Kingdom Hearts: The World's Reluctant Heroes

Upon returning to the ship Sombra learned that things on Beast's end had been wonderful, in fact Fluttershy said that the curse had been broken and that she was sad when they learned that Sombra had missed the event, despite the fact none of them had been invited to the castle for the event. Seras and the others were happy to hear that Sombra had stopped Xaldin from interrupting the big night, and were even happier when she told them that she had awakened his heart, meaning he was now able to be his own person like the other saved Nobodies. It also meant there were fewer Nobodies to help, since many of them had found a way to gain a heart after encountering Sombra, not to mention Sora and the others, and Sombra suspected that they might encounter one or two more before finding their way to the World That Never Was, the home of the Organization. It was where their false Kingdom Hearts was resting, that much Roxas and the others had confirmed in their reports, and Sombra was sure that they would be able to find it once they were done dealing with the remaining plans that Xemnas might have started among all of the other worlds.

While they traveled Sombra noticed something weird, the new path they were taking seemed to be diverging from what they had done before the Heartless War, because instead of heading towards the Coliseum next, and visiting Hercules to make a fool of Hades in the arena, it seemed like they were heading to Port Royal.

With that in mind the group focused on what they normally did, training while traveling through space, Sombra making sure everyone had food, and just following the flow that had been established when they first started traveling the vastness of the World, as if nothing had changed since the start of their adventure. Sombra also helped Lei Shen master his powers, since what she had seen in Beast's world had been enough to tell her that now was the time for her to train him, though doing so was a little harder since he was a serpent dragon and not like Fluttershy or the others. It had been an interesting moment when Sombra had the dragon fire off his Lightning Breath, because the rest of their group stared at Lei Shen for a couple of seconds with shock on their faces, but what came after truly caused Sombra to realize just how powerful the Nobody was and how powerful his Heartless could have been if it had escaped them. Lei Shen's power wasn't just lightning, nor was it just thunder, and neither was it just wind, but all three of them in whatever manner he wanted, to which Sombra realized how naming his Heartless the 'Storm Rider' was accurate, even if 'Storm Ruler' was even more on the nose, and it caused her to call everyone together for a short meeting.

"As most of you know, all Nobodies have epithets to describe themselves... Roxas was the 'Key of Destiny', Xemnas' was the 'Superior of the In-Between'." Sombra said, as most of them knew that information, and those that didn't knew it now, even though she knew that Seras and Xion might be the only ones who went without getting an epithet, causing her to turn her eyes to the serpent dragon for a few moments, "You, Lei Shen, are worthy of receiving one as well... you are the 'Thunder King', whose Aspect is 'Storm'."

Lei Shen swirled around them happily for a few moments, showing them that he enjoyed having a title, before stopping to the right of Sombra as he gathered his power, taking aim at the mountain off in the distance as the wind kicked up a little bit, thunder sounded in the distance, and lightning flashed, before blasting the mountain with a beam attack, leaving a crater that was as large as the area they had waited in before the Heartless War.

"Okay... we're going to need some more training." Radiant remarked, because while the dragon's control was good she knew that it could be far better, she knew Sombra enough to understand that fact, and suspected that Lei Shen would be joining all of them in the real training sessions so he could do that, something that seemed to put a smile on the dragon's face as some of the others praised his control.

Other than that there wasn't much else for them to do as they traveled to Port Royal, even though it seemed odd for them to be heading there next, but it did allow everyone to full rest and prepare themselves for whatever might be thrown at them when they finally reached their next destination. When they got close to the world in question Sombra told Lei Shen that this time around he had to stay on the ship, because there were no dragons in Port Royal and it would be hard to explain what he was to people who had no idea what they were looking at. She knew that they had the whole undead pirate event, but felt that such a thing wasn't really enough to help them adapt to the oddities of the other worlds, even though Jack and the rest of the people had ignored how Sombra and the others looked, like the pony girls had been totally normal. Lei Shen floated around the area before nodding his head, showing that he definitely understood what Sombra was talking about, and flew back to where he and the other animals rested, no doubt to rest and then train some more while they were busy.

Once that was done Sombra and the others warped down to the world's surface, finding that they were back by the bell they had appeared near the first time around, before discovering that there was a fight going on nearby, which happened to be Jack fighting more undead pirates.

"Why are these guys still around? Didn't we beat Barbossa?" Sora asked, though at the same time he and the others lashed out at the undead pirates as their weakness was revealed to them, allowing them and Jack to deal a lot of damage to them in a few seconds before finally doing away with them.

"Some scallywag got greedy, obviously." Jack stated, where he noticed that some of the group, namely Donald, looked at him for a moment with a look that told him that they were judging him, causing him to hold up a hand as he started to defend himself, even though Sombra knew he didn't like cursed treasure, "Wasn't me, of course."

"No, it wasn't." a voice replied, causing the group to turn their heads for a moment as an Organization member stepped out of a Dark Corridor, where he raised his hands and pulled his hood back, revealing that it was Luxord, the gambler who liked to play games, though everyone kept their guards up, "A skeletal Heartless has found the cursed treasure and has made off with it... restoring the undead pirates, and their curse, and I do believe that it has taken on the power of the curse as well."

"Another curse... should I save us some time and just eliminate the curse?" Sombra asked, because she was getting tired of all the things that were cursed during this adventure, be they people or objects, and part of her was tempted to just wipe the curse out before they even worried about the new type of Heartless, before thinking about it for a moment, "Might be a good way to go about it... could summon the Heartless while I'm at it. I am surprised that Xigbar didn't task you with taking the gold and using it to spread Heartless around the world, however that's supposed to work, and commanding the brand new Heartless to fight us."

"Oh, he did give such an order... I, along with the majority of the others, are ignoring his orders." Luxord replied, though at the same time Elizabeth came out and talked with Jack about looking for Will, something that caused them to board the ship they had used to follow after the Black Pearl previously, causing Sombra to summon a table for the pair to use while the rest of the group got the ship underway, where Luxord produced some playing cards and dealt a few hands, "Xigbar is supposed to be our Second, as he's Xemnas' right hand, but... lately something in him has changed, like the path he was walking had been altered and he can't figure out what's going on."

"Well, to be fair, we did shatter the Organization's plans multiple times." Sombra said, where she looked at her cards and just tossed one into the center of the table before replacing it from one that came from the top of the deck, before glancing at the Nobody that was in front of her, who seemed to be lost in thought right now, "But something tells me that you're thinking of something else... like he knew something that he shouldn't have known and is now freaking out because the path he was walking no longer exists."

"Yes... I will admit that there are times where Xigbar acts like there is more going on than he lets on." Luxord states, though he frowns for a moment before discarding three cards and replacing them, where his poker face returns, as he doesn't want Sombra to know what's in his hand right now, before he considered something, "There was the incident that Demyx might have told you about: he was reading from a new musical book he had acquired recently, at the time anyway, and Xigbar just walked over and snatched it out of his hands, like he thought it was something else."

Sombra raised an eyebrow as she heard that, though as Sora and the others clashed with their enemies, which turned out to be Soldiers and the other Heartless they found the last time they came to this world, her mind was already piecing together all of the pieces that were in front of her. As she moved her cards around, keeping Luxord guessing while he wondered what she might say next, Sombra realized something important about that little story, and that something was due to the fact that she knew Demyx's secret, which no one else knew. Since Demyx was Prexus, the Master of Masters, that meant Xigbar either knew him before they became Nobodies, like he was an apprentice of sorts that had no idea his master was close at hand, or they were enemies and both were seeking to use the Organization for their own goals, like a 'Master of Masters' and a 'Master of Evil'. In the end Sombra came to a decision and assumed that Xigbar could be an apprentice of Prexus', which told her that he might not be aware of what his master was even doing right now, and that meant that Prexus was actually doing a good job at being hidden while also trolling his own student.

Such a thing caused her to chuckle as she played her hand, surprising Luxord since he seemed sure that he would win this game, while Sombra mentally imagined a chessboard that was moving more and more in her favor, especially since Xigbar was playing a losing game that he had no hope of winning.

"It would seem that things are getting quite interesting, wouldn't you say so?" Sombra asked, though at the same time she barely moved as Luxord found her summoning and swinging her Light Keyblade, cutting in half the large Heartless that had taken the chest full of medallions, an undead looking one based on what she was seeing, and as she captured it's heart she also magically seized the stone chest and dropped it on the ship, "So, Luxord, what are you..."

"Can I join you guys? Maybe we can play some games while we travel between the worlds?" Luxord inquired, speaking about the worlds while Jack and the others from this world were focused on making sure all of the medallions were inside the large stone chest, all while he collected the cards with a smile on his face, like he actually just enjoyed playing games and was only putting up with the Organization thanks to Xemnas' presence.

As Jack, Will, and Elizabeth locked up the chest, casting it into the depths of the sea where no one could find it, Sombra and Sora said that it would be nice having another friend on the ship, though Sombra could only imagine the look on Xigbar's face as he realized that his plans were collapsing, all while looking forward to what the coming days had in store for them.