Tenma jumped over the log, in which Chirithy also followed. When Tenma looked up, something peculiar caught his eyes.
Oh yeah, didn't there doorknob mentioned about a girl?
Well, there she is, standing in the middle of the forest crossroad. A young girl, probably not any older than Tsuru, with long, thick blonde hair that was only held out of her face with a thin black headband with a small ribbon. She wore a light blue dress with puffed sleeves and a large poofy skirt with several layers of white petticoats and long white stockings with a pair of shiny black Mary Jane shoes. She had a white apron on that tied at the back in a neat, almost perfect white ribbon.
Tenma watched her fidgeted, smoothing the hem of her dress and keeping it neat. With and exchanged glanced with Chirithy, he walked up toward her. "Um, excuse me?"
The girl turned around, her blue eyes widened before relaxing her posture. "Oh, who might you be?" She curtsied. "I am Alice."
Tenma didn't know what that gesture was. Was is some sort of greeting in this World? Does other World has different kind of greeting besides shaking hands? Tenma looked down at his outfit. He's still wearing his coat, but it wasn't long enough to be a dress. So, instead he grabbed some part of his black pants above his knees and copied the gesture. "I'm Tenma Hoshimine."
Alice looked at him from top to bottom. Shouldn't he bow instead of curtsied? But on the other hand. He didn't seems like any other individuals that she had met here. "You… Don't seem to make weird salutations," she giggled. "I'm relieved."
Tenma tilted his head. Salutations? Does this World has different language too?
"Hey, listen," the girl said again. "Have you seen a rabbit? I was chasing after him."
Tenma shook his head.
Alice frowned. "Oh, I see. That's unfortunate." She crossed in front of her chest.. "Where might he have gone?"
Tenma frowned too. That's going to be hard. Finding a rabbit in the middle of the forest? That'll be impossible.
"Oh, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late! My head will fly, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"
Both Alice and Tenma turned toward the sound, and surprise, surprise, a rabbit appeared. A white rabbit, to be exact. It ran on its two hind legs and was wearing a bright red tuxedo jacket with a washed out yellow blouse underneath and gray trousers. It held an umbrella in one paw and a large golden pocket watch in the other. Its eyes seemed bloodshot from lack of rest as they stared out through the small pair of horse spectacles that was perched on its red rabbit nose and the fur on the top of its head was ruffled and messy. It kept looking down at its watch, which seemed to cause him further distress, and then continue running.
"There he is!" Alice yelled, before she took off to chase after the rabbit in the waistcoat. "Please, wait! Mr. Rabbit! Hey, Mr. Rabbit!"
Tenma could stopped her. He let out an annoyed sigh. What's wrong with that girl? You can't just wander around the area without any thought or preparation. At least Tenma has his Keyblade, but her? She looks like she couldn't even hurt a fly! And with a world filled with Heartless-
-It'll be like Tsuru all over again.
"Alice!" he yelled. When was about to take off running to her when a voice sounded-
"Are you lost?"
Tenma turned around, Keyblade out with a burst of light. There, sat on a hole of the tree above him, was a large, white, crescent shaped grin, before two yellow eyeballs fell above it. Eventually it grew into a whole figure. It was a rather large, chubby, fuchsia colored cat with white stripes running down the entire length of his body, encircling even his arms and belly. The cat stared down at them with one of its paws supporting the underside of its jaw as he lay on his side. It was chuckling as it watched the reaction of the duo to its appearance, its bushy tail wagging lazily in the air.
"For now," he said with a tired but curious voice. "If you want to know anything, just ask me, the Cheshire Cat."
Here's another update of the day! Double update, maybe?
I don't feel so good, so I'll just put this here and go to bed, okay?