ma’am. So you can go marching to a chair." Reginald replied.

"Ma'am?" Asked Salome, offended, before leaving. "Stupid prince. Someday, he will wish not to be born. "

"Excuse her, she is new in the service and doesn’t know how to treat me as I should." Said the Prince. Suddenly he saw a chair flying towards him, but if isn't for the false noble that caught it, it would have fallen on his head. "I don’t remember I requested that the chair came flying." Commented with the scare in the body.

Edea tried to ignore the incident, and sat next to Sir Reginald to watch the tournament, and watch the visible Fallen. And while watching the procession of participants for the tournament. As the procession continued, Rena, Tuc, and Alan were looking for Hiss, until they found him inside a balloon, flying over the area of the tournament, so they began to follow him. Meanwhile, Edea could at last meet Maid Marian, the reason that Robin had decided on this crazy plan, and who sat beside Prince John. Edea thought that nothing would happen that was close until Robin Hood, in disguise, approached her and started talking to her so gallantly.

"Please, please, please..." he muttered quietly Edea.

"What’s happen?" Asked Eve across the communicator.

"The lovebirds are talking between them..." Edea said in low voicer for that the prince doesn’t hear her. "Between this, the prince and the Fallen, this will not end well."

Soon they unveiled the additional award to kiss Lady Marian: an arrow made entirely of gold. It was not what was expected as a reward, but at least it was something. And after presenting the award to Prince John, the tournament began. Clearly, some of the competitors in the tournament were no good, but two favorites that were in his head. Or better one, as one of them was Robin Hood disguise ... and the other was the Sheriff ... so the public’s favoritism was quite clear. But of course, as was the tournament, Prince John began to have some suspicions about him, detail Edea informed Eve and the other, but soon noticed that Hiss was floating near the floor, looking under the guise of Robin Hood, and then fly away. "Oh-oh... I think the Prince’s spy has discovered him."

"Is it true?" Eve asked and then contacted Rena and Kairi. "Girls, we have problems! Looks like someone has discovered Robin! You must neutralize it before he reveals it! "

When Rena knew it, found him and burst the balloon where it was with a mana arrow, making the snake fell in a barrel of liquor, which was blocked by Tuck and Kairi to not inform the prince of his discovery.

"Thread neutralized," Kairi said.

"Fine, but stay tuned, the prince might doubt about our favorite participant." Reported Edea.

In the last round, the Sheriff and Robin were the only ones left, and the tournament would be decided with a single shot. Clearly, the Sheriff did target, but with traps, although Robin managed to make a shot almost impossible, by Sheriff’s intrusion, which ended up hitting the target, breaking Sheriff arrow declaring the winner to Robin.

Robin was brought in front of the prince, who congratulated him using a sword as he revered the prince, declaring the winner, but suddenly: "or, more appropriately... the loser!"

With the sword, the prince tore the disguise, revealing Robin Hood to everyone, who was immediately arrested by the guards and tied with ropes and chains. Edea tried something but found a Sentinel pointing her from the side, while Salome rested on his shield with a mischievous smile. And clearly, the other Fallen began to search among the public, seeking to Rena and Kairi. But in the confusion, Little John was concealed behind the stage with an idea.

"I sentence you to sudden, instant and even immediate death!" Exclaimed the prince, really angry. But Marian tried to reason the prince to pardon Robin, but he excused himself that the traitors to the crown must die.

"That crown belongs to King Richard." Exclaimed Robin Hood. "Long live King Richard!"

Everyone present began to cheer the absent king, the prince getting infuriated even more until some heavy footsteps silent all at once. When they looked, they found a new Fallen: a kind of bull man brownish, much bigger than even the Sheriff or Little John, branding the Fallen emblem in the chest, wearing a thick armor around the top, and a huge double ax that paled halberds some of the Prince’s guards (Minotaur Executor). His mere presence caused people to panic.

"Next to mention certain absent man, and will suffer the same fate." Warned Salome with a sinister smile.

"Now... Off with his head!" Said the prince among his tantrum.

The drums began to sound, while Robin Hood was ready for his execution as the Minotaur Executor approached him, before the helpless eyes of the present peasants, while Kairi and Rena couldn’t help him and avoid the looking Fallen that the same time. Everything was over for the outlaw.

"Stop!" Cried the prince without warning, catching the attention of everyone. "Salome, stop his axe!"

The Devil Wive was confused but ordered the Fallen to stop his advance. This made the other Fallen stop looking, wanting to know what going on, while Kairi and Rena managed to avoid them. Nobody knew what was happening, but actually, Little John was behind Prince John, forcing him to release Robin, which confused both the Sheriff as Salome.

Everyone started clapping the prince's decision to forgive Robin Hood, and Marian ran to Robin to hug him as he took off the bonds. But the Sheriff began to suspect that something was wrong, and went to look behind the stage, finding Little John coercing the prince, and without warning the wolf attacked him, causing the bear to lose the grip on the prince, but he was able to send down the Sheriff of a hook.

"Kill him! Don't stand there! Kill him!" Ordered the prince John vigorously.

The guards soon went to capture Robin, but Little John threw him Sheriff’s sword with which he defended from them. While the Minotaur Executor was preparing to attack, but received a shot of Rena on the back, causing it to turn back, only to receive a Fire on his face that sent him to the ground, and when the Sentinel tried to point to the Princess of Heart, Edea immediately pulled her katana and nailed into the holes of the Fallen helmet, killing him, surprising Salome, who threw a Thunder on her, but she dodged by jumping forward, beginning to help Robin Hood and Little John with the guards, while Rena and Kairi faced legions of Armor knights to try to open an escape route. Clearly, the prince, losing the sword that was nearby, ran, hiding behind a barrel.

Lady Marian tried to flee the fray but was soon chased by several men of the Sheriff and a pack of Wargs called by Salome. But fortunately, using a hanging rope, Robin Hood rescued her, landing on the marquee box.

"Marian, my love, will you marry me?” Robin asked suddenly.

'Is he had no other occasion to ask that?' Edea asked, struggling with the guards and the Fallen.

 "Oh, darling, I thought you'd never ask me." Replied Marian, Robin while away the spears of the guards, until the tent was torn, causing both fell on the throne. "But you could've chosen a more romantic setting." Commented while Robin was repelling the attack of a Skeleton Soldier, which rejected sending the skull flying. Robin then began to explain where would do the honeymoon while he was dealing with the Fallen and guards.

While Kairi, Edea, and Rena were helping villagers to flee into the forest while facing the Fallen and prince’s guards, but this time they had no chance of winning, so that after evacuating to who they could, they hid in the woods.

Clearly, Prince John was very upset about the situation. Therefore, when found Hiss inside the barrel of liquor, drunk, tied him to a pole. And when Salome was about to say something about what happened, he put a finger in the nose, threatening. "For your own sake, don’t say it!"

Walking through the woods, Eve told them that most people hid in the den of Robin Hood, and they went there, and saw that they were having a party in honor of Robin and Marian, and create a song humbling to Prince John in style. But that had was a very high price...

When Prince John heard about the song, he decided to punish the people of Nottingham in the vilest way he knew: raise the taxes to catastrophic levels. And those who couldn’t pay the taxes, there were only two choices: Leave the city, or be imprisoned, regardless of family status, including children. Even gave Salome and her Fallen freedom to act as they wanted to make this happen, which made the situation was worse.

Meanwhile, in the church of Nottingham, Friar Tuck was busy carrying the church, but could not do much, because no one could visit, let alone make a donation, and all because of the prince. Until his assistants, a pair of mice were saying that no one would come, but Tuck said he should continue to give people hope, whatever the cost. Soon, he saw the mysterious woman in the red suit entering the church, and Tuck went to meet her, but she was ahead.

"I know perfectly well what you’re suffering." The woman said with false and strained voice. "It's not much, but please take it for the poor." She said and handed the friar him a coin.

"What is not much?" He asked the monk. "Aw, dear sister, no one can give more than that," Tuck said, putting the money in the stocks of donations. "Bless you, dear."

"Well, I usually don’t do this. Only on a rainy day." Said the woman.

"Well, it's rainin' now. Things can't get worse." Exclaimed the Friar Tuck.

"Howdy, Friar. Well, it looks like I dropped by just in time" Said the Sheriff, cheerfully, entering the church.

"What does that big-bellied bully want?" said one of the mice, angry.

The Sheriff opened the trap of collections and unceremoniously grabbed the coin. "Well, what have we got here?"

"Now, just a minute, sheriff!" Exclaimed the monk, exalted. "That's the poor box!”

"It sure is, and I'll just take it for poor Prince John." Said the Sheriff quietly.

"You thievin' scoundrel!" Exclaimed the angry monk and moving the furious fist. The mice seemed too furious, but the woman prevented from meddling for their own good.

"Now, take it easy, Friar." He tried to calm the Sheriff. "I'm just doin' my duty."

"Collectin' taxes for that arrogant, greedy, ruthless, no-good Prince John?"

"Listen, Friar, you're mighty preachy, and you're gonna preach your neck right into a hangman's noose." Threatened the Sheriff.

"Get out of my church!" Cried the monk and began to push him away with his belly, to be outside.

From here Friar Tuck began to attack him with a stick, causing the Sheriff to defend himself with his sword. But because one of the officers of the Sheriff, the monk was arrested and taken along the others, while the woman kept the mice safe.

Prince John was sitting before the fire, with all proceeds gold, but with a clear face depicting anger. Hiss was at his side, trying to comfort him.

"Sire..." He started Hiss. "if I may… May venture an opinion, you're not your usual cheerful, genial self-today.."

"I could suggest something to fix that," Salome said, resting on a pile of gold near to the prince. "I could make a couple of Hellequin for fun. They know good tricks. "

There was no response from the prince to both, it was just angrier.

"Sire, taxes are pouring in, the jail is full!" Hiss remembered something. "And, oh, I have good news, sire. Friar Tuck is in jail."

"Friar Tuck?" Exclaimed the prince, angry, making Hiss recede with gold falling on his head for his tantrum, and Salome hit the ground for his outburst of anger. It's Robin Hood I want, you idiot!" He said to angry Hiss and then looked at Salome. "And the only that those rotten clowns could do for fun would be playing with the head of Robin Hood, incompetent witch!" He exclaimed, offending Salome. "I'd give all my gold if I could just get my hands on..."

Then it stopped and thought about something. "Did you say, Friar Tuck?" Hiss confirmed and then began to think. "Ah! Hiss, I have it!" Exclaimed the prince. "I'll use that fat friar as bait to trap Robin Hood."

"Another trap?" Asked Salome. "As if the last one has worked as intended."

"Yes, yes, you stupid witch." Replied Prince John. "Friar Tuck will be led to the gallows in the village square, don't you see?”

"But, sire, hang Friar Tuck?" Asked Hiss alarmed. "A man of the church?"

"Yes, my reluctant reptile." Said the prince, opening a window to the courtyard. "And when our elusive hero tries to rescue the corpulent cleric..." Then the prince laughed maliciously. "... my men will be ready."

"And if he smells the trap and, or fails to save the monk?" Asked Salome.

"Remember the deal you proposed me so that I could gain complete control of the Fallen in this world? Especially the fact of using a sacrifice to seal it?" Asked the prince. "So in this case, the deal will be sealed with the death of one of two people. Robin Hood, or Friar Tuck," said Prince John, with a mischievous look.

Soon came the news that Friar Tuck was to be hanged in the morning, so Robin Hood decided to storm the jail that night with Little John. Clearly, Kairi, Edea, and Rena decided to also help in the rescue. Eve, on the other hand, decided to observe the castle from the Gummi Ship, detecting signals from the prince’s soldiers, Sheriff’s agents and the Fallen, mostly Sentinels and Armor Knights, plus some new small signals for her. Also detected the Fallen boss’ signal, the Minotaur Executor, circling the area.

When they infiltrated the castle undetected, they saw that the Sheriff had the keys and was about to fall asleep, but for not risk, Kairi used a Sleep on the Sheriff to sleep at all. Taking this opportunity, Robin Hood took the keys and used them to open the door to the dungeon, time that Little John, Rena, and Edea took the opportunity to sneak in, closing the door to avoid suspicion and release the prisoners, while Kairi helped Robin Hood to recover the gold from the taxes. The group of Little John, despite patrolling Armor Knights and Skeletons, managed to immediately release the prisoners.

Meanwhile, Robin and Kairi climbed the main tower, entering the bedroom of Prince John, where, interestingly, was all the money he had collected the taxes. Clearly, the prince was asleep in his bed surrounded by bags of gold, Hiss’ bed was at the foot of the Prince’s.

"This guy is paranoid with money." Commented Kairi softly.

"As you'll see when he wakes up with nothing," Robin said, preparing an arrow and a rope, firing it into the prison, went in, where Little John held her well and then Rena, with a normal bow, returned it to Robin.

The idea was simple, thought transport the gold from the prince to the prison with the old trick of the pulley.

"If we wake up and caught us here, we're doomed," Kairi said as she placed the bags of gold in the rope.

Gradually, gold was coming to the prison and then distributed among the prisoners, while Little John decided to take care of the Sheriff, stealing his clothes and posing for him to distract any opportunist guard. After that, Tuck and the prisoners began to flee in the castle, avoiding the patrols.

By then it was already dawn, and Kairi and Robin had put the last bag on the rope and were willing to go with them, but Hiss discovered them and grabbed a bag of gold and Prince’s paw to prevent them to escape, but that did the bed was dragged, awakening the prince, giving immediate alarm with shock, plus realize that they were stealing all the gold.

Now that had been discovered, they had no choice but to go down to the ground and escape with the other prisoners while being chased by guards and the Fallen.

"Come quick!" Exclaimed Edea, dispatching an Armor Knight with her katana, helping villagers to flee.

"Hurry up, all signals of the Fallen and the guards are directed to your position now!" He warned Eve from the communicator. "If you don’t hurry, you will be reached by that huge Fallen!"

"Okay, but who had the idea to sneak in the prison and take the gold?!" asked Rena, bringing down a Spectre Nulla with an arrow.

"We need to ask?" Eve asked.

Kairi stopped a group of Skeletons Soldier firing a Thunder on them, backing toward the door while Robin was shooting his arrows to stop the guards and destroy the Fallen that they stood.

Many Prince’s archers were shooting the fugitives from the walls, supported by Skeleton Archers and Crossbow Armors, but this problem was solved as Rena fired against the Crossbow Armor’s bolt, causing explosions of magic that interfered in the attacks.

Finally, they reached the door, still pursued by guards and several Sentinels, but Little John threw the barrels that were in a car to stop the chasing pack while climbing all the villagers in the car, while Robin and Kairi got down the drawbridge so they could escape.

"Now!" Kairi warned before to bring down a Spectre Ignis with Blizzard.

"This ain't no hayride. Let's move it out of here." Said Little John, and began to pull the car with everyone in it, while Kairi, Robin, and Tuck ran behind while Rena takes down the guards that fired at them from the door with her arrows.

"On to Sherwood Forest!" Exclaimed Friar Tuck.

But there was a problem, a baby was left behind, so Robin returned to the castle to rescue him, while suffering the shots of the archers and the Fallen, but before he could leave again, a Spectro Ignis burned the iron door’s rope, leaving inside Robín and the little one and Little John ran to the fence, getting the baby between the gaps.

"Keep going. Don't worry about me." Robin said.

Before the spears of the guards could impale him, Robin climbed the iron door to a rope, from where he jumped to the tower of the prince, trying to access the inside but the archers shooting did not stop with what they had.

Meanwhile, Kairi was watching from outside the castle what was happening.

"We must do something," Kairi said, seeing what was happening.

"And how? We can’t enter the castle. "Edea said.

Kairi started thinking about something until she took a decision. "I have an idea, but I need you stay with the others. I'll handle this." Kairi said, running towards the castle.

"Wait!" Shouted Rena, but could not stop it.

Kairi ran towards the castle, taking advantage of everyone was focusing on Robin. "I hope this works," Kairi said, and soon unleashing the Chocobo form, and using its agility, jumped the walls, reaching inside.

The redhead saw that among those shot at Robin from one side of the wall was a Crossbow Armor that shoot bolts of Fira type, so took firing a Blizzard against it, causing an explosion that momentarily stopped the attack on Robin, but attracted attention to her.

"There she is! Forget the bandit, Kill her! "Exclaimed Salome from a tower, confusing the prince to leave Robin Hood sort alone.

Kairi, using her agility gained in the Chocobo form, managed to elude the guards that tried to catch her, until the end with Robin, entering the tower.

"This tower will be your grave," Salome muttered, looking at the tower.

"Thanks for the help," Robin said. "But seriously, you should left when you could."

"And leave you with these beasts?" Asked Kairi. "Sorry, but no. Also, I have some friends who do the same, so I will not be less. "She clarified. "And if I'm with you, the Fallen will focus on me than you. Checked. "

"I see," Robin said. "Come, let us go from here."

"Kairi, wait! The Fallen is there!" Eve alerted Kairi by the communicator.

"How?" Asked Kairi.

When wanted inadvertently the exit was blocked by the huge Salome’s Fallen: the Minotaur Executor. The beast roared, ax in hand.

"Looks we don’t leave here unless we deal with him," Kairi said.

"Since you helped me before, now it's my turn," Robin said, looking around, finding a bow in the wall and some arrows, things he took.

The Minotaur Executor raised his ax and brought it down hard on Kairi, but she jumped aside, avoiding the ax, while Robin fired a homing arrow in the eye, causing the Fallen roar angry by the impact. Then he tried to attack Kairi Kairi, who dodged again, but this latest attack was more awkward than the last one. Surely the arrow left him one-eyed, reducing its vision.

The Minotaur Executor tried to hit with his ax to Kairi, but she dodged jumping and began to move around the side that had the injured eye, while Robin was shooting arrows at the joints of the armor to damage, but rather infuriated him more. So much so that in the end made a circling attack with his ax, hitting all around, except Kairi and Robin Hood who jumped out of reach of the gun.

Kairi then thought of something at the size of the Fallen, and then looked at Robin. "Can you give me some time? I have to prepare something."

"How much do you need?" Asked Robin, shooting an arrow that caught the attention of the Fallen.

"About five minutes tops? From my normal state, I can move to another form, as you see now." Kairi said and looked at the clothes Kairi now wore, connecting the dots. "But I've never tried to move from one form to another. Can you help? "

"I take care," Robin said and looked at Minotaur Executor. "Hey, big guy. If the Sheriff, being large, is unable to catch me, you much less." Tempted the bandit at the Fallen.

Those words caught the attention of the Fallen on Robin, which began to attack him with his ax, while Robin nimbly avoided the rush of the Minotaur Executor, giving all possible time to Kairi, who was at that time concentrated. After a long moment, Kairi changed shape, this time to the Shiva form, leaving Robin surprised by the change of clothing.

"Very exotic." Commented Robin.

Using the freezing power of the current form, Kairi froze the ground, making the Fallen momentarily off balance, giving Kairi the opportunity to use a Blizzara to form an icicle that sent toward the Minotaur Executor, through the armor and nailed it to the stomach. The Fallen growled by the perforation, pull out the icicle and struck the ground with the axe, breaking the ice for recover balance and advanced towards Kairi, starting to attack her, but she began to move on his blind side, avoiding the Minotaur Executor’s ax, taking advantage of another opportunity to launch another icicle, digging into the side. The Minotaur Executor put out the icicle again and continued attacking, but Robin continued to shoot arrows, this time pointed at the wounds opened by Kairi, weakening more, until finally kneeling.

Kairi didn’t miss the chance and started beating him with lots of combos with her Keyblade, soon pushing him back with one last blow. The Fallen soon got up and swatted his ax into the ground, causing an earthquake that shook the whole tower, and almost Kairi and Robin fell to the ground, but the Minotaur Executor advantage and tried to hurt Kairi with the ax, but fortunately, she ducked, avoiding the hack. Robin regained his balance and shot an arrow to the knee of one leg, causing the Fallen to kneel, allowing Kairi back to beat incessantly with the Keyblade, damaging more, until a final blow destroys the helmet of Minotaur Execution, revealing his bovine head.

The Minotaur Executor begins to rise and raise his ax to hit Kairi, but Robin shoots his last arrow, hitting him in the neck, causing the Fallen to kneel again, forcing him to put his hand on the neck, while Kairi prepare her Keyblade, covering it with light magic, and before the Fallen could react, Kairi does a horizontal cut that reaches the neck. The Minotaur Executor fell, remaining inert, while Kairi was panting hard.

"It’s over?" Asked Robin.

Soon the body began to glow, and without warning, the Minotaur Executor exploded in a cloud of darkness, while a big heart rose into the sky followed by a great number of souls until it disappears into the ceiling.

"Yes, it's over," Kairi said, tired, recovering her normal outfit after disappearing the Shiva form.

"This is not over until the fat lady sings!" Shouted someone. It was the Sheriff, who wore only an inner shirt with buttons, armed with a burning torch.

Kairi and Robin, exhausted from the last fight, strove to contain the attacks of the Sheriff, but the torch hit against everywhere, soon causing a fire that began to consume the tower. Kairi and Robin Hood had no choice but to flee upward, leaving the Sheriff back by flames. Soon they ascended the tower to the highest point of it, surrounded by flames.

From the outside, Little John, Edea, and Rena watched helplessly what was happening. In the tower, Kairi and Robin decided to jump into the moat in opposite directions, trying to escape the castle.

"Shoot her!" Salome ordered to shot to Kairi, who was swimming in the moat into the woods.

"Ignore she! Shoot Robin Hood immediately! Kill him! Kill him!" ordered Prince John.

Soon the shots started falling where Robin was giving Kairi time to reach safety in the forest. Robin soon sank into the water, even with the rain of arrows down on her. When they stopped, looked everywhere Robin sank, Kairi meeting with others, hoping for the best, but only saw his hat out of the water... with an arrow through it.

"No..." Kairi gasped, thinking the worst.

"Hiss, he's finished!" Cheered Prince John. "Done for!"

Salome just looked at him with disregard, seeing that he let out Kairi just to catch Robin.

All were glum at the scene, thinking the worst, but soon Eve communicated with the girls. "Wait, I'm picking up something in the pit."

Rena began looking into the pit until he found something. "Hey, what's that?"

It was kind of stick was floating strangely in the pit, until it reached the shore. When Little John came to see, the stick threw a water jet across the face, revealing that Robin Hood was using the stick to breathe in the water. "Oh, man, did you have me worried, Rob." Little John said with a smile as Robin water ears pulled. I thought you were long gone."

"Diving underwater," Rena said. "Now that's a good idea."

"Yes, much better than anything I've heard in my life," Edea said.

"I'm glad you're okay," Kairi said, helping Robin out of the pit.

All went into the forest, while Prince John watched what was happening, his happiness turned into despair. "Oh, no. It's so miserably unfair." Said the prince, and then looked at Salome. "You, you said you monsters would destroy Robin Hood!"

"I never said that. I just said that would fulfill the orders. But because of you, we missed the only chance we had to end the Princess of Heart." Salome said.

"Princess of Heart? I had enough of you with it! I have no idea why you want to kill her, but I don’t care anymore!" Cried the prince. "I want you to take your butt, pack your Fallen, and disappear from here, immediately!"

"As you like. after all, you only have given problems to us." Salome said, disappearing behind a Dark Corridor, followed by the disappearance of the Fallen in the Fortress.

Displeased, Prince John grabbed a stick and looked Hiss, who began to flee, thinking what was going to happen, trying to avoid being beaten by the raging tyrant.

Soon it became known that King Richard would return to the kingdom, which would end the tyranny of Prince John and his henchmen. And now that the Fallen were gone, and seeing that they had no Keyhole to the Heart of the World open, the girls said goodbye of Robin Hood and others, and returned to the Gummi Ship with Eve, hoping that the future arrival of the king put things in order.

As they flew, they located a new world. This was not invaded by the Fallen, but it was as if he had fallen a curse on him. Determined to investigate, they headed to the world but saw that the only possible point of teleportation to that world was a cemetery near a village. Irony aside, Kairi, Edea, and Rena came to this world and began research in the cemetery.

"Do you think this is normal?" Asked Kairi.

"I doubt it. I notice that there is a powerful curse in this world." Rena rectified. "Whatever it is, if it's not solved, the Fallen could come here."

"If so, we have to hurry." Commented Edea.

The three walked on until a blocked by a huge tombstone that God knows who belongs corner, and Rena felt the presence of someone. Making Kairi stay undercover, Rena prepared her bow while Edea drew her katana. After a few moments, Edea and Rena jumped into the corner and pointed their weapons at anybody. After a while, Edea and Rena began to look confused, and Kairi came to see.

When reuniting with her partners, she found two people, one blond and one dark brown, and both were clearly not of this world. What she was surprised to see both, is that both looked as if they had seen a ghost.

"Kuran..." said one to the other. "We have a problem..."