A/N: All I will say for now is that they're heading to Hollow Bastion in this chapter, and some other events happen too.
Silent Searcher: Yep, she is. Its good you have an idea of whom. Also, thank you.
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Here's the fourth chapter.
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Chapter 4: To sneak away
At their destination, when they had finally arrived at Port, at first, Ayame had refused to get off the ship. Even when Roxas called her.
Her reasoning was partially because she wanted to protect the book, but the other reason was because she wasn't willing to leave, and she didn't want to put up with the Princess.
It got to the point where Axel ended up dragging her off the ship while she had the book in hand, and Roxas followed the two. Well, actually, Axel ended up carrying Ayame, but he pretty much forced her to leave the ship. Even when Ayame asked if she had to come (hoping it was optional).
No, Axel didn't respond, in case you were wondering.
Upon getting off of the boat, Axel set Ayame down, and then told her very sternly, "Don't you even think about going back on the ship into your cabin or I'll come back and get you, and also lock the door of your cabin so you can't get in. Got it?"
Ayame slowly nodded, not wanting to think about being locked out of her cabin. "Y-yes sir." When Ayame looked at the princess, she saw how equally unimpressed and unamused she was at what had just occurred.
"There you are. I don't want you to leave me waiting like this again- especially in places I hate. Like this one." She snapped. Ayame noticed a familiar character passing by as that was said, but as soon as the Princess spoke, the person immediately stopped and turned.
Then Ayame quickly figured out who is was as soon as she heard the person's masculine voice. "Penelope? Is that you?" The princess paled up when she heard that voice, and she cringed upon turning around.
Ayame momentarily looked around before asking, "Um… who's this Penelope you speak of?" The princess seemed ticked off when Roxas explained it to her.
"You didn't know the Princess's name was Penelope? She didn't tell you?" Roxas asked Ayame. The girl immediately narrowed her eyes at Penelope, answering very flatly, "No. She didn't ever tell me."
Penelope was furious now. Her name got revealed to Ayame, which she didn't want, and it had to be by HIM.
And upon getting a closer look, it came to Ayame that the person who revealed Penelope's name was the Prince from her book. One of the characters Penelope hated other than the Composer, who was the Ruler of the Sakura Isles.
It also made Ayame feel fortunate she had memorized the concept art book when she got the anniversary edition as it allowed Ayame to better picture the characters (though the book did a really good job at putting how they looked into her head), and allow her to recognize their distinct appearances.
This character, the Prince, had long silver hair that reached past his shoulders, but not mid-back. Unlike Penelope, he didn't wear a crown on his head, but instead, he wore a black band, which went beneath his hair, and it was visible across his forehead, though beneath his bangs. His eyes were a pretty teal color, and he had somewhat of a muscular tone. The outfit he usually wore had a white, silver and black color scheme, and what looked like a cape was in actuality a cloak he'd wear to disguise himself.
And if Ayame remembered correctly, as the Prince was really charming and handsome, he was usually the favorite character of many girls he knew, and he had a lot of fan girls. It also bugged her with the Fanfiction she saw about the story because of it.
"Damn it, Riku! Why'd you reveal my name to that?" Penelope shouted at the Prince before slapping him. Ayame had taken great offense to what Penelope just called her, but then again, she acted like a bitch to her anyway, so there was no point in getting offended.
But the Prince had a name too? As Ayame was surprised yet again by the blunt obvious before her, she watched Riku rub his cheek and let out a sigh before taking Penelope's hand and kissing it, causing her to cringe and draw her hand back. And he was smacked yet again. Luckily, he was enduring the whole deal pretty well.
"Come on, Penelope. Aren't you happy to see me?" He asked her, with a tiny amount of hope in his voice.
Yeah no.
Penelope let out a huff. Quickly after, she rudely stated, "Like I ever would be happy. You annoy me to death."
Despite that, the Prince and the Princess being together was Ayame's OTP. She always dreamt and imagined them being cute together, especially by their artwork, but seeing them in flesh and blood in this situation, she was proven wrong.
By proven wrong, meaning they looked like a painting of a couple of sorts- appearing absolutely perfect together. And Ayame could help but say, "Aww…" with her eyes lighting up.
Penelope seemed freaked out by the fact that Ayame was encouraging this, so she proceeded to shove Riku away, taking him off guard, but he managed to keep himself from falling over. "Look, whatever that mind of yours thinks, it isn't true."
Ayame smiled and shook her head. "Yeah right." After, Ayame looked over at Axel and Roxas, who were talking to each other while waiting for Penelope to shut up.
For some strange reason, Ayame also shipped Axel and Roxas for reasons unknown. Even to Ayame herself. To her, they just looked so cute together. And she noticed that they were almost always seen with each other in this world. In fact, this case existed in the book.
You see, in the story, or the story that Ayame had remembered, the Pirate Captain (Axel) was almost always seen with his First Mate (Roxas) and it was especially a rare case to see them separate. She was unsure if it was the relationship they had as best friends or as the Captain and his First Mate.
However, with Ayame strangely being one of those kinds of people, it kind of caused her to think that their relationship was something else. Though that was in her daydreams.
So, when she snapped back into reality, she noticed that Axel made the decision that Penelope was clearly not going to shut up, as she had began arguing with Riku, he was going to get the intended task of getting supplies for the voyage without her, and Roxas was following him.
"Aww…" Ayame sighed, though the two stopped and proceeded to look back and stare at Ayame like she was crazy.
"Why are you staring at us?" Axel asked Ayame, looking suspicious. Ayame turned red and turned away, and looked at Penelope and Riku. It was at the point where Penelope was tugging on his silvery hair, and he looked as if he was in pain, but he tried to look content, as if he were used to this. Not that it was working.
Ayame giggled at them until Axel ruined the moment. "Hey lovebirds. We came here to get supplies. If you're going to mess around, go get a room."
Riku proceeded to shove Penelope away and got her to calm down. Then he focused on Axel. "Wait, you were coming here to go to the market?"
Axel nodded. "Yeah. It's likely that you know where it is, since it is your Kingdom."
Afterwards, it got into a conversation of why Riku was in the area in the first place. It related to the fact that Littlebrooke had been burnt down. And he was going to check, since he was worried Penelope had also died.
Fortunately, she wasn't. Except…
"If someone's out to kill you as they had the nerve to burn Littlebrooke down, I decided that I should protect you just in case, whether you like it or not." Penelope froze up and Axel was silent for a moment.
"Wait… If you're going to protect her… it doesn't mean you're coming with us, right?" Axel was hoping that Riku wasn't. However, his hopes were quickly shattered.
"If Penelope is sailing with you, then I'm coming along too." Whelp, Axel was upset now. And greatly annoyed.
So, after Riku and Axel made a quick deal, and the group was heading to the market, Ayame began trying to sneak off in the moment, and Roxas noticed. However, he could say nothing as the girl motioned him to not tell Axel, and she quickly got back onto the ship.
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You know that feeling when you are going to do something you really aren't supposed to, except you're going to do the thing anyway and you know you'll regret it?
Well, that was exactly what Ayame had been feeling at the moment.
There was a reason behind of the guilt at first. You see, there was this rule.
A somewhat simple rule on the Dancing Flame about obeying orders. Now, it's not like you'd have to walk the plank or whatever if you didn't obey orders.
You see, if you disobeyed a direct order from the Captain, you'd get in big trouble. Like really big trouble. And Ayame had read about a situation in the story where someone disobeyed Axel's orders and let's say what happened wasn't relatively pleasant.
It also isn't good to have Axel angry at you. Now, he usually acts pretty calm and collected. And you can't really tell what he's thinking, but trust me, it isn't good when he's mad.
And Ayame knew that if Axel found out, she'd be in big trouble, especially considering she already had a warning about going back onto the ship. The good thing is that Axel didn't see her sneak off, but…
Now isn't a good time to worry. If he finds out, I'll deal with him later… no matter how scary he is. Ayame thought to herself. Before going into her room, Ayame gulped and slowly opened the door to her and Penelope's cabin and set the book onto her bed.
Opening it up, she thought of home and the desire of just going home and light enveloped her, and with a flash, Ayame appeared at home in her house on her bed.
A secret Ayame found out about the book is that she could use it as a gateway back home. So, if there was something she needed to do back home, she could do it.
How'd she find out? Well, it unintentionally happened the night before, but we can get to that later.
So, Ayame packed up a few changes of clothes and changed out of her outfit into a different one and quickly proceeded to go out into the Living Room, where she saw her mother drinking tea and reading a book.
"Hey mom…?" Ayame asked her, surprising her mom. The woman looked to see her daughter and gasped, before getting up and hugging her.
"Ayame! Where have you been… and why do you smell like the sea…" Ayame had to quickly interrupt her mom.
"Sorry to ask, but I need to go grocery shopping. So, can I borrow your debit card and some fabric bags?" Ayame's mother looked confused.
"I went shopping a few days ago…"
Ayame proceeded to interrupt her mom again, feeling some guilt about it, but she was in a rush. "No, no. It's not for me or you. It's for someone else. And I'm likely going to need the portable fridge, and likely the cooler, so can I borrow those too?"
"Um… okay?" Ayame's mother pulled out the Portable Fridge they conveniently had, and Ayame quickly took it, and the cooler they had and lifted them onto her bed. Then her mother gave Ayame her debit card as well as her rewards card and some fabric bags as requested and she thanked her mom before going shopping.
And she was in a hurry. The bad thing was that it took around 30-40 minutes, but she bought a lot of fruits and vegetables and a lot of fresh water and despite the borrowed fabric bags were extremely heavy, it all cost less than she expected. Thank goodness for her mother's rewards card and coupons.
So, when Ayame got back, she gave what she borrowed back except for the fabric bags, which she took the contents of fruits and vegetables out of and thoroughly washed them before wrapping it up, and put them back in the bags.
Then she decided to bring her bag with her stuff in it (with her clothes. And she decided to bring some books along too just because) first. So, after getting her bag and heading back into the story world, Ayame set her bag on her bed and sighed in relief.
Until she turned to see the last person she wanted to see.
And he was pissed.
"Oh… uh… hi Captain?" Ayame greeted before laughing nervously.
Well, this wasn't going to be good.
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A/N: I consider this to be an AU story of sorts. The characters are kinda similar to themselves in Kingdom Hearts (or Re: Kingdom hearts with Penelope) but not really.
Also, the shopping trip in Hollow Bastion didn't take very long. In fact, Axel knew Ayame would likely be in her room (let's say he found out she snuck off) and after the trip, he immediately went there.
So, Ayame's in some really big trouble now.
Also, sorry for taking so long just to type this up. I've had chapter 4 done for a while now.
Anyway, like usual, please review if you'd like, please don't flame and I'd appreciate it if you could tell me how to improve.
I will see you all in chapter 5.
Ciao.
