SW: Okay, so I was slightly off when I said the next chapter would be soon-
Sora: Several weeks off actually.
SW: .........Silence.
Yuffie: Silence because you don't want to argue, or silence because we're hiding from Sephiroth in your shed?
SW: Both. Anyway, I have two good reasons for why this chapter is so late: (1) The computer crashed. (2) This is the longest chapter I HAVE EVER WRITTEN!! SEVENTEEN PAGES!!!
Aerith: Shush! Otherwise-
(Sephiroth smashes through the shed wall)
Aerith: -Sephiroth will hear you.
Sephiroth: CHOOOOOOOOOCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOLLLLLLLAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SW: ...... Bugger. SOMEONE START THE CHAPTER ALREADY!!
BANG!
"OW!" Riku staggered back from the door and fell back onto the floor. "What is it with the doors in this place? Why are they so hard?" Riku sighed and summoned his keyblade. "Please may there be a lock, please be a lock…"
Nothing happened.
"Damnit!" Riku stood up and kicked the door. "OW! OH HELLS BLIMMIN' BELLS!!" He flopped back down.
Kurane sat atop a table in a deeply dark room, thinking hard.
"Ma'am?" A man wearing a purple uniform with a black helmet, similar to those motorcyclists wear, marched into the room. "We have found the princesses current location."
"Which is?"
"Sherwood Forest."
"Hm…" Kurane scratched her chin. "Interesting. Tell me, did Prince John use the heartless?"
"Ah, yes." The man nodded, before gulping in anticipation of the next question.
"Were they successful?"
"Ah." He gulped again. "Not as such." Kurane spun and glared at him.
"What do you mean by 'Not as such'?"
"Ah…" He gulped again. "There were no casualties-"
"NO CASUALTIES!!!?!" Kurane leapt to her feet and pulled out the Murasama. "ARE YOU A NURSE OR A WARRIOR!?!?"
"A- A- A warrior ma'am."
"Then start ACTING LIKE ONE!!" Kurane yelled, waving the Murasama in his face. "So? What happened?"
"They escaped. The Princess of Light was able to use a drive form."
"Really?" Kurane scratched her chin. "That's interesting… And the other one?"
"No, she did not use any powers."
"Hm…" She paced the room, thinking hard. "Go to Prince John. Tell him I will give him the forces needed to get Robin Hood's head on a platter, IF he delivers the girls to me. Understand?"
"Perfectly." And with a bow, the warrior started to back out of the room. Kurane suddenly raised a hand.
"Wait… Akira was sighted near Yen Sid's tower not too long ago." Kurane was silent for a while. "Of course! Yen Sid, that stupid old man! Leave an anonymous message for Yen Sid, telling him that a person with hostile intentions stole a Drive Orb. Make sure he gets that message, understand?"
"Indeed I do." And before she could say anything else, the warrior hastily backed out of the room.
"Ow…"
"What's wrong?" Kairi whispered, kneeling behind a rock with Akira and Lady Cluck.
"My leg's gone to sleep." Akira muttered, shaking her foot hard. "Damn it."
"Well, don't cross your legs when kneeling."
"But it's comfortable."
"I thought you said you had pins and needles."
"Apart from that, it's comfortable." Akira said fidgeting.
"Shush lassies!" Lady Cluck hissed, causing the two girls to fall into a sudden silence.
"Okee-dokee then!" Akira muttered, rubbing her leg. "Damn circulation, move faster!"
"Shush!" There was a hushed whisper. "They're coming." Silence fell over the citizens of Nottingham as the couple approached.
"Oh Robin," Marian sighed happily. "What beautiful night! I wish it would never end."
"SURPRISE!!" Yelled Friar Tuck, leaping out from behind a rock and giving Robin Hood and Maid Marian heart attacks. "LONG LIVE ROBIN HOOD!!"
"Yay! Yay!" Two mice crawled out of his hood. "And long live Maid Marian! Bravo!"
"HEAR HEAR!! BRAVO!!! BRAVO!!" The citizens of Nottingham leapt up and cheered, as did Kairi and Akira.
"And down with that scurvy Prince John!" Lady Cluck yelled, pointing her wings down to emphasise her point. At which point, the band started up.
"Oh the world will sing,
Of an English King,
A thousand years from now!" Little John sang cheerfully, strumming a guitar.
"And not because he passed some laws,
Or had that lofty brow.
While bonny good King Richard leads,
The Great Crusade is on!
We'll all have to stay away from that good-for-nothing John!" Marian smiled and took the hand of Otto, a dog who had recently broken his leg, as everyone started to dance.
"Incredible as he is inept,
Whenever the history books are kept,
They'll call him the Phoney King of England!"
"A POX ON THE PHONEY KING OF ENGLAND!!!" Yelled the villagers, as a curtain pulled away from a gap in two trees to reveal a puppet Prince John jumping up and down – Right before his crown fell down. The villagers burst out laughing, as Friar Tuck, the puppet master, righted the crown, and ducked back down.
Otto popped his hand up with a sock Sir Hiss.
"He sits alone,
On a giant throne,
Pretending he's the King." Sock Hiss was higher than Puppet Prince John, so Prince John grabbed him around the throat and pulled him down.
"A little tyke, who's rather like,
A puppet on a string." Sock Hiss then popped up, and blew a fizzy thing in his face.
"And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way." Indignant at this treatment, Puppet Prince John beat him with a stick. Sock Hiss grabbed the stick and hit Puppet Prince John with it.
"And then he calls for his mom,
While sucking his thumb." Injured Puppet Prince John began to suck his thumb.
"You see, he doesn't want to play.
Too late to be known as John the First,
He's sure to be known as John the Worst!
A pox on that phoney King of England!"
"Some party." Kairi sighed, flopping onto the ground now that silence had fallen over the forest.
"Yep." Akira seemed to be doing some form of yoga. "Lots of laughs. And puppet abuse."
"Mm." Kairi was quiet. "Sora would have loved this."
"Probably." Akira looked up at the sky. "Something's missing."
"What?" Akira turned and looked at Kairi with a raised eyebrow.
"If I knew that, it wouldn't be missing, would it?" Akira sighed. "That fight was too easy."
"That's a problem?"
"She's tricking us."
"Kurane?"
"Mm-hm." They were silent for a minute.
"Do you know her?"
"I know she's a cow."
"Noooooooooooo, I mean… Before all this."
"You are really a night owl! Kairi, can we PLEASE GET SOME SLEEP TONIGHT?!"
Dawn broke over Nottingham castle, as Sir Hiss, trying his best to ignore the pounding headache in his skull, a remnant of being shoved in the ale barrel.
Oh, he hated those people.
"He throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way!" The Sheriff's voice ran in from outside. "He calls for mom, and sucks his thumb, and doesn't want to play!" At which point the Sheriff burst into the hall. "Too late to be known as John the First, he's sure to be known as John the Worst!" The Sheriff laughed as he threw a bag of money onto the desk Hiss sat at. "How about that?"
"Oh, that's PJ to a T!" Sir Hiss tittered. "Let me try! Ho, he ho!" Sir Hiss cleared his throat. "Too- Too late to be known as John the First, he's sure to be known as John the Wor—" Sir Hiss gulped as Prince John appeared in the doorway. "The fabulous… Chivalrous… Noble-"
"No, no, you've got it all wrong!" The Sheriff shook his head, oblivious to the Prince behind him. "The snivelling weaselling-"
"ENOUGH!!!" Prince John bellowed, throwing a bottle at the Sheriff's head, barely missing.
"But Sir," The Sheriff stuttered as wine dripped onto his head. "It's a big hit. The whole village is singing it."
"Oh they are, are they?" Prince John hissed, walking towards them. "Well, they'll be singing a different tune. Double the taxes!" Sir Hiss nodded. "TRIPLE THE TAXES!!!" Prince John started to throttle Sir Hiss. "SQUEZE EVERY LAST DROP, OUT OF THOSE MISERABLE… Uh, musical peasants."
The Village of Nottingham was caught in the heaviest downpour for many weeks. It was bitterly cold, and a different song had taken hold of the town.
"Every town
has its ups and downs.
Sometimes ups
outnumber the downs,
but not in Nottingham.
I'm inclined to believe
if we weren't so down
we'd up and leave.
We'd up and fly
if we had wings
for flyin'.
Can't you see the tears we're cryin'?
Can't there besome happiness for me?
Not in Nottingham."
"Lovely weather, huh?" Akira muttered, stamping her feet. "For pity's sake Kairi, how much longer do we have to stay out here?"
"What's wrong with the rain?" Kairi asked, running across the street to check the latest tax hike.
"Nothing's wrong with rain, per say. It's just when it's accompanied by cold weather." Akira watched Kairi's face turn grim. "Well?"
"Quadrupled it." Kairi frowned. "Is he allowed to do that?"
"He's the King. He can do whatever the hell he wants." Akira sighed and watched her breath come out in a thick mist.
"Oh! Oh!" A tiny voice piped up. "Where's Robin Hood? Where's Robin Hood?" A church mouse ran up to the two girls. "I must speak to Robin Hood! It's an emergency! Friar Tuck has been arrested for high treason to the crown!"
Up in the castle's treasurer room, Prince John was sitting furiously in his throne, as Sir Hiss attempted to cheer up the Prince.
"Sire, if I may—May venture an opinion, you're not your usual cheerful, genial self today." Prince John remained in a stony silence. "I… I know! Why don't you count your money? It always makes you so happy…" Hiss jingled a few coins with his tail, without any response. "Ahem. Sire… Taxes are pouring in, the jails are full, and… Oh! I have good new sire! Friar Tuck is in jail!"
"FRIAR TUCK!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" Screamed Prince John, knocking a pile of gold over. "IT'S ROBIN HOOD I WANT YOU BLITERING IMBECILE!!!! OH, I'D GIVE AWAY ALL MY GOLD, IF I COULD JUST GET MY HANDS ON…" Prince John stopped. "Did you say Friar Tuck?"
"Did I?" Sir Hiss stuttered nervously. "Uh… Yes, I did."
"Ha!" Prince John chuckled happily. "Yes, I have it! I'll use that fat Friar as bait to trap Robin Hood."
"Another trap?" Sir Hiss grumbled, wondering how much worse this could become.
"Yes, yes you stupid serpent!" Prince John smiled, satisfied. "Friar Tuck will be led to the gallows in the village square, you see?"
"Hang Friar Tuck?" Sir Hiss stared at Prince John. "A man of the church?"
"Yes my reluctant reptile. And when our elusive hero's attempt to rescue the corpulent cleric… The heartless will be ready."
A bolt of thunder flashed across the sky as Prince John finalised his plan.
A woman walked along the dusty road, picking up her pace. A group of heartless appeared around. With a sigh, she pulled out her weapon.
"Would you mind just going away?" She wondered, as dark brown eyes scanned the surrounding heartless. "I've got to warn Squall!"
BANG! BANG BANG BANG!!
Robin Hood pulled his cloak tight around him, banging his sight stick around and shaking the empty cup as he walked over to where the scaffold was being built.
"Well Trigger," The Sheriff said, placing his hands on his hips. "Everything's rigged up and set."
"Yeah," The vulture Trigger nodded. "One of the prettiest scaffolds you ever built."
"Uh, shouldn't we give that trapdoor a test Sheriff?" Asked Nutsy, pulling the lever. The Sheriff was sent downwards into the hole underneath.
"Criminently. Now I know why your mother called you Nutsy." The Sheriff sighed.
"Alms. Alms for the poor." Robin Hood warbled, heading towards them. "Did my ears hear the melodious voice of the Sheriff."
"Ha ha! That's right old man!" The Sheriff guffawed, clearly pleased at having a fan. Robin Hood banged on the scaffolding with his stick.
"What be going on here?"
"We're gonna hang Friar Tuck." The Sheriff replied, fixing a rope.
"No, hang Fr-" Robin slipped out then back into character. "Hang Friar Tuck?"
"Yeah!" Nutsy laughed. "Might even be a double hanging-"
"Nutsy! Dummy up you dummy!" Snapped Trigger, glaring at the other vulture.
"A double hanging eh? Who be the other one that gets the rope."
"Sheriff," Trigger began to poke Robin with the bow and arrow, making him back up. "He's getting all too-fired nosey."
"I didn't mean nothing. Although... Couldn't there be trouble if Robin Hood showed up?" Robin phrased his question carefully.
"Ha ha! Whaddya know Sheriff, he guessed it!" Nutsy laughed happily, before Trigger grabbed his beak.
"Nutsy! Button your beak!" Hissed Trigger.
"Ah, no need to worry." Robin hastily added, getting the feeling things may start getting out of hand. "The Sheriff is too crafty, too clever and too smart for the likes of him, says I." The Sheriff burst into a massive grin.
"Ha ha! You hear that Nutsy! For a blind man, he sure knows a good man when he sees one, says I."
"Sheriff. I still think that stupid old codger knows to much." Trigger whispered, as Robin headed away from the scaffolding, towards the gate.
"Oh shut up Trigger." Sighed the Sheriff, reaching up and adjusting the rope. "He's just a harmless old beggar man." Trigger frowned, and watched Robin leave.
"Alms, alms for the poor." Robin called. "Alms, alms for the-"
"Psst!" Kairi hissed, beckoning Robin over to where Akira, Little John and herself stood in the shadows. Robin hobbled over, pulling off his disguise.
"We can't let them hang someone." Akira muttered. "It's a di-"
"Akira."
"Horrible move."
"A jailbreak tonight is the only chance he's got." Robin explained.
"A jailbreak?!" Little John stared at him. "There ain't no way-"
"We've got to. Otherwise Friar Tuck dies at dawn."
The group remained crouched behind a wall. Nutsy was patrolling the castle walls. As he headed towards the wall they were crouched behind, Little John stood up, and was ready to grab the vulture. But...
"ONE O'CLOCK, AND ALLS WELL!!!!!!" Screamed Nutsy at the top of his voice as distant bells began to chime. Kairi and Akira exchanged glances.
"This could take a while..." Muttered Kairi, fidgeting against the wall. Akira peeped over the wall.
"Just don't let him yell next time." Kairi looked at her. "You know, gag him."
"We don't have a gag."
"Use your hand then."
"Oh joy." Kairi sighed. "Vulture saliva. Lovely."
"Oh shut up and gag him with your hand."
"YOU do it."
"What are you, nuts? You do it." Akira muttered, digging her elbows into Kairi's ribs. By this point, Little John had already grabbed and tied up Nutsy. The two girls exchanged looks.
"Our awareness. We need to work on that." Kairi said to Akira as Robin pulled on his vulture disguise.
"Definitely." Akira agreed. Robin walked over to the approaching Sheriff and Trigger.
"Jehoshaphat Trigger, put that pea shooter down." He drawled. The Sheriff sighed.
"It's only Nutsy. And crimenetly, get back to your patrol!" He yelled at Trigger. "Go on, get!"
"Imma gettin', I'ma gettin'!" Trigger yelped, running off.
"That Trigger." The Sheriff muttered darkly, walking back to the jail entrance, followed by Robin. "He's getting everybody edgy. Nothing's gonna be happen. That fat friar will dangle from the gallows come daybreak." Robin turned and winked at the group. The group grinned, and remained ready. The sheriff sat down in his chair and leaned back.
"You just sit there sheriff, kinda cosy like." Robin drawled, eyeing up the keys to the jail on the sheriff's belt.
"Well thank you Nutsy." The sheriff muttered.
"Just close your sleepy little eyeballs. The sandman's a-coming. Er, why don't I loosen that belt?" He began to lean over to the belt, as the group tip-toed towards him. "Rock-a-bye Sheriff, just you relax."
"Hm, relax." Muttered the Sheriff in his apparent sleep. Robin Hood pulled the keys off the belt.
"Dump, di dum dum. Do, de doo do." He hummed, as he placed the keys in the lock. "De de de-"
SQEEEECK!!
The key made an awful screeching noise in the lock, causing everyone to freeze. The Sheriff shuffled slightly, and stirred awake.
"Aw, Nutsy that's mighty sweet. Sing it once more, would ya?"
"Rock-a-bye Sheriff, just you relax." He opened the door, and Little John and Akira slipped into the jail. "Pump, di pump pump." He gave the keys to Little John, who slammed the door shut.
SLAM!
"JAILBREAK!! JAILBREAK!!" Trigger screamed, as the safety on his bow failed, sending an arrow shooting around the courtyard. Kairi slammed her back against the wall. "I heard it Sheriff. The door! The door!" Robin Hood shoved an axe into Trigger's path, making him sprawl over the floor.
"For the last time, no more false alarms!" Yelled the Sheriff.
"You guys go release everyone, Robin and I will go and re-steal the money." Kairi said to the other two, before slipping back into the shadows.
"Looks like it's you and me Johnny boy." Akira said happily, before walking away.
"Jails are this way." There was a pause.
"I knew that." Akira walked past him. "Come on then. Friar Tuck and whatnot!" The two walked up the stairs. Little John stopped at a jail door, with an order of execution nailed onto the door. Quickly, he opened the door.
"Little John!" Akira heard the Friar exclaim. "It can't be!"
"Shush! We're busting out of here."
"Thank God. My prayers have been answered." Akira continued up the stairs, before a thought hit her.
If Kairi had come, we could have just used the keyblade instead of stealing the keys.
".......D'OH!"
"Huh?"
"Uh, nothing."
Kairi scowled as she scaled the walls of the castle tower with Robin Hood, up to Prince John's room.
Why did I do this again?
Because you wanted to prove yourself. Naminé pointed out in her head. You wanted to prove you could cope.
Damn, I keep forgetting you're in there.
Kairi hitched her legs over the small wall around the balcony, and followed Robin Hood into the chamber.
Prince John was asleep along with Sir Hiss, they could tell as both of them we're snoring.
"ROBIN HOOD!" Yelled Prince John, making the two jump. "I'll get even." Prince John continued muttering. "I'll... get..."
Kairi grabbed a bag of gold as Robin Hood shot an arrow across the courtyard, which flew in through the jail window.
Akira ducked to avoid the arrow.
"Bloody vigilantes." She muttered, as the arrow slammed into the wall behind her. Little John pulled it out of the wall, looped the attached rope through a metal hoop, and fired it back.
"Eep." Kairi stepped to the side to avoid the arrow, as it flew into the wall behind her. Robin secured the rope, and picked up a bag of money.
"How much time have we got?" He asked, tying it to a rope. Kairi ran out onto the balcony and looked at the massive clock in the courtyard.
"45 minutes." Kairi grabbed a bag.
"It's Robin Hood... I want..."
"Ha ha ha!" Friar Tuck passed bags around to the other people of Nottingham. "Praise the Lord, and pass the tax rebate!"
"Come on. Follow me!"
As the group hurried down the stairs and towards the door, one of the bags on the line over head developed a split in it, and a few coins fell onto the sheriff, making him wake up.
"Hell." Akira muttered, opening the door, slamming her hand over the sheriff's mouth and dragging him inside. "Do something!" Instantly, Little John grabbed the sheriff's clothes, pulled them off him, changed into them, and ran out to sit on the chair. Akira raised a single eyebrow, and pushed the sheriff into a nearby cell. From her position, she could see Trigger walk towards Little John.
"Sheriff, now don't get your dander up, but I still got a feeling that-" Trigger was interrupted by Little John raising his cap, smiling, and grabbing the vulture around the throat.
"Friar! Get going, hurry!" Little John ordered, as the group hurried out. Friar kept an eye on the patrolling soldiers, as they hurried over to the drawbridge.
Up in the tower, the massive clock chimed four. Robin Hood's eyes widened, and Kairi tied the last bag onto the rope. Robin then held his hand up to stop her, as he caught a glimpse of a money bag, which Prince John was cuddling like a teddy bear.
Calmly, he tip-toed over to Prince John, and gently dragged the bag out of his grip.
"Neh! Neh!" Prince John then started sucking his thumb in his sleep.
........ I cannot think of any words that can summarise just how pathetic this is.
Robin ran towards the rope and grabbed it, as did Kairi.
Sir Hiss had woken up, and seeing the duo trying to escape, did what only a snake can do.
He bit into one of the money bags, while simultaneously wrapping his tail around Prince John's foot as an anchor.
"WHOA!!" Kairi yelled. "That didn't quite work."
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!" The Prince screamed, as Sir Hiss, himself, and his bed were dragged across his bed-room. The bed then went out onto the balcony, where it looked as if it were about to fall off.
Back in the jail, the citizens of Nottingham pulled harder on the rope.
"Guards! Guards!" Yelled Prince John, who was now holding onto his bed for dear life. "My gold!"
The archers then started firing arrows at Robin and Kairi, who started climbing along the rope back towards the jail.
Prince John lost his grip on the bed, and sent the two hero's whizzing back into the jail. Prince John himself fell down, and landed without injury on the concrete floor of the castle. Then, he saw all the citizen's of Nottingham running out of his jail carrying money bags.
"Oh no no no no no no!" He moaned. "They're getting away with my gold!" He ran and shut the jail door just as the last rabbit escaped. "Guards! Heartless! To the jail!" At which several guards and quite a few lance heartless charged towards the jail. Prince John then worked out that they were going to charge him. "Guards, halt! Stop! Desist!" But they didn't. They charged Prince John, leaving him pinned to the jail door that had come off its hinges, and they still kept running.
"Everybody this way!" Yelled Robin Hood, and everyone went that way.
Several soldier heartless appeared, causing Kairi to summon her keyblade. Quickly she slashed through them, while keeping close to two young rabbits.
"Stop shooting arrows," Akira bellowed at the guards, who were shooting arrows at everyone. "'Cause I'll shoot back!"
Oh Lord.
Kairi and Akira busied themselves getting rid of the heartless that were in the way, as Robin Hood ran over to open the drawbridge, and Little John with Friar Tuck's help loaded up the cart they had found with the citizens.
"That's all of them get going!" Robin yelled.
"This ain't no hay-ride, let's move it out of here. WHOA!!" Little John whooped, pulling the cart out of the castle.
"On to Sherwood Forest!" Friar Tuck yelled, as a feeling of horror spread over one of the passengers.
"Stop! My baby!" She yelled.
"Mama, mama, wait for me!" The baby rabbit yelled. Robin Hood ran back to pick up the baby as Kairi and Akira defended it.
"How do you forget a BABY!?" Akira asked, causing Kairi to shrug.
"Riku once left his baby sister on the bus."
"You have to tell me that story at some point." Akira said, as Robin Hood picked up the baby, and the four ran towards the drawbridge.
"Yeah, but not right now." However, a crocodile cut the rope, sending the drawbridge crashing down. "Oh."
Robin Hood pushed the baby through the bars, into Little John's awaiting arms.
"We got him now!" The Sheriff yelled, obviously having broken out of the jail cell, wearing nothing but undergarments, which looked like a sleep suits that babies wear.
"Keep going, don't worry about us!" Robin told Little John.
"RHINO'S AT TWO O'CLOCK!!" Akira yelled, causing Kairi to lose some of her hearing in her left ear.
"What?"
"Behind us." She gestured, to where a group of Rhino's were charging towards them.
Quickly, the group clambered up the gate. Robin grabbed a nearby rope and swung, kicking the sheriff in the stomach and grabbing hold of a nearby wall. Kairi caught the rope as it swung back towards her, snatched Akira's hand, and they too swung towards the wall, avoiding several spears flying their way. One of these got stuck in the wall, letting the trio climb up onto a small walkway. Two archers fired at them, one from each end of the archway. The group ducked, and the arrows ended up pinning each archer to the wall.
The group then jumped onto another, lower wall, Robin nearly lost his balance, before they climbed back up to Prince John's bedroom.
They ran in, and Robin pulled they drapes that separated each section of the quarters, just as the Sheriff appeared, brandishing a flaming torch.
"(BEEP)!" Akira yelled, as the trio ducked. Akira ran to the left, Kairi dodged to the right, and Robin Hood leapt over the sheriff, who had set alight to the drapes. They all ran back through the burning drapes.
Kairi re-summoned her keyblade, and hit the sheriff with it. Akira tried to knock the torch out of his hand with her sword, and Robin Hood tried fending him off with-
Is he using a wooden chair to defend himself from a burning torch?!
By now most of the tower was in flames, so Robin pulled the rug from under the sheriff's feet, and Akira and Kairi hit him with their weapons, before they ran back through the burning curtains. The curtains were rapidly engulfed in flames, stopping the sheriff from following them.
The group ran up the stairs, evading any flames, and ended up climbing up onto the roof of the tower. But still the flames kept coming.
"Shoot them!" Prince John was beside himself with rage. "SHOOT THEM!!"
Kairi!
What?
Jump!
What? Are you crazy?!
Jump into the moat!
"Jump into the moat!" Kairi relayed. "Wait. Can you guys swim-?"
"Kairi, Robin's already jumped."
"Oh." And with that, the two girls leapt into the freezing cold moat water, with Prince John's screams of 'Kill them!' echoing in their ears.
Luckily, Kairi grew up on the islands, and was a member of the girls blitzball team, so she could hold her breath for ages.
Akira couldn't hold her breath for quite as long, but she managed, without a reed, unlike Robin Hood.
The two girls surfaced just after Robin Hood, watching from a distance as Skippy and Robin declared a pox on the phoney King of England.
"Kairi?"
"Yeah?"
"What is a pox?"
"I have no idea whatsoever." Kairi was quite for a moment. "I presume it's like chickenpox."
"Yeah. Or smallpox. Or cowpox. Or-"
"Enough examples."
"Okay." There was silence for a moment. "We better get going."
"You're leaving?" Robin Hood asked, overhearing their conversation. Kairi nodded.
"Yeah. Got to keep ahead." Robin Hood frowned slightly.
"Ahead of what?"
"Uh..." Kairi glanced at Akira.
"... Heartless." Akira said after a second. "Nasty little things. Don't like us much either."
"Mm." Robin clearly didn't believe them. "Well then, good luck on your escape from those heartless."
"And good luck on your marriage with Maid Marian!" Kairi smiled happily, as Akira started walking off. "Hey, get back here!"
"I thought we were leaving."
"Say goodbye first."
"Bye!" Kairi face-palmed.
"Goodbye." She smiled weakly at Robin Hood, before running off after Akira. "That was rude."
"Was it?"
"Yes! Obviously it was!" Akira seemed surprised by this.
"Oh. Whoops. Let's go then!"
This isn't working Sora.
"This isn't working YET." Sora corrected his nobody. "It'll work soon."
Soon in people terms, or soon in evolution terms?
Sora was quiet for a second.
"Yes." Sora said.
But-
"I am not willing to discuss the matter any further!"
The woman sighed out heavily, her breath coming out in a fine mist. The road was deadly silent. She started off down the road, her ears listening intently for any noises.
Rinoa Heartly was a hunted woman.
SW: Yes, Rinoa will be in this story. And she'll be bringing someone else from Final Fantasy VIII with her.
Cloud: (Sitting on Sephiroth until he calms down) Why isn't Leon here?
SW: ...... Dunno. Anyway, in chapter three I put up a list of worlds that I was going to write. Well, I've made some changes, so now the list is:
Pocahontas (I need a name for this world)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Land of Garagoles)
Cinderella (Castle of dreams)
Snow White (I need a name for this one too!)
Atlantica.
The Emporers New Groove (Kuzcotopia)
Narnia (Not technically Disney, but they've made films of it!)
The changes have been made for reasons that shall remain a mystery for the moment.
Sephiroth: (Coming around from sugar high) What the... WHY IS CLOUD STRIFE SITTING ON ME?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?
SW: He's back ladies and genetlemen!
