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Episode 10
Lamb of the Spirit Realm
"What're you guys doing here?" I asked the two Nobodies once my Wisdom form vanished.
Kasumi looked down at the ground and fiddled with her fingers.
"We came here to help you guys find Sora and Yuki," Roxas answered.
"Does Yen Sid know that you're gone?"
Roxas' mouth hung open as he made an attempt to answer that, but then he closed it as he looked down at the ground as well. "Well, no, but..."
I shook my head. "By time we finish finding some clues here, I'm taking you guys back."
"But-"
"No 'buts'. Understand?"
Roxas sighed before he nodded and Kasumi looked guilty. Man, seeing her cute face all sad was making ME feel guilty.
"Now that we've finished the trials, let's get moving. Oh, by the way, Aladdin, these are Sora and Yukis Nobodies, Roxas and Kasumi."
Aladdin gave them a small wave and a smile, which the other two returned.
We walked further down the cave until we finally reached its ending point. And by 'ending point' I mean the very end of the cave, in case you didn't know.
There at the end, we saw a lamb with a jewel on its head. I had to admit, it looked pretty cute.
"Wow, that looks cute," I said.
"Better stay away from that lamb," a voice said.
We looked around until... Well, speak of the devil. It's the fat guy himself, Pete.
"Well, well, if it isn't the evil fat guy himself," I commented.
Petes face turned red from anger, but he managed to calm down.
"So you're the one with the locket?" Pete asked. "I half expected you to be a little older and wiser."
I gave him a "What was that?" face.
"Hey, don't talk about Ramona like that, you bulkhead!" Kasumi yelled.
Petes face turned even redder at this.
"Yeah, you don't know what she might do to you, fatso!" Roxas shouted along with his sister.
If it was even possible, Petes face turned so red, steam was coming out of his ears.
"THAT'S IT!"
He started charging before I summoned out the Kingdom Key and tripped him. I got into a golf stance and raised my Keyblade before shouting "Fore!" and hitting him out of the cave, since it was made of sand. It made getting out a little easier. Just a little, though.
I looked at the two Nobodies with a surprised smile. "Wow, that was harsh you two. I liked it."
They smiled at me before Roxas said, "Does that mean we get to come with you?"
"Don't get your hopes up, Roxy."
Roxas hung his head as I walked over towards the lamb.
"Be careful, Ramona," Goofy warned. "That lamb is sacred."
"Pfft, yeah, I want it for my sacred bathroom."
I touched the lamb, and before you know it, I disappear in a flash.
"Oh, no!" Aladdin shouted.
They ran to the lamb in shock.
"Oh, no. She's trapped," Goofy said.
"Don't worry, Ramona, we'll get you outta there," Roxas said as he pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped it around the lamb so he could picked it up.
"Uh, guys, I'm right here," I said, but they didn't hear me.
"Hey, Genie, can you get us outta here?" Aladdin asked.
"Sure can do, Al!" Genie said before using a spell to make them all come together.
As they started moving automatically back to the entrance, I started shouting, "Guys, I'm right here- Whoa!" They had come right through me as they moved.
As I watched them disappear throught the doorish opening, I thought to myself. 'What the hell?'
Yen Sid sighed as he watched Ramona follow the others, even though they couldn't see her. But he wasn't sighing about that, he was sighing about Roxas and Kaumi leaving without telling him.
He knew Ramona would keep her word in bringing them back.
Sighs. That's what was coming from each person as they looked at the lamb that I was supposedley trapped in.
"I wish there was some way to get out, Ramona," Roxas sighed.
I looked around at all the strange creatures that were with me before looking back at the others. "Yeah, me too, Roxas."
Kasumi had put her hand to her chin thought before turning to her brother. She was about to say something, until they heard a noise that sounded like. This came from Abu, who was using his mouth to make a farting noise as he lifted his rear. The others were starting to get annoyed.
"Abu, stop fake farting," Aladdin said.
"Hey, I thought she always laughed when he did that," Goofy said.
Abu agreed with an angry glare AND an actual fart. I giggled at that.
"Hey, Roxas, why don't I sing to her," Kasumi suggested. "That way she knows that we're still here for her."
Roxas nodded with a smile. "Go ahead."
Kasumi nodded before taking in a deep breath.
Flashback
Kasumi watched Demyx play his sitar with a smile, longing to sing along with the tune but holding back. Demyx soon noticd the cute little girl and smiled at her.
"Well, don't be shy. Come sit next to me and listen," he said, patting on the spot next to him on the couch.
Kasumi had been nervous when he finally noticed her, but she smiled and walked over to sit next to him. Demyx noticed that the distance between them was a good few inches away and he wrapped his arm around her waist to pull her closer. "There. That's better." He then started playing his sitar again and Kasumi grinned as she listened to the soft music. She couldn't help but close her eyes and hum to the music.
Demyx cracked a smile as he took a glance at her. "You know you could always sing, right?"
Kasumi opened her eyes at this and looked down at the ground. "No, that's okay. I'm fine with just humming."
"Aaww, but you sound like you have a pretty voice. Give it a try."
Kasumi just shook her head.
"C'mon," Demyx whined. Then it hit him. The Affectionate Little Songstress was too shy to sing! Well, he's just going to have to change that. "Here, it's really simple. I'll play a song and you can follow along with me."
He then started playing his sitar, making Kasumi watch in curiosity.
D: Do you hear me?
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh, my baby, I'm trying
Kasumi smiled and sang along with him.
K: Boy, I hear you in my dreams
I hear your whispers across the seas
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
Demyx then began to stare at her with pink cheeks as he sang along with her.
B: I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
This had gotten the Organization members that were in the rooms attention and they all smiled at the sight.
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
D: And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
K: Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now
B: I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Once they were finished, Kasumi looked at the smiling faces and the clapping Luxord.
"What a lovely melody," the gambler said.
"Yes, quite beautiful," Zexion agreed, nodding his head.
Everyone nodded in agreement, making Kasumis smile widen before turning to Demyx. His face was still a little pink from listening to the girl sing.
"How was I, Demyx?" Kasumi asked.
Demyx shook his head before saying almost dreamily, "Like the voice of an angel."
Then he remembered something. His gift to her! "Which reminds me..." He dug into his pocket until he found what he was looking for. "Since you have such a pretty voice, I decided to make this." He pulled out from his pocket what it looked like to be a black microphone. "It's a microphone."
Kasumi stared in awe. "For me?"
"Uh-huh."
Kasumi jumped onto the other Nobody in an embrace. "Thank you!"
Demyx smiled as she pulled away to take a look at her latest gift. "I also have another gift." Kasumi looked at him in confusion. Wasn't she allowed only one gift? "You know what a first kiss is like?" Kasumi shook her head. "Well, a first kiss is something that's very special to a lot of people."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Here, let me show you."
Kasumi nodded as Demyx grabbed her chin and slowly inched his face towards hers. His cheeks were pink and the girls face was blank. Their lips had almost met, until Kasumi looked over his shoulders and beamed.
"Big brother, you're back!"
Demyx had immediately paled at that as he saw Roxas watching with a blank face.
Axel, however, smiled and opened his arms. "Hey, where's my hug?"
Kasumi smiled and ran over to the red head to jump into his arms. "Axel!" She pressed her cheek to his and his smile grew.
Roxas just continued to stare at Demyx, which made the other Nobody nervous. "Kasumi, what was Demyx doing to you?"
"Oh, he was just gonna show me what a first kiss is like."
"Really?" Axel asked.
"Uh-huh. Oh, plus, he gave me this microphone!" Kasumi held out her gift to Axel for him to see.
"Oh, that's a pretty microphone."
Roxas didn't pay any attention to them as he continued to stare at the Melodious Nocturne. Demyx laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head. Then...
"DEMYX YOU JERK!"
CRASH!
Roxas had shot out and kicked Demyx right out the window. He then teleported to the other side and kicked him back inside the castle and crashed into the wall. Roxas ran over to him, making the others move away quickly, grabbed Demyx and punched him up into the cieling. This had given Demyx a nosebleed.
"YOU FREAKING JERK!" As Roxas had shouted this, he grabbed Demyx from the cieling and started twirling him around.
Xigbar, Luxord, and Axel had started laughing at the sight, while everyone else sweatdropped.
"Oh man, that's frickin' awesome!" Axel laughed.
Demyx had become infatuated with her when she had first arrived, which no one knew how or why since he didn't have a heart. Whenever Saix would give Kasumi a mission, he would tell her that she would have to have someone go with her, and Demyx would shoot up and go, "I'll go with her!" However, whenever he would say that, he would end up having something crash down on his head. Whether it was Roxas' fist, Zexions book, or a kick to the face by either Xigbar or Luxord. But whenever he was allowed to go on a mission with her, her cuteness would get him to do his job and not slack off.
Flashback end
Kasumi started giggling instead of singing.
"What're you laughing at, Kasi?" Roxas asked, smiling at her cute giggling.
"Oh, nothing," she replied. "Just some old memories I guess."
I can't help but laugh, but it made me sad though.
I went outside of the palace and sat down on a palm tree.
"Here little leaf," I hear a voice say.
Oh, great. Pete... Why the hell is he chasing a leaf? As a matter of fact, HOW is there a LEAF in the DESERT?
"Come here my beautiful Leaf Princess," Pete said, chasing the leaf until he fell and caught it.
"Tch, it's just a dumb old leaf, ya dumb old Pete," I mumbled.
"I know, Ramona, but it's mine."
O.O "Wait. Pete, you heard what I said?"
Pete looked at me, offended. "Of course, I can. Why? Are you making fun of me!"
"No, no! It's just that nobody can see or hear me."
Pete walked up to the palm tree and looked at me. "Oh, I see. You're trapped in the spirit realm."
"What? Wait, then how can you see me if no one else can?"
"I can see all things spirit with these magic eyes." Pete pointed two fingers at his eyes.
"Well, then do you know how to get me OUT of the spirit realm?"
"Course I do, but it'll be very tricky."
Kasumi stared off into space as she thought of Luxord.
"Here, love. My gift to you," the gambler said, holding out a coin with one head on each side.
Kasumi took it out of confusion. "What kind of coin is this"
"It's a cheat coin. Perfectly handy for gambling."
"But I don't-"
"I know, love, you don't gamble. But this is only for a special occassion. Like having to gamble with pirates and such. They're known to be quite the cheaters."
Kasumi looked at the coin one last time before smiling to the older Nobody. "Thanks, Luxord."
Luxord smiled and ruffled her hair.
Kasumi was always fascinated by Luxords way of gambling. Whether it's with cards or dice, he always won. Luxord had thought of teaching her how to gamble, but thought better of it and let her be the innocent little Nobody that she is.
"Okay, why are we here?" I asked.
We were inside a tower in the middle of the desert.
"This is one of my hiding places," Pete replied. "I have lots of 'em in different worlds."
"Do these things hang around here alot?" I gestured to the spirit creatures.
"Yep, ya get used to it after a while. Why, every now and then a little cutie-pie comes around."
At this, a female creature appeared from the floor and Pete started checking her out.
"Oh, yeah. That's a cute one."
I glared at him. "Sick!"
"Whoa! Calm down! I don't touch them! I can't. Look." He then started waving his arms through each creature that was close. "Can't touch this... Can't touch this... Can't touch this... Can't touch THIS." He stuck his hand right through my stomache.
"Nyagh!"
"Heh, yeah. I can't kill any of them."
A small creature puked on the floor.
"I hate them."
I covered my mouth to keep in my giggles before saying, "So how do I get out of the spirit realm?"
"Oh, there's this hole in the bottom of the tower. Here let me show you."
Believe me, I'm just as surprised as you readers are at the fact the Pete wants to HELP me.
We go down the very bottom of the tower, and in the center was a hole with a round chandelier above it.
"There. All you gotta do is put all these creatures into hole, and once that's done, I'll cast a spell to bring you back to the real world."
"Are you sure?" I asked, putting my fists on my hips and raising an eyebrow.
"I swear it," Pete replied, putting his hand to his heart.
I gave him one last warning glare before turning to the spirit creatures. "Okay, here goes nothin'."
I started going around gathering the creatures one by one and throwing them into the hole. Some were big, some were small. Some were short, some were tall.
O.O Holy shit. Why the fuck am I talking like Dr. Seuss? Hey, wait a minute! How come my cursing isn't censored when I'm narrating, but it's censored when I talk?! What kind of story is this!
"Okay *pant* I'm done..." I said, panting.
"Oh, wait," Pete said. "There's one more guy I need you to take care of."
I looked at him. "Well, where is he?"
An eyeball was in the bathroom sliding around... Oh god, you gotta be kiddin' me...
Pete was scared of the thing, apparently. "Hurry! Get it!"
I lunged forward and landed on my face as the thing slid away from me.
"Go! Hurry up, so you can be free!"
I reached for the eyeball, but he kept on scurrying away. Then he dove into the toilet. Agh, gross! I let out an angry growl before plunging my arms into the latrine.
Once I finally got the thing, I threw it into the hole.
"Okay, now you can cast the spell to get me out, right?"
"Right... Oh, wait. I forgot. There's this other guy..."
My eye twitched at this. SERIOUSLY!
"What kind of guy is he?" I asked through gritted teeth.
"He's really freaky. He always leaves these gross heads around."
"Wat wat..."
Huh?
"Wat wat..."
I looked down and saw a head crawling on the floor.
Pete screamed like a girl and started skipping away from the thing. Must. Not. Laugh. X3
"Aah! No! No!" He fell on the ground and the thing crawled on him. Don't laugh. X3 "I want to kill them, but I can't touch them. Yet, they can touch me."
"So *snicker* where do I *snicker* find this guy?" X3
"He's over there," he sobbed, pointing at a fog.
"Okay, I'll get him, ya big baby."
I ran over to the fog and saw a head crawling out.
"Wat wat..."
"Where's your daddy, huh?"
"Wat wat..."
I looked over and saw another head and decided to follow the trail. That lead me to the guy I was supposed get, and he was not a pretty one.
"So you're the guy leaving out the heads..."
The thing responded by puking out a head.
"Ugh, gross!"
Okay, I came here to get out of the spirit realm and the only way to do that is to get this guy in the hole. Okay, this should be real simple. I lunged toward the thing, but then shot out and started running from me.
Ugh, seriously!
I started running after him, but he was surprisingly faster then I was.
I decided to take in a new approach.
I drew out my Kingdom Key and pointed at him. "Freeze!"
Instead of shooting blizzard, however, I shot fire. And like last time, I couldn't stop shooting it. I relaxed my muscles and the shooting stopped. I looked over and saw that the fire had burned one of that things legs, making him incapable of moving.
I grabbed him threw and him into the hole, but I tripped and started dangling from the edge.
What I saw within the hole was...
"What? The cave?"
It's true. All the creatures were in the Cave of Wonders. I've been putting them in here? Are you freaking kidding me!
"Wat wat..."
I looked up and saw one of the heads climbing down my arm.
"Ew! Get offa me!"
I let down my arm to shake it off, but the wiggling made me fall. I landed on my feet first before falling on my butt.
Ow! That really hurt!
I got up as I sucked in some air and rubbed my rear. Owie, ow...
I looked around and all the creatures were staring at me.
"What?"
"Wat wat..."
I looked down at the head and it gestured for me to go to the spot where I found the lamb. I walked over to the spot and spotted golden writing on the wall.
A child with the name of the romans
Carries the hearts of the sky and snow
She guards them well
Though where their bodies are
She does not know
And can never tell
Within the sky and snow
Lies the hearts of wind and fire
And are guarded by their lightness
Though she must beware
For darkness of wind and fire
Lies emptiness and nothingness
Okay, what the hell does that mean? Wind and fire? Emptiness and nothingness?
"Oh well, at least I finally found a clue."
I climbed onto one of the creatures and got out of the hole before closing it with the chandelier.
"Alright, Pete. I got them all. Now take me back to the..."
I trailed off as I saw no sign of Pete.
"Pete!" I called.
No answer, but then I heard the sound of banging.
"Pete?"
I walked towards the noise and saw Pete jumping around and rubbing his hands.
"Oh me oh boy
Oh falaloy
Everyone come and sing my song of joy
The child of man
Who touched the lamb
Is soon to be my new Heartless
All to me
Can't you see
For I will never set her free"
"WHAT? Come on!"
Pete laughed as he saw my angry death glare. "Sorry, Ramona, but you fell right into my trap. Now that you're out of the way, my new master and mistress will fulfill their purpose in putting the universe into complete and total darkness, and make those two Keyblade wielders turn to the darkness. And since you're stuck here, I'm the only one who can see you. So if you want friends, this is it, sister!"
I had a blank face on as he explained this. "I'm gonna go reopen the hole."
His face then became desperate and he stopped me. "No, wait! My plan failed! My new plan is to get you out of the spirit realm and let you go find Sora and Yuki." He laughed nervously as he finished.
I give him an evil, satisfied smirk. "That's a good boy..."
Kasumi stared at the lamb as Roxas looked it over. They could see Ramonas small form within the jewel, but could never make out the words she was saying as her mouth moved.
"What do you think she's up to in there, Roxas," Kasumi asked her older brother.
"I don't know," Roxas replied. "She might be trying to find a way out of the lamb. But so far, she's got nothing."
"I hope we can get her out soon. Can't we just wish her out of there?"
"No can do, little lady," Genie answered, startling the two Nobodies. "I tried that and it didn't work. That lamb's got magic powers, and mine won't be able to counter them."
The two sighed as they continued to stare at the lamb.
We got to the palace and Pete made an attempt to climb through the window, but got stuck instead. I tried really hard not to laugh.
So I decided to kick him inside.
"PETE!" I heard the others scream and then some crashing.
Ah, shit!
I climbed through the window and saw that they beating Pete senseless. So just because I was in the spirit and couldn't help him, I decided to just kick back and watch the show.
Then an idea struck me.
"Aw, c'mon, you can do better than that," I mocked Pete. "Oh, yeah. I forgot. You're so fat that beating you to a pulp is too easy."
Pete got angry and got up and stomped around. This caused the lamb to shake and fall to the ground, smashing in the process.
Then, all of a sudden, I became visible in everyones eyes and they had tackled me to the ground in joy and excitement.
"RAMONA!"
They then got of me and asked me a whole mess of questions that I will NOT mention. I then turned to Pete
"Thanks for helping me out, Pete," I cracked my knuckles. "Now here's your reward."
I punched him so hard, he went right through the cieling and into the skies.
I dusted my hands off and turned to the others.
"So how long was I in that lamb?"
"A good thirty minutes at least," Goofy asnwered.
"Well, there are some qualities of being trapped in that lamb..." Everyone seemed confused at this. "Oh, right. You know how I vanished?" They nodded. "Well, I wasn't INSIDE the lamb. It sent me into the spirit realm. Pete said that there was one way to get me out, but it turned out to be a trick. But I did manage to get something from the cave."
"What was it?" Donald asked.
So I told them about the riddle that I had found. We were all confused as to what it meant by "hearts of the wind and fire" and their darkness, "emptiness" and "nothingness".
"What do you think it means, Ramona?" Goofy asked.
"I'm not sure," I replied. "Maybe if I just-"
Then the lamb was put back together and started glowing and floating into the air.
My Kingdom Key appeared and this was a sign that meant... Nah, you know what it meant. I put the Keyblade out in front of me as the crown began to form beneath my feet. The light shot up from the lamb and the keyhole appeared. I pointed my Keyblade at it and shot out light.
Once it all disappeared, I looked at the others.
"Alright, guys, we better get going. And remember, Roxas, Kasumi, I'm taking you two back to Yen Sid."
Roxas and Kasumi gave a slight pout and I chuckled.
"That idiot. He couldn't even keep her there long enough to even stand those spirit creatures..."
The dark female had pouted and crossed her arms childishly as they watched Ramona and her friends get on the Gummi ship.
"Not to worry, little sister. He'll be severely punished by time he gets back. Even though he is utterly useless, he is rather entertaining..."
The dark male had patted his sisters head, and she giggled at the truth about Pete.
Sora and Yuki remained unconcious and tears began to fall from their eyes once again.
The girl had noticed this once she turned to look at them.
"Oh, brother, our treasures are crying," she cooed as she leaped over to them and played with Yukis hair.
"Are they now?" the boy said and walked over to them to stroke Soras hair. "How interesting. To think that they can still shed tears when their hearts aren't with them. And more importantly, our lights."
The two dark ones smiled to eachother as the two bodies continued to cry.
