Sorry for the long wait, I know I said this would be out last week, but I've been busy with work and the holidays. I couldn't get to it in time, but I did now! ^^ Anyway, I bring you the next chapter, also I've decided to not add too much of the same dialogue like from the game because that takes too much time to go look it up. For some instances I will, but for most expect new dialogue.
I don't own either series
Chapter 3: Traverse Town Pt II
Standing in front of Cody was his former crush. Is he excited? Yes. Does he feel some slight butterflies at the sight of her? He would be lying if he said no. It was only recently that he decided to get over her. Gwen turned her head, and he saw her eyes widen at the sight of him. He smiled as he began walking to her only for her to scream and point behind him. Cody looked at her in confusion before hearing a swishing sound. As if on some instinct, Cody spun around and slashed through a normal creature causing it to disappear.
He sighed in relief as he turned back around and felt a slight chuckle escape his lips at the sight of Gwen's shocked face. "Hehe, I didn't expect to see you here Gwen," Cody muttered nervously while scratching the back of his head. Gwen hasn't always been too happy to be in his presence (not that he blamed her), but he didn't want her to run off. She's the first familiar person that he's seen since waking up in this new world. This means his other friends could be alive somewhere.
"Cody? Is that you? How did you?" Gwen muttered as she hesitantly took a step towards Cody who chuckled with a large amount of uncertainty in his voice.
"Yeah, it's me Gwen. I'm glad to see that you're alright. Heck, I'm glad to see someone I know alright. I'd almost be happy to see Alejandro at this point," Cody began laughing at that. This seemed to get Gwen chuckling slightly. Cody sighed happily before continuing talking, "Anyway, about this...I'm honestly not sure what this is. When our world was being destroyed by these creatures. It appeared to me, and it helped me stay alive until now."
Gwen just looked at him to see if he was lying before sighing and nodding. It seems she was being cautious which Cody couldn't blame her for. They're stuck on a new world with no one they knew. It was smart of her to not be naive...hopefully Lindsay is on some soft and cuddly world. Before Cody could say anything else though, Gwen rushed forward and hugged Cody surprising the tech geek and causing him to blush. He wasn't used to really pretty girls hugging him. (Sierra's hugs were more like squeezes).
"I'm so happy that a friend is here now. I had no idea what to do, and I was having so much trouble keeping myself safe from those weird creatures...wait a minute, did you say something about our world being destroyed? How do you know this?" Gwen asked Cody as she pulled back so she could look down into his eyes.
Cody sighed as the memory of his fight with that huge monster came back into his mind. It was not something that he found fun or exciting to remember. "When I returned to the resort everyone was gone, and all that was left was those weird black creatures that kept buzzing around the ground like insects. I was able to fight them off using this while I saw the resort collapsing around me. Then I saw a black vortex in the sky while pieces of the ground began floating up into it. It was really insane especially when the giant monster appeared and attacked me...Anyway, when I woke up here, I ran into a man named Cid, he mentioned that most of the residents here are from worlds that were destroyed. Everything made sense to me in the long run so I really didn't question it. Plus finding my friends was front and center in my mind. I can check one friend off the list," Cody smiled at Gwen as he pulled away from her hug so he could explain everything to her.
Gwen felt a small smile at hearing him call her his friend without stuttering or blushing. It seems he was getting over the crush he had on her. Maybe they could become true and blue friends now. While Gwen thought about this, Cody just realized something. While he didn't want to bring it up, he knew it would be brought up eventually so he decided to get it over with.
"So Gwen...where's Duncan? You two were together when everything went down right?" Cody asked the goth girl. The two of them were both gone so it would only make sense if they were together. This seemed to catch her attention as her eyes shot open, and she felt tears begin to form in her eyes. She felt herself begin to collapse to the ground as she went to wipe her eyes.
"W-We were, but he seemed to get distracted by something and headed off in a different direction when I had my head turned. When I noticed that he was gone, I began running all around to try and find him, but I couldn't find him anywhere. It was like he had disappeared completely. I heard a noise and then everything went black until I woke up here," Gwen muttered as she felt her sobs begin to lessen so she could sound more coherent.
Cody frowned at that. The world was ending, and the guy freaking leaves his girlfriend to go somewhere else. Who does that?! He sighed to try and calm himself down before leaning down to her eye level and placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Gwen...I don't know what happened to Duncan. Honestly, I don't care much for him which I'm sure you know," Gwen frowns at this, "But I do know that he is out there. If you're safe then I know he's safe. As much as I dislike the guy, I will admit that he's strong. Stronger than me and almost as strong as you. If I was able to survive the end of the world then I know for a fact Duncan did to. All you need to do is look for him. If you want to come with me, then we can look for him and the others together. Or I can look for him myself while I go do whatever I'm suppose to do with this thing." Cody finishes while pointing at his weapon.
Gwen begins pondering Cody's words as she begin to take in what he was saying. Cody was telling her that Duncan was out there somewhere. He had to be. And that she is strong enough to search for him and handle this pain, this void left by his absence while doing it. She chuckled as she rose to her feet and wiped her eyes before smirking her usual smirk down at Cody.
"Heh, you really have a talent with complimenting people, Cody. Okay, lets do this," Gwen told him while sticking her hand out. Cody smiles back while taking her hand and shaking it to confirm their partnership. Cody smiled as he swore he could feel himself get a little stronger, but he didn't know if it was in his head or if it was actually happening.
The two teens turned around and decided to head back to the First District to talk more with Cid. While looking for Leon was important, he just found one of his friends so he wanted to introduce her to the one person that he felt like he could trust in this weird town.
First District -Traverse Town-
Cody and Gwen headed down the stairs so they could head to the Accessory Shop, but stopped when they heard a scraping noise. This instantly alerted them as Cody summoned his weapon and held it defensively in front of him while motioning for Gwen to stay behind him.
The two kept looking around him before Cody spotted a small black vortex appeared and spit out one of the creatures that destroyed their world. Cody was about to move to quickly destroy it, but more began showing up and quickly surrounded the two. Cody narrowed his eyes while Gwen began glancing around for something to defend herself with. Sadly, there was nothing within grabbing distance. Cody looked over and spotted the Accessory Shop just a few more feet nearby.
"Gwen pssh...listen...slowly back up towards the building over there. I'll back up with you. The second that you run inside, I'll destroy these things. Okay?" Cody told Gwen who nodded back to him. Cody sighed in relief before they began the plan. The creatures just watched them, and they didn't make any move to lunge so the two found that as a good sign and kept walking.
Cody kept looking around while also remembering earlier when that random civilian was attacked and transformed into a creature. So was he destroying people when he destroyed these things? No...no...people wouldn't be destroying worlds and attacking other people for no reason...unless they didn't have a choice or they lost all reason when becoming...these things. Hm...
Cody shook his head to remain alert to the very real threat that they found themselves facing. He looked back and saw that they were almost there. The turn of his head though seemed to finally set them off as they all pounced at the two. Cody saw them from the corner of his eye and hissed in annoyance and shock before quickly shoving Gwen towards the building as they all fell on top of him. Gwen fell to the ground and looked up at Cody only to see a pile of the creatures.
Cody looked through the cracks inbetween the creatures and yelled to Gwen, "G-Go!...Damn it!...Hurry...get in!...I-I'll be fine!" Gwen looked back and forth before growling in annoyance and running inside the building. Cody sighed before finally using what strength his body could muster to bring the weapon up after swinging it around in a circle to cleave through the creatures' limbs and send them flying off him. Cody rose back up to his feet and sighed in relief as he saw that she was now safe from harm.
Inside the shop, Cid was polishing some new items before placing them on the shelves for customers to see. Keyblade wielder in town or not, he still needed to make some munny. As he turned to grab another bottle, he heard the door open so he turned around to greet the customer only to frown at the sight of another teenager. "Oh another kid," Cid muttered sadly as he turned back around to continue his task.
Gwen growled in annoyance at this man's attitude. Her friend was outside risking his life to keep her safe, and she couldn't do anything but sit in here and hope he wins. Sure, he said he defeated a giant monster before their world was destroyed, but...this is Cody we're speaking about. It wouldn't be the first time he overexaggerated something.
Plus, she was tired of feeling like a helpless maiden from some cheesy princess movie. She wasn't a girl that was used to being protected. She was used to taking action herself. She walked over to the man after making up her mind and tapped his shoulder.
"Excuse me, I would like to ask you a question," Gwen told him, but he shrugged her hand off his shoulder and continued his task. While irritating indeed, Gwen tapped his shoulder again and saying the same thing again.
The man responded, "Listen brat, I'm busy. Go somewhere else and leave me to my work. I don't have time to deal with some kid," as he continued stacking items onto the shelves in the store. Getting fed up, Gwen grabbed the man's shirt and yanked him around to face her.
"Listen buddy! My friend is outside, and a bunch of creatures are trying to kill him! I don't have time to deal with your shit! Now do you have something I can use as a weapon or are you just going to give me more lip?! Be warned, depending on the answer, I may or may not hurt you!" Gwen angrily yelled while crossing her arms under her chest and glaring the man down.
Cid just stared back at the girl before feeling a chuckle rise up in him. He hasn't met a kid with an attitude like this since...well since Tifa. "Okay girlie just give me a sec. And please stop with the glaring, that glare is colder than the A/C at full blast," Cid told her as he began to search for something she could use.
Back outside, Cody felt sweat begin to pour down his face as the number of the creatures seemed to have risen. The more he destroyed, the more that appeared to attack him. It also didn't help that he has been fighting these things all day with small breaks inbetween them. This had to be the most physical activity that he has experienced for a long time. He quickly duck under a lunge, and sent a right hook at one that tried to do a sneak attack. This left it stunned just long enough for Cody to impale it with his weapon.
At this rate, Cody knew he wouldn't last much longer. His body was not used to so much physical exertion. "I'm really beginning to regret skipping on most of my gym classes back home," Cody muttered as he wiped the sweat off his forehead while jumping back from another attack. He growled as he quickly blocked two different strikes from two different creatures only to groan in pain as he was struck from behind in the same spot from earlier.
He gritted his teeth as he quickly turned around and sliced through the creature. This left him open to two more attacks on his sides though causing him to fall to his knees. Using the weapon to support him, he glanced up and saw all the creatures stare him down while moving their heads in different directions before moving forward. Cody closed his eyes as he waited for the incoming strikes. He opened them when the screeching sound of metal against the pavement filled the air.
Opening his eyes, Cody was amazed to see Gwen standing in front of him with a scythe in her hands. She was staring the creatures down while also standing in a defensive pose in case one tried to go for the downed Cody. Cody examined the scythe and saw that it had a black hilt and it was a normal blade on top. This worried him because it clearly wasn't magic like his own weapon (he knew this since it kept appearing and disappearing. Normal weapons don't do that).
"Gwen? Wh-where did you get that?" Cody questioned Gwen who just looked back at him with a large smirk on her face as she brought the scythe up and rested it on her shoulder while doing her best to balance the weight of it.
"The man inside gave it to me after I...'convinced' him to," Gwen told Cody as she turned back to face the creatures. Cody sweatdropped at her explanation, mentally hoping she didn't hurt Cid. Cody pushed himself back to his feet by using his weapon as a crutch. He walked over to stand by Gwen's side.
"You sure you can continue?" Gwen questioned Cody who just nodded while bringing his weapon back up. The two immediately shot forward and began slashing through each creature that stood in their path. Whenever one would try and attack one from behind, the other would come to their defense and destroy it. Cody smirked at how well they were fighting together. He never thought this would happen. He had trouble working with his teammates before in the shows so he didn't think he would fight so well with someone.
As the two continued fighting the horde, his weapon began glowing brightly which made the creatures back away in fear. Gwen, seeing the opening, ran towards Cody, jumped up and slid across his back, and landed on his other side while bringing her scythe out in a large sweeping motion. The creatures all let out loud shouts of pain before disappearing.
Gwen smirked as she brought her scythe up to her shoulder and turned to face Cody only to pause at the sight of his gaping mouth. "What?" Gwen questioned him.
"Well...that was awesome! The way you slid across my back and destroyed those creatures! I've never seen you do that in any of the shows back on our world. That was just...wow," Cody told Gwen while looking away embarrassingly and rubbing the back of his head. Gwen just chuckled at that.
Suddenly, a screeching sound began to catch their attention as they looked up the staircase and saw a man, a few years older than them, walk into view. He glanced over at Cody's weapon and slowly brought up his weapon which was revealed to be some hybrid of a gun and a blade.
He slowly brought his hand up and pointed at a wary Cody. "They'll keep coming for you so long as you wield the keyblade," the man stated. The word 'keyblade' caught Cody's attention and made him look back at his weapon. That word...it made him feel...sentimental?
"But why would it choose someone like you?" the man said while bringing his free hand up to cover his face. Cody glared back up at the man in annoyance while Gwen stifled a giggle with her hand.
Cody was about to question the man only for him to begin walking towards the two. "It doesn't matter now. Why don't we take a look at that keyblade?" the man stated as he got closer and reached out for Cody's...keyblade? Cody immediately jumped back and brought the keyblade up in his defensive position. Gwen followed suit and landed on Cody's side.
"Forget it! I don't know who you are, but there is no way that you're getting your hands on this!" Cody yelled in anger. The man stopped before shrugging and bringing his gun...blade up onto his shoulder and looked down at the two. Cody instantly felt a wave of...battle experience? killer intent? Something wash over him. He was clearly outmatched here.
The man brought his hand up and the two Total Drama teens saw something begin lighting up before the man shouted, "Fira!" as a huge fireball shot towards them. Cody's eyes widened before quickly pushing Gwen out of the way and bringing the keyblade up to block it. While working, the force sent Cody skidding back several feet. Gwen looked up to make sure Cody was okay before spotting the man jumping down towards her. She swung her scythe around only for him to clash with her using his gunblade.
Cody quickly ran at the two and jumped at the man. He brought the keyblade down to try and hit him, but the man quickly brought his hand up and muttered something under his breath before an invisible barrier appeared which blocked Cody's attack. Cody growled in anger as he fell back to the ground.
Gwen tried kicking the man to push him back, but he easily blocked it and quickly overpowered her. Using his strength, the man pushed back and sent her back to the ground. Cody glanced over as he saw her impact with the ground before looking back at the man as he fell down to the ground and rushed towards Cody.
Cody rushed forward to and brought the keyblade back ready to strike him, but the man easily saw it coming as he brought his blade up and went to slash Cody only to be surprised as Cody immediately ducked down and rolled under the attack at the last second. Cody swiped the guy off his feet and hit him with the strongest right hook he could muster as he fell to the ground.
"Gwen!" Cody yelled to his friend as she stood up and saw the opening Cody made for her. She rushed towards the man while dragging her scythe behind her. As soon as she was a few feet away, she smashed her scythe down in front of her and used it to propel herself at the guy. As he stood back up, he turned and got nailed in the face by Gwen's foot smashing him back into the ground. Gwen jumped off him as soon as they hit the ground and moved to Cody's side.
As they stood there, Cody and Gwen looked at each other. "You think that was enough?" Cody asked Gwen while still holding his keyblade up in case of a surprise attack.
"I'm not entirely sure. I'm hoping it was, but the guy seemed like he was strong enough to take more than that," Gwen answered Cody who nodded back as he had thought the same. Gwen slowly moved over to grab her scythe while keeping her eyes on the man.
After a moment, the man slowly rose back up and began rubbing his cheek. "Well that hurt more than I thought," the man muttered as he looked up at the two alarmed teens, "So you're better than I thought. Well I guess I can start trying now."
The two felt a chill go up their spines at his words before he disappeared from view. The next thing Cody knew, the man appeared and one hit KO'd Gwen as he chopped her in the back of the neck. "Gwen!" Cody yelled in surprise as he began charging the man only for him to disappear and reappeared with a hand at Cody's chest.
Cody froze and looked down at his hand. "Good night keyblade wielder...Fira," the man whispered the last words, but Cody heard them loud and clear as an intense burning pain smashed into his chest and sent him flying back. Cody landed on the ground and groaned as he realized the keyblade was no longer in his hands. Looking up, he spotted it laying on the ground where he was previously standing. He tried to stand back up, but he couldn't muster anymore strength as he felt his consciousness begin to slip away.
The man watched Cody lose consciousness before finally saying, "Okay Yuffie you can come on out." A girl around Cody and Gwen's age appeared in a cloud of smoke and frowned at the man.
"Oh come on Leon, you didn't have to knock them out! Don't you think you were being too tough on them?" Yuffie questioned her friend who sighed as he turned his head to look at her.
"You know as well as I do that the keyblade wielder is going to be facing beings stronger than I in the future. He needs to be ready even if it means some tough love," Leon responded to the young kunoichi who just puffed her cheeks in annoyance at her friend.
"I'm worried about his future though. Because at his current strength, he's going to need all the help he can get," Leon muttered while looking away only to glare back at Yuffie who brought her arms up behind her head and smirked at him.
"I don't know, he was able to get a hit in on you even though he was tired and injured from that horde of heartless. Plus his friend there nailed you pretty hard in the face with her foot. If she had access to that magic deep within her then I'm sure you'd be seeing little birdies flying above your head," Yuffie told him in a teasing tone before walking over and lifting Gwen up and over her shoulder. Leon growled at her before picking the keyblade and Cody up. He glanced down at Cody one last time before walking with Yuffie back to the Second District.
"Grow stronger keyblade wielder. For all our sakes."
And part two is done! Okay guys! Part 3 will be the end of Traverse Town, and the plot will be moving along from there. So! Expect the next chapter to be rather lengthy.
Now! Sadly, we didn't reach 10 reviews by the time this chapter came out so I can't reveal a new world that will appear in this fic. I'll give everyone another chance, and if that goal isn't reached then I'm not going to offer again.
If this fic can reach 15 reviews by the time I publish the next chapter, I will reveal one new world that will appear in this!
Also I have a poll up for potential worlds to appear in this series on my profile if you want to go and vote then go ahead.
Also, I still would like to hear everyone's opinion on if LeShawna should also be in Cody's harem or not. I'm still not completely sure.
Harem: Bridgette, Lindsay, Gwen, Courtney, Heather
