Schweppes: And here we are to start Chapter 16! YAY!
Meilin: You mean, we actually made it this far?
Schweppes: Seems so.
Jack: But you finally found me! Woo hoo!
Bakura: Long live the fic!
Yahiko: Why is everyone so excited? I want to get out of here.
Malik: Aww, but why do you want to leave? You have magical closets, people being turned into girls or frogs, much "taxes" and all around craziness.
Bakura: -snickering- Hee hee... taxes. -snorts-
-Mickey comes into the room in a puff of purple smoke, wearing a Yoda outfit (KH2)-
Meilin: Wait a sec, why is Mickey here... again?
Sano: So... you don't want him here then?
Meilin: Duh, he turned me into a frog.
Jack: He turned me into a girl!
Riku: Me too.
Mickey: -In Yoda voice- Muhahahahahahahahahaha!
Notes: ... 'Riku thinking' ... (A/N) ... -action-
Disclaimer: We own nothing. So Mr. Disclaimer person hunter guy... please don't arrest us.
Meilin: This includes (long list) Schweppes gingerale, Nightmare Before Christmas, Yu-Gi-Oh, Rurouni Kenshin, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars, Kingdom Hearts, Yu Yu Hakusho, System Of A Down - 'Toxicity', Dragon Ball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, .hack/sign, Final Fantasy, the fanfiction term 'lemons', Alice in Wonderland, Wizard Of Oz, Excel Saga, and Mary Poppins, Aladdin
Schweppes: But we do own... Meilin's name, "taxes", magical closets, Ozland Forest, magic carpet (not from Aladdin... our own), Mr. Disclaimer
Last time: "Then let's find a way back to Halloween Town. This would be so much easier with the Mayor." Jack suggested.
"I guess we'll have to go find him then. Why don't we call on Botan to help us? BOTAN!" Kurama was yelling out for the grim reaper.
Toxicity
Chapter 16: The Watch Running Late
Botan came flying in on her oar, as perky as she was the last time we saw her.
"Botan, is it okay if you can help us get over to the Ozland Forest?" (Something we actually own!)
"I know, we can use the magic carpet!" Botan snapped her fingers and a large throw rug type carpet appeared before her.
"So... this thing flies?" Kairi questioned the carpets abilities.
Botan didn't bother to answer this question and told everyone to board the carpet.
Jack seemed puzzled, "Will I be able to fit?"
"I guess you can climb on my oar. Just don't fall off." Botan didn't seem worried about this travel at all.
"Riku, do you think this will be safe?" Sora asked me.
"I hope so, but it's the quickest way there, so it's either this or walking all the way through the forest and desert."
Hiei and Kurama seemed to have their own way of transportation, they had small cloud, kinda yellowish in color.
(Meilin: Schweppes... I'm bored!
Schweppes: I guess the fic is getting boring.
Jack: Can't it just end?
Bakura: This is too much fun.
Schweppes: You're barely here, you never read along with the fic... you're only here because Malik is.
Bakura: That's not true, I could be with Malik just about anywhere.
Malik: Yep. Don't have to be here.
Yahiko: Then why here? Why not somewhere else.
Bakura: More freedom. Much more then stuck inside that brat's mind.
Meilin: You're stuck in our minds.
Bakura: But in Ryou's mind, I can't be with Malik.
Meilin: In my mind, you could be with whoever you want.
Bakura: -Grins Evilly-
Meilin: -sighs- What, or should I say, who do you want?
Malik: NO YOU'RE MINE! -Drags Bakura off to a closet-
Ed: How many closets are in here?
Schweppes and Meilin: As many as we want.
Ed: -grinning evilly- What else can be done in here.
Meilin: Anything we want! What part of 'All-Powerful-Authoress-Powers' are you guys not comprehending?
Jack: The part where Mickey is the one zapping us all.
Meilin: He's the authoresses magical minion.
Ed: Does that mean that whatever you tell him to do, he can and will?
Schweppes: Pretty much. Why?
Ed: -Whispering to Meilin- Can I kill off homunculi? Pretty please?
Meilin: Of course Ed-kun! MICKEY!
-Mickey appears, zaps Ed so he can kill homunculi, and Lust appears from yet another closet that appeared near Sally-
Ed: -grins evilly- Thanks, Mei! -Kisses her on the cheek and runs off to kill Sally and Lust.-
Jack: HEY MIDGET! LEAVE SALLY ALONE! -Runs after Ed-
Ed: -stops instantly- WHO'D YOU CALL AN ULTRA-SUPER-HYPER- SMALL-MIDGET-TO-SMALL-TO-SEE!
Jack: YOU, FULL METAL PIPSQUEAK! -Runs from Ed-
Bakura: -Back from closet... Again...- Meilin? You said anyone, RIIIIGHT?
Meilin: Yeah, Why?
Bakura: Where's that Tsukasa person?
Malik: And that Cloud guy too!
-Mickey waves his wandy-thing and from a closet somewhere... wherever they are, and a loud noise is heard.-
-From the closet appears none other then Cloud and Tsukasa-
Tsukasa: Why am I here? Where is this? -Looks around- N...not this place again. -runs off screaming-
Bakura and Malik: Yay! It's them. The gods must love us today. -hug-
Schweppes: Yeah I know, we're gods. We're all powerful and can control your every movement, whim, or whatever. -evil laughter- (much easier then typing Muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)
Meilin: Tee hee hee... lemons lemons lemons.
Schweppes: -Giggling with Meilin-
Yahiko: What are lemons?
Schweppes: It's a fruit, duh. Where have you been? Living under a rock?
Sano: Come on, you can tell me.
Meilin: You're just as bad as the kid. But I'll tell ya anyway. -whispers in ear... something like s-e-x-
Sano: Too much info.
Yahiko: Come on, I want to know too! And don't call me a kid!
Sano: No you don't, and you wouldn't understand anyway.
Yahiko: Maybe I will.
Jack: You're ten, of course you won't.
Mickey: Hee hee hee -poofs Yahiko older-
Older Yahiko: I'm not ten anymore, now tell me
Schweppes: You still have the mentality of a ten year old
Meilin: Try and fix that one Mickey -sticks tongue out-
Bakura: Don't stick your tongue out unless you're gonna use it.
Older Yahiko: Huh?
Malik: Baaakkuuuuraaaa! Get back here! -goes back into the closet... for about the billionth time-
Tsukasa: Please get me out of here.
Schweppes: Now on with the fic!)
We made it to the Ozland forest place, where there's crazy lions, tigers and bears and stuff in search of the Mayor.
Hiei and Kurama jumped off their cloud (Nimbus cloud... DBZ) and directed us into the forest. Botan let Jack off and it was his turn to experience this for the first time.
The first creature we met upon walking in was that weird tiger from earlier.
Kurama asked the cat, "Have you seen a short fat man with a tall hat wandering around? I think we lost him here the last time we came."
The tiger laughed his weird laugh and responded, "Yes, I have seen him. But why should I tell? After all, he might not even be there anymore."
"It doesn't matter! All we want to know is where he is. Why can't you just tell us?" I was getting frustrated.
"But it's no fun that way."
Kairi begged, "Please, just help us find him and we'll leave you alone."
The crazy tigers was starting to disappear, only his stripes and head were all that remained. "Alone can be so boring."
Schweppes yelled out to him, "Just give us one hint, like a game or something."
"Well, maybe just one. You'll find your fat friend when you find a watch running late." After that was said, the cat completely disappeared.
Kairi seemed confused as usual, "What could that mean? A watch running late?"
"Maybe there's be some kind of watch that doesn't work anymore." Sora suggested.
"But then it wouldn't be running." I stated.
No one really seemed to know what the mad cat meant by this. And if they did, they weren't telling anyone.
'Maybe Hiei or Kurama knew, but for some reason... the won't tell us. Whatever that reason may be. Possibly they were afraid of being wrong.'
"I suppose the only thing we can do now, is to wander the forest." Kurama informed us before he walked off deeper into the woods.
Hiei followed in suit and not wanting to get lost like the Mayor, the rest of us followed. But Botan decided to stay behind most likely for the same business that she had to attend to earlier.
'This time there's no yellow path to follow, probably because the dog swept it all away. But there probably wouldn't have been much point to follow it, the Mayor must have wandered off the path.'
After a while of searching a white rabbit in a coat and wearing a big pocket watch, saying, "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date. No time to say hello, goodbye! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"
"Wait, time running late? He's running, with a watch, and is late. Do you think that's what he meant?" Meilin was excited to realize this.
Schweppes was running ahead, "Then let's follow him!"
Hiei got there first and stopped the rabbit in his tracks.
Kurama interrogated the white rabbit, "Have you seen a short fat man with a tall skinny hat?"
"I'm really in a hurry, can you let go of me?" the rabbit was struggling to break loose of Hiei's grasp.
"Just answer the question" Hiei said in his menacing tone.
The rabbit gave in, "Fine, yes I saw him. I'm going to his trial right now. If I don't get there the queen will chop off my head!" (or go on with the fic. -smirk-)
"We'll let you go, but we're going to follow you there."
So once they let go of the rabbit, he ran off and we were in tow, following him.
The trial was held in a dark underground room. There wasn't much inside this room other then the seats on which to sit, the judges place thing, and everything else that is a necessity in a court room.
The white rabbit announced after blowing his... uhhh... horn, "All arise for the great judge Excel!"
Everyone stood as told and watched as a girl with about blond shoulder length hair and some green shirt with shoulder things.
The judge Excel was interrogating the Mayor, but she was talking so fast and so loud, that it was hard to understand her. The Mayor just sat there, looking awfully confused.
Schweppes and Meilin walked up to the Mayor and just simply took him by the arms and started to walk out of this underground room. They didn't go very far, as cards with arms, legs and a face took ahold of Meilin and Schweppes, bringing them to the side of the room and holding onto them so they couldn't escape.
"Now that we know that we can't just take him, what should we do? We have to get him out of here before the judge kills him." Sora stated.
Kairi was thinking, "I guess we could be witnesses for the Mayor to help him to get free."
"There must be an easier, quicker way to get out of here!" I was getting frustrated. 'Maybe we could attack the judge and everyone else until we get out.'
Without sharing this idea with Kairi, Sora, Jack, Kurama or Hiei I ran up to Excel, took out my keyblade and started to attack.
"What do you think you're doing?" Kurama was clearly annoyed at what I just did.
"If you can't beat them, join them!" Sora ran in and commenced attacking the cards.
Everyone else joined in and fought for the Mayor's freedom.
Excel wasn't about to let this happen so easily. She took out a gun and started shooting in my direction. I simply blocked the bullets with the Ultima Blade.
Kurama and Hiei stayed together to attack the approaching cards. Schweppes and Meilin were attacking the card guards that had withheld them. Jack was helping Kurama and Hiei. I was attacking Excel, and Sora and Kairi were attacking the cards that came near the Mayor, who was hiding under the desk.
"You won't get away with this! In the name of Illpalazo(sp?), I will CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD!" Excel laughed manically.
At the sound of the words 'chop off your head', many cards came and started attacking me, only one of me against all these cards had the odds against me.
Kurama took out his Rose Whip and knocked the cards down in numbers, "Thought you might need a little help."
"Heh, thanks Kurama!" I was grateful.
While no one was looking, the judge Excel had left the room. By the time all the cards were eliminated, we realized that Excel was nowhere to be seen.
"Damn it! She got away!" my opponent had escaped.
Hiei, who had used the sword he had been originally carrying, spoke, "we should go. We have the Mayor and the path is clear."
Meilin nodded and followed, along with everyone else. We made it back to the forest where the White Rabbit was resting most likely from running away from all the commotion.
"Have you seen the judge?" Kurama asked the White Rabbit.
The Rabbit gave Kurama a disgusted look, "Even if I have, why should I tell you?"
Before Kurama could respond to this remark, Hiei had his sword pointing to the Rabbits forehead, "You will tell us where she went!"
"Fine, I'll tell you what I know, just get that away from me!" Hiei backed away from this nervous creature, "I haven't seen her. I left in the beginning, in the exit farthest away from the one closest to her stand."
Hiei continued, "Where does the exit lead to?"
"You will find it in the apple orchards." Before anyone else had the chance to interrogate him some more, he hopped away as fast as possible.
Schweppes lightened up, "Do you think he means the orchard that we saw when we first got out of here?"
"He must, there aren't many around here, just that one. It's not even that big." Kurama informed us.
"Jack, you're back!" The Mayor finally spoke.
"Yeah, they found me in a graveyard."
"We don't have much time for talking, we need to find Excel." Sora was determined. 'He never liked anyone who cheated very much.'
So Kurama and Hiei lead us all out and to the orchard the Rabbit spoke about.
"Watch out for Excel, she could attack us at any time now." Kurama warned us.
We split up into groups of two, Kurama and Hiei, Me and Sora, Schweppes and Meilin, with the exception of Jack, Kairi and the Mayor.
"So, Riku. We haven't been alone in a while." Sora was flirting with me.
"Sora, this really isn't the time. I'm sure when this is over, we will have all the time we want." I was trying to ignore Sora if at all possible and keep my attention to Excel.
(Sora: No! Riku doesn't love me anymore!
Riku: I love you, you just get really really really really annoying.
Sanosuke: Yeah, he's right.
Sora: Stop being so nosey!
Schweppes: It's impossible not to be nosey here. We're all in one space and most of the people are always in closets anyway. Right Meilin?
Meilin: -from a closet- YEAH!
Ed: -complaining- You don't need to yell so loud, you hurt my ears.
Jack: Let's change this to another topic. -excited tone- So, Cloud, how are you?
Cloud: Ummm... ok I guess.
Jack: What did you do today?
Cloud: Mostly slept.
Jack: Was it fun?
Cloud: Why are you asking me all these questions?
Jack: Because I want to know and I don't want to know what Meilin and Ed are doing.
Cloud: Ask someone else.
Jack: That's ok. So, did you sleep good? (I've actually had people ask me questions like this... and really fast too. very annoying.)
Cloud: LEAVE ME ALONE! -hides in a closet-
Tsukasa: Look what you did to him. You scared him.
Jack: It's his fault for being a coward.
Sally: Just leave them alone.
Schweppes: I know how to change the subject, go on with the fic! Yay!)
"You don't have to be so rude, Riku. I was just trying to make conversation." Sora responded back rudely himself.
A couple minutes later a rustling was heard from a tree only a couple feet ahead. Upon inspection of this tree, Excel was seen hiding within the branches.
"Excel!" I tried to yell it as loud as possible, so that everyone else would hear and come running.
Excel laughed and jumped down from within the tree.
Schweppes: I feel like leaving the fic off here.
Meilin: What an awful cliffhanger.
Schweppes: I thought you were in the closet with Ed.
Meilin: Yeah, but Ed wanted to come back out.
Sanosuke: I think that Kenshin might need me back at the dojo. Do you think you can let me go?
Older Yahiko: Me too! -on hands and knees begging-
Schweppes: Yeah, I guess you can leave.
Older Yahiko: Hell yeah! -runs as fast as he can to the door-
-The door knob isn't there-
Schweppes: Zel, did you ever put the doorknob back?
Zel: -nervous- Doorknob? I don't know what you're talking about.
Meilin: Of course you do! -points Oathkeeper in Zel's direction.-
Zel: I lost it! I don't know where it is!
Xellos: I know -pushes Yahiko and Sano towards a closet-
Sanosuke: What's this gonna do? I don't want to go in the closet, especially with the runt.
Older Yahiko: Who are you calling a runt!
-Xellos pushes them into the closet, a bright light and loud noise comes from the closet and it disappears-
Xellos: I figured that if they can appear out of no where, then they can disappear to where ever.
Kouga: I wanted to eat him too.
Schweppes: Where have you been?
Kouga: That's a secret.
Ed: I don't want to know.
Mickey: -laughs- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Jack: That was random.
Malik: Mickey's still here?
-Mickey goes poof and leaves-
Schweppes: This'll be enough for this chapter. See you next time!
Meilin and Ed: Bye!
-Kouga and Tsukasa start fighting for no reason at all. Much yelling-