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Chapter 11
Big Five
Riku struggled to get the cold snow off his back. It was a total pain and it was really cold. He picked the wrong clothing to go on this kind of weather. He pushed himself up with his left elbows as his other hand was used to grip on his keyblade, standing guard for any attack. His emerald eyes were getting tired as another cold gush of wind hit his face. He can't go to sleep just yet. He has to find Sora underneath all of this snow. He cursed, he shouldn't have let Sora drive the Gummi Ship and curse that Heartless for blasting their engine.
"Darn it…" Riku mumbled. He was losing his consciousness.
A blurry image of a brunette came running towards his way, digging him out from the pile of snow. A frown appeared on his lips as he saw the silhouettes of two hooded figures. He wanted to kick some Nobody butt for a long time now, but sadly, he was losing all of his powers. His keyblade disappeared from his hand as he closed his eyes losing all of his consciousness. The last thing he remembered was two different voices, arguing.
Riku slowly woke up. His vision was still blurry. All he could see was a giant blob of red and white. He focused his vision on the object in front of him. Seeing it came to focus, he saw a stupid looking elf eating a cookie and after the elf noticed Riku was awake he offered him the half eaten cookie. Riku let out a scream of surprise as he pushed the elf off his chest. The surprised silver haired keyblade wielder sat on the bed, chest heaving up and down as he stared at his surroundings.
It was a cozy room with wooden ceilings, walls, and floor. The room also has a fireplace to keep the warmness inside the room. The only thing that surprised Riku was the elves walking around the floor, carrying cookies like there's no tomorrow. He raised a silver eyebrow as the elves stared back at him, giving him looks. He scanned the room once more and saw Sora eating cookies. Wait—Sora eating cookies?
"Sora!" Riku shouted loudly, snapping the brunette's attention to him.
"Bwat?" Sora asked with his mouth full of homemade cookies. There was a glass of milk in his left hand and a cookie in his right hand. His cheeks were full of crumbs, meaning he's been eating those disgusting cookies the elves gave him for quite awhile now. "Oh! Hi Bwiku! It's bwice to bee bou abwake!" Sora swallowed first and then gurgled down the milk before translating. "Hi Riku! It's nice to see you awake!" he said happily.
"What? What on Kingdom Hearts is going on here?" Riku asked, still feeling wary when the elves gave him a plate of crumbled cookies and a glass of milk with a mouth mark on the tip of the glass. He scrunched his nose in disgust. "And stop eating those cookies! It's half eaten!" he scolded.
Sora gave him a look, "I don't actually know what's going on here, when I woke up these nice elves gave me cookies and milk! And I don't care! They're fantastic!" he munched down a cookie.
"Ugh…" Riku face palmed. The elf from before offered Riku a cookie, but the silver headed teen gave his hand. "No thanks…," He suddenly felt his hands were wet. He looked down and saw the elf was throwing up the cookie he ate before and looking sheepish at Riku. "Ugh… ew… That's disgusting…" He mumbled wiping the cookie on one of the elf's jingly hat.
Sora burst out laughing and started to chocked. Riku gave a snicker before Sora gave a death glare to him. "Not funny, Riku! I could've died!" Sora shouted as he threw a cookie at his friend.
"Yeah… I could've died too… of laughter!" Riku simple tilted his head as the cookie flung by.
"Ah! Good morning ladies," A white haired teen steps inside the room. He stops after he shuts the door. The elves stopped on what they were doing before and stared up at the teen while the two boys also stared at the spirit. The white haired boy lifted his staff up and pointed to the door, ordering the little evil elves to leave the room. After every single elf left the room, he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Troublesome elves… Looks sorry about them waking you two up." he apologizes.
"Nah, it's cool," Sora grinned as he crossed his hands behind his head. "I'm Sora by the way and that grumpy dude over there is Riku." He introduces.
"Sora!" Riku shouted. "We shouldn't give him our names! Who knows who he works for!" He gave a glare at the snow haired teen.
"Whoa, whoa, there snow tiger… I'm not working for anyone and I don't work with anyone. I work for myself." The snow haired boy said proudly, puffing his chest out. "The names Jack Frost, heard of it?" He asked cockily.
"Nice to meet 'cha Jack!" Sora said happily. "Say… Where are we anyway, Jack?" He asked, tilting his head to the side.
Jack smirked as he swung his staff around. "Look out the window, what do you see? Aw c'mon… there's no right or wrong answers." He asked, pointing his staff to the window nearby.
"Snow?" Sora answered unsurely as Riku crossed his arms.
"Correct! You're at the North Pole!" Jack clapped his hands.
"North… Pole? Where's that?" Riku asked, still feeling a bit wary.
Jack turned to the silver haired keyblade wielder, "Whoa there pal… No need to be so tense around me. I'm your sister's friend, Hikari? Yeah, I bet you know her. She's the one who convinced me to carry you back here." he sighed out, flexing his shoulder.
"Hikari?! You know Hikari?! My sister?! Where is she now?!" Sora asked or more likely shouted.
"Are you keeping her captive here?" Riku glared at Jack.
Jack frowned. "Ouch… I'm hurt…" He sighed. "But no, sadly no, she's here alright. I think she'll be here soon. Just you wait." He said as he sat near the window.
Sora nodded as Riku wouldn't let his guard down.
"So… Jack?" Sora began and Jack responded with a 'hmmm'. "How did you meet Hikari anyway?" He curiously asked.
"Oh… She mocked my work and we both have a snowball fight." Jack explained. And he suddenly snapped his head towards Sora and Riku. "Which reminds me, you can see me? I thought that Hikari was the only seventeen year old that could see me…." He trailed off, seeing the confused look of Sora's and Riku's face.
"Of course we can see you, you're you?" Sora answered unsurely again.
"No, not like that… You see, I'm a winter spirit, a spirit that can only be seen when you believe me from the bottom of your heart." Jack began to explain. He grabbed his wooden staff and waved it around boringly. "So how can you see me? Do you believe in other spirits as well?" He asked.
"From the moment our journey began, we believed in everything." Riku answered, his eyes were closed and his arms were still crossed. "It's really hard to miss the fairies, monsters, and talking animals. From then on till forever, we always believe in fairy tales."
"Oh…" was Jack's only respond.
"Awwww I knew you three would get along just fine!" A voice said happily from the door. The boys turned their heads around to see a brunette holding a tray of cookies and milk. "Nice to see you two are awake! How are 'ya feeling?" she asked with a huge grin.
"Hikari! You're okay!" Sora wanted to pounce on her sister like Tiger used to do that to every one of his friends, but he quickly backs down when he can't move. The brunette panicked as Hikari gave a loud sigh. She placed the tray on the small table beside the twin beds before turning to Sora. "Hey! Why can't I feel my legs?" He asked.
"You two are mostly icicles when we brought you to North's palace. So I guess some of your systems are still frozen. Don't worry, you're save here." Hikari explained as she handed Sora and Riku a plate of cookies. Sora began to munch down the cookies, while RIku just stared at the cookies with disgust. "Don't worry… It's a fresh batch North made. The elves didn't touch these ones." She smiled.
"Who's North anyway?" Riku asked as he took a bite from the cookie.
Hikari gave a big grin, "He's Santa Clause! But he prefers to be called North now." She said.
Jack smiled, "His expression was priceless when he saw you two. He seemed to be over reacting and signaled the other guardians to assemble. You should've seen him." He smirked.
"Other Guardians?" Both Sora and Riku asked in unison.
"Yeah, there's Sandy, the Sandman. Tooth, the Tooth Fairy. Baby Tooth. Bunnymund, the Easter Bunny." Hikari counted the guardians' names. "Don't worry you can meet them later when you two are feeling better." She sat on a chair.
"Cool! Now I can ask where the Tooth Fairy placed that money she owes me!" Sora pumped his fist up in the air. Jack and Hikari laughed while Riku gave a chuckle. Sora placed on a questioning look before tilting his head to the side and grinned soon after. "So now that we found you, we can go home right? Kairi and Namine are waiting back at Disney Palace!" he exclaimed happily.
Jack's smile was replaced by a frown as Hikari gave a half-half look. "Well… I can't, not yet anyway." She answered, rubbing the back of her neck. "I know that I'm going to miss out on their ceremony, but doing my mission from Master Yen Sid is also important. I'm not even sure that I could attend that ceremony…" she gave a heavy sigh.
"What? Why? You always looking forward to attend that ceremony, you even bragged about it for months, ever since they've started their training! It's like one of the times where we could all gather together and celebrate…" Riku half shouted.
Hikari gave a sheepish smile, "Yeah… I know, but with Data-Ansem the Seeker of Darkness lurking around here to capture Princess Sophie… I really can't let my guard down a single second." She curled her hand into a fist.
"Uh… then shouldn't you be watching over Princess Sophie?" Sora asked, raising his finger up with a questioning look.
Hikari shook her head, "Nah… I left her with TinkerBell. She's safe and sound with Tink. I'm pretty sure if there's any Heartless even tries to get near Sophie, Tink will fly her here." She grinned. Sora gave a slight nod. "So… What makes you two crash landed here anyway? The yetis are still trying to find your Gummi Ship." She asked.
Riku glared at Sora as the brunette only rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Sora here stole the steering wheel from me and laughed as hard as he can, making the ship go overdrive and accelerated through the galaxy. There were also Heartless' ships attacking us. There you have it… Short version of the story." He massaged his temples.
"Ouch…" Jack snickered. "That must've been a really rough landing."
"You have no idea…" Riku mumbled, shaking his head.
Sora laughed nervously as Hikari turn to him with an eyebrow raised. "I still don't get it why don't you just turn your keyblade into a Glider or a Glider-Motor." She scratched the back of her head. "It's faster using that than the Gummi Ship."
"I know that… But do you really think Sora could slow down using Gliders? I think not." Riku said, closing his eyes as he crossed his arms.
"Hey!" Sora tried to argue, but Riku does have a point. The brunette tried moving his legs and it work! He turned sharply to Hikari and his sister just flinched. "Can I have a tour of the palace? Pleeeeeease? I can feel my legs now! Pretty pweeeeeease?" He puts on the puppy pout as he looked up, begging for Hikari to take him on a tour.
Hikari gave a defeat sigh, "That doesn't work on me, but okay." She grinned and turned to Riku as Sora gave a victory yell. "What about you Riku? Are 'ya feeling better? Wanna have a tour with us? What about you Jack?" She asked as Sora jumped out of the bed, waiting for her at the door.
"I'll take Riku on the tour," Jack offered.
"Okay… If you say so… Be careful though. Riku bites a lot." Hikari waved her hand before she and Sora left the room, laughing.
Riku glared at the door before sighing. He turned his attention to Jack, who was sitting by the window, staring at the closed door. "So… Jack Frost was it? You seemed like a person who wouldn't listen to anyone… Why did you volunteer to give me a tour?" He asked suspiciously.
"Does everything have to be suspicious to you?" Jack asked with an irritated look.
"At first, yes." Riku firmly answered. "What connection do you have with Hikari?" he asked.
Jack chuckles. "I'm a friend of course." He answered. "And you?" he asked back.
"A close friend, we've been friends since we were little," Riku answered, getting out of bed. "So, Jack Frost… How about that tour you've offered?" He smirked as he did a couple of stretches.
Jack smirked back. "As your tour guide, I expect you to listen to every word I say." He said, flying over towards the door. "And do exactly what I say," he continued.
"As if," Riku walked pass through the door without making eye contact with Jack.
The winter spirit shook his head.
"And this is the workshop!"
"Wow," Sora said, completely amazed at the large workshop. He ran towards the railing and saw a bunch of toys flying everywhere. His blue eyes were filled with awe and excitement. It was such a wonderful sight to see colorful toys. He ducked down as a flying Frisbee went over his head. "This workshop is even bigger than the last one! Oh cool! What's that! Hey! Look at that! This is so cool!" he excitedly shouted and pointed his finger at the giant globe.
Hikari gave a short laugh before grinning.
"Hey look! A little fairy!" Sora pointed to a small fairy-bird. "Hey little fella," the fairy began making disapproving noises. "Oh sorry… Hey there little lady," He gave a sheepish grin.
"Oh look at those pearly white teeth!" Someone suddenly attacked Sora's mouth, hooking it with two fingers as the larger fairy examines Sora's teeth. "They look just like Hikari's! This is so exciting! Tell me, how many times do you brush your teeth?" She questioned.
"Uh… Twice a daw?" Sora tried to answer as his mouth was still hooked.
Hikari face palmed. "Tooth…" She sighed as Baby Tooth settled in her hood.
"What? I just can't help it!" Tooth exclaimed. Her eyes glimmer as she saw Riku and Jack steps in the globe room. Quickly, she approached the silver haired teen. She hooked her fingers on Riku's mouth, examining his teeth. "Oh! More pearly white teeth! This is the best day of my life!" She giggled happily.
"Bhat the hweck?" Riku muffled out.
"Tooth! Fingers off of mouth." A thick Russian accent ordered with a happy tone.
"Ups, sorry about that," Tooth giggled nervously as she unhooked her fingers off. Riku rubbed his jaw as Sora stared at the fairy with awe. Hikari appeared in the middle of the two, placing her hands on their shoulders with a huge grin. "Awww… trio pearly teeth! This is the happiest and best day of my life!" She exclaimed. "Nice to meet you two, I'm Tooth or you may know me as the Tooth Fairy!" she smiled warmly.
Jack stood next to the Russian man, smirking. He placed his staff over his shoulder as his free hand was inside his sweatshirt's pocket. The looks on Sora's and Riku's faces were priceless. Riku stared at the big five with a disbelief look as Sora stared at them with an amazed look.
"Sora. Riku. I would like you to meet the Guardians!"
A/N: End of chapter! Poor Jack, he got Riku's cold shoulder! XD
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