The Darkness Within
Chapter 15: Call of the Gods
"Oh... my neck," Jetta moaned, "Man... That was some whip lash of a landing."
"Is everyone okay?" Max asked.
"I'm still alive so I guess that's a good sign," Neron said.
"Speak for yourself."
"Shut up, Jetta!"
"How about you, Riku? Are you okay?" Max asked, only receiving a gasp from Jetta.
"He's gone!" Jetta shouted as she continued to stare at the empty seat.
"What?" Both Neron and Max shouted as they unbuckled and ran up to the front.
"Oh shit!" Neron cried as he looked at the broken window, "I hope he's okay..."
"He must not have been buckled in good," Max said as he examined the seat.
"We have to go find him," Jetta said as she unbuckled and made her way to the door, "Come on you guys lets-"
"What's wrong?" Neron asked as he walked over to the open door to see what Jetta was looking at.
Outside of the Gummi ship stood over twenty people with dark tanned skin and black hair, and all of them starred at the ship in pure amazement. Some people where hidden in the stalks of corn that surrounded the area the Gummi ship had crashed in and were hard to see. Neron, Jetta, and Max stood in the doorway of the Gummi ship and watched as the people around them whispered amongst themselves. Only moments later did a tall man with feathers in his hair appeared from behind the people, and once he presence was known all talking stopped.
"You three," The man said with a thundering yet peaceful voice as he pointed at the teens, "Did you come in this... vessel?"
"Um... yes..." Max answered. The man tilted his head slightly to one side as he examined them before he turned to the people.
"Our prayers have finally be answered," He said as his arms rose into the air, "These people that have fallen from the heavens in this otherworldly vessel have clearly proven themselves to be the Gods we have been calling for help." This sent all the people into a frenzy of whispers and gasps as they looked up at the teens.
"He thinks we're Gods?" Jetta asked Neron in a hushed voice.
"I guess..." Neron trailed off when he noticed the man was walking up to them.
"I thank you three for coming, though I only asked for the help of Dayunsi," The man said, "Forgive me but I do not know which one of you is Dayunsi." The three stood there for a moment not knowing what to do until Jetta gave Neron a shove with her elbow.
"Play along," Jetta whispered to him as she pushed him again. Neron looked back at her with a confused expression but stepped forward.
"That would be me," Neron said as he slowly walked forward causing everyone behind the man to bow down to him.
"Ah... Dayunsi, the God of creation, forgive me for I always pictured you to be... older looking," The man said as he bowed down at Neron's feet.
"Uh... it's okay..."
"May I ask you one more question?"
"Sure."
"Why do you have the form of a child?" Neron froze as he tried to think of something... anything, but his mind was running a blank.
"We had to take these forms," Jetta said as she walked up to Neron's side, "For you see a God's mystery is in the appearance, and we do not wish to show our true forms. Another reason is that if we were to come in our true forms we'd stick out much to easily."
"I see," The man said as he stood, "You must be Shakaru, goddess of the sun. You're odd red hair resembles the flames of the sun."
"...Uh... Yeah, that would be me," Jetta said with a smile, ignoring the smirk on Neron's face.
"Which God might you be?" the man asked as he looked over at Max, "Perhaps a transforming God? What are your abilities?" Max quickly thought up the first magic attack he could think of and went from there.
"Thunder," Max replied.
"Haokah?" The man said as he tilted his head to one side, "That is an odd form you have chosen, but I respect your creativity."
"Um... thank you."
"So Shakaru, where is Pah?" The man asked as he looked over at Jetta, "He's normally with you."
"Pah? Yes, he came as well, it's just..." Jetta looked back at the Gummi ship, "He got thrown from our vessel when we landed-"
"You mean crashed," Neron corrected.
"Whatever!" Jetta spat.
"I'm sure he can't be far away," the man said, "I'll send as many of my people as I can to search around the corn field for him."
"About that," Jetta said as she scratched the back of her head, "Is this corn field yours?"
"Yes, it is."
"Sorry about taking out a section of it," Jetta apologized, "It was Ri- Pah's fault."
"It's okay, we have more than enough corn to go around," The man said with a smile, "If you wouldn't mind following me I'll take you to the village so we can discuss what is going on."
"Um ...uh..." Jetta paused when she didn't know the man's name yet, so she resorted to pointing at him.
"Chief Powhatan."
"Right, Chief Powhatan. I would like to join the search for Pah if you don't mind."
"Not at all. I understand completely," The Chief said with a smile, "Join us at my hut when you find him."
"Will do," Jetta said with a smile as she ran off into the cornfield, followed by several people to make sure she didn't get lost.
Riku sat up slowly with a groan as he shook the grass out of his hair. He mumbled incoherent words and cursed himself mentally for not stopping sooner, but soon just blamed it on the Gummi ship because the one he drove a year ago could stop on a dime. Looking around at his surroundings, he found out that he had landed in a cornfield. Riku faintly smiled at the thought of Neron saying something like 'well at least it isn't a forest' as he stood. Wait, where was Neron? Where were the others? Where was the Gummi ship?
"Was I thrown out?" Riku muttered as he rubbed his head before he started to look himself over for any misshapen body parts or gushing blood. He knew nothing was broken, cause he didn't feel that bad, but he did find several cuts, some pretty deep, but nothing too serious.
He dug around in his pockets for anything that might heal him, like a potion, but came up empty handed. With a heavy sigh he stood figuring he should go hunt for the others; Jetta was bound to have some kind of potion in one of her many colorful pockets. Without another word, but many grumbles and grunts of displeasure, Riku started his venture through the tall stocks of corn.
"This is great," Riku mumbled, after several minutes of walking around, before he dropped to the ground with a thump, afraid that if he walked even further he'd never find his way out. A few minutes later he heard the fait sound of footsteps. Slowly he stood and looked around until finally he saw Jetta walking through the corn, just then spotting him.
"Ri- Pah!" Jetta shouted with a smiled as she ran to him and wrapped her arms around his torso in a big hug, "You're okay... uh... somewhat." Jetta pulled away quickly after realizing he was bleeding.
"I wish you would have warned me first," Jetta mumbled as she looked down at Riku's blood on her shirt before she reached into a pocket, "I think you need this."
"Thanks Jetta," Riku said as he took the potion but immediately got his mouth covered by Jetta's hands.
"Shut up," Jetta hissed, "You'll ruin everything." Riku cocked an eyebrow at the girl as she removed her hand.
"What?" Riku asked as soon as he was free to talk.
"Just drink the potion okay." Riku continued to look at the girl with a slightly confused expression as he drank the potion.
"Shakaru, is that you? Did you find Pah?" A woman's voice asked as she walked up to the two.
"Yes, and yes," Jetta answered, succeeding in confusing Riku even more.
"Pah, it's good to see you," The woman said as she dropped to her knees and bowed to Riku.
"Um... I think you have the wrong guy."
"What?" the woman asked as she looked up at Riku. Jetta looked at Riku and then down at the woman before she laughed lightly.
"It's okay, he just... landed a little to hard that's all," Jetta said, "Give him a minute or two and it'll all come back to him." The woman slightly smiled at the two before she gave them both a head nod as she stood.
"Let's get you two back to the village," The woman said as she started to walk off, letting the two follow her. Just when Jetta started to follow the woman Riku grabbed her hand and pulled her back.
"What's going on?" Riku asked as he glared at Jetta.
"Well, you see, the people here saw your 'landing' and apparently they think we're Gods sent to help them," Jetta explained, "So just play along okay."
"Gods?" Riku asked as if he didn't believe her, "Don't you think that's a little over the top? I mean what if we mess up and they realize we're not from around here?"
"Technically the heavens is another place, so I don't really think we have to worry about that."
"But what about the way we look?" Riku asked, "Do they really think we look like Gods?"
"No, the Chief was suspicious of us, but I took care of that," Jetta answered, "You see I told him that we had to get a different appearances so we wouldn't stand out."
"Jetta," Riku growled while he let out a heavy sigh, only to get his mouth covered again.
"It's Shakaru here!" Riku glared at her before he removed her hand from his mouth.
"Whatever... Shakaru!" Riku spat, "I hope you know you're just digging us into a hole."
"No I'm not!" Jetta snapped back.
"Hey! Where'd the lady go?" Riku asked, noticing the woman was long gone.
"Now look what you did!" Jetta shouted, "She left us!"
"Well, she was heading that way," Riku said as he pointed in the general direction, "Lets see if we can't catch up with her."
"And what if she isn't walking in a strait path?"
"If we go strait then we're bound to get out sometime," Riku snapped, "I'm sure this corn field isn't endless."
"We still wont know how to get to the village."
"Now look at who's being the downer."
"It's from being around you!"
"Whatever Copper!"
"Just shut up Silver!" Both growled at each other before they turned their backs at each other.
"Um... Is there a problem?" Both turned to find the woman had come back for them.
"It's nothing," Then both said simultaneously.
"Funny, I never expected you two to fight with each other," The woman said as she faintly smiled at the two.
"What do you mean?" Jetta asked.
"Never mind," The woman said as she shook her head, "I just could never see the Gods Pah and Shakaru fighting with each other, but I see you have proved me wrong. Now, if you would, please follow me." Both teens looked over at each other and shrugged before they followed the woman out of the cornfield.
"Shakaru! Pah! I see you both made it," The chief said with a smiled as the two entered his hut, "Good, now we can get started. Have a seat. Sit anywhere you like." Both Jetta and Riku took a seat on an animal skin rug before the chief started.
"As you know I've been praying for you help, and I think the suffering land gave why I asked for help away, didn't it Dayunsi?"
"Yes," Neron said as he gave Chief Powhatan a head nod, going along with it.
"New people have arrived and are tearing up the land from beneath our feet," The chief said, "We have tried reasoning with them, but they always turn us away. I have gotten to the point where I can not bare the agony of the earth anymore, so I wish you to stop them."
"Whoa now!" Jetta shouted, "You want us to kill them?"
"No, I want you to go and reason with them," the chief said, "Surly the wrath of the Gods will change there minds, but I'm afraid if they don't we may have to result in a war. I do not wish to fight them, but the land suffers."
"I understand," Neron said, giving the Chief a small head nod.
"Chief Powhatan!" A man shouted as he ran into the chief's hut and fell onto his knees before the four 'Gods', "I'm sorry for barging in, but Pocahontas has gone missing again." Powhatan let out a heavy sigh as he brought a hand to his forehead and rubbed his temples in frustration.
"Thank you Kokoum," Powhatan said with a sour look on his face.
"Should I go out and look for her," Kokoum offered.
"That's okay, I'm sure she'll turn up soon. If not then I'll send you out to find her," Powhatan said with a heavy sigh as he dismissed Kokoum with the wave of his hand, "I'm sorry about that, my daughter gets into mischief a lot."
"We can find your daughter if you want us to Chief Powhatan," Jetta said, getting glares and annoyed looks from the boys, but she simply ignored them.
"That's okay Shakaru, I didn't call you here to go look for my daughter," Powhatan said.
"It's okay, we don't mind," Jetta said with a smile, "We can search for her as soon as we finish reasoning with these new people."
"I would be very grateful if you did," Powhatan said, "I worry more with each passing day as they draw closer to our village with their destructive ways."
"No time to waist you guys!" Jetta said as she stood, "Lets get going!" With that said, she grabbed Neron and Max and pulled them out of the hut. Riku sighed as he slowly followed after the three, a little annoying that they had to run errand instead of fight something, which he would have liked to rather do. Anything was better than searching for a missing daughter or trying to stop a war before it started.
"I'm sorry Sora," Hercules apologized as he quickly pulled the weights off of the pole, having some trouble since he didn't have his powers.
"It's okay," Sora grunted, "This isn't your fault. I'm just glad the weights are big enough to where they aren't crushing me."
"Or that you're so scrawny."
"Hey! Just cause your muscles are bigger than mine doesn't mean I'm scrawny," Sora snapped.
"Yeah, well, these big muscles aren't worth anything anymore," Hercules said with a sigh as he pushed the last weight off one end, letting Sora slip free.
"What exactly happened?"
"To sum it all up, Hades and I made a deal: I give up my powers for a day, and Meg gets set free," Hercules said as he glanced over at Meg, who hadn't dared move from her spot, "Some deal that was..."
"But I thought you liked her?"
"Yeah, I did," Hercules said, "She was working with Hades all along..."
"Oh..." Sora said quietly before he fell silent.
"What happened here?" Auron said as he walked up to the two, "Did someone die?"
"Look Auron," Hercules said as he stood, "Just kill me now and take my heart, I can't fight back anyway."
"Hercules!" Sora gasped as he stood and positioned himself in between Hercules and Auron, "I wont let you kill him!"
"Don't worry kid, that's not what I'm here for."
"What?" Both Hercules and Sora asked simultaneously with wide eyes.
"That job belongs to a new recruit," Auron said, "I came to warn you about Hades, and his plan. I assume he already took your power?"
"Yeah."
"Damn, I was hopping I could arrive before that, no matter," Auron said.
"What about Hades' plan?" Sora asked before Auron turned to look at the boy.
"He's gone to release the Titans," Auron said, "I over heard him talking to his minions one day about a prophesy the Faiths told him; how he would release the Titans when the planets align and then take down Zeus."
"I don't understand," Hercules said, "If he's after my Father then what does he want with me?"
"He also said that the Faiths also told him that if he fought Zeus he would win, but if the son of Zeus stepped in then he would fail," Auron explained.
"So that's why he took my powers away..." Hercules said with a growl.
"Why does he want to fight his brother?" Sora asked, "I mean I've heard of sibling rivalries, but this just sounds ridicules."
"He wants to take Zeus's place and rule over all," Auron said, "From the way he talks he doesn't seem to like his job. If you asked me I'd say he's a little jealous over his brother."
"We have to stop him," Sora proclaimed.
"How?" Hercules asked, "I'm of no use at the moment."
"Who knows... maybe you can still win," Sora said, "You'll never know until you try."
"Yeah... I guess I have nothing to lose now," Hercules said bitterly as he glanced back at Meg. Just then Pegasus came flying in fast, tweeting and neighing in a manner that made him seemed panicked.
"What's wrong Pegasus?" Hercules asked as Pegasus landed in front of him and gestured for him to get on his back, "Something must be wrong. Come on Sora, let's go."
"In your condition?" Auron asked, "By the way your pony acts it sounds like a big problem." Pegasus let out a quick snort at the man, not like being called a pony.
"Then you can come help," Sora said looking up at Auron with his bright blue eyes, "You said yourself that you weren't after Hercules anymore, and you're not a bad guy."
"How do you know that?"
"You're kidding me right? I know you could have killed me easy back in Thebes," Sora said, "I mean after all if that Hydra didn't stand a chance against you then I'm sure I don't."
"Are you coming or not Auron?" Hercules asked already on Pegasus's back.
"Come on Auron, I know you want to," Sora said as he took Auron's hand and started to pull him over to Pegasus.
"Look, I'll help, but I'm not riding that thing to get there," Auron said as he easily pulled his hand out of Sora's grasp, "I'll get there, don't worry."
"But... how?" Sora asked.
"Hades gives his minions full access to the underworld, I can be where ever I please whenever I want," Auron said before he snapped his fingers. A blue flame sparked around him and he disappeared just as he came.
"Lets go Sora," Hercules said as he pulled the stunned Sora, still amazed at Auron's little trick, onto Pegasus's back just as the horse took to the sky.
After a few minutes of flying at a tremendously fast speed over the ocean, scaring Sora witless, they arrived at Thebes. Sora and Hercules both gasped at the sight before them. Apparently Thebes wasn't a good place after all, considering there was a gigantic Cyclops standing in the middle of the city, destroying anything it touched.
"Hercules!" It screamed as it smashed another building, "Where are you?"
"I suppose that's who took Auron's job?" Sora said as he swallowed hard, "This looks like a really big problem."
"You can say that again," Hercules muttered as Pegasus descended down into the town.
The four sat behind a few bushes outside of a large looking wooden fort. Surrounding the fort was a wall of cut down trees and several men guarded the only door into the place. From what Chief Powhatan's village looked like compared to this, it was clear that the two groups of people were very different, in more ways then one.
"Man... I can't believe we are doing this," Max grumbled, "This is the highest form of meddling, I know it. We're right in the middle of everything here!"
"I'm more worried about what the people are going to think about us," Neron said, "I mean from what the chief says these are completely different people. That means they'll most likely have different beliefs, so to them we'll just look like a group of crazy teens."
"Good point," Riku said as she crossed his arms over his chest, "So how are we going to go about and do this?"
"We'll just go in and look like a bunch of crazy teens," Jetta said, "No problem."
"Where are you going with this?" Neron asked as he gave Jetta a skeptical look.
"It's simple. We'll just walk in, figure what they are here for, and if we have to, approach the main person of this whole thing to try and stop him," Jetta explained.
"Yeah but nobody's going to take us seriously," Neron spat.
"Then we'll use force," Jetta said.
"We came to reason!" Riku snapped, "Not start a war!"
"Just a thought," Jetta growled as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Lets just go back and explain that this is all just one big mistake," Max suggested.
"What's a mistake?" All four teens jumped as they turned to find a tall man with shoulder length blonde hair standing behind them. All four fell silent as they stared at the man.
"You four don't look familiar," The man said as he bent down slightly to examine them, "I don't remember seeing you on the ship. Did you stool away?"
"No," Neron answered.
"Well, come on then," The man said as he started to walk towards the fort, "You kids shouldn't be roaming around out here."
"Come one, he's our ticket in," Jetta whispered to the three boys before she stood and followed the man. The three boys sighed before they slowly followed after Jetta.
"So uh... what's your name?" Jetta asked as she looked up at the man.
"John Smith," The man said before he cast Jetta an odd look, "You don't recognize me?"
"Yes, I do, it's just I'm not good with names," Jetta said with a smile, "So anyway, John, why exactly are we here?"
"You don't know?" John asked, giving the girl a confused look.
"I haven't been told anything about it," Jetta said, "I mean, after all, they don't tell the younger generations anything anymore."
"I suppose you are right," John said with a small chuckle, "We're here for the gold in the land."
"So that's what all the holes around here are for," Jetta said solemnly.
"You sound like it's a bad thing?"
"It is," Neron said as he piped up from the back, "Other people and things live here too. It doesn't all belong to you and your little friends."
"Whoa! Hold up there boy," John said as he raised his hands in defense, "Don't bite my head off, after all it's not my idea. If you want someone to complain to go to Governor Ratcliffe, but I doubt he'd listen to some kids."
"We're not kids!" Neron growled.
"Maybe we should go talk with this Ratcliffe guy," Jetta said, "Could you take us to him?"
"I don't think I should."
"Fine, we'll find him on our own," Neron spat as he walked past John with the others following him. John stopped and shook his head at the group before he walked back out of the fort, wanting to explore the land a little more.
"Someone is living up to their God's name," Riku stated as he looked over at Neron.
"Yeah... well... it's wrong anyway," Neron grumbled as he looked around, "So where do you think this Ratcliffe guy is?"
"Well, if he's the leader then he's bound to have the biggest tent here, right?" Jetta said.
"Good point," Max said as he looked around at the tents before he pointed at one, "That one seems to be the biggest."
"Then lets go!" Jetta said as she ran into the tent. The pudgy man inside looked up from his desk and glared at the intruders.
"What happened to your manners you brats?" He growled.
"Governor Ratcliffe?" Neron asked.
"Yes, what is it. I don't have time for this?"
"We've been sent by Chief Powhatan to ask you to leave the land alone," Neron said, getting strait to the point.
"The leader of those savages?"
"They're not savages!" Jetta spat as she glared at the man.
"Listen, brats, I don't have time for your games."
"This is no game," Neron said as he walked up to Governor Ratcliffe's desk and placed both hands down on the wood roughly, causing some items on the desk to rattle. This did not amuse Governor Ratcliffe at all.
"You are hurting the land, and the people and animals that live around the land that you are destroying."
"Your point?" The Governor asked, causing Neron's eyes to widen in shock.
"Have you no heart?" Neron spat.
"I have one, I just don't care for those savages."
"They're not savages!" Jetta shouted again, "They are people, living and breathing, just like you!"
"Look, as much as I want to sit here and listen to you rant about silly pointless things, I have work to do," Governor Ratcliffe spat, "Now get out before I call the guards on you!"
All four of the teens shot the man dirty looks as they exited the tent. Governor Ratcliffe frowned as he ran his fingers over his goatee and mustache combo as he thought about what the boy had said to him.
"We've been here for days and we still haven't found a single sign of gold," He said as he looked down at his sleeping pug, "What if they are trying to keep me away from the gold?"
"Yes, that's it," Ratcliffe said, "They already have all the gold and just want to keep it for themselves. Why those dirty savages! I'll get my gold, and I don't care how!"
"What a jerk!" Jetta growled as the four of them walked out of the fort.
"That accomplished absolutely nothing," Neron grumbled.
"Some peoples' minds cannot be changed so easily," Riku said, "We can try again later. Until then we should get back to Chief Powhatan and tell him what we learned."
"Uh... guys," Max said as he stopped, causing the others to stop as well.
"What is it Max?" Jetta asked.
"How do we get back to the village?" Everyone fell silent as they looked around at one another, hopping someone knew the answer to Max's question.
"Why don't we go look for the chief's daughter? I'm sure she knows the way back," Jetta suggested.
"What if she already went back home?" Riku asked, "Then what are we going to do?"
"He has a point, and besides, we don't even know what this girl looks like," Neron said.
"We'll think about that latter," Jetta said, "For now lets just look around."
"Oh my gosh!" Neron nearly gasped as if just realizing something.
"What?" Riku asked before he watched Neron knock Jetta upside her head with a fist, but not as hard as he would have liked to. Both Max and Riku's eyes widened after this, knowing their friend was now a goner for sure.
"I can't believe you!" Neron shouted, "Finding this girl is just like a babysitting job; we're going after a lost kid. Did I fail to mention last time that I hate babysitting?" Jetta growled as she slapped him upside the head, wishing she had more strength to slap him harder.
"You're such a jerk! Do you have no manners?" Jetta screeched, "It's rude to hit a lady!"
"Well, you're not a lady so why should it matter." Neron snickered before Jetta tried to pounce on him, but Riku and Max intervened just before she could get her hands around his neck.
"You know, one day we're not even going to bother holding Jetta back," Riku spat as he glared at the blonde, "I'd actually enjoy watching her kick your ass."
"Like she could," Neron snorted.
"Why you little-"
"Myself I think we should just let her go now," Max said, interrupting Jetta, "You know, just to teach Neron a lesson."
"Sounds like a plan to me," Riku said as he smirked at the boy, but Neron didn't seem threatened.
"Go ahead," Neron said as he waved the three away and started to walk off. Max and Riku smiled to one another before they obeyed.
In the blink of an eye Jetta went tarring off after Neron, and once noticing her charge Neron began to flee for his life. Riku and Max found themselves chasing the two through the forest, dodging tree branched and roots, trying their best to keep up. Neron and Jetta reached a clearing by a river, and Neron found himself trapped. He started to turn to go in a new direction but it was to late.
The next thing Neron knew was that he was face down in the dirt with Jetta pounding her fists into the back of his head. Max and Riku smirked at one another, after arriving at the scene, listening to Neron's please for the girl to stop; they even went as fare as laughing when he asked of their help. Eventually, they pulled her off of his back, figuring she had, literally, beaten in the fact that she could kiss his ass into his head.
"Hey! It's you four again!" Everyone stopped and turned to find John Smith standing beside a young looking woman with long black hair and dark tan skin.
Disclaimer: Okay let me start by saying I don't own Pocahontas, John Smith, Governor Ratcliffe, or any other characters in this world, or the world for that matter. Not even the slightest drop of water, ear of corn, or grain of dirt. It all belongs to Disney, not me.
Author: All right, now that that's out of the way I feel much better... not really. Actually I still feel the same.
Riku: At least this time you didn't go rambling on with the disclaimer like you do every time.
Author: ((Ignores Riku)) I actually did research for this chapter! I feel so proud of myself. ((Grins)) The Gods that the four are "claiming" to be are actual Gods that Native Americans believe in, cool huh? Neron and Jetta were the easiest, while Max was the hardest to find a suitable God to impersonate, sighs I'm just thankful I found one. Riku was kinda aggravating cause at first I wanted to make Riku a God of wind... but I couldn't really find one that I actually liked, so I made him a moon God cause of his hair. ((Rubs Riku's head))
Riku: ((Growling)) Cut it out!
Sora: ((Runs into the room with a fresh plate of cookies)) It's cookie time!!! So lets see who gets a cookie. ((Looks at his list)) Zanisha, Rurouni Saiyan, and MagRowan all get a cookie. ((Hands out the cookies)) Hey look!!! Leftovers!!!
Riku: Can I have one?
Sora: No!! They're for Kairi!!! ((Runs off))
Riku: I want one!! ((Chases Sora down))
Author: o.O Uh... you wanna read the notes Kairi? I've gotta go make sure they don't break anything. ((Hands Kairi the notes and runs off))
Kairi: Um... okay. ((Smiles at the reviews before she starts to read))
Zanisha's note: ((Grins)) You're right, Riku's driving does sound a lot like you in bumper cars. LOL! But I know how you fell, the same thing happens to me in bumper cars. Normally with me I'll lose them and they'll come out of no where and hit me... which really sucks, but that's life. Anyways I'm glad you thought I did an awesome job on the last chapter and thank you for reviewing. ((Grins))
Iudex Acerbus's note: I'm glad you found the last chapter exciting. ((Grins)) As for Kairi.... she'll come in later.... but don't be expecting her anytime soon. Sorry. Now the deal with Sora and his memory, he'll just regain a little at a time, at moments in the story, but I'm not telling when or what he remembers. ((Grins)) Don't wanna spoil it for ya. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
Rurouni Saiyan's note: Yes they are going back to the Yu Yu world, so don't worry, and I plan on having more of the Yu Yu gang in their the next time I send them there. ((Grins)) By the way Sora was never mad you for hitting him with the pillow, but Riku... he's a different story now, LOL! I must admit that kiss was really funny! Thanks, once again, for reviewing.
MagRowan's note: You really thought my last reply was funny? ((Grins)) I'm glad you thought that. I love making people laugh. Anyway, the idea of their Gummi ship crashing into John's ship was fun, but it wouldn't have really working with what I was doing.... though I don't know it could have. ((Grins)) It's funny anyway. Oh wow!! My list was really short last chapter!! Yay!! ((Bounces around the room)) I'm so happy now. Thanks for reviewing and thanks for checking my spelling.
Kairi: Well, um... Demon's not really back yet, and I'm not exactly sure what's going on cause it got quite all of the sudden.
CRASH!!!
Sora: ((Walks into the room with a smile on his face)) Here you go Kairi.
Kairi: Um... thanks. ((Takes a cookie)) What happened to Riku?
Sora: He's... resting. ((Grins))
Author: ((Walks in stunned)) Note to self: Never get in the way of Sora trying to win Kairi's affection. O.O I'm gonna go put Riku on the couch... where I'm sure it's more comfortable. Thanks again for reviewing, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. ((Walks out of the room))