Hello folks! Now before you move on to read this chapter, I would like to inform you all that I have edited the last few chapters. Nothing too big, just some more context here and there. Except the ending of Chapter 3, that needed a bit more...editing than the rest. Do not worry, I will never add or take away anything SUPER major (Like plot reveals) after I publish a chapter.
Enjoy!
(10/8/18 Update: General Grammar updates)
(10/10/18 Update: Fixed Momo's description of Yami to Sora, my bad.)
(10/13/18 Update: General Update)
(5/20/19 Update: Added a quick reference to the RPG datascape Momo and Nana made)
(8/28/19 Edit: Changed Title of chapter for Story reasons)
Save The Civilians! The Hero of Greece and A Promise of Support!
Greece - Thebes
Sora, Donald and Goofy fought off many heartless as they made their way deeper into the city. Donald used his magic staff, casting spells to pick off any stragglers Sora missed, with Goofy using his shield to ram into heartless and block off some of them from attacking his allies. All the while, unbeknownst to the three, a pinkette was following behind, in the air thanks to Lala's Anti-Gravity Wing System, and out of sight. Momo watched Sora and Donald in amazement as they called out the elements to conjure up fire, shoot out ice, and summon lightning itself. It was like a Magical Girl Kyoko episode, only these guys were MUCH more versatile and fierce with their spell-flinging. Sora in particular showed extreme skill in swordsmanship-wait, or would it be 'Keymanship'?-Anyway, the point is that she was very impressed by Sora's abilities.
"It's hard to believe that real magic exists, if this is real magic..." she voiced her thoughts. In her world, things had more of a modern, scientific touch while magic was just a concept, appearing in media, like fairytale books and video games, like when she and Nana made that Trouble Quest RPG datascape. Now that she has seen a sample of what can be found in other worlds, she personally believed that other worlds have something similar to alternate realities from each other. So magic can be known in some worlds while in others it's not known or, for better or worse, doesn't even exist. She was now beginning to see why people are usually not allowed to know of other worlds, for say if an evil being knew of, or had access to, a source of power not native to the world they were in, and used that knowledge and power for their own dark deeds. The results would indeed "be catastrophic", to quote Zastin.
"I hope Yami and Zastin are OK..." she yet again spoke to no one in particular once she thought of the commander. She decided that pondering on that wasn't going to help right now and turned her attention off of her mind and back to Sora, Donald, and Goofy.
After Donald used a fira spell to wipe out a remaining shadow, A crash and a scream was heard from inside a nearby building, prompting Sora and co to snap their attention to the building and run inside. Upon entering they saw a man holding up a pillar. He was standing on top of rubble with civilians below him and other bystanders around the room, the room itself having stray fires here and there. The man had orange hair with a small red-brown headband around his forehead. He had baby-blue eyes, was tall, and very well built. He was wearing light brown clay armor that ended in a kilt around his waist, and had a blue cape attached to the shoulders of said armor. His arms were bare except a pair of brown wristbands. Around his waist and kilt was a dark brown belt with a gold medal that had a cloud and lighting bolt design on it; the symbol of the Greek gods, and on his feet were brown knee high sandals. This man is known as Hercules, the hero of this world who also happens to be a god. In fact, this is the true hero Sora went to train with for the upcoming battle with Xehanort. Sora and Co. met with Hercules a couple of times during their quests and consider him a good friend, They even shorten his name to...
"Herc!" Sora shouted when he spotted the hero. As he, Donald, and Goofy ran in, the entire building shook, causing them to stop running and Hercules to grunt as he faltered his hold a bit. It was clear to the trio that the pillar Herc was holding in place was the only thing keeping the building from falling in on itself.
"Not good!" Sora voiced his thoughts on the situation. To make things worse, some shadow heartless decided to appear along with two of a type of heartless Team Sora have seen before. These heartless had an open silver helmet on their heads with jagged swirls being on the right and left side of the helmets. The opening of the helmets revealed their glowing yellow eyes and jagged maws. Their bodies were covered in a blue-black body suit that had purple emblems on it's knees that were outlined in gold. Their arms had silver wristbands each, their hands ended in bright red tipped claws, and on their feet were black shoes that ended in a swirled tip each. Also, on their chests lay the heartless sigil, an emblem of a black heart that was outlined in red with a spiky red X in the center, with the bottom part of the heart sprouting in three directions. These types in particular were known as Soldiers.
"We gotta help Herc! Get everyone outta this place!" Sora told his two companions as he got into a battle stance with Kingdom Key. Donald and Goofy nodded at his command and went to work. Donald used a blizzara spell to dowse out the fires and get the bystanders out of the building while Goofy covered Donald from any heartless that tried to attack. Meanwhile, Sora got all of the heartless in his field of vision before proceeding with his own attack. He leaped into the air, pointed the keyblade in the direction of the heartless, and gathered light at the tip of it.
"Back Off!" he shouted as he released several orange swirling lights from the Kingdom Key. The shots swerved and hit their marks dead on, destroying them. He landed back on the ground and looked toward Donald and Goofy to find that they've just finished getting the last of the civilians out. Afterward he turned his attention to Hercules.
"Thanks Sora!" the hero thanked the key-bearer. "I'm glad you decided to show up when you di-guh!" Herc grunted as his hold faltered a bit, the building shaking as that happened. "Hurry, you guys gotta get out of here!"
"But what about you?" asked Sora. "We can't just let this place fall on you!"
"Won't Herc be okay? He is a god after all." Goofy turned his head as he whispered to Donald.
"I don't know..." the duck whispered back in wonder while folding his arms across his chest. While that may be the case, he didn't feel particularly good about letting a building crush the Greek hero.
"I'll be fine, I've taken worse!" he said while flashing Sora and Co. a smile.
"But-" Sora began protesting again, but was interrupted by a familiar girls voice.
"Um, pardon me..." the voice spoke from behind Team Sora. They turned their heads around to find Momo, who was smiling as she walked into the building. "I think I have something that might help." she then started to reach for something in her bag as she walked toward where Hercules was.
"Momo?" Sora was looking at her in surprise "What are you doing here?"
"...I followed you!" She answered with a smile toward him as she walked passed. It was then that Sora noticed something about her...
"Woah! You have a tail?!" he shouted in surprise as he eyed it. This caused Momo to stop walking and look at him with a face of absolute bewilderment. She didn't exactly make any effort to explain or hide it because of the fact that the key-boy was traveling with a talking, anthropomorphic duck and dog. A tailed-being should have been the least of his concerns.
Goofy looked at Sora with a raised eye-ridge "Uh, Sora? Didn't you notice it when we met her earlier?"
Sora started to rub the back of his head "Ummm, no..."
Momo couldn't help but think 'Not the most perceptive, is he?' After hearing that from the Key-hero.
"Then how'd you figure she was from another world?" continued Goofy
"I thought the clothes were enough of a give away..."
Donald used this opportunity to bring an open palm to the top of his bill "Sometimes, I worry about you Sora..."
"Hey! She said she came from far away, too!" he defended himself.
After a few seconds of Momo staring at the trio, Hercules grunted as the building shook yet again. Momo got her attention back on Herc, pulled out a pink cell phone, her d-dial, from her bag. She flipped it open and then pressed a button on it, The main screen of the phone emitted a light and from that light large seeds appeared. She threw the seeds near where Herc was standing. One second later, large vines started to grow at a rapid pace from where the seeds landed. The Greek hero watched as the vines made their way to the pillar that he was holding up. Once there, the large vines started to spread and split all over the pillar, passed it, and upward to the ceiling, spreading from there. Secretly, Momo was glad that her D-Dial still worked in another world.
"Mr. Hero, you can let go now." Momo assured cheerfully to the god. Hercules cautiously let go, unsure if the vines would hold. However, his fears were for nothing as he found that the vines were indeed sturdy enough to keep it in place. After he let go, he jumped down from where he was standing and started to walk toward the group.
"What was that?!" Sora asked in amazement while shifting his gaze from the greenery that was now keeping the building from falling back to Momo and the phone in her hand.
"This is a D-Dial." She said while raising the phone up to show it to Sora "It's my sister's invention that lets me summon any of the plant friends I've made over the years."
"Plants?..." asked Donald with a raised eye-ridge.
"Yes, I've been able to talk with plants ever since I was young." She told the trio. She was going to explain further, but Sora interrupted
"So you've made friends with plants, that amazing." He complimented with a big smile on his face.
"Thanks um...Sora, is this a new friend of yours?" Herc asked as he joined the others.
"Oh yeah! We just met her not too long ago! This is Momo." Sora introduced while gesturing to the girl with his left hand. "Momo, this is our friend, Hercules." Sora finished. However, when he turned his head back to the pinkette, she seemed to be in a daze. She had half-open glazed eyes on the Greek hero and a bit of saliva on the left corner of her smiling mouth.
Goofy was looking at her quizzically while that was happening "Sora, do you think she's OK?" he eventually asked his brunette friend. Meanwhile, Hercules looked very uncomfortable, as if he wanted to or was ready to shrink away from where he was.
Sora just shrugged his shoulders in response "I don't know, Hey Momo! You in there?!" Sora's call got Momo out of whatever daydream she was in as her face changed to an alert expression and she shook her head left and right.
'Oh, what's come over me!? I must remember why I left!' she thought as started to greet the well-built man "Hello there." she said while bowing her head to him.
As Momo straightened herself, Sora had a question "Momo, is it OK if I ask why you've been following us?"
"Well..." she trailed off, gathering her thoughts together "Because the stars have been going out, and my friends and I are looking for the one with the 'key' to their survival." She then looked toward the keyblade in Sora's right hand "I suppose that was meant to be taken literally..."
"The stars have been going out?...The Heartless...they must be attacking other worlds too." concluded Sora.
"They're the ones responsible for the worlds being destroyed?" From what she saw of the heartless so far, while they would indeed be difficult for the average person to destroy, they certainly lacked the destructive capability to wipe out a whole other world. It was something she found difficult to believe, then again, there is something about them that seemed...wrong, even by her world's standards. She felt that she didn't grasp the bigger picture on them just yet.
"Yeah, they are." Sora had a rather serious look on his face as he said this.
"Hmm, What she said kinda sounds familiar" Donald mused to Goofy.
Goofy brought a finger to the top of his forehead as he started thinking "You mean about the stars going out?"
"Not that! I mean what she said about searching for the 'key'..."
Goofy took his finger off in revelation "Oh yeah! That's how WE started our first adventure! And how we ran into Sora, too!" he concluded with a smile, fondly remembering when he and Donald landed on an unsuspecting younger Sora in Traverse Town.
"Yeah! That's it!"
"Ran into? More like crashed into!" Sora recalled with a grin and a chuckle toward his two companions. Meanwhile as Sora and his friends continued to playfully bicker and reminisce, Momo was watching the group with intrigue. From how they were talking, these guys have quite the history of companionship with one another, she did hear Donald say "first adventure" before. That would explain why they seemed carefree when she met them earlier, as a long history of camaraderie makes anyone feel better with each other in dark times. But shouldn't they handle this crisis with a little more...urgency?
"Um..." she voiced, which got the attention of the group.
"Oh, Sorry! Got sidetracked." apologized Sora while he rubbed the back of his head.
Goofy then decided to speak up "You said 'my friends and I' are looking for the key, that means you didn't come alone, right?"
"That's right, but it seems we got separated when we went through our portal." the pinkette explained. Then an idea came to mind "You wouldn't happened to have seen them, have you? One of them is a man clad in skeletal amour with a dark cape. The other is a girl around my height with very long blonde hair, red eyes, and wears black."
Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Hercules thought for a moment, looking to each other to see if they could think of anybody that fits her descriptions. Unfortunately, they shook their heads left and right, saying various words that amounted to "No".
"Oh..." she somberly looked to the ground as she said this. "I guess we truly did get separated..."
Sora looked at the pinkette with sympathy, then a smile formed on his face "Don't worry! You'll definitely find them somewhere! Don't give up!"
"...But Yami, the blonde-haired girl, has the only means we have to get back home. For all I know, they could have ended up on another world..."
Momo still held her gaze to the ground as she said this. She was particularly disheartened about Yami potentially being on her own. Not that she didn't trust her to be able to take care of herself when it came to these 'Heartless', no not at all. But more-so because she made a promise that she would be with her to guide her and give her support...
Troubling World - Sainan (School Doctor's Office) [Some Time Before Departure]
"We have reason to believe Rito-san may have been kidnapped..." Momo stated seriously. She and Yami were at the Sainan High School Doctor's office talking with the Doctor and her assistant. With what little information they had on the events that had transpired, they decided to ask the school doctor for assistance, who had access to a secret broad information network.
"That can't be..." the assistant somberly stated. She was a light-skinned girl with navy blue eyes and long navy blue hair that reached the center of her back with beige ribbons wrapped around her hair on the sides of her face. She was wearing a bright pink nurses uniform that had white leggings as part of the uniform. On her feet were pink slippers that complimented the uniform quite nicely. She is Shizu Murasame, but she likes being called Oshizu by her friends.
"Its just as I feared, then..." the doctor voiced her thoughts from the chair she was sitting in. She had green eyes and brownish red hair. She was wearing an open white lab coat that showed a pink top underneath that was tied by a belt; the pink top showing an ample amount of cleavage. She was also wearing a black skirt, very long black socks and white heels. This woman is Mikado Ryouko, who is also an extraterrestrial of this world. "Do you have any ideas on who it was and where they might have taken him?"
"Well we don't have a concrete identity, but we do know it was a man wearing a black hood. He appeared before Yami the other night."
"Speaking of..." Yami started "Can you find information on other sightings of a black hooded figure?"
"Hmm, for what purpose?"
"From how he spoke, it sounds as if he and his boss knew of me for some time. If so, I need to know for just how long." After a moment of pause, Yami continued "I also need to know about a kind of creature I was attacked by, he called them 'Nobodies'."
"Nobodies?" Oshizu repeated out-loud in wonder.
Yami nodded "Yes, they were strange white creatures with a mark on their heads I've never seen before." She then used her long hair to replicate the nobody sigil she saw "It looked just like this."
Ryouko looked and leaned toward the replicated sigil with curiosity "...I can't say I've seen it before, either." After a few more moments of memorizing the shape, she re-adjusted herself in her seat.
"Before we do any of this, shouldn't we inform the galactic police of-"
"No, That won't be necessary. We'll go get Rito-san back ourselves." Momo interrupted quite suddenly. Causing both Ryouko and Oshizu to stare at her with surprise.
After a few moments she cleared her throat and explained further "What I mean to say is that Zastin and Yami are going to get him back."
"...And just where do you think he is?"
"Ah, well, about that...hmmm..." Momo thought of how she could dance around this subject, until the blonde next to her spoke.
"He's been taken off-world." She plainly stated.
"Whaa!?..." Momo now had her mouth agape with her eyes going wide and face going blue with shock.
'She promised she would keep that information hidden! How could she just-'
"So on another planet?" inquired Ryouko.
"It would appear that way." As she was saying this, she shot a quick glace at Momo, silently hoping the girl would follow her lead.
"...Oh! Yes, that's right!" the devilukean noticed and recovered with a nervous laughter as she finished her own sentence.
"We won't be gone forever, so you do not need to worry yourselves about us." after Yami said this, the doctor looked to be deep in thought, occasionally shifting her gaze between the assassin and devilukean. Eventually...
"...Very well. I'll see what I can find on my end." she confirmed with a smile.
With that, Yami nodded, turned, and walked out of the office, with the remaining trio watching her as she did so.
"Oh, Mikado-Sensei. While I'm here, I have a request as well. Can you find any rumors about stars going out at a rapid pace?" asked the pinkette. 'It would be a good idea to gather as much information as we can' she thought to herself. "If you can of course, it's for my dear Onee-Sama."
"Will do." Ryouko seemed to be in thought again as she said this.
"Well, I'd best be on my way." Momo began turning to leave as well until the doctor spoke up.
"Wait a moment Momo-san, There is something I would like to discuss with you."
Momo stopped walking and turned her head "Oh! Um, Yes?"
"How is she faring with the idea of temporarily leaving? How did she even come to such a decision?"
After she was asked this question, Momo turned her body around, toward the pondering doctor "...She says she's doing it for Mikan's sake, for her to be at ease but..." she then looked toward the door that the blonde left through "I'd like to believe that somewhere in her heart, she's also concerned about Rito-san's whereabouts, like all of us are."
"Hmm, is that so?"
"Though I don't think she'd be quick to say so..." she continued with closed eyes and an uncomfortable smile. Her expression returned to normal as she went on. "Besides that, she seems to be dead set on going through with this."
To this, Mikado let out a gloomy sigh as she looked to the side "This isn't going to sound good to Tearju-san at all."
The pinkette dawned a gloomy look as well after this was spoken "...Right..."
"You said 'We'll' go get him back ourselves, right? You plan to go alongside them?"
"Yes that's what I intend to do. However, I've haven't discussed the details with my sisters just yet."
"...Do you...really have to do this by yourselves?"
The question came from Oshizu, who had been rather quiet until now.
"We would rather not, but unfortunately this must be handled with extreme sensitivity." There was a sad smile on Momo as she turned her head toward the assistant "You'll just need to have faith in us."
"I just have a feeling, that this is the start of something...much bigger..."
Oshizu brought her hands to her chest and held her gaze to the ground as she spoke her feelings. Momo and Ryouko looked to each other, then back to her, curious as to why she felt this way.
"What...makes you say that?" the pinkette asked.
Oshizu started to explain "How should I put it..." She then looked at Momo and went further "...It's similar to how you previously felt sometime ago, about getting closer to Mea-san's heart. I have a sense of unease, a very...dark, foreboding feeling." she finished with a spot of fear in her voice.
Expressions of unease were now gracing their faces after Oshizu's explanation, though Momo had it for reasons beyond that...
'I suppose if the worlds are getting destroyed, that feeling is justified...' she thought to herself.
"Momo, I can see that your not giving me the full story for one reason or another. Regardless, I'll assume the reason is out of your hands and choose to have faith in you completely on this...search and rescue, let's say."
Momo let a smile form on her face after the doctor finished her sentence.
"But..." the doctor continued "I'm...concerned about Yami-chan." After a moment of pause, she yet again turned toward Momo "Have I ever told you how I first met her?"
The youngest princess was surprised by the sudden shift in subject "Oh! Um, No you haven't."
"She was injured, and had greatly exhausted her strength. She had no idea how she reached me or got her injuries either, her memories of the days before an absolute blur." She looked to the side, remembering the day the poor girl appeared before her, clearly damaged from battle. "It was awful."
"Did you ever find out what happened to her?" asked Oshizu.
After a sigh escaped from the doctor, she continued "No, but I do wonder about that myself. What could have happened to Golden Darkness?" she wistfully wondered.
"I'm happy that she decided to go look for him for the sake of her friend, it's a good intention, but..."
"Your concerned that she might return to that lifestyle, right? A life surviving in a world of darkness. Where she constantly has to fight for her life? That's one of the reasons why I'm going with her." Momo informed the two with a serious yet sincere voice "You don't have to worry. I'll be with her to give her my support in this venture, as her friend."
"Momo-san...Promise me...That you won't let her fall down that path of darkness again."
"...I promise." Momo stated while bowing her head.
Momo was still looking at the ground remembering that conversation. Speaking of Tearju, If she recalled correctly, Tearju had been covering for Honekawa-sensei while he was out due to his back pain. Fortunately, thanks to her eldest sister's invention, his back pain had healed. This meant that Tearju would become a homeroom teacher for class 1-B. Yes, she would become the homeroom teacher of the same class Momo, and more importantly; Yami, was in. Unfortunately...
That would be on the same day of their departure...
Momo's depressed expression deepened as she thought this. She had already felt bad that she withheld information of this caliber from her friends, and that Yami is now nowhere to be seen. But thinking about that made her stomach turn with guilt. Usually, she had no problems keeping secrets. Hell, the harem plan itself is only known by a paltry few; including Rito himself, due to how the earth and a few of the girls in Rito's life view the idea of a harem. But now, the fact that goals are the same; trying to locate him and get him back...
Meanwhile, Sora was still smiling as he went on to say "You know, why don't you come with us?"
"Huh?"
"We can go to other worlds on our ship, and didn't you say you guys left to find the key?" Sora echoed what Momo said with smile ever still on his face. "It would be better if we stuck together, don't you think?
"Yeah! Me and Donald did the same thing when His Majesty told us to look for the Keyblade a while ago!" Goofy explained.
"His Majesty?" Momo questioned out-loud. But before they could elaborate a loud rumble was heard outside of the building Team Sora was in.
"More heartless?" Sora exasperatingly asked no one in particular, but he got an answer regardless.
"Only one way to find out!" Hercules exclaimed as he ran out with everyone looking in his direction.
"Herc, wait!" Sora called to no avail. He turned to Momo and spoke "Come on, just stick behind us, and you'll be OK."
Momo was taken aback by Sora's offer. "What about keeping the world order?"
"Well, that is something we're supposed to keep usually. But this isn't your world and your stuck if you don't come with us. I can't just ignore a friend in need." reasoned Sora as he crossed his arms behind his head. "Besides, you need help finding your other friends, right?"
The devilukean raised a brow 'We're friends already?' she questioned in her mind.
"I'm with ya, Sora! We can't just leave her here." Goofy voiced his agreement. He turned his head toward Donald after he said this. "How bout' you, Donald? I know you usually stick to the rule-book on the world border, but..."
"Order!" The duck corrected his fellow toon. "And we wouldn't be doing our jobs at keeping it if we left her here in the first place!" Donald had a smile as he went on to say "Yeah. Why not!"
"Uh guys?!" The four of them heard Hercules from outside the building they were in. "A little help?!"
"Hold on, Herc!" Sora called out. "So you wanna come?"
Momo was staring at the trio with incredulity, but after not sensing any odd intentions from them, her expression softened. "Yes, thank you very much." she thanked them with those words and a bow. 'What nice guys...' she thought as a smile made it's way back on her face. 'It kind of reminds me of Rito-san's own kindness'.
"OK guys, let go help Herc!" said Sora as he turned back to the exit of the building and ran out with Donald and Goofy. Meanwhile, the pinkette was walking toward the exit, thoughts now on the key Sora was using.
'The Keyblade, huh?' she mused to herself, catching what Goofy called Sora's weapon. She's well aware of her current situation. Lost, friends missing, strange creatures of darkness attacking the worlds (She still had some questions). It sounds awful, but...
Somehow, the thought of being with those three, made her feel a lot brighter...
OK, so I have a few things to say at the moment.
1) This chapter took the longest time to get right, I re-wrote the whole thing until it sounded good to me (7 times!).
2) As said before, if a whole scene is in italics, that means it's a flashback. It give this story a Dream Drop Distance vibe, now that I think of it.
3) The REASON I keep doing flashbacks is because I don't want to introduce too many characters at once and "Spill the Pot" so to speak. Also, I will go more in-depth on what Oshizu and others are as they are introduced in the story's present time...
What? You thought we would only get the To Love-Ru cast in flashbacks and we would not see them again for the rest of the story? Oh, nonono, I have BIG plans for the rest of the Sainan crew.
4) Why did Oshizu have that feeling? Well, remember that the flashback is from MOMO's memory. Oshizu has a reason which will be made clear at a later time.
5) I still can't write action scenes for crap, if you hadn't noticed. That's going to make the next chapter VERY difficult to write, as it features a boss battle.
6) Speaking of next chapter, I have unfortunate news. This fic is now going to be on Hiatus until sometime after KH3 comes out. The reason for this is because the TGS trailer revealed a lot of things that might make this story in turn, very interesting (Looking at you especially, Data-Rikunort...I think) and quite frankly, it's got me excited beyond belief. So I'm also going on KH3 Media blackout until the game comes out.
So, until the future, farewell!
