To everyone's surprise, I've never watched Castle in the Sky. Geez, I want to, though! I should have a Miyazaki marathon where we see the Cat Returns and all that. Sadly, this world is not Castle in the Sky.
Double thanks to Hanjuu and Masked! Y'all are the best!
Disclaimer: Don't own any of them, but you don't, either.
Oh, and, this world'll go surprisingly short. After all, they've just got to get the heroes of the world! And, in the world that the heroes belong to, they'll have a lot of dialogue and stuff. But other than that, no one'll really care because I'm sure you guys don't care about un-known characters.
Warning: A LOT of sweatdrops and anime falls.
War on My World
Chapter 9: Artificial Intelligence and a Island of Destiny
"Chihiro!" Haku shouted, immediately turning into a dragon. He flew down to save Chihiro, but a dragon that was less-serpent like and more...fat, for lack of better words, than Haku. And the dragon was covered with green...seeds, it seemed.
"Watch out! It's infected with the virus!" Shouted a kid on another catwalk. Everyone stared at him. He had green hair and red clothing on. Behind him followed a colorful bunch of people. "Get that Player away from the Parasite Dragon and I'll Data Drain it!"
"Player?...Oh, he means Chihiro! Haku, get Chihiro off the other dragon!" Leona shouted, and Haku nodded. "I'll give you guys an OK when you can do...whatever you need to do!" Leona shouted. Their crew of seemingly 20 nodded. Then Leona spotted an angelic figure, and immediately became head-over-heels.
"What's the matter, Leona?" Nausicaä asked, walking over to Chihiro's twin. When Leona didn't respond, she shook the girl lightly.
"I think someone is head over heels in L-O-V-E." Asbel said.
"Oh, why does this world have to be so cruel? Why do I have to suffer such love at first sight? Oh, why, Kami, why?" Leona asked, and sighed. She'd have to wait to meet the 'love of her life' even though she only had that love for barely a minute.
Everyone sweatdropped. But they all turned their attention on Haku, Chihiro and the Parasite Dragon anyways. Chihiro was holding on tightly to the Parasite Dragon, because she didn't want to fall.
"Haku! Get under this thing and I'll jump off!" Chihiro ordered. She saw Haku nod, then began his descent. Chihiro closed her eyes, and let go of the dragon. This time, Haku caught her.
"Ok, guys! Let 'im have it!" Leona shouted to the unknown group and gave them a thumbs-up signal. A bright light flashed, and the people started to brutally beat the dragon up, using various skills and items which produced spells and all kinds of stuff. Everyone watched in awe as they did their stuff. In no time, the Parasite Dragon was gone. So, our resident heroes ran to the Heroes of Whatever-World-They-Were-In.
"Are you guys new?" Asked the boy with green hair. Chihiro nodded.
"Pretty new around here, anyways." She said, smiling.
"Why don't we introduce ourselves?" Leona said brightly, staring at the white-haired 'angel'.
"I'm Kite!" Said the green-haired kid who 'data drained' the Parasite Dragon.
"BlackRose." Said a girl with a big blade and white hair.
"Orca, and my partner, Balmung." Said a guy with green tattoos all over his body, pointing to the angel Leona had gotten herself so smitten with.
"Hiya, Balmung! My name is Leona!" Leona greeted, smiling up at him. He just turned his head and crossed his arms.
"He's not very trusting. But once you get to know him, he's a nice person." Orca said. Leona nodded.
"I'm Mistral! How ya doin'?" Said a pink-haired sorceress-like girl.
"I am Piros. I hath yet to meet thou christened names yet." Said a big guy in green armor wielding an axe.
"Does he always talk like that?" Chihiro asked Kite, who sweatdropped.
"Yeah...and the worst part is..."
"HARK! He of fair eyes, let me join you on your adventure!" Piros shouted.
"...that." Kite finished. "Um, that's Marlo in the gray armor, Elk in the black robe, Sanjuro with the long sword, Natsume with the green hair, Rachel the brunette with the yellow armor and southern accent, Nuke the clown-guy, Terajima the angelic axe-wielder, she's new, like you guys, Mia the cat-like figure, Gardenia the blonde, Wiseman who is really tall, and Moonstone, the only person I haven't introduced yet.." Kite said.
"How do you remember all of their names?" Chihiro asked. Kite shrugged.
"I honestly have no idea. I do it, anyways, though." He said.
"Oh, right! I'm Chihiro, my twin sister Leona, my older brother Carmaine, his best friend Daryl and his girlfriend Laura. Oh, and then there's Haku!" Chihiro said, pointing to everyone as she said their name. Asbel coughed loudly. "And there's Asbel and Nausicaä!" She finished.
"So, what's this world called, anyway?" Carmaine asked.
"The World." Kite replied. Everyone sweatdropped.
"What a...convenient name for a world." Laura stated.
"You really know your way around this world, then?" Haku asked. Kite nodded.
"Orca and Balmung are the two strongest players. Have you ever heard of the Descendants of Fianna?" Kite asked. They all shook their heads. "Well, Orca, Balmung. Why don't you explain to them?"
So Orca explained a whole bunch of stuff about an A.I and stuff that everyone besides Chihiro didn't understand. Because the worlds Chihiro's friends came from didn't have video games or enhanced technology. So they were all googly-eyed at the big words used for computer and stuff. (I seriously can't imagine Haku googly-eyed, but he was anyway)
"Doesn't A.I stand for 'Artificial Intelligence'?" Chihiro asked. They nodded. "And...isn't that used in Video Games?"
"We're in a Video Game, so it would make sense, yeah." Kite said. Chihiro's gang got surprised looks.
"Wait, we're not in a real world?" Leona asked, frowning. So much for love at first sight.
"Of course not! We're Players in 'The World' the best-selling Internet game EVER!" Said Mistral.(When I say people I hardly mention, just go with the flow, 'kays? Not even I will remember all of their names, so it's ok, I just want to keep them in character)
"By the way, where are your weapons? I saw your friend transform into a dragon, and that's very strange for a player to do." Mia commented. Chihiro turned around and looked at her gang.
"I know these people have some useful skills. But should we tell them?" Chihiro asked. Carmaine shrugged.
"We might as well go for it. What harm could it do?" He asked. Chihiro nodded, turned around, and began to tell her story.
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"So, you want all of us to help you defeat this Gray person?" Kite asked. Chihiro nodded.
"Judging by how many people are following your lead, I can count on you to be a General. That is, of course, if you accept our invitation to go to other worlds." Chihiro said.
"What's in it for us? Y'all seem to be making a pretty harsh deal." Said Rachel.
"Saving the whole galaxy. That should be a reward in itself." Carmaine said. Kite nodded.
"But once we're not in The World, we don't really have any useful abilities. Are you sure you want us to tag along?" Kite asked. Carmaine nodded.
"There's a way for you guys to go to world to world retaining this form and all of your abilities and such in your form." Carmaine explained. Kite nodded, and turned to address his group.
"From now on, follow Chihiro and do whatever she says. I'm not your Party Leader anymore." Kite said, smiling. He was actually happy, for once. Maybe his life would get endangered, but he'd be with his friends and his new-found ones. But there was one thing that was bothering him...
"Do you know someone named Aura?" Kite asked Chihiro abruptly.
"Um...no, I don't. Sorry." Chihiro said. Kite sighed.
"I wonder why the Parasite Dragon went after you, then. Well, anyways, I guess we should go to the next world."Kite said.
"Well, I guess we should get going, then." Chihiro said, as she and Leona held hands.
'What world should we go to, this time?'
Oh! How about a really nice Castle! Or...or an island!
'Hmmm...a castle? Nah, I like the island idea better.'
An island it is!
Concentrating on a World like an Island, they opened up a blue, green, purple and tan portal. (To avoid confusion and saying 'everyone' I'm just gonna say 'Kite's gang' to refer to his friends and such) Kite's gang gasped. They had certainly never seen this before. It had much more flair than regular old logging out. Carmaine teleported them.
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"Hmm...they got rid of the Parasite Dragon? No matter, if I keep manipulating the places they go to, they'll soon get destroyed. I just need to get rid of the group protecting those girls. Which will now be harder since the group has gotten larger..." Gray thought. Lawrence, with a blank and emotionless face, stood at his side as he teleported.
A woman in a black robe greeted them. They seemed to be in a castle.
"Master Gray, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am Maleficent." Said the witch, bowing to him.
"No need to call me that. I request your assistance in eradicating a group of people who can travel worlds." Gray said. Maleficent's head perked up.
"Oh? Well, I just happen to have 12 people here who are specialists in taking down people who can travel to different worlds." Maleficent said, as twelve people in black cloaks appeared behind her. Gray smirked. At this rate, Chihiro and company would be finished.
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The colorful group got transported to a island, like Leona and Chihiro wanted. The group saw a 16-year old girl with shoulder-length red hair. The girl walked up to them.
"Hello. My name is Kairi. I take it you're from another world?" She asked.
"How did you know?" Chihiro asked. Kairi smiled and put her hands behind her back.
"My boyfriend has traveled to all different types of world, and so have I. So I know a person from one world to another." Kairi said.
"Really? Could you introduce us to him?" Chihiro asked. Kairi nodded.
"Sure!" She complied quickly, racing off. The others followed. Kairi led them to a small little shack. She turned around. "Wait here!" She said, as she entered. They could hear her yell someone's name.
A few moments later, Kairi came out dragging a teenage brunette with hair that would've put Newton's Laws of Physics to shame.
"Everyone, this is Sora." She said. Sora waved.
"You can travel worlds?" Chihiro asked. Sora nodded.
"Yup. I'm the one-and-only Keyblade Master who saved the worlds!" He said. Suddenly, a cough emitted from behind. Sora turned and looked, to see someone taller with silver-hair stare at him.
"You're not the only one, Sora." Said the boy.
"This is our friend, Riku. He has experience traveling worlds as well. Oh! I forgot to ask what you're names were." Kairi said. The group sweatdropped. This was going to take longer than they bargained for.
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After all the introductions were said and done, Sora then asked, "What are you guys here for?" This time, an anime fall took it's place instead of a sweatdrop.
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"Oh, so, that's it! You're trying to get rid of this person Gray so time can be safe?" Sora asked. Haku nodded.
"And also so the whole galaxy can be saved." He said. Sora and Kairi exchanged glances.
"We're going to go, too. Roxas and Naminé are telling-" Sora started, but received confused looks. "Oh, oh, right! Roxas is the 'other' me.Naminé is the 'other' of Kairi. It's really confusing, but without our 'others' we wouldn't be whole. Anyways, so our other selves are telling us that if we help you, there'll be a way they can regain hearts and become their own selves. Since our other selves have to join with us to have a heart, on their own they don't have one. And Roxas says that there'll be some old friends on the way. I think enemies we've fought before will help this Gray person." Sora said.
Everyone stared at him, including Kairi and Riku.
"You just made NO sense." Kairi stated. Sora smiled sheepishly, and rubbed the back of his head.
"Uh, sorry, I kinda do that sometimes..." Sora said.
"We couldn't really understand you, but that's ok." Leona said. Three people came up to the large group.
"Sora, Kairi, Riku, where'd these people come from, ya?" Asked a person with red hair.
"Are they aliens?" Asked a hyper girl with brown hair. The blonde, who was the third person, remained silent.
"Um...remember how I told you about my family that was coming in a few weeks?" Sora asked.
"No." Said the blonde. They all sweatdropped once more.
"Well, you guys must've forgot! So, anyways, this is my family!" Sora said, pointing to the large group. Their sweatdrops got even larger. Like anyone would believe that! Apparently, the three people did.
"Hi, Sora's cousins, second cousins, third cousins, fourth cousins, fifth cousins, even SIXTH cousins and friends and aunts and uncles and moms and dads...oh, wait, nevermind that I know Sora's Mom and Dad! Oh, yeah! I'm Selphie! The blonde is Tidus, and the guy with the orange hair and the Jamaican accent is Wakka." Said Selphie.
"Selphie, I'll go shopping with you later. Meet me at the Secret Place at 5:00. I'll see you guys, then, ok?" Kairi asked. Selphie nodded.
"All righty! Make sure you're there! Don't lie, now!" Selphie said, as the three walked away.
"Those three don't know about traveling worlds so I don't want them to come with us. Besides, they're really weak and would get in the way, anyway." Kairi said.
"Whoa, Kairi! I've never seen your vicious side before! Is this a new you?" Riku asked. Kairi smiled.
"Where's the Gummi Ship?" Sora asked, looking around.
"What's a 'Gummi Ship'?" Leona asked, clinging onto Balmung's arm like she'd die if she let go or something.
"You know, a ship you can travel to other worlds with." Sora said.
"We don't have one. We 'travel' by opening a random portal." Chihiro said.
"Well, what if you go to the same world twice?" Riku asked. Chihiro shrugged.
"So far it hasn't happened." She said.
"Well, I think we should get going." Sora said, a sword shaped like a key appearing in his hand, and a weird wing-like sword appeared in Riku's hand.
"Those are your weapons? What ARE they?" Chihiro asked.
"War to Dawn." Answered Riku.
"Kingdom Key! They're keyblades," Said Sora. Kairi nodded.
"I have one, too, but I'd rather not use it." She said.
"And what about your 'others'?" Haku asked.
"Roxas can wield double keyblades, and Naminé can create false memories." Sora said.
"Alright! Let's get ready!" Chihiro said, and she and Leona held hands, Leona hesitantly letting go of Balmung.
'Hmm, where should we go this time?'
Hmm...I don't know! What do you think, Chihiro?
'How about a modern-day world, with a lot of powerful people?'
A modern day world? Like...how so?
'Hmm...I know you've never heard of Earth, but I think we should travel to Japan when there was some strong people in it.'
Um...sure!
With those thoughts, they opened a gray, blue, and whiteportal.
"Here goes nothing!" Chihiro shouted as Carmaine teleported them to the next world.
Two worlds down, a bunch to go! The world after this is a Miyazaki world! At least, I think it is, it depends..anyway, review!