Ninjas, Demons, And Hearts! Oh My!
Chapter Four
Ophelia woke multiple times, but managed to get three hours of sleep.
She ate her cereal along with Namine, Hinata, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Demyx, Axel, Tobi, and a few others. Some people had already eaten or claimed not to be hungry, so those guests went about their own business. Zexion had discovered the library and Yuffie, the game room.
"Honey Bunches of what?"
"Oats, Sora. Oats," Ophelia answered the keyblader.
It was already 7:20 by the time she finished breakfast, so she yelled goodbye after putting Rin in Aerith's care. Could never be too careful. With any luck, her house would still be standing when she came back.
School was uneventful. Especially when it was compared with what awaited her at home. She decided not to tell her friends about yesterday's incident. They'd put her in the Looney Bin for sure! Opehlia felt bad about not even telling Cassidy, her best friend, whom they kept no secrets from the other.
Finally, after what seemed like years, the final bell rang. Kids poured out of the classrooms, Ophelia being one of the first. She was glad to have brought her bike, because traffic was backed up beyond all reason.
Soon, she was speeding through town, eager to get home. But also nervous. What would she find? Rubble? A fire?
Ophelia had to jerk to a stop, otherwise she would have hit the guy that just appeared in front of her.
Kadaj.
She hopped off of the bike in case she needed to make a run for it.
"Can I help you?" she asked defiantly. He had never been one of her favorite characters.
"Oh, I just dropped by to deliver a message," Kadaj said nonchalantly.
She waited.
"We're not going back," he declared. "This world of yours, Florida?, is much more fun."
Ophelia gaped wondering what he was thinking. "You have to go back! If you guys stay here, innocent people could be hurt! You don't belong here!"
But Kadaj just laughed at her. "And just how do you plan on stopping us?" When she took too long to think of a good bluff, he laughed again. "Exactly! Every human here is weak! There is nothing you can do about it."
And almost as quickly as he had appeared, Kadaj was gone, leaving Ophelia alone and confused.
She didn't know who to tell about her little encounter, but decided on the FF7 gang. It was their enemy after all.
"You're right about one thing," Cloud said after she had explained it. "It will definitely cause trouble for your home."
"I say we kick their butts back into those disks," Yuffie suggested.
"How though? I don't even know how the powder got on them in the first place," Ophelia said worriedly.
"Is there any left?"
Everyone turned to the mysterious Vincent Valentine, who rarely spoke.
"Pardon?"
"The powder. Is there any left?" he asked again.
"Um... probably... I'll go check."
She dashed up the stairs and looked on her dresser, where she left the bag.
But it wasn't there.
Ophelia glanced quickly around her room. She could have sworn it was right there! But...
Kadaj's words came back to her. "We're not going back."
Of course. They had taken it. It's not like she was dealing with normal people here. It wasn't beyond them to steal from a mansion.
She came back to the living room, glum faced. By now, a few others had joined the Final Fantasy VII people. She spotted Kagome. Kagome. She would be so disappointed.
"It's gone." The mood of the room changed drastically. "They've taken the powder."
For a few minutes everyone was silent. Like they were waiting for it to sink in.
"Well this sucks," Reno and Axel said at the same time.
"Hey, are you guys twins?" Shippo asked. They ignored the kitsune.
"No, they're not, Shippo," Ophelia answered for them.
For who knows how long, everyone just mumbled amongst themselves, trying to come up with ideas. Many voted to just go take the powder back.
That's when Ophelia had the most brilliant idea.
"I got the powder from the mall. If I could find that shop again, maybe they'll have more!"
People nodded and decided it was the best choice. Well, except for the people like Inuyasha, Naruto, and Yuffie. They wanted to fight.
"People in my world aren't used to seeing ninjas and demons," Ophelia argued. "They'd freak out if a building blew up from your Wind Scar or ninjutsu."
Eventually they back down enough to agree on the plan. The only thing Ophelia didn't mention was that the store had disappeared. But she still had to try.