A/N: Now I shall attempt to brighten the mood with the wonderful thing that people call 'humor'. I'm sure you are all sick of hearing of death and all that awful stuff so now we shall get a little crazy!
Sora: You're not going to make us get drunk are you?
Me: Of course not…besides where would you get the drinks?
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts!
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Camp Tradegy
Dagger lifted the mourning Selphie from the ground and gently started to lead her back to the others. Knowing the rest of the group they were probably already on the floor dead because they either acted like a smart mouth or simply became vulnerable. What a weird group of friends she had. But regardless she loved them with all her heart.
Unlike what Dagger thought there was actually no chaos. Cloud, Aerith, and Leon were simply talking to the teens about what they would do for the next week or so. They needed to make a plan if they were going to avoid the other leaders. Kairi still hadn't come back and Aerith was beginning to worry. She was even starting to blame herself.
'I should have kept a better eye on her. How could I not see her wander off? She is the only with auburn hair. Now I'll never forgive myself. What if she was killed? I should go look for her after we get the other kids safe, I can't endanger them as well.'
"So are you sure we can trust Cloud?" Yuffie asked eyeing the blonde man. "Because you know he did try and kill us and everything. He might just be pretending to be helping us when really his plan is to murder us in our sleep!"
Riku chuckled. "Someone's a little paranoid," he joked. Yuffie rolled her eyes. "Shouldn't we find a place to make camp?"
"Good idea follow me and I'll-."
Sora and Kairi ran into Leon only making him slightly stumble forward while the two fell on the ground. "Well look what we have here," Leon joked helping Kairi up while Sora stood up on his own. "I'm guessing you're being followed."
Kairi nodded quickly. "B-Beatrix and Q-Quistis," she stuttered trying to catch her breath. She still very tired, she had never run so much or so fast before. Aerith was relived to know that Kairi was all right. Now she was mentally blaming herself for having such negative thoughts. Though he looked forward to hearing the story of how Sora got there.
Dagger and Selphie joined the group unnoticed. Selphie had calmed herself and dried her tears now she only hoped that no one would notice Tidus wasn't with her. She didn't want to speak of his death ever. So she planned to avoid the subject, unless she was talking to Kairi. That was the only person she wanted to talk to right.
"We should get moving then," Cloud said. Leon and Aerith nodded. Leon started to walk down the forest path. Aerith stayed with kids while Cloud stayed at the end making sure nothing was following them. Their campsite had to stay secret. Or else they could all be murdered in their sleep like Yuffie had said.
A few minutes later after the large group had left the spot Beatrix and Quistis reached where they had just been. Beatrix growled. "They got away," she pouted falling onto the ground. "Now Cid'll be steamed. We let him down again."
"Do you think Zell and Cloud got to the other kids in that group?" Quistis asked noticing the blonde men weren't there.
Beatrix shrugged. She didn't exactly have confidence in Zell; he would probably end up getting himself killed by one of the little brats. He was that stupid. Little did she know that was case. "Come on Quistis let's go see if Cid got that spit out of his eyes yet."
"I did thank you very much! Now we must kill that spit bag! I'll teach him to spit on Cid the Valliant's eyes!" Cid proclaimed. Beatrix and Quistis looked at each other, they burst into laughter. "What?"
Quistis wiped a few tears from her eyes. "Since when did you become valiant? As far as I remember you were the one who cowardly sat in the corner while we did all the killing all you did was threaten and make plans!"
"Or shoot absent-mindedly at the wall!" Beatrix added recalling how he scared Sora to death.
Cid frowned and pulled out his microphone. "At least it respects me," Cid said happily rubbing his microphone. A loud screeching sound emitted from the microphone.
Quistis laughed again. "Even your microphone disagrees with you!" Cid pouted and stuck out his tongue at the laughing blonde woman. "Regardless we should go search for those brats."
"He just doesn't want to be embarrassed anymore," Beatrix whispered nudging Quistis.
"I heard that!" Cid shouted angrily.
"I know that was point of saying it."
Leon had led the group to a small patch of emptiness in the forest. Surprisingly there were tents already set up and a small campfire had already been started. It was almost like someone had been expecting them. Leon scratched his head. It was a very strange coincidence. "Well this is odd but we'll take it."
Aerith nodded. "I only wish we could thank the person who set this up for us. If only we could repay their kindness," Aerith said putting her hands together. "Now we're all going to split into groups and find some essentials."
"I'll take Sora, Hayner, Axel, and Pence to go searching for firewood," Leon said motioning the boys he picked out to follow him.
"Naminé, Roxas, Olette, Pence, Yuffie, and Dagger will come with me to search for food," Aerith said leading the group away from the campsite. Cloud simply sat on the ground as if to say 'I'll stay here with the others'.
Paine and Rikku gently sat Yuna on the ground. "Yunie how are you feeling?" Rikku asked watching her friend examine her many wounds.
Yuna smiled sadly. "I'll be fine I just wish I wasn't such a burden to you guys. You've had to help me walk and watch after me this entire time."
Paine shook her head. "Yuna stop pitying us, we're strong and there's nothing wrong with looking out for a friend who can't take care of herself."
Rikku giggled. "Paine you're making her sound like a cripple!" she exclaimed lightly punching Paine's arm. "Don't worry about it Yunie you're our family and together we make that weird group called the Gull wings that we made up when we were only ten!"
"It's not weird," Yuna pouted sticking out her tongue. The three laughed at their own stupidity.
Hours passed by and Cloud had fallen asleep. He had had a rough day so no one could blame the blonde man they simply let him sleep and planned to wake him up if anything terrible happened. So far nothing interesting had happened. Kairi and Selphie were just simply talking when Selphie couldn't take it anymore.
"Kairi! I'm not okay! I'm broken on the inside b-because Tidus he was pushed off of a cliff by Zell!" Selphie exclaimed trying to keep her voice down, but the tears were coming back. Kairi pulled the crying brunette into a hug.
"Don't worry Selph it'll all be okay," Kairi coed trying to console her best friend. "Tidus were never die knowing he was leaving you behind I'll bet he's out there now searching for you."
Selphie looked up. "Do you really think so Kairi?" Kairi nodded. "Thanks Kairi you know exactly what to say don't you?"
Kairi laughed. "Well I don't want to brag but…yeah I'm the greatest."
"Right after me of course." Selphie stood up and did a little pose. "Everyone knows that I'm far more better than you."
"Yeah in your messed up dreams!" The girls giggled.
Hayner and Sora had been told to take some of the firewood Leon's group had collected back to the campsite. So they did what they were told and walked all the way back to camp having a small conversation on the way.
The two boys quietly passed a sleep Cloud and made their way to the fire. Sora stopped in front of it and dropped his firewood. Hayner did the same and sighed.
"Why do we have to live out in the wilderness?" Hayner whined throwing firewood into the blazing fire.
"That is the tenth time you've said that. Hayner can't you just shut up!" Sora exclaimed throwing more firewood into the flames.
Hayner growled. "No! I just hate this! Don't you hate it too?" Hayner yelled tossing in more firewood.
"Of course I do but at least I'm not a whiny baby like you!" Sora shouted throwing in more firewood.
"I'm not a whiny baby!" More firewood was tossed in.
"Are too!" Even more firewood was tossed in.
"You think you're so cool don't you?" More firewood.
"At least I'm cooler than you!" More firewood.
"Kairi isn't that hot man!" More firewood.
"She's hotter than Olette!" More firewood.
"Take that back!" Hayner tossed in more firewood. Now the flames were tall. They started spreading onto the rest of the campsite. Sora stopped bickering with Hayner and turned his attention to the flames.
"H-Hayner," he stuttered. Hayner turned around and gulped. "Wasn't there flammable oil over there?"
"Uh-oh."
Kairi jumped up seeing the flames around her. She saw Sora and Hayner helping Paine and Rikku aid Yuna. Kairi grabbed Selphie and ran over to the group. "Sora what's going on?" Kairi shouted.
Sora laughed nervously. "Well Hayner and I fed the fire too much firewood and now it's burning," he laughed, "Isn't that funny?" Selphie and Kairi glared at the laughing brunette.
"No," Selphie replied.
"Oh…"
"Cloud wake up!" Wakka cried shaking the blonde man. "The camp is on fire and we have to get out of here!"
Riku cracked his knuckles. "Wakka let an expert do this," Riku said shooingWakka away.Wakka frowned but reluctantly backed up anyway. "Cloud! The camps' on fire and Aerith is being burned alive!" he shouted. Cloud jumped up and looked around.
"What!" he exclaimed regaining his stance. "What happened here?"
"Sora and Hayner were being idiots and set the camp on fire," Paine said coldly. All eyes were now glaring at the two boys.
Yuna chuckled. "Can we just get out of here before we all turn into ash or liquid?" Yuna asked.
Cloud nodded and carefully led the teens out of the campsite. He had the find Leon and Aerith and tell them the situation. If they didn't find another place to camp out for the night they would become fatigued and be vulnerable for attacks.
He didn't want to see anyone else die. Maybe if he helped he could forgive himself for killing the other children? Cloud sighed.
Two men were walking around in the forest. They were both dressed in black suits. One was dark skinned and wore black sunglasses and was bald. The other had light skin and red hair with an earring in his left ear.
"So Rude where do you think these vicious killers are since that hotel was evacuated and everything?" the red head asked kicking a small rock he had found a couple of hours ago. It was keeping him slightly entertained.
Rude shrugged. "I'll bet they're somewhere around here in the forest by the looks of it," he said seeing many trees leaning over. Then he saw something lying on the ground. "Reno look at that."
Reno looked ahead and saw the object. As the two approached it he could tell it was a blonde haired man. He looked to be in his early twenties. He noticed the tattoo on his cheek and the black clothing he was wearing. Beside the man was a tranquilizer gun. He soon recognized it to be the body of Zell one of the most wanted killers in North America.
"It's Zell!" Reno exclaimed.
ARRRRRGHH
Reno and Rude looked around for the source of the noise. It obviously hadn't come from Zell he was dead, so where'd it come from? Reno looked up in one of the threes and saw a blonde teenage boy rubbing his head.
"Hey who are you!" Reno exclaimed pulling out his gun and aiming at the suspicious boy. The boy's eyes widened.
"I'm Tidus!"
A/N: Reno and Rude have entered the story and if you don't recognize them they are characters from Final Fantasy VII A.K.A seven. But the important part is Tidus is alive just like Kairi predicted of course he isn't searching for Selphie because he just woke up but that isn't important: Anyways leave a review if you can!
