Hey everyone, it's me again! This is my latest story and it essentially involves me and my closest friends going on our own adventures! Woo...lol
It's a major crossover fic, the anime/games involved are the following: Kingdom Hearts 2, Black Cat, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fatal Frame 2, Resident Evil 5, and Ouran High School Host Club.
I won't post who gets thrown into what world yet, you'll just have to find out when I get to everyone's chapter (though if you're one of the people in this story then you probably already know, so yeah xD)
Anyway, here's the first chapter, I hope you enjoy!
And don't forget to review!
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Fade to Silence
And So It Begins
"By the power invested in me and by the state of South Carolina, I now pronounce you high school graduates of the class of 2009!" The short plump man with a diminishing head of brown hair slowly being overtaken by an asault of gray hair announced proudly to the group of 294 students.
Tassles were moved to the opposite side of their graduation caps and cheers erupted from the large audience gathered in the stadium. The newly graduates joined in the cheers and tossed their caps up into the air, several people were even bold enough to fling their's like a frisbee, causing quite a few people to duck out of the way and giggle.
A short brunette with side swept bangs that covered over her left eye at the end of the 3rd row of chairs watched apprehensively as the flurry of black tassled caps rained down from the air, her hazel eyes darting back and forth anxiously to make sure that she wasn't in any position of being hit. Swatting a few of the falling objects away from her face she waited for her turn to file out of the arena to go meet up with her friends, relieved when she was finally outside and out of the stuffy overly packed stadium.
"Taryn!" She turned around, grinning as she was tackled into a tight embrace by one of her best friends.
"Oi Katie!"
She loosened her grip and backed up a couple of steps, a cheshire-like grin matching her brunette friend's was tugging at her lips.
Katie was of average height (or perhaps a little taller) with long blonde hair that stopped short just a few inches below her shoulders. Her beautiful light blue eyes were twinkling with mirth when she noticed Taryn glaring playfully at the height difference between them. It wasn't news that out of all of their friends, the hazel eyed brunette was decidedly the shortest, standing in at 5'2".
"So, everything's in order for our trip?" Katie asked excitedly,"I can't believe my parents are actually letting me go with you!"
"Hey! Gee thanks." Taryn exclaimed sarcastically.
The blonde rolled her eyes,"You know what I mean! With them being as protective as they are and all."
"Yeah I know, I'm glad you can come with us all! It wouldn't have been the same without you, Miss I-was-ranked-number-eight-out-of-the-whole-senior-class!" The short hazel eyed brunette laughed, making Katie once again roll her eyes at her friend.
Katie's parents finally found her and weaved their way through the crowd and over to the two girls, greeting Taryn and congratulating her on graduating before taking several pictures of the two friends together in their gowns and caps holding up their diplomas.
"I guess it's time to go," Katie started, giving her friend a quick hug,"I'll see you tomorrow morning at 7, right?"
"Yeah, and if you see Alex and Ashley remind them to be at my house at 7 tomorrow morning, and I'll text Mikael and Connor, kay?"
Katie nodded and turned to leave with her family through the mass throng of people congratulating one another and snapping photos of friends and families. Taryn glanced around her to see if she recognized anyone before sighing, easing herself out of the way of everyone and waiting off to the side for her family to find her so that she could get home and pack for the trip she and her friends would be taking the next morning.
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"Morning ladies." The youngest in their group of friends, Mikael, greeted as he stifled a yawn with the palm of his hand. He was a tall sophmore with light brown skin and the most amazing afro you'd ever have the honor of setting your eyes on. Everyone knew him around school, not by name, but by 'afro kid' and everyone always wanted to feel it's fluffiness. Mikael basked in the attention he received from the ladies.
Connor, his best friend, stood next to him helping the girls load their suit cases into the back of Taryn's van. He was a tall junior with broad shoulders and a strong muscles, no doubtedly from all the football he had played for school. His reddish-brown hair was cut very short while his light blue eyes held a mischievous glint to them.
"G'morning guys, look who I brought! Tamaki-sama!" A blonde haired, purple eyed plush toy was thrust into Mikael and Connor's faces and they couldn't help but to laugh at their petite friend behind the doll. Alex was another member of the group, the second oldest and shortest (in their group the older you were, the shorter you were aswell.) of the bunch with dark chocolate colored hair that just barely rested above her shoulders. Her eyes were a pretty shade of brown, currently staring at her Suoh Tamaki plush with complete and utter adoration. She had recently gotten into the Ouran High School Host Club series and had become quite taken with the blonde Host Prince of the show which lead to her buying a plushie of him at a convention and carrying it around everywhere she went.
"Hey, where'd Taryn disappear to?" Ashley, the final member of the group, asked after realizing that said brunette was nowhere to be seen. She was the youngest of the 4 seniors (well, graduates), which meant that she was also the tallest, with dark chestnut colored hair that came down to well past her shoulders with bangs swept across her forehead. And like Alex, her eyes were a pretty dark brown color.
"Wasn't she the one who made a big deal about leaving early?" Katie yawned,"And now she's making us wait?"
"Oh cool it, ya'll! I was just saying goodbye to my mom." Taryn shut the front door behind her and made her way over to her friends who were waiting for her by the car. "Are ya'll ready?"
"Shot gun!" Alex cried out, rushing for the front passengers seat and locking the door once she was up front so that no one could try and take her seat away. In the window the others could see her Tamaki plushie dancing around, making everyone laugh.
First Mikael and Connor crawled in, taking the seats in the very back of the van and leaning against eachother drowsily, afterall it was still early in the morning. Next was Katie and Ashley, taking the two isle seats and sliding the side doors closed once they were all situated. Lastly, Taryn climbed into the driver's seat, groping the bottom side of her seat until she found a lever and slid it forward, making her seat scoot itself up so that she could reach the pedals.
Several snickers were heard from the back at the fact that she needed her seat adjusted to reach the pedals and she grit her teeth, her eyes holding a more greenish hue from annoyance. "Don't make me turn this car around!"
"...you haven't even started the car yet, genius." Ashley bit her lip to keep from giggling.
Taryn's eyes shifted left to right before she cried out,"Oh shaddup!" and started the car, pulling out of her driveway with ease, thus starting their journey.
It only took 3 and a half hours for them to get to Charleston, which included gas, bathroom, and food breaks, and everyone was just itching to get out of the car and play on the beach.
"Not bad for my first big drive, huh?" The tiny brunette grinned, absentmindedly playing with the black and white polka-dotted bow in her hair.
"Good job, buddy." Mikael gave her a thumbs up as he hoisted himself over the seats infront of him to get out of the van and help the others unload the luggage and bring it up to their hotel rooms.
"Lets just set the suitcases inside and then go down to the beach, kay?" Alex suggested and the others agreed whole-heartedly.
Connor made a strange face, which looked to be a mix between confusion and constipation, "Damnit, where'd Taryn disappear to this time?"
Katie rolled her eyes and smiled,"Apparently Connor doesn't listen well, she just told us she was going to check us in and get our room keys."
"Good job, Connor." Alex and Ashley sarcastically said simultaneously.
"Thanks guys, I try my best." He played it off with a laugh.
Taryn returned shortly with a baggage cart and several cardkeys,"Here, these one's are for the guys, and these are ours." she handed two keys to the boys for their room, and then identical ones to her girl friends for their shared room.
Ashley, Alex, and Taryn exchanged smirks before taking off into a sprint, waving back at the guys who stood dumbfoundedly staring after the girls,"Don't forget to drop our stuff off by our room!"
Katie frowned,"Howcome I'm never in on their little schemes like this?"
Mikael patted her on the back sympathetically,"Because you're too good."
"C'mon let's hurry up so we can get down to the beach." Connor sighed before an idea hit him,"You know...when we get down there we should throw them into the water as punishment for taking off like that!"
Mikael and Katie blinked at him before a devious smirk pulled at the corners of the afro'd boy's lips and he nodded vigorously while the blonde merely shrugged and nodded.
"Yosh! The perfect payback!" The hazel eyed, tan skinned boy pumped his fist into the air excitedly.
"I'm in, though I'm not sure if I could pick any of them up..." Katie frowned.
Connor waved it off,"Don't worry about it, we'll both pick them up and toss 'em, you'll just be in on it."
The three loaded the baggage cart with everyone's luggage and deposited it into the correct room before heading down to the beach for their revenge on the 3 seniors already basking in the sun. The boys, and Katie, jogged their way down the sandy path to the beach, revelling in the cool, salty seabreeze that subtracted from the already rising temperature. The shore was level and smooth, dotted with seashells and washed up seaweed where the waves rolled in. The girls had already set up their towels and were laying out in their bathingsuits (which everyone had worn underneath their clothes), talking casually to eachother about something or other.
Mikael and Connor discarded their tshirts so that they were just in their swimtrunks while Katie shyly opted to keep her tanktop on over her bathingsuit.
Ashley tilted her head back and squinted her eyes against the bright rays of the sun,"Oh, hey guys!"
Katie thought quickly before pointing off towards the water's edge,"Hey what just washed up? Let's go check it out."
The other three sat up and looked in the direction she had indicated but didn't see anything. "This isn't some kind of trick to get us back for ditching you guys, is it?" Alex eyed her blonde friend skeptically.
"...no." Katie averted her eyes to the sky.
"Rightt." Alex laughed and layed back down on her towel.
Taryn tilted her head to the side and stood up,"Well, I believe you Katie, Miss Number-8-Out-Of-The-Whole-Senior-Class!"
"Are you ever going to stop calling me that?" The blue-eyed blonde sighed when her friend shook her head enthusiastically,"Whatever, c'mon let's go look."
The short brunette linked her arm with her friend and began to skip down the beach towards where Katie had claimed to see something wash ashore. Once they got there they began to peer into the water flowing back to shore, but there was nothing there, aside from a crab or two scuttling by.
"Are you sure it was here? I don't see anyth---" Taryn jumped as the sounds of Alex and Ashley's hysterical screams and shouts erupted from where they had been previously sitting. Katie latched onto her arm, intent on keeping her friend stationary, atleast until the boys were finished dumping Alex and Ashley into the chilling ocean water.
"No no no--ah!" Two big splashes shattered their screams for help and Taryn took that as her cue to twist herself out of Katie's grip and run, kicking up a shower of sand in the process.
She chanced a glance behind her to see that Mikael was hot on her tail and for no apparent reason she stopped running completely, almost being bowled over by the tall sophmore in the process, and erupted into a fit of giggles. "N-n-no! Don't...s-s-stay away f-f-from m-me!" Taryn held her hands out infront of her in a desperate attempt to fend him off, but he'd have none of it and simply swatted her arms away before picking her up bridal style and starting for the ocean.
"Damnit Mikael! Put me down!" She pounded on his chest.
He shrugged, smirking,"If you say so." and dropped her into the cool, salty waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
The water came roughly up to her waist when she stood, turning around to send her tall tan-skinned friend a heated glare. Mikael chuckled at her soggy appearance, thinking that she looked more like a drowned cat than anything else, especially with the way her hair was plastered to her face and neck.
"You're a jerk." She growled a few minutes later as she wrung out her hair after she and her friends had all made it back to their warm spot on the beach.
Ashley nodded, sending the boys a dirty look,"That was uncalled for, that water was cold!"
Connor laughed,"That'll teach you guys next time you have thoughts of skipping out on your share of the work. Though, technically I guess those suitcases were kind of heavy so you would've relied on us either way to get them to your room..."
"See? Then that whole dumping us into the ocean ordeal wasn't necessary at all." Alex narrowed her eyes at the football player who in turn sheepishly scratched at the back of his head.
Taryn sighed, waving her hand dismissively,"Nevermind, these are my last 2 weeks in South Carolina before I have to move to New York, I wanna make the best of it with you guys."
"Aww! Group hug guys!" Mikael and Connor effectively added a lisp to their voices as they gathered up the girls, wrapping their arms around them in a giant group hug.
"Urg. Can't...breathe.." Katie grunted, their strong arms were squeezing the air out of her.
The boy's exchanged sheepish grins before releasing the girls from their grip and getting up to play a game of frisbee to pass the time. The girls watched them go before laying back down and chatting amongst themselves, mainly about where they'd go out to eat later that night and what they'd do afterwards.
"I vote we go to Chile's! I've been dying to go back there ever since I had some of there godly nachos last time I was here." Taryn licked her lips, imagining the scrumptious nachos and their other-worldly taste. She opened her eyes a moment later to gauge the reactions from her friends, hoping that they'd agree to her suggestion.
"Sounds good to me." Alex shrugged.
"As long as the rumbly in my tumbly gets satisfied I don't care where we go." Ashley chimed in.
Katie laughed,"I don't care, Chile's has some good food."
Taryn thrust her fist into the air,"Then it's settled!"
Mikael and Connor waltzed over to them once they had noticed the girls chatting about something animatedly like they had been and curiously wondered what they were talking about. "What's settled?" Connor asked, his confusion seeping into his voice.
"Where we're going to eat tonight." Ashley supplied and the boys went back to their game.
"Whoa, look at the clouds..." The blonde haired girl trailed off and the other 3 glanced up curiously to see what she was talking about.
"Yikes..." Taryn grimaced,"can't say that I saw that coming..."
Above them dark clouds were moving in fast from every direction, completely covering the expanse of the once blue sky now turning dark gray. Lightning streaked over the ocean before a loud crack of thunder sounded, making several of the girls wince. Rain began to fall, slow at first but then gaining momentum as is got closer to the ground and before long the group was running with their towels for the safety of the hotel.
Despite the fact that the hotel was mere yards away from where they had been on the beach by the time they made it to the area underneath the building they were soaked. Shivering with chattering teeth the group made it towards the elevator at the far end of the area, Mikael pressed the up button and they stood there waiting for the elevator to come down to pick them up.
"W-wow, it just g-got so much c-colder." Mikael rubbed his arms to try and create some heat to warm himself.
The doors opened and they hurried inside, pressing the button with the number '3' painted on it and stood back as the elevator rose up to the designated floor where their rooms were located.
"I guess we won't be showering before we go out to eat." Alex mused.
Connor gave her a funny look,"Why not?"
Katie sighed exasperatedly,"Well, unless the lightning stops, it's too dangerous and you could get electrocuted if you take a shower in a storm like this."
"Oh! We could play Fatal Frame for a while! And maybe the sto--" Taryn started excitedly but was cut off by the tall junior.
"Psh. That game's lame, me and Mikael will set up the xbox 360 and play Resident Evil 5 instead, now that game's scary."
"I'd like to see you play Fatal Frame 2 by yourself and see how brave you are afterwards." Taryn retorted, her short temper flaring.
Mikael frowned, he was more or less the mediator in most cases and this was no exception,"Hey guys, calm down, both games are equally scary. And Connor, leave her alone about Fatal Frame, I've seen her play it and it is pretty scary."
The short brunette smiled appreciatively at him,"Thank you Mikael." and then stuck her tongue out at the reddish-brown haired boy who had started the whole little argument in the first place.
"Do you think it'd be cool if we just dried off and got dressed?" Alex asked,"And then just go to Chile's...because i'm kinda hungry right now."
"I don't see why not, I'm starving too." Taryn shrugged as the others nodded in agreement, rubbing their own growling stomachs.
"Alright, lets meet back here in 20 minutes then, yes?" Mikael didn't wait for a reply as he and Connor sauntered off towards their shared room across the hall from the girl's room.
That was just barely enough time for the girls to dry themselves off, get dressed in warm, dry clothes, and put on the finishing touches that they needed before heading out. Infact, it took them an extra ten minutes to make themselves presentable, it wasn't until they heard a pounding at their door and the groans of the guys that they decided that they were ready to go.
"Took you long enough." Connor frowned,"Me and Mikael are starving here!"
"Yeah well...so are we!" Ashley shot back, shutting the boys up.
Katie glanced over her shoulder at Alex as they made their way to the parking area underneath the hotel, the same place they had run to for shelter when it had first started to rain. "Are you really bringing that into the restaurant?" she was of course referring to the Tamaki plush that Alex was snuggling closely to her chest.
Taryn laughed,"You remind me of Hunny-senpai and his Usa-chan! How cute!"
The boys rolled their eyes at the girls, not quite understanding what they were talking about but knew that it was a fangirl thing and just decided to leave it at that.
They reached the van and all piled in, fastening their seatbelts and chatting amongst themselves as Taryn put in her Escape The Fate cd and backed out of her parking space. The ride was a little bumpy and a few times she had to swerve a little to miss hitting fallen tree branches and other debris that had found itself in the middle of the road from the storm. The windshield wipers were moving as quickly as they could on their highest level, but even so, the visibility through the windshield was low and Taryn was having trouble discerning to street from the sidewalk.
"Uh...maybe we should...just turn back and order take out or something..." Mikael suggested, a little worried now that the storm showed no signs of letting up.
"I wish you had said something earlier, we're already on the bridge..." Taryn frowned, in truth she hated that bridge, going over the long bridge that connected Charleston to the mainland always stirred a fear deep down inside of her.
"Guys chill out, she's doing fine." Alex rolled her eyes, turning around to glare at Mikael for mentioning it in the first place.
As Alex was turning back around to face forward in her seat a bright flash of light caught in her peripheral vision and she felt a strange, painful pressure pull down on her. She wasn't the only one feeling this as the bolt of lightning struck down on the Ford Windsor, causing the hazel eyed driver to become momentarily blinded and swerve to the right abruptly.
Everything became eerily silent and seemed to be moving in slow-motion as the car broke through the barrier cables at the far side of the bridge and plumetted towards the chilly water below. Their faces were beyond ghostly pale and each one of them made to scream...but no sound was came out, it was their worst fear. Dying young while on summer vacation with their friends.
Before they hit the water another blinding light engulfed them, their senses dulled and then there was nothing as they succumbed to the darkness swirling around them.