A Noble Heart By:
Summary: An Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy/Sailor Moon crossover that is a sequel to my last story, Rhapsody in Blue. This is also a slight sequel to Kingdom Hearts II... yeah. I won't explain much now, you'll just have to read to find out how this story will work!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own EEnE ORSM, Kingdom Hearts, Disney or Final Fantasy (AN: Or anything else I'll throw in here)! All I own are a few OC's that'll come along... and also a returning OC...
Chapter 1: The Beginning of another Normal Day and a Surprise Visitor
It was a somewhat beautiful morning here in the Peach Creek Community as we come upon a neighborhood called the Peach Creek Cul-De-Sac. We soon come upon a location that was in between the houses of the Cul-De-Sac and the newest built neighborhood, Peach Creek Estates. This place was called the Lane to the local teens of both the Cul-De-Sac and the PC Estates. In the Lane today, we can see three teen boys; one standing, one sitting on a nearby stump, and the other one leaning his back against the fenced wall.
These three boys were Ed, Double D and Eddy; or the Ed's, as everyone else like to call them.
Ed was a tall, fifteen year old teen with a red-tinted buzz cut, a unibrow and had hazel, green-brown eyes. He was wearing a red and white striped t-shirt that was underneath a long, green jacket that went a little past his waist, baggy blue jeans, and black tennis shoes.
Double D was a middle sized fifteen year old teen that had only three strands of black hair coming out of the back of his white-striped, black sockhat and had dark, jade green eyes. He wore a red t-shirt that went past his waist, purple carpenter pants that went to his knees, and blue tennis shoes with long, red socks that went to his mid calf.
Eddy was a teen that seemed to be just a smidge too short for his age of fifteen and had only three, long strands of dark blue hair on his head and had foggy, ice blue eyes. He wore a yellow t-shirt that went right to his waistline. The shirt had a purple collar and a red stripe coming down the right side of his shirt. He wore baggy blue jeans with a silver wallet chain coming out of his front left pocket and also wore red tennis shoes.
As you can guess by their postures, they were waiting for someone and/or some people to meet them. Soon they saw three people coming up to them with smiles on their faces. The three Ed's soon had smiles on their faces as the three people came up to them.
The three people were actually the Ed's sweethearts; Hotaru, Ami and Rei.
Hotaru looked to be the age of fifteen. She had short, midnight black hair that went to her shoulders and dark, violet eyes. She was wearing a short sleeved, black vest that went to her mid chest, while underneath was a beige-colored shirt. She was also wearing a pair of long, tan colored jeans and wore a pair of purple tennis shoes.
Ami was a fifteen year old teen girl. She had dark, ocean blue hair that went to her chin and ears, which looked a little bit like a boy's haircut and bright, ocean blue eyes. She was wearing a baby blue t-shirt with a long sleeved white undershirt, ivory-colored cargo pants that went to her knees, and baby blue and white sneakers.
Rei seemed to be about the age of fifteen years old. She had midnight, black hair that went all the way down to her hips and bright, violet eyes. She was wearing a blood red t-shirt with a pair of rose-colored cargo pants that went down pass her knees and black and red sneakers.
They all met three years ago by a chance of fate. Double D met Ami when she fell from the sky. Eddy first met Rei when they bumped into each other on the sidewalk near the candy store; Eddy then saved Rei after she was almost hit by a speeding car. Ed and Hotaru met when he heard her scream in an alleyway while walking home; he went to her to see what was wrong… but it was really Makoto that did all of the work of saving her, he just stood by and watched. But he did manage to wake her up.
(AN: Anyway, back to the story…)
"Hey guys!" the three girls greeted, "How are you three doing?" Ami asked.
"We're all doing okay," Double D replied.
"We were thinking about fixing breakfast for you three at my house," Eddy explained.
"Wanna come?" Ed asked with a toothy smile.
The three girls giggled at the offer, "Sure, we're game," Rei said.
"Good, then follow us!" Eddy stated as the six of them walked back to Eddy's house.
Little did they know that they were being watched by a pair of dark, red-brown eyes…
The six teens soon got to Eddy's front door as they enter the house and stopped in the living room, "Okay ladies, you stay in here while we make the food," Eddy explained as he looked at the other two Ed's, "Ready?"
"You bet!" they replied with a thumb up.
The three Ed's soon went into the kitchen and started to make the food…
(Thirty Minutes Later…)
"Okay, it's done!" called Eddy from the kitchen as the three girls got up from where they sat and went into the kitchen. They were surprised at how good the food looked.
"Well, dig in!" Ed said as he and the other five sat down. Double D sat next to Ami; Eddy sat next to Rei and Ed sat next to Hotaru.
They soon started to eat their food, "Well?" questioned Double D, "How is it?"
"It's great!" Ami, Rei and Hotaru all stated. Each of the Ed's seemed to melt in their shoes at the comments.
Suddenly, Eddy's front door starts to ring. Eddy arched an eyebrow, "Hmm, who can that be?" he questioned to himself as he got up from where he sat and walked towards the door. He then opened the door slowly, "Uh, hello? How can I…?"
He suddenly stopped what he was saying to look at the person at his front door. It was a man, probably in his mid twenties, that was wearing something that you wouldn't see everyday. He wore a long, white coat with matching white boots. He had a hood over his face; preventing his face to be seen by Eddy. He had three strands of long, dark rain blue hair sticking out of his hood.
"Eddy Wendell, I presume?" the man asked.
"Uh…yeah? What's it to ya?" Eddy stated back.
The man shook his head from side to side, 'He still hasn't changed,'he thought to as he looked at Eddy, "There's something we need to discuss."
Eddy arched an eyebrow at the man in white; he sounded very serious at his request, "Uh, sure; but I have a question."
"Okay, what is it?"
"Who are you?"
The man seemed to chuckle at his request, "You should probably know me, Eddy."
The man then proceeded to take off his white hood; Eddy blinked at the man's appearance for about two seconds before…
"AHHH!"
This got everyone else's attention from the kitchen as they scurried from the kitchen table and went to the front door. The two other Ed's gasped at the appearance of the man.
The man's facial appearance was identical to Eddy if he were older; he had short, dark blue peach fuzz on his chin and upper lip. The man's navy blue eyes were deep with seriousness locked within his eyes.
"Evan?" Eddy questioned with shock, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to tell you all something important," the man named Evan said, "Can I come in now, little bro?"
"Uh… yeah; sure you can Evan!" Eddy replied with a nervous laugh. Soon everyone was sitting somewhere in Eddy's living room.
"So Eddy," Evan started to ask, "When did you and Rei finally meet?"
"Well, it was about three years ago… Hey, what a sec!" Eddy suddenly stopped his sentence when he processed Evan's sentence carefully, "How do you know Rei's name?"
"Yeah, I would like to know that myself!" Rei agreed, "I've never seen you before until today."
Evan only arched an eyebrow, "What; don't you remember?" he started to ask, "I had a past life then too, ya know?"
"What?" exclaimed the six teens with shock.
"Yep," Evan said with a nod, "I'm still Eddy's big brother; then and now," he shook that thought out of his head, "Okay, let's get back on topic."
The six teens came in closer to hear Evan.
"He's coming back," Even started to say and he lowered his head with a growl, "The prince who abusedhis guardian powers to get what he wanted."
He soon looked up to the six teens with seriousness in his eyes, "Russo will come for you all."
Chapter 2: The Attack of the Heartless
Eddy and Rei turned pale in the face at what Evan said, "What?" they questioned with shock.
"B-But how?" Rei asked even further, "We saw him destroy himself! How can he still be alive?"
"It's not really him coming back," Evan started to explain, "It's his Heartless that's coming."
"Heartless?" echoed the six teens, "What's that suppose to mean?" Hotaru questioned.
"Well… it's sort of hard to explain," Evan explained even further, "I'll tell you all about it when we leave."
"Leave?" Double D stated with confusion, "Why do we need to leave?"
"Like I said, it's hard to explain," Evan said, "The other kids of the neighborhood have probably left; thanks to two of my friends," he then gets up from where he sat and walks to the front door, "We have to get going; now."
The six teens looked at each other with worry as they soon followed Evan from the living room to the front door and out into the Cul-De-Sac.
That's when everyone noticed the clouds swirling above them in the sky. It was also a pitch black with a few shades of dark purple. There was also a vortex up in the sky, sucking in everything that wasn't built into the ground.
"W-What's happening?" Ami asked in horror of her and the other's surroundings.
"This world is being destroyed," stated a voice from out of nowhere as everyone puts up their guard, "… Just like all of you will be in a few minutes."
"It can't be…" both Eddy and Rei growled as a figure appeared before them all, "Russo."
Indeed it was true; it was Russo, "Hello Princess; hello Shrimp," he greeted as he then noticed Evan there beside them and the other four teens, "Evan; long time, no see, eh? How is Layla these days?"
Evan only made a glare at him, "What is your goal with the keys?" he asked him with a growl.
Russo made a chuckle at his question, "Why, you already know what I'm planning to do with them; why question it?"
And before anything could happen next…
"Pluto Time… Stop!" cried a familiar voice from out of nowhere as everything seemed to turn gray; everything came to a halt.
"Setsuna?" questioned the six teens as they then see a figure come up to them. It was Setsuna, aka: Sailor Pluto; her Garnet Rod shining a brilliant burgundy red.
"Hurry up and go; before my time spell breaks!" she said as she turned to Evan, "I'm sure you can do that, can you not?"
"I can," Evan said as he then took in a deep breath, "Dox, Tarox! It's time to act!" he suddenly shouted as he then stood in front of Eddy and Rei.
Soon two other people appear out of white portals; one of them was a teen male figure that was in front of Double D and Ami, while the other one was a teen female that was in front of Ed and Hotaru.
"Time for them to get out of here," Evan said as he looked at the boy stranger, "Dox, you take Double D and Ami to Transverse Town," he then turned to the female stranger, "Tarox, you take Ed and Hotaru to Metro City; I'll take Eddy and Rei to Kingston Village."
The two strangers nodded at their orders as they both created white portals again, taking Double D, Ami, Ed and Hotaru with them.
Evan then turned to Eddy and Rei, "Hold on tight!" he said as he made a portal himself, pushing in Eddy and Rei as he did. Evan then turned to Sailor Pluto, "Thank you."
"No problem," Pluto replied as Evan walked in the portal himself. She then disappeared as the color returned to the world and Russo.
Russo blinked a couple of times before saying, "Darn! Where the heck did they go?" he looked around to se any sight of them, but they were nowhere, "Stupid Pluto!"
"Now-now child, there's no need to fret," said a calming, yet malevolent voice as a figure appeared beside him in green flames around her body, "You'll find them soon; and get the revenge that you so desire."
"Yes Maleficent, I know," Russo replied as they both disappear.
The world of the Cul-De-Sac is now lost…
Chapter 3: Travelers of the Worlds-One Heck of a Problem
It was a somewhat peaceful day here at Warner Castle as we come upon the throne room of Warner Castle. There sat an anamorphic rabbit named Bugs Bunny on the throne; with his wife, Lola Bunny, by his side. They both had bored expressions on their faces. They were both waiting on someone and/or something.
"Your Majesty!" cried a voice from the doors of the throne room as Daffy Duck, Bugs's 'part-time' advisor, came into the throne room, "Did ya happen to call me now?"
"Yes Daffy, I did," Bugs said with a nod as Daffy came to him and Lola, "I'm waiting for some very important people to come here; and what we need to discuss is something that will involve all three of us."
"Uh, sure; I'm game for wherever we're gonna talk about!" Daffy replied with a salute.
Soon two important figures come into the room, along with two people beside each of them.
The first one of the bunch was a short mouse with a duck and a dog-like creature beside him. The second one was a female with two males by her side.
The female was a woman in her early twenties that had short, boyish-like chestnut brown hair with a flower in between her left ear. She also had dark, red-brown eyes. She wore a white tank top underneath a shirt sleeved, denim-like lavender vest. She also wore a pair of knee length, beige carpenter pants and black, lavender and white tennis shoes.
The first man beside her was a man in his early twenties that had short, bushy sand blond hair and bright, sky blue eyes. He wore a white collared shirt with a loose red tie around the collar. He also wore a pair of long, brown trousers and brown and yellow-gold tennis shoes.
The last man there was a man that was also in his early twenties. He had short, unusually dark pink tinted hair and dark, grass green eyes. He also had a few freckles on his cheeks. He wore a brown t-shirt with a vertical, floral pattern that was a baby blue color. He also wore a pair of bright green shorts that went to his knees and lavender, white and lime green tennis shoes.
(AN: Okay, I want you all to guess who these three are... lol, you'll never know until I say that they're Nickelodean Characters...)
"Hello Mickey, hello Sandy!" Bugs greeted with a smile, "I see that each of you have brought along your own entourage?"
"Yes," both Mickey and Sandy said with a nod of their heads.
"Did you find something about the increasing number of Heartless recently?" asked Bugs to Mickey.
"Well, we've received word from a few Lighthearts that Maleficent has a new, strong apprentice by her side," Mickey said with a sigh, "They are now seeking out the six forgotten keys," he explained as he took out his Keyblade, "As all of us know, there are nine Keyblades that we know of; my Realmblade, Sandy's Acornblade, Bugs's Carrotblade, and Sora, Riku and Kairi's Keyblades," he paused for a moment to recollect his thoughts, "But there're six other Keyblades that are said to exist; the Starblade, the Crestblade, the Novablade, The Heartblade, the Earthblade and the Moonblade."
"But how do we find these six other keys?" asked Sandy, "There's a whole lot of universes out there to look in."
"Well, I'd suggest that we'll start off in three different worlds, that way we can find them quicker," Mickey concluded.
"That seems fair," Bugs said as he turned to Daffy and Lola, "I'm gonna let you two come with me."
"What?" Daffy slightly exclaimed, but quickly shut his beak when he saw the seriousness in his king's eyes.
"Okay, we better get going to find these six Keyblade Masters," Sandy said as she turned to the two men behind her, "Did ya get all that; SpongeBob, Patrick?"
Much to her surprise and slight disappointment, the two men beside her, SpongeBob (AN: The blond one) and Patrick (AN: The pink haired one), were now asleep standing up, "SpongeBob! Patrick!"
(AN: Okay, guessing game is over, lol. It's humanized SpongeBob SquarePants Characters! Why did I choose this series? I would like to know that myself...)
That seemed to have gotten the young men's attention very quickly, "Yes Sandy?" the both questioned with a hand salute to their foreheads.
"We gotta get going now; back to the Krusty Ship," Sandy ordered as they all then left, leaving to get to the 'Krusty Ship'.
"I better get going as well," Mickey said as he turned to the duck and dog-like creature behind him, "Donald, Goofy? Are you two ready?"
"You bet, Your Majesty!" replied Donald and Goofy as they soon left the throne room.
"Looks like we gotta leave soon too," Lola said as she turned to Bugs, "But who's going to take care of the castle while we're gone?"
"Hmm, good question" Bugs replied as he started to ponder on who he would choose. He soon had a candidate in mind, "I know who!"
He then mashed a button on the armrest of his throne room chair that said 'Porky Pig' as it then made a little buzzing sound. After a couple of minutes of waiting, a person (AN: Or rather, an anamorphic pig, to be correct) came into the throne room.
"Y-Y-Yes, Y-Your Majesty?" asked the pig named Porky, "H-How can I-I b-be of- c-can I help y-you?"
"I want you to look after the castle while Lola, Daffy and I are gone," Bugs explained to Porky, "Can you do that for me?"
"S-S-Sure I will!" Porky said with a bow.
"Thank you Porky," Bugs thanked as he turned to Daffy and Lola once again, "Now we can go to the Luna Ships."
As soon as he said that, he got up from where he sat and walked out of the throne room with Lola and Daffy behind him…
Chapter 4: Double D-World I-Transverse Town
Double D felt like he had been hit by a ton of bricks as he started to come to his senses, "Oh, what happened…?"
He soon notices his surroundings; he was sitting in an alleyway of some sort. It was then while he was looking around that he noticed someone beside him, "Ami!"
It was true; Ami was beside him to his left. Double D was soon in front of her, shaking her gently on her left shoulder, "Ami? Are you awake, Ami?"
Double D then heard her make a little groan, "Double D?" Ami questioned as she opened her ocean orbs. She soon locked her eyes onto Double D gaze, "Where are we?"
"I'm not sure," Double D replied with a shake of his head.
Ami made a little sigh, "Well, at least you're here; but where's everyone else?"
"I… don't really know," Double D stated, "Maybe we should look around to see where we are; you know, to see if we can find the others."
"Good idea," Ami said with a nod as she and Double D got up from where they sat and walked out of the alleyway.
They soon spot someone coming towards them; it was a boy that was about Double D's height. He was wearing what Evan had on when they last saw him. They soon realize that it was the boy that brought them here.
"Good, I've finally found you two," he said with a slight nasal-like tone in his voice, "I was afraid I wasn't going to find you two."
The two teens looked at each other in confusion, "And… who might you be?"
"Oh, how rude of me not to introduce myself to myself," the teen said as he took off his hood. Double D turned pale in the face as Ami gasped in surprise.
There, standing in front of them, was a boy with a white beanie that had black stripes on one side of the sockhat. There was a bit of platinum blond, almost white-colored hair coming from the back of his sockhat. His face was like a complete clone of Double D; complete with the same hue of green eyes; even his gaped smile was still there.
"My name is Dox, and I was your Nobody once, Double D," the boy said to Double D.
"What?" Double D and Ami questioned, "What do you mean by 'Nobody'?" Ami asked.
Dox looked at them with surprise, "Did Evan not explain that to you yet?"
"Umm, no; he never said anything about what's happening," Double D said, "But if you don't mind, maybe you explain it to us?"
"I will explain," Dox said with a nod of his head, "But not out here; there's a hotel in the Second District where I'll explain everything to you two."
"Oh, okay," the two teens said as they followed Dox to wherever he was talking about.
They soon came upon a door that led to the Second District and entered it. They then find the hotel nearby on the left side of the Second District's entrance. Soon all of them enter the hotel and entered the first room with a blue door.
Inside the room, we see a few people sitting around the room; some of them where familiar faces, others were not. We saw Usagi, Mamoru, Rolf and Makoto all on one side of the room, conversing with one another. As for the other people, they were not so familiar.
One of the people in the room was a man with medium length, brown hair and cold, ice blue eyes (AN: Squall/Leon; Final Fantasy VIII and the Kingdom Hearts Series). The other man in the room was a man wearing a cowboy hat that was over his long, brown ponytail hair and had dark, navy blue eyes (AN: Irving; Final Fantasy VIII). The other man there was actually a boy wearing a mage-like hat that was over his short, coal black hair and had bright, golden amber eyes (AN: Vivi; Final Fantasy IX…).
(AN: I know, I made him into a human boy AND I know that he's supposed to be in Twilight Town. But, I feel like that they placed him there as a quota, even though he was requested many times in the first Kingdom Hearts. So, this will be the Final Fantasy IX Vivi, not the Kingdom Hearts II Vivi, kay? Okay, that's my two cents…)
There were a couple of girls here too. One of the women there was a green haired woman with red-brown tinted eyes (AN: Terra; Final Fantasy VI… Ooo, a classic Final Fantasy!). The other one was a woman with short, slightly spiked down hair and unusual pair of eye color; her left eye was blue, while her right eye was green (AN: Yuna; Final Fantasy X…and no, she's not a fairy this time!).
"Hello guys, I'm back," Dox said as everyone turned their attention to him. Usagi, Mamoru, Rolf and Makoto gasped at the sight of Double D and Ami.
"Double D, Ami!" they all exclaimed as they quickly came over to them, "You're alright?"
"Yes," they both said as they noticed that everyone that they didn't know was watching them, "Where are the others?" questioned Ami.
"We don't know," Usagi said with sadness in her voice, "We think they may all be in another world."
Double D and Ami both widened their eyes at this information, "Another world?"
"Yes, I was just about to explain that to you two," Dox's voice said from behind them as Double D and Ami turned towards him, "But I have to wait till Naux get's back here. She went to get some groceries with Riona," he then gestured to the other people in the room, "But first, why don't you tell everyone who you are; that way, you're not a stranger to them."
"Okay, we can do that," Double D said with a nod of his head.
The two teens then turned to the other people in the room, "My name is Ami."
"And my name is Eddward, but everyone calls me Double D instead," Double D finished, "What are your names?"
"Pleased to meet you two; the name's Irving," said the man with the cowboy hat as he tilted his hat forward for a 'hello' gesture.
"Nice to meet you two as well; my name is Terra," said the woman with the long, green hair.
"It's great to finally meet you two; my name is Yuna," said the brown haired woman with the blue and green eyes.
"N-Nice to meet you; I-I'm Vivi," said the boy with the mage hat and amber eyes.
"The name's Leon," the man with the brown hair said in a sort of uninterested tone of voice, "And I presume that you two created Dox and Naux?"
"What?" questioned both Double D and Ami as Double D turned his head to Dox, "What does he mean by 'created'?"
Dox made a little sigh, "You'll see when Naux and the others get here."
Double D, Ami and the other four teens all gave each other a confused look; what was going on? Why was there a Double D look-a-like? And what did Leon mean by 'created'?
Suddenly, the front door of the room opens up to reveal a woman coming into the room. The woman was a woman with shoulder blade length, black hair and bright, ocean blue eyes (AN: Riona; Final Fantasy VIII). She was carrying in a sack of groceries. Soon one more person comes into the room, sack of groceries at hand; she wore the same thing as Dox did.
"Hello Dox!" said the hooded girl as she and the other woman put down the groceries on the table nearby, "Did you find us yet?" she stated with a slight chuckle.
She then looked at Double D and Ami and gave them a gasp, "You did find them!"
She then took off her hood, revealing her face to Double D and Ami. Ami turned pale in the face as Double D widened his eyes in surprise and the other four teens gasped in shock.
There, standing in front of them, was a girl that looked a lot like Ami. She had short, boyish style of hair that was an orange color. Her eyes were the same hue as Ami's; dark, yet bright ocean blue orbs.
"My name is Naux," she said to Double D and Ami as she turned her head to Ami, "I was you Nobody once."
"Nobody?" questioned the six teens, "What do you all mean by that?" Ami and Double D both asked even further.
Dox and Naux glanced at each other with a sigh, "Okay, we'll tell you everything about that."
The two teens in the white robes (AN: And the other people in the room also) soon told what a Nobody was; when a person dies, a Heartless and a Nobody is created from that person's heart. But when a person's heart is revived, their Nobody gains a heart and a personality as well. That Nobody is now a Lightheart; a human with their remaining Nobody powers and additional feelings that they've lost when they were a Nobody. This is what Dox and Naux are; Double D and Ami's Nobody's who had both turned into Lighthearts. They also explained about the hearts of the worlds and such things like that.
"But what about Eddy's brother?" Double D questioned, "How is he a Lightheart? Surely he couldn't have…"
"Evan… he isn't really a Lightheart," Dox said, "He's the one who found us all; about two years ago."
"Oh, I see…" Double D stated quietly. He soon thought about Ed, Eddy and everyone else, 'Oh, I hope the others are okay…'
"Double D?"
"Yes, Ami?" asked Double D as he turned to his dear friend.
"I've been questioning something to myself since we came here," Ami said with a sigh, "Remember when Evan said something about keys… what did he mean by that?"
"Oh, I can answer that one," Dox said as everyone turned their attention to him, "Double D, Ed; even Eddy all have Keyblades," he then turned to Usagi, "And so do you, Princess Serenity."
The other people in the room (AN: That were not part of the Cul-De-Sac, of course) gasped at the information, "What?"
"…What?" questioned everyone else.
"Can you explain that to us please?" Usagi asked.
Naux made a chuckle, "Of course," she then cleared her throat and explained what a Keyblade was and such (AN: Look in the last chapter for some of the details. I'm not repeating them again, if you don't mind…).
Double D and Usagi listened intently to the explanation, "A Key…blade?"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, two bright flashes appeared in the room around Double D and Usagi's right hands as something then formed in their right hand palms. They both had Keyblades; each of them designed differently to each other.
The Keyblade that Double D held had a blade that was a silver color and a handle that was midnight black. The rim of the sword was pure white while a bluish-silver star key chain dangling at the bottom of the rim of the sword. Double D could feel a strange vibe coming from the sword.
Usagi's Keyblade looked completely different than Double D's Keyblade. The blade of her key-shaped sword was a pure white color that had a handle that was a gold color. The rim of her sword was a glossy silver color with a yellow and silver, ¼ filled crescent moon key chain dangling at the bottom of the rim of the sword. Usagi could also feel a strange vibe coming from her Keyblade.
"The Starblade and the Moonblade," said Riona with slight awe as the Keyblades then disappeared from their hands.
"Hey everyone!" said a voice from within the hallway of the hotel as a woman came into the room (AN: Tifa; Final Fantasy VII), "King Mickey is here to see us!"
"He is?" gasped almost everyone in the room.
'Who?' thought everyone that didn't know him.
"What is he here for?" questioned Leon.
"He and the others said something about finding new Keyblade Masters here in Transverse Town," Tifa explained as she then looked back down the hallway and said, "And here they come now!"
Soon Tifa got out of the way for the others to see… a mouse, a white duck and a dog-like person?
'Nothing seemed to surprise me anymore,'thought Double D, slightly bland as he thought it.
"Hello, Your Majesty!" greeted everyone to the mouse.
"Please, just call me Mickey," the mouse said as he locked his eyes on the new faces in the room, "I see you have more people with you?"
"Yes, their home was destroyed by the Heartless," Terra said sadly.
"It's just as I feared," Mickey said with a sigh, "We need to find the six Keyblade Masters before its too late."
"There's no need to worry about some of the Keyblade Masters," Dox said as he turned to Double D and Usagi, "We've found two of them."
"Really?" exclaimed the king and the two others with surprise as all three of them turned to Double D and Usagi to see if it was true, "Can you show them to us?" questioned Mickey.
Double D and Usagi held out their right hands and summoned their Keyblades once again.
Mickey, and the other two with him nearly jumped out of their skins when they appeared, "The Starblade and the Moonblade!" they all exclaimed again.
"What does all of this mean?" asked Double D as Usagi nodded her head in agreement to his statement.
"This means that you two must go and seal all of the Keyholes to the worlds that you will travel to," Mickey explained, "So those worlds would not fall under the influence of the Heartless."
"So, we must leave here and find these worlds that are in danger?"
"Exactly," Mickey said with a nod to Double D's statement.
"I must go with Double D," Ami said quickly as she stood beside him, "I just can't stay here knowing that his life might be in danger."
"That's the same with Usagi and I," Mamoru stated as he stood beside Usagi, "Besides, she'll be pitiful without me."
Usagi's face turned a bit red in anger and embarrassment at his remark, "Oooo, Mamoru!"
Everyone that knew Usagi and Mamoru chuckled at the scene.
"I think I'll stay here and protect Transverse Town," Makoto said.
"Rolf will do the same!" Rolf stated with bravery, "These Heartless creatures are no match for the Son of a Sheppard!"
Everyone who didn't know Rolf looked at him with a blank stare, "…"
"Naux and I will stay here as well," Dox said as Naux nodded her head in agreement, "This is really our home world; we don't want it destroyed."
Double D and Ami nodded their heads at their Lighthearts's decisions, "That's fine," Ami said with a smile.
"Well, do you think we should get going?" questioned Double D to Mickey and everyone else.
"Yes, we do need to get going at once!" Mickey said as he, the duck (AN: Named Donald, as if you already didn't know that!), the dog-like person (AN: Named Goofy, like you all didn't know that anyway! XD), Double D, Ami, Usagi and Mamoru walked out of the room while the others said and waved their goodbyes to them…
Chapter 5: Ed-World I-Monochrome City
Ed felt like he had been hit by an anvil as he woke up from being asleep. He groaned a little as he opened his hazel orbs, "Ouch, my head…" he muttered as he brought his right hand up to his head. Ed suddenly remembered what happened to him and everyone else. He jolted up from where he lied as he observed his surroundings.
Ed was in a room that looked very modern; white paint was painted on the walls of the room. There were three black leather couches in the room. They were arranged like a C. In the middle of the room was a white coffee table. Two black bookshelves were in the far corners of the room. He was also lying in a black and white checkered sheeted bed that was up against the wall. There were also several other beds in the room, but only his bed was filled…
"Whoa… where am I?" he said with awe as he soon got out of the bed and walked over to a nearby window. He saw a huge town outside his window, filled with assorted black and white buildings all around, "I'm in a checkered city?"
"You're at the Whiteout Hotel, in the black and white world of Monochrome City," said a slightly familiar voice behind him as Ed turned around to see a teen boy that was about his height. He was wearing the same thing that Evan was wearing when he last saw him, "It's a good thing that Tarox brought you and Hotaru here."
"Hotaru?" Ed questioned as he then realized that she wasn't here in the room. He made a slight panicked face, "Where is she?"
"Don't worry, Ed, she's fine," the teen said with a slight chuckle, "She's with Tarox now, I'll take you to her."
Ed felt like he could trust this teen and only nodded his head in agreement. They soon both exited the room, walked halfway down a white hallway before coming to another room. Inside the room, there was Hotaru sitting on a couch. Her eyes were closed and her head was leaned back slightly; indicating that she was either thinking or she was really tired, "Hotaru!" Ed said with a happy voice as he came over and sat beside her.
This caught Hotaru's attention immediately, "Ed?" she questioned as she opened her dark, violet orbs and lifter her head up. Hotaru turned her head to him, "You're finally awake now?"
Ed nodded his head, "Yep!"
Hotaru made a smile at him, "That's good…"
That's when the teen that led Ed here noticed something out of place, "Hotaru, where's Tarox?"
"She said she had an errand to run in the city," Hotaru said to the teen, "She said she'll be back in about an hour or so."
The teen made a sigh, "That's just like her sometimes," he said with an irritated sigh, "She probably went to HQ again."
Ed was a little confused about something, "Hotaru, who is he? He found me when I woke up in the other room."
Hotaru made a giggle at Ed's question, "Ed, I think you better see this for yourself."
Soon Ed and Hotaru looked back at the teen as the teen slowly took off his hood. Ed widened his eyes and made a gasp at the appearance of the teen.
There, standing there in front of them was a tall, fifteen year old teen with a green-tinted buzz cut and had hazel, green-brown eyes. A unibrow crossed his forehead. This teen looked just like Ed! "The name's Zed, it's good to meet my other self."
"Huh?" Ed questioned as he rubbed his eyes a little to see what he was seeing was really true to his eyes.
"Ed," Hotaru said as Ed turned to her, "This is Zed, you created him when your, umm, when your soul was taken."
Ed blinked a couple of times to process the saying in his mind. He soon came up with a conclusion, "So… another me came out of me when I went away that time?"
"Exactly," Zed said as he nodded his head, "But now, since you're alive again, I'm you Lightheart instead of your Nobody."
Ed tilted his head to the side in confusion, but he decided not to question it any further.
"Since Ed is awake now, we should all head over to HQ," Zed stated, "Besides, I'd promised them that I would be there by now."
"That's fine with us," Hotaru said as she turned her head to Ed, "Right Ed?"
"Yeah," Ed said with his usual smile.
"Good, then follow me," Zed said as he led Ed and Hotaru out of the room down the hallway to the stairs. They walked down the stairs and walked out into the lobby of the Whiteout Hotel. They soon exited the hotel and walked down the sidewalk to wherever HQ was.
It wasn't a very long walk at all. They were soon were at the building of HQ. It wasn't a very big building compared to the others around it. They all soon entered the building.
Inside the building, it looked more like a house on the inside than on the outside; with the usual color scheme of black and white, just like the whole city.
"Halt!" stated a sudden voice as someone soon approached them from another room. Strangely enough, it was a man attired in a slightly rusted suit of armor (Steiner, Final Fantasy IX), "What's your business here?"
"Relax Steiner," Zed said, "It's just me, Zed."
"That's what I was afraid of," Steiner stated as he then noticed Ed and Hotaru's presence. He blinked a couple of times as he looked back and forth between Ed and Zed, "Am I seeing an illusion?"
"No, you're not seeing double," Zed stated with a slightly monotone voice.
"Steiner?" questioned a voice from another room as a young woman comes into the room. She had long, brown hair that want to her elbows and dark, chocolate brown eyes (Garnet/Dagger, Final Fantasy IX), "Who's out here with you?"
"Oh, Princess Garnet!" Steiner said as he turned his body slightly to her, "There's nothing going on out here; nothing at all!"
Garnet arched an eyebrow at her bodyguard and then turned to Zed, who said, "Yep, Rusty's right."
Steiner slightly frowned at the word Rusty; that reminded him too much of Zidane. Oh, how he wanted to strangle him when they first met.
Soon other people came into the room to see where Garnet and Steiner were at. There was an old man with blond hair and a pair of goggles over his head (Cid; Final Fantasy VII Version). There was another guy there that was much younger than the other man; he had slightly spiked blond hair and had bright, ocean blue eyes (Tidus, Final Fantasy X).
There were a couple of girls that came in as well. There was a young woman there that was about eighteen years old. She had short, boyish like black hair and chocolate, brown eyes (Yuffie, Final Fantasy VII). There was another woman there with dark, yellow blond hair and dark, aquamarine-colored eyes (Celes, Final Fantasy VI). The final woman was a woman in her early twenties. She had short, slightly spiked up gray hair and red-brown eyes (Paine, Final Fantasy X-2).
Finally, there was one more person to come into the room. It was a girl that was the same age as Hotaru, Ed and Zed. Her hair was a white color that went to the tip of her shoulders and had dark, violet eyes. She wore the same thing that Zed wore now.
"Zed!" the white haired girl said with a smile as she came over to Zed, "Did you follow me here?"
"Yes I did Tarox," Zed said as he turned his head to Ed and Hotaru, "Luckily, I knew where you were going because Hotaru informed me."
"Oh… Sorry about that!" Tarox said with a nervous laugh, "You know that I can forget to tell you things."
"I know you do," Zed stated with a smile.
"Say Zed, who're the two people that you brought here?" asked Yuffie, "They both look like you and Tarox."
"That's because they were the one's that created us," Zed explained, "Isn't that right, Tarox?"
"Yep!" Tarox said with a slight chirp of her voice.
"What?" exclaimed everyone with slight shock.
"So that means that you've found a Keyblade with the boy?" asked Paine.
"Well, yes; but he hasn't gained it yet from within his heart," Zed explained as he turned his head towards Ed, "It sort of takes time to do that."
"Huh?" Ed questioned with confusion; a warm feeling suddenly entered his heart, "A… Keyblade? What's-"
There was a sudden flash of light coming from Ed's right hand as everyone covered their eyes from the light. And when the light disappeared, Ed held something in his hand; a Keyblade.
The Keyblade that Ed held had a blade that was a white color and a handle that was midnight black. The rim of the sword was dark purple with a white colored pattern going around the rim. A lavender scythe-blade like key chain dangled at the bottom of the rim of the sword.
"… Or it could have been sooner than I thought," Zed finished, "He has the Crestblade."
"Yeah, we can all see that now," said Cid, "Now we just have to wait for them to get here."
"Wait, what's coming here?" asked Zed with surprise.
"I think it was that girl Sandy and her two friends," Celes said.
"Yeah, they said that she was coming to find two Keyblade Masters," stated Tidus.
"Well, I guess when they get here, we can tell them that we've already found one," Tarox said, "I wonder where other one is?"
Zed shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows?"
~~~
Meanwhile, on the other side of Monochrome City, we see a weird spaceship land in the spaceship dock of the city. Soon we see Sandy, Spongebob and Patrick come out of their Krusty Ship and step out into the spaceship dock. Of course, Spongebob and Patrick were running around, looking at the sights of the black and white city. Sandy was watching them closely so they would not run off by accident.
"Wow, is the whole city like this?" questioned Spongebob.
"I don't know, I just got here," Patrick replied as he went beside Spongebob to look at a sign in front of them, "Welcome to Monochrome City, the Black and White World of the Future."
"I guess that just answered my question," Spongebob stated with a laugh.
"Spongebob, Patrick; can you two come over here?" Sandy's voice said as Spongebob and Patrick soon trailed back to Sandy, who was now at a huge, propped up map of the city.
"We gotta find the headquarters of the Lighthearts that live here," Sandy explained as she continued to look at the map in front of her, "Hmm… ah-ha! Here's the street!"
She soon pointed at the location on the map; it was straight across town from where they were.
"We better hurry now," Sandy said as she, Spongebob and Patrick walked to their designated location. They did not know that something was watching them from within the shadows of the black and white world…
About five minutes of walking later, Spongebob and Patrick were already starting to slow down from all of the walking. Only Sandy seemed unaffected, being the most physically fit of them all.
"Come on you guys, pick up the pace!" Sandy said as she turned slightly back to the two young men behind her, "We gotta get there ASAP!"
"But Sandy," whined Patrick slightly, "Can we stop for a second and sit down?"
Sandy made a sigh at the comment, "Fine, fine. We can sit down on that bench over there," she said as she pointed to a nearby black bench.
Both Spongebob and Patrick quickly went over to the bench and flopped down on the bench; they were both tired from all of the walking. Sandy sat down on the bench as well, deciding that she should rest her legs for a moment alongside the two of them.
Sandy made a thoughtful sigh at a thought that crossed her mind; why was all of this happening now? She was now one of many chosen people to help vanquish the Heartless. But… why did a Keyblade choose her?
"Sandy?"
"Hmm?" she questioned aloud as she turned to her right to face Spongebob.
"What're ya thinking about now?" Spongebob asked with a happy tone of voice.
"Eh, nothing much," Sandy replied.
"Hmm, really?" questioned Spongebob.
"Yeah," Sandy stated, "Why do you even ask?"
"Oh; well, I was just lightening up the mood!" Spongebob said with a cheesy smile.
Sandy made a smile back at her friend. He was always optimistic about everything.
"Hey, what that thing?" Patrick's voice asked as Sand and Spongebob looked over at Patrick. He was looking down a wide alleyway on the other side of the street, "It looks like a humongous bug."
Sandy's eyes widened at the description of the thing in the alleyway, "They're Heartless!"
"Heartless?" questioned Spongebob and Patrick with surprise, "Are you sure it's-"
But before Spongebob could even finish his sentence, Sandy got up from where she sat and ran towards the alleyway across the street.
"Sandy!" both Spongebob and Patrick exclaimed as they got up from where they sat and ran after her.
Sandy soon arrived to the other side of the street, only to see that that the Heartless that they saw were now gone, "Shoot! Where did it go?"
Little did she know that a Shadow Heartless was behind her in the shadows of the alleyway, claws ready strike her heart. It was while it was right behind her that she finally turned around. Her eyes widened in fright.
Suddenly, as soon as she saw it, the Heartless disappeared into a cloud of black smoke before its claws could even touch her heart.
"What…?" Sandy questioned as she looked around to see the reason of the Heartless's disappearance.
It was a young man, around the age of her and her friends, with slightly long, slick chestnut brown hair that was short in the front and long in the back. He wore a black vest with pale yellow and orange trimming on the edge of the vest. He wore a pair of pale red pants that had two around the belt loops of his pants. His boots were black, pale yellow and orange. And his right hand… was a Keyblade. The Keyblade that he held had a blade that was a very dark beige color and had a handle that was midnight black. The rim of the sword was pale yellow with a brown colored pattern going around the rim. A green leaf key chain dangled at the bottom of the rim of the sword.
'A Keyblade?' Sandy thought with shock as the young man turned to her, his eyes were a dark, grass green.
"Are you alright, miss?" he asked as he came over to her.
Sandy could feel herself turning a bright red, "Y-Yeah, I'm alright…"
"Sandy!" called two voices behind her as she and the young man see Spongebob and Patrick come up to them, "Are you alright Sandy? Are you hurt?" asked Spongebob frantically.
"No, I-I'm alright," Sandy replied to him.
Patrick was the one who noticed the young man and what he held in his right hand, "Hey Sandy, this guy has a Key-thingy like you do."
The young man widens his eyes a little at this new information.
"Y-Yeah, I was about to ask why," Sandy said, gaining some of her composure back, as she turned to the young man beside her, "How do you have a Keyblade?"
"… I had a dream about it," the young man said as he looked down at the Keyblade that he held, "Then I got this when I was attacked by those things."
"The Heartless," Sandy corrected him, "They're creatures from the darkness in people's hearts."
"I guess that makes sense," the young man said with a nod of his head.
"So Sandy," Spongebob started to question, "Is he one of the people that we needed to find here?"
Sandy nodded her head to his question, "Yes, Spongebob, he is," she then turned back to the young man, "You're gonna have to come with us."
The young man arched an eyebrow, "Why? What's going on?"
"We've been looking for people who have Keyblades," explained Sandy, "It's sort of required that you come with us."
"… Okay," the young man said with a sigh, 'It's not like I have anything left here in this world anyway,' he then extended his hand for a handshake, "My name is Dimitri."
"I-I'm Sandy, Sandy Cheeks!" Sandy replied nervously as she shook his hand.
Spongebob was the one who noticed Sandy's nervousness; why was she acting like that? "Well Sandy, should we get going to those Lighthearts headquarters?" he soon asked.
"… Oh, that's right!" Sandy stated with a gasp, "I forgot about that!" The four of them soon rushed out of the alleyway and walked to where they were designated to go.
~~~
"Hmm…" Cid muttered as he looked out the window of the little building, "When're they gonna get here?"
"Who knows?" stated Paine in her usual monotone voice. She was sitting on the couch with Celes, Tidus, Garnet, Zed and Tarox. Yuffie, Ed, Hotaru and Steiner were all standing up.
"I bet they'll be here soon," Garnet said.
"Garnet's right. I see them coming down the street now," Cid said as everyone that was standing up went over to the window to se for themselves.
"Are you sure it's them?" Ed asked.
"I think it is," Yuffie stated, "But I thought only three of them were coming, not four."
"Eh, who cares? The more the merrier!" Tidus said as there was a knock at the door.
Celes went to answer the door, "Hello?"
"Is this the Lighthearts headquarters?" asked the young woman.
"Yes, and you must be Sandy," Celes replied as she then stepped out of their way so that could come inside, "Come on in!"
Soon the four young adults came in and soon greeted themselves as Sandy, Spongebob, Patrick and Dimitri. Everyone soon figured out that Dimitri was the other Keyblade Master that they were looking for. Everyone soon explains to Dimitri that Ed, Sandy and he have been chosen to travel to other worlds and save them from the Heartless.
"So, what do we need to do now?" asked Hotaru as everyone looked at her with surprise.
"Hotaru, I-I can't let you go," Ed said, "What if something-"
"I'm coming with you," Hotaru stated sternly, "I can defend myself, remember?"
Ed made a saddened face and a sigh, "Okay."
Hotaru made a smile to her dear friend and mouthed a, "Thank you," to him.
"We better get going," Spongebob said, "Other places are calling!"
"Really?" asked Patrick as the party (AN: That consisted of Ed, Hotaru, Sandy, Spongebob, Patrick and Dimitri) exited the house, "I don't hear them."
Yuffie, Cid, Tidus, Celes, Paine, Garnet and Steiner all waved goodbye to them as they then see them walk away to where Sandy, Spongebob and Patrick arrived on their Krusty Ship, "Do you think they can do it?" asked Tarox to Zed.
Zed nodded his head, "I know they'll make it."
Chapter 6: Eddy-World I-Kingston Village
Eddy felt like he had been hit by a stampede as he started to wake up. He felt himself lying on something soft and slightly warm. 'Huh… What?' he thought to himself as he opened his foggy orbs to see a ceiling above him.
"W-What in the-?" he exclaimed in surprise as he jolted up into a sitting position from where he lied on the bed. He surveyed his surroundings with intensity in his eyes.
He was in a room that sort of looked like a room to an inn of some kind. There were about ten beds in the room (AN: Which included the one that he was occupying now) that were lined up side by side of each other on one wall and had a round table in the middle of the room. There were two bookshelves full of books and a window at the end of the room. There was also no light in the room, being that it was dark outside and no kind of light anywhere; the only thing that was a light was the dusk light outside his window.
"What…happened?" Eddy questioned aloud to himself, "W-Where the heck am I?"
He made a sigh and soon got up from where he sat on the bed. Eddy looked to see that there was a very colonial world outside his window, "Did I go back in time or something?"
"No Eddy, you didn't," said a very familiar, yet unfamiliar voice behind him. Eddy quickly turned around to see a feminine figure wearing a white cloak like his brother was wearing when he last saw him. She also looked to be about Rei's height, "You're in another world; a world called Kingston Village."
"What?" Eddy muttered with surprise, "I'm… in another-"
"Yes," the girl said with a nod of her head.
Eddy had to let it sink into him before he realized something important, "Rei."
He looked at the girl that was standing at the door, as if she knew something, "Do you know-?"
"She's right down the hall from here," the girl replied, as if se knew what he was going to say, "I was just about to take you to her. Come."
Eddy did not hesitate on her request. He followed her to where she said Rei was, down the hall. Eddy quickly entered the room and made a smile, Rei was sitting there in a chair that looked to be very old fashion.
Rei soon noticed Eddy's presence in the room, "You're finally awake?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm awake," Eddy replied as he came over to her and sat down in a chair that was right beside Rei, "So, do ya know what's going on?"
Rei shook her head from side to side, "No, not yet," she then turned to the girl by the door, "Rexin and Xedy haven't told me anything yet."
Eddy arched an eyebrow, "Who?"
"She's talking about us," said a voice from the doorway as Eddy turned to the door to see the girl and another person in a while cloak like the girl.
The other person was clearly a male teen that was the same height as Eddy. He also had three, long strands of bright, golden brown hair sticking out of the front of his hood.
Eddy was a little surprise at the appearance of the teen boy, "And… you two are supposed to be…?"
The boy and girl in the cloaks looked at each other before they took off their hoods that concealed their faces. Both Eddy and Rei yelped in surprise at their facial appearances.
The teen girl had bright, silvery hair that went all the way down to her hips and bright, violet eyes. She looked almost identical to Rei. And the teen boy had short hair with three, long strands of bright, golden brown hair sticking out in the front and had foggy, ice blue eyes. He was identical to Eddy.
"Before you even ask," the teen girl started to say, "We're your Nobodies that were created when you both died, and then turned into Lighthearts when you both cam back alive."
"And as for what all of that means in full," the teen boy started to say as well, "We'll let Evan explain that to you two, Eddy."
"My brother Evan?" Eddy questioned, "What does he have to do with all of this?"
"Like Xedy said, Evan will tell you when we go see him," the teen girl said with slight irritancy.
Xedy, the teen boy, only made a sigh at her behavior, "Rexin…"
Eddy and Rei looked at each other and were thinking the same thing; what the heck was going on?
~~~
Meanwhile, on the other side of village, we see Evan at an odd location of the village; simply because it stood out to the rest of the village. It was the spaceship dock, like the one back in Monochrome City, except that it was slightly blended with its surroundings.
"Hmm…" Evan muttered as he looked at a clock at the corner of a nearby street. 7:00pm, "When are they getting here?"
He soon made a little sigh to himself as he sat down on a nearby wooden bench. Evan kept looking around for the people he was expecting to come.
"Excuse me, sir," said a kind voice to his right as Evan turned quickly to see who it was. He widens his eyes in surprise at her appearance.
Standing beside him was a young woman that was around his age. She had long, unusual pink-colored hair that went to her shoulder blades and had dark, grass green eyes. She wore a long sleeved t-shirt that was white on top and red on the bottom. She also wore a pair of dark, beige jeans that went to her ankles and wore a pair of light brown, silver and light blue tennis shoes. She also held something in her hand; something that caught Evan's attention.
"You dropped this pendant a moment ago on Baker Street," said the young woman, "I knew you would be looking for it."
Evan soon overcame the look of surprise to a look of a smile on his face, "Thank you." he said as the young woman handed him the pendant.
"It's no problem," young woman responded as she then walked away from him to go down a road not too far away from them.
'I wonder how Layla's pendant got out of my pocket?' Evan thought as he pocketed the pendant into his right jacket pocket. He then looked back at the young woman, who was now gone from his sight, '… She looked a lot like her too…'
Suddenly, he heard a scream from where the young woman disappeared as Evan widens his eyes at the scream; it sounded too much like…
"Layla," Evan muttered as he soon ran to where he heard the scream.
He soon got to where the commotion was going on. He saw the young woman being backed into a corner of a building by a group of three Shadows and three Soldier Heartless. Evan acted quickly as he produced a held out his right hand, spreading out his hand to show his palm. Soon a flash of fire appeared in his hand as the fire morphed into the shape of a slightly long, sharp katana. Soon the fire disappeared, leaving the katana.
And before the Heartless could even touch the woman, Evan slashed all of them horizontally from where he stood, hitting all of them in the waist (AN: Or head, if you were a Shadow Heartless). All of the Heartless died instantly. The woman stood there in shock for a moment before fainting from fright at what just occurred. Evan was quickly by the young woman's side.
He checked to see if she was okay by putting his hand on her forehead. She seemed alright, but he knew that he could not leave her out here. Having no other choice, he picked up the young woman and jogged her to a safe place somewhere across town.
Meanwhile, Evan was being watched by three people (AN: Or anamorphic animals, to be more precise) from the entrance/exit of the spaceship dock. It was Bugs, Daffy and Lola.
"Do ya think that was the guy that was waiting for us?" asked Daffy as he turned to his friend and king.
Bugs thought about it for a moment before saying, "Yeah, I would think so."
"So, we just have to follow him, right?" Lola questioned.
"Yep," Bugs replied with a nod of his head.
The three of them soon trailed after Evan, following him to wherever he was going.
~~~
Meanwhile, back on the other side of town, Eddy, Rei, Xedy and Rexin were all in the gathering room of the house that they were in. There were also a couple of other people there as well, chit-chatting with one another and such. Only one of them was asleep in an uncomfortable position. (AN: And also, since Evan was so late to get back here, Xedy and Rexin have already told Eddy and Rei what was going on… slightly.)
First, there was a young woman with sandy blond hair that was braided in a few places and came out the back of her periwinkle bandanna. She also had sea, green eyes that had a swirl pattern in the iris (Rikku; Final Fantasy X & X-2). The other woman there had her blond hair pulled back into a bun, but some of the hair in the front of her head hung just past her shoulders; she also had a pair of thick glasses and had dull, navy blue eyes (Quistis; Final Fantasy VIII). The final woman there was actually a preteen that had long, light lavender hair that was covering up a horn in the middle of her forehead and crystal, ocean blue eyes (Eiko; Final Fantasy IX).
There were also a couple of males there too. There was a man there that had light brown hair that was streaked with some natural blonde highlights and had chocolate, brown eyes (Locke; Final Fantasy VI). There was one more young man there that had medium-length, blonde hair that nearly reached his shoulders and had a monkey tail (Zidane; Final Fantasy IX… he's the one in the uncomfy sleeping position, kay? Oh, and on a very random note, he has a bit of drool coming down the right side of his mouth… I wonder what he's dreaming about?).
"What do you think is taking Evan so long?" asked Rikku, "He usually never takes this long for anything."
"Who knows?" Locke replied with a shrug of his shoulders, "Maybe he got sidetracked somehow?"
"Probably not," Eddy stated, "My brother rarely wanders off like that."
Quintis, who was sitting closest to the window, soon notices a figure running down the dark, candle lit road to where they were, 'Hmm, it's probably a jogger.'
Suddenly, the door slams open, startling everyone. It was Evan; he had a young woman in his arms.
"Huh? Who? When? Where? What?" shouted Zidane, who was napping in the chair nearby. He woke up in an instant, "What the-Kuja? Is he-?"
Eiko slapped Zidane on the back on his head, "Quiet! That's wasn't Kuja; it was Evan!"
And as quickly as Evan came in, he ran to a room upstairs, "Evan?" Eddy yelped as he quickly got up from where he sat and followed after his older brother. Rei soon followed Eddy to where Evan was.
Eddy and Rei saw Evan put the young woman on a bed. He had a worried complexion on his face while he gazed at the young woman on the bed.
"Evan?"
"Hmm?" Evan said as he turned towards his little brother and his girlfriend at the door and made a sigh, "Hey there Eddy."
"… Who's the girl?" Eddy asked.
"… I think it's Layla," Evan replied as he turned his head slightly to the young woman.
Eddy widened his eyes at this information, "You don't mean that missing girl back in the Cul-De-Sac; do you? She disappeared ages ago."
Evan nodded his head to Eddy, "Yeah, it's her…" he said as he then turned his head back to the young woman.
Suddenly, the young woman made a groan as she opened her eyes, "What…? What happened?"
She soon noticed Evan beside her, along with Eddy and Rei by the door, "Who are you?"
"… I'm Evan," Evan replied as he then pointed to Eddy and Rei, "And this is my little brother and his friend."
"Oh…" the young woman muttered as she then widened her eyes; she just remembered what happened, "You're the one who helped me when those Heartless tried to…"
She did not finish what she was going to say; she was distracted by a disturbing thought. Evan was the one to notice this, "Something wrong?" he asked.
The young woman shook the thought out of her head, "No, not really…"
"…Hey Eddy," Evan started to say as Eddy turned to him, "Can you two go for a moment?"
"… Yeah, sure thing," Eddy replied as he and Rei looked at each other for a split second before leaving the room. It was now Evan and the young woman in the room.
"So Evan…" the young woman started to ask, "Do you help everyone that comes by you?"
Evan arched an eyebrow at the question, "Well, I always try too. Why do you ask?"
"…There's no reason," the young woman replied, "I was just curious…"
"Hmm…" Evan muttered as he then thought of something important; he still had to figure out something that was bothering him, "Hey, I don't even know your name."
"Oh!" the young woman muttered, "My name's Layla."
Evan's heart seemed to stop for a moment when he heard her say her name; it was her! He never thought he would see her again. But Evan kept his emotions in for now; he knew that she probably does not remember him at the moment, "Well, nice to meet you Layla," Evan said with a smile, 'Again.'
"Likewise to you too," Layla replied. She then thought of something as she made a little gasp.
"What? What is it?" asked Evan.
"I just remembered something!" Layla started to say as she got up from where she sat on the bed, "I need to pick them up by now!"
Layla soon dashed to the door, but stopped when she remembered something else, "Where am I, exactly?"
"You're across town, on Oppsiya Boulevard," Evan replied as he got up from where he was sitting as well, "Do you want me to show you out of the house?"
"Umm, yes," Layla replied as he then directed her downstairs and to the front door of the house, but not without a few odd stares from the people in the living room on the way out.
"So, who do you need to pick up?" Evan asked as they were walking down the steps that led up to his house.
"Oh, they are four sisters that I met about five years ago. I promised them that I would pick them up after their performances today," Layla stated back as she continued to walk towards her location, "They are the Amazon Quartet."
Evan widened his eyes at this information, "I remember hearing about them. They're really famous acrobats, aren't they?"
"Yep," stated Layla as she then turned around to Evan, "Thank you for helping me a while ago. I really do appreciate it a lot."
"Oh! It's, uh, no problem!" Evan replied with a quick murmur, "Yep, it's always nice to help out other people!"
"Yes, I guess so," Layla said as she turned back around to head to her destination.
Evan made a sigh as she left his sights, "Layla…"
"You have a crush on her, don't ya?"
"Eh!" Evan meeped a little as he turned to see Eddy and Rei sitting on the steps leading up to the house behind them, "How long have you been sitting there?"
"About seven seconds," Eddy replied as he made a smart smirk. He just figured one of his brother's weaknesses; Layla, "So, uh, where was Layla going?"
"…She said that she had to pick up a few people at the performance grounds," Evan said, "It's located at the center of the village."
"Well, why don't ya follow her?" Eddy stated in a smart aleck sort of way, "It's kind of obvious that you-"Bonk! "Ouch!"
"That's enough Eddy," Rei said after she whooped him on the back of his head in a teasing way, "But I agree with you on one thing; you do need to follow her."
"Huh?" questioned Evan and even Eddy, "Why?" Evan asked.
"Because there is an unusual aura around her," Rei replied, "It reminds me of an aura of a Sailor Senshi."
Evan widened his eyes at this, 'It couldn't be her… could it?'
"See? That's the perfect excuse to follow her to… wherever she was going!" Eddy chimed in at the right moment, "Right Ev-?Hey!"
Eddy didn't finish what he was going to say; Evan was already running where Layla said she would be, in the center square of the village. Eddy and Rei soon off after him.
Meanwhile, back with Evan, he kept running down the street, going to the middle of the village. While he was running, he quickly passed by Bugs, Daffy and Lola, who were looking for him.
"Gee, he sure is a busy bee, ain't he?" Bugs said as they soon saw Eddy and Rei pass the three of them.
"Oh great, now we gotta turn around to catch him again!" Daffy stated with an irritated breath as they soon followed Evan to wherever he was going.
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Meanwhile, at the performance grounds in the middle of the village, the cleanup crew left the scene, leaving behind four girls in the middle square of the village. On another note; the Amazon Quartet did a spectacular show once again today! What? Do you know who the Amazon Quartet really are? Well, let me introduce them to you; the reader reading this sentence right now!
First, there is Sheri. She is a twelve year old girl and is the oldest of the four sisters. She had short, dark cotton candy pink hair and dark, chocolate brown eyes. She wore a bright, short sleeved pink shirt with a white hood, wore magenta fingerless gloves and a pair of gray-tinted shorts that ended at her mid shin. He boots were white with silver zippers down the sides.
Next, there is Paula. She is also twelve years old and is the second oldest of the four sisters. She has dark, sky blue air that went to her shoulders and had dark, ocean blue eyes. She wore a dark, short sleeved blue shirt with a black hood, wore blue fingerless gloves and a pair of white-tinted shorts that ended at her mid shin. He boots were black with silver zippers down the sides.
Then, there is June. She is the second youngest of the four sisters at the age of twelve also. She has dark, hunter green hair and dark, emerald green eyes. She wore a bright, short sleeved green shirt with a white hood, wore kelly green fingerless gloves and a pair of brown-tinted shorts that ended at her mid shin. He boots were white with silver zippers down the sides.
Finally, there is Vivian. She is the youngest of the twelve year old sisters. She has dark, crimson red hair and dark, red-brown eyes. She wore a dark, short sleeved red shirt with a black hood, wore blood red fingerless gloves and a pair of black-tinted shorts that ended at her mid shin. He boots were black with silver zippers down the sides.
(AN: Please note that their outfits look the same because they're acrobats, but they are different colors so you can tell them apart without really looking at what hair color they all have…)
These four girls are not only sisters, but they are acrobatic sisters! Right now, they are waiting for someone to get them so that they would not walk home alone on a night like tonight.
"When is she getting here?" asked Vivian with a slight growl, "She said she would be here by now!"
"Now Vivian, there's no need to talk like that," stated Paula with a calmer tone than that of Vivian, "You know that Layla would never leave us out here."
"That's true," agreed Sheri with a nod of her head, "She'll come soon."
"Like right now?" questioned June, "I think I see her coming."
Soon the three other sisters looked in the direction where June was looking. Indeed it was Layla, she was jogging towards them. She was soon right next to them.
"What took ya so long to get here, Layla?" questioned Vivian with a bit of irritancy in her voice, "We've been waiting here for about ten minutes for you."
"I'm really sorry about that!" Layla apologized, "I just… lost track of time, that's all."
"Oh, well that's alright," Paula stated.
"Yeah, no biggie!" June said.
"Now since you're here, let's go home," Sheri stated. Layla and the three other sisters only nodded their heads and started to leave the middle square; until…
"Layla!" stated a voice behind them as Layla made a little gasp.
"Evan?" Layla muttered as she and the other four sisters turned around to see Evan coming towards them. Right behind Evan was Eddy and Rei (Bugs, Daffy and Lola will join all of them shortly), "What are you doing here?"
"I, uh… I wanted to ask you a few questions about-"
"Sailor Mars?" stated four voices simultaneously as everyone turned their attention to the four sisters, who were all standing around Eddy and Rei, looking at Rei, "What are you doing here?" asked Vivian.
"You know these girls Rei?" asked Eddy with surprise.
"Yes, they were once enemies of ours, being controlled by Queen Neherenia, Queen of the Dark Moon," Rei explained, "But then we realized that they were Sailor Senshi of the Asteroids."
"What? You mean that there're even more Senshi out there?" questioned Eddy, "I thought they were all planets and stuff like that, not asteroids or space junk."
"… What are they talking about?" Layla asked the four sisters, "How do you know her?"
The four girls all then looked at each other and nodded their heads, "I guess there's no need to hide it anymore," Sheri stated.
Soon all four of them take out something from their pockets. They were henshin wands, each of them with a different colored jewel on top of the wands. The colors were yellow, blue, green, and red.
"Ceres Crystal Power… Make-Up!" shouted Sheri as she was covered in ribbons of green leaves around her body.
"Pallas Crystal Power… Make-Up!" shouted Paula as she was then surrounded by tall pillars of ice around her body.
"Juno Crystal Power… Make-Up!" shouted June as she was barred in by blinding flashes of lightning that came from the sky.
"Vesta Crystal Power… Make-Up!" shouted Vivian as she was draped in a blanket of flames around her body.
Soon the fancy show of leaves, ice, lightning and fire went away as everyone now looked at the quadruplets new appearances. They were all wearing the Sailor Senshi uniform; each of them completed with layered mini skirts, white blouses, sailor collars with two white stripes on each side, ribbons with a crystal star-like brooch in the middle of the ribbons, and layered see-through shoulder pads. They also wore a pair of white boots that went up to their mid shins and gloves that went past their elbows, chokers with a golden star on the front, and tiaras with a jewel in the middle of each of them.
(AN: Here're the color pattern for them all: Ceres Yellow… Pallas Blue… Juno Green… And Vesta Red. I'm pretty confident you can guess their elements… It's Ceres Nature… Pallas Ice… Juno Lightning… And Vesta Fire… Oh, and I also want to say that I gave them all different hairstyles than what they use to have in the Anime and Manga. Okay, back to story!)
"We are the Sailor Asteroids, future guardians for Princess Serenity of the Future," all four of them said.
"I am Sailor Ceres, from the Asteroid of Nature," Sheri said.
"I am Sailor Pallas, from the Asteroid of Ice," Paula said.
"I am Sailor Juno, from the Asteroid of Lightning," June said.
"I am Sailor Vesta, from the Asteroid of Fire," Vivian said.
Everyone except Rei stood there for a moment, letting everything they just seen sink into them. The four girls soon transformed back into their regular clothes.
"Well, umm, that's, uh…" Layla did not really know what to say, she was confused at what was going on. She shook all of those thoughts out of her head and turned back to Evan, "Well, what were you going to say, Evan?"
"… Oh!" Evan slightly yelped, "I, uh, wanted to ask you something."
"Oh?" questioned Layla with a batted eyebrow, "What is it?"
He took in a deep breath, "Did you ever live in a neighborhood called Peach Creek?"
Layla thought about it for a split second before she made a gasp, widening her eyes as she did, "Yes, I remember living there; it was in another world, different from Kingston Village," she made a sigh, "I remember the day that the meteor shower happened, the day I was brought here. I was with a boy that was the same age as me; we were both watching the shower."
Evan smiled at this information, she remembered him when he was little, "What was the boy's name?" he asked.
"I… can't remember," Layla said as she clutched her right hand to the side of her head, as if she had a slight headache, "I don't remember much before that."
"Oh…" Evan sighed with slight disappointment.
"Hey!" yelled a voice behind everyone as Bugs, Daffy and Lola came to the scene, "We've been tracking you down everywhere!"
Evan seemed confused, "And you are…?"
"Why, I'm King Bugs Bunny of Warner Castle," Bugs said with a grin, "I'm a friend of King Mickey, and we were told that a Lightheart would be waiting for us when we got here."
"…Oh!" Evan gasped as he then made a nervous laugh, "I forgot all about that. Please forgive me for the error."
"There's no need to apologize," Bugs said as he then made a slightly more serious face, "So, did you ever find a Keyblade Master here?"
"Yes," Evan said with a nod of his head, "In fact, he's standing right here."
He was pointing at Eddy.
"What?" questioned Eddy as he gave his older brother a weird look, "What are you talking about? What's a-?"
Suddenly, a flash of red, blinding light springs from Eddy's right hand as something was formed inside the palm of his right hand. It was a Keyblade. The Keyblade that he held had a blade that was a very dark red-brown color and had a handle that was midnight black. The rim of the sword was pale red with a white colored pattern going around the rim. A key chain of a flame dangled at the bottom of the rim of the sword.
"… Keyblade?" Eddy finished.
"That's the Novablade, a form of the original Keyblade," Evan stated, "There are only twelve in the universe, and you have one of them."
"Whoa…" Eddy awed with wonderment as another question came into mind, "So, what do I do with an oversized key?"
"What else can you do with it?" replied Daffy with slight sarcasm, "You fight dark bugs and open doors with it!"
"Ha-ha, very funny Daffy," Lola stated with more sarcasm to his statement, "What made you figure that out?"
Daffy shot a slight glare to her, but it was ignored.
"… Well, you do fight the Heartless with it," Evan stated, "And you can lock and unlock almost anything that has a lock to it."
"Really?" asked Eddy as an idea came into mind, "You mean that I can open up anything?"
"…Yes."
"That's awesome!" Eddy wowed with amazement.
Meanwhile back with Layla and the four sisters, they were watching the conversation with confusion. What on earth was going on?
'That thing, the Keyblade…' Layla started to think, 'How come I feel so-'
Suddenly, a flash of lime white light appeared around Layla's hand as something forms in her hand. It was a Keyblade. The Keyblade that he held had a blade that was a very white color and had a handle that was midnight black. The rim of the sword was dark red with a pink colored pattern of hearts going around the rim. A key chain of a heart dangled at the bottom of the rim of the sword.
"Layla?" almost everyone said in shock, "You have a Keyblade too?" questioned Evan with surprise.
"I…" she muttered with quietness, "I didn't know I could… do that."
"Great! We've found both of them!" Bugs said with glee in his voice, "Now we can get to the troubled worlds."
"… I guess so," Evan said as he turned to Layla, "Are you ready to come with us?"
Layla could only nod her head, "Yes," she then turned to the four sisters, who also turned to her, "Now girls, can you walk home tonight? I feel like I need to do this."
"Of course we can," Sheri said as she and her other three siblings went back to their house.
"I'll contact HQ when we're on the ship," Evan said as he turned to everyone, "Let's go."
Everyone nodded their heads as he, Eddy, Rei, Layla, Bugs, Daffy and Lola exited the middle of the village and went towards the spaceship dock. This was going to be one, long journey…