Yello a-gain.
Oh, but of course, my not-so-loyal readers, I don't own the game itself. However, I own this plot, my sisters and I have all rights to ourselves, the weaponry and costume and set design, and other such fripperies, are also mine. What you choose to say in the reviews I hope you'll leave me are all yours. The s i t e belongs to some people I don't know, the internet as well as the design for my computer belong to Bill Gates, Word in itself belongs to Bill Gates, and my room is a shared item between my parents and me. See ya at the end of the chapter.
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When we arrived in Agrabah, I realized that my long-sleeved, black, button-up shirt was not the thing to wear here. Nor were my black jeans. Kate's layered red and orange shirts and dark red jeans, not so much. Lizzie's dark blue jeans and her pink sweater, no, not really. Not at all.
"Time to shop?" I asked my sisters. Oh joy
"Yeah…hey, look! We get a trinity! And my phonex is on it too!" Kate grinned and led us over.
"Sweet!" We walked over to our trinity. Clasped hands…
And it virtually rained munny.
"Every man for herself!" Kate cried
And the scramble began. I had the force of sheer might and body mass. (Kate's a twig, Lizzie is too small. Yes, I know I'm a bad sister. No need to yell.)
When the madness ended, I had over 1,500 munny. Lizzie said she had about 1,250. Kate grinned, said she had been saving, and proudly showed off her bulging sack, with over 3,000 munny. Lucky ducky.
Kate and Lizzie went overboard picking out saris. I chose something that was easier to move in. A dark purple belly-dancer-ish costume, with black cuffs, and a silver belt. I also had a black-tinted veil, with silver ties. I really couldn't do much with my short hair, so I left it be. I also picked up some jingly silver bangles and anklets. A silver cuff for my upper right arm. The arm I held my staff in. I looked…a little Gothberry-slut-ish. In a Halloween costume.
Kate's sari was fiery red, with gold embroidery of, you guessed it, birds. She went to town, buying up gold jewelry. She had red slippers on her feet, and braided hair. If it weren't for her coloring, I'd think she lived her.
Lizzie was not old enough to fit into any of the available saris. She was in pajamas, which are actually everyday wear in the Middle East, and especially in India. But they aren't like your blue ducky-print pj's. Oh no. They are like matching cotton shirt and pants, embroidered, and often colorful. She wore blue, as per usual, with pink embroidery in an eyelet design. She also had leather sandals.
"You can't fight in that Kate." I pointed out.
"Watch me." she stuck out her tongue.
"Now to find Sora." I started off.
"Agreed." Lizzie trailed after.
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"Hey! There's Sora!"
"Again?" Lizzie had seen Sora 14 times in the past ten minutes. Kate was getting annoyed.
Then from behind us-
"Where were you guys going? You walked past me twice…"
"Sora." I nodded in his direction.
"Lizzie, you're an idiot." Thank you Kate.
"Meanie-head."
"Retard."
"Big-nose."
"Dumbshit."
"Pointy-toed-"
"Shut up both of you! Kate, you're a fee-mo. Liz…just shut up." I turned around, "Sorry Sora. Sibling dynamics at their finest."
"It's ok…so…what now?"
We wandered down into the alley, and rescued the princess. She looked me over, frowning.
"What?"
"You girls…are English?" Ooh…I forgot about that…India and England didn't get on so well…
"No. Americana." Kate smirked. Liz and I nodded our agreement.
"Hmm…"
"I'm Sona, these are Kate and Liz." I gestured to my sisters. I was talking funny…like that Canadian guy…
"I'm Jasmine." She smiled, "And you?"
"I'm Sora."
"Have any of you seen Aladdin? I'm worried, I haven't seen him…"
"Let's get you back to the palace." Kate interrupted, leading Jasmine away.
"Let's take a walk, kay Sona?"
"Sure."
We didn't say anything to each other. Just kinda thought about our own stuff. I started to think about what my friends would be doing if they were with me.
Erin would be trying to help me make up my mind about the boys, including Tam. She'd also be kicking ass.
Sara-bear would be attempting to get laid with Leon, Cloud, Riku, Sephy-kun, and possibly Ansem.
Dana would be in the fetal position.
Rae would be going mad fangirl attack on Sora.
Elaine…seems like she is here, only not quite.
'Chelle would be enjoying my wardrobe, and helping me "acquire" things.
Alex can go fuck himself.
Rob would be…Rob. No girl is safe, and Wonderland will be missing some mushrooms.
Mitch and 'Chelle would be macking. Mitch would be instigating it. All the time.
Ed…I don't know him to well…I don't know…probably eating. And being silly.
Ryan from homeroom would be all, "Shit! I'm in a Disney game!"
Jaime would just roll with the punches. She's like that.
Nicky would pull big brother mode.
Lisa would be taking pictures of everything, endangering her life to do so. (Who nearly drowns themselves for a good shot? Honestly…)
Chris…I don't know what Chris would do after he figured out what had happened. I have to wonder though…
K.T. would be…erm…well, that depends on if Smelliot came too. If they were together, they'd use this time to be close to each other, if it was just her, she'd walk around and use her gimmick of cuteness to its full potential. Smelliot would probably obtain a guitar by whatever means necessary; then use that as stress relief.
Brigam would probably just chill, step back, make a few jokes, scribble…
So…are they your friends?
Yes.
I don't see Dimitri on that list.
He's not around. It was kind like this for a while, "You're only up when I am down, when I'm up you're not around…"
What's that from?
Rock Band, by RPM. Good song.
Hmm.
Yes?
That boy is in love with you.
Which one?
Well, both, but I'm more concerned with Sora at the moment.
Mmm.
You really ought to do something to stop all of this.
Like what? Run away? I'm no good at this sort of thing…
Yes, well, it's something you'll need to know someday. Suck it up.
"Sona?"
"Yeah Sora?"
"Let's go meet up with the others."
"Ok…"
While all of them got their act together, I decided to try something.
"Kate, Liz, I'm going to try and find-slash-distract Riku. Maybe I can get something out of him so that I can save Jasmine."
"Sounds good…" Lizzie looked over at Sora
"Kick his ass." Kate…
"We haven't reached that level of desperation yet. Plus, I'm not so sure I can take him on my own." I crossed my arms "You guys know what to do. We'll meet up at the palace in two hours?"
"Sure. What should we tell Sora?" Lizzie asked me.
"Tell him…I lost my necklace…and went to find it…and we'll meet up where and when I said we would. Bye!" And I artfully faded into the crowd. Just in time to hear Sora ask where I was.
Are you really trying to save the princess, or do you just want to see him?
I'm really trying to save the princess.
Where do you to propose to look?
Well, he usually finds me, but I'll start on the roofs.
Alright…be careful. Please.
Yes Tam. I will.
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I made my way up onto the rooftops. Good view, I could see everything. I started walking in the direction of the palace, because Riku would probably be near to Jafar. Comrades and all that.
And there was Jafar, in the castle garden… (For I was now up on the wall) Swarms of heartless. But where was…?
"MMPH!" And there was a hand covering my mouth, and I was being pulled onto someone's shop covering. Silver hair in my line of vision. Riku. I relaxed slightly. Whatever else was going on, I don't think he'd intentionally hurt me. Not right now, at least.
"What do you think you're doing?" He hissed in my ear, "You could've been killed!"
I licked his hand and he let my mouth go. Gross-out factor.
"I was looking for you!"
His eyes went wide, "What?" And he looked happy, "Really?"
I felt my heart squeeze with guilt. Weird. I shoved that feeling away, "Yeah. I…I wanted…to thank you! For all your help back in Traverse town. It was really great of you." I smiled my most disarming and innocent smile. His eyes were still slightly wide, but he smiled back.
"I don't mind helping you and Sora." And Sora?! Wow…
"That's really nice Riku." And then you know what I did? Of course you don't. Here's what I did. I turned myself around and looked him in the eyes. I touched his cheek, and heard his breathing stop, "Thank you so much." I took back my hand. He looked disappointed. But at least he started breathing again.
It's kinda weird, but most guys I date, I don't have this big of an effect on them…does that mean something?
It might…
Yes?
"Sona?"
"Yes?"
"You know I love you, right?" Where did this come from?!
"…I know…but…"
"What? What's wrong with me? Is some guy in your past that much better? Some guy who isn't even here? He left you!"
I stared at him for a few seconds, what an outburst! What brought this on I wonder, "How DARE you-"
"He left! I know he did! I saw-"
"You SAW? Well, if you saw that, then you must know how I feel about the subject. And how the hell did you manage to see that happen anyway?" I was livid.
"Um…well…"
"Well?"
"I'm sorry." Huh?
"Eh?"
"I just wanted to know more about you."
"Why?"
He raised an eyebrow. I wish I could raise one eyebrow at a time like that…
"Oh. Right." I stared at my hands in my lap. Back to square one.
"Look…I'm sorry. If you want, I won't look at it anymore."
"Thank you." I played with my fingers.
DAMMIT! Stop yourself!
Sorry?
You're encouraging him! You aren't supposed to encourage him!
Tam! Please calm down!
"Sona? What's wrong? What're you thinking about?"
"It's nothing, Riku. It's ok."
"You just looked so upset…"
"I'm ok. I have a lot on my mind." Like a voice in my head who won't shut up.
Hey!
"Oh. So…"
"Why did you come here Riku?" Like I don't already know.
"I'm here on business." Twitch.
"Ooo-kay…"
"What about you?"
Well, what could it hurt? "To save a princess."
He winced, "Oh?"
"SOOO-NAAAA!" Kate was calling for me.
"I have to go. Come with me?" It's weird, but I was really hoping he'd say yes.
See?
I just…want him out of the dark.
"Uh…I can't…sorry." He looked sad too.
Are you so sure of that?
"Oh…" I sounded sad! FTW?!
You're falling for him. I can't believe this! He's a BAD GUY!
He won't be forever. Wait, no, I mean, I'm not! I'm not!
Dammit girl! Snap out of it! You haven't noticed, I'm guessing, but your sisters are looking up to you and Riku, and Sora is glaring at him.
Oh, thanks. Bai-bai.
"I can't believe you Sona! What do you think you're doing?!" Kate was in a full on snit. Lizzie had this look of understanding that made me uncomfortable. And Sora…oh Sora…
I'd never seen him so angry.
As for Riku, he had an arm around my waist, which I hadn't noticed.
"Kochira wa tomodachi desu." (He just told Sora that I'm his girlfriend)
"NANI?! ITAI!!" I whipped around to look at him. (What?! NO!!)
My sisters just blinked at us.
Sora was torn between fuming and laughing.
Riku was surprised that I knew what he was saying.
I was jumping off the cloth-thing to stand behind my sisters, next to Aladdin. HE was an innocent party here. Funny. He's a thief.
"JASIMNE!" He yelled, pointing. Everyone else ran at it. I spared a second to look at Riku. He looked right back at me. Then I bolted. Time to fight.
And fight we did. But it wasn't enough to save the princess. Predictably. And the lamp was gone too. Futch.
Walking back, Riku was gone. Crap.
"We have to save Jasmine!" Aladdin was very passionate about Jasmine. That much is sure.
"Let's do it!" Sora IS team leader…but of course, I would make the brave attempt anyway. Even though at this point, it's futile. Well…who knows? Maybe we can pull this off.
We started on out way while Tam bothered me.
Exactly how much do you know about all this?
Enough. But some things are throwing me for a loop.
Such as…?
You, for one.
Me?
You.
Why?
I really would prefer not to get into the depths of the back story, but you weren't there when I was figuring things out.
I am…confused.
Don't worry about it.
But…
Yes?
…Nothing.
Oh. Ok…
"Sona?"
"Yeah Lizzie?"
"What's been going on with you?"
"Yeah. Why're doing stuff with Riku?" Kate leaned over. I could tell that Sora was listening to our conversation.
"Umm…"
Kate's eyes narrowed.
"Are you in love with him?" Lizzie asked gently.
"Futch no!"
"Then…what?" Sora…
"I…"
"Yes?" Everyone, even Aladdin, asked me with eager eyes. Whoa…
"I don't know…"
Don't you?
"I really don't know."
You love him.
Nope.
You're sure about this?
Yes.
And you still love that other boy? Dimitri?
Yes.
No you don't.
Huh?
Something's changed. You may not love Riku, but the way you feel for that other boy has changed.
…
"Sona? You look sad…"
"We're here!"
And so we were.
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After much hacking, slashing, slaying, and swimming, we made it to the right place. We didn't even let Jafar get a word in edgewise. Although…Genie did show up to try and kick our cans. Everyone was making jumps at Jafar, and going up on the platforms. I had a plan. There was a spell I hadn't tried yet.
"THE SONG. You know that I can crush you with my VOICE!!" Remember that singing spell? Anyway, it knocked Jafar down, (and it seemed to have broken a bone or two as well) and everyone jumped him. Bam bam bam. Sora was whacking him, Kate actually managed to cut of his beard…there were just so many of us that he hardly stood a chance. But then he wished to be a genie. And I couldn't make it back to Jasmine. Shit.
Half heartedly, I joined in with the capture of the bird. Mostly I sent my hell beasties to attack Jafar. They are strangely fire resistant. Which is good, because I like fire. I also sang something from the hush sound.
Who shot that arrow in your throat, who missed the crimson apple? It hung heavy on the tree above your head…
So a large arrow was lodged in his windpipe, and a HUGE gemstone apple, like, bigger than my head, cloncked his noggin.
We got back up, and of course, no princess.
"God DAMMIT! Riku…" My uber-long nails dug into my hands. No blood, but it's been known to happen.
"Riku?" Sora came up to me, "What does he have to do with this?"
"They've brainwashed him into doing bad stuff for them." Kate told him, watching my expression carefully.
"Yeah…they did." Lizzie was also giving me looks.
"Kaye…Liz…"
"Yes?" They asked.
"I think we should have a talk…"
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"We promise to find Jasmine for you." Said Kate, shaking Aladdin's hand.
"Yeah." I gave him a hug, "We're bound to. Common enemy and all that." Plus we beat the game…
"Mmmhmm." Lizzie hugged him too.
"Let's get going guys." Sora said. Genie had already promised to come along.
"Bye!" CREEPY UNISON THING!
I'm glad you finally tried that spell.
I liked it. I have plans for it.
Oh?
Nothing you need to know yet.
I COULD just try to read your-
I KNOW A SONG THAT GETS ON EVERYBODY'S NERVES! EVERYBODY'S NERVES! EVERYBODY'S NERVES! I KNOW A-
Alright, you win.
Finally!
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Sorry I took so long. I've been going through a blender of stuff that you probably don't want to hear me whine about. So I'll make this short. I have stuff going on. I'll work when I can.
Tell me your favorite part of this chapter!
Pretty please? To cheer me up? I need a hug…