Animegrrl: Ok everyone! Chapter 9 is finally here people!
Nozomi: hmm….
Misa: yah! Animegrrl you're on a role really.
Nozomi: hmm…..
Misa: Nono, why are you quiet?
Nozomi: hmm……….
Animegrrl: I think she's dead.
Nozomi: gives Animegrrl the birdie just start the damn story.
With Misa
As Misa left to follow after Roxas, Olette looked at the two in suspicion. Hayner, also noticing this, looked at Olette in question. Olette just shrugged and paid attention to the movie again.
Pence had yet to do anything, and occasionally Hayner would kick him in the leg to try and wake him up. Though no matter what they did, Pence still lay on the ever so comfy chair. Hayner just rolled his eyes, but then quietly whispered to Olette, "Hey what's taking those two so long?"
Olette just shrugged again but answered, "I have no idea, wanna go check it out?" Hayner then got up from the floor with Olette following.
Once they were right in front of the kitchen entrance, what they saw shocked them both. Misa and Roxas were currently in a passionate lip-lock, and seeming to not have a care in the world.
Hayner and Olette quickly blushed and looked away without making a sound. Hastily getting back to the living room, Pence actually looked up in confusion.
"Hey where did you guys go? I looked up and no one was here, it freaked me out." Pence said without looking at them, quickly getting himself comfortable again on the seat.
They didn't respond to Pence, they just got seated on the couch, with what seemed like a permanent blush staining their cheeks. When Pence noticed he didn't receive an answer, he bothered to look up and noticed the blush.
'What were they doing, kissing?' Pence thought, before mentally cringing at the idea. So he didn't bother the two and just continued to relax on the seat.
At that opportune moment Roxas and Misa came in, Misa looking a little disheveled while Roxas had a slightly dazed look in his eyes.
Misa noticed this and quickly elbowed him in the ribs before taking her previous seat. While Roxas, seeing his seat being taken by Hayner, took the seat on the floor next to Misa.
While the movie continued, Hayner and Olette would always glance at the other two nervously, the scene they saw earlier still replaying in their mind.
Misa's legs were touching the floor, so Roxas was leaning on her right leg slightly which caused the girl to blush at the slightest. Roxas didn't notice this and just leaned on her leg all together.
Olette just looked away from the couple and tried to concentrate on the movie. So far Mumble was trying to help his father get his "rhythm" back. In turn, however, Olette would start to cast shy glances at Pence instead. Hayner noticing this however, raised an eyebrow which Olette didn't notice.
'What the…..does Olette like Pence?' Hayner thought but shook the thought out of his head. Then the movie ended and the credits left an uncomfortable silence on the three, excluding Pence.
When no one said anything for about 5 minutes, Hayner looked out the window noticing the light emitting from the window.
"Hey Roxas, what time is it?" Hayner asked, Roxas just looked at him before looking at a nearby clock.
"It's 1:45." Then Hayner's eyes bugged out then he was speeding for the door. Everyone else looked at him in confusion before Hayner yelled back, "The fucking Struggle match is at 2:00 o'clock!!!"
Everyone else, to say the least, started to follow Hayner's example and started for the door, Pence a bit slower since he had to jump off the reclined chair.
When they were all outside, Roxas fumbled with his keys to lock the door. But Hayner grabbed his arm and said, "No time! It takes at least 12 minutes to get to the stadium even when running."
So the group ran as if a madman were chasing them with a butcher knife. Bystanders would look at them in confusion, while others quickly got out of their way.
By then it was 1:55 and the whole group was panting for breath. Once they finally got there the participants of the Struggle match were already being called on.
"And last but not least Vivi, part of Seifer's group and also part of the Disciplinary Committee." Finished the announcer, which was when he noticed the other two out of breath boys coming onto the stage.
"Sorry…..we're….late." Hayner managed to say while panting, breathing in the much needed air. Roxas just nodded not bothering to look up, his head down with his hands on his knees.
The announcer just nodded but said sternly only for the two boys to hear, "I'll let it slip but come late again for any event, and I'll disqualify you two." The boys just nodded and the announcer continued.
"My apologies, we have two more contestants Hayner and Roxas. Part of an everyday group and helps everyone along the way. Now let's begin!" said the announcer and was met with very loud applause.
Olette, Misa, and Pence stood in the crowd watching. Olette seemed to still have energy and managed to cheer out and yell, while Pence just waved his fist in the air. Misa just smiled in relief, still too tired to do anything.
That was when a girl started to push through and accidentally hit Olette in the shoulder. "Oh sorry!" said the girl, while Olette was about to reply, Olette looked at the girl and then squealed in delight. Then Olette practically glomped the girl noticing who she was.
"OH MY GOSH KIRIO! YOU ACTUALLY CAME BACK!" Olette screamed causing some people to look at her, but not enough to catch a lot of attention. The girl's face quickly turned blue and managed said, "Olette….choking….not breathing!" Olette quickly let go and the girl gasped, finally able to feel her lungs.
"Olette did you really have to do that?" "Yes I did! I thought you were moving!!!!" "Yah well my dad thought otherwise and well here I am." That was when Kirio noticed the two other people with Olette.
Misa just waved slightly while Pence just smiled, Olette noticing Kirio was looking at something followed her gaze.
"Oh! Right, how rude of me. Kirio this is Misa, Misa this is Kirio." The said girls said nodded. "Kirio this is Pence, Pence this is Kirio." They both nodded to each other as well.
"Guys Kirio is my step-sister." At this both Misa and Pence face faulted to the ground anime style.
"What?!?! You have a step-sister?!?!" Pence asked in shock, while Misa just looked at the two.
That was when Kirio just crossed her arms and said, "Why? Got a problem with that?" This caused Pence to immediately shut up.
"Kirio," Olette said lightly pushing Kirio's arm playfully, "don't scare him."
Kirio just shrugged, that was when Misa noticed her hair style which was quiet unique. Kirio's hair was pure white with blue highlights going down framing her face. Her eyes were a deep sapphire, while her face was in a determined pout. Her choice of clothing was even more unique. She wore a red tank top showing her midriff and on top of the tank top she wore a black belt going over her waist slightly. Along with that were purple short-shorts that ended mid-thigh. With purple boots that were knee high, and white socks visible over the boots. She also had white fingerless gloves that ended at her elbows. And finally she had a necklace that wrapped around her neck three times creating an "x".
Misa slightly raised her eyebrows but smiled none the less.
"It's really nice to meet you." She said while raising her hand for a hand shake.
Kirio smiled and replied, "Same." And shook Misa's outstretched hand. While Pence just stood there in shock, still trying to get over the fact that Olette had an untold step-sister.
"Now first up to fight are Roxas and Hayner!" at that shouted statement the four, Kirio, Misa, Pence, and Olette, looked towards the stage and say the two said boys ready to fight.
"Now remember the last person standing after all the matches, gets to fight against Setzer, our defending champion!" The Announcer once again stated to the excited crowd.
"Yah! Let's go! You can do this guys!" shouted Olette at the top of her lungs trying to get it over the rest of the crowd.
Kirio just rolled her eyes, but watched the two with a smile on her face. Pence pumped his fist in the air, with Misa on his side yelling, "Go Roxas!"
That shout caused him to look back at Misa, once that happened they locked eyes both smiling gently at one another.
"Ok you boys ready?" that broke the trance between the Misa and Roxas, so Roxas quickly snapped his head back.
"Yeah." Both boys stated at once, the Announcer nodded and said.
"Let the Struggle Match begin!" with that said he slowly started to get off the stage so the boys could fight.
The two just stood there, waiting for the other to make the first move. Hayner, who finally got impatient, went running head first at Roxas…….
With May
Time quickly passed for the two, who were currently kissing again, and morning arrived sooner then expected.
When the sun rose, May was sitting in Sora's lap in the living room currently asleep and oblivious to the world.
Sora was holding her tightly to his chest, making sure that she didn't fall off. The sun streamed in through the curtains and he looked at it in shock. Looking for a nearby clock, Sora saw that it was 1:55 PM already.
Sora hadn't slept a wink, since the events of last night kept repeating in his mind. He smiled lightly while rubbing May's shoulder. May sighed in her sleep, shifted a little bit, then stopped.
May's eyes slowly started to open when the sunlight hit her face. She looked up to see Sora looking at her with a soft look in his eyes. She smiled lightly when Sora reached up to kiss her softly.
May thought that later on in life, she would be hearing wedding bells with Sora standing next to her. May could only smile in her mind while thinking of that. But the thought of that quickly left her mind.
'What the hell am I thinking? Marrying Sora? That was really, really bad.' May thought while looking away, a blush on her cheeks.
Sora looked at her in confusion, "May, whatcha thinking about?" he asked while putting his hand on her cheek.
May looked back at Sora with a small smile and shook her head, "Oh nothing, I'm just thinking." "About what?" Sora asked in a sing-song voice while stroking her cheek.
She just shook her head and got off of Sora. "I'm going to look for Midori okay. I'll be right back."
Sora just nodded as he watched May walk out the door. When she left, he looked outside again.
That was when he realized something, had it been three days already? His eyes widened remembering what May's friend said. 'I think her name was…Kana? Didn't she say to go back to the mansion after three days?' he thought while going up to pick up his skateboard.
When May left, she started to wander every hall in the mansion, not really paying attention to anything. Occasionally she would stop and hide in a corner when a butler or maid came out of no where. Once though she spotted Midori but she was talking with her maid, and to yell out would be a big mistake. May tried to follow her but soon lost her again in the mass hallways.
May finally gave up and then when she turned a corner she came face to face with her reflection. "Ah!" she yelped not expecting to see a mirror in the middle of the house. She stepped back, seeing the mirror as a full length. She looked at herself and saw that her jacket was slightly ruffled while the end or her shorts looked tattered.
Her hair looked a little messy but not enough to worry about. That was when what seemed like a light reflected off the mirror and hit her right in the eyes.
May shrunk back rubbing her eyes; she looked up to see the light bulb still in place. She looked back to see any windows whatsoever thinking the light came from there.
Only to see the nearest window was 10 ft. away. She raised an eyebrow wondering what the hell was going on.
She then cautiously looked back at the window, and quickly saw a silhouette of a person behind her. Gasping in shock May quickly turned, only to see……no one behind her. Scared she looked back the mirror only to see the silhouette take up the shape of a different form.
The figure in the mirror slowly shrunk back so then it would look like it was the same size as someone in a painting. May could make out the outline of water and could faintly hear the rushing of water on a beach. May slowly say another figure form, only it was smaller and it stood next to the first one. May thought it was a child of some sort. She was so entranced she forgot all about looking for Midori.
Once the mirror turned to what seemed like a full sized painting did May's eyes widened.
'What is going on?' she thought, then the rushing water she heard earlier was confirmed when she could make out in the mirror a beach of some sort. Then the taller figure looked familiar to her in some way, while the shorter one was absolutely different.
They were both currently in a beach, with their feet in the water. The shorter one kept kicking at the water, spraying it every where. That caused May to giggle jus the slightest.
The features of the first silhouette came into view. It was male, probably in mid twenties, with brown hair, and blue eyes. May's eyes widened even more if that were possible. The person looked like an exact replica of Sora, if not older. The shorter one however was quite different, it was also male and still a child probably 4, with black hair and blue eyes. In a way it looked like Sora with black hair.
That was when another figure came out. From what May could tell it was female this time. With long black hair that reached mid-back. A small stature so, and it first went to hug the older Sora from behind. May watched entranced, not noticing the actual Sora pop out of a random hall and look at her.
May slowly saw the facial appearance of the women, she had high cheekbones and a stubborn chin. Her eyes were purple and………."May!" Sora yelled yelling at her from down the hall, not caring that it echoed of the walls.
May quickly turned her head to see a running Sora coming towards her. May then turned to the mirror only to see her own reflection looking back at her.
May blinked in confusion, before looking back at Sora. "Sora, what are you doing her-" "No time! We gotta go!" Sora said while grabbing for her hand and running down a different hall.
"Do you know where you're going?!!" May managed to shout after going down numerous halls.
"No!" Sora shouted back while still running around until……they came across a large domed room, with a chandelier hanging from the middle. May looked at it in awe, but Sora tugged at her arm which snapped her out of it.
In front of them, there was a glass door which lead to what seemed like a garden outside.
"C'mon." was all Sora said as he led May towards the door. May hurried to his side, with him still holding her hand.
"Sora, why are you in such a rush?" "Because Kana told me to go back to the mansion in the three days, and well it's been three days." Said Sora while opening the glass door leading outside, but May just looked at him with a confused expression.
"But why?" "She said something about Goofy and Donald waking up by then." Then May finally walked outside and gasped in surprise.
The garden was BEAUTIFUL, with a small pond and koi fish swimming in it. As well as a winding path that led to a bench situated off to the right hand corner under a porch. And with the trees in the back, it was hard to tell if the garden ended at all.
The garden had flowers a plenty, ranging from roses to lilies and so on. It was so beautiful that Sora had to gap just a little.
"Man, this is like a rich people garden." Sora muttered under his breath, but May caught it and glared at him playfully.
Sora, seeing the glare, looked at her, "What? I'm right aren't I?" May just rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, let's just go get Donald and Goofy." It took a while for the words to sink into Sora's head before he grabbed May's hand again.
This time they practically sprinted towards the mansion.
"Oh my gosh! Sora why are you in such a hurry?!" May once again yelled at him as they passed some stores. Oddly they were all closed, which frightened May at the very least.
When they passed by a small part of the town, they could hear cheering. Sora slowed down some and paused a few feet away from the extravaganza. May stopped behind him and peered over his shoulder to see what was going on.
There was a huge mass of people who were crowded around some stage or platform. And on the platform there were two figures, one was soon identified as….Hayner!
"Hey look its Hayner!" May said, looking at the camo wearing boy. He seemed to be holding a blue bat of some kind and was facing another boy.
"Is that Seifer? The mean kid Olette was telling us earlier?" May shrugged but then remembered something.
"I can't believe we just left without saying goodbye! Midori is most likely worried about us now, and we forgot my clothes too!" Sora just shrugged and said, "Well I forgot my skateboard, see? We're even." Sora tugged on May's hand, but before she completely walked out of view of the match, May managed to catch the eye of Hayner.
Unable to see the rest because Sora was pulling her away, May ran with Sora towards the mansion. "Wait, again, why are we in such a hurry?" May managed to ask while they were running towards that huge crack in the wall from were they came from.
For you see, when Kana transported them, they landed in front of the mansion that was in the Actual Twilight Town. So they had to travel through the forest, and through the wall.
Once they reached it they went into the dense forest, trying to avoid underbrush and foliage on the ground.
It took a while for Sora to answer, "Because, we were just lucky that Kana was the one to find us and not someone else. I don't want that to happen to Goofy and Donald."
May nodded silently thinking it over, it made sense. 'He's a really dedicated friend.' May thought as they finally walked out of the forest.
Then finally they reached the mansion, the only problem however, was the giant gate locked by a huge lock.
"How are we gonna get in now?" May groaned, Sora didn't say anything for a bit until…he summoned his Keyblade.
May jumped back in shock, since that was her first time seeing it. Sora just grinned at her before he pointed the keyblade right at the lock. A beam of light sprouted from the keyblade and was directed at the lock. After a while the lock disappeared, along with the chains holding it down.
The gate slowly swung open making a horrible groaning sound. May shuddered at the noise, while Sora just put away his keyblade and started for the mansion.
May followed suit and was right next to him in a matter of seconds. Once they reached the front door, Sora grabbed a handle and pushed it open. The mansion, to say the least, was huge, as well as dusty. May waved a hand in front of her face and coughed lightly. Sora walked inside and was soon standing directly in the middle of the vast mansion.
"If I remember correctly, the door with us in it had a library of some sort in it." Sora thought aloud while looking around. He soon found a random door and slowly walked towards it.
May had yet to move from the spot in front of the door, but soon followed Sora.
"Sora are you sure this is the door?" May asked while walking by his side. Sora seemed to think about it for a while before saying, "Nope." May sighed and just shook her head. But Sora smiled at her and said, "Just joking, for some reason I feel positive that this is the door so don't worry."
May just gave him a skeptical look before shrugging. Soon they were right in front of the door. Sora opened it and in they went, they were met with an expanse library of some sort.
Sora just raised an eyebrow, while May started to walk forward but she didn't notice the gap in the floor that ended at a curve in the room.
But it was too late, May was about to take another step when her foot hit nothing but air. May gasped in shock and was soon falling forward towards the lower crevice in the floor.
Sora, who heard May gasp, looked back at her to see her starting to fall forward. Sora's eyes widened in shock, and quickly ran to her aid.
"May!" Sora yelled, but soon acted quickly by grabbing one of her out stretched hands and pulled her towards him.
May soon was instead tumbling backwards and she fell back……..on top of Sora.
May was soon straddling Sora's waist with her hands next to Sora's head to keep her from falling. While Sora's hands were on her waist, making sure she didn't move.
They locked eyes in that moment, and Sora finally let out a sigh of relief. May smiled gently and kissed him on his forehead.
"Thank you." May whispered to Sora with a shaky voice. Sora just smirked and said, "Well someone has to protect you right?"
May's eyes just widened before she quickly slapped him playfully on his shoulder with one of her hands.
She soon got up, and off of Sora. She went to help him up but he was already standing.
They looked down to see the place where May would've landed. It was that place that they once stayed at when Kana met them on the stairs.
They quickly walked down the stairs and into another room; there they walked up to see Goofy and Donald still in their small pods.
Sora just raised an eyebrow then scratched his head in confusion while looking at the door from where they had come from, "I don't get it Kana said that they would-" "Sora look!" May said before he could finish.
Sora quickly spun to see one of the pods open, from the mist that was coming out he couldn't see which one was opening.
The mist soon cleared and there was Goofy, stretching and yawning for the entire world to see. He seemed to be about to take a step, before he noticed all too late that there was nothing to walk on.
His eyes widened just the slightest before he was sent tumbling forward. He collapsed on the floor causing May and Sora to wince just the slightest.
"A-hiyuck, what happened?" Goofy asked himself, while holding onto his head. He was still on the ground but was now on the floor in front of May and Sora.
"It's good to see you too buddy." Sora said while looking down at him, a grin plastered on his face.
Goofy quickly looked up to see Sora's smiling face, "Sora!" Goofy yelled before getting up and giving his best friend a big bear hug- or in the case dog hug.
Sora and Goofy laughed a little before Goofy put him down. "Sora what's going on?" "I'd like to know myself." Sora said to Goofy's question.
May just stood there smiling at the two reunited friends, and that was when Sora remembered he needed to do some introductions.
"Oh, Goofy I'd like you to meet May my…girlfriend" Sora said while touching her shoulder. May looked at Sora in shock, since it was the first time he actually referred to her as his girlfriend. Goofy was shocked as well not really expecting that kind of introduction, but he soon looked back at May.
"A-hiyuck, it's nice to meet cha May." Goofy said before giving her hand a nice shake. May just laughed and said, "It's nice to meet you too Goofy."
Sora could immediately see that May and Goofy were going to become good friends in no time.
That was when the second capsule opened and mist started to come out of that as well. Goofy looked at it in confusion, "Uhh….Sora is that Donald?" Sora just nodded and waited for his other friend to come out.
The pod had finally opened all the way, and there floated Donald who was slowly starting to wake.
When his eyes were fully open the first thing he saw was Sora and Goofy, and he smiled in delight.
"Sora! Goofy!" Donald yelled before he too fell face first to the ground. Goofy and Sora snickered, but tried to cover it with their hands.
Donald still saw this and glared in annoyance. But Sora came and helped Donald up and hugged him too. When Sora backed up, Goofy hugged his best friend as well.
"Now Donald, I want you so meet May." Said Sora pulling May in front of him, and she smiled at Donald.
"And she's Sora's girlfriend, A-Hiyuck." Goofy said in a really……….well goofy fashion. Donald right then looked like he was choking on his own spit. After that, he looked at Goofy and said, "What?" but it came out like a duck kind of squawk.
Donald then turned back to May with a scrutinizing gaze, which made May squirm. Sora just glared at Donald, "Look Donald she's my girl no matter what, so just please get used to the idea." The keyblade wielder said as he told/begged his friend to understand.
Donald quickly looked at Sora, with a small amount of shock evident in his face, before turning back to May.
"Hmm….well….May…it's nice to meet you." Donald managed to say and smiled a small smile, which May returned looking purely happy. They quickly shook hands, and after which Sora asked, "Hey where's Jiminy?"
The said cricket popped out of Goofy's nearby pocket and looked around.
"Sora! There you are!" Jiminy stated and then went back inside Goofy's pocket and pulled out his handy, dandy, notebook. (A/N- I'm sorry I just had to say it)
Jiminy then grabbed a pencil out of no where, and opened up to a blank page.
"Today…..Sora…introduced….his….girlfriend….May." Jiminy said out-loud while writing said words in his notebook.
May blushed cutely while Sora just smiled lazily.
"Hey Jiminy, while your at it can ya check what we can do now?" Goofy asked while looking at the cricket, who was still in his pocket.
Jiminy nodded once done writing, and then started to flip a page, then another page, then another page, and another, and another, and another, and another.
All the way until he was madly flipping the pages, and was looking at the book with a crazy expression.
"M-my notes! T-They're gone!" Jiminy said while waling in despair. The four looked at the cricket in surprise, "What do you mean they're gone you palooka!?!" Donald said in anger.
Jiminy didn't say anything but instead, sobbed into Goofy's jacket. In defeat he flipped into another random page, and then he shot up.
"He-hey I got something!" Jiminy yelled in delight.
"Well, what does it say?" Sora said, while looking at him with a small glint of hope. All the while May was in complete confusion.
"Hmm…that's odd." "What?" May asked while still looking at the cricket. Jiminy looked up at her then back at the book.
"All it says is 'Thank Namine.'" Jiminy said while scratching his head.
"Na-min-e." Sora said while also scratching his head. "Hmm….sounds familiar. May do you know a Namine?"
May shook her head and said, "Nope, sorry I don't." But really she did know Namine; she watched the entire Kingdom Heart 1 and Chain of Memories.
Goofy shrugged, but that almost made Jiminy to tip over his pocket and fall to his doom.
"Goofy! Please be careful." Jiminy said while trying to regain his balance.
"Oops, sorry." Goofy said while staying still.
All the while, Sora just gave up on remembering who Namine was and instead started to list down all the things they previously did.
"Well we defeated Ansem, destroyed the heartless, closed Kingdom Hearts, and…I think that's about it." Sora said while counting on his fingers everything they did.
May just looked at him in confusion. 'I guess he doesn't remember the events that happened in Castle Oblivion.' She thought.
"Oh well-wait what about the King?" said Donald in shock.
Sora thought for a moment before saying, "Yah I think he was there at our last fight."
Goofy looked at him in utter joy, "Then we have to find him again!"
Then out Goofy went, leaving the three to stare at his retreating figure in confusion.
The three quickly gave each other worried glances before running after Goofy.
"Goofy! Wait! You don't know where you're going!" May yelled after him, as the three continued to chase after the dog that was on a mission.
With Nozomi
Nozomi woke up to loud shouting and a blinding light. It took her a while to understand what was going on. She continued to hear the shouting, but wasn't able to decipher what they were saying. When she tried to sit up a sharp shot of pain washed over her, coming from her chest. That and her head started to pound just the slightest.
It started to hurt to breath and her head started to pound even more. Slowly, she opened one eye, but not enough for someone to notice that her eye was actually open.
She surveyed the occupants in the room. Cloud was standing and looking down at her over the side of the couch. Yuffie, of course, was the one shouting at Cloud. Aerith tried to sooth Yuffie down and also tried to get her yelling to cease. Leon looked like he was on the verge of a headache and quickly downed some pills (probably aspirin) and drank some water. While Cid and Tifa looked at the chaos in front of them both, not really knowing what to do.
Nozomi sighed quietly, and noticed that no one had yet to acknowledge her. And in one swift movement she had managed to sit up. That was a very bad idea, since some head rush soon followed after coming up, almost wanting Nozomi to puke. Her chest didn't help either, since breathing alone felt like a chore.
Now Cloud wasn't able to notice her since he got fed up with Yuffie and was now shouting back at the ninja.
Nozomi had enough, with the head rush, the pain in her chest, and the now escalading noise happening to her right. Hell, she still didn't understand what they were saying. But the up-coming words were able to escape her mouth before she could do anything.
"WILL YOU TWO JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!??!?!" Nozomi yelled at the top of her lungs at the two feuding friends. By then she was standing next to Cloud since he was yelling right next to her.
That caused them to immediately quiet and also caused everyone's eyes to look at her in confusion and shock.
Of course, she didn't notice since she immediately clutched her head. The throbbing had come back 10 fold, and right then she felt like puking.
"Argh, damn stomach." She managed to slur out while clenching her stomach in pain. Right then she promptly fell to the floor in utter ruin. But before she could fall head first to the wooden floor, Cloud caught her dropping to his knees so he was holding her while kneeling.
By then Nozomi's face was flushed and her face was burning up. Noticing this everyone crowded around her and Aerith went to feel her forehead.
Aerith quickly pulled her hand back as if she's been burned; Yuffie looked back at her expectantly along with everyone else. "Well?" "She's burning up, really quickly; we have to cool her down." Leon then left marching out of the room but soon came back a few seconds later.
"Will a Phoenix Down work?" He asked while holding said concoction in his hand, everyone else's eyes widened in shock.
"U-umm, I think it might work." Aerith said while looking at Leon in surprise.
He quickly knelt down by Nozomi, while Tifa and Yuffie moved out of the way.
Leon grabbed Nozomi's lower jaw and opened her mouth just the slightest. He opened the bottle with his teeth and lowered it to hover lightly above her mouth.
All the while Cloud started to clench Nozomi a little tighter as he watched Leon proceed. Leon then slowly poured the liquid down Nozomi's open lips, but she started to struggle in protest.
"C'mon Nozomi just drink it." Cloud softly ordered, while holding her a little more firmly. Nozomi seemed to have understood him since she stopped struggling and started to swallow the juice little by little.
In a few seconds time, Nozomi had managed to drink the entire Phoenix Down. Once she was, Leon moved the container away from Nozomi and everyone else watched her while holding their breaths.
Then Nozomi sprang up gasping for air, which caused everyone to jump back in surprise. Once Nozomi managed to gulp down precious amounts of oxygen, she calmed down and leaned her head against the nearest thing, which happened to be Cloud's shoulder.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief simultaneously, and Aerith then went to feel Nozomi's forehead again.
"The fever seemed to have disappeared; good thinking Leon." Said Aerith, while looking at Leon in appreciation.
Leon didn't respond and just left instead. Cloud was still holding onto Nozomi, not knowing what to do.
Aerith laughed lightly and said, "Cloud you could put her on the couch, she could rest properly there." Cloud nodded but had yet to move.
When Aerith left with Tifa and Cid the only ones left were Yuffie, Cloud, and a very tired Nozomi.
Cloud started to get up but Nozomi brought a hand on his shoulder which caused him to stop.
"Nozomi?" "Ca-can," after the first word she cleared her throat, "Can you put me down?" Nozomi asked in a still raspy voice.
Cloud slowly put down Nozomi so she was now standing on her own two feet. When she tried to walk away from Cloud, she stumbled a little, which caused Cloud to move towards her, but she quickly regained her balance.
She slowly trudged her way to the kitchen like place, with Yuffie and Cloud watching her every move.
Once she was there Nozomi grabbed the forgotten bottle of aspirin on the counter and went to the fridge and pulled out a random bottle of water. She opened the bottle of water, then the aspirin, and then pulled out a large amount of pills. She popped the pills in her mouth before quickly sloshing in the water.
Cloud just raised his eyebrows and Yuffie rolled her eyes and she started to walk towards the stairs.
Before Yuffie could leave however Nozomi called out, "Hey Yuffie could you do me a favor?"
That stopped Yuffie in her tracks, and then she turned on her heel and was now facing Nozomi from the stairs, "And why would I help someone like you?" said the ninja with venom lacing her words.
Now Nozomi was confused, wasn't this the same girl that was yelling at Cloud for giving her the ring.
Nozomi shook the thought off but looked at Yuffie with a sarcastic expression, "Oh I don't know, I'll be your bestest friend if you do." Nozomi managed to slur out, feeling a small amount of head rush coming back.
Now unfortunately our shuriken wielding ninja didn't have an ear to catch sarcasm, so Yuffie immediately looked shock. But the shock was immediately replaced with pure joy.
In a matter of moments Yuffie was next to Nozomi and was tugging her arm. "Really?! You would?! You would?!" Yuffie shouted in Nozomi's ear which caused Nozomi to wince in pain.
"Yuffie, you're going to break Nozomi's arm off." Cloud managed to say while looking at Nozomi. He did actually catch the sarcasm, but he didn't really expect her to say that.
Nozomi didn't think the ninja was serious, but Nozomi quickly looked at Yuffie's expression and to say the least, Yuffie looked like a kid in a toy store about to receive the best thing in the world.
Nozomi smiled lightly and thought, 'Well I could really use a friend right now, and my best friends aren't supposed to arrive for a few more days I think.'
"Sure Yuffie, why not." Nozomi managed to say while looking at Yuffie.
Yuffie then squealed in delight and gave Nozomi the biggest hug she could muster, and well…it was pretty big.
"Yuffie you're choking Nozomi." Cloud was astounded by the Nozomi's actions for he wasn't, once again, expecting the girl to actually say yes to Yuffie.
"Okay bestest friend! Whatcha need?" Yuffie said when she finally put Nozomi down.
Once Nozomi managed to catch her breath, and also kept herself from puking, she said, "Could you help me sneak out of here? I need some fresh air." Nozomi mustered out with the last of her strength.
Cloud knotted his eyebrows in worry however, "Nozomi I don't think-" "Not a word out of you mister!" Yuffie was then in his face with a finger pointed at him.
"I'm going to help MY bestest friend escape out of here, and in fact you're going to help." Stated Yuffie, but that just caused Cloud to look appalled and he managed to stutter out, "Wha-What?"
Yuffie ignored him and walked back to Nozomi, "So do you have any plans to get out of here?" Nozomi looked to be in deep thought before she said, "Windows, ledges, any other place to get out of here besides the front door."
Cloud open his mouth, but quickly snapped it closed, thinking it better to shut up than to help the two. Unfortunately for out chocobo haired friend, Yuffie caught him.
"And what would your great idea be, please do tell?" Yuffie asked now standing in front of him.
Cloud grumbled a bit before saying, "The roof access is open but I don't know how you can get down from there."
"I'll take it." Nozomi said before she actually thought about it.
Cloud looked at her, hoping her words were sarcastic. "That's suicide!"
"Then call me suicidal." Was all Nozomi said before leaving the kitchen place.
"Oh and before I forget," Nozomi said while turning on her heel to face Cloud, "you tell anyone of this conversation and you will regret it."
But by then Nozomi practically sounded drunk, the pills already taking a bad affect on her. Cloud just rolled his eyes and tried to maneuver Nozomi to the couch to lie down.
Fortunately Yuffie came and took Nozomi instead and turned her to the hallway leading to the roof door.
"Yuffie." Cloud said in warning while watching his friend guide the poor girl to the roof access. "Yuffie." He called again but this time Yuffie started to hum, pretending not to hear him and they disappeared around a corner.
Cloud sighed this time, and soon rubbed his temples trying to fight down an up-coming headache, though he still followed the two up to the roof access. When he turned the corner he saw Nozomi going up a flight up stairs with Yuffie in tow. He just followed, making sure they didn't somehow fall of the roof and down to their dooms.
Once he reached the stairs he walked up them as well and already saw the door leading to the roof already open. He walked out and he started to squint, his eyes trying to get use to the sunlight. He soon spotted the two girls on the side of the roof, and he first saw Yuffie go down a small make-shift ladder. Then Nozomi followed suit but then she looked up to lock eyes with him. She just smirked, gave him a lazy mock salute, and continued going down.
Cloud just shook his head, today just wasn't his day.
With Yuffie and Nozomi down in front of the Cottage
"Okay now what do you wanna do?" Yuffie asked while looking at Nozomi. Nozomi just shrugged; in all honesty she wasn't expecting to actually get out. She thought they would get caught in a matter of seconds. But she wasn't planning on actually getting out and breathing fresh air.
"It doesn't matter, as long as we get as far away from this cottage." Nozomi said while closing her eyes in a peaceful state.
Then Yuffie squealed, and soon took Nozomi's hand and dragged her to who knows where. "Yuffie, where are you taking me?!" Nozomi managed to squeak out after being pulled by the ninja.
"SHOPPING!" and at that word Nozomi really did puke.
With Demyx and a scheming Axel
"Axel what are we doing here?" Demyx asked in confusion. After Axel and he got a bite to eat, they managed to go back to Hollow Bastian again.
"Well, I wanna get a little pay back at the vampire." Axel said with a small hint of wickedness lacing his words. While saying this he was rubbing his hands together, looking like a true little mastermind.
"Aww, c'mon Axel what's with you and getting back at people. I mean it's really your fault in the first place for calling that girl his girlfriend." Whined Demyx, what Demyx was actually hoping for was for them to just go back to The World That Never Was and probably just hang. This on the other hand, he wasn't looking forward too.
"Oh, but he shall pay. He shall pay." Axel said, with even more wickedness. That caused Demyx to immediately get weirded out by his fellow companion.
"Oh, and just what are you planning on doing?" Demyx asked with mild curiosity while looking at the red head.
In the distance however, Axel faintly heard our favorite ninja yell out a word to perfect Axel's plans.
And at that word, Axel managed to let out an evil laugh, "BWUAHAHAHAHA!" which caused some nearby birds to fly up and away, and also caused our sitar playing friend to shrink back in shock and horror.
"Oh, you'll see Demyx, you'll see." Was all Axel said to answer Demyx's question. Demyx then gulped and thought, 'I don't like the feeling of this.'
Back With Nozomi and Yuffie
"Aww! Look what you did Nozomi! You just had to go and ruin your shirt." Yuffie whined while looking at her friend's stained shirt.
Of course Nozomi wasn't expecting herself to puke, and when she did some of it stained her shirt. While the actual thing went dropping down a nearby railing, though neither girl wanted to see what had happened to it.
"Whatever…it's not like I could do anything about it." "But I can!" Yuffie then grabbed Nozomi's hand, and then muttered under her breath, "And your sleeve is horrible too."
Nozomi laughed then, becoming sober by the minute, the ring doing wonders to her health. For some reason the ring was pumping out anything toxic out of her system and just replaced it with energy.
Once they finally made it to a nearby shopping district, Yuffie stopped and started to wonder which store to enter.
"Hmm….so many choices." (A/N- reminds me of someone) said Yuffie while looking at the vast amount of stores lined up in front of her.
Behind her Nozomi just rolled her eyes, but then heard some yelling. Imagine her shock when she turned to her left to see Demyx and Axel pulling another Organization member with them.
"C'mon Xepher, stop being a wuss and just come with us!" Axel said while trying to get the teen to move just the slightest.
"Yah Xeph, it'll be fun!" Said Demyx trying to coax the member to come and was also trying to get the other Organization member to move.
Now Nozomi wasn't prepared for this. She's played this game more times than you can blink, and yet here she was gaping at a character she didn't know about in a game she's played since forever.
Now from what Nozomi could tell this "Xepher" had black hair and glasses with dark blue eyes. His face was firm and was set on a determined expression.
"C'mon you damn vampire, just come shopping with us!" Axel said while pushing at Xepher's back trying to get him to move. At first Nozomi immediately thought that it was a joke, until she saw Xepher clench his teeth and she was able to see fangs protruding out.
Her eyes widened and she took a small step back, then she started to take a quick look around. Oddly, it seemed that she was the only one to notice the three males wearing odd cloaks, struggling with each other, with two trying to get one to move, while one just wanted to leave with his dignity.
Not to mention the scene was quit comical. It almost caused Nozomi to laugh, almost. Axel was at Xepher's back trying to get him to budge while Demyx was in front tugging at one of Xepher's arms. While Xepher was struggling to go back to the top of an abandon building, where he was earlier until these two came out of no where and kidnapped him.
Nozomi continued to stare wide-eyed and mouth agape until Yuffie came and grabbed her arm.
"Hot Topic here we come!" yelled Yuffie while dragging the confused girl behind her. That caused the three struggling males to look at the two in surprise.
"Umm…how long have those two been standing there, while we were here acting like idiots?" asked Demyx being well…..Demyx.
"Long enough." Xepher managed to say, and he soon got out of their grip since Axel and Demyx were still in shock.
"Hey! Where do you think you're goin?" Axel then grabbed Xepher's hood before he could walk off too far.
"You're coming with us whether you like it or not." Axel said while he pulled Xepher's hood and thus cutting off some of Xepher's air supply.
At first he was really tempted to just throw Axel into the air and watch in amusement to see if he'll land on his feet or not. But, thought better of it since he thought Xemnas wouldn't necessarily approve.
So all Xepher could do was let the red-head and the blond take him to a nearby store, which happened to be Hot Topic……..
With Kana
Now Kana was absolutely speechless, she honestly didn't expect Riku to actually ask her that.
"Kana?" Riku asked, while slowly grabbing her arm. Kana didn't pull back, although she was fully aware of what Riku was doing.
Her arm tingled where Riku touched it, making her shiver just the slightest.
Instantly Riku let go of her hand, thinking that he had hurt Kana in some way.
Before something else could happen however, a voice behind them appeared behind them.
"Guys?! Kana, Riku is that you?!" quickly they both turned to see Namine, panting and leaning against a nearby wall.
"Namine, what are you doing here?" Kana asked while looking at her breathless friend.
Namine continued to pant, before she had managed to catch her breath, "DiZ…..is….looking…for….Riku." Riku and Kana looked at each other in surprise before Namine grabbed Riku's arm and said, "DiZ is furious, and is actually looking for you both! Not to mention that DiZ thinks he's found Sora!" That got Riku up and running, pretty soon he had left Namine and Kana up on the tower.
Quickly, Namine and Kana soon ran as well.
While they were running after Riku, Kana started to ask Namine questions.
"Why is DiZ looking for Riku?" "Because DiZ needs his help to look for Sora." Namine answered. By then they both lost sight of Riku, and Namine soon got tired and had to lean against another wall to catch her breath.
Kana stopped beside her, also panting.
"But, you said….that…DiZ….thought…he found…Sora." Kana managed to get out while looking at Namine with suspicion.
Namine nodded and said, "Yes…I did…but that won't stop DiZ from actually going to the source of his suspicion."
Kana nodded, but then she started to hear cheering and screaming. Slowly Kana turned behind her to see a group of people surrounding a platform of some sorts.
Without realizing it, Kana slowly started to walk towards the crowd, leaving Namine against the wall. Fortunately though, Namine looked up to see Kana slowly walking towards the crowd. Raising an eyebrow, Namine followed although already having a bad feeling about this.
Then Kana started to look through the crowd noticing a lot of people. She took notice of the banners and posters poster up everywhere.
'Struggle battle…..holy shit….THE STRUGGLE BATTLE!' Kana's eyes widened in realization, the Struggle Match/Battle was one of the Town's greatest events. Kana soon whacked herself on the forehead for forgetting such a thing.
Since Kana didn't feel like running all the way to the mansion she thought she might as well watch this.
Namine was soon behind Kana, looking rather insecure with so much people around. Shyly Namine started to push herself next to Kana. Kana finally noticed Namine, "Didn't you once say you wanted to meet Roxas?" said Kana with a small smile.
Namine blushed the slightest but nodded and said, "Well yes, but Kana-" "No buts, let's just watch this." Namine sighed in defeat not knowing how to convince the girl that they might get in trouble.
Kana just ignored Namine from there, and looked up at the platform to see Vivi, Seifer, and Setzer, yet no sign of Roxas or Hayner.
Kana raised an eyebrow, not knowing what was going on.
The Announcer went on with the introductions until…..five teenagers came running out at full speed from a nearby alleyway.
Two of which Kana could immediately identify as Roxas and Hayner. One had was a girl with an orange shirt and brown hair, Kana knew it was Olette. The other was a boy, with black hair, and a red shirt, Kana immediately assumed it was Pence. The other however….Kana's eyes widened…it was Misa.
Kana's mouth was practically hanging open by then. Namine looked at Kana in confusion, wondering what she was looking at. Namine tried to follow her gaze but there were too many people around to tell what she was looking at.
Kana then started to walk towards Misa, only to have Namine tug her arm lightly. Kana stopped and looked at Namine.
"DiZ is here!" Namine roughly whispered to Kana, Namine's head then motioned to the right where indeed up on a roof stood DiZ. Next to him however was a black hooded figure. That was the complicated part, Kana didn't know if that figure was Riku or Axel.
Kana nodded and decided to stand next to Namine, "We should try to at least blend into the crowd more." Kana said indicating that they both stuck out of the crowd just the slightest.
Namine nodded and they slowly started to walk a little to the middle of the crowd. Skillfully, Kana was trying to get both of them closer to Misa as possible. By then Roxas and Hayner were also introduced to the crowd after coming on stage.
Kana by then managed to put them about a few feet away from Misa and the Twilight Town Gang. What she didn't expect however was a white-haired girl coming.
Kana started to eavesdrop into the conversation going on with Misa and the Gang. She was quiet surprised when she heard that Olette did in fact have a step sister. She continued to glance at the group hoping that Misa might notice her.
Misa was still looking at the platform however, where Roxas and Hayner were receiving their "weapons".
Kana started to wonder what was going on, until she witnessed the special moment between the two love-birds.
When Roxas and Misa looked in each others eyes in what seemed to be a loving gaze.
Kana just rolled her eyes; of course Misa would get the sappy romance story. Kana just continued to watch the group, and occasionally look up at the roof with DiZ on it.
Namine started to fidget, soon becoming nervous by all the complications. Firstly, Namine wasn't use to crowds, and she just happened to be in the middle. Secondly, DiZ just happened to be in a nearby roof and just might notice the two of them.
Namine would look at everything but the stage, and occasionally at the roof with DiZ as well.
Kana then started to get fed up with waiting, but didn't want to go over to Misa and attract attention.
That was when the fight between Roxas and Hayner began. The whole crowd was tense for a few seconds, waiting for the first person to make the first move. Then Hayner came running towards Roxas at an amazing speed.
Roxas quickly dodged and with Hayner's back to him, Roxas struck, causing some of the orbs to drop.
Hayner grunted in pain, after landing on the ground from the blow. But he soon got back up and faced Roxas. Roxas was now winning by at least a few orbs. Hayner glared at the boy before running towards him again. Hayner jumped and tried to give Roxas a hard enough blow to make him stagger.
But Roxas easily blocked and Hayner touched the ground. But not before Roxas got a clear shot of his stomach, thus causing more orbs to fall. Roxas picked them up and soon stood on full guard watching Hayner.
Hayner got up from the ground again, and once again ran towards Roxas. Roxas also dodged this attack but didn't see Hayner turn quickly and aim for his back.
It was too late before Roxas was stuck in the back, also causing some orbs to drop. Hayner picked some up before Roxas swiftly got up and stuck Hayner in the shoulder, causing Hayner to drop more orbs as well.
Kana didn't pay attention to much of it anymore. But soon her attention was back on Misa, who had yet to notice her.
Misa was cheering Roxas on, who Kana had deemed as Misa's boyfriend from this point on.
Olette was just cheering saying words like, "You can do this!" or "Go get 'em!" not necessarily choosing a side.
Hayner was just yelling, while Kirio smiled and also cheered with her step-sister.
Kana quickly looked at Namine who was slowly loosening up and smiling. Namine would occasionally cheer as well, which Kana just smirked at.
Many "oohs" and "aahs" were emitting from the crowd. Kana looked back to the fight, she noticed that both boys seemed tired. Both were sweating it was visible, as well as panting. They looked like they were about to pass out until- "And time!" yelled The Announcer.
The two boys seemed to have sighed in relief. Because both dropped their bats, and Hayner actually collapsed.
The crowd gasped, and Roxas hurried to his side. Only to hear laughing emitting from the exhausted teen. It seemed the two boys conversed a little before Roxas helped Hayner up.
The Announcer declared Roxas the winner, and the two both walked off the stage. Olette, Pence, and Kirio left to go congratulate Roxas and tell Hayner he wasn't that bad.
Misa was following but she was walking the slowest, Kana took this chance to grab Misa's arm and spin her.
Misa wore a surprised expression when she first faced Kana, but then she realized who grabbed her. Misa squealed in delight and almost glomped Kana.
Of course Kana staggered a little but regained her balance.
"Kana!! Oh my gosh it's really you! What happened? Are you okay? Have you heard from May? What about Nozomi? Did you-" "Wow Misa, calm down, one at a time please." Kana said while grabbing her friend by the shoulders.
Misa was about to reply but Kana said, "Now take some deep breaths then I'll answer your questions." Misa took some deep even breaths and it seemed that she was okay, it seemed anyway.
Kana just rolled her eyes but said anyways, "Okay in order, I don't know what happened, I'm perfectly okay, yes I've heard from May, and no I haven't seen Nozomi."
Misa's eyes widened when she heard that Kana had seen May.
"You've seen May?" "Yah and she's okay too." Misa nodded, and pretty soon tears were going down her cheeks and Kana was trying to comfort her.
"Hey Misa…Misa…..c'mon you know I'm not good at this." Kana said while trying to get Misa off of her.
"I-I'm j-j-just h-happy." Misa managed to hiccup out of her. Kana just rolled her eyes again and actually got Misa to get off of her.
Kana took her friend by the shoulders again and said, "Look Misa we'll be perfectly fine, okay. Pretty soon we'll all be together again." Misa just nodded and her crying stopped.
Misa then quickly dug into her pockets and grabbed out….Kana's Ipod.
Kana's eyes widened in shock, she thought that she lost that forever. Misa took Kana's hands and placed her Ipod in them.
"Honestly Kana, and you say I loose my things." Misa said with a small shaky voice.
Kana smiled but then she heard in the distance some people calling Misa's name.
Misa's head shot up and then she turned behind her to see the gang looking for her.
"That's my cue." Said Kana, and in a blink of an eye she was gone, disappearing into the crowd.
Misa tried to stop her, but it was too late. She couldn't find her in the mass of people surrounding her.
"Good-bye…Kana." Misa whispered to no one. Then she quickly turned around and went to the Twilight Town Gang.
Kana watched when Misa was hugged by Roxas and was twirled around just a little, and the two were soon kissing after that.
Kana just shook her head with a smile on her face. Kana turned back and found Namine still in the same spot she had left her.
Namine looked at Kana with a peeved expression.
"Where were you?!? You scared me to death!" Namine said with a small pout.
Kana just shrugged not bothering to answer Namine. But before Namine could answer The Announcer said, "And next up to fight is Vivi and Seifer."
That got both of their attention, and they both looked at the stage in expectance.
The two, Vivi and Seifer, were already on the platform with their bats in hand.
The crowd became tense again, and then Vivi actually was the first one to make the first move running towards Seifer, bat in hand.
!#!$$#&$#!!#$&(&$#
Nozomi: oh my god….I'm going shopping….with YUFFIE?!!
Animegrrl: hiding behind chair Yes you are okay!
Misa: hmm…. I don't get why I'm always kissing so much. I mean Nozomi has yet to kiss anyone.
Nozomi: Oh thank God for that.
Animegrrl: glares at Nozomi Oh I wouldn't say that keep being mean to me and I might just add some fluff to your part.
Nozomi: grabs nearby butcher knife you said what now?
Animegrrl: hides behind Misa nothing! Absolutely nothing! I didn't say anything!
Misa: Nozomi put the knife down.
Nozomi: But-
Misa: Nozomi…..
Nozomi: huffs fine whatever, there it's down.
Animegrrl: MAJOR FLUFF NEXT CHAPTER BE PREPARED PEOPLE!!!
Nozomi: WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Misa: oh dear……
