I forgot to mention in the first chapter that this fic wouldn't be possible without one of my friends from school, who has strange but hilarious ideas. Anyway, sorry for taking so long to those that have interest in this fic! Like I stated before, I don't own Kingdom Hearts!
Chapter Two: Commodore Repliku
(A.K.A. In which they steal a pirate ship and crash it into the side of a clock tower, mentally scarring a small child in the process)
"So how long does this road go on anyway?"
"Actually, it's endless."
The replica sputtered at this. "Then how the hell are we supposed to get out of here?"
"Sometime's a door appears now and again or the path suddenly splits off in a different direction. We just have to wait until one of those things happens." Anti explained.
"And how long would that take?"
"Minutes...days...weeks...months...years..."
"D-don't say that with such a neutral attitude!"
"You really need to lighten up, you know that?"
The replica wanted nothing more than to strangle something. "Look, we can't just keep wandering around forever! It's not like a door is just going to conviently appear in the middle of the path, now is it? Geez, I knew this was a bad idea right from the start. I don't even know why I listened to you when you clearly don't know what you're doing. I should of gone in the opposite direction and asked for someone else's help, possibly someone more reliable that doesn't lack a heart!"
He looked over at Anti, who had been watching him with mock interest, arms crossed. "You done yet? Because in the midst of your rant, a door just now appeared in the middle of our path."
He looked up at the pristine white door sitting in front of them in the middle of the path. "Oh...so there is. Sorry about that."
"Don't apologize. Villians don't apologize for anything." Anti said before sticking a foot out and tripping the replica as he started to head for the door.
"Hey!"
"Shouldn't of been walking in the path of my foot. Now let's get going already, don't just waste my time lying on the ground like that." Anti called over his shoulder as he walked up to the door, looking around behind it at the path that continued to stretch on behind it. Cursing, the replica stood up and dusted himself off before coming up next to the heartless.
"So where does this door lead?" he asked.
"I don't know. I can't wait to find out." Anti said, and the replica couldn't help but notice the fanged grin and the hungry look in the heartless's eyes.
"Well, I guess there's only one way to find out..." The replica said as he reached out and grabbed the door handle, twisting it open. The door swung open, revealing a starry night sky. They took a few steps outside, looking around with wonder. Replica ran over to the columns of metal standing up nearby, looking down on the tiny town below.
"Where are we?" he called over his shoulder to the heartless. Anti paced a few steps, claws clicking on the walls nearby.
"I'm not sure, but I think I've been here before."
Suddenly, there was a loud ring, like a gong. The replica quickly looked up and saw a large clock face as two hands pointed to the 12. They both stayed silent for a few moments as the clock rang eleven more times.
"Wait a minute, I know where we are..." the heartless spoke up, a slightly harded tone to its voice. "This is the clock tower from that world I was in before I died. I remember thinking how irritating the ringing was here. Which means..."
The heartless took a couple more steps to put himself next to his new companion, looking around as well. "The pirate ship should be around here somewhere."
"Pirate ship?"
"Ship that flew in the sky and came back and forth to this place from somewhere called Neverland. Run by some pirate that had emotional problems involving crocodiles."
"I...see..." The replica couldn't help but wonder if this was still a bad idea to be hanging around Anti. Suddenly, Anti pointed a clawed hand at something in the sky to their right.
"There."
He looked where the heartless was pointing and saw a large red object lazily drifting a couple yards from the clock tower. He turned as Anti suddenly started walking fast toward a nearby wall. "We need to get to that ship now. It can serve as a means of transportation to other worlds and our ticket out of here."
The replica watched as the heartless placed a hand to the wall and slowly began to sink into the wall. When the replica didn't follow, Anti suddenly reappered, sticking his head out from the wall. "Aren't you coming?"
"I can't go through walls."
Anti frowned. "How do you even know that? Have you ever walked through walls before?"
"Well no..."
"Then maybe you can. Go on and try it. I suggest a running start in your case."
He took a deep breath before running as fast as he could at the wall. However, he merely slammed into the wall, collapsing in pain. "Oww! It didn't work."
The heartless chuckled before emerging from the wall to stand next to him. "I knew it wouldn't work, but that sure was fun to watch."
"Bastard." the replica cursed as he rubbed his face.
"That's what you get for making me have to take the stairs now. Seriously, it would be so much easier for us to go through the walls." Anti said as he made his way to the stairs. The replica stood up, cursing under his breath as he followed Anti up the stairs. They soon reached the top of the tower where the tip of the ship was just a few feet away.
"Ok, we're gonna have to jump on it.", Anti suggested.
"It looks too far away. We'll just end up falling to our deaths."
"We've survived death before."
"...Good point."
The replica sucked in a deep breath before launching himself off the top of the tower. His hands flailed through the air before he managed to grab on to the side of the ship.
"Ok, now get over here and help me u-" he stopped when he noticed that Anti wasn't standing over on the tower.
"Looking for me?" asked a voice above him. He looked up, glaring at the smug Anti floating over him from the side of the ship.
"How did you-"
"Teleportation. Really, you should think about becoming a heartless. Dark Repliku. Sounds kinda sexy, if trying to get girls is your type of thing.", Anti said, having too much fun with this.
"Just help me up!"
"No, I'm pretty content with leaving you on the side. I suggest holding on tightly, I hear flying through space is dangerous. Whether it's the 'reckless driving' part or the 'normally can't breathe in space' part is the most dangerous will be exciting to find out, won't it?" Anti laughed before sinking back into the side of the ship. The replica cursed before climbing as quickly and carefully as he could up the side of the ship until he reached the railing. He climbed up and over it, glaring at the heartless watching him with amusement.
"What took you so long?" Anti asked with fake interest. "I was getting bored."
"You're a jerk."
"Tell me something I don't know. Now let's figure out how to fly a pirate ship..." Anti said as he walked over to the wheel, examining it. "I guess you spin this thing in order to get it moving.", and with that said, he lazily turned the wheel to the right.
Suddenly, the ship lurched forward, crashing into the side of the tower. Anti muttered an "whoops" before turning the wheel to move away from the tower. A small chunk of it was missing, but it had not decimated the tower. He glanced over at the replica, who was gripping onto the railing for dear life.
"Could you warn someone before you do something like that?" he asked.
"At least I figured out how to drive the ship!" Anti said cheerfully like a small child that figured out two plus two. He sighed, deciding not to argue with the heartless any further. "I bet we just scared a bunch of people, seeing a pirate ship crash into their tower."
"Actually, this ship is invisible to everyone except for those that don't have hearts, pirates, or children. Or something like that." Anti said as he turned the wheel a little to make it veer to the left away from the tower.
Meanwhile, a small child was gaping and pointing out the window. "Mom! Mom! That pirate ship crashed into the tower!"
"For the last time, there is no pirate ship out there!"
"But I really-"
"That's it, we're putting you back on your medication!"
"Mom!"
So anyway, back at the pirate ship...
"Hey, look what I found!"
The replica turned from where he had been looking over the side of the railing, and gasped, seeing no heartless driving the ship. Instead, the heartless was trying on a large pirate hat with a red feather it had found. "This hat's pretty sweet. I found one for you too." Anti held out another hat that looked similar to the other.
"Where did you get those? And more importantly, why aren't you driving the ship!?"
"Off those dead bodies over there. And unlike you, I actually care about my appearence."
"You can't steal hats off dead bodies! That's just-wait, what's wrong with my appearence?" he asked, looking himself over.
"That skirt is so last season."
"What the hell does that have to do with anything!?"
"Shouldn't you be driving the ship? We're about to crash into the tower again."
The replica quickly grabbed the wheel and turned it, avoiding the tower. "You're the one that's supposed to be driving!"
"Well congrats, I've promoted you from First Mate Repliku to Commodore Repliku. Now start driving the ship before we hit the tower a third time." Anti said as it slipped a feathered hat on his head. He sighed. "I thought I said not to call me that."
"Sorry, that's what I'm calling you and I'm sticking to it. Get used to it, I don't like changing names." Anti said as he straightened his hat. The replica rolled the name around a little in his head and sighed. It wasn't like he could think of anything better besides the name of the person he apparently looked like.
"So if I'm Commodore, what does that make you?"
"Lord Anti."
"Figures."
"Don't make me make you walk the plank."
"Since when do you know pirate lingo?"
"Since who cares, now start driving me ship properly!"
"Anti, I'll turn this ship around if I have to."
"And go where?"
"Back to..." he trailed off as he looked behind him and noticed the world was slowly being engulfed in darkness. He turned to glare at the heartless. "What did you do?"
"What makes you think I did it?"
"Who else would?"
"Alright fine, I might have unleashed some heartless to take over the world."
"Looks like they're just eating everyone's hearts..." Repliku (yes, that's his name now) observed.
"Isn't that the idea?"
"How are we supposed to take over the universe if you destroy worlds along the way?"
"Oh damn, I should of known. Oh well, better luck next time." Anti said idly. Repliku sighed as Anti looked around. "So how come you're sticking with me even after I got you out of that hellhole?"
"I have amnesia, and it's as if I have anything else to do. Besides, if I had stayed behind, I would have gotten killed just now, wouldn't I?"
"Good point. We'll make a great team, you and I. And who knows, maybe you'll get your memory back along the way." Anti said as he strolled about the ship.
"Yeah...maybe..." Repliku said to himself, attempting to concentrate on driving and attempting to ignore Anti in the background who was summoning up heartless to walk off the plank.
"Avast ye scallywags! I command ye to walk the plank! Ye sha-ah forget it, just jump off the plank already." he heard Anti say in the background, and he couldn't help but smile at his funny yet crazy companion, wondering if he was just as crazy as Anti.
I'm doing this until I figure something out or get my memory back...I have to find out who I am...
And thus, their adventure to take over the universe had truly begun.
"Hey Repliku, you might want to shake your hat out, I think there's a rat chewing a hole through it."
