Chibii: Eureka! I found the KH COM remake vids! (does the happy dance)
Shiloh: Uuhh…great, so do other people, who actually have the game, now back to the authoress note…
Sora: (throws his Keyblade at Chibi)
Chibi: YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION!
Sora: Yeah, yeah, I just wanted to know…WHY YOU SEPERATED SHILOH AND I!
Riku: NOOO! I finished my lollipop!
(Dun Dun Duuuun!)
Shiloh: …what?
Chibi: It's part of the twisted plot! DEAL WITH IT!
Fans: STOP THE YELLING!
Sora: (ignoring Chibi) Wait a minute…OH NO! I HAVE TERRIBLE NEWS!
Owen: KH COM remake is not coming to North America? (Chibi faints)
Sora: No…Somebody…STOLE THE KH GAME! (shifty eyes)
(Dun Dun Duuuuun!)
Disclaimer: I don't own KH or Square-Enix, or KH COM, which I wish would come out! But I do own Shiloh, the Heartscpter, my KH game, and my twisted plot of DOOM!
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Chapter 9- Moving On
Shiloh and Riku held the embrace for a good five minutes. They hadn't seen each other, or anyone else really, in quite a while. It was good to finally be reunited.
This scene didn't particularly move the witch standing nearby though. She was tempted to break the two apart once more, just for her satisfaction, but she needed them…for something.
"Riku," the witch instructed flatly, forcing both of them to stare at her. Shiloh was especially startled at the appearance of the hideous person. How long had she been there?
"Please, take Shiloh to the extra room I showed you when we toured the castle,"
Riku nodded, and turned to Shiloh.
"Wait a minute," said Shiloh, staring causiously at the witch. "How do you know my name?"
She seemed slightly amused at this question, and replied with an eerie voice, "Riku has told me all about you, and the others. I'm helping him find all of you,"
Shiloh did a double take. This dark character? She took a look at Riku, who was quietly looking around the room.
"Then why did you bring me here, and not Sora?" she questioned, staring hard at her.
"Why don't you take her to her room Riku? Besides, you two have a lot of catching up to do, correct?" she answered rather hastily, and turned swiftly on her heel to walk away.
She can't know too much…, thought the witch. Shiloh was left a bit confused, but she supposed that talking to Riku would probably clear things up.
As soon as she left the room, Shiloh turned to Riku.
"Riku, what's going on? I'm glad to be here, but-" she turned to look around at the immense insides of the castle. "Well, where exactly is here?"
Taking her hand, he instructed, "C'mon, I'll explain on the way,"
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Sora collapsed on the ground, in defeat. Donald and Goofy rushed over to the Keyblade master's side, but he continued to stare at the sandy coliseum ground.
One of his best friends had just been taken away from him so quickly.
"S-Sora?" asked Goofy, worried that he had gotten hurt in the previous squabble with the mysterious character. He swallowed hard, and resumed his position.
"I lost her," he said. Donald slightly gasped-- he knew Sora was intent on keeping her safe, only to have her abducted by some random guy… Goofy gave Donald a look that 'we've gotta cheer Sora up' look, and he nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry Sora, we'll find Shiloh, I'm sure of it,"
"But what if...what if she gets hurt? And now, I've lost all of them Kairi, Riku, and Shiloh!" he exclaimed, pounding a fist on the sandy ground.
Donald and Goofy couldn't really find anything to say at this time, and remained silent, staring at Sora to see his next reaction. He sighed, and looked at the Keyblade clasped in his other hand, and stood up. The pass to the coliseum games lay stuffed in his pocket, as he stared a bit longingly at the Keyblade. He changed his expression, from a look of despair, to one of bravery, and pulled the small slip of paper from its place.
"I'm still keeping my promise," he said, loud enough for Donald and Goofy to hear, and began to walk toward the coliseum gates. They followed Sora, wondering what the teenage boy could've been feeling now, but they were left with no choice but to follow him once more.
Sora marched into the coliseum once more, preparing to flash the ticket into the stubborn satyr's face. Upon seeing them once more, it opened it's mouth to speak, but Sora proudly held up the ticket he'd received. The satyr seemed widen its eyes a bit, and asked "A pass! How'd you get that?"
"I'll never tell," replied Sora, trying to sound somewhat clever.
"Umm, all right…hey, where'd your other little friend go?" the satyr suddenly asked, looking around the room for the pink-haired teen. "You know, the one who's a girl,"
Sora looked down at his feet; he didn't want to reveal that he'd lost her already, just upon arriving in the coliseum…
"She went somewhere…I'm not sure where…" he answered, not sure what else to say.
The satyr seemed to stare at him for a split second, wondering what exactly had happened. Then he realized that he had other competitors waiting, and he'd have to find out later.
"Well, all right, follow me," he instructed a bit hesitantly, and proceeded towards the back, where Sora had previously taken the barrel test. He continued to walk across the edges of the spacious coliseum, and stopped before a large green chalkboard.
Following the satyr, Sora noticed someone else coming towards them. A boy, of about 21, swiftly walked past Sora. His blonde hair, spikey like Sora's, moving with him, he cast a blue-eyed glare directly at Sora.
Sora stopped walking, to meet eyes as well, with the new mysterious character. When the boy continued walking, Sora continued to stare after him, thinking, Maybe I'll get a chance to fight him in the games.
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"So, you came here by yourself?" asked Shiloh, followed by a nod from Riku.
The two had been walking towards the upper floors of the voluminous castle.
"Yes, and I was looking for you guys," replied Riku.
He had informed Shiloh that he had indeed arrived at the castle alone, and he hoped to find Sora, Kairi, and she there.
"But then, that witch that you saw, her name is Malificent, she came to me, and insisted upon my help of her plan," he continued.
"What plan is that?"
"I don't even know that yet, in fact, she was going to fully tell me everything tomorrow. But she said if I helped her, she would help me find whatever I had lost. And that was-"
"Us?" asked Shiloh, referring to Sora, Kairi, and herself.
"Yep," he answered.
"And, supposedly, there's a master of this castle, and he's been on some kind of pilgrimage, but he'll be back tomorrow," added Riku.
"And this world is called?"
"Hollow Bastion, It's kind of strange,"
"Yeah," she agreed, looking around at the elegantly decorated hallway.
They began to walk in silence for a minute, leaving Shiloh to think why this Malificent person would want Riku. It all sounded a bit suspicious to her, and she was tempted to suggest to Riku that they leave. She had to find out something more though…
"Riku… Is Sora ever going to come here with us?" she asked.
Riku stopped walking, and looked at Shiloh.
"I don't think so," he answered a bit solemly.
Shiloh blinked, surprised at his sudden boldness. Why wasn't Sora coming? She sighed, that would be enough questions for the day.
"Your room, It's right near this hallway," said Riku, beginning to walk again.
Shiloh simply nodded, and followed. They came to a door, strangely placed on this floor with no others, and Riku opened it. Shiloh covered her mouth to keep her from gasping too loudly, as she gazed at the sight in front of her.
In the middle of the room sat a spacious bed, enclosed in the capacious lodging. About three dressers lined the sides, and a little ways from the bed, the incoming breeze from the open doors of a balcony made the curtains move quite gracefully.
"Wow…I-It's like a suite!" she exclaimed.
"I know…I think it's because long ago, the master of the castle had guests here. So, as a result, he had a bunch of rooms built..," said Riku, equally amazed.
He walked over to one of the drawers, while Shiloh took the liberty of closing the balcony doors, and opened it.
"Oh, but It looks like there aren't any clothes in here…"
"What?!" yelled Shiloh. She didn't mean to be spoiled, but really, how could a girl go on without any new clothes? Oh well, she guessed she could cope.
"Well, I'm sure Maleficent has something…"started Riku.
Shiloh let out a startled gargle. "I think I'm going to be sick,"
Riku laughed at her. " Relax Shiloh, I'm just kidding, tell you what, you can borrow one my pairs of pajamas that Maleficent bought me. And I'm sure she'll get you some new clothes tomorrow," he proposed.
"Well, It's okay, I guess. I mean, If you don't want to," she stammered.
"No, It's okay, wait here, I'll go get something," said Riku, running out of the room.
Shiloh was left standing in the large room, and sighed as she plopped down on the bed. She sighed worriedly, and unhooked the charm Sora gave her from her bikini, and twirled the small trinket in-between her fingers. His words on that very night rang endlessly through her ears.
--"This is my promise-no, our promise, Shiloh"--
She smiled to herself-- his voice was so tiny back then. Nevertheless, that was back then, and now was now. Soras' always kept his promises…but… Now that I'm away from him…will he forget it? ,thought Shiloh. She continued to blankly stare at the precious embellishment, until Riku walked in holding a bulky pile of clothes.
"Um, okay, I brought 6 different kinds, so you can pick which one you-," he stopped to see Shiloh staring dreamily at the charm in her hand. He chuckled a bit-- she looked so far away…
"Um, Shiloh?, he started, moving towards her. Startled once more, by Riku's sudden appearance, she immediately sat up on the bed, and shoved the item she held in her pocket.
"Huh? … Oh, sorry Riku, I umm…" she said, trying to think of some kind of explanation.
He flashed her a half smile, and sat down on the bed.
"You miss Sora don't you?" he asked.
"Well, I guess I do…but I missed you too, when I was with him," she replied. "I just wish all of us could be together again, like before…"
Riku's eyes widened a bit, unbeknownst to Shiloh. Was she saying that she wished they never left the island? He placed the clothes on the bed, and put a reassuring arm around her.
"Don't worry, Maleficent said she'd help us be together again," he said.
Shiloh nodded, trying to convince herself that he was right, and blushed a little at the fact that Riku was so close to her again. Staying in silence for a few minutes, Riku looked toward the blinking clock on one of the dressers, and looked at Shiloh.
"It's getting late, you should get some sleep," he suggested.
"Yeah, I guess so," she agreed, turning around to the pile of clothes. She rummaged through the assortment of pajamas, noticing that half the pile consisted of black outfits, and managed to grab a T-shirt, and long pants.
"These are good," she said, setting them aside from the pile.
"Okay, If there's anything you need, just ask okay?" he asked.
"Thanks Riku," she answered.
He nodded, taking his clothes, and beginning to walk out of the room. He stopped at the door, and smiled to himself.
"And Shiloh, don't worry, it'll be okay,"
As soon as he was halfway down the hall, Shiloh stared at the incoming moonlight coming through the balcony's glass doors.
"I sure hope your right about that," she whispered, holding the trinket close to her tightly.
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Sora, after rebounding from a powerful darkness slash, readied his keyblade for the oncoming attack. He fought his way past the preliminaries, in the games, and was now fighting the mysterious character he'd locked eyes with earlier. He'd found his name to be Cloud, and he was quite stronger than the weak heartless he'd fought previously in the prelims.
Crying out, Cloud lunged forward, swinging his destructive sword toward Sora. The sword, pulsating with dark energy, met with Sora's keyblade, with overpowering effect. Sora flew back, casting a fire spell at the warrior to knock him off balance. Cloud stumbled back, at the direct hit, and Sora took the opportunity to dodge roll behind him, and inflict damage.
Continuing this method, Sora had gotten Cloud quite agitated, with his strong resistance. He jumped high into the air, and poised his sword in front of him. It began to emit another form of dark energy, as Cloud gained velocity from the height of his jump. Sora ran the other way; he decided it was best not to be near him when he landed. When he did, Sora dodge rolled in once more, slashing him one more time in the back. Cloud dropped to his knees in defeat; the battle was over.
He used his sword to hoist himself up from the ground, and stopped to stare at his opponent for a split second. Sora stared at him as well; he'd won all the rounds so far. Cloud continued to lock eyes with Sora, until he heard a noise behind him.
He looked up, and a giant black furred paw slammed itself upon him. The paw belonged to a large, three-headed beast before Sora. It let out a ferocious roar, as Sora let out a gasp.
Nearby, the mysterious character that had given Sora the pass, otherwise known as Hades, said to himself "Oh, right, there was one other rule I forgot. Accidents happen,", then walked off into the shadows.
The beast prepared to take a step toward Sora, but was stopped by a muscular figure in front of him. Dressed in Roman attire, he amazingly held the beast back.
The satyr, watching from the sidelines, yelled "Herc!"
"Phil, get them out of here!" he instructed.
Phil turned around, and headed to the coliseum lobby, followed by Donald and Goofy. Sora stood his ground for but a second, then turned around, and headed toward the lobby as well.
When the group was safe, standing in the lobby, Phil paced nervously.
"I wonder if Herc can handle Cerberus by himself…" he said.
"We'll finish em'!" yelled Sora. Phil picked his head up, as Donald and Goofy nodded in confirmation.
"You sure you can do it kid?" he asked.
Without a doubt, Sora nodded.
"Okay, I'll lead ya out there," he said, and they all rushed into through the door to the coliseum.
I've got to get stronger, so I can find Shiloh, wherever she was taken… thought Sora, as he ran with his comrades.
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Chibi: Um, yeah, so here's the chappy. A little bit shorter then the other ones, eh? And the mini fic I mentioned in the last chappy ish currently being typed! Please review!
Riku: Okay, now we've got to find out where that PS2 game is…
Chibii: YOU'D BETTER! BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO-
Shiloh: I hate when she gets like this… So where should we start looking?
Chibi: I'M STILL TALKIN' HERE!
Riku: How about we look in Sora's shoes…He hides everything in there…
Sora: I do not! (pulls his keyblade out of his shoes)
(Dun Dun Duuuun!)
Chibii: Grrr… (kills the dun dun duuuun)
Owen: But why would Sora steal his own game?
Shiloh: Shh! You'll ruin the moment!
Owen: Anything for you…
Sora: AHHH! GET AWAY FROM ME! (is running away from Riku)
Riku: O.o …But I didn't even move…
Sora: YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME! NEVE- (bumps into a random tree and falls down the random little hill)
Chibi: Can you people accomplish nothing without me? (sighs) Next chappy coming soon…and…yeah… (dances randomly)