DDR HEARTS: Welcome To Traverse Town
By
Sega1cool
A/N: Yep, another chapter, hope the last one didn't leave too much suspense....I do tend to try
and create cliffhangers......Ryan's POV.......(Inner Demons: Ryan doesn't own anything he uses, other than his character and this story's concepts and writings.)
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Unknown Location
"Ugh, man, where am I?" I said, regaining consciousness.
I looked around and didn't see any of my friends.
I holstered my keysaber and walked out of the alley I was in.
"If I'm here, than mayber the others are....but where is here?" I said.
As if to answer, a huge sign was above the town, right in front of me.
"Hmmm, 'Traverse Town', eh? Never heard of it, but I better get looking for my friends."
As I entered the next district, I noticed a man being attacked by....a heartless?
"No, this can't be good......" I said, watching the man's heart be taken by the heartless, which
then disappeared.
"Looks like I'll be busy....." I said, chasing after it.
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Traverse Town: 3rd District
Meanwhile, Sonic and Shadow had just came to, collapsed in a heap of garbage.
"Ah, nasty." Sonic said,"Any idea where we're at, Shad?"
"No clue, Sonic. Last thing I remember was that freaky black shadow and then here we are."
"I wonder if the others are here?"
"If they are, we better get looking for them."
Just as Sonic and Shadow went into the 1st District, I entered the 3rd District.
"Where did that heartless go? Nevermind, I need to find the others." I said.
I walked along towards the 1st district, and when back to it just as....
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Traverse Town: 2nd District
Charmy awoke in the 2nd District, all shaken up.
"Ugh, that hurt. What's this?" Charmy said, holding a gun.
"Hmm, this looks like the one I had in 4th mix, better keep it. Now to find the others."
She walked towards the 3rd District, just as I walked back towards the 1st District.
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Traverse Town: 1st District
"Man, where are they?" I asked outloud.
Hmm, an item shop, maybe the owner has seen something.
I walked into the shop and went to the owner.
"Howdy, what can I do for you?" the man asked.
"Well, um, I was wondering if you had seen someone."
"Well, I see lots of people, but you must mean someone who just got here......well, there were
these two hedgehogs that came through here, making a lot of noise."
"Hedgehogs? One didn't happen to blue and the other black with red stripes, would they?"
"Actually yeah, they were...they headed towards the 2nd District."
"Thanks, ummmm....what's your name?"
"My name is Cid."
"And mine's Ryan, thanks Cid." I said, walking out of the store.
As soon as I walked outside, I was confronted by a guy in a black jacket and black pants.
"So, your the one who is the Keymaster? Not much to look at." he said.
"Want to make something of it?" I said, drawing the Keysaber.
"Hmmm, very well then." he said, pulling out what looked like a combination between a sword and
a revolver.
He made the first move, jumping forward quickly and slashing with his gunsword.
'Wow! He's quick.' I thought, barely blocking his attack.
He jumped back and started circling.
I did the same.
Unfortunately, he soon showed he was not toying around. He said some kind of spell and his sword
glew with a dark purple glow.
'Crap, this can't be good.' I thought, as he jumped up high and came down, hitting me with his
attack.
"Noooooo........" I said, going unconscious.
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Meanwhile, back in the 2nd District
"Listen, the only way we're going to find Ryan and Charmy is to keep looking." Sonic said.
"I know, but I'm getting frustrated." Shadow said.
"Perhaps I can help." said a girl with brown hair.
"Who might you be?" Sonic asked.
"My name is Aerith, and I know where your friend Ryan is."
Sonic and Shadow looked at each other, then at her.
"How do we know your telling the truth?" Shadow said.
"Well, you can choose to or not. Either way, I'm going to see him." she said, walking off.
"What choice do we have? It's the best lead we've gotten so far." Sonic said.
"Your right, we've just got to trust her." Shadow said as the two headed off, following Aerith.
I awoke from whatever had happend and was lying in a bed.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"Your in the Traverse Town hotel. You'll be safe here, for the moment."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, since you wield the Keysaber, the Heartless are drawn to you." a girl in beige shorts and
a green shirt said.
"Okay, then who are you guys? And where's my Keysaber?" I said, standing up.
"Here," the guy said, "catch."
He tossed the Keysaber and it warped into my hands.
I holstered it and waited for an explination.
"Well, we should at least tell you our names. I'm Yuffie and that is Squall...."
"My name is Leon, not Squall." Leon said.
"Okay, whatever. And I'm Ryan. Now that the pleasantries have been made, do you think you could
help me find my friends?"
"Don't worry, our friend Aerith has already found them."
"Okay, but can you explain what's going on?"
"Well," Leon started, "what you have is the Keyblade, but it combined with your saber and became
the Keysaber. It is the one thing that can stop the Heartless. The Heartless are a race of creatures born with no hearts, they must still others to have their own........"
"......so, you see, your coming here was no accident, it seems your destinied to save the worlds
from destruction by the Heartless."
"So your saying that Ryan's Keysaber is the only thing that can save the worlds?" Charmy asked.
"Right, and he'll need your help."
"Don't worry," Shadow said, "we'll help all we can."
"Okay, they're in the next room, let's......." Aerith started to say, until the room filled with
heartless.
"Oh, no. They found us faster than I thought." Leon said.
"Hurry go!" Yuffie said, throwing me out the window.
"Hey, Whoa!" I shouted, hitting the ground.
I was in the third district.
The Heartless were appearing in droves.
"This isn't going to go well."
Up on the balcony, Sonic, Shadow and Charmy had their hands full as well.
"Man, they just keep coming." Sonic said, slicing through another one.
"Look, isn't that Ryan?" Charmy said, pointing down towards the plaza.
"It is. Hurry, we've got to help him." Shadow said as the three of them jumped down.
'Oh, no. I'm pinned down.' I thought to myself.
I can't beleive I was going to lose, I'd never see Charmy again......
Suddenly half the heartless were wiped out in a flash.
"HUH?!" I said, then I noticed Sonic and Shadow to my right.
"Am I glad to see you guys!" I shouted.
I saw a flash of light, and another couple of Heartless bit the dust.
"Who?" I said, then saw Charmy land next to me.
"Sorry I'm late, love. Let's finish these guys." Charmy said, readying her gun.
"Right, charge!" I said, as we assaulted the remaining Heartless.
I sliced through a few, Charmy zapped a good deal of them, and Sonic and Shadow cleaned up the
rest of them.
"Is that all of them?" Sonic asked.
"I hope so." Charmy said.
I wouldn't count on it, I sensed a large source of energy heading this way......
As if on cue, a dark portal opened and six pieces of armor fell through it before it closed.
"Um, what is that?" Shadow said.
Sonic walked closer to the armor.
"Sonic! Get back! That's a Heartless!" I shouted, but it was too late.
The armor came to life and threw Sonic back against the wall.
"Charmy, go check on him. Shadow, come with me, let's take this guy out." I said.
The armor formed a shape and started its attack.
"Shadow, attack one part at a time, if we wear it down piece by piece, then we have a better chance of beating it."
We focused on the arms first, which was hard because the Heartless would throw them out and
attack us with a spinning attack.
We managed to avoid the attacks and take out his arms....
...meanwhile, Sonic was finally coming to.
"Ugh, Damn Heartless." Sonic said, clutching his head.
"You okay?" Charmy asked.
"Yeah, let me at him." Sonic said, charging his spin dash attack.
Sonic dashed through, and knocked out both of the armor's legs.
"Sonic! Good shot man, glad your feeling better." Shadow said.
"Okay, that leaves his body and head....huh? What's he doing?" I asked.
The armor flipped his body and was using it like a gun?
It charged the armor and fired a laser beam at us.
We barely ducked out of the way and he missed us.
"Guys focus your attack at one time so we can combine them." I said.
I threw my Keysaber, Charmy let loose with a huge blast from her Ray Gun, and Sonic attacked with
Sonic Wind and Shadow attacked with Chaos Spear.
Our attacks combined and charged my Keysaber, it striking the Heartless dead on.
It pierced right through it and it exploded in a huge fireball.
The hearts it had stolen were now freed and I grabbed back my 'Keysaber'.
"There that takes care of that." I said.
We met back up with the Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith.
"So, you seem to be living up to the prophecy of the Keymaster." Leon said.
"Yes, but we need to seal the keyholes if we are to save the worlds." Aerith said.
"Seal keyholes?" Shadow asked.
"Right, each world has a keyhole, that's how the Heartless get through, if they get control of
the keyhole, they will destroy that world....." Yuffie said.
"So, that's what happend to our Earth?" Charmy asked.
Leon nodded.
"Well, we must move on then, where is the first world we need to save?" Charmy asked.
"It doesn't matter, how would we get from one to the other with no transportation." I said.
"Go see Cid from the Item Shop, he'll help you with that." Yuffie said.
We said our goodbyes and they wished us luck.
After we were out of earshot, "So do you think he'll really do it?" Leon asked.
"We must have faith in them....they are the only hope." Aerith said.
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Traverse Town: Item Shop
"Hey Cid." I said, walking in with my friends.
"Ryan, I see you've found your friends."
"Yeah, I was wondering if you could help with some transportation."
"What kind?"
"Leon and Yuffie said you would know what kind."
"Wait, Leon and Yuffie, then you must be the Keymaster."
"Yeah, I guess I am."
"Okay, follow me."
Cid led us to the pier outside Traverse Town.
"Here she is, my personal gummi ship." Cid said.
"Gummi ship?" Sonic asked.
"Yes, it's built out of a material that allows for transdimensional space travel, its the only way to go."
Cid tossed me the igniton key.
"Take care of this and good luck, Keymaster."
"I will and don't worry, we won't fail." I said as we climbed into the cockpit.
Cid waved goodbye as we took of for the next world.
"I've got a feeling about those guys....they're going to go places......." Cid said as our ship
disappeared from sight.
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Space Between Worlds
"So, you guys ready?" I said.
"I was born ready, 'teddy bear'." Charmy said, resting on my shoulder
"Time to play hero, again." Sonic said.
"Hey, it was getting boring anyway. I'm ready for adventure."
"Okay, then, I'm setting course, Next stop a new adventure...." I said, initiating the hyper drive as we took off for a new world.......
By
Sega1cool
A/N: Yep, another chapter, hope the last one didn't leave too much suspense....I do tend to try
and create cliffhangers......Ryan's POV.......(Inner Demons: Ryan doesn't own anything he uses, other than his character and this story's concepts and writings.)
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Unknown Location
"Ugh, man, where am I?" I said, regaining consciousness.
I looked around and didn't see any of my friends.
I holstered my keysaber and walked out of the alley I was in.
"If I'm here, than mayber the others are....but where is here?" I said.
As if to answer, a huge sign was above the town, right in front of me.
"Hmmm, 'Traverse Town', eh? Never heard of it, but I better get looking for my friends."
As I entered the next district, I noticed a man being attacked by....a heartless?
"No, this can't be good......" I said, watching the man's heart be taken by the heartless, which
then disappeared.
"Looks like I'll be busy....." I said, chasing after it.
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Traverse Town: 3rd District
Meanwhile, Sonic and Shadow had just came to, collapsed in a heap of garbage.
"Ah, nasty." Sonic said,"Any idea where we're at, Shad?"
"No clue, Sonic. Last thing I remember was that freaky black shadow and then here we are."
"I wonder if the others are here?"
"If they are, we better get looking for them."
Just as Sonic and Shadow went into the 1st District, I entered the 3rd District.
"Where did that heartless go? Nevermind, I need to find the others." I said.
I walked along towards the 1st district, and when back to it just as....
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Traverse Town: 2nd District
Charmy awoke in the 2nd District, all shaken up.
"Ugh, that hurt. What's this?" Charmy said, holding a gun.
"Hmm, this looks like the one I had in 4th mix, better keep it. Now to find the others."
She walked towards the 3rd District, just as I walked back towards the 1st District.
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Traverse Town: 1st District
"Man, where are they?" I asked outloud.
Hmm, an item shop, maybe the owner has seen something.
I walked into the shop and went to the owner.
"Howdy, what can I do for you?" the man asked.
"Well, um, I was wondering if you had seen someone."
"Well, I see lots of people, but you must mean someone who just got here......well, there were
these two hedgehogs that came through here, making a lot of noise."
"Hedgehogs? One didn't happen to blue and the other black with red stripes, would they?"
"Actually yeah, they were...they headed towards the 2nd District."
"Thanks, ummmm....what's your name?"
"My name is Cid."
"And mine's Ryan, thanks Cid." I said, walking out of the store.
As soon as I walked outside, I was confronted by a guy in a black jacket and black pants.
"So, your the one who is the Keymaster? Not much to look at." he said.
"Want to make something of it?" I said, drawing the Keysaber.
"Hmmm, very well then." he said, pulling out what looked like a combination between a sword and
a revolver.
He made the first move, jumping forward quickly and slashing with his gunsword.
'Wow! He's quick.' I thought, barely blocking his attack.
He jumped back and started circling.
I did the same.
Unfortunately, he soon showed he was not toying around. He said some kind of spell and his sword
glew with a dark purple glow.
'Crap, this can't be good.' I thought, as he jumped up high and came down, hitting me with his
attack.
"Noooooo........" I said, going unconscious.
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Meanwhile, back in the 2nd District
"Listen, the only way we're going to find Ryan and Charmy is to keep looking." Sonic said.
"I know, but I'm getting frustrated." Shadow said.
"Perhaps I can help." said a girl with brown hair.
"Who might you be?" Sonic asked.
"My name is Aerith, and I know where your friend Ryan is."
Sonic and Shadow looked at each other, then at her.
"How do we know your telling the truth?" Shadow said.
"Well, you can choose to or not. Either way, I'm going to see him." she said, walking off.
"What choice do we have? It's the best lead we've gotten so far." Sonic said.
"Your right, we've just got to trust her." Shadow said as the two headed off, following Aerith.
I awoke from whatever had happend and was lying in a bed.
"Where am I?" I asked.
"Your in the Traverse Town hotel. You'll be safe here, for the moment."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, since you wield the Keysaber, the Heartless are drawn to you." a girl in beige shorts and
a green shirt said.
"Okay, then who are you guys? And where's my Keysaber?" I said, standing up.
"Here," the guy said, "catch."
He tossed the Keysaber and it warped into my hands.
I holstered it and waited for an explination.
"Well, we should at least tell you our names. I'm Yuffie and that is Squall...."
"My name is Leon, not Squall." Leon said.
"Okay, whatever. And I'm Ryan. Now that the pleasantries have been made, do you think you could
help me find my friends?"
"Don't worry, our friend Aerith has already found them."
"Okay, but can you explain what's going on?"
"Well," Leon started, "what you have is the Keyblade, but it combined with your saber and became
the Keysaber. It is the one thing that can stop the Heartless. The Heartless are a race of creatures born with no hearts, they must still others to have their own........"
"......so, you see, your coming here was no accident, it seems your destinied to save the worlds
from destruction by the Heartless."
"So your saying that Ryan's Keysaber is the only thing that can save the worlds?" Charmy asked.
"Right, and he'll need your help."
"Don't worry," Shadow said, "we'll help all we can."
"Okay, they're in the next room, let's......." Aerith started to say, until the room filled with
heartless.
"Oh, no. They found us faster than I thought." Leon said.
"Hurry go!" Yuffie said, throwing me out the window.
"Hey, Whoa!" I shouted, hitting the ground.
I was in the third district.
The Heartless were appearing in droves.
"This isn't going to go well."
Up on the balcony, Sonic, Shadow and Charmy had their hands full as well.
"Man, they just keep coming." Sonic said, slicing through another one.
"Look, isn't that Ryan?" Charmy said, pointing down towards the plaza.
"It is. Hurry, we've got to help him." Shadow said as the three of them jumped down.
'Oh, no. I'm pinned down.' I thought to myself.
I can't beleive I was going to lose, I'd never see Charmy again......
Suddenly half the heartless were wiped out in a flash.
"HUH?!" I said, then I noticed Sonic and Shadow to my right.
"Am I glad to see you guys!" I shouted.
I saw a flash of light, and another couple of Heartless bit the dust.
"Who?" I said, then saw Charmy land next to me.
"Sorry I'm late, love. Let's finish these guys." Charmy said, readying her gun.
"Right, charge!" I said, as we assaulted the remaining Heartless.
I sliced through a few, Charmy zapped a good deal of them, and Sonic and Shadow cleaned up the
rest of them.
"Is that all of them?" Sonic asked.
"I hope so." Charmy said.
I wouldn't count on it, I sensed a large source of energy heading this way......
As if on cue, a dark portal opened and six pieces of armor fell through it before it closed.
"Um, what is that?" Shadow said.
Sonic walked closer to the armor.
"Sonic! Get back! That's a Heartless!" I shouted, but it was too late.
The armor came to life and threw Sonic back against the wall.
"Charmy, go check on him. Shadow, come with me, let's take this guy out." I said.
The armor formed a shape and started its attack.
"Shadow, attack one part at a time, if we wear it down piece by piece, then we have a better chance of beating it."
We focused on the arms first, which was hard because the Heartless would throw them out and
attack us with a spinning attack.
We managed to avoid the attacks and take out his arms....
...meanwhile, Sonic was finally coming to.
"Ugh, Damn Heartless." Sonic said, clutching his head.
"You okay?" Charmy asked.
"Yeah, let me at him." Sonic said, charging his spin dash attack.
Sonic dashed through, and knocked out both of the armor's legs.
"Sonic! Good shot man, glad your feeling better." Shadow said.
"Okay, that leaves his body and head....huh? What's he doing?" I asked.
The armor flipped his body and was using it like a gun?
It charged the armor and fired a laser beam at us.
We barely ducked out of the way and he missed us.
"Guys focus your attack at one time so we can combine them." I said.
I threw my Keysaber, Charmy let loose with a huge blast from her Ray Gun, and Sonic attacked with
Sonic Wind and Shadow attacked with Chaos Spear.
Our attacks combined and charged my Keysaber, it striking the Heartless dead on.
It pierced right through it and it exploded in a huge fireball.
The hearts it had stolen were now freed and I grabbed back my 'Keysaber'.
"There that takes care of that." I said.
We met back up with the Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith.
"So, you seem to be living up to the prophecy of the Keymaster." Leon said.
"Yes, but we need to seal the keyholes if we are to save the worlds." Aerith said.
"Seal keyholes?" Shadow asked.
"Right, each world has a keyhole, that's how the Heartless get through, if they get control of
the keyhole, they will destroy that world....." Yuffie said.
"So, that's what happend to our Earth?" Charmy asked.
Leon nodded.
"Well, we must move on then, where is the first world we need to save?" Charmy asked.
"It doesn't matter, how would we get from one to the other with no transportation." I said.
"Go see Cid from the Item Shop, he'll help you with that." Yuffie said.
We said our goodbyes and they wished us luck.
After we were out of earshot, "So do you think he'll really do it?" Leon asked.
"We must have faith in them....they are the only hope." Aerith said.
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Traverse Town: Item Shop
"Hey Cid." I said, walking in with my friends.
"Ryan, I see you've found your friends."
"Yeah, I was wondering if you could help with some transportation."
"What kind?"
"Leon and Yuffie said you would know what kind."
"Wait, Leon and Yuffie, then you must be the Keymaster."
"Yeah, I guess I am."
"Okay, follow me."
Cid led us to the pier outside Traverse Town.
"Here she is, my personal gummi ship." Cid said.
"Gummi ship?" Sonic asked.
"Yes, it's built out of a material that allows for transdimensional space travel, its the only way to go."
Cid tossed me the igniton key.
"Take care of this and good luck, Keymaster."
"I will and don't worry, we won't fail." I said as we climbed into the cockpit.
Cid waved goodbye as we took of for the next world.
"I've got a feeling about those guys....they're going to go places......." Cid said as our ship
disappeared from sight.
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Space Between Worlds
"So, you guys ready?" I said.
"I was born ready, 'teddy bear'." Charmy said, resting on my shoulder
"Time to play hero, again." Sonic said.
"Hey, it was getting boring anyway. I'm ready for adventure."
"Okay, then, I'm setting course, Next stop a new adventure...." I said, initiating the hyper drive as we took off for a new world.......