Riku: We're back again, sadly.
Jack: When will this fic end!
Meilin: NEVER! MUAHAHAHA!
Schweppes: God, I hope not. Now it's Jack's turn to read the Disclaimer!
Jack: Gahh! I give in. Okay. -reads paper- Schweppes and Meilin don't own any anime sold in Japan, maybe a comic strip or two they made up, but that's about it. Yeah... and they still have yet to own me!
Schweppes: As we always say, that time'll come. When and where, we don't know.
Warning: YAOI
Notes: (A/N), 'thoughts', -actions-, Riku's POV
Last time: (Sora's POV) I left them and walked ahead to the demons and Riku.
Toxicity
Chapter Thirteen: Oasis
"Hi Sora, nice of you to join us." Kurama noticed.
"It's getting kind of dark now, are we going to get sleep or just continue walking? I heard that deserts can get really cold at nighttime." Sora stated.
"We'll walk, it's not that far, and it doesn't get cold that quick. It'll be refreshing." As Kurama said that, Hiei just grunted.
"Obviously these ninjens can't take the heat any longer."
"We've been hiking all day! The last time we got to rest was back in New York. We haven't even been here a day and it feels like we've been around the whole place!" I objected.
I took Sora in my arms and started to cuddle him, I guess this is what made Hiei give in, because after that, he leapt up into another tree.
"I guess this means we're staying for the night. I guess it'll do." Kurama then took out a whip of sorts and climbed his way up the tree to Hiei.
I walked over to a fallen down tree and sat on it, watching the sun set. Sora then walked over and sat on my lap. 'It's so peaceful. I wish we didn't have to leave right away in the morning.' Sora leaned back and I allowed him to kiss me. Kissing him back and then looking at the horizon, I then realized that this will be one of my best memories in life.
Once the sun finally set I leaned back, Sora next to me, and fell asleep oblivious to everything else going on.
--Next Day--
When I woke up, Sora had gone off and was talking to Schweppes, Meilin, Kairi and the Mayor. I decided not to join their conversation, so instead I went to the little pond and drank some water.
'This water's really good. It doesn't taste like metal, like the stuff in New York. Come to think of it, this water tastes better than the water back home too. I wonder what they're talking about.' I was watching Kurama and Hiei, they had gotten out of the tree.
Sora walked up to me, "I see you're awake now."
"Yeah. Do you think we should get going now?" I asked.
"We were waiting for you to wake up first, so I guess we might as well." And we went over to Kurama and Hiei.
"Alright, we're going now!" Sora yelled to everyone else.
As they joined the group again, I managed to drink just a little more water. 'You never know how long it'll take to get to the next place here.'
We set out on the journey again into the desert. The sun hadn't even risen yet, so it was still cool enough. I took off my shoes and walked with the sand squishing between my toes.
(Schweppes: I love the feeling of sand between my toes!
Meilin: Am I the one who has to make sure no one interrupts this time?
Schweppes: Guess so.
Yahiko: How'd I get here?
Schweppes: Not this again, how do you people keep coming here?
Meilin: -glomps Yahiko- Maybe it's like The World (.hack/sign) where you can transport to other places as you please.
Yahiko: Can you get off of me?
Sanosuke: You'll get used to it.
Schweppes: YEP! -Climbs on top of Sanosuke's shoulders- Now ON WITH THE FIC!)
I was walking with Sora, hand in hand, Hiei was up ahead. 'Probably at the next stop by now.' Kurama had that really determined look on his face and wasn't going to stop for anything. 'He must really care about his family.'
I was carrying both keyblades, we were taking turns carrying both. "Sora, why do you think that there are more keyblades now, instead of just 2?"
"Maybe because there are more worlds, so we need more keyblades to unlock them at better speed, or the door to the Kingdom Heart is more powerful, so we need more." 'It seems like Sora's been thinking about this.'
We didn't talk after that. Next thing to happen was the Mayor fainted. 'Poor thing.' Kurama had to carry him for he is, after all, the strongest. Lucky enough for Kurama, our next stop was about 15 minutes away.
When we got there, just as I suspected, Hiei was there waiting for us. This place was another forest, almost identical as the last one.
"Riku, the desert has been clam, but what do we know about this forest? There might be many demons just waiting for breakfast to come."
"Well, if there is, we get to use the keyblades." 'I want to fight, I haven't been able to since the last adventure.'
We went into the woods. They had the same lions and tigers and bears, but there were other animals as well, and no yellow brick road. There were crocodiles, alligators and many weird demons.
All of a sudden weird music started to come from nowhere. And there is a frozen pond that seemed to appear out of nowhere as well. The hippos and ostrages put on some tutu's and started dancing ballet. This went on for a little while as we were watching, our mouths wide open.
"What the fuck is this?" Meilin wondered.
"I don't want to know." 'Sora must really hate this, I don't blame him.'
"I think this looks cute!" Schweppes then started choking Kairi for saying that.
"ARE YOU INSANE!"
"Ummm... yes?"
Hiei seemed to of disappeared the second this started, Kurama and the Mayor along with him. 'I should of gone too, but I'm afraid it's too late.'
The alligators and crocodiles came out and started going after the hippos and oustrages. 'I don't blame them.'
"Why don't we help the alligators?" Sora asked winking.
"That's not a bad idea." But we all went out and started attacking the hippos and alligators.
We took out the keyblades and went after them. They bite us and stomped us. There was much blood and gore.
(Don't like blood, don't read paragraph. Serious gore.)
We won this battle, walking out Schweppes had a bloody nose and a major bite in the leg from an alligator. Meilin's arm looked about to fall off. Sora's foot was covered with blood and he was missing a finger. 'Kairi seemed to get out fine, she probably hid behind a tree and watched.' I was cut on the chest, pecked by an ostrage and my foot was flattened from one of those hippos. At the end there were many dead animals lying on the ground.
"Well, that was fun." Sora then limped off to find Hiei, Kurama and the Mayor.
"I don't think I can walk, my leg is seriously injured." Schweppes pointed out.
(Schweppes: Sano-kun will you carry me?
Sanosuke: Not even if I was in the fic!
Schweppes: Just wait, you'll be in there. MUHAHA!)
"I'd carry you again if my foot wasn't flattened." I pointed out. 'Plus, it was bad enough carrying her the last time!'
"The only one who doesn't have some foot or leg injury is Meilin. Wait, Meilin is trying to catch up to Hiei and Kurama, maybe they can carry her. I think the rest of us can walk fine enough." Sora noticed.
And to make the situation better, Kairi fainted. 'She must be squeamish.'
It was about 10 minutes before Meilin came back with everyone else. 'I wish I had a watch about now.' Kurama was stuck with carrying Schweppes. 'She better be lighter than Mayor, or else he's going to have some trouble.'
(Schweppes: Are you trying to call me fat!
Riku: No! I think...
Meilin: Of course he is, why shouldn't he? You're a whale!
Schweppes: GRRR! -punches Meilin over, and over, and over, and over... (Think of Energizer bunny gone crazy)-
Meilin: -knocked out-
Sanosuke: Remind me never to get on her bad side.
Yahiko: Yes! I finally can rest.
Sanosuke: Why would you need to rest?
Yahiko: Because that bitch drove me crazy.
Schweppes: MUHAHAHA! Who wants to be next? -Hungry looking glare-
Sano, Yahiko, Jack and Riku: Meep! -sweatdrop-)
We made it past the dead hippos and alligators. Next was the rest of the forest. 'Too many pine trees!'
So we're walking around, everything quiet, too quiet. Then Lock, Shock, and Barrel come out, yet they leave as quickly as they come. We follow them, hoping to find Jack to where they were leading.
The forest became very thick and the trees became bear, the only leaves on the ground. A deep fog swept through the territory, as it started to rain.
Schweppes' eyes got sparkly, "I'M HOME!" Everyone facefaulted.
The rest of the group was trying to find somewhere as to not get wet, while she was busy climbing the trees, in search for god knows what.
A raven flew from the sky and landed on top of her head saying in a very dramatic tone, "Never more." (No, sadly, I'm not Edgar Allen Poe. He's a genius... better than Einstein!)
(Schweppes: It is my goal to get a raven and name it Edgar (or Sanosuke) and teach it to say nevermore.
Meilin: You're obsessed.
Schweppes: -Can't hear in order she has that dazed off look on her face.-
Sanosuke: Forget it, she's too happy. Ever since it started raining she's been thinking of a whole bunch of dark gloomy and "happy" stuff.
Schweppes: -Thinks of a full moon, Sanosuke, wolves, wolves howling at the full moon, dark creepy "happy" forests, ravens saying nevermore, rain, vampires, stalking stuff in the middle of the night, Sanosuke, standing out in the rain, Meilin saying she hopes Raven from Zoids was there, that girl from the ring, rain...-
Meilin: Meep
Jack: Hmmm... what's so bad about some of that stuff?
Schweppes: -snaps out of her trance- NOTHING! NOTHING! MUAHAHAH! -gets all glossy-eyed again-
Yahiko: This is too freaky.)
They keep on walking, Schweppes following by jumping tree to tree.
"Kurama, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Yusuke said dumbly.
(Schweppes: Get it? Kurama's a fox... and that's the closest thing to Toto.
Jack: Was that supposed to be funny?
Sanosuke: I hope not.)
"Yusuke... we never were in Kansas." 'Looks like Kairi didn't get the so-called 'joke'.'
Schweppes then seemed to get an idea and reached into her backpack (Just pretend it was there the whole time and we'll all be happy) and pulled out a trench coat.
"Where the hell did you get that thing!" Meilin asked
"I've had it! Don't you like it?"
Meilin just shook her head and walked on, ignoring the craziness.
"Ya know, there's someone else who would look better with this on..." Schweppes said evilly.
(Schweppes: Yes, SANOSUKE!
-A trench coat (complete with sign for 'evil' on the back) magically appears on Sano-kun-
Sanosuke: Hmmm... I could get used to this.
Meilin: You're all crazy.
Schweppes: Rain has that affect on people. Then again, so do full moons, but the next one's not until fill in date. Hehehehe (evil laugh) maybe I can write a separate fic and post it then of me (with Sanosuke) turning into werewolves.)
Schweppes jumped down from a tree and puts Sano's trench coat on Hiei. A gust of warm air comes in and flutters the coat on Hiei.
"Hn." Hiei mutters. 'He's not taking it off... he must like it. I have to say, he definitely doesn't look bad in it, and that sign fits him well. I wonder what Sora would look like...'
As we keep on walking, nothing eventful happens, except for that cawing of the raven who doesn't want to seem to leave. If possible, the fog seems to get thicker and a ghost is standing in front of us.
(Sanosuke: Who's the ghost?
Schweppes: You're ruining the fic yet again!
Meilin: Schweppes, just stop trying. They'll just keep doing it no matter what you say.
Schweppes: -sigh- I guess - WAIT! What am I saying? I MUST NEVER GIVE UP!
Meilin: -sweatdop-
Jack: You're hopeless.
Schweppes: You know, it's very hard to teach fish the electric slide.
Yahiko: How the hell are you going to do that!
Schweppes: When the timing it right and they're all staring at my finger, move it back and forth so they go side to side and front to back as the music plays in the background!
Sanosuke: And... has this worked yet?
Schweppes: -sweatdrop- No.
Meilin: Should we "Get on with the fic"?
Schweppes: Stealing my lines! But no, it's long enough and I don't feel like writing more. Rurouni Kenshin fans, read my other fic!
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