Anne: Back here with another chappie in CotK! Sorry for not updating fro awhile…it's been hecktek!
Ashley the Editior: And the fact you've been too lazy to type up all the chapters you've been writing.
Anne: (sweatdrop) eheh…
Meenie Disclaimer: Anne does not own Kingdom Hearts because Square and Disney are the lucky meenies who do.
Anne: And now to chapter three!
Chapter Three: The Siege of Twilight Town part I
As Haru walked through the wooden doors into the cool shade of the Clock Tower he had two things on his mind: what ever happened to the right to sleep-in and why the hell did he get up so early. It was like 10 a.m., you see, which is pretty early on a Saturday morning during the summer for the average sixteen-year-old. But in truth, it wasn't his fault. Sakura must've thought that Haru was abnormal or something, because she called at like 9 a.m. and asked if he and the boys (Sekou and Kocha) would like to meet up with her for lunch. Hoping she'll hang up if he said yes, he agreed. Well, since he was up now, Haru couldn't really fall back asleep. So without really anything to do, he decided to walk to the tower and hang out with Sekou, who most likely wasn't up yet.
And so this is where Haru found himself. Climbing up the Clock Tower stairs to the room Sekou slept in. Unsurprisingly, the fifteen-year-old was still asleep. With a snicker Haru plucked at Sekou's golden strands of hair, thinking it will wake the sleeping teen up. He remained motionless. Surprised, Haru then talked in a loud voice to him saying, "Oh, wake up, Sleeping Beauty! It's the time that we call the morning where people WAKE UP!"
Still Sekou slept on. He didn't grunt, roll over, or show any signs of even sensing Haru's presence or loud shouts. Getting worried, Haru grabbed his shoulder and shook him hard. It was as futile as taking on a million monsters with a butter knife as your only weapon. Now really worried, Haru pulled out his cell phone and dialed Kocha's number. The fourteen-year-old, answered with a very groggy, "'Lo?"
"Koch," said Haru, "it's Haru. I need you to come to the Clock Tower pronto! It's very important."
Kocha must've caught the urgency in his friend's voice for he said, "I'll be there in a few." And hung up.
True to his words, Kocha arrived less than 25 minutes later. Any second later Haru thought he might've gone crazy. "What's wrong?" Kocha asked noting the look of anxiety on his friend's face.
"Sekou's like in a comma or something," Haru explained. "He won't wake up or do anything…he's just lying there."
Kocha went over to take a look at the supposedly sleeping teen. Like Haru, he gave him a shake. And like before, Sekou didn't respond. Kocha pinched him hard on the arm. No response. Suddenly an idea popped into his head that involved a bucket and some water.
"Haru, can you fetch me a bucket of water?"
At older teen looked quizzically at Kocha, but soon caught on to what he was thinking. "Sure," he said and ran of to fetch the water.
A minute later, the sixteen-year-old walked in carrying a heavy bucket of freezing cold water. With some help from Kocha, the two positioned it in between them. Together they lifted the bucket higher and poured the contents out over Sekou's sleeping form. In the past Haru and Kocha did this to Sekou and had a kick out of how he jolted awake shouting, even though in the end, they had to suffer the consequences of his wrath. But instead of a furious blonde leaping literally six feet into the air and hollering for all he was worth at the two others, he just laid there like a corpse. He didn't even show any signs of feeling freezing cold water cascading upon him.
"Haru," said Kocha worriedly, "I don't think anything's working. Maybe we should call Sakura?"
Haru scowled. "What good will it do?"
Kocha thought for a minute and, as much as he hated to admit it, saw what Haru meant. What could Sakura do? "Maybe the hospital?"
Haru was about to respond when a groan interrupted him. Whipping his head around, the sixteen year old saw the once sleeping Sekou starting to wake up. "I don't think that's necessary," the teen replied.
Sekou opened his eyes and found both Haru and Kocha looking at him anxiously with obvious relief. "Good to know you finally woke up, man!" Haru said sighing. Not exactly getting what was going on, Sekou scratched his head in confusion and noted the fact that he was soaking wet. "Why am I wet?"
Haru and Kocha exchanged sheepish grins. "Well, uh, Haru here said that you weren't waking up, so, uh, I thought that we could try that stunt we pulled on you awhile ago with the water bucket and—"
"And you didn't wake or do anything. You just kinda laid there like a dead fish," Haru continued. "Are you feeling alright, Sekou?" he asked looking his friend directly in the eye.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Sekou responded waving his hand like it was no big deal. 'Since when have I been such a heavy sleeper?' he thought to himself.
"Anyways, why have you come so early in the morning if not to wake me up?" asked the fifteen year old, hoping to change the subject.
"Oh, that. Well, I got this lovely wake up call this morning from the ever so abnormal early-bird that we all know as Sakura requesting that we meet her up for lunch at the Café today. And I'm sure Kocha got the call, but knowing how you don't have a phone of any shape, size, or form, I felt it was my duty to tell you this," said Haru. "And I had nothing better to do."
The whole room sat in silence for ten minutes, processing what Haru had said. Or at least in Sekou's case. Having just woken up, he really wasn't into thinking at a fast and complicated pace. "What time is it?" asked Kocha suddenly.
Haru checked his watch. "11:45. Why?"
Sekou and Kocha looked at Haru's confused expression quizzically. "Aren't we supposed to go to lunch, Haru?"
The confusion was replaced almost instantly by shock, then by alarm, then by what appeared to be a mix of annoyance and frustration. "Did it really take that long!" the older boy scolded himself. Sparing a glance at Sekou and his drenched clothes, he said in a much more teasing tone, "You should put on some dry clothes, buddy." And laughed at the blonde's furious pout/scowl.
Once Sekou was dressed in dry clothes, the trio of Sekou, Haru, and Kocha headed out of the Clock Tower to meet Sakura for lunch.
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On a whole other world, the witch smirked. "The pieces are falling into place," she said to the others in the Council Room. "I thank you for giving me your time to gather here for this meeting. But I promise you, I will not take long."
A murmur ran through the crowd as one of the Council members stood up. "I've heard that you have been keeping tabs on the Keyblade Master, but what of the other two?" a male voice full of malice questioned.
"I see that you have been well informed even though haven't been able to attend many meetings," the witch said. "But as for your question, our sources indicate that the Key Bearer is currently on the same world as the Guardian. As for the Keeper, I cannot answer that."
"I thought you said you had been searching for the Keeper last time we met," another voice, this time a woman's said.
The witch looked at the speaker and said calmly, "The Organization has hidden all three of them well. It was a pure stroke of luck to find the Keyblade Master this soon. As for the Guardian, he vanished ever since he broke away from the Organization."
"And the Keeper?"
"I have a sense that we'll find her in the near future."
The sound of a door opening indicated someone entering the room. The newcomer walked to the center of the room and looked straight at the witch with her lavender eyes. "The stage is set. All we need is your command to start."
The witch nodded and said, "Let it begin."
The mysterious woman bowed and vanished in a swirl of smoke.
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Meanwhile, back in Twilight Town, Sora was pursuing the heartless relentlessly. It had led him down the alley and through many twists and turns, which was strange because heartless almost never ran away but stayed and fought. They weren't exactly very smart.
"Come back here you…" the brunette didn't finish as he ran straight into a girl his age carrying several shopping bags. The result was Sora landing hard on his back and groaning about what a bad day this had been. The girl's shopping bags went flying, spilling their contents (clothes, shoes, etc.,) all over the alleyway.
"Oh, my God! I'm so sorry! I should've looked…" she slowed down as Sora sat up, rubbing his head. "Sekou?"
"Who?" the brunette asked, still rubbing his head.
The girl blushed and quickly said, "Oh, uh, nothing. You just look like a friend of mine. That's all!" 'Too much like a friend of mine.' she thought darkly.
Sora still looked at her confused, but shrugged it off. After all, it was none of his business. He scanned the alley way for any heartless and sighed in relief when he sensed none.
"What were you chasing?" the girl asked.
Surprised, the fifteen year old quickly thought up a lie. "Oh, um, I was chasing my…cat. Yeah my cat. He ran down the alley and I was trying to catch him," Sora grinned his goofy grin that wiped the suspicious look off the girl's face. "by the way, I'm Sora. And you are…?"
"I'm Sakura."
"Well, Sakura," said Sora grinning again, "it was nice to meet you, even though it was a little sudden. I hope we meet again!" With that he turned around and was about to walk off when a nice big horde of shadow heartless appeared from the ground. Behind him he could hear Sakura scream. 'Why today?' Sora thought to himself as the Keyblade appeared in his hand.
Anne: I have some announcements! 1) thank you to all the reviewers who reviewed! especially LYB and auroraluvse! 2) auroraluvse, Ash will be writing more thruout the year don't worry! and as for the matrix thing, i don't think i'll be able to put that in in this story, maybe in the sequel (yes there will be a sequel if u ppl want one!) 3) as most of you have figured out, when Sora starts visiting different worlds, he won't just be going to Disney worlds. I'll include some book, game, and anime worlds, too, along with some i made up. 4) also, another person has joined the author's notes cast: inttroducing...Shiro!
Shiro: yo
Anne: and 5) as a forshadowing warning there will be alot of OCs as this fic continues...so be warned!
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Anne, Ashley, Sora, and Shiro: Ja ne!