Chapter 7: Trouble Stirs, Past Revealed
They arrive at Traverse Town and enter the small quite but life full town. They begin to walk around, looking for Squall. "Where could he be?" Sora asked aloud.
"Let's check in the second district." Laura suggested. "That's where we last saw him." She ran up the stairs and to the door. She kicked it open and looked around. 'Looks normal, but something tells me that something else is here.' Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy appeared behind her.
"Nothing unusually so far." She said.
She walked up a bit farther to make sure that no one was around. Then, four Shadow Heartless and 2 Soldier Heartless appeared in front of her. She unsheathed her sword and ran at them. She swung at one of the Soldier Heartless, knocking it over the balcony. She jumped down and hit it a few more times before it disappeared. She jumped back up to see that the rest of the Heartless had been destroyed.
"C'mon, let's go see if we can find them." Sora said. "We'll spilt up to we can find them more easily. Donald and Goofy, you guys check the 3rd District, Riku and I will take the 1st District which leaves Laura and Kairi to this district." They all agreed and went to their assigned areas.
Laura and Kairi walked around the 2nd District very carefully, making sure that no Heartless were around. "Hey Laura," Kairi said as they walked near the hotel. "Is there something going on between you and Riku?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well, as far as I'm concerned, not right now." She blushed remember what happened on the ship. "Why did you ask?"
"Oh, I was just wondering." She said. "Hey look! It's Squall." Laura looked straight ahead to see Squall standing there. They picked up speed and ran to him.
"I'm glad we found you." Laura said. "Where's that girl that was with you before?"
"Yuffie? She's back at the Small House in the 3rd District. Donald and Goofy told me I could find you two here. Where's Sora and Riku?" He looked around.
"They're in the first district looking for you." Kairi answered.
"Well, we better get you two back to the house before the Heartless get you." Squall said. "C'mon, let's go." his sentence was cut off as a Heartless came up behind the two girls. "Don't move."
Laura turned around to see the Soldier Heartless behind her. "Don't worry." She took out her sword and thwacked the Heartless with it. "I got it under control." She then ran after it and hit it a few more times before it disappeared.
Squall nodded and began to lead the two girls back to the Small House in the 3rd District. "Wait! I'll go and get Sora and Riku." Laura said. "I'll be fine. I'll meet you two at the house, ok?" She then took off to the 1st District. She entered it to find them nowhere in sight. She walked down the stairs and into the accessory shop but they weren't there either. 'Where could they be?' She walked out of the shop to be greeted by a strange person. He had blonde hair that flew in every direction and wore a red cape around his mouth and neck. He carried a huge sword on his back. Laura looked up at him. "Umm, who are you?" she asked. The man ignored her and walked up the stairs. Laura followed after him. "What's your name?"
He turned around quickly startling her. "Cloud." He then took out his sword and bared it in front of him. "That's all you'll ever know." He then swung at her but she jumped out of the way. She looked at him to see his eyes were weird. 'He must be possessed.' She took out her sword and hit his. "Snap out of it! You're in a trance, wake up!" she yelled. Cloud knocked her down the stairs, which caused her to hit the wall. ((A/N: they're by the stairs to the side of the Accessory Shop)) He walked down to her and raised his sword above his head. "Good-bye." He then brought the sword down but it was stopped by another sword.
"I don't think so." Came the voice. Laura slowly opened her eyes to see Riku protecting her.
"What are you doing here? I was looking for you and I couldn't find you." She said.
"I was knocked out in the alleyway." He explained. He shoved Cloud's sword off of his. "I woke up and knew that something was wrong. I came here and I found you." He then began to run at Cloud.
"Don't kill him!" she yelled. "He's in some sort of trance. We'll have to break it."
Riku stopped and looked at Cloud. "But how?" he asked. Cloud swung at him but Riku dodged the attack.
"I don't know! I've never done this before." She said as she stood up. She looked at her sword, which was glowing. 'What?' She then walked up to Cloud and stood in front of him. She pointed the sword at him when he began to glow green. "Butterfly's Kiss, awaken and fill this man with love!" Then a green smoke came out of Cloud and disappeared. Cloud then sank to his knees and then to the ground.
Laura withdrew her sword and leaned on a wall. 'What was that?' she asked herself. 'I know this sword is for battle but.what was that power?' She then sank to the ground still her back against the wall.
"What was that?" Riku asked. Laura shook her head.
"I don't know." She said. She tried to stand up but failed and fell back down. "Whatever it was, it took a lot of energy out of me." Riku walked over to her and helped her up.
"Where's Squall?" he asked.
"At the Small House in the 3rd District." She answered. Cloud then began to wake up and looked around.
"What? Where am I?" he asked aloud. He looked up to see Riku and Laura. "Who.who are you?"
"Riku and this is Laura." Riku said pointing toward Laura.
"What was wrong with you?" Laura asked, still leaning on Riku for support.
"I don't know. The last thing I remember was that I was at a restaurant and a man approached me. Then I blacked out." He said.
"Well, we have to get going. Cya around." Riku said. Then, he and Laura began to walk to the 3rd District door in the 1st District.
At the small house, everyone was talking about what was happening.
"What's going on? Why are they back?" Yuffie asked.
"They're back because of me." Laura said sitting on the bed. "They want me this time, not the princesses."
"But why?" Squall asked.
"I have something in me called the Butterfly's Kiss and they want it." She explained. She looked around the room. "It's because of me that this is happening. If it wasn't for me, none of this would've happened."
Sora, Kairi, and Riku looked at her. "Maybe it's a good sign." Kairi suggested. "Maybe this means something but we just don't know what yet. For all we know, you could be the best thing that ever happened to us."
"Don't blame yourself so much." Riku said. "Like Kairi said, it could be a good thing that you came here." He looked over at her. "Besides, if you hadn't come here." he faltered and look around the room. "Never mind." He then walked to the door and walked out.
"Sora, what's wrong with him?" Laura asked.
Sora looked at her and smiled. "It's nothing really. He's just had a rough past, that's all. I'll go and talk to him." Then he walked out of the house.
Laura shrugged and lay down to regain her lost energy. "Kairi, what did Sora mean whenever he said that Riku had a rough past?" she asked looking over at the girl.
"Well, I shouldn't be the one to tell you, he should, not me." She then smiled. "Don't worry, he'll tell you." The door opened back up and Sora and Riku came back in. Laura sat up and looked at them.
"Riku, could I talk to you outside?" she asked.
Riku looked up and nodded. "Sure." He then walked back out of the door, Laura at his heels.
"Riku, are you hiding something?" she asked curiously. "You stopped your sentence and then said never mind. What's going on with you?"
"Well, I didn't want to tell you this until later but I guess I should tell you now." He said. "You see, maybe a year ago, the Heartless came and took over our island. Then Sora set out on a journey to find both Kairi and me. Along the way, he met up with Goofy and Donald. He then traveled from world to world, sealing each keyhole along the way, but I ran into him at Traverse Town right down there by Merlin's house." He looked up at her. "He then asked me where Kairi was but I didn't know. I then turned to darkness with Maleficent. She told me that I could save Kairi if I helped her. I then allowed the darkness to swallow me, turning me completely against Sora."
"You don't need to say anymore. I understand." She said. "I now know what King Mickey said to me met. He told me that the one who had turned to darkness before might turn against us again. You really wouldn't do that, would you Riku?" She looked at him with plead in her eyes.
"I don't know. I'm ever since you came here, my heart has recovered, and it's come out of the darkness to see light." He said. "Some darkness still lurks inside me but, not as much as it use to. Because of you." He smiled at her. "I'll try my best not to let the darkness get to me again."
Laura smiled. "That's all I needed to know. Let's go back inside." She turned and walked back into the house. Riku stayed out a little while longer, looking up at the stars. 'I promise I won't let it get to me.' He then turned and walked back into the house.
End Of Chapter.
((A/N: Ok, longer chappies as I go along. YAY! Well, I'm beginning to run short of some ideas. Please help me. Until next time, cya! ~*Luna26*~ ^.^))
They arrive at Traverse Town and enter the small quite but life full town. They begin to walk around, looking for Squall. "Where could he be?" Sora asked aloud.
"Let's check in the second district." Laura suggested. "That's where we last saw him." She ran up the stairs and to the door. She kicked it open and looked around. 'Looks normal, but something tells me that something else is here.' Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy appeared behind her.
"Nothing unusually so far." She said.
She walked up a bit farther to make sure that no one was around. Then, four Shadow Heartless and 2 Soldier Heartless appeared in front of her. She unsheathed her sword and ran at them. She swung at one of the Soldier Heartless, knocking it over the balcony. She jumped down and hit it a few more times before it disappeared. She jumped back up to see that the rest of the Heartless had been destroyed.
"C'mon, let's go see if we can find them." Sora said. "We'll spilt up to we can find them more easily. Donald and Goofy, you guys check the 3rd District, Riku and I will take the 1st District which leaves Laura and Kairi to this district." They all agreed and went to their assigned areas.
Laura and Kairi walked around the 2nd District very carefully, making sure that no Heartless were around. "Hey Laura," Kairi said as they walked near the hotel. "Is there something going on between you and Riku?" she asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well, as far as I'm concerned, not right now." She blushed remember what happened on the ship. "Why did you ask?"
"Oh, I was just wondering." She said. "Hey look! It's Squall." Laura looked straight ahead to see Squall standing there. They picked up speed and ran to him.
"I'm glad we found you." Laura said. "Where's that girl that was with you before?"
"Yuffie? She's back at the Small House in the 3rd District. Donald and Goofy told me I could find you two here. Where's Sora and Riku?" He looked around.
"They're in the first district looking for you." Kairi answered.
"Well, we better get you two back to the house before the Heartless get you." Squall said. "C'mon, let's go." his sentence was cut off as a Heartless came up behind the two girls. "Don't move."
Laura turned around to see the Soldier Heartless behind her. "Don't worry." She took out her sword and thwacked the Heartless with it. "I got it under control." She then ran after it and hit it a few more times before it disappeared.
Squall nodded and began to lead the two girls back to the Small House in the 3rd District. "Wait! I'll go and get Sora and Riku." Laura said. "I'll be fine. I'll meet you two at the house, ok?" She then took off to the 1st District. She entered it to find them nowhere in sight. She walked down the stairs and into the accessory shop but they weren't there either. 'Where could they be?' She walked out of the shop to be greeted by a strange person. He had blonde hair that flew in every direction and wore a red cape around his mouth and neck. He carried a huge sword on his back. Laura looked up at him. "Umm, who are you?" she asked. The man ignored her and walked up the stairs. Laura followed after him. "What's your name?"
He turned around quickly startling her. "Cloud." He then took out his sword and bared it in front of him. "That's all you'll ever know." He then swung at her but she jumped out of the way. She looked at him to see his eyes were weird. 'He must be possessed.' She took out her sword and hit his. "Snap out of it! You're in a trance, wake up!" she yelled. Cloud knocked her down the stairs, which caused her to hit the wall. ((A/N: they're by the stairs to the side of the Accessory Shop)) He walked down to her and raised his sword above his head. "Good-bye." He then brought the sword down but it was stopped by another sword.
"I don't think so." Came the voice. Laura slowly opened her eyes to see Riku protecting her.
"What are you doing here? I was looking for you and I couldn't find you." She said.
"I was knocked out in the alleyway." He explained. He shoved Cloud's sword off of his. "I woke up and knew that something was wrong. I came here and I found you." He then began to run at Cloud.
"Don't kill him!" she yelled. "He's in some sort of trance. We'll have to break it."
Riku stopped and looked at Cloud. "But how?" he asked. Cloud swung at him but Riku dodged the attack.
"I don't know! I've never done this before." She said as she stood up. She looked at her sword, which was glowing. 'What?' She then walked up to Cloud and stood in front of him. She pointed the sword at him when he began to glow green. "Butterfly's Kiss, awaken and fill this man with love!" Then a green smoke came out of Cloud and disappeared. Cloud then sank to his knees and then to the ground.
Laura withdrew her sword and leaned on a wall. 'What was that?' she asked herself. 'I know this sword is for battle but.what was that power?' She then sank to the ground still her back against the wall.
"What was that?" Riku asked. Laura shook her head.
"I don't know." She said. She tried to stand up but failed and fell back down. "Whatever it was, it took a lot of energy out of me." Riku walked over to her and helped her up.
"Where's Squall?" he asked.
"At the Small House in the 3rd District." She answered. Cloud then began to wake up and looked around.
"What? Where am I?" he asked aloud. He looked up to see Riku and Laura. "Who.who are you?"
"Riku and this is Laura." Riku said pointing toward Laura.
"What was wrong with you?" Laura asked, still leaning on Riku for support.
"I don't know. The last thing I remember was that I was at a restaurant and a man approached me. Then I blacked out." He said.
"Well, we have to get going. Cya around." Riku said. Then, he and Laura began to walk to the 3rd District door in the 1st District.
At the small house, everyone was talking about what was happening.
"What's going on? Why are they back?" Yuffie asked.
"They're back because of me." Laura said sitting on the bed. "They want me this time, not the princesses."
"But why?" Squall asked.
"I have something in me called the Butterfly's Kiss and they want it." She explained. She looked around the room. "It's because of me that this is happening. If it wasn't for me, none of this would've happened."
Sora, Kairi, and Riku looked at her. "Maybe it's a good sign." Kairi suggested. "Maybe this means something but we just don't know what yet. For all we know, you could be the best thing that ever happened to us."
"Don't blame yourself so much." Riku said. "Like Kairi said, it could be a good thing that you came here." He looked over at her. "Besides, if you hadn't come here." he faltered and look around the room. "Never mind." He then walked to the door and walked out.
"Sora, what's wrong with him?" Laura asked.
Sora looked at her and smiled. "It's nothing really. He's just had a rough past, that's all. I'll go and talk to him." Then he walked out of the house.
Laura shrugged and lay down to regain her lost energy. "Kairi, what did Sora mean whenever he said that Riku had a rough past?" she asked looking over at the girl.
"Well, I shouldn't be the one to tell you, he should, not me." She then smiled. "Don't worry, he'll tell you." The door opened back up and Sora and Riku came back in. Laura sat up and looked at them.
"Riku, could I talk to you outside?" she asked.
Riku looked up and nodded. "Sure." He then walked back out of the door, Laura at his heels.
"Riku, are you hiding something?" she asked curiously. "You stopped your sentence and then said never mind. What's going on with you?"
"Well, I didn't want to tell you this until later but I guess I should tell you now." He said. "You see, maybe a year ago, the Heartless came and took over our island. Then Sora set out on a journey to find both Kairi and me. Along the way, he met up with Goofy and Donald. He then traveled from world to world, sealing each keyhole along the way, but I ran into him at Traverse Town right down there by Merlin's house." He looked up at her. "He then asked me where Kairi was but I didn't know. I then turned to darkness with Maleficent. She told me that I could save Kairi if I helped her. I then allowed the darkness to swallow me, turning me completely against Sora."
"You don't need to say anymore. I understand." She said. "I now know what King Mickey said to me met. He told me that the one who had turned to darkness before might turn against us again. You really wouldn't do that, would you Riku?" She looked at him with plead in her eyes.
"I don't know. I'm ever since you came here, my heart has recovered, and it's come out of the darkness to see light." He said. "Some darkness still lurks inside me but, not as much as it use to. Because of you." He smiled at her. "I'll try my best not to let the darkness get to me again."
Laura smiled. "That's all I needed to know. Let's go back inside." She turned and walked back into the house. Riku stayed out a little while longer, looking up at the stars. 'I promise I won't let it get to me.' He then turned and walked back into the house.
End Of Chapter.
((A/N: Ok, longer chappies as I go along. YAY! Well, I'm beginning to run short of some ideas. Please help me. Until next time, cya! ~*Luna26*~ ^.^))