Heart of an Alchemist
(A/N)
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Warning: Video game content! 0.0
Chapter Five
"Gawrsh, your world disappeared too, Jiminy?" asked a tall dog-like creature.
"It sure did," answered a little cricket wearing a top hat and suit. "As far as I know I'm the only one who made it to this castle."
"Yeah, yeah, that's terrible," grumped a white duck. "Why the hell do we always get these stupid jobs anyway?"
"Come on Donald. You saw the King's letter. We're important, he needs us to restore the world border."
"That's 'order', Goofy."
"Ahyuk, right, world order." The characters were walking down a long winding staircase.
"Why again are you coming along?" Donald asked looking at the little cricket – Jiminy.
"The King wanted me to keep an eye on you, and record data on some of the Heartless we run into." Donald gave a disdainful sigh.
"And him?" gesturing to a yellow-orange dog following them down the steps.
"Well I just thought Pluto might be able to help us track down the Keyblade Master, o' course," Goofy answered. Donald gave another sigh and rolled his eyes. They reached the end of the stairs and opened a door. The new room had white walls everywhere and large machines and gizmos moving around. Donald made a gesture to a high-up room with two little chipmunks in it, one had a small black nose the other had a large red one. The red nosed chipmunk hit a button, shutting off the lights.
Donald pushed a button on a console and yelled, "Not that button, Dale! Chip, you do it!" The black-nosed chipmunk – Chip – pushed a button and the lights flashed on, and then he hit another button that sent three large hands over to the group. The hands picked the three up, with Jiminy on Goofy's shoulder. The hands dropped them all into a red and yellow ship. Donald sat up and pushed a button, "All right get us the hell out of here," he demanded grumpily. Dale pushed a large red button and the floor under the ship opened up, sending the group falling down a hole. They popped out of the hole into outer space. Donald pushed a lever forward and they gunned away from the large world with the castle.
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"Are you all right?" said a voice. Ed could tell it was a woman. He opened his eyes to see a young woman with short black hair and dark eyes. She had a white headband and a yellow scarf. She was wearing a green tube top with two blue straps. Her shorts were a pale yellow color, with a loose blue belt. She had orange fingerless gloves and a net material going up her arms. Her shoes were orange with white socks that covered most of her legs.
"I think so." The girl offered him a hand and helped him up.
"That's good, I was just looking for someone when I saw you. I thought you might have gotten attacked by the Heartless 'cause your clothes are all ripped up." Ed looked down at himself and saw his coat had been slashed and his pants were a bit ripped up.
"Hmm? What's a Heartless?"
"You don't know? They're evil creatures that attack people and steal their hearts. I was sure you had gotten attacked, this district is usually swarming with them." Ed suddenly remembered the attack on Destiny Islands.
"Wait, are Heartless little black creatures with big yellow eyes!"
"Yeah, that's it. So you were attacked. Although some of them aren't as small as those, there are really big ones but the ones around here couldn't be any bigger than either of us. There are different types of them roaming around. Different shapes, sizes, colors, you get the idea." Ed remembered the big one Sora and he fought right before they got sucked into the sky. 'Damn it! I don't know where Sora is!'
The girl looked up and down Ed. "Hey, you're from another world aren't you?" Ed was surprised at her comment.
"Why would-"
"No need to worry. Most of the people around here got transported here when their worlds were destroyed. And besides no one I know has a metal arm…or leg." Ed looked at his clothes. The rips and tares made his polished Automail fairly visible. "Don't worry about that, we can get some cloth in town and fix it right up. Follow me Mister… um, what's your name?"
"Edward Elric, you?"
"Yuffie Kisaragi."
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"Donald, Jiminy, look!" Goofy said pointing to the sky. "A star's going out!" The three looked at the sky as a bright star vanished from the sky.
"Damn it! The King said that's what happens when a world is destroyed! Come on, Goofy. We need to find that Keyblade the King was talking about."
"Right." The couple – Jiminy riding along Goofy's shoulder – made their way up a few steps when the dog, Pluto, started sniffing the ground. "What's up Pluto?" The dog gave a couple of barks and ran off to the left as Donald went right. "Eh, Donald I think we ought to-"
"Oh, what do you know you big Palooka?"
"Hmm, what do I know?" Goofy turned and followed Donald, "Come on Pluto," he yelled to the dog without looking back. Pluto looked to Goofy and gave one last bark then jogged into the ally on the left. He sniffed around the ground and came upon a spiky haired boy, Sora. He sniffed at his feet then jumped up and gave Sora a big slobbery kiss on his face. Sora's eyes zipped open and he immediately wiped away the slobber from the dog's tongue.
"Ack, yuck, get off me!" Sora said giggling as Pluto began to pounce on and lick him again. "Stop it, stop it." Pluto finally calmed down and wagged his tail madly. Sora wiped his face and looked around. "This isn't Destiny Islands." He was sitting in the corner of a dark ally between a couple of boxes and barrels. Pluto nudged his leg, barked and ran out of the ally. "Hey, wait boy, or girl, just come here!" Pluto stuck his head back in the ally and barked again, then ran off. Sora chased after him. Pluto was out of sight but Sora was now in a larger area. There were a few buildings and walls were all over the place. The ground was a brown brick and most of the buildings had the same brown roof shingles. Only a few people, and a strange white creature with a red ball antenna, were in the area. Sora looked at the people. Most of them didn't have a very happy expression on their faces. Sora looked at a kid who was leaning against a lamppost. He was about to call out 'Tidus' but took a closer look at him and realized that that was not his friend from home. Sora turned around to see a door with a sign above it that said 'Accessory' on it. Sora took a deep breath and walked in.
It was a small shop with a fireplace, table, couch and some jewelry in a glass window. "Hello, how can- aw crap. Hey kid you mind getting out of here?" said a grumpy man. He had blond hair and goggles. His t-shirt was white and he had baggy blue pants. Around his waist was a large brown waistband and his shoes were black.
"My names not 'kid' it's Sora, and I'm fourteen."
"Whatever, ya look lost and this ain't the candy store. So if ya don't mind, move it or lose it."
"I'm not looking for any candy store! Plus I'm not lost...well, I might be. Where is the place?"
"Huh?" After a few minutes of conversation Sora told the man about the attack on Destiny Islands and waking up in this town, and the man told him about the place.
"So, this place is called Traverse Town? This really is another world, huh Gramps?"
"Eh, the names Cid! An' it sure is another world 'cause I ain't never heard of no islands."
"I wonder if my friends are here."
"One of 'em's bound to show up here. Lot's of people lately have been poppin' up out o' nowhere."
"Great, then I better start looking. Thanks for the help Gramps," Sora said leaving the shop.
"Hey," he said stopping Sora. "Look, if yer havin' any trouble or questions you can come to me."
"Thanks, I will." Sora then walked away.
"And that's Cid! Cid Highwind!" He yelled after him. "You'd best remember that!"
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Donald and Goofy walked through a door. This area had a stream of water flowing into a hole, which was closed off by bars. "Ggggggaaaaaahhh!" Donald yelled. "Damn it, damn it, damn it! I can't believe we still haven't found that freaking Keyblade!"
"Gawrsh, if we don't then we'll never be able to help the King. And it's kind of spooky here."
"Ah, don't be such a chic- AAAAHHHH!" Donald freaked out as he felt a light tap on his shoulder. He jumped onto Goofy's shoulders in fright.
"Oh, I'm so sorry if I scared you," said a feminine voice. Donald and Goofy turned to see a woman with greenish-blue eyes. Her hair was down to her hips in a braid, she had two red ribbons in them, her bangs reached about halfway down her face and she had two thick curls in front of her ears that reached to her shoulders. She wore a pink spaghetti-strapped dress, and a blue belt. She had brown shoes and about eight metal silver bracelets on her left arm. "Did the King send you?"
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"No sign of them," whined Sora, collapsing on his rear. He had walked around a lot of Traverse Town, but had not seen a soul except for some of the weird creatures that had popped up. Sora didn't want to have to carry the Keyblade – as he thought it was called – around all the time, so he set it in the back of his belt and took it out when the monsters attacked. He was exhausted, sweaty and could barely walk. Sora reluctantly got up and began to find his way back to Cid's shop. On his way, he saw a door that he hadn't seen on his rounds around the place. He walked inside to find a normal looking house with a few rooms. It was completely empty, not including the furniture. Sora entered the last room and found two Dalmatian dogs laying on the floor whimpering. Sora walked and kneeled down next them.
"What's wrong you two?" Sora asked giving them scratches on their backs. The two dogs' tails weren't wagging and they kept whimpering. Sora noticed one of the dogs was looking at a picture. Sora took a look and saw a little Dalmatian puppy. Sora then remembered various pictures across the rooms of other little puppies. "Oh, did you lose your puppies?" The dog looked at him and gave a small bark. "Don't worry uh…" Sora quickly examined the dog, "Girl, your puppies will come back." Sora took a look at the other dog, which was staring at another picture on top of a piano. "Come here…Boy. Come here." The dog walked slowly over to Sora and he gave him a big belly rub. Sora's attention seemed to cheer the dogs up a little, but when Sora walked out of the house he could hear them whimpering through the door.
Sora walked back to the first district and plopped down on the couch in the Accessory shop. "Still didn't find 'em, Sora?" asked Cid.
"Not a trace. Oh, do you know about any dogs in the second or third district?"
"Hmm, there might'a been some, but I ain't the expert on those things."
"Oh, OK." Sora hopped off the couch, he had taken a nice load off and had some energy back. "I think I'm going to ask some of the other people around here if they might have seen them."
"All right, be careful." Sora nodded and walked out. He walked forward and took one step down the short staircase when he heard someone say, "They'll come at you out of nowhere, and keep coming because you wield the Keyblade. But why the hell did a kid like you get it?"
Sora turned around to see a man with brown hair that reached his shoulders and was spiked at the end. His eyes were blue and a scar lingered between them. He wore a white t-shirt, a black, short-sleeved leather jacket with a short red cross with what looked like a lion's head at the top, on each sleeve. The same cross shape hung around his neck as a silver necklace. He had black gloves, black pants, and black shoes. On his hips was one black belt that was strapped through the pants loopholes, two brown belts and another black one hanging loosely at his waist.
"Hey, what did you call me?"
"It doesn't matter. Let's see that Keyblade."
"What? No way am I going to give it to you!"
The man gave a sigh. "Fine, have it your way." He then pulled something from behind him.
In his right hand he pulled out a strange sword. The handle was about the size of a regular swords, but slightly curved. Attached to the handle was what looked like a gun barrel and a trigger. Out of the barrel was the blade. Hanging from the handle was the same lion head cross as a key chain.
The man pointed the sharp end at Sora and lunged forward. Sora jumped out of the way and grabbed the Keyblade from his belt. The man thrust his weapon at Sora again, this time Sora blocked him and forced him back. The man took a little stumble and Sora swung at him as hard as he could. The stranger quickly caught his balance and swung his sword, making Sora fly to the other side of the walkway and bang his head against the hard wall of one of the shops.
Sora's head pounded, but he got up as fast as he could because he knew the stranger wasn't going to stop until he got his hands on the Keyblade. Sora got to his knees when a sharp jab came in contact with his stomach. The man kicked him hard again, this time in the head. Sora began to get a headache. The man kicked again and just in time Sora threw out the Keyblade blocking his foot. Sora jumped up swinging the Keyblade, jabbing the man in the head. He jumped back and Sora stood all the way up, trying not to show how much his stomach and head hurt.
'Dang it,' Sora thought, 'this guy's way too strong; I'll never be able to beat him. I've only grazed him a little, but I feel like I could pass out any second now.' The man raised his weapon again to Sora. 'But…I can't let him have this. I won't let him!'
Sora ran forward and slashed at the man, aiming for his head. He was right in front of him when a red flair shoved him back. Sora collided with the ground and looked at his chest. His shirt had burn marks on it and it felt warm. Sora looked up. The man pointed the blade at him again. Sora saw the blade light up in an orange-red color, and then heard a small click, like a trigger and a red fireball flew at Sora. Barely dogging the fireball, he fell flat on his face and looked at the wall it had hit. The wall had singe marks on it and it was lightly smoking. Sora saw another red light from the corner of his eye and turned to see a flame ball right in front of him. The flame sent him flying against the brick wall again, but this time he couldn't get up.
'No…I can't…let him have it. I…won't…let…him…' Sora's eyes began to feel heavier and heavier. He squinted and looked up to see a fuzzy picture of the man looking down on him. Sora's eyes then closed and he lost consciousness.
(A/N)
What's gonna happen to Sora? Does Yuffie really want Ed fully-clothed(I sure don't!)! Is Donald really that much of a pottymouth? And is no one disturbed by Donald not wearing any pants! Find out on the next chapter of...(bum,bum,bum) Heart of an Alchemist
(ooh, stupid ending spasm!)