Ch. 3: The Door
"NOOOOOO!" Ookami screamed as he shot up from his slumber. He then looked around his dark room. "It was just a dream…. Good, but it was so real..." He quickly turned on his lamp and looked at his arm that got injured during the dream. He moved it around and flexed it to make sure it was okay. But how did I feel it? He wondered.
He then turned his gaze to his alarm clock. Wow, five minutes before it goes off. Better just start getting ready. With that, he turned off his alarm and got out of his bed and stretched. I really don't want to go to school today, he thought, but as usual, I have no choice. He then went to his dresser, got out a pair of boxers and a pair of black jeans, went to his bathroom across the hall, and to his morning shower.
He was in the shower for about 15 minutes, like he usually was during the early morning. This was his way of waking up. So he got out, put on the clothes he got out of his dresser, and put on some deodorant. He then walked back to his room and turned his light on. The first thing he did was put on his two necklaces, and then he went to his dresser again and got out one of his many white shirts. He threw that on and walked to his closet, and opened the two doors. He didn't have to think twice to find what shirt he was going to wear. It was Friday, and every Friday he wore his black jeans, a white shirt, and his black, long-sleeved shirt.
With his usual Friday attire on, he put on his black shoes and returned to his bathroom to brush his hair so it wasn't a complete mess. As he was brushing his hair, he studied himself. He was about 6'2" with somewhat short, dark-brown hair. I wonder what I'll look like in ten years, he thought to himself. When he had his hair brushed slightly to the left, he went back to his room one last time to put on his glasses and grab his phone.
He then walked out into his kitchen to grab a glass of orange juice before he left. He opened his fridge to find no orange juice in sight. I'll just grab some water instead, he thought. So he went over to the cup cabinet and grabbed his plastic cup. Then he walked over to his freezer and used the built in water dispenser to get his drink. After a few seconds, his cup was filled with water and he started drinking it. He chugged about half the glass before he looked over at the clock on the stove. 6:15, I better get going. With that said he finished off his water, put his cup in the sink. And walked out his front door.
Something's not right, he noted as he stepped outside. But despite this fact, he started his walk to the bus stop. As he usually did while he was walking to the bus, he looked up at the stars as they started to fade away because of the approaching dawn.
We don't have much time, dawn approaches, and with it, so does the shadow. These words echoed though Ookami's head over and over.
Am I supposed to take it as a warning? Or was it just really a dream with absolutely no meaning at all? Ookami thought to himself. By this time he was at the final street light before his bus stop. It was still on because dawn still hadn't broken the horizon enough for the streets to be safely lighted. Ookami began feeling like he was being followed, so when he reached the very edge of the light being emitted from the street light, he turned around.
"Who's there?" he said, knowing that even if someone was there they wouldn't answer. But Ookami did get an answer. It wasn't an answer from someone, but rather something. Within seconds of asking the question, a shadow appeared on the other side of the lighted circle that was created. "No," Ookami said slightly frightened, "no, no, NO! This must be another dream!" He then tried to summon the sword he had in his dream, but nothing happened.
"OKAY," Ookami said, "I know your there! Say something!" He was talking to the voice, but no reply. "I guess this isn't a dream," Ookami realized, "but how do I beat it this time?" He looked nervously all over for something, anything to protect him. But it was too late; the shadow had materialized into the frog creature from earlier and began moving towards him.
Ookami looked to his right and found an old pole that he had missed moments before. So he quickly grabbed it and swung it like a bat just as the creature jumped. As he hit the creature, there was a flash of light that Ookami almost missed. The creature was killed in one hit. This made Ookami happy.
He then looked down at the pole he found that was now in his left hand. To his surprise, it wasn't a pole anymore, but it was a key-shaped blade. The hilt of the sword had a black square-shaped hand guard that covered both sides. The blade itself was silver, and there was a green piece that connected the blade and the hilt. The teeth of the key was in the shape of a crown. He then noticed that there was also a chain connected to the hilt. At the end of the chain was some kind of charm. The shape of the charm made the whole blade seem better. It was in the shape of his arrowhead wolf necklace, was flat and silver like his dragon necklace, and had the number "13," Ookami's favorite number, engraved on it.
"Wait… if those things are real…. HEIWA!" Ookami realized that those creatures could harm her, which as long as he could stop it, he wouldn't allow to happen. He quickly let go of the key which made it vanish. He got out his phone and started writing a message to Mune and Chikyuu, but just then another shadow-frog jumped at him, causing him to drop his phone. He tried catching it, but it fell to the pavement and shattered in to pieces.
"No one and I mean no one messes with my phone and gets away with it!" Ookami stated and proceeded to summon his new blade. He then charged the creature and killed it. Now, he was faced with a new challenge, he had to get to Heiwa. He looked around hoping to find something to help him, but no luck. "Wait! Their four-wheeler!" Ookami remembered that the people in the house next to them had a four wheeler that they kept in their backyard. "But how am I going to get back there?" He looked down at his new blade and remembered what he did in his dream. "Hmmmmmm, maybe it'll work."
Ookami then ran over to the gate on the side of the house and tapped the lock; he heard a click and the lock fell to the ground. "YES!" Ookami shouted, but then looked at the window near him to see if a light would turn on, but nothing happened. So then Ookami opened the gate as much as he could and ran back to the shed that housed the only motorized vehicle he knew how to drive. Once again he tapped the lock and opened the shed. Luckily the key was in the ignition and he started it right up.
He then hopped on the four-wheeler and gunned it. "Okay, first stop, Heiwa's house," he said to himself as he sped down the street. Ookami then slowed to make a left turn, and then as soon as he was on to that street he made an immediate right. Here I come Heiwa. Please be okay! He thought. He went through a main intersection and noticed lifeless cars littering both sides of the street. Where is everyone? He wondered. His mind quickly went back to the road quickly as cars started appearing on the road in front of him.
He slowed down just enough for him to weave in and out of the cars. Okay, next street, make a left, he thought in the back of his mind almost like a GPS. He soon hit the next big intersection and made a careful left because this one had more cars in the middle of it then the last one. Then in the back of his head he began counting down the streets till he had to make a right. 5.……..4.……..3.……..2.……..1.……. Turn.
Now he was only a few streets away. He looked a head and saw a man running. Ookami began to slow down. The man tripped, and then a strange glow came out of his chest. Ookami looked closely and it was in the shape of a heart. The heart then zoomed forward and started emitting a stronger glow. Within seconds, the heart had turned into what looked to be a knight, a very small, odd knight. The knight looked up at Ookami with beady, yellow eyes, and then it disappeared into an orb of darkness. Ookami quickly looked for the body of the man, but it was nowhere to be seen. Oh please no! Ookami shouted in his head, and then he turned down the street that led to Heiwa's house.
He hopped off the four-wheeler before it came to a complete stop and ran up the driveway of Heiwa's house. He ran up to the door and checked if it was locked, it was. This gave Ookami a little hope knowing that she could be safely inside. So without any thought, he summoned his key sword and tapped the door. Ookami heard a click and rushed inside. The lights were off like no one was there, but Ookami crossed his fingers and went to Heiwa's room.
"Heiwa? Are you there?" he said in a whisper. Then he reached over and turned on the light. Empty. Ookami began to panic. He dropped his blade and rushed over to her jewelry box. He opened it and his heart stopped. Inside sat the necklace that he bought for her a few months ago. It was a necklace on a descent string and at the end was a silver circle, and on the circle it said "FOREVER" twice. Ookami picked up the necklace and looked at it remembering her.
At that moment, something made him look where Heiwa usually put her backpack. He saw that it was gone. This gave Ookami some hope. He looked over on the bed and saw a towel lying on the bed. He walked over to it and picked it up, it was still damp. SHE COULD'VE BEEN IN A RUSH AND FORGOT HER NECLACE! Ookami realized. With that he put the necklace in his pocket, shut off the light and rushed out the door.
As soon as he stepped out the door. He noticed two of those knights from earlier blocking the four-wheeler. Ookami quickly summoned the sword and charged at the knights. They both vanished before he could strike. He heard a noise come from behind him and one of the knights were there. The knight charged forward and tried to hit Ookami with its claws. But Ookami dodged and followed up with a counter attack that consisted of three quick blows to the head.
Ookami then jumped off to the side just in time to dodge the other knight's attack. Both knights then vanished. Teleportation, just great! Ookami thought. Then he heard another sound off to his right. One of the knights had reappeared. Ookami ran up to it and delivered two hits to the creature, then he jumped up dodging a counter kick the knight used, then Ookami came down on its head. As soon as he landed Ookami turned his whole body around in a circle and hit the creature on the side of its head without even looking at it.
One down, one to go, Ookami said in his head. His victory was short lived after the other knight hit him from behind. Ookami whipped around, but the knight had already teleported. "What? You injured and playing the hit and run game?" Ookami said to the creature. "It's not going to work. I've been trained in the art of the sword for about a year now. I'm more than enough prepared for ANYTHING you throw at me!" Ookami was hoping to challenge the creature. And it worked. Ookami heard the weird sound and turned around. There it was. Ookami was done wasting time, he rushed at it and just before Ookami got there it vanished. Then out of pure instinct, Ookami turned around and slashed. Luckily that's exactly where the knight teleported.
Ookami was happy that that was over, for now. He looked around and found a small flask. A potion, awesome. He quickly stashed it in his pocket, knowing that he'll use it later. He made his blade vanish, and he started towards the four-wheeler. Before he got on, he did a quick walk around the vehicle to make sure those things didn't damage it. It was okay. So he hopped on and started back off to the main road, hoping that Heiwa was safe at their school.
Ookami looked up towards to where the school would be and saw a huge black orb hovering high above it. "What the heck? That doesn't look good!" Ookami said to himself over the roar of the engine. He quickly slowed down to go through the intersection from earlier. Ookami wished that he didn't have to slow down but cars were all over the place. WAIT! The median! Ookami realized. He quickly shot over to the grassy median and went full throttle. There were no cars in sight, except on the road to his left and right. But those wouldn't stop him. He then brought his body closer to the quad in hopes of gaining a little extra speed.
The whole way there, all Ookami could think about was Heiwa and his friends. He hoped that they would be safely hiding somewhere, away from these monsters. If he lost his friends, he would never be the same, especially if he lost Heiwa. All of these thoughts and emotions made Ookami push the throttle harder and harder. Soon he was a few blocks away from his school. But he didn't like what he was seeing. He could see the huge shadow being from his dream. But this only made him go faster to rescue his friends.
Soon, Ookami made a right turn onto the front drive way where parents could drop off their students at school. He stopped the four wheeler right in the middle of the mini road, hopped off it, and began running full force at the gate. He quickly summoned his weapon and had it ready to strike the gate. He slashed the gate; it unlocked and opened it in one swift motion. He then looked the shadow being right in the eyes, ready for the battle to begin.
"So," said an unfamiliar voice of a man, "there are more than two natural Keyblade wielders? Interesting…." the voice trailed off as if he was thinking.
"Where are you?" Ookami shouted.
"I'm over here," said the voice. Ookami looked over to where he thought he heard the voice, he was right. On top of his school's bell tower was a black-cloaked man, with his face completely covered by a dark hood.
"Who are you? Where are my friends?" Ookami demanded.
"It doesn't matter who I am," said the mysterious man, "and as for your friends…. They all are probably Heartless by know like everyone else is." Then the man let out what seemed to be a fake chuckle.
"You MONSTER!" Ookami shouted as he slashed what he believed was called a Keyblade.
"Now, now, let's not go calling people names. Even for a nobody like me, it still hurts," said the man. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have more important business to take care of," just then the shadow being began charging its shadow orb for an attack. "And from the looks of it, you do too." With that said, the man disappeared into a void of darkness.
Ookami quickly ran behind a wall so the orb wouldn't hit him, and as soon as the orb hit, Ookami charged at it and went for his hand like he did in his dream. But before he could get to the creature, the creature slammed its fists in to the ground summoning the frog like creatures. But Ookami ignored them and hit the giant on the hand nine times, and then he turned his attention to the others. He hit one creature that was to his left twice, killing it. But this time he noticed something he didn't notice before. He saw a heart fly from the creature as it faded away.
Ookami's attention quickly went back to the battle as another creature jumped at him, he killed that one too, and another heart few up into the sky. Ookami quickly dispatched the other creatures, but then the raining orbs of darkness began. He ran for cover from the orbs. On the way to cover, an orb hit to his left. This made him jump a little. But he was soon in cover and the creature turned around and began charging its homing orb. Ookami ran from his spot and ran at the giant. But it was too late.
The creature shot its orb and Ookami ran right into it, knocking him down. Now he was down in the middle of his school's courtyard. The giant took a few thunderous steps forward and raised its fist to finish off Ookami. He couldn't find the strength to get up. He tried reaching for the potion, but he couldn't find it. He did find the necklace he gave Heiwa. So he got it out real quick to look at it one last time. Then the giant's monstrous fist started coming down on him, so Ookami closed his eyes and waited.
Ookami then heard a sound. He opened his eyes and saw a small figure in the same black cloak as the man from earlier. He saw that the figure was wielding a Keyblade identical to his, except this blade was gold with the hilt guard silver, and the charm was also different. It was gold and had three circles in a triangle that looked like the back the figure's head.
"Get up!" said the figure in a squeaky, friendly way. Ookami looked at the figure a little confused. "C'mon now, I can't hold this Heartless of for too long now."
"Oh…. Right." Ookami replied. Then figure jumped up sending the giant's fist back, the figure jumped back revealing its face. Too Ookami's surprise the figure looked like a mouse.
"Take this," said the mouse and then handed Ookami a strange box, "go down the street and you should see a strange looking ship. Push that button and it should open. Go inside, and find a big green button. It will take you somewhere safe."
"But what's going on? Where are my…."
"Those questions will be answered later," the mouse said. "Now run along," the mouse said then smiled at Ookami. "Everything will be okay. Now go, I don't want you to get injured even worse then you already are."
Ookami felt it in his gut that he could trust the mouse and he ran to the four-wheeler. He got on and got away from his school. As soon as he got on the street, he could see the strange ship in a small field a little ways down the street, so he punched it. He slowed down just enough to take one last look at his school. He then went through the intersection before the small field and out of habit, he looked down it. In the field behind the school he saw a giant white creature. It seemed to be fighting someone, but Ookami couldn't see who it was.
Ookami slowed down and hopped off the four-wheeler and push the button on the strange ship. Ookami found the door and got in. He looked around for a green button. It was sitting in front of a chair. So Ookami pushed it and the ship began to take off. Before it fully could, Ookami said one last good bye to his home, his lost friends, and his sweet, sweet, Heiwa.