Sora: hey Everyone, happy Late New Years!
Sorrow: sorry for taking so long with this chapter, I meant to turn it out as a New years gift to you all, but I got a little sidetracked partying!
Dawn: and the headache you had the day after..
Sorrow: shush you! We dont talk about that!
Paine: anyways, this is Chapter 9 for you all, please enjoy!
Cyrus: Pokemon is owned by Nintendo, and Kingdom Hearts is owned by Disney.
Chapter 9: The Eyes that see the Storm
Sora and Dawn sat in the Pokecenter room, waiting for Niji to recover. After the strange figures had left, they had taken their unconscious friend back to the center, where Nurse Joy had taken her in, placing her in a bed to keep an eye on her and make sure she was ok.
"Sora...who was that person?" Dawn asked softly, sitting next to him. She watched him stare at the card that the cloaked figure had given him, seeing his own face in it, holding the exact same keyblade he had been holding when he got it. She thought it was really weird, especially since he had just summoned it and everything.
"i'm not sure, Dawn...but they obviously know me or something...and what were those things? They looked like Heartless, but different..." he muttered in response, still staring at the card. It wasnt until Nurse Joy came and said Niji was awake that he put the card away and got up, both he and Dawn following her to the room Niji was in. as they opened the door, Dawn and Sora were immediately tackled by a bundle of silver colored fur and a cry of "Vee!"
"Oof!" they grunted in unison, falling on their backsides. Destiny sat on them, grinning up at them as sat.
"hehe, Hey Destiny. Glad to see your chipper as ever." Sora said, petting her head gently. He picked her up. Hugging her gently as the three then walked into Niji's room, seeing her sitting up on her bed.
"Niji!" said Dawn "glad to see your awake." she said, walking over and hugging her new friend gently, who hugged back.
"Yea..guess I just passed out, so nothing all that serious..what happened?" she asked, looking at them as Destiny sat on her lap, purring gently. Sora sighed as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Well, um...we were surrounded by those things, remember? And when I summoned Pumpkin Head, you fainted..." he said softly. She blinked, tilting her head ever so slightly
"Pumpkin Head?" she asked, not understanding. Sora nodded, and, to the surprise of Nurse Joy, held out a hand and summoned the Keyblade forth, gripping the handle tightly as he showed her. Niji's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at it "w-what is it?" she asked.
Sora sighed, and told her his story, how he had started his adventure, how his world had been destroyed, how he met his best friends, fought the Heartless, and defeated Ansem, who wanted to use Kingdom Hearts to take all worlds into darkness. He told them what he remembered before he had crashed into this world, and what happened up until they had met her. For Dawn, none of this was new, as he had already told her his story. For Nurse Joy and Niji, however, they were moved by how much he had gone through, and what he had to do to save his friends and his life.
"oh my..." Niji said softly, looking at him "you must have seen so much..." she murmured, staring at the Keyblade. Sora nodded, then let it go, returning the Keyblade to wherever it went when he wasnt using it. It was at that moment that Dawn noticed something moving in his hair, and yelped in surprise.
"Sora! Theres something in your hair!" she said, causing Sora to blink, then start laughing.
"oh yea! I forgot about Jiminy!" he said, as what appeared to be a cricket in a suit and blue top hat, holding an umbrella, jumped out onto his shoulder.
"i should say you forgot about me indeed! But, it doesnt help I fell asleep either." he said, causing all three girls to yelp in surprise at the talking, well dressed bug "oh dear, seems they werent expecting me.." he said, looking at them all "how do you do ladies?" he asked, giving them a bow in greeting. They remained quiet, adding to the awkwardness of the situation.
"um..yea..Jiminy, these are my friends, Dawn and Niji. Girls, this is Jiminy Cricket, my guide and journey recorder. he's been with me since almost the very beginning, writing our adventures down to every detail." he said, smiling at the cricket. They were silent, but, with as much as he'd told them, this seemed pretty tame. Niji seemed to take it decently, while Nurse Joy excused herself, not at all a fan of bugs. Soon Jiminy disappeared back into Sora's hair, and Niji got up. As they left, Nurse Joy gave all three of them a stern talking to about being more careful, they left, unaware of the two pairs of eyes watching them and following them as they left the city and made their way to Oreburgh town.
The first was the same black clad figure from earlier, watching from the side of a nearby alley, close to where Sora had seen Riku the day before. He was holding three playing cards in his left hand, and examined them carefully. The first showed the blonde haired Sora, weilding his Ultima Weapon, with Payne beside him, emerging from an explosion of bright bubbles. Like the first card, he was labeled as the King. The second card pictured Dawn, in a fanciful dress that showed her off very well, yet was decent. Like Sora's card, Piplup stood beside her, proud and fierce with a fire in his eyes. Dawn was labeled as a Queen, and with how she was dressed, the figure could see it. The third card was Niji, and like Dawn, she too was labeled a Queen, though she was dressed even more fancily then Dawn. Around the edge of the card, Destiny ran, leaving behind a trail of bright sparkles.
"These three are my charges? Seriously, they need to give me more...interesting charges.." he said, then turned, walking off into a dark portal that appeared behind him.
The second pair of eyes belonged to a small boy, about Sora's age in appearance. He had pale skin, deep storm gray eyes, and bright, flaming red hair in a ponytail. He wore a simple white shirt with a blue ocean design along the bottom. A light ocean blue sash wrapped around his waist, tied by a pin with the symbol of a sword on it, with a long tail like part hanging behind him. His shorts, as they were, were similar to his shirt. On top of his shirt he wore an ocean blue poncho, with a charm around his neck, engraved with the same sword on his pin. He wore knee high socks, equally blue, and a pair of blue and white shoes on his feet. He also wore a pair of dark navy blue gloves that covered his hands.
"I wonder why Father Arceus is having me watch this human.." he said, starting to follow nonchalantly "after all, Coballion seemed really against it.." he muttered, then as soon as he left the town, he changed in a bright flash of light. He grew smaller, falling onto all fours as his body became equine, his red hair becoming bigger and bushier, like a mane, and the clothes he wore disappearing, revealing a coat of cream colored fur. A horn, cream in color, sprouted from his forehead, curling up at a sharp point. His hands and feet became smaller and turned into hard hooves, and his neck grew a hood like coating of light blue fur, and the sash became a big bushy blue tail. His eyes stayed stormy gray, looking around simply as the now fully transformed Pokemon began to follow the trio off to who knows where, determined not to fail the Father of all Pokemon.
"Coballion said there would be trouble...i can feel it...somethings coming..something really, really bad..." he muttered, and vanished into the trees, unseen.