Author's Note: Yay! The crossoverness begins! Um, anyway, I used combinations of the Japanese and English Names for some of the characters, and the complete Japanese name for Tea, because for some odd reason, Anzu (Tea's Japanese character) isn't as annoying as Tea. Enough of my rambling, on with the Story!
Chapter 3: Domino City
Kairi awoke hours later, on a bed in a strange room. She sat up and looked around. There was a desk by the left wall, with sophomore level schoolbooks propped off to the side. A photograph of four people, 3 boys and a girl, was mounted on the wall. There were posters of strange looking characters plastered around the room, some humanoid, some Elvin, some dragons and other mythical creatures, but one poster caught her eye. This poster featured the 2 people she had seen in the first stained-glass floor. Kairi stared at it, thinking," How is it possible that I see those 2 in my dream on a stained-glass floor, now on this poster. They must have some significance here. Coincidence, or something more?" Kairi's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps in the hall. A short boy, presumably the owner of the room, therefore 15, or a 9 year old that skipped a ton of grades, with spiky, tri-colored hair peeked into the room.
"Oh, you're finally awake!" said the boy. He stepped inside. He wore a blue jacket and pants with a white shirt. He also wore an upside down pyramid with a strange eye on it around his neck. "How are you feeling?" the boy asked.
"Um…I'm fine, thanks," replied Kairi," Where am I, anyway?"
"This is the Turtle Game Shop. My Grandpa and I live here, above it. Only the front room is the store, and the basement is our storeroom," answered the boy.
"Umm… could you be a little less specific?" asked Kairi.
"Oh. You're in Domino City, home of the world-famous Kaiba Corp., and the site of the upcoming Battle City tournament," the boy responded," Oh! How rude of me! I haven't even introduced myself. I'm Yugi. Yugi Mutou. Can you come downstairs? My friends are down there and we can all tell you how you got here," said Yugi.
"Oh…okay," said Kairi, and she gingerly stepped off the bed, testing her legs. She found she had completely recovered from her unsuccessful one-woman crusade against the heartless forces. She followed Yugi down a small hallway to a staircase.
"She's awake," Yugi called as they walked down the stairs.
There were five people in the sitting room. Kairi recognized 3 of them from the picture. 2 of them, a blonde boy and a boy with black hair and one earring with a die were playing some strange card game. 2 girls, one a brunette with shoulder-length hair and another with red hair that went down her back, were playing another foreign game, this one with dice. A boy with brown hair held a controller for a Playstation 2, and seemed to be waiting for Yugi to return. All of them stopped what they were doing when they saw Kairi walking down the stairs behind Yugi. The chatty atmosphere suddenly grew quiet.
The brunette broke the silence with," Are you alright?"
Kairi answered," I'm fine, thanks. How exactly did I end up here?"
The blonde boy replied," We were walkin' ovah here to Yug's place from da pizza place when I saw dis big flash a light."
"We ALL saw the light, Joey. Not just you," interrupted the brown haired boy.
The redhead picked up where the blonde boy left off," Anyway, we all went to see what happened. We found you there slumped over. You were completely knocked out."
The black haired boy spoke up," We decided that since none of us had a phone with us, and you seemed to be fine, minus a few bruises and the fact you were knocked out, we decided to just take you with us instead."
"So…what happened to you?" asked Yugi," Where are you from? I don't think any of us got your name yet either."
"Kairi sighed, then began," First of all, I'm Kairi. I haven't gotten any of your names except Yugi's."
"Oh, dat's right! Sorry about dat! I'm Joey Wheeler," the blonde boy said.
"I'm Tristan. Tristan Hiroto," said the brown haired boy.
"My name's Anzu Mazaki," introduced the brunette.
"It's Serenity. Serenity Wheeler. I'm Joey's little sister," said the redheaded girl.
"I'm Otogi Ryuji, but I prefer to go by 'Duke'. I created Dungeon Dice Monsters," said the boy with a dice earring.
"So, what brings you to Domino City?" asked Yugi.
"Didja just move here or somtin'? Or maybe, are you here fa Battle City?" asked Joey.
"I didn't come here for any of those reasons. I'm from a place called Destiny Islands," Kairi started.
"Destiny Islands? I've never heard of that place," said Duke.
"That's because it doesn't exist. At least, not here, and not anymore. This might sound crazy, but it's a completely separate world. Or, I guess I should say it was. A force called the heartless destroyed it. I tried to fight them off. I defeated the leader of the invading force, but it wasn't enough. So the whole world was sucked into darkness. I fell through some kind of weird warp-hole thingy, and that's probably how I got in that alley. It doesn't make much sense, but its true," explained Kairi.
"Ookaaaaaaaaaaay…Riiiiiiight. So, if dese 'heartless' tings are powerful enough to destroy a world, how're we s'posed to believe you can fight 'em off?" asked Joey.
"I fought them off with this weapon," Kairi said, and materialized her Keyblade.
A collective gasp was heard around the room.
"These heartless creatures are parasites. They invade a world, stealing people's hearts. The empty shells of the people become heartless monsters themselves. Eventually, they take the heart of the world itself. When this happens, the world is flung into the darkest depths at the End of the World. A man named Ansem leads the heartless. He believes that darkness is the source of everything. He also believes that he will attain ultimate power, or something like that, if every heart, and every world is returned to darkness," explained Kairi.
"Well, that's not cool," said Duke.
"Is there a way to stop them?" asked Yugi.
"Yes. A Keyblade master can seal a world's heart from the heartless. The heartless can still come to a sealed world, but they can't take people's hearts or the world's heart. All they can do is attack random passers-by. They also tend to attack only people they feel are a threat to their invasion," stated Kairi.
"Are you a Keyblade master?" asked Serenity.
"Yes," answered Kairi.
"Well, then I guess we have nothing to worry about. Can you seal the world's heart now?" asked Anzu.
"Sorry. It's not quite that simple. I can only seal the heart of a world from its keyhole," replied Kairi.
"Oh," said Anzu.
"I got another question. How d'ya travel from world to world?" asked Joey.
"With something called a Gummi ship. Unfortunately, mine was sent somewhere or destroyed with the island. So, I don't know what to do next," said Kairi.
"Well, you're welcome to stay here with me and my grandpa. We have one empty bedroom, but we were going to sleep in here tonight since there are so many of us," offered Yugi.
"Thanks. I think I'll accept your offer. By the way, where is your grandpa?" said Kairi.
"He should be here any minute now, as its closing time. He's probably doing an inventory check," said Yugi. Just then, Yugi's grandpa came walking in.
"All right you kids. I'm going to bed now, so just don't blow up the house or anything," started Yugi's Grandpa," Oh, you're awake!" he said, noticing Kairi.
"Grandpa this is Kairi. She has a bit of a problem…"started Yugi. Yugi explained Kairi's beyond bizarre circumstances to his Grandpa.
"Hmm. I see…Kind of," said Yugi's Grandpa, "Well, you're welcome to use the spare room until you find a way to another world, as Yugi says."
"Thank you Mr. Mutou," said Kairi.
"Please, call me Grandpa," answered Grandpa.
"Alright then. Kairi, have you ever played Duel Monsters?" asked Yugi. They stayed up half the night playing Duel Monsters. Kairi picked up the game fairly quickly. She even managed to beat Joey several times. They also explained the Millennium Items to Kairi, and she met Yami in a duel, which Kairi lost. Right before the group was about to go to sleep, there was a sound outside. Kairi and Yugi, both being fairly light sleepers, heard this and jumped up to investigate. They went outside the house to discover…
"Heartless!" cried Kairi.
"Is there a way to get rid of them from this area?" asked Yugi.
"If I can destroy them until no more show up, this area will be secure," replied Kairi. Suddenly, Yugi placed both hands on his Millennium Puzzle, and Yami materialized.
"Let me help you! I have been mastering the powers of this puzzle over my 3000 year stay, please, let me put them to the test!" said Yami.
"Umm…okay…you sure you know what you're getting yourself into?" replied Kairi.
"Of course! Watch this! DARK MAGICIAN!" yelled Yami. Kairi gasped as a real life Dark Magician appeared in front of Yami. Kairi pulled out her Keyblade and prepared for battle.
Kairi charged into the group of heartless, attacking them relentlessly. Yami and the Dark Magician charged forward, and the powerful wizard began bashing the shadows with his staff. Yami decided it would be wise to fight a bit himself, so he cried," Bow of Falling Stars-Shiiru!" (Author's Note: This is a real card. It's in the latest Japanese set, Power of the Guardians.) The bow appeared in his hand, and he knocked a shooting star, and started picking off the shadows. This went on for a while, until all the shadows were gone. Then, a platoon of heartless soldiers appeared. Kairi and Yami attacked them.
Kairi was getting a bit impatient. So she cried out," Meteor!" Several small meteors descended from the heavens, and clobbered the soldiers.
"Dark Magician! Dark Magic Attack!" ordered Yami. The Dark Magician sent out a powerful blast of Dark Magic, finishing off the soldiers. The final wave appeared, a trio of large bodies.
"This could take a while," said Kairi.
"Then let's try something faster. Magic Box of DEATH!" cried Yami. The Dark Magician and a large body were sealed in two separate boxes. The Dark Magician's box was stabbed with large knives.
"Umm, is that how it's supposed to work?" asked Kairi.
"Keep watching," replied Yami. The Dark Magician emerged from the large body's box unharmed. The impaled box opened to reveal an impaled large body, which promptly died. Kairi finished off the wave with six combos of her Blade Delusion attack.
"Okay. This part of town should be safe, for a while, at least," said Kairi.
"Hmm. It's a good thing you came here now. The Battle City Tournament is occurring in only five days. Let's make sure no innocent heart is taken in Battle City," said Yami.
"Okay," said Kairi," But let's get some sleep now." Yami turned control back over to Yugi. They went back inside to rest up for the battles ahead.
Progress Report:
Sora No change
Donald No change
Goofy No change
Kairi LV. 27 48 HP 7MP
Yami LV. 26 45 HP 8MP ;Dark Magician ;Bow of Falling Stars-Shiiru *Magic Box of DEATH *Magical Silk Hats *Brain Control *Swords of Revealing Light *Spellbinding Circle *Holy Barrier-Mirror Force +Gaia the Dragon Champion
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