Author's Note-Thankies for all the reviews so far! And I don't own Kingdom Hearts. That's all you need to know. –glanceglance-
"King Mickey!" Goofy, Donald, and Sora cried.
Sora glared at the figure before them, the one they had been talking to. "Let King Mickey go!"
"Sorry, but I'm not the one in charge. You'll have to take it up with him." The figure said, lifting a hand to point to a figure standing on the first block of the high tower.
Sora turned to the tower. "Fine. Then I will." With that, he ran for the tower. Donald and Goofy started to follow. The figure on the high tower turned to them, looked at Donald and Goofy. Then he pulled his hood back enough to reveal a glowing golden eye. Donald and Goofy stopped, suddenly rooted to their spots.
Sora turned to them. "Donald! Goofy! What are you two waiting for? C'mon, let's go!"
"Uh... Sorry, Sora...we'd like to, but...we're stuck..." Goofy said.
"Just go on ahead! We'll be fine!" Donald commanded.
Sora hesitated, then nodded and ran on ahead. The figure turned and began to walk off. "Hey!" Sora exclaimed, running after him. He chased the figure into the chapel. The large doors slammed shut behind him. It made the boy jump slightly, but he quickly turned back to his antagonist. There was a faint, soft amber glow underneath the hood.
Sora started walking to the center of the chapel, where the figure stood. He stopped about five feet away from the figure. "Are you... Are you....Silence?" Sora questioned.
There was a long pause, a long hesitation. Sora could feel the quiet beginning to weigh down on him. "O-oi!"
Suddenly, before he had time to react, the figure suddenly shot towards him and went through him. Sora's eyes widened as he stumbled back a couple of steps, then dropped to his knees and fell forward, unconscious.
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The man watched the three-piece looking glass. One piece displayed the sandy-haired dual wielder working his way up through the castle, fighting off the Heartless that attacked him the best that he could. The second piece showed the king's two toadies, the duck and the dog, now able to move again, fighting off the shadows with the God Save the Queen staff and the God Save the King shield. The third piece showed his most trusted minion, Silence, dealing with the brunette brat that had failed his plans a year before.
And then there was that power surge. He had felt it come from Twilight Town. Was it possible that the one he had been searching for could have been there? No, it was impossible. Not without all the fragments. Besides, the power he had felt was of light, but not of darkness. Yes, it was too soon. "It's not him. It's...the other..." he muttered. His eyes narrowed. "Blast it all. This must be her doing. They catch on quick... I must make haste with my plans."
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Taro emerged from the lift stop and looked around, only to see more monsters. He groaned, then blinked. Two figures, a humanoid duck and a dog- the very same he had seen at Sora's side, in fact-were fighting off the monsters. A mouse stood in a cage in the center of the area, watching. Three black-cloaked figures stood on the platform above while one stood off to the side, watching the battle. Taro felt the aura of familiarity radiating off the figure. Wait. Maybe he was controlling these monsters? Only one way to find out.
Light swirled in Taro's palms and then formed into keyblades. Leaping into the battle, he spun and twirled his keyblades, slicing through the monsters easily. The duck, dog, and the mouse, glanced at Taro confusedly and went back to battle. The mouse, however, continued to watch Taro with an understanding. As if he knew what Taro was. It almost made the boy kind of nervous.
Finally, he made it to the figure standing next to the button. The figure aimed a punch for Taro's stomach. Taro blocked the fist with the flat of his keyblade. With his other keyblade, the silver one, he swiftly moved it up and stopped it at the throat of his opponent. He looked into brown eyes that seemed oddly familiar. "...Who are you...?" he asked.
"I should ask you the same thing..." said his opponent.
"I am the dual wielder..." Taro responded.
"I am a Nobody..." his opponent replied.
There was a long silence. Then, unsatisfied with this enigmatic answer, Taro slid his obsidian keyblade out from underneath the fist and used it to move back the hood of his opponent. When he did, though, his keyblades nearly clattered to the marble in surprise. His eyes widened. "Hy- Hyo...toko...!" he stammered.
The brunette frowned. "...Do I...know you...?"
Taro withdrew the silver keyblade from his friend's throat. "Yeah..." he said, pulling his hood back with that hand. "Don't ya recognize me? It's me, Taro!"
"Taro!" Hyotoko exclaimed. "But how? When?" He glanced over at Donald, Goofy, and Mickey, then down at Taro's keyblades. "...Why...?"
"I don't know..." Taro said. He studied Hyotoko for a moment, then said, "I should be asking you the same thing, Hyotoko. What happened?" He glanced up at the figures up on the platform above in near-understanding. "And who are these people? Why are you helping them?"
Hyotoko paused, for some reason almost reluctant to tell his old friend. "...They're helping me with something...well, they're helping me to help someone..." he said quietly.
Taro frowned. "Someone? Is it Sakura?" Hyotoko looked away. "Hyotoko, please tell me."
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"Uh...hey... Isn't that Sora? When'd he learn how to use two keyblades?" Goofy asked.
"He didn't! That kid is a blond kid!" Donald said. "Still...they do look...and even almost sound...alike..." he muttered.
The king, however, knew what was going on as he watched, wide-eyed through the bars. "It's him... It's him, the dual wielder!" he exclaimed. Interrupting the conversation between Taro and the Nobody standing before him, he called over, "Taro!" The blond head of the boy jerked over to look at him. His two friends, Donald and Goofy, looked over at him as well in confusion. "Taro, hit the button. Hurry!"
"No!" the brunette Nobody countered, drifting slightly over to the side to stand in front of the button. "Taro...please... Don't you care about what's happened to our friends? Come on..." he extended a hand. "Join us, and then we can find Kiyoshi and help Sakura."
Taro glanced from Mickey and co., then back to his frowning friend. "...I'm sorry, Hyotoko. But until I get a decent explanation about what's going on," he pushed the brunette gently to the side with the flat of his black keyblade, which now shone in the dawning light, and stabbed the button. "I am on nobody's side."
The brunette looked crestfallen but nodded. "...I...think I understand..."
The bars of the cage slid back into the floor and the platform lowered back down. Taro watched the mouse king approach him in the now-eerie stillness. "You are Kimoto Taro, correct?" Mickey asked.
"Yeah...but how do you know that...?" Taro asked, frowning.
"Because...I have been searching for you, dual wielder."
The grip visibly tightened on the boy's two keyblades. "I see...it seems that I've become pretty popular in the past few hours... And what do you want with me? As a matter of fact, who are you?" Taro, by now, was getting tired of this. After all of the constant fighting and surprises for the day, he was dead tired. All he wanted to do was rest; just lay down and sleep...
"Well, do ya have any idea what's going on right now?"
"No. Explain it to me." Taro snapped.
The king seemed startled, not used to the snappish behavior. It just made Donald mad.
"Now listen here, you little..." the duck started, marching towards the boy. Mickey held a hand out.
"No, no, Donald...his contempt is understandable..." Mickey said. He turned to Taro with a grim expression on his face. "You know absolutely nothing about the situation at all...?"
"If I knew that, then I wouldn't be asking, now would I? I do know, however, that my friends are in trouble and that I'm supposed to take care of some kid named Sora..." Taro said.
"You mean protect."
Taro frowned, then nodded. "Exactly..."
Mickey took a deep breath. He had to explain...a lot. "My name is King Mickey, and these are my friends, Donald and Goofy. A year ago..."
Author's Note-I'm really too lazy to explain what people already know, so I'll just leave it off here. Don't worry, I'll explain what's going on now in the next chapter though! Now, about Leon and Cloud being brothers, from what I heard from several friends that have played FF7, Leon and Cloud got separated and ended up finding each other around the end of the game. Also, Leon is older than Cloud by about three years. By the way, I'm still open to suggestions on what new Disney worlds to use for this ficceh. Anyways, I'll be gone over the weekend, but I'll try to write as much as I can to my rough draft and I'll try to get another chapter out before then. Please review! (Yes, the moose room is still open, lol...) Ja ne!
"King Mickey!" Goofy, Donald, and Sora cried.
Sora glared at the figure before them, the one they had been talking to. "Let King Mickey go!"
"Sorry, but I'm not the one in charge. You'll have to take it up with him." The figure said, lifting a hand to point to a figure standing on the first block of the high tower.
Sora turned to the tower. "Fine. Then I will." With that, he ran for the tower. Donald and Goofy started to follow. The figure on the high tower turned to them, looked at Donald and Goofy. Then he pulled his hood back enough to reveal a glowing golden eye. Donald and Goofy stopped, suddenly rooted to their spots.
Sora turned to them. "Donald! Goofy! What are you two waiting for? C'mon, let's go!"
"Uh... Sorry, Sora...we'd like to, but...we're stuck..." Goofy said.
"Just go on ahead! We'll be fine!" Donald commanded.
Sora hesitated, then nodded and ran on ahead. The figure turned and began to walk off. "Hey!" Sora exclaimed, running after him. He chased the figure into the chapel. The large doors slammed shut behind him. It made the boy jump slightly, but he quickly turned back to his antagonist. There was a faint, soft amber glow underneath the hood.
Sora started walking to the center of the chapel, where the figure stood. He stopped about five feet away from the figure. "Are you... Are you....Silence?" Sora questioned.
There was a long pause, a long hesitation. Sora could feel the quiet beginning to weigh down on him. "O-oi!"
Suddenly, before he had time to react, the figure suddenly shot towards him and went through him. Sora's eyes widened as he stumbled back a couple of steps, then dropped to his knees and fell forward, unconscious.
-----
The man watched the three-piece looking glass. One piece displayed the sandy-haired dual wielder working his way up through the castle, fighting off the Heartless that attacked him the best that he could. The second piece showed the king's two toadies, the duck and the dog, now able to move again, fighting off the shadows with the God Save the Queen staff and the God Save the King shield. The third piece showed his most trusted minion, Silence, dealing with the brunette brat that had failed his plans a year before.
And then there was that power surge. He had felt it come from Twilight Town. Was it possible that the one he had been searching for could have been there? No, it was impossible. Not without all the fragments. Besides, the power he had felt was of light, but not of darkness. Yes, it was too soon. "It's not him. It's...the other..." he muttered. His eyes narrowed. "Blast it all. This must be her doing. They catch on quick... I must make haste with my plans."
-----
Taro emerged from the lift stop and looked around, only to see more monsters. He groaned, then blinked. Two figures, a humanoid duck and a dog- the very same he had seen at Sora's side, in fact-were fighting off the monsters. A mouse stood in a cage in the center of the area, watching. Three black-cloaked figures stood on the platform above while one stood off to the side, watching the battle. Taro felt the aura of familiarity radiating off the figure. Wait. Maybe he was controlling these monsters? Only one way to find out.
Light swirled in Taro's palms and then formed into keyblades. Leaping into the battle, he spun and twirled his keyblades, slicing through the monsters easily. The duck, dog, and the mouse, glanced at Taro confusedly and went back to battle. The mouse, however, continued to watch Taro with an understanding. As if he knew what Taro was. It almost made the boy kind of nervous.
Finally, he made it to the figure standing next to the button. The figure aimed a punch for Taro's stomach. Taro blocked the fist with the flat of his keyblade. With his other keyblade, the silver one, he swiftly moved it up and stopped it at the throat of his opponent. He looked into brown eyes that seemed oddly familiar. "...Who are you...?" he asked.
"I should ask you the same thing..." said his opponent.
"I am the dual wielder..." Taro responded.
"I am a Nobody..." his opponent replied.
There was a long silence. Then, unsatisfied with this enigmatic answer, Taro slid his obsidian keyblade out from underneath the fist and used it to move back the hood of his opponent. When he did, though, his keyblades nearly clattered to the marble in surprise. His eyes widened. "Hy- Hyo...toko...!" he stammered.
The brunette frowned. "...Do I...know you...?"
Taro withdrew the silver keyblade from his friend's throat. "Yeah..." he said, pulling his hood back with that hand. "Don't ya recognize me? It's me, Taro!"
"Taro!" Hyotoko exclaimed. "But how? When?" He glanced over at Donald, Goofy, and Mickey, then down at Taro's keyblades. "...Why...?"
"I don't know..." Taro said. He studied Hyotoko for a moment, then said, "I should be asking you the same thing, Hyotoko. What happened?" He glanced up at the figures up on the platform above in near-understanding. "And who are these people? Why are you helping them?"
Hyotoko paused, for some reason almost reluctant to tell his old friend. "...They're helping me with something...well, they're helping me to help someone..." he said quietly.
Taro frowned. "Someone? Is it Sakura?" Hyotoko looked away. "Hyotoko, please tell me."
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"Uh...hey... Isn't that Sora? When'd he learn how to use two keyblades?" Goofy asked.
"He didn't! That kid is a blond kid!" Donald said. "Still...they do look...and even almost sound...alike..." he muttered.
The king, however, knew what was going on as he watched, wide-eyed through the bars. "It's him... It's him, the dual wielder!" he exclaimed. Interrupting the conversation between Taro and the Nobody standing before him, he called over, "Taro!" The blond head of the boy jerked over to look at him. His two friends, Donald and Goofy, looked over at him as well in confusion. "Taro, hit the button. Hurry!"
"No!" the brunette Nobody countered, drifting slightly over to the side to stand in front of the button. "Taro...please... Don't you care about what's happened to our friends? Come on..." he extended a hand. "Join us, and then we can find Kiyoshi and help Sakura."
Taro glanced from Mickey and co., then back to his frowning friend. "...I'm sorry, Hyotoko. But until I get a decent explanation about what's going on," he pushed the brunette gently to the side with the flat of his black keyblade, which now shone in the dawning light, and stabbed the button. "I am on nobody's side."
The brunette looked crestfallen but nodded. "...I...think I understand..."
The bars of the cage slid back into the floor and the platform lowered back down. Taro watched the mouse king approach him in the now-eerie stillness. "You are Kimoto Taro, correct?" Mickey asked.
"Yeah...but how do you know that...?" Taro asked, frowning.
"Because...I have been searching for you, dual wielder."
The grip visibly tightened on the boy's two keyblades. "I see...it seems that I've become pretty popular in the past few hours... And what do you want with me? As a matter of fact, who are you?" Taro, by now, was getting tired of this. After all of the constant fighting and surprises for the day, he was dead tired. All he wanted to do was rest; just lay down and sleep...
"Well, do ya have any idea what's going on right now?"
"No. Explain it to me." Taro snapped.
The king seemed startled, not used to the snappish behavior. It just made Donald mad.
"Now listen here, you little..." the duck started, marching towards the boy. Mickey held a hand out.
"No, no, Donald...his contempt is understandable..." Mickey said. He turned to Taro with a grim expression on his face. "You know absolutely nothing about the situation at all...?"
"If I knew that, then I wouldn't be asking, now would I? I do know, however, that my friends are in trouble and that I'm supposed to take care of some kid named Sora..." Taro said.
"You mean protect."
Taro frowned, then nodded. "Exactly..."
Mickey took a deep breath. He had to explain...a lot. "My name is King Mickey, and these are my friends, Donald and Goofy. A year ago..."
Author's Note-I'm really too lazy to explain what people already know, so I'll just leave it off here. Don't worry, I'll explain what's going on now in the next chapter though! Now, about Leon and Cloud being brothers, from what I heard from several friends that have played FF7, Leon and Cloud got separated and ended up finding each other around the end of the game. Also, Leon is older than Cloud by about three years. By the way, I'm still open to suggestions on what new Disney worlds to use for this ficceh. Anyways, I'll be gone over the weekend, but I'll try to write as much as I can to my rough draft and I'll try to get another chapter out before then. Please review! (Yes, the moose room is still open, lol...) Ja ne!