Chapter 5: Gessen academy
(Snow mountain)
High up in the mountains, snow covered the plains while sets of several footprints created a trail, which were made by none other than soldier heartless, that lumbering through the snow slowly before a set of new heartless materialized near them in the shape of reindeer bucks with icy antlers, these heartless were called winterhorns and were following the other heartless when the creatures of darkness finally came upon their objective. A building with a somewhat octagonal shape and was several stories high while a hooded member of organization XIII stood atop a nearby cliff overlooking the building.
"Get in there." The hooded men ordered as the heartless seemed to have heard him before the heartless started to sprint towards the building and made their way towards the front door, before several soldier heartless at the front were suddenly destroyed by a flying object, surprising the rest of the dark monsters and stopping them in place while the hooded man observing noticed the flying object was a white and blue fan that spun around like a boomerang back towards its owner. A young girl with dark grey hair, wrapped in a bow on the back of her head and pale skin and wore a white kimono with the top hanging off her shoulders while exposing a large amount of cleavage.
(Music: Senran kagura ost: For master Kurokage)
"You creatures are not welcomed here in this place. Leave now!" The girl demanded as the heartless turned their attention towards her, exposing their hostile intent while the girl held her fan ready for battle while drawing a second fan, all while the hooded man watched.
"I wasn't expecting to find the guardian of the scroll here so soon. Seize her!" The man ordered the heartless as they began charging at her while the girl stood still in the same spot before a soldier swiped its claws at her, only to miss when the girl moved out of the way and kicked the soldier away and blocked a strike from another soldier with one of her fans before destroying the heartless with the other while the winterhorns made their move by charging at the girl with their antlers pointing forward, which the girl made a move against by moving backwards and an ice trail began forming under her feet while the heartless chased her before the girl suddenly boasted herself into the air with a blast of air, causing the winterhorns to crash into a wall while the girl landed behind them.
"Ha!" The girl exclaimed as she waved her fans before several icicles formed in the air and flew at the heartless and struck the creatures from behind, destroying them in the process before a soldier heartless lunged at the girl from behind, which proved futile when the girl blocked the attack with one of her fans.
"Just remember, I gave you a chance!" The girl said before striking the heartless away and then spun in a circle before a tornado of snow formed around her that began expanding outwards, catching the rest of the heartless within as they were eradicated by the twister of ice and releasing the captive hearts within before the twister faded and the girl in the kimono stood completely still while the organization member stood impressed.
"Not bad for a child who can't keep her path straight…" The hooded figure said while the girl was able to sense his presence.
"You think I can't tell you're not there?" The girl questioned as she closed one of her fans and tossed upwards in the direction of the hooded figure on the cliff as he gathered dark energy in his hand and shot it in the shape of a sphere at the fan as they collided in midair and exploded, blocking the girl's vision before the smoke cleared away to reveal the organization had vanished.
(Music stops)
"He got away. But I won't let him next time." The girl said as her fan landed in the snow a few feet in front of her before the girl walked over to pick it up. "Whoever that man is, I won't let him or those creatures harm this place."
"Yumi!" A voice called out for the girl's attention upon hearing her name and turned around to see a girl with short blue hair in a bowl cut style while wearing a grey school uniform standing near the front door. "Are they all gone? I've taken care of the ones on the other side of the building."
"Of course, Yozakura. However, I believe the mastermind has gotten away." The girl named Yumi responded before another question came to mind. "When is help from Hanzo academy coming?"
"It should be soon. But it's not Asuka or any of the other Hanzo girls." The girl named Yozakura said, much to Yumi's confusion.
"What? If it's not Asuka's squad, then who's coming?"
(Hanzo dorm)
"*Yawn!*" Sora yawned as he rose out of bed and stepped out of it to get ready before walking out into the hallway outside his room. "Alright, time for me to get ready for the day, and try my best to be a shinobi, or ninja. Whatever they prefer."
"It's definitely shinobi." Ikaruga corrected as she appeared walking out of her room, already dressed in her school uniform. "Surprised to see you up without us having to wake you."
"Eh, guess I've been improving on my sleeping habit thanks to guys. Although, I'd sleep in on any other day."
"Same here!" Katsuragi shouted as she peaked her head out of her room before switching to her usual pervy smile. "Hey, Sora. I think Asuka is still in the shower, wanna take a quick peek at her smokin' hot bod?"
"Katsu, nice try. I'm not walking in on her for you." Sora said before remembering something important involving Asuka. "By the way guys, did anything happen last night while you were all on guard duty?"
"Surprisingly no. You think with this organization XIII after the super secret ninja art scrolls, their attacks would be more frequent." Ikaruga said since the group had volunteered to take turns keeping watch over Asuka should she be targeted by the organization again, as well as Sora should they also still be planning on making him the final member while Yagyu and Hibari appeared in the hallway.
"Maybe that's their plan. They want us to be on contest guard so the moment we let our guard down, that's when they hit us." Yagyu guessed.
"It's kinda scary to know that they might literally come out of nowhere, could we relax at all?" Hibari questioned.
"Probably not. Not until this threat is defeated." Ikaruga said in a somber tone before thinking back to Asuka. "Oh, Sora. Can you check on Asuka? She's in her room, but she's taking an awful long time to get ready."
"I'm on it. Give me a few minutes." Sora said as he made his way towards the direction of Asuka's room while Yagyu remembered something important.
"Wait, hold on. I think this is the time of day when Asuka-" Yagyu said before something happened.
"YAAAAAHHHHH!" Asuka's voice screamed from her room before the rest of the girls turned in the direction of the scream and saw Sora being tossed out the door and face planted against the wall with a loud crash, upside down before slowly sliding down to the floor.
"Dry brushes herself…" Hibari finished Yagyu's sentence before Katsuragi started having a laughing fit.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh man! I can't believe Ikaruga was the one who caused that! Who would've thought?! HAHAHA!" Katsuragi laughed as she fell to the floor while Ikaruga looked guilty before walking over to check on Sora.
"Hey, are you alright, Sora?" Ikaruga asked.
"Did anyone get the number of that truck?" Sora said in a disoriented fashion while Asuka peeked her head out from behind her door.
"I'm so sorry, I panicked…" Asuka apologized with comically tears of regret.
(Hanzo ninja room)
"So sorry about earlier, Sora. I'm still used to a boy living with us…" Asuka apologized for the tenth time that morning while the keyblade wielder held an ice pack on his head while sitting at the table in the center of the room.
"I'm telling you, it's alright, Asuka. Now that I think about it, I should've knocked." Sora said.
"Oh really? Are you sure it wasn't on purpose so you can see Asuka's jugs on full display!" Katsuragi asked as she began making a grab for Asuka's breasts again.
"Really already, Katsu?! We haven't been here for five minutes!" Asuka exclaimed as she tried prying the blond's hands off her while Ikaruga took a sip of tea watching the scene.
"At least everyone is in a good mood, despite the current danger." Ikaruga noted as she took another sip of tea.
"I'm glad that's the case. I don't want organization XIII making you girls scared all the time." Sora said.
"Exactly why I entrusted Asuka and her friends to you." A familiar voice said as they turned to see Hanzo standing at the door.
"Master Hanzo, you're here!" Hibari exclaimed in excitement.
"Oh, grandpa, happy to see you!" Asuka said with a smile as she was finally able to escape Katsuragi's grasp and pushed her back. "So what are you doing here?"
I actually had some news to deliver, but I was hoping to do so with Kiriya, have any of you seen-GCCKK!" Hanzo shouted in surprise when smoke filled up the room before clearing away to reveal Kiriya arriving.
"I believe you've been looking for me?" Kiriya asked.
"Yeah, but you have to do that everytime you go into a room?" Sora asked as he waved the smoke away.
"I think it's supposed to be a signature." Hibari said with a cough.
"So, what's on the agenda for training today, Kiriya sensei? New ninja arts." Asuka questioned.
"Maybe there's one for instantly stripping the clothes off of other girls!" Katsuragi said while everyone else looked at her deadepaned.
"Lord help us all if Katsu learned something like that." Ikaruga said.
"Training will be mostly routine today. However, Sora will not be joining us for training today." Kiriya said, much to everyone's confusion.
"Say what? You're not kicking me out, are you?" Sora asked.
"Don't worry, you're not being kicked out. If we did that, we'd be ordered to kill you." Kiriya answered as Sora tugged on his shirt, thankful that it didn't come to that.
"Sora will not be training today because me and Kiriya are giving him a special assignment. We're sending him to Gessen academy." Hanzo explained as the Hanzo girls looked surprised at the proclamation.
"Sora's going to Gessen? Today?" Katsuragi questioned.
"And alone?" Yagyu questioned.
"Is that a good idea?" Hibari asked.
"But Sora just got here to Hanzo academy. Why does he have to go?" Asuka asked.
"Apparentently, Gessen academy is already suffering from attacks by the heartless. So far, none of them have breached the inside of the main building, but it's only a matter of time." Kiriya explained.
"So if Gessen is under enemy invasion, why is Sora going alone?" Ikaruga asked.
"Daidoji is on a contest patrol around the city, keeping the heartless at bay. And since Asuka is also a target, we need you ladies to keep my granddaughter safe, as well as the super secret ninja art scroll. The boy is the only option we currently have at the moment." Hanzo explained as the Hanzo girls looked depressed at the fact Sora was leaving.
"If it's the only way…" Asuka said with a sad tone.
"Who am I gonna prank war with now?" Katsuragi questioned.
"Girls, don't worry. I'll be back, be sure of it." Sora assured.
"You're fine with leaving so soon?" Ikaruga asked.
"Yeah, of course, it shouldn't be too long. I'm going down there to help get the heartless situation under control, I'm the only one who can. Besides, friends of yours go to that Gessen place, don't they? I'm pretty sure they'll warm up to me."
"Oh right! You'll be meeting Yumi and the others! I'm sure you'll make good friends with them." Hibari said.
"Right, I'll make sure they'll like me. Be sure of it." Sora said before having a question on his mind. "Hey, uh...which one will be Yumi?"
"She'll be the one with the fans and bow in her hair, you can't miss her since she's also the leader of the Gessen squad." Ikaruga said.
"You should be able to make contact with her at the entrance of the academy, Yumi is the one that made sure the heartless didn't get any further than they already have." Kiriya explained.
"Alright, I guess I'd better get going then and help lighten the load for her." Sora said as he stood up and began swiveling his arm to prepare. "Wish me luck!"
"You'll need it. Not only will you be an outsider, you'll also be the first boy there." Yagyu advised as Sora froze in place.
"I'm sorry, can you say that last part again?"
"It's true, Gessen is an all women's academy. No man has received an education there." Hanzo said as he placed a hand on Sora's shoulder before the legendary shinobi made a smile that reminded the keyblade wielder all too much of Katsuragi. "So that means there's only one side to the baths. So when you return, tell me everything you see from those lovely Gessen ladies over there!"
"Huh?!"
Grandpa! Sora already has Katsu as a bad influence! Don't try turning Sora into a pervert too!" Asuka exclaimed before Katuragi placed her hands over the 2nd year's mouth to silence her.
"NO! Don't listen to her! Embrace your inner man, Sora! Etch the image of those naked babes into your mind!" Katsuragi said as Sora shook his head.
"I think I speak for everyone else here when I say, I'm glad neither Katsu or Asuka's grandfather is coming with me…" Sora said.
"Yes, we may have avoided some serious anger from Gessen's elite by choosing you." Kiriya said before focusing back on the main subject. "Back to your mission. You'll be heading to Gessen academy to defend it from the onslaught of heartless until their numbers have dwindled and the academy is safe again. See if you gather any important information while you're there."
"Okay, so do what I normally do, and kick some heartless cans, and maybe make an organization member sing a song for me, and find out why they want the scrolls."
"Indeed. Finding out why the enemy needs the scrolls might help us intercept their goals in the long run. Maybe even stop them all together." Hanzo said.
"Alright, guess I'm already to go! So, where's the academy?" Sora asked with an innocent smile that would fade.
(Later, near Gessen academy)
"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME! IT'S COLD!" Sora shouted to seemingly no one as he stomped through the snow of snow mountain and a heavy wind caused him to shiver. "I'm an islander! I don't belong in the snow! The others could've at least warned me to bring a coat before going out here!" He complained before looking at the screen.
"Growing up on the destiny islands, snow was pretty rare. So I am definitely out of my element here. Sure, I've been to cold places like the mountains in china, or christmas town, but neither of them were a total blizzard like this place!" Sora yelled up to the cloudy skies before he started to hear the brutal wind die down and then looked forward to see the blizzard lift and was able to make out the image of a stone stairway going upwards, with lanterns lighting the path, much to Sora's relief.
"Oh, finally! A way to the school, and there's no snow on it, I'm saved!" Sora said before quickly rushing towards the stairs and stepped onto the stone walkway before noticing that it seemed to be pretty quiet around the area.
"Hmm, where is everyone? I don't know how close I am to the school, but you think there'd be at least a few guards keeping an eye out for the heartless. Then again, it's ninjas I'm talking about, so the point is probably not to be seen." Sora guessed before feeling a familiar presence before instinctively dodging to avoid an attack and looked at the spot where the keyblade wielder once stood to see a patch of ice forming then looked up to see several small blue heartless that were familiar to the keyblade wielder called, blue rhapsody floating and spinning in the air in a group.
(Music: Miracle on ice)
"Heartless! Just in time, I needed something to do to warm up!" Sora said before summoning a keyblade different from the kingdom key, called star seeker, a keyblade with a star and moon theme and took his battle stance before the heartless took shots of ice at Sora that he was able to dodge with a backflip before another ice shot flew at the keyblade wielder before he swung his keyblade like a baseball bat at the ice shot, sending it back towards a blue rhapsody and struck in midair, causing it spin from the blow before recovering and the blue rhapsody screeched along with it's fellow heartless.
"Okay, that didn't work. Guess the cold gave them a buff." Sora guessed before a chibi Kiriya sensei poofed into existence on his shoulder.
"Be a shinobi, and adapt to the situation! Turn up the heat! Hoora!" Chibi Kiriya advised before vanishing into another puff of smoke.
"Welp, I guess those ninja lessons really got drilled into my head. FIRE!" Sora shouted as he pointed his keyblade upwards and shot a fireball at a blue rhapsody and destroyed it in a burst of fire, which the other rhapsody's notice before screeching angrily at Sora as they all shot ice at him while the keyblade wielder avoided the rain of attacks by dashing around the ice shots before jumping towards a nearby rock and launched off it to activate flowmotion and flew at the floating flock of heartless which all separated to avoid the flying hero, which was actually a part of Sora's plan as he flipped himself around shot back towards a nearby blue rhapsody and grabbed it with the head of his keyblade like a hook and then lit the keyblade on fire, which also set the heartless on fire before he tossed it towards the rest of the flock of heartless, causing the fire to spread among the group.
"See ya!" Sora announced before he tossed his keyblade at the heartless with strike raid, which bounced off each blue rhapsody, destroying them as Sora's weapon bounced off each heartless, eradicating the entire group. "How do you like that?" He exclaimed as he landed back on the snowy ground and called back his keyblade.
*Whiny!*
"Huh?" Sora questioned as he turned around to the source of the sound up towards a nearby cliff overlooking the stairs and saw a group of winterhorn heartless jump down off the cliffs and used the rocks to climb before positioning themselves in front of Sora.
"Did christmas come early this year? Because you guys look like you should be pulling Santa's sleigh." Sora joked before a pair of winterhorns aimed their icy antlers at the keyblade wielder and the icicles that adorned them suddenly shot at the keyblade wielder.
"Whoa!" Sora exclaimed as he dodged the icicles and looked back towards the winterhorns as the ice on their antlers reformed before several of the heartless broke off from the group and made their way up the stairs.
"Hey! Come back here!" Sora demanded after quickly realizing the heartless that were retreating were no doubt making their way towards Gessen academy and tried to run after them, only to have the remaining winterhorns to stand in the way.
"Would you back off!" Sora said as a winterhorn jumped at him which he cut down in midair before another heartless shot icicles at him that was blocked with the keyblade before Sora countered with a quick fire spell and then proceeded to run in the direction of the heartless that retreated, up the stairways that continued to ascend as Sora ran before a multitude of soldier heartless began materializing in his path.
"You need to go!" Sora said as he held his keyblade and sliced at the soldier heartless as he ran by them, destroying them in one attack as he ran up the stairway, taking out any heartless that stood in the way before Sora was finally able to see the end of the stairs, with Gessen academy in sight.
"There it is! The academy!" Sora exclaimed as he made it to the top of the stairs, with the winterhorns in his sight, trying to ram down the main front doors continuously, which Sora responded by pointing his keyblade upwards.
"Thunder!" Sora called out as bolts of electricity struck the winterhorns and blew them back from the academy doors and landed in the snow before recovering and turning back towards Sora with angry glares.
"Sorry. But I don't think they're accepting any visitors right now." Sora said before the winterhorns stampede towards him, forcing the keyblade wielder to jumpwards above the flock of heartless, causing the winterhorns to stop and look around for Sora before hearing a whistle and looking up to see him standing over a small cliff.
"You guys really make setting up a trap real easy!" Sora said before aiming his keyblade down at the cliff edge near his feet before releasing a fire spell that blew apart the side of the cliff, causing large rocks to fall down upon the heartless as they tried scattering away, only to fail escaping and were crushed underneath while Sora jumped down in front of the fallen boulders.
"Guess you guys couldn't handle the surprise." Sora said as he held his keyblade on his shoulder before feeling another presence and looked up to see a new figure with two blades in their hands, standing on top of the cliff where the keyblade wielder was standing earlier before the figure jumped high into the air and dove at Sora with their blades which he was able to dodge away from, before he was able to quickly identify the heartless to be similar to a zip slasher, only it had more blueish then silver armor and had ice blades for hands. This zip slasher variation was known as the chill ripper.
"So you're back? Guess you decided to go for a new look while you were at it." Sora said before the chill ripper stabbed one of its blades into the ground and an ice pillar rose out of the ground and flew at Sora, which he rolled out of the way at the last second.
"Whoa! You also picked up a new trick! Hey, can you make snow cones too?" Sora joked as he looked at the ice pillar stuck in a nearby wall while the chill ripper lunged at him with its blades, which Sora blocked with his keyblade before being overwhelmed by a combo attack from the chilly heartless and was pushed back by the assault before the chill ripper finished the attack by kicking Sora in the abdomen and was sent to his back on the ground.
"Okay, fine! You asked for it! I'm gonna get serious with you now!" Sora said as the chill ripper jumped into the air and pointed one of it's blades forward at Sora, not noticing he was covered in light before it burst outward with a powerful force and send the heartless back from Sora's transformation into limit form, and got back up his feet ready to fight again.
"Okay, frosty. I'm more than ready for you this time!" Sora said as the chill ripper accepted his challenged by jumping up into the air again and plunged downward with its blades and created a shockwave that Sora jumped into the air to avoid before flying downward with a powerful lunge from guard break and struck the middle of chill ripper, causing it to fly back from the blow before it was able to regain balance and plunged its blades into the ground before another pillar of ice erupted from the ground and at Sora, which he jumped over as the pillar crashed into the school building behind him and landed on top of the pillar.
"You got poor aim!" Sora taunted as he jumped higher into the air and the chill ripper plunged its blades into the ground again as another ice pillar rose upwards towards the airborne Sora, who twisted in the air to avoid the rising pillar and stabbed his keyblade into the pillar and then slid downwards while hanging onto his keyblade while it was starting to glow with a golden aura as it was charging for ars arcanum
"How about a little smackdown to heat things up?" Sora said as he hopped off the ice pillar and dove at the chill ripper before attacking it with a flurry of combo swings from the keyblade before Sora held the star seeker over his head.
"See ya!" Sora exclaimed as he slammed his keyblade into the heartless with one final slam attack, destroying the chill ripper and releasing the captive heart into the air while Sora's limit form wore off.
"That's game! Now, let's find out where everyone is." Sora said as he turned towards Gessen academy with the intent to cross the entrance, only to see two more chill rippers approaching the keyblade wielder while sharpening their blades. "Oh come on! I just fought one of you guys! Isn't that enough for now?" He questioned before the chill rippers dashed at him and attacked him with their blades, forcing the keyblade wielder onto the defensive as he deflected the attacks from the heartless, and managed to knock one chill ripper away before the other jumped into the air and dove downwards for a shockwave attack.
"Huh? ACK!" Sora groaned as he was blown back by the shockwave and fell into his side, but the snow was able to soften his fall, but it was the least of his troubles as the chill ripper rushed in an attempt to finish the keyblade wielder off. Luckily for Sora, help had arrived just in time.
"HA!" A voice yelled out as the chill ripper was punched in the side of the face with a large iron gauntlet and was sent spinning back into a nearby snow bank while Sora looked up to see his savior to be Yozakura of Gessen academy, who was now dressed in a kimono like crop top that exposed her midriff with flower like designs and a kimono like skirt that opened in the middle and had large gauntlets on her arms, witch reminded Sora of Katsuragi's iron boots.
"Man, she must do alot of lifting." Sora said as he was impressed by Yozakura's strong punching ability while the chill ripper she punched earlier emerged from the snow bank it was knocked into, and looked very upset as it glared at Yozakura.
"C'mon, ya chump! I'll send you flying!" Yozakura taunted as the chill ripper lunged at her with one of its blades pointing forward, only to be easily caught by the hand of one of her gauntlets before rearing back her other arm while a piston emerged from the back end of her gauntlet and Yozakura drove her arm forward with a powerful punch as the piston retracted back upon contact with the heartless, causing a shockwave from the powerful punch and destroying the chill ripper before it even dropped to the ground.
(Music stops)
"Heh, they ain't so tough by themselves." Yozakura said as she dusted her hands, causing a metallic clanking sound from her gauntlets before she turned and noticed Sora standing up in the snow. "Oh, are you the one Hanzo academy send?"
"Yeah, Kiriya and Hanzo sent me out here. I'm looking for a girl named Yumi. I hear she's in charge around here?" Sora questioned.
"Yeah, she should be-AH! Look out!" Yozakura warned as Sora turned around to see the remaining chill ripper in time to duck a lunge from its blades as it passed over him and landed in the snow before recovering and standing back up.
"You should've just stayed down!" Sora said as he held his keyblade for battle again while Yozakura clenched the fists of her gauntlets ready as well.
"We gave you a chance to leave!" Yozakura said as she smashed her fists together as the chill ripper held its blades ready to plunge into the ground again for an ice pillar attack, only to be sliced in half from behind by a wave of ice that came from none other than Yumi, dressed in her white kimono with one of her fans in her hand, surprising Yozakura by her sudden appearance. "Oh! Yumi!"
"Wait? That's Yumi?" Sora asked as Yozakura nodded in confirmation before the keyblade wielder looked back towards the girl with the fan. "Boy, am I glad I found you. I'm So-" He tried introducing himself before a mist of snow suddenly froze him, head to toe in a block of ice and left Sora with a goofy expression of surprise after Yumi had frozen him, leaving Yozakura in a state of surprise as well.
"What the?! Yumi, what are you doing?! That boy is the help sent from Hanzo academy!" Yozakura exclaimed.
"I know who he is, Yozakura." Yumi said before looking down at the star seeker keyblade in the frozen Sora's hand before sighing. "I know what he is."
(Gessen academy:Ninja room)
"Like, O-M-G! I'm so bored being stuck in here!" A girl with blonde wavy hair and a mole on her lower cheek complained as she was lying on the floor on with a phone in her hand while another girl with dark brown hair, tied up in a side ponytail, and a ogre's mask to cover her face was busy writing something at a nearby table while a third younger and shorter girl with light brown hair, tied up in pigtails was a large assortment of treats and sweets next to the masked girl at the table. "Seriously, if Yumi and Yozakura keep us in here for any longer because some monsters that aren't yoma have been popping up, I would literally die of boredom!"
"I'm not complaining. I have a lot of time on my hands to work on my comics." The masked girl said with positivity under her mask before the air around her became heavy with worry. "Although, I am running out of ideas much quicker. I'm getting close to a writer's block!"
"I'm getting bored too! I need to get out there for more playtime!" The small girl with pigtails complained as well before the three Gessen students heard a door open and turned to see Yumi in the same matching school uniform as the other girls.
"Hello everyone. We've returned from patrolling the campus." Yumi reported.
"Ah! Yu-and-Mi! About time!" The blonde haired girl said with excitement.
"You took longer than usual. Something happened?" The masked girl asked.
"You could say that." Yumi answered before Yozakura in her own school uniform appeared in the doorway while carrying the frozen Sora with her gauntlets.
"Well, carrying a frozen person up a few flight stairs is a lot harder than I thought it would be." Yozakura stated before setting the frozen Sora down on the floor, while the rest of the Gessen girls were shocked by the sight.
"Whoa! What? Is that a boy in there?" The blond haired girl asked about Sora frozen before reeling back when she saw his frozen expression of surprise.
"We should really start putting up signs to keep people away from the academy." The masked girl suggested.
"Actually, this boy is the backup sent from Hanzo academy." Yozakura admitted, which caught everyone but Yumi by surprise.
"Huh? Then why is he frozen? Did Yumi do it by accident?" The pigtailed girl asked.
"Actually, I did it very much on purpose, Minori." Yumi answered the pigtailed girl named Minori's question.
"I guess he must've failed to identify himself." The masked girl guessed.
"Actually, the fact of the matter is...I just don't trust him."
"Why? What's the matter with this boy? Asuka and the others must really trust him if they send him in their stead." Yozakura questioned while Yumi ignored and stared at the keyblade in Sora's hand while he was inside the ice block.
"I've heard that this boy isn't even a shinobi, yet he somehow managed to receive training at Hanzo academy. They should trust him at all." Yumi said before the masked girl suddenly pushed out of the way to get a closer look at the frozen keyblade wielder. "Ah! Murakumo! What's gotten into you?"
"You say this boy isn't even a shinobi? It's perfect for my comic! An average high school student gets sucked into the world of shinobi after accidentally stumbling into a battle between a good ninja and an evil ninja! It practically writes itself! And that key like weapon of his is giving me even more ideas!" The masked girl named Murakumo exclaimed as she scribbled down notes on a notepad. "Shiki! Take pictures of his outfit for me! I think I can add some changes to it!"
"Like O-M-G! That outfit is totally off the hook, it's gotta be one of a kind! I wonder if he can hook me up with whoever made it!" The blonde girl named Shiki said as she took pictures of Sora with the camera in her phone while Minori zipped up to the ice block Sora was in.
"What do you think he would like for treats? And does he make funny faces like that all the time?" Minori questioned with child-like curiosity while Yumi sweat dropped at the Gessen girl's antics.
"Unbelievable. You girls don't even know him and you're all smitten with him." Yumi said.
"Well, to be fair, Yumi. You don't know him either. At least let him out before judging him." Yozakura advised, which the other Gessen girls seemed to agree with.
"Yeah! Yozie's right! I gotta find out where he got that outfit from!" Shiki said.
"Indeed! And I need to talk to him to get a sense of his personality for the new character for my comic!" Murakumo said.
"Yeah! Let's meet him, Yumi! It might be fun to have a boy around here for the first time!" Minori agreed with the other two Gessen girls while Yumi sighed in defeat realizing she was outvoted.
"Yozakura, let the boy out." Yumi ordered as Yozakura nodded before tapping on the ice block Sora was trapped in with her gauntlets and the ice began cracking and then shattered, letting the keyblade wielder out as he fell to the floor on his knees and the keyblade dropped out of his grip before his whole body began shaking from the chills he was feeling.
"COLD, COLD COLD COLD!" Sora exclaimed as he picked his keyblade back up and then aimed it at his head before releasing a quick fire spell into his face, which caused a small explosion around his head, shocking the Gessen girls before the smoke cleared away to reveal Sora's face covered in soot and he had stopped shivering as he stood up and dismissed his keyblade.
"So worth it to warm up.." Sora said before looking around noticed the he had been taken to what seemed to Gessen academy's very own ninja room, one similar to the one in Hanzo academy, only it was larger in scale with a traditional japanese setting and a rock garden and fountain, as well as a walkway, raised over flowing water and a kitchen counter for eating on the other side of the walkway while two moon bridges sat on the side of the walkway connected to a pair of sliding doors. "So, where am I right now?"
"Oh, we brought you inside the academy for the room to talk. Anyway, ahem. My name is Yozakura, a second year here at Gessen academy." Yozakura introduced herself to the keyblade wielder.
"Murakumo. Third year!" Murakumo introduced herself while getting close to Sora, making him back up from the sight of the mask she was wearing.
"Nice to meet you. But, uh...mind taking off the mask? It's kinda freaking me out." Sora requested.
"Not happening."
"Name's Shiki. First year, and it's nice to have a boy here for once to spice things up( A cute boy at that.) Shiki thought to herself after introducing herself before Minori suddenly popped up in front of Sora.
"Hi there! I'm Minori! First year, and I really hope you like to play!" Minori exclaimed as she introduced herself.
"Hehe. Don't worry about that, I like playing with my friends back home." Sora said, amused by her innocence as he patted the top of Minori's head like a child before turning to Yumi, who was looking at the keyblade wielder with a blank stare. "So, I'm guessing you're…"
"My name is Yumi. Second year, and leader of Gessen academy's elite. I assume you're the one sent by Hanzo academy in Asuka's squad's place." Yumi said.
"Yep, that's me. I'm Sora!" Sora introduced himself and held out his hand, hoping Yumi would shake it, only for her to seem tense back like if she was threatened. Confusing the hero of the keyblade. "Uh, is something wrong?"
"Yeah, we don't get many boys around since Gessen is an all girls academy, and Yumi is very traditional." Yozakura said.
"Other than that. What brings you here?" Yumi questioned.
"I'm here to help out with the heartless problem you girls have." Sora answered as the Gessen girls looked confused when the keyblade wielder realized they most likely knew the names of the dark beings. "You know? The monsters attacking your school?"
"Wait, so those things really aren't Yoma?" Minori questioned.
"We knew that, we just didn't know what to call them." Murakumo said before smiling to herself underneath her mask. (Another idea for my comic! It just keeps coming!)
"Okay, but why did Hanzo academy send only one boy here? And not Asuka and the others?" Shiki asked.
"Well, they couldn't. Have any of you seen any guys in black coats hanging here when the heartless started attacking?" Sora asked.
"Actually, Murakumo, Shiki and Minori have been staying inside the building when the attacks started, to make sure that the creatures didn't get inside and attack the other students we have here, so they see anything. But Yumi and I have been guarding the exterior." Yozakura explained.
"Just before you arrived, I've caught sight of a man in a dark coat spying on me during battle with the creatures you call the heartless." Yumi explained as Sora sighed.
"Organization XIII is here already. Great…" Sora said to himself, which Yumi and the other girls noticed.
"Is there something you want to say?" Yumi asked as Sora took a deep breath looking up at the ceiling before looking forward.
"Organization XIII are the ones behind the heartless attacks, and they're also after your school's super secret ninja art scroll." Sora explained as the Gessen girls looked completely surprised by the keyblade wielder's knowledge of the scrolls.
"You know about the scrolls already?" Yozakura asked as Sora nodded in confirmation.
"Yeah, I found out after the organization went after Asuka, for hers. Which is why I'm the only one here, I have to protect whoever has the-"
"Thank you for the warning. Now that we're aware of what the enemy is after, we can take extra precaution, thanks to you. Your mission is complete, you may return to Hanzo academy." Yumi said, confusing Sora at the statement.
(Music: Just wondering)
"Huh? But I just got here! Why are you telling me to leave?" Sora asked.
"It's just like I said, your mission is complete."
"No, hold on a sec, Yumi. He's already here, we might as well accept Sora's help." Yozakura said.
"Yeah! Let him stay!" Minori interjected.
"We'd better not, it's for the best." Yumi said.
"For the best? We just met him, Yumi. Why are you being so down on this?" Shiki asked.
"We could certainly use some assistance since Asuka's squad wasn't able to come themselves." Murakumo added.
"I'm only suggesting what's best for everyone." Yumi said as she turned her back towards everyone, mainly Sora.
"Me staying is the best thing for everyone. I know a whole lot more about the heartless than you do, and I'm not leaving because you're telling me to: Especially since I climbed your extremely cold mountain up to here. So if I've done something to make you mad, I'm sorry about that." Sora said.
"It's something you did. It's something your predecessors did." Yumi said as Sora was caught by surprise from the statement while the rest of the Gessen girls were confused.
'Yumi, what are you talking about? Do you already know Sora?" Yozakura asked.
"No, but I know the stories about his kind."
"I guess you already know all about the keyblade, huh?" Sora asked.
"Indeed. I've read all about it, including the civil war your ancestors fought against each other, and nearly destroyed everything in the process." Yumi said as she looked at Sora with an icy glare.
"But, Yumi! I don't think Sora's like that! He seems really friendly!" Minori said.
"Yeah, why would he help us if he's nothing but trouble?" Shiki asked.
"I don't know. But wielders of the keyblade have been infamous for causing chaos and destruction, pure menaces ." Yumi said, which Sora took offence at.
"Hey! I'm nothing like that! I help people wherever I go! How am I destructive and a menace?" Sora asked as Yumi eyed a nearby window that Sora quickly looked out to see the front gates of the academy and saw the dozens of ice pillars created by the heartless, including the one that crashed into the front door and the cliffside he destroyed to crush the heartless before a fire randomly combusted in the middle of the field before a female ninja ran forward and put out the fire with a fire extinguisher before disappearing. "Okay, maybe today is a bad example."
"I'd imagine that you've had plenty of bad days, and that's why I am asking to leave. Before I have to be more direct." Yumi said before Yozakura stood in front of her.
"Whoa! Hold on there, Yumi! No need to get all aggressive towards him, he certainly doesn't need to be frozen again." Yozakura said as Sora raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, that was her?" Sora asked.
"My point is, Yumi. You really should judge him when we barely know Sora. You made that mistake once before."
"I'm aware of that, Yozakura. But this is different, this boy is the sword, without the shield." Yumi said, which caught Sora's attention when he remembered Hanzo saying the same thing to him.
(Music ends)
"Hey, that's what Asuka's grandfather said before. He said that I might be able to master it, what does it really mean?" Sora asked.
"If you're asking, then you are far from mastering it at all. Now, I only tell you once more...Leave!" Yumi exclaimed as she suddenly pulled one of her fans out and an icy wind surrounded her, causing Sora's instinct to flare and automatically summoned his keyblade to his hand before Yokakura suddenly stepped in between them.
"Yumi! Calm down! There's no need to fight!" Yozakura pleaded, which surprised Yumi and also calmed her down as her icy wind faded away.
"Yozakura, I...I'm sorry about that. I was trying to make the best choice for all of us."
"Then make the right choice by letting me stay! I'm the only one who can actually cut the heartless' numbers down to size. I'm your best shot at defending the school!" Sora argued as he dismissed his keyblade.
"I can't do that. It's too great a risk to keep you here, keyblade wielder." Yumi argued back.
"Hold up a second here! I got a suggestion to settle this!" Murakumo spoke up to get everyone's attention towards her.
"Oh, are you talking about the usual, Murky?" Shiki asked with a devious smile.
"Of course I am! It's how we settle everything after all!"
(Music: Innocent times)
"Today's not gonna be any different!" Minori exclaimed, happily while Yumi looked scared by whatever the other Gessen girls were implying.
"Oh no. Not today!" Yumi said as she covered her chest defensively.
"Uh, can I ask, what's the usual way you girls settle things?" Sora asked.
"Well, since you asked…" Shiki said as she grabbed her own breasts. "It's boobie rock paper scissors"
"...Huh?" Sora questioned before his head was suddenly covered in a block of ice which he felt with his hands before running around in a panic.
"Uh, Yumi? Why did you freeze his head?" Yozakura asked as Yumi put away her fan after freezing Sora's head with it.
"I refuse to let a man see what we do to agree on something. " Yumi said as Sora ran around in circles behind her while she talked.
"Ah, what a shame. You properly really disappointed him, oh well!" Shiki said as she took off her shirt, including her bra while Murakumo and Minori forced Yumi to do the same while Sora ran to a nearby wall and smashed his head against it in an attempt to break the ice block.
"MMM! MMMMM!" Sora yelled with muffled sounds as he attempted to break the ice on his head.
"Rock, paper, scissors! Shoot!/ Shoot!" Yumi and Shiki exclaimed at the same time, using their own assets for rock, paper, or scissor before Yumi made the wrong move by choosing scissors while Shiki chose rock.
"Ha! Good game, Yu-and-Mi! But I won again! Sora gets to stay!" Shiki proclaimed victory as Yumi looked defeated.
"I never win at this game…" Yumi said, distraught while she and Shiki put their clothes back on and Sora decided he had enough and summoned his keyblade and struck the ice on his head to break it and caused chunks of ice to fall to the floor.
"Okay, pardon the pun, but...NOT COOL!" Sora said as he threw his keyblade to the floor in frustration. Being frozen twice by the same girl on the same day usually makes Sora upset.
"Apologizes. I would rather that a man not see me and my friends without clothing." Yumi said, although her apology wasn't completely sincere.
"Uh, speaking of that. We managed to agree to let you stay. Welcome to Gessen academy, Sora." Yozakura said, much to Sora's relief now that he was able to stay and help with the heartless.
"Thank you. You girls aren't gonna regret this, I'm gonna make sure the heartless won't be a problem for long while I'm here." Sora said.
"Not so fast, I still don't have any trust in you, or your skills." Yumi spoke up again, much to Sora's annoyance.
"Oh, jeez. What's the problem now?"
"Yeah, Yumi. What does Sora have to do?" Minor asked.
"From what I've seen already, he is capable of fighting small fry. But that's it, I don't know the extent of this boy's power. I need proof that our keyblade wielder here is really what we need." Yumi suggested.
"You want proof I can take care of the heartless, huh?" Sora questioned as he tried to think of a solution to prove himself when he realized that the front gates of the academy were most likely not the only place to be attacked. "Is there any place around here where there's a huge heartless problem that hasn't been taken care of yet? Maybe a strong heartless that you have no clue how to fight." The keyblade wielder suggested as Yumi and Yozakura exchanged a quick look.
"Actually, we have a field not too far from the academy, and we've been getting reports from students training in that area, saying they've been attacked by spears that have been coming from underground. But everytime me Yumi and I go out there to investigate, we don't find anything." Yozakura explained.
"Hmm, the spear doesn't sound like any heartless I know. But I know of a few that like to pop up from underneath. We can go take a look right now if you want."
"No, not tonight. To keep the students of Gessen safe, we established a curfew for everyone. Leaving now might cause unrest and worry." Yumi said.
"Hmm. Okay, I get it. I guess it'll be easier during the day, and I am kinda worn out. Being frozen twice will do that to you, might I add. So, is there any place for me to sleep?" Sora asked.
"Actually, the funny thing about that is, we don't have a place for you to sleep." Yozakura admitted.
"Aw, what?"
"Considering the fact that your arrival was last minute, and as well since I didn't want to stay. We weren't able to find any available rooms for you. So you'll be sleeping here in the ninja room." Yumi said as Sora took another look around the room.
"Well, it is roomy in here. I could make it work." Sora said, accepting the situation as is before Minori suddenly grabbed him by the arm.
"Yay! He's staying!" Minori cheered as she hugged Sora's arm.
"This will be a golden opportunity! Think of the stories I'll be able to write with you around, the inspiration!" Murakumo exclaimed as she grabbed Sora's shoulder and pumped a fist in excitement.
"Stories? What stories?" Sora asked.
"For my comics of course! You're a treasure trove of potential, waiting to have comics drawn, and stories about you!" Murakumo exclaimed as the scene froze and Sora looked at the screen.
"You think I'll get paid for stuff like that?" Sora asked before the scene switched to a chibi version of himself wearing sunglasses and surrounded by people taking pictures of him with microphones surrounding him and people asking for his autograph.
"People, people! One at a time! There's enough of me for everybody!" Chibi Sora said before the scene switched back real time with the Gessen girl and Sora, even Yumi, as Shiki was in front of the group with her cellphone.
"Okay everyone. Say, Snowflake!" Shiki said as she held her phone up and did a pose with a wink.
"Snowflake!" Everyone said at once and Shiki took the picture as a flash of light emerged from her phone after taking the picture, causing Sora to be disoriented for a quick second before he shook his head.
"So, what's the occasion for the photo?" Sora asked.
"To welcome you, of course. Hanzo academy might be primarily training you, but we're like a family here at Gessen. So a photo to celebrate your arrival is our way of saying you're welcomed here, and that you're one of us now." Yozakura explained.
"Sounds like all of you have been together for a long time."
"We have. Since we were children actually, we're all orphans actually…" Yumi said, which surprised Sora considering she was being cold to him earlier. Before Sora could say anything, Minori grabbed his arm to get his attention.
"Hey, Hey! Sora! I have a question for you, do you like pancakes?" Minori asked.
"What kind of question is that? Of course I do!" Sora answered as Minori pulled him towards the kitchen counter at the end of the ninja room.
"You really love my pancakes, they're the best in the world!"
"Hey, can I ask where you got those clothes? They're totally off the hook!" Shiki asked as she and Murakumo followed Sora and Minori to the counter.
"Well, they were actually made for me." Sora answered while Yumi and Yozakura watched them.
"You shouldn't be so afraid of him, Yumi. I doubt Sora's here to hurt anyone." Yozakura said as she and Yumi watched Sora at the counter with the rest of the girls, talking and laughing with each other before Minori placed several giant stacks of pancakes on the counter. "This isn't gonna be like when we fought against Asuka and the others for being friends with evil ninjas, right?"
"No, Yozakura. This is different, I am only so defensive and hostile because of what other keyblade wielders did in the past for power. I thought if we got him to leave, we'd be in less danger. But this boy, Sora, had a point, we may stand a better chance with him here. If we continue his training, maybe we can learn something from him as well." Yumi said, while Yozakura knew there was more on her mind.
"But, if he's anything like you believe him to be?" Yozakura asked as Yumi glared at Sora, who was continuing to eat pancakes and laugh with the other Gessen girls.
(Music stops)
"If he's anything like his predecessors, then it's my duty to stop him as a shinobi…"
Note: Depending on the area Sora is at, the transition symbol between areas changes to the shinobi squad's logo you are with at the time. Example: If you go from Hanzo academy to Gessen, the area symbol changes to Gessen's.
Journal update
Yumi: Leader of the Gessen academy's elite squad and granddaughter of a infamous rogue shinobi. After the deaths of her parents at a young age, Yumi was taken in by her grandfather, Kurokage, and raised alongside the rest of the Gessen girls, making them family. Once, Yumi believed that justice must be absolute and all evil must be punished, just like her grandfather did. However, Asuka showed Yumi the errors of her ways and saw her grandfather's teaching in a new light.
Yozakura: A student at Gessen academy and Yumi's right hand-woman. At a young age, Yozakura's family was split up after the death of her parents, leading her to Kurokage's care after running away from family relatives and ending up with the rest of the Gessen squad, becoming a mother figure to the younger students.
Murakumo: A third year student at Gessen academy who keeps her face concealed behind a mask most of the time. After the death of her parents, Murakumo became withdrawn and began hiding her face from the world before Kurokage took her in. When wearing her mask, Murakumo acts confident and stern, but without it, Murakumo becomes nervous and incoherent.
Shiki: A first year student at Gessen academy who wields a dual sided scythe. Shiki came from a wealthy family when she was young, until her parents were brought home dead after a shinobi mission, changing the young girl's life forever and Kurokage appeared and brought her up with the rest of Gessen girl's. Shiki often acts like a carefree party girl, and even gives nicknames to all her friends.
Minori: A first year student at Gessen academy with a childlike spirit. Minori was taken in by Kurokage and was raised alongside the other Gessen girls, although she was trained in games instead of actual training. Even after Kurokage passed, Minori retained her innocence.
