Crossing

A Kingdom Hearts fanfic

By:

Chison

Once they had started down the sidewalk, Zashi kept on looking around at the other things that seemed normal, but since they had been transformed into toys, everything had become brand new. "Wow…" "Look at that…" Zashi pointed to nearly everything in his view, "Zashi… if you were the original size, you wouldn't be surprised…" Cloud echoed to Zashi's fascination with the objects around him. He became quiet and folded his arms and produced a scowl on his face, muttering about ruining the experience. Cloud also took the time to observe his surroundings, "his world is amazing…" he thought to himself, taking note of the immensely tall trees, and the towering blades of grass.

Just then, Jesse and Woody stopped dead in their tracks. Jesse first pointed to the obstacles in their way, "are those the Heartless?" Finishing her sentence, Cloud moved in front of Woody, and Zashi summoned his keyblade to his side, and moved in front of Jesse. The Heartless had been changed; their skin was replaced by a simple sheet of black fabric, stuffed with cotton, and sewn at the joints. Their eyes, were simply a yellow button sewn to their heads. Cloud pulled out his sword, "It looks like this world even affects the Heartless…" with that, he lunged toward them, slicing them to pieces, within an instant, Zashi joined the fray, swinging his keyblade, making them disappear one by one. After the last one had been taken care of, Woody casually walked toward Zashi and Cloud, pulling on his belt, "Well…those guys weren't so tough…" Cloud just looked at Woody, "there will be more…" and started walking along the sidewalk, Jesse and Woody stood beside Zashi, pointing to Cloud, "Is he always like that?" He looked at them and gave a nod.

Realizing he didn't know the way, Cloud stopped in his footsteps, "Your world is in danger, we need you to lead the way." Covering up his mistake, he waited for Woody Jesse to pass by, and resumed following their lead. After what seemed like hours, they finally came to a busy intersection; cars rushing by carrying a strong gust of wind with them. Zashi looked up and down the street, "How are we going to cross it?" Everyone looked for a way to safely cross the street; but there was nothing. Jesse put her arms on her waist, "Woody, didn't Buzz say something about traffic cones he used to cross it?" Woody put a hand to his chin in thought, "Yea…I remember Buzz saying something like that." Cloud looked around, looking for something—anything to help them cross the street in one piece. Zashi looked at the towering piece of steel looming above their heads, and noticed a button: Push to cross street. "HEY!" Zashi shouted at the top of his lungs, pointing to the button. "What are you shouting at?" Cloud asked, turning to see what the commotion was about, then he saw the button.

Suddenly, their hopes died: the button was far out of their reach. Woody took his attention from the button, "Well…now what?" Cloud took a step forward, "Zashi. Hold this." He took his sword off his back and handed it to Zashi, making him almost fall over from the sheer weight of the blade. Within an instant, there were bolts of electricity racing around Cloud's body, and his eyes began to glow, and he shot into the sky like a rocket, and pushed the button, then began to gently fall to the ground. When Cloud finally landed on solid ground, he fell to one knee, and was breathing heavily, "Cloud…how did you do THAT?" Zashi shouted, looking at him, then to the button, and back to him. "Its nothing…its using Magic along with my strength." Zashi watched the display across the street, waiting for it to turn green; suddenly the red sign changed into a white 'WALK' sign.

"COME ON GUYS!" Zashi shouted, Jesse ran ahead, and the boys carried Cloud across the street, since he couldn't run the distance. Flopping to the pavement on the other side, the group sat against the support for the stoplight, "That was some quick thinkin' Zashi." Jesse said with a smile on her face. He just smiled, and looked around at their new destination, and then pointed to a building, "Is that the toy store?" The building was shaped like a barn, red paint covered the building and where the roof ended, it was painted with white, and a massive neon light hung above a pair of sliding doors: Al's Toy Barn.