I COME, BARING A NEW STORY! ...uh oh...
*ducks onslaught of veggies, fruits, sandwiches, power-tools, furniture, and stuffed animals*
...Okay, did I mention this is more of a 'present', for my boyfriend/best friend, Fangface the Second?
*awkward pauses as assaulters meekly back off*
Right. Anyway, since he was the one to introduce me to Ni No Kuni (which many of you figured out I've become obsessed with) I decided to write a little fic where we, along with Tracker78 and Anti-Twilight Forever (whom is also a big fan), have a little adventure with the characters of the game. Included also will be 'soul-mates' of some other friends of ours, so no one feels left-out.
Anyway, Happy Birthday, FF2! Hope you and everyone else featured enjoys!
Disclaimer: I don't own Ni No Kuni, or Doctor Who, or Transformers, or Fangface, or any other show/character that may be mentioned or cameo'd in this fic. NOW ON WITH IT!
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*wum wum wum wum*
There came a hum in the city of London, as an old-fashioned blue Police Call Box appeared out of nowhere, in the year 2014. Out stepped four people, consisting of two young men and two young women.
The first man looked to be 22, had dark hair, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, purple mask, long torn dark-brown coat, black jeans, combat boots, and had a utility belt holding a wand and a sonic-screwdriver. His name was Vincent.
The second man looked more like a girl, and seemed to be 13 (but was much older than he looked) with black hair that came down his neck, wearing a black ski-cap with a gray stripe around it, a black shirt, gray skinny-jeans with a chain-belt, and black sneakers. His name was Ezekiel, though everyone called him 'Zeke'.
The first young woman was in her 30's, with light-brown wavy hair that had recently been cut short, wore a cowboy hat, sleeveless teal T-shirt, torn jeans, black boots, and was carrying a shotgun strapped to her back. Her name was Liz.
The second young woman was 23... but looked to be a 13-year-old boy with short black hair, wearing a white backwards-cap with a marker-drawn cross above the bill, white T-shirt with a red jacket, jeans which had to be rolled up at the ankles, and white sneakers. She also carried a machete. Her name was Zee Isaiah Pugnacious (ZIP for short), but everyone called her 'Zippy'.
Vincent, Zippy, and Liz all turned and gave Zeke harsh looks after they stepped out of the TARDIS. "Is it too late to say 'I'm sorry'?" The latter gulped.
"Yes." The other three replied, then walked on.
Zeke followed. "Look, guys, I didn't mean to cause Armageddon on the planet Ood! ...And if they hadn't built that big red button in the first place, it would have been avoided- that thing was begging to be pushed!"
"It still doesn't cut the fact that we had to travel through time, to five minutes after we left, because you took three weeks out of our vacation time!" Zippy snapped, pushing Zeke.
"Why didn't you just go back in time and prevent me from pushing the button, then?"
"Because we'd have to transport you to another planet to do so... and if we just left you there, chances are you'd blow it up!"
"Oh like YOU never did the same thing! Remember what happened last New Years Eve?"
"It doesn't matter now, guys." Vincent sighed. "What matters is that we saved the planet from destruction... and came back to restart our vacation,"
"Yeah, because God knows we need one," Liz replied, stretching her back. "What with Vincent's busy year in college, WG's babysitting, my problems with my past jobs, and Zeke's... constant boredom due to not having a life... we need to find a place where we can just relax."
"...I do too have a life..." Zeke muttered.
"Quite right." Vincent responded to Liz's statement, then rubbed his hands together. "So! What shall we do? Go get some sea-salt ice-cream? Go to Six Flags? See what's new at Hogwarts?"
"How about we head to that Anime Con in Chicago? I heard Rob Paulsen is going to make an appearance," Zippy suggested.
"HECK YES!" They headed back to the TARDIS, filing in, and with a low hum the machine disappeared.
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Little did the group realize they were being watched. "So, that's the one who killed my soul-mate, is it?" a raspy voice asked, as two hooded figures looked into a mist, that reflected an image of Vincent.
"Your second soul-mate, I believe. Your first one passed away, moments before your new one was born," The second figure replied, his voice more calm and collect. "A new soul-mate always replaces another, lest the link between two souls is broken,"
"Thank you, Cobayne, I didn't know that!" the raspy figure's tone was sarcastic. "But who is the soul-mate to this lad?"
"I do not know. He comes from a time far from ours, let alone another world. That... mechanism of his seems to be able to jump worlds, even time itself- without the use of magic, it seems."
"So there is a chance he could come to this world..."
"If he knows it exists,"
The raspy figure raised a clawed hand, tapping a claw on the stone table as if pondering. "Best not to take the chance, don't you think?"
The second figure nodded, taking out a wand with a crystal on the end of it. "Yes, my liege,"
"See to it they're disposed of..." the raspy figure waved his clawed hand, having another misty-image appear, this one of another boy- with brown-red hair, blue eyes, wearing a yellow T-shirt with jeans. "So they do not cross paths with our other... obstacle,"
The second figure pointed his wand at the mist, which showed the others climbing into the TARDIS, and the wand began to glow, the mist around the image going from lime-green to blood-red.
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Inside the TARDIS, everyone was going through a trunk full of costumes. "Lets see, what should we go as this time? Black Butler cast? Kingdom Hearts? Accel World?" Zeke pondered out loud.
"Nah, we did those for the last conventions," Zippy replied.
"How about Bleach? I'd love to go as Rukia," Liz suggested.
"We'll have to pick up some costumes," Vincent replied.
*Kssthunk!*
The TARDIS gave a lurch, just then, causing everyone to fall back as an alarm blared, and red lights flashed. "Oh, crap! Zippy, what did you do?!" Liz demanded.
"I didn't touch anything! You know I hate messing with advanced technology!" Zippy retorted, then turned to Zeke. "What did you touch?!"
"I didn't touch anything, either! Vincent, what's going on?!" Zeke cried, turning to Vincent who stumbled up the stairs to the TARDIS' control-panel.
"Something must have breached the system!" Vincent replied, trying to fix the problem. "But... that's impossible! I updated this thing's security last month, after Einstein tried to hi-jack it again!"
"Well SOMETHING hacked into it, obviously!" Zippy shouted. "I told you to go with AVG!"
"What can we do?!" Liz asked, stumbling up beside Vincent.
"Simple- HANG ON!" Vincent cried out. "We're about to CRASH!"
The TARDIS swirled throughout the fabric of time, until in a flash it appeared somewhere else, falling through a dark sky, and crashing into an open field.
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Three Hours Later...
Everyone stumbled out of the TARDIS, dazed but not too bruised. "Okay... what the fluff was THAT all about?" Zeke was the first to ask.
"Call it a hunch... but I think someone or something tried to kill us," Vincent replied, being the last to walk out. "The good news is, the TARDIS is working fine again... the bad news is, we're going to have to wait to use it, until we figure out just what exactly caused it to flip out on us like that."
"Any clues?" Zippy asked.
Vincent shook his head. "None. I didn't find any viruses in the system, no interior or exterior damages were found, and the radar didn't pick up any signs of attackers."
"Maybe it was just a glitch, then."
Vincent and Zippy gave Zeke glares. "The TARDIS never has glitches," Zippy snarled.
Zeke shrank back. "...my mistake..."
Liz looked around, seeing that the sun was beginning to rise over the horizon, casting a glow on a lake. "Well, I guess we could vacation here for a while, until we figure out what exactly happened," she suggested. "Doesn't seem like too harmful a place,"
They began walking, Vincent locking up the TARDIS just to make sure no one tried to do any damage to it. The group found a highway and began walking, seeing a sign up ahead that read:
Welcome to Motorville- Drive safely!
"Motorville? What kind of town is Motorville?" Liz asked, turning to her comrades... then gave an awkward pause.
Vincent, Zippy, and Zeke had suddenly developed large smiles, and wide eyes filled with excitement. "The kind that'll give us the best vacation EVER!" Zeke exclaimed, and the trio rushed forth into town.
Liz blinked, but followed. As excited as her friends were, she was debating on whether or not to be excited too... or cautious.
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"You fool!" the raspy figure snarled, smacking the other figure. "You were supposed to dispose of them! Instead, you've lead them right to us!"
"Calm yourself, master." Cobayne replied, his tone still steady despite being slapped. "They do not know of us- they could not figure out what caused their machine to crash... nor will they realize the danger they will encounter, if they are to come to our world." the figure waved his hand, making the mist show an image of the group. "I sense a weakness within two of them, and the last two are already in a weakened state due to some... heaviness within their hearts."
"And you believe they will not stand a chance? What if they are to find the Pure-Hearted One? Tell me, Cobayne, what are we to do then, hmm?"
The second figure only smirked. "Destroy them all at once,"
"Hmph. You speak with too much confidence,"
"Yes... but keep in mind, the Pure-Hearted One has a weakness too. A weakness that shall be revealed within due time..."
"For your sake, you had better hope."
With that, the mist faded, leaving the room pitch black.
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A/N: Yeah, I didn't want to steal too much from the first game... but I think I did by accident, what with the villain's intro... Anyway, looks like we're jumping right into the plot! Onward, I say!
Review, don't flame, and I hope everyone (especially you, FF2) are enjoying this so far!