Disclaimer: "Good day to you sir. And now prepare to die!" I'm just kidding. Sorry, it's an old line of Stewie Griffin from Family Guy. I just wanted to get a quick laugh out of the way before you read this chapter. I'll start by thanking each of you who reviewed the prologue because your support is appreciated. And now to get started on the next chapter in which we meet the children of the Destiny Islands, as well as meet some Looney Characters from a far away land. So without further ado, Heeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeee's Kingdom Hearts: Cartoon Adventures!
Chapter 1: The Beginning of Adventure Part 1
Silence is what was heard. No sign of the mysterious bodiless voice rang out upon the horizon. The strange looking shadow creatures would not be found. Platforms that the young boy had walked on and put through tests on were nowhere in sight. It all seemed so quiet because nothing could be seen but darkness for miles and miles. The boy himself didn't feel a thing. His body was so comfortably numb, to coin a popular song. The battle against the creatures was over, but getting engulfed made him feel like he wasn't alive. Soon, the silence was broken at that very moment. Sounds of seagulls flying through the sky could be heard, as could waves of water rustling onto shore of a beach. A feeling of warm sand is what the boy felt underneath. A familiar salty sea air smell was in the air.
The boy slowly opened his eyes to see what all the sounds and the feelings were about, and saw a bright blue sky with the sun shining down on him. He tiredly got up and looked around. He saw the ocean view go out for what seemed like forever. As it began sinking in, the young man realized it now: he was back on the same Island from before where his friends all were. But just a minute, what of the strange place he was just at?
The boy let out a big yawn and stretched his arms and legs while still sitting down and said tiredly, "I'm glad to be back to a place I'm familiar with. Hope I don't have to go through that again."
The teenager rubbed his eyes not only from feeling tired, but because of the bright yellow sun. Still needing a little more time to wake up, he laid back down on the sand to give himself a moment. When he got his head down, he saw the red headed girl looking down at him. From his point of view she looked upside down.
"Whoa!" exclaimed the boy as he sprung back up, though still sitting down.
The sight of the girl startled him a bit. After all, he didn't expect her to be there, nor did he expect a rude awakening for that matter. He turned around and got up on his knees to face the girl who bent down to his eye level putting her hands on her knees. The girl let out a laugh with a grin across her face finding it funny how the boy reacted to seeing her. The boy just shook his head with a small smile. He wasn't angry, but was a bit disappointed since this has happened before.
"Kairi, how many times do I have to tell you not to sneak up on me like that?" he asked the girl, "Gimme a break once in a while."
Kairi put her hands behind her back and said, "Sora, you can be such a lazy bum. I thought I saw somebody snoozing down here. A person could see you lying on the sand from anywhere on this side of the island."
Sora quickly got defensive in protest, "What do you mean I was snoozing? You don't understand! This huge, giant, black THING swallowed me up. I couldn't feel anything! I couldn't see, couldn't breath, couldn't-Ow!" he said rubbing his head, "My head hurts just thinking about it."
"It was just a dream, wasn't it?" Kairi asked, "As far as I know, you've been on the island this whole time."
"It didn't feel like a dream, but it sure seemed like one," Sora just put his head down giving up, "I don't know, and to be honest, I don't care now that it's over. What a weird place I was in. There were these strange creatures, and these multi-colored platforms, and this mysterious voice. Two words; so bizarre."
Kairi shrugged her shoulders about the whole thing, "Yeah, I'm sure it was."
Sora watched as Kairi walked down towards the water. She looked out at the ocean, like anyone would if they were on the beach.
"Hey, Kairi, I was wondering. Do you know what your hometown was like? You know, the place where you grew up before you came to the island?" Sora asked.
"Why are you so curious?" Kairi asked back.
Sora put his legs out and was now sitting on the sand, "Because I know you came here during a night when there was a meteor shower back when we were little. We all knew you weren't from the islands."
"Yeah, I remember, but I've told you before that I don't remember where I grew up," Kairi answered.
"You can't think of what it could've been like at all?" Sora asked.
"Nothing really, no," Kairi answered with a bit of disappointment in her voice.
"Do you ever miss it, or get the feeling of wanting to go back there?" Sora was full of questions today.
"So I could live there again? Nah. I'm happy here with my parents. I'd miss this place too much, and I would miss you and the other kids with all the fun we have," Kairi responded.
Sora let out a sly smile, "Oh, really…"
"Really, really!" Kairi chuckled.
Kairi was certainly right about having fun with her friends, no doubt about it. Still looking out at the water, she did have one feeling inside her about the place she grew up.
"I'll tell you what, though. I wouldn't mind going to see my hometown just for a visit," Kairi smiled.
Sora lifted his right leg up and rested his elbow on his knee, "I'd like to see it, too. Of course, that's not all I want to see. There are so many other worlds out there to go, new people to meet, sights to be seen. I don't want to come back home until I've seen each and everyone one!"
Kairi turned to face him with a grin and her eyes closed, "So what are we waiting for? We have been planning our trip out to sea so we can visit other worlds. Let's get to it!"
"Now wait a second!" a voice rang out. Sora and Kairi looked to see the silver haired boy standing with a log over his shoulder, "Aren't the two of you guys forgetting about something? Like, oh say, me?"
Sora played along with it, "Aw, we couldn't forget about you, Riku," he looked at Kairi, "Would we?"
"Don't be silly," Kairi said.
"So I guess I'm the only one working on the raft. How typical. I'm the oldest, so just because I'm responsible for the both of you, I get stuck doing the dirty work," Riku told them with a bit of complaint in his voice.
He tossed the log to Sora, but Sora wasn't ready and fell backwards catching the log in his arms with a yelp. The sight of that made Kairi snicker at him. Riku walked over to her and put his hands on his hips
"Don't laugh. You're just as lazy as he is," Riku pointed out.
Kairi chuckled a bit putting her hand behind her head, "Nice of you to notice," she put her arms down and jumped feeling a bit excited, "Okay, let's finish it together! I'll race the two of you there!" she challenged the boys pointing at them.
"Huh?" Sora said caught off guard.
Riku had sat down next to Sora. A race was the last thing he wanted, "What? You got to be kidding."
Kairi smirked, "Oh yeah?" she put her hands to her mouth, "Ready? Go!"
The two boys looked at each other and quickly got up on their feet and started to run. Kairi ran behind them, not intending to win the race, but just have some fun. Riku looked behind him and smiled at his two best buds. Sora felt good and didn't have a care in the world. This was just what he needed to get that weird dream off his mind and on to having fun and working on the raft. Kairi laughed while she was chasing the boys. The three had been working on this raft so they could explore the ocean to find a way to travel to the great unknown. Kind of a risky trip for a bunch of kids with no adult supervision. Little did they realize, in the next couple of days they were going to be sent on the biggest adventure ever.
Welcome to Destiny Islands
Sometime later, Kairi was standing in front of a wooden door that led to the other side of the island. Sora was there with him going over what they needed before they went on their trip.
"We're going to need some more things if we're going to finish the raft up. I have a list of all the things we need. You think you can gather up the supplies?" Kairi explained.
Sora seemed in deep thought about something. It looked like he wasn't paying attention. He probably had a lot on his mind it seemed.
"Sora? Are you listening to me?" Kairi asked trying to get his attention.
Sora snapped out of his daze and said, "Huh? Oh, yeah, I heard you. Sorry."
"It's okay," Kairi said, "You thinking about that weird dream you told me about earlier?"
"Well, it's not important now. We got work to do," Sora said focused.
"That's the spirit!" Kairi cheered. She pulled a list out of her pocket and looked it over, "Let's see. We need two logs. One cloth. One rope," she handed the list to Sora, "Bring everything back here once you gathered them all up. If you need any help, just ask me or one of the other kids where you can find some of the stuff. I'm counting on you!"
Sora pocketed the list and gave Kairi the thumbs up, "No worries. I'll be back in a few minutes."
Sora went off in search for the items Kairi asked him to get. He decided to look for the two logs first. He immediately found one under the pier and picked it up over his shoulder. He kept walking until he came near the wooden shed near the spring. The Jamaican boy was nearby fooling around with a white ball with a blue stripe. He kicked it around a bit to build some momentum, and then he sent up in the air to give a big kick. Unfortunately, he kicked it a little too hard and sent it straight at Sora who didn't see it coming. It hit him right on the head making him stumble a bit and fall backwards dropping the log in the process. He got up and rubbed his head.
"Okay, who's the wise guy?" Sora groaned.
The ball fell into his lap and he recognized it as a blitzball. Blitzball was an underwater sport that was similar to soccer with a few exceptions like you could touch the ball with your hands and tackle your opponents to try and steal the ball. Sora looked to his side to see that the log landed standing up on the sand, so it wasn't going anywhere. He sighed with relief at that, and knew right away who the ball belonged to. Sora got up and walked over to the Jamaican boy.
"Wakka?" Sora said getting the boy's attention.
"Hey, Sora. What's happening, man?" Wakka greeted.
"For one thing, your ball got me square on the noggin," Sora said tossing the ball back to Wakka, which he caught.
"Oh, sorry about that. I wasn't watching where I was kicking, ya?" Wakka apologized.
"Oh, that's okay. I've gotten used to it with all the duels we've had," Sora explained.
"Now that you mentioned it, how's about some one on one right now? I'm getting tired of just playing around," Wakka offered. Then he made a joke, "And I doubt the sun could make me any tanner than I've been since I was born."
"That I can believe," Sora said laughing at the joke, "But I'm kind of busy right now gathering things."
"Sure, but you've got a few minutes," Wakka pointed out.
Sora thought about it for a minute. He did have supplies to gather up, but he didn't have all that much to find and bring back. Plus, Kairi was a very patient person. Sora decided he could just do one duel with him.
"Okay, let's take a few minutes," Sora then smirked, "You always lose against me anyway."
"Don't get too cocky, man. I've upped my game since last time," Wakka said with confidence in his tone.
Sora took out a wooden sword and declared, "Prove it!"
The two boys went to the middle of the beach and got into fighting stances ready to go head to head with each other.
"You better watch yourself!" Wakka shouted.
He started the duel by throwing one of his blitzballs at Sora. Sora just jumped out of the way so it wouldn't hit him.
"You're so predictable," Sora taunted.
"Oh yeah?" Wakka said offended.
He threw more balls at Sora. Sora jumped away from one ball, ducked to avoid another, and dodged one more. He stuck out his tongue at Wakka while putting his thumbs in the sides of his head and waving his hands, teasing him.
"Nah, nah! You missed me!" Sora teased.
But the next move caught Sora by surprise. Three balls got thrown at once hitting him in the stomach, the arm and the head knocking him down.
"Okay, maybe he has upped his game," Sora whispered to himself tending to his sides.
He got up and quickly ran at Wakka with his sword ready to strike. Wakka continued his offense of throwing balls trying to slow Sora down. Sora either moved out of the way while still running, or deflected the balls away by swinging his sword at them. Once Sora got up close, he swung his sword at Wakka. Wakka sidestepped so Sora would miss. Sora swung horizontally, but Wakka spun out of the way, and doing a trick by throwing the ball from behind his back and catching it up front. Sora ran at Wakka trying to hit him with his sword again, but Wakka did a split legged jump in the air letting Sora run under him, missing him.
Sora tripped over the sand and stumbled a little bit. While he was trying to catch his balance, Wakka bounced the ball on his head several times setting up another move. When Sora stood up straight, Wakka bounced the ball up high and used his head to send it straight at Sora. Sora gasped as he saw the ball come straight at him and quickly squatted so it would miss him. Wakka snapped his fingers since he didn't get him. Sora ran back up to Wakka and tried giving him a kick to the stomach, but Wakka knocked his foot away with his ball.
Wakka tried to punch Sora with his free hand, but Sora moved his head. Wakka then bounced his ball off of Sora's head to psych him out and then threw another punch that hit Sora square in the jaw making him take a few steps back. Sora rubbed his jaw to try and comfort it. Sora then got an idea. He swung his sword head on at Wakka, causing Wakka to step out of the way, but Sora had expected that. He gave a back kick to Wakka hitting him in chest and sending him down. Sora then brought his sword down while Wakka was wide open, but Wakka saw this and quickly rolled out of the way and got back on his feet. Sora saw this as another opening, and hit Wakka in the head with his sword and gave a good swing hitting his side and sending him back a few feet.
"Ow! That really hurt," Wakka complained.
"I have to give you credit. You have gotten better since last time, but I'm still getting the better of you," Sora gloated.
Wakka got up and shook his head to try and get focused again. He then gave a glare to Sora with a devilish smile.
"Not for long. Take this!" Wakka screamed.
He jumped high in the air with his ball over his head and threw it as hard as he could at Sora.
"Huh?" was all Sora could say before he got hit with ball right in the chest, "Whoa!"
The impact knocked him so hard that his back slid across the sand leaving a trail behind. Wakka took this opportunity to set up another move. He threw his ball up in the air and caught on his finger. The ball spun around like it was a basketball. Wakka then threw it up in the air and when it came back down, he kicked it. Sora got back up brushing the sand off of him. He didn't have time to react to the ball coming at him, as it hit him in his legs tripping him making him fall forward. He caught himself with his hands and pushed himself back to his feet.
"Enough games, Wakka!" Sora declared pointing his sword at him.
"This isn't kid stuff, man. You should learn to…" Wakka didn't have a chance to finish that sentence.
Sora ran up to him and swung his sword causing Wakka to jump away. Sora kept swinging his sword from all directions to try and hit Wakka. Wakka kept putting his ball in the way to block Sora's sword. After about ten tries, Sora knocked the ball out of Wakka's hand by hitting his wrist. Wakka cringed in pain and clutched his wrist. Sora punched Wakka in the stomach making him keel over and then swung his sword hitting the right side of Wakka's face making him fall.
Sora brought his foot down on Wakka, but Wakka grabbed it and stood up holding Sora's foot. Sora kept hopping on his free leg to try and keep his balance.
"Your feet aren't that hard to grab with how big they are," Wakka joked.
"Big, are they?" Sora said offended.
Sora jumped on his free leg to try and roundhouse kick Wakka. Wakka ducked out of the way of that one, but Sora brought up his leg again and kicked Wakka away making him let go of Sora's foot. Both boys fell to the ground, but got back up. Sora gave a thrust with his sword. Wakka spun out of the way, and grabbed the sword. He knocked it back to Sora straight in the stomach, and threw it back pushing Sora down to the ground. Wakka spotted his ball next to the door leading into the shed. He went over and picked it up.
"Okay, Sora! Prepare yourself for the big one!" Wakka warned.
"The big one?" Sora said worried, "What should I do?"
He remembered back in his dream to when he fought that huge black monster. When the monster shot energy blasts at him, he deflected them back at it with his sword.
"Wait, that's it!" Sora said snapping his fingers.
He got back up to his feet and put his sword to his side like it was a baseball bat.
"Hit me with your best shot!" He called out to Wakka.
"You asked for it!" Wakka called back.
Wakka jumped up in the air and threw his ball at Sora. Sora knew what to do and as soon as the ball got close, he gave a big swing to knock it right back at Wakka. Wakka was surprised by this and got hit right in the head by the ball making him stumble around because he was dizzy. Sora took this moment while Wakka was distracted to run up and hit him with his sword. Sora gave a swing to Wakka's chest and then to his back making him stumble some more. Sora put his sword to Wakka's chin and lifted his head up to give a jab right to his jaw. He connected and Wakka hit the ground hard. So hard that was unable to get up and continue.
"I think I've had enough," Wakka grunted.
"Yes!" Sora cheered.
It took a few seconds, but Wakka was able to get himself up to at least a knee. Sora put his hand out for Wakka to take.
"Need a hand?" Sora asked.
Wakka smiled and took Sora's hand pulling himself up.
"Thanks, ya?" Wakka thanked, "You put up a good fight, a pretty good fight."
"So did you. I see you have been practicing, good job," Sora congratulated, "Well, thanks for the duel, but I have to get going."
"Anytime, man. See you later," Wakka said as he grabbed his blitzball, "I got some warming up to do anyway since I got a game coming up."
"Bye!" Sora waved.
Wakka waved back as Sora went off to collect the rest of the supplies. He picked up the log he found earlier and thought to himself where he might find another one. He saw Riku over on another part of the island that was connected by the bridge. Riku was sitting down on a bent over palm tree looking out at the ocean.
"Maybe Riku knows where I can find another log," Sora thought out loud.
Sora entered the wooden shed and climbed up the stairs inside until he went out through the other door. He was now on the surface that had the bridge and he walked across it to the small island Riku was on. Riku heard footsteps and turned to see his friend walking with the log on his shoulder.
"Nice to see you're finally working," Riku greeted.
"Hey, you're the one who came up with idea for the raft in the first place," Sora mentioned.
"No argument there," Riku agreed.
"I need another log. You know where I can find one more?" Sora asked.
Riku pointed to a loose log under the tree he was sitting on.
"Thanks, dude," Sora said. Sora saw that Riku was still looking out at the ocean, "You seem to be looking out at the ocean a lot lately."
"Yeah. Your point being?" Riku asked rhetorically.
"Just pointing out the obvious. You're probably just wondering what we might find out there on our trip," Sora guessed.
"You might say that," Riku nodded, "I know you and Kairi got excited when we planned out this journey. So why don't you go back to work?"
"Okay, but could you look after these logs for me please?" Sora asked politely, "I want to make sure I have everything before I take them all to Kairi."
"Sure. I'm not going anywhere," Riku told him.
Sora smiled and put the log he was holding next to the second one. He'd pick them back up once he found the rope and the cloth. As Sora walked off back to the beach, he wondered to himself where he could find the cloth. Maybe one of the other kids knew where he could find one. He spotted the yellow dressed girl sitting on the docks where all the kid's boats were. Rowboats were the best transportation the kids had to get from their homes over to the island where they can play all day and not have to worry about their parents or anything else bugging them or telling them what to do. Sora climbed up onto the docks. The girl was letting the gentle wind blow in her face.
"Ah, the breeze feels great," said the girl.
"Excuse me, Selphie?" Sora said trying to get her attention.
Selphie turned around and greeted Sora, "Oh, hi, Sora. What's up?"
"Well, I'm up here looking for supplies. You know by any chance where I can find a cloth and a piece of rope?" Sora explained.
"If you go up the ladder, there's a cloth hanging inside the hut. You can use that if you want. I don't think anyone will mind if you take it. As for a rope, there's one on the roof top where Tidus is," Selphie instructed.
"Perfect!" Sora said rubbing his hands.
"But first, how about some one on one?" Selphie offered.
"Eh, thanks, but I already had a duel with Wakka," Sora declined, "Besides, I should really get that stuff. Kairi is counting on me."
"Aw, you just don't want to duel me because I'm a girl," Selphie pouted.
"Oh, you know that's not the case!" Sora said in his defense.
"So let's do it then," Selphie said taking out a jump rope.
"You're on!" Sora accepted.
The two went down to the beach and got into fighting stances. Sora once again pulled out his wooden sword.
"Okay, don't hold back," Selphie said.
The two started the fight by charging at each other. Sora swiped his sword at Selphie, but Selphie sidestepped away from it. She swung her rope around and threw one end at Sora. Sora whacked the rope away with his sword. Selphie kept swinging in hopes that the wooden end of the rope would hit Sora, but Sora blocked about twenty attempts. Sora brought this sword down to strike and Selphie brought up the rope. When the sword got in it, she tired the rope around the sword and pulled on it. Sora pulled back as well, and now the two were in a tug of war. Selphie and Sora tugged back on forth with each one budging a little bit, but neither of them getting the upper hand.
"Get your rope off my sword!" Sora said struggling.
"Not a chance!" Selphie said, also struggling, "You're best shot would be to let go of the sword."
Sora smirked, "Alright, I will!"
He let go of the sword and with Selphie still pulling, she fell backwards landing hard on her back. Sora picked up his sword, got the rope untangled and dropped it back to Selphie.
"You did say to let go," Sora said rubbing it in her face.
Selphie got up and brushed herself off with rope back in her hands, "Very clever, but I have some tricks up my sleeves, too."
Selphie then threw her rope like a whip. Sora knocked the rope away three times with his sword. On the fourth whip, it wrapped around his wrist. Selphie wrapped the other end on her wrist. Now the rope had the two together so they wouldn't go anywhere. Sora put his sword in his left hand and tired a horizontal slash to hit Selphie. Selphie hopped out of the way. She got a good piece of her rope up and used to whip Sora on the back about five times. Sora winced a bit in pain from the whipping he took. He used his wooden sword to trip her feet and she fell down. Sora brought down his sword, but Selphie rolled away and back to her feet.
Sora tried punch with his free hand and Selphie ducked. Selphie tried a front kick and then a side kick and Sora ducked then jumped away. Selphie ran around Sora wrapping the rope around his body.
"What the?" Sora said perplexed.
Selphie then gave a good thrust of the rope and it sent Sora spinning until the fell in the water with a splash. The rope was no longer on his wrist either. Sora stood up dripping wet and shook himself off.
"You always did say you wanted to make a big splash," Selphie kidded.
"Not funny!" Sora exclaimed.
Sora charged at Selphie again and gave a vertical swipe, which Selphie blocked by holding up her rope. She tried to kick Sora. Sora spun out of the way and tried a diagonal slash. Selpie jerked her head left to avoid it. Selpie whipped and Sora swiped going back and forth several times as the rope and sword hit each other. It continued until Sora and Selphie were now near the support beams holding up the docks. Selphie was now backed into a corner. Sora smirked as he readied his sword for a swing. Fortunately, for Selphie, she ducked just in time for the sword to collide with the support beam with a thud. Sora couldn't move the sword because he swung so hard that it got stuck in the support beam. He tried as hard as he could to pull it out.
While Sora was distracted, Selphie got an idea. She went over to one part of the dock and tied her rope around a piece of the wood. Sora was still trying to pull the sword out giving Selphie the chance to tie the other half of the rope around his ankle while he wasn't looking. Sora finally got the sword out leaving its mark on the wood. He turned walked over to continue the duel, but stopped about two steps ahead as he felt something pulling on his leg. He looked down to see his ankle was tied up to the dock.
"Selphie! I can't move now!" Sora yelped.
"That was the point," Selphie smirked.
She pushed Sora back and backed away as Sora tried to swipe his sword at her. Sora was just out of reach to get her. Selphie took this chance to give a sweep kick to Sora hitting him in the cheek and then a jab to the chest. Sora was again on the ground. Selphie had him trapped and he couldn't move any further then a few steps.
"Had enough yet?" Selphie asked seeing if he wanted to forfeit.
Sora took his sword and hit in the shin tripping her.
"Does that answer your question?" Sora shot back.
Selphie and Sora both got back to their feet and Sora swung his sword, missing Selphie who dodged. Selphie was again too far away for Sora to reach her. Sora threw his sword at her as a last resort. Selphie jumped away to let the sword hit the sand. Now that he was without a weapon, she charged at Sora while he was caught in the rope. Sora then realized that he could still use the rope against her. When Selphie got close, Sora pulled the rope up and she ran right into it knee first and did a face plant into the sand. Sora now had the chance to untie the rope from his ankle and get loose. He was successful.
Sora got up and went over to grab his sword. Selphie got up and wiped the sand off her face. When she turned around, she saw that Sora was no longer tied up and she had to quickly get her rope from the dock if she wanted this duel to continue. She ran over and untied quickly. She got it off just in time to see Sora bring his sword down on her and she brought up the rope to block. Sora brought his sword down and hit her in the hip, then hit her in the shoulder. Selphie spun away from a third thrust and was now behind Sora.
She put the rope around his neck trying to choke him out. Sora swung his arms around wildly like a wrestler stuck in a sleeper hold. Selphie kept a tight noose hoping it would put Sora to sleep and knock him out. Sora grabbed the rope and tried to pull it away from his neck, but was no use. He felt himself getting lightheaded because he couldn't breath as well as he could. And with no circulation to his brain, he couldn't think straight and his vision was getting blurry. Sora went to the ground landing on his rear and it looked like Selphie had this won. Little did she realize, Sora still had his sword in his hand and with her head now in a good place, Sora brought the sword up and nailed her right on the head making her let go of the hold as she clutched her head.
Sora got up and coughed a little bit as he got his wind back. He rolled backwards and got himself back to his feet. Selphie tired every trick with her rope she could think of to put Sora out, but Sora's will to not give up made him get out of each one. She decided the best thing she could do at this point is just try to whip him again, and she did. She swung her rope wildly and Sora used his sword to knock it away each time. After the fifteenth swing, Sora took one mighty swing and made her drop the rope.
Sora hit her in the back several times. Selphie kept shouting as each blow hit her. She went down to one knee after ten strikes. She couldn't take it anymore and was starting to grow tired. She finally fell to the ground after twenty five blows.
"Aw! I lost!" she sighed in disappointment.
"I'm sorry, Selphie, but you did say to not hold back," Sora reminded her.
"So I did," Selphie said with a weak chuckle, "Don't worry. I'm okay."
Sora helped her up and gave her the jump rope back.
"Thanks. You can go back to getting your supplies now that we're finished. I'm going to enjoy the breeze some more," Selphie said as she climbed back to the dock.
"Okay. Nice dueling with you!" Sora said as he hurried off.
The two young people said their goodbyes. Sora headed up the ramps surrounding the giant tree to get to the hut near the top of it. Selphie did say there was a cloth hanging up inside. Sure enough he found it right there on the wall like a curtain.
"Ah, just what I was looking for where Selphie said it would be," Sora said as he picked it off the wall and wrapped it up.
He rolled up the cloth like a sleeping bag and put it under his arm to carry it out of the hut. One more thing was needed, the rope. Sora stepped back outside and took a good look down from the balcony he was standing on. He saw a little kid swinging a stick. It was none other than Tidus. Near Tidus was the rope Sora was looking for right in the corner of the small deck area. He climbed down the ladder and made his way over there. Tidus heard someone land on the deck behind him and turned around with his stick ready to strike in defense.
Sora put his hands up, "Hey! Tidus, relax! It's me!"
Tidus put his stick down at the sight of a familiar face, "Oh, Sora. Hi."
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," Sora apologized.
"You scare me? Nah!" Tidus said shrugging it off.
"I was just here to grab the rope in the corner to use for building the raft," Sora explained.
"I'll let you go and have it, but answer me this: You feeling lucky today?" Tidus said slyly.
"Let me guess. You want a duel?" Sora asked annoyed.
"How could you tell?" Tidus asked as if he didn't know.
"Because Wakka and Selphie already challenged me," Sora said pointing to the beach.
"Come on, Sora. It's no fun just swinging at the air all the time," Tidus said urging him. Then he egged him on, "And I think you should earn the rope by beating me."
Sora sighed out of exasperation. But he thought one more duel wouldn't hurt. He'd just battle with Tidus, get the rope, and get all the objects back to Kairi.
"Alright. Just one," Sora accepted.
"Alright!" Tidus cheered.
The two boys headed down to the beach and got their weapons ready. Sora put the cloth down under the bridge so he'd pick it up later. Tidus put the rope next to it. They both got into fighting stances. Sora knew Tidus was a bit stronger than Selphie and Wakka, so he'd have to fight extra hard.
"You're going down!" Tidus shouted.
"We'll see about that!" Sora spat back.
The two boys charged at each other. Sora attacked first with a swing that Tidus hopped up from. The two clashed their weapons together. Tidus brought his stick down. Sora held his sword up and guarded it. Sora did a swipe at Tidus, which Tidus blocked by turning around and putting his stick up and across behind him. The boys brought their weapons back and clashed again, then jumped back away from each other. Tidus jumped up and swiped the stick at Sora again from the air, which made Sora bring his sword up again to guard. Only this time, Tidus knocked him backwards, making Sora land on his back from the force of the impact.
"Maybe swinging the stick at the air was worth the pay off after all," Tidus said with overconfidence.
Enough overconfidence in fact, that Sora snuck up from behind and hit him in the back sending him front first to the sand. Tidus got up and spat any sand out of his mouth.
"Or maybe not," Tidus groaned in disgust.
"You'd think fighting three duels in a row would make me tired, but third time's the charm I suppose," Sora said.
"I'm not done yet!" Tidus said charging again.
Sora and Tidus got into a vicious duel clashing and blocking their wooden weapons together back and forth thirty times in a row. Sora swiped at Tidus. Tidus did a backwards flip landing on his hands and landed on his feet to dodge like a gymnast. He cart wheeled forward and spun around swinging his stick with him at Sora. Sora brought his sword down and stuck in the ground. He swung around on it like a pole to not get hit and he landed behind Tidus. Tidus turned around and sent a back kick to Sora. Sora grabbed Tidus' foot and put it back down. Sora threw a left hook at Tidus. Tidus sidestepped away and turned around so he was facing front at Sora.
Sora tried to hit again with his sword, but Tidus ducked. Tidus did the same with his stick, but Sora ducked as well. They clashed their weapons again and got into a lock. They struggled for a little bit. It seemed Tidus started getting the upper hand because Sora was starting to get down to one knee. The other two duels might've been catching up to him. Knowing he had to get out of the lock, he punched Tidus in the stomach making him let go and keel over. Sora sent a roundhouse kick that sent Tidus down. Tidus, out of desperation, swatted at Sora's ankle making Sora trip and land on his back hard. The two got back up and stared each other down.
"Neat job, pal," Tidus complimented.
"I'm gonna do what I can to get that rope," Sora panted.
Sora and Tidus charged at each other again. Tidus sent a kick at Sora, and Sora jerked to the right so Tidus would miss. Sora tried a sweep kick, which Tidus evaded by jumping over. They clashed again, and this time, Sora used his sword to push Tidus' stick up. Sora went for a thrust. Tidus knocked the sword down with his stick. The two kept clashing their weapons together while trailing on the beach. At one point, they stepped into the water. Tidus swiped his stick at the water causing a splash. The water went right into Sora's face. With him distracted, Tidus gave a thrust to the gut making Sora land hard on his rear and drop his sword. He went over to reach it, but Tidus stepped on it and held his stick to Sora's face.
"You ready to surrender, Sora?" Tidus asked feeling he won.
Sora just kicked the stick away and hit an uppercut on Tidus sending him back a ways. Sora picked up his sword now that Tidus was no longer standing on it, and charged again while Tidus was down. What Sora didn't count on was Tidus giving him a taste of his own medicine as he gave him and uppercut right to the chin. Sora shook his head to try and get focused again. He and Tidus clashed their weapons repeatedly again going back and forth across the beach for about a minute blocking and dodging one another's attacks. Sora swung his sword five times and Tidus evaded them by flipping back and doing handstands to catch himself.
The two boys got into another sword/stick lock trying to push the other back. Sora started to pant a little bit from all the fighting he's done today.
"Boy, I'm exhausted. I don't know how much more I can take. I can't give up now, though. No matter how tired I am, I won't let Tidus see me sweat," Sora thought to himself. A drop of sweat did fall down the left side of his face.
Sora pushed back as hard as he could. Tidus legs we're starting to slip on the sand and he kept trying to put them back in position to keep himself up. Sora managed to get Tidus down to one knee making Sora feel he was starting to win. Tidus knew he had to get out of this lock, and did so twisting his body to the left and getting back up. The two boys clashed back and forth again. They found their way to the dock and Sora got backed up to the edge where Selphie was sitting on earlier. Sora felt his foot slip as he felt no surface. He looked behind him to see he that if he went any further, he'd fall back to the water. Tidus got a wicked smirk and gave a crescent kick right to Sora's jaw. Sora fell into the water making a splash.
Sora got up and spat some of the water, "Blah, salt water!"
Tidus went up to one of the corners of the dock. He brought his sword over his head and jumped off ready to hit Sora as he came down. Sora reacted just in the nick of time and dropkicked Tidus right into the chest making him hit the support beam has he felt back.
"Man that stung!" Tidus groaned rubbing his back.
Sora and Tidus got up and shook themselves off since they were all wet. They then got into another sword/stick lock. They trailed back to the beach as they were in the lock stepping back and forth not taking their eyes off each other.
"Come on, Tidus. Just call this off and give me the rope," Sora pleaded.
"Hey, I'm not about to say uncle just because you're getting sore," Tidus declined.
"Then I guess I have to do this the old fashioned way," Sora glared.
"You want to mess with the best?" Tidus asked, "Don't sing it, bring it!"
Sora smirked, "Don't say I didn't warn you," the two then jumped back, "'cause I didn't!"
The boys went at it again with clashing each others weapons back and forth. The wood kept making knocking sounds as they hit each other. Sora kept thrusting his sword at Tidus, but kept missing as Tidus jerked his head back and forth. Tidus got a hit in when the stick got Sora in the side. Sora gritted his teeth making Tidus smile. Sora looked back at Tidus with a look in his eyes that made Tidus surprised. Sora hit Tidus right in the chest with his sword knocking his opponent down. While Tidus was down, Sora took this time to catch his breath a bit. He kept making hand gestures almost daring for Tidus to get back up and continue.
Tidus was slow to get up, but he managed to get back on his feet. Sora got his sword into position and when Tidus turned around, Sora ran right at him and hit him hard with the sword sending him back a few feet. Tidus had the wind knocked out of him as he hit the ground, but still tried as hard as he could to get up. It was to no avail, as he fell back.
"That's three for three!" Sora cheered.
Tidus looked back at the ground, disappointed that he lost.
"Man, I'm really off today!" Tidus sighed.
Sora bent down a bit concerned for his friend, "Are you okay?"
"Other than getting the snot beat out of me," Tidus mentioned wiping his nose that was running, "I'm alright."
Sora helped his friend up and Tidus gave him a pat on the back.
"You did great, Sora," Tidus congratulated, "You can have the rope now as I promised. You earned it."
Sora blushed, "Thanks buddy."
"No problem. Catch you later!" Tidus said waving goodbye as he took off.
"Bye!" Sora called waving back, "Now to get the logs and head back to Kairi."
Sora picked up the rope and the cloth and headed back to the island where Riku was with the logs. When he got there he put the rope and cloth down.
"Riku, I'm back," Sora said.
Riku jumped off the tree and turned to his friend, "Well, it's about time. I thought you weren't coming back with all the duels you were having."
"You saw me dueling with the other kids?" Sora asked surprised.
"Just call it a little free entertainment. Just keeping my eyes on the logs made my eyelids heavy," Riku said playing with his eyelid. This made Sora laugh, "I don't blame you for getting in a little practice. You'll have to be extra strong when we go on our journey. It could be dangerous out there."
"So we can look out for each other, right?" Sora asked.
"Bingo," Riku answered, "Hey, how will get all that stuff back at once anyway? It could be too much for you to carry."
Sora laid out the cloth on the ground and put the logs on top of it, "Simple. I work smart, not hard. First, I wrap the cloth over the logs," Sora explained as he did so. He then took the rope, "Then I use the rope to tie them up."
"That's very, very clever," Riku complimented.
Sora had a bit of a hard time getting a knot.
"Dude, don't tell me you don't know how to tie a knot," Riku said shaking his head.
"Well, don't say it's like tying my shoes. I never did were shoes with laces on them," Sora joked showing off his big yellow shoes.
"Boy Scout attitude, and yet, arts and crafts aren't your strong suit," Riku said with a chuckle.
"Oh, really? Well, let me try something first," Sora took both ends of the rope and made a loop de loop out of each one, "Loop de loop like rabbit ears then over, under, and pull," Sora mumbled as he put one loop over the other and pulled as he put the other loop into the hole. Sora pulled it tight and now he had a bow.
"I stand corrected," Riku said astonished.
Sora picked the supplies up and smiled, "I told you I could do it. Now to get these to Kairi."
"Make sure she puts them in a good place so we don't loose them!" Riku called as Sora walked off.
"I will!" Sora called back.
About a minute later, Sora got over where Kairi was and put down the supplies
"Here you go, Kairi," Sora said wiping his forehead.
"What took you so long?" Kairi asked crossing her arms, "You better have a good excuse."
Sora got a little nervous, "Oh, boy. How do I explain this?"
Kairi chuckled, "Don't worry. I didn't mean it."
Sora smiled with relief, "Oh. Well, the other kids wanted a practice duel, so it took a little longer than expected."
"That's alright. I'm just glad you got all the supplies. Thanks, Sora." Kairi said grateful.
Sora rubbed his arms a bit, "Sure got hit where it hurts a few times."
Kairi felt a little concerned about Sora. She then remembered she had something in her pocket and took it out.
"I found this today and thought it might be useful. Here, you can have it," Kairi explained hading it to Sora.
Sora looked it over and saw that was a familiar green liquid in a bottle. It was a hi-potion. Drinking this would get his strength back more than a regular potion.
"Gee, thanks," Sora said pocketing it, "Good looking at out, Kairi."
"That's what friends are for. And you've been a good friend to me for a long time. I care about you, you know," Kairi covered her mouth. She felt that wasn't supposed to slip out, "I mean, I meant to say…"
Sora's eyes widened in surprise. This caught his interest, "What exactly do you mean by that?"
Kairi got a bit nervous and blushed a bit, "Well…that is. What I mean to say is, you know, because you're one of the closest people to me."
"Hey, Kairi? I care about you, too," Sora confessed.
The two children smiled and a moment of silence came upon them. The two had really grown to like each other as friends over the years that they've known each other. Perhaps, maybe even more than just liking each other. The way the two had become close, one would think that they might be more than just friends. Sora always thought Kairi was nice and looked pretty. Her blue eyes, her beautiful red hair, her day brightening smile. Kairi felt the same and always thought Sora was a nice boy. He, too, had looks going for him with his blue eyes, that spiky hair always standing up, his big happy grins. The silence was broken when Sora let out a yawn.
"You look pretty tired," Kairi observed, "Want to call it a day?"
"Sounds good to me," Sora told her, "Let's go home."
"It is getting a little late," Kairi nodded, "We can finish preparing for out trip tomorrow."
Before Kairi and Sora went home, they decided to watch the sunset like they did every evening. Riku joined them in watching the sun go down over the ocean. Wakka, Selphie and Tidus had already gone home. Sora and Kairi sat on the tree of the little island with the bridge while Riku leaned on it with his arms crossed. The three struck up a conversation about the possibilities of other worlds out there. They were all big dreamers and had a sense of adventure to them. There was no telling what dangers or what cool new things they might encounter in the great beyond.
"So, you think Kairi's home is somewhere out there?" Sora asked Riku.
"It could be," Riku guessed, "We're not going to figure it out just by staying here. I do think it's a possibility considering how she got here."
"But how far could a raft take us? We could see nothing but water for weeks before we reach any land," Sora pointed out.
Riku just put his hand up shrugging, "Who knows how far? We'll think of something else if we have to. A raft isn't the only form of transportation we could take."
"Okay, my turn for a question," Kairi said speaking up, "Suppose you did get to another world," she laughed a bit thinking it was a silly question, but asked anyhow, "What would you do once you got there anyway?"
Riku pondered about that one. That's one thing that hadn't come to mind when planning this trip.
"Hm," Riku murmured, "Well, to be honest, I haven't really given it that much thought. What I have wondered, though, is why did the three of us end up here on this island? What I mean is if there are other worlds out there, why did we all end up on this one? It can't just be coincidence. And hypothetically, let's say there are other worlds. That means that our world is part of something that is much greater and much bigger than anything. So we could have just as easily ended up someplace else, couldn't we have?"
Riku looked to his friends for an answer. Sora just put leg over the tree and laid back on it with his hands behind his head.
"I don't know," Sora answered unsure.
"Exactly!" Riku uncrossed his arms, "That's why all of us need to go out there and find out the answers to these questions," He walked a bit towards the edge still talking, "If we stay here, nothing's going to change," Kairi shook her head getting a piece of hair out of her face that was bothering her. Sora just looked back out at the water, "The same old stuff day after day. The status quo. The usual routine. So let's go and search."
Kairi looked at Riku and asked, "You've been thinking a lot about this stuff lately, haven't you?"
"And it's all thanks to you," Riku said turning to her.
Sora looked back at Riku for a second thinking, "What does he mean by that? Oh, right, because Kairi's not from here," Sora went back to looking at the water while Kairi and Riku talked.
"If you hadn't have come here the night of the meteor shower, I probably wouldn't have thought of any of this. I guess you were kind of my inspiration. So, Kairi, thanks," Riku said sincerely.
"You're welcome," Kairi smiled. She jumped off the branch, "Come on. Let's go home."
Sora jumped off almost on cue, "Right behind you."
The teenagers walked across the bridge ready to take their boats back home. Tomorrow would be the day they'd finish up getting ready for their trip, and then the next day, they'd head off on their journey to see the world, and any other worlds out there.
"Hey, Sora!" Riku shouted.
Sora turned around to face his friend, "What's up, pal?"
"Heads up!" Riku called.
Riku tossed Sora something, which Sora caught with both hands. It was a strange looking food. It was yellow and was shaped like a star. He looked down at it a bit perplexed.
"You did want one, didn't you?" Riku asked pointing to the fruit.
"A paopu fruit?" Sora asked confused, "What would I want this for?"
Riku walked passed Sora explaining why, "I'll tell you. I heard somewhere that if two people share it, their destinies will become intertwined and they'll remain in each others lives no matter what happens."
Sora looked back at his friend strangely. Why would his friend tell him about this and give it to him? Unless…
"C'mon!" Riku chuckled waving his hand up, "I know that you want to try it with a certain someone."
"What are you talking"- Sora didn't know what he meant at first, but he got an assumption of the person he was referring to, "We're you saying I wanted to share it with…"
He was going to say Kairi, but got interrupted by Riku laughing teasingly at him. Sora looked back and forth between Riku and the fruit. He just threw away the fruit and chased after his friend. The two ran all the way back to the dock and got ready to head back home for the night.
Meanwhile, somewhere in another world far beyond the boundaries of the Destiny Islands, something important was about to happen that will surely affect the people and creatures that lived there. One of the creatures was walking through the forest humming a tune entitled "The Marry-go-round broke down". It was an anthropomorphic duck with black feathers, an orange bill and orange webbed feet with a white collar around his neck. He passed by a sign that said "Looney Tune land: Home of Warner Bros. most beloved stars, the Looney Tunes. Population 106 and counting. Anything can happen here."
The duck, known to everyone as Daffy Duck began to sing.
"Oh, people call me Daffy. They say that I am goony. Just because I'm happy is no sign I'm Looney Tuney!" he sang.
He made his way through the bushes jumping out onto the grass carrying a bottle of ketchup in one hand and an umbrella in another.
"When people call me zany it sure brings me a pain, please pass the ketchup, I think it's going to rain," he sang.
He threw the ketchup bottle and the umbrella behind him and jumped into a lake. He was a water fowl after all.
He continued to sing as he swam, "Oh, you can't bounce a meatball. Go try with all your might. Turn on the radio; I want to fly a kite!" He put out his arms all dramatic like and sang like he was a crooner, "Good evening friends!"
Daffy's singing came to a sudden halt as gunfire boomed throughout the forest. Daffy got an alarmed look on his face and in logic you only see in cartoons, jumped up in the air with his feet running like mad and zoomed off leaving a cloud of smoke behind that formed into letters saying, "See you later!"
Daffy swam as fast he could so he could reach land. When he did reach land, he kept swimming leaving a trail of dirt in the ground not realizing he was out of the water. He didn't see where he was going and hit his head on a tree. An oversized lump came on his head and he saw little stars spinning around in his daze. Daffy quickly shook off the feeling to get his senses back and stood up. More gunfire was heard and he started running away in hopes that he wouldn't get shot. He screeched to a halt for a minute to look at you, the readers.
"I'll be with you in just a second, folks," Daffy said in breaking the fictional fourth wall, "First I need to find a place where I'll be safe from the Daniel Boobs who are guns-a-blazing."
More gunfire rang through the forest and Daffy jerked his head down as a bullet almost hit him between the eyes. More bullets were fired and he made another run for it. Daffy dodged and jumped over bullets that were shot while he ran. It wasn't easy being a duck living in the middle of the forest. It was a common place for hunters to look for wild game during the open season. In a bit of a twist, Daffy usually turned the tables on the hunters, getting the better of them to avoid getting killed. He still got shot on occasion though, but usually he was more embarrassed than hurt, so he survived another day. He kept running and went head first into a rabbit hole. The hole was peculiar, as it had a mail box above it with the name Bugs Bunny on it.
Daffy, now in the rabbit hole with his back against the wall, was panting heavily. He wiped the sweat off his face with a sigh of relief as he lost the hunters. For the time being at least. Daffy got annoyed look on his face as he walked through the hole. It had furniture in it that you would normally find inside a house. A couch, a television, a fireplace, a potted plant, in this case a small tree with carrots growing out of it, a bookshelf with many books on it, a recliner, a carpet on the floor, a shower with tiles and two towels on a rack, one said "His" the other said "Hares", a bed with white comforters on it and with the initials, BB, on the end of it, a table, and a small kitchen with a fridge and a stove.
"What a revolting development this is!" Daffy exclaimed with a lisp. He often spat with his tongue when ever he had to use words with S sounds in them, "I should've known better than to have agreed to watch over this stinky rabbit hole! Normally, I don't mind looking after his home and checking his mail while he's gone and won't be back for an extended period, but he did his most recent one at the worst possible time, hunting season!"
Daffy put his hands on his face and just dragged them down making his beak wave like a diving board as his fingers let go.
He paced back and forth waving his hands back and forth in an exaggerated motion, "He just had to leave during the one time he and I both have it worst in the woods. And without a rabbit I can point the fingers to in hopes no one would shoot me, I'm on the hunters most wanted list ready to be their Sunday's supper!"
"Mail call!" a voice shouted from above ground.
"Aha!" Daffy said in a now calm tone, "Just as I anticipated. The postal services have dropped off their supply. Time to collect it," Daffy climbed up the latter, but stopped about half way, "Now hold on, duck. Hunters could still be out there. You have to be quick like a fox, sneaky like a snake and swift like an eagle."
Daffy quickly whooshed up and back down again in the blink of an eye, now with letters in his hand. He checked each envelope with his finger like the paper was a flipbook and looked them over.
"Bills, bills, junk, junk, bill, bill, junk, you may have already one thirty seven million carrots," he said to himself as he read the print. He snorted at the next one exasperated, "Great! A letter from the save the sea monkey's foundation," what that was doing in the mail, Daffy had no idea. One letter caught his interest, "Oh, what's this?" on the back it had a seal that was shaped like a head with rabbit ears.
"The seal of Bugs Bunny!" Daffy guessed right away.
He quickly tore open the envelope and pulled out the piece of paper that was inside. Daffy read what was written muttering to himself as he did. At first he just shrugged it off like it was nothing and walked off throwing the paper behind him. The paper slowly floated in the air. Just before it landed on the ground, Daffy's arm stretched out like a rubber band and caught the letter in his hand (hey, that rhymes). His pupils bugged out and stretched his eyes out not taking them off the letter. The rest of his body came into alignment and he quickly read through the letter again with a worried look on his face.
What he double checked and now understood made him shocked and surprised. Daffy was jaw dropped. So jaw dropped that it went straight to the floor, literally, stretching his mouth open a couple of feet. When his jaw came back up, the force knocked his eyeballs off. Soon his whole body fell apart into pieces on the floor like he became disassembled.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Daffy screamed as he ran out of the rabbit hole and out into the horizon. A circle did an iris out making the sound of "Bo-whoop!"
A few minutes later in the suburbs, Daffy was running down the dirt path in the park. He passed trees, he passed a fountain, he passed pedestrians and he passed pigeons. What he didn't pass for was a picnic table with various foods on it. He grabbed a sandwich and quickly chewed it up and swallowed it down before running again. Over between two trees, an anthropomorphic pig was sleeping on a hammock. He had pointy pig's ears, pig's feet with small black hooves, and pink skin. The only clothing he wore was a blue jacket and a red bow tie. Daffy ran over to him and started poking his head.
"Porky! Wake up! We got a small problem here!" Daffy yelled trying to wake him up, "Actually, a big small problem!" Porky wasn't waking up. Daffy then knocked on his head like a door, "Hey! Sir, pork-a-lot! Rise and swine! Porky! Porky!" Porky still wouldn't get up. Daffy pulled out an alarm clock, "This should wake him up!" Daffy then did the unexpected and hit him on the head with the clock. He looked to you, the readers and said, "Well, how did you expect me to use it?" Daffy threw the clock away as Porky still wouldn't wake up. He was dead asleep. Daffy got another idea and chuckled mischievously. He pulled out a pack of matches, took one out and put it under Porky's foot, "This'll fix his little red wagon!" Daffy took out another match and lit on fire. He used to light the match under Porky's foot. Daffy was giving him a hot foot! It proved a useful tactic, as Porky suddenly jumped high into the air.
"YEOW!" Porky screamed.
Daffy watched as Porky went up and then all the way back down into the hammock. When Porky landed on the hammock, it spun around twisting and tightening with Porky tied in it. The hammock then untwisted itself spinning around and Porky fell on the ground. The pig shook his head wildly shaking off his daze and looked up to see Daffy standing next to him.
"Oh! H-hello, D-D-Daffy," Porky greeted with a grunt that to a normal person sounded like a stutter, "G-g-g-good morning."
"Don't give me any of that good morning stuff!" Daffy snapped, "Something serious has come up, butterball!" Daffy looked to the left and right of him to make sure no one was around. He put up his hand near his beak and whispered to Porky, "Just don't go around telling anybody. Okay?"
"L-L-Lola Bunny?" Porky asked. He looked like he wasn't paying attention to Daffy.
"Nope, not even the girl rabbit!" Daffy said sternly with his hands on his hips.
"M-M-Melissa?" Porky asked. He still looked like he was distracted by something, but Daffy thought he was still talking to him.
"Absolutely Uh-uh!" Daffy snapped shaking his head, "It's as top secret as top secrets can get!"
Porky saw someone standing behind Daffy and waved hello to them, "G-g-good morning to you girls."
Daffy finally understood what Porky was saying. Porky wasn't talking to him; the two people he just mentioned were standing right behind him. Daffy got a nervous look on his face. He looked at you, the readers again and held up a sign that read, "You all saw this coming, didn't you?" Daffy slowly turned around and saw Lola Bunny and his girlfriend, the fare Melissa. Lola was as anthropomorphic as Daffy and Porky were. She had brown fur, white fur on her feet, as well as from the bottom half her face reaching down to her stomach and back to the back of her fluffy tail, and pink skin in the insides of her ears. She had a little pink nose, eyes with blue iris', and blond hair. Her buckteeth stuck out of her mouth. She wore white gloves, purple gym shorts, a yellow tank top and a purple band in her hair. Melissa was a duck like Daffy with yellowish orange feathers, an orange beak with orange legs and webbed feet, and blond hair. She also wore a blue dress.
Melissa cleared her throat and put her hand on her hips a bit disappointed at Daffy causing him to laugh a bit nervously.
"Okay, Daffy. What emergency is so serious that you can't tell us about?" Lola asked referring to overhearing the conversation to him and Porky.
Daffy was a bit lost for words trying to come up with an answer, "Well, toots, it's like this, um, how should I explain this?"
"L-l-looks like there's no backing ou-ou-ou, looks like there's no way out for you, Daffy," Porky said. He was at times the cool observer to Daffy's Looney nature.
Daffy shot a glare at the pig and said in a low voice, "You're despicable!"
"Gee, what's the matter, Daffy? You're not afraid to tell us, are you?" asked Melissa curiously.
"Afraid?" Daffy laughed off the thought, "Certainly not. I just didn't want anyone to worry, is all."
"Why don't we all get out of this park and talk about this over some lunch and carrot juice?" Lola suggested.
Porky got up and rubbed his stomach, "Good, I'm famish-starv-hungr-my stomach is growling."
"Come to think of it, I could use another sandwich myself," Daffy said thinking it over, "Come on, Porkster. Let's see what's on the menu. As long as it isn't us."
The four animals all laughed at the joke as they walked out of the park. Whatever this emergency was, it was going to shake the foundation of the Looney Tunes indeed.
And there you have it! I know it's been almost a month since my last post, but with computer problems and laziness, it's just as bad as being busy with other things. At any rate, I hope you guys enjoyed the first look at the islands as well as the stuff I came up with for the Looney Tunes. I decided to put the Looney Tunes as a replacement for Disney characters because other than Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny is as a big an icon in animated cartoons. Plus, I've always been a fan of the Warner Bros. cartoons since I was a little boy, so I couldn't pass up this opportunity. That's all for now, I'll see you again right her at