CH. 1: Here we go Again
"Aya! Aya! Get your lazy ass out of bed!" A woman's voice called out. In a room not too far from the woman laid a girl with purple hair that is normally down to right above her hips but now is too frazzled to get past her shoulders. The woman banged on the door to the room. "Aya! You're gonna be late for school!" The girl, Aya, rolled over.
"Would you be quiet you loud gorilla woman!" Aya replied. The woman banged harder.
"Get your ass up! I gotta take your lazy ass to school!" Aya sat up.
"You're saying it as if me not getting up is inconveniencing you when in reality, me going to school inconvenient. You can just go to work now instead of wasting your time taking me." The woman stepped back a bit.
"Wha-? Grrrr…" She proceeded in kicking the door down. "Get up you worthless piece of crap!" The woman saw that Aya had her hair braided and her school uniform on. She had her backpack over her shoulder and a smug look on her face.
"What do you mean? I've been ready for thirty minutes." Aya lied. She's just really good at putting things off until the last minute. Aya walked past the woman. "Oh, and you don't have to take me to school. I'm sixteen. I can walk. I should walk you across the street old lady." The woman was about to respond when she heard the front door close. The woman's face turned red with frustration.
"That girl and her SMART ASS MOUTH!"
Aya walked down the sidewalk bordering a lake. She couldn't help but remember when she was younger; she almost drowned in the same waters. She was only a year younger, but whatever. She sighed at the though.
"Worst. Summer. Ever." She stated. She also remembered that it was around this time of year when she was thrown into another world. Her home world was destroyed by some strange dark cloud that took everything in sight. She then awoke at a place that looked like a small town at night. Apparently, the place was called Traverse Town. Some nice people had helped her when she noticed something they called a 'Gummi Ship'. They explained that they were used to travel different worlds. Lucky for her, she found a ship called 'Pimp'. Even more convenient, there was an instruction manual and keys. She thought it was too convenient, but frankly, she didn't care. Not caring was probably stupid, for she began to hurl towards an unknown world. Just like that, she was in this world. She wanted to get back home, but she wasn't in any particular rush. It's not like she could blast off into space and go to another world like she did a few years back. She sighed once again. "I wonder what happened to that ship…" She continued her slow walk towards her school.
The sky was getting darker as she neared the school. She quietly cursed herself for not bringing an umbrella. The closer she got, the more the sky turned into a purplish-black puffy cloud. Aya paid it no mind. Her main focus was to get to school before the rain poured down on her. The wind picked up, making the journey to school even more difficult.
"What the hell is up with this storm? It wasn't even supposed to rain today! Stupid weather man." She was then overwhelmed with a nostalgic feeling. "Hmm…why does this feel familiar? I feel as if I was just thinking about it…" She then saw the lamp posts and benches getting sucked into the ominous cloud along with chunks of land. Her face filled with dread. "Oh yeah, now I remember." Suddenly, a person in a black coat and a black hood appeared before her.
"The connection has been made." The person said. Aya raised her hand signaling him to stop.
"Save it. I've been down this road before. You're probably gonna tell me that the door to this world has been opened by the darkness and that darkness will eventually engulf and destroy everything. Am I right?" The person in the black coat sweatdropped.
"Hey! Those are my lines! My lines! Let me talk!" The person, who sounded like a sixteen year old boy, commanded. Aya scoffed.
"You've talked plenty. Why don't we cut to the chase? Why is this world getting destroyed?" She wondered. The boy laughed as a dark corridor appeared behind him.
"I guess you don't know everything. See ya." He stepped through the portal that soon after disappeared. Aya shook her head.
"Grow up." She braced herself as her world was destroyed by darkness…again.
Aya awoke in an unfamiliar setting. The sky resembled the sun dawning. It had hues of purple and slight orange. She would've liked to marvel at the beautiful buildings and scenery, but a throbbing pain in her head decided for her. She staggered to her feet and attempted to walk, not having much luck. She immediately bumped into somebody.
"Excuse me, I didn't mean to bump into the blind." She instinctively said sarcastically.
"It is you. I recognize that sarcasm anywhere." Aya's blurry sight finally cleared up to see a man with brown hair and a jacket that had a furry hood. A scar covered his face in a slash form and he had a gunblade in hand. She stared at him.
"Who are you?" She asked blankly. The man sweatdropped.
"You're kidding." He said. Aya continued to stare at him, giving him the "I don't know you" look.
"Hey Leon! What're you doing!" A shorter girl with short black hair and an outfit, and weapon, which resembled that of a ninja, appeared from out of nowhere. A bell rang in Aya's head.
"Yuffie! How's it going?" Aya wondered, disregarding the blank look on Leon's face. The girl approached them.
"Is that Aya? It's been awhile!" Yuffie responded.
"You remember her but not me…" Leon stated more than he asked. Aya turned to him.
"I still don't know you." She said as flatly as the first. Leon shook his head.
"But more important matters…" A man with blond hair and a cigarette in his mouth approached the group. "Where's that Gummi Ship that ya stole?" He asked firmly. Aya's spirit might as well have turned to stone. She remembered that he was the one who told her about Gummi Ships back at Traverse Town. Also the one she borrowed a Gummi Ship from. Playing dumb seemed to be the best and only option.
"I'm…I don't know what you're talking about?" She gave a false coy look with a touch of innocence. Obviously, she wasn't believed.
"I don't wanna hear it! You stole my Gummi Ship!" Cid glared at her. "This is why I don't deal with kids." Aya personally didn't appreciate him calling her a kid.
"Look Cid, I had full intentions on bringing that Gummi ship back! It's not my fault the stupid thing crashed then disappeared! What was that ship called…Pimp?" She was then met with the wide eyes of the three in front of her.
"You…killed Pimp." Yuffie solemnly spoke.
"Not Pimp…" Leon followed suit.
"Pimp was a good Gummi ship…" Cid melancholically stated. Aya sweatdropped at their sudden change of emotions.
"Um…sorry? I didn't know Pimp was so important." Aya apologized half-heartedly. Leon shook his head.
"Whatever. Now, why are you here?" Leon questioned. Aya smiled.
"What? Not happy to see me?" Leon made what seemed like a shadow of a smirk.
"Hardly." He retorted. Aya chuckled.
"My world was destroyed. Not anything new, right?" She inquired. Leon pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Who would've thought it would be this smart-mouthed kid who would verify our suspicions?" Aya was curious.
"Suspicions? What do you mean?" Leon glanced at Yuffie. She nodded.
"We heard that some form of darkness is threatening the worlds again. The heartless number started to grow and these white things appeared too. Your world getting destroyed…again…basically told us we were right to be worried." Aya raised her hand.
"What Aya?" Leon called on her.
"Doesn't that sound a little cliché? I mean, it's been done before. Haven't you ever read one of those Kingdom Hearts Fan Fictions that are so predictable?" Aya protested.
"What?" Leon wondered.
"Nothing." Aya quickly stated. Leon brushed it off.
"You should probably stay with Merlin and Aerith for the time─"
"No." Aya interrupted him.
"What?" Leon asked, yet he heard her clearly.
"I said no. I wanna help. You're not gonna leave me here, I'm bored." Leon shook his head.
"No. It's too dangerous. You can't defend yourself; you'd only get yourself killed." Leon denied her. Aya pouted.
"You don't know that. I'm a very skilled fighter." She stretched her arm out to emphasize her fighting abilities. "I bet I could take you down with these fists." She smirked, fairly confident in her two year background in hapkido. Leon gazed at her forebodingly. He then gripped his gun blade into offensive mode.
"Alright, I'll give you a test run. Let's see if you can prove to me your "skills"." Leon jeered. A pretty one-sided fight broke out with Leon, of course, going easy on her. Leon used the dull side of his gun blade to knock Aya on her back. She slowly sat up, wincing in pain.
"Yeah, I think we can call it a draw. I don't want to hurt you anymore, so I'll just be takin' a Gummi Ship and flying out of here!" Aya stated. Yuffie laughed.
"A tie? Leon kicked your butt!" Yuffie tried to keep her laughing under wraps while Aya glared at her.
"No way. You're gonna have to stay here for the time being." Aya was about to protest, but then stopped. She gave the counterfeit look of being disappointed.
"Alright…just take me to Merlin's house so I can live my pitiful existence." She then let out an over exaggerated sigh.
"Right." Leon said, indifferent. "Let's go." Leon and the others led Aya to Merlin's house. As she walked in, she noticed that no one was there. "Aerith must be getting groceries or something." Leon decided.
"And who knows where Merlin is." Yuffie chimed in. Aya schemed as she found a room.
"I'm gonna stay here for the rest of the day." Aya announced. She noticed that it was late, despite the fact that it looked like dawn outside. Maybe it was dusk? Whatever. Leon and Yuffie nodded as they left the room. Aya laid in her new bed and thought. She tended to just stop whatever she's doing and think. Once it got dark enough outside, Aya climbed out the window.
"They're probably on patrol for these "heartless" things." She whispered. She then laughed to herself. "If they were killing heartless in my world, everyone would be dead." She sneaked behind Cid's shop and saw a very small junkyard of broken beyond repair Gummi Ships. One however stood out among the rest. She read the side of the Gummi Ship. "Pimp 2. Huh." She stepped inside to see, yet again, keys and an instruction manual. "Seriously, who is leaving these things?" She put the keys in ignition and started the engine.
"What in sam hell!" Cid shouted as the ship rose into the air. The ship the clumsily shot into space.
"What's going on?" Leon questioned the irritated Cid, although he already had an idea. Cid sighed.
"She stole a Gummi Ship again."
A.N- And that's it for chapter one! If you're wondering why the names of the Gummi Ships were 'Pimp' and 'Pimp 2', it actually has some history. My brothers were playing KH and I was watching. They named the ship they made 'Pimp' and right before they saved, my toe accidently pushed the power button. The fact that the game turned off symbolized the crash. The fact that they didn't save symbolized the disappearance. They then made 'Pimp 2' in its stead. And that's the history! I hope you all continue to read this story and please review! See ya soon! Bye Mee! ^o^