A Month in the Life of Ventus and Yugi
Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh or Kingdom Hearts. We here at do not condone the deaths of little girls. We do, however, find it awesome.
Chapter 3:
"Tragedy in Twilight Town: Girl Frozen To Death and Dropped From Clock Tower!"
"W…what the hell?" Yugi was at a loss for words.
"This can't be real." Aqua shook her head in denial.
Terra said nothing; he just looked away from the screen.
But no one took it harder than Ven. He started sinking to his knees, a blank expression on his face.
Worried, Yugi knelt down to where Ventus was. "Ven? Are you alright? What is it?"
He tried shaking Ventus, but the boy still wouldn't respond; he just stared blankly into space, with his mouth open and his eyes lifeless and dull.
Yugi was puzzled. "Ven?" He knew this was a horrible tragedy, but why was Ven taking it so hard?
Aqua put a hand on Yugi's shoulder. "Maybe he knows the person who got killed."
Yugi looked up at the female. "What gave you that idea?"
"Look at the screen." Aqua motioned to the TV screen that hung above all of their heads.
Yugi proceeded to do so, and almost wished he hadn't.
"In an event that has shaken this once peaceful town," the TV reporter said, "a student of Twilight High had been found broken in pieces underneath the local clock tower. Her name, as reported by school officials, was Olette Duffman, aged 15."
Yugi's eyes widened. "What? Olette?" He knew who Olette was. She was a friend of Ventus who hung out with his little group after school. They would spend a lot of spare time on the clock tower, eating sea-salt ice cream and talking about life. Yugi knew this because he sometimes accompanied them, whenever they asked him to. He remembered how Olette was always smiling so sweetly, so kind to everyone she met. She was also pretty smart; Olette was a very hard-working girl who strived for perfection In school and tennis, which she learned from her dad at a young age.
And now…
Yugi could not believe that such a tragedy had happened to someone so close to them. But he needed to focus; he was a reporter, first and foremost. And he needed to get to the bottom of this incident.
"Pack up the cameras. We're heading out."
Terra looked at Yugi in shock. "Are you kidding? You're thinking about a scoop now? This is wrong, you son of a bitch! WE can't do this to her family, her friends!"
"Terra, relax!" Aqua yelled at her friend. "Yugi, stop this!" She turned to her boss. "Don't sacrifice your morality just to get a headline. We can't-"
"This isn't about the paper, Aqua!" Yugi bellowed.
Aqua was taken aback, but she said nothing in response.
"We need to find out what happened to Olette, before someone makes up lies about her. And by 'someone', I mean 'SETZER'! Now, call Riku and get ready to move out! NOW! That's an order!"
Finally understanding, Aqua smiled. "Sure thing boss. Terra?"
"On it." Terra grabbed the bags with cameras and recorders, and flung it at Aqua, who caught it with ease. Then he turned to Yugi. "Ready?"
Yugi nodded. Getting up, he declared, "Keyblade Chronicles! Move out!"
With that, Aqua and Terra ran out of the building. Aqua gently placed the bag on the ground, and both she and Terra touched the piece of armor on their shoulders. Within seconds, after being surrounded by light, both of the Keyblade wielders were clad in armor: Terra's was brown and golden, while Aqua's was primarily blue. Then they summoned their Keyblades Earthshaker and Rainfell respectfully and flung them into the air. Instantly, they turned into their Keyblade Rides, Terra's resembling a bike, and Aqua's resembling a bow and platform device. Taking the bag and putting it around her shoulders, the female Keyblade Master got on her Ride and took off for the clock tower. Terra got on his Ride and was about to follow suit. Then he noticed that Yugi hadn't taken off yet.
"What's wrong, dude?" Terra said through his helmet.
"You go on. I'll catch up." Yugi was dragging the shock-driven body of Ventus over his shoulders, while carrying his helmet in his left hand.
"Alright." Terra nodded. "See you there." Without looking back, the young man took off on his Keyblade Ride in pursuit of his friend Aqua.
Struggling, Yugi kept dragging Ventus to where his bike was resting. When he finally reached the bike stand, he put Ven's helmet on, which prevented everyone from noticing the shock and horror etched upon it. Then, he slowly got on the bike, and made sure Ven was behind him. Then he summoned Fenrir and inserted it into the Keyhole. Thinking of the bottom of the clock tower, he transported himself and Ventus to the site of the accident, consuming the both of them in a flash of light…
Later…
Ten seconds later, Yugi was at the site of Olette's death. Getting off the bike, he left his friend's grief stricken body on top of the bike. Stepping away from the bike, he pointed Fenrir at it, uttering a spell: "PROTECT!" Immediately, Ven and the bike were covered in an invisible barrier. Now they were both safe. Relieved, Yugi kept Fenrir summoned and walked closer to the site.
It was pretty gross. Olette's body was entirely covered in ice, as though it had been frozen solid. But that wasn't all. Because she had fallen down from the clock tower, her body was crushed into millions of pieces. Her arms, legs, torso, and head could not be made out in the wreckage; all that could be seen were pieces of ice that were soaked in blood.
Her blood.
The cops were all over the place, making sure that nobody could catch sight of what happened. Reporters from different newspapers and TV channels were surrounding the police-covered area, like chickens in a crowed coop. An ambulance, Yugi overheard, was coming soon to take the pieces away. It would come in about an hour or so; that gave the KC a small window of opportunity to get some more information. All Yugi had to do was wait for Aqua and Terra to show up. Then they needed to find Riku somewhere in this crowd of reporters so they could find out if he knew anything. Afterwards, they would figure out what to do afterwards.
Just then, a hand grabbed at his shoulder. "Hey, boss!"
Yugi turned around to see Riku staring at him glumly. "Riku; I'm glad I found you. Any news on this?"
Riku shook his head. "I'm afraid it's not much. It's weird, how fast they got here. She died about ten minutes ago. Around the same time I called you guys."
"What?" Now Yugi was really confused. "How did they get here so fast?"
"That was my first question too." Riku looked at the site, where he saw police officers shaking their heads and writing things down. "Then I remembered that Olette's dad used to be in the police force. Maybe that has something to do with it."
Yugi nodded in agreement. "Maybe."
"Anyway," Riku continued, "they're saying this is a suicide. Bullshit, if you ask me. They think she died of a brain freeze from too much ice cream. Then she fell off the clock tower, reeling from the brain freeze."
"Bullshit," Yugi murmured in agreement. "Probably some lame cover story to prevent everyone from finding out what's really going on."
Both he and Riku were thinking the same thing, and without realizing, they said it in perfect unision:
"Murder."
Just then, they heard a whooshing noise. They looked up to see Aqua and Terra on their Keyblade Rides, hovering over them. Both of them then starting glowing bright white, and were instantly returned to their regular forms. Then they landed on the ground, in front of Riku and Yugi.
"Hey Riku." Aqua said. "Here's the stuff." She threw the bag at Riku, which he caught.
"All right then. Let's get to work." He took out three cameras and handed one to everyone except Yugi, who settled for his notebook that was in his pocket. Then he gave everyone a recorder so that they could document what was happening in the scene around them. Then Riku stopped.
"Where's Ventus? I thought he'd be here with you guys?"
"He should be with Yugi." Terra pointed at Yugi. "Right?"
Yugi looked down. "I left him back at the bike; he was pretty traumatized by Olette's death to even move."
A tear fell down Aqua' face. "Ven…"
Yugi looked up immediately. "But don't worry; I put a Protect spell on him and the bike. He should be safe…for a while, at least." Yugi wasn't all that good at magic, so he couldn't say for certain when Ven would be in danger.
Aqua shook her head. "I don't care! Bring Ven here right now! Anything could happen to him, protection or no protection!"
"So why don't you do us a favor, and let him stay there?"
One by one, each of the Keybladers turned around to see Seifer, Fuu, Vivi, and the 'Y'Know' guy staring at them with cold stares and big smirks.
Terra grimaced. "What are you guys doing here?"
"What does it look like, loser? We're here on business for Setzer." Fuu shook her head. "And here I thought you had class, Terra."
"Forget it, Fuu. Like this dweeb even knows what 'class' means." Seifer pointed at Yugi's group. He started pacing around them, like a lion ready to do battle. "Forget working for this loser, Terra, and try working with us for a change. You won't get anything working with the likes of him."
Terra started clenching his fists in anger. "Thanks but no thanks, punk. I'll take my chances."
"Forget it, Terra." Aqua shook her head. "Don't lock horns with these guys; they're just looking for trouble."
"Yeah, don't listen to her, y'know!" The Y'Know guy said. "She's just a stupid twit anyways!"
"Don't be rude, Y'Know guy." Seifer replied cooly. "We're way cooler then these guys anyway."
"I have a name, Seifer!"
"No one cares!" Vivi piped in.
Yugi looked at him strangely. "That thing can talk?"
"No." The Y'Know guy flatly stated.
Seifer stared at his stupid friend. "Ugh. Yes he can, moron. You've been my slave-er, I mean, friend- for how long now?"
The Y'Know guy started counting on his fingers. "Er, let's see. One, two, three-"
"Never mind! Anyway, get out of our way. Or do I have to teach you a lesson in manners, Yugi?" Seifer pulled out his Struggle bat and aimed it at the duelist-Keyblader.
Yugi just scoffed in disbelief. "Right. You're going to show ME manners?" He pointed Fenrir at Seifer's heart. "I'd like to see you try."
Fuu laughed evilly. "Just cause you got one of those stupid weapons doesn't mean you'll win! Seifer here is the KING OF STRUGGLE CHAMPIONS!"
Riku spat on the side, then smirked in disbelief. "YOU'RE a king?" He asked Seifer.
"No." The Y'Know guy said flatly.
Seifer glared at the Y'Know Guy for ten seconds, before saying, "Fuck you, Y'Know Guy!"
"That is not my-"
"Like I said, no one cares!" Vivi said.
Seifer got his bat ready. "You ready for this, coward?"
Yugi was taken aback by this comment. "Wh..what are you talking about?"
"Like you don't know!" Seifer, happy that he had finally gotten to Yugi, reveled in his glory. "Remember what happened 15 years ago, at the Struggle World Championship in Twilight Town? Remember what you did there? Remember how much hurt and pain you caused?"
"Shut up!" Aqua snapped. "You don't know Yugi at-"
But she never finished that sentence. For at that moment, they were surrounded by Heartless that had come out of nowhere. In ten seconds, the Heartless were attacking the reporters who fled for their lives, while the cops did their best to subdue them, at no avail.
"Heartless!" Riku cried. "We need to act now!"
"I agree!" Terra replied. Riku, Terra, and Aqua all summoned their Keyblades, Way to the Dawn, Gaia Bane, and Ultima Weapon respectfully. Then they proceeded to attack the Heartless.
"Rah!" Terra smashed two Shadows that came from behind him with a ground breaking move, which in turn caused a earthquake-like reaction that stunned an army of Soldiers that were moving in on him. Terra then yelled "FIRE!", destroying all of the Heartless and burning them to the ground.
"Yahh!" Aqua cartwheeled, dodging hits from a Large Body. She then proceeded to jump high, above the Heartless that were attacking her, only to be hit by a Wyvern. "Ahh!" It proceeded to slice at her multiple times, leaving cuts on her stomach, face and back. Wincing in pain, Aqua watched as they all proceeded to attack her defenseless body. Thinking of the one spell that could save her, she said, "DEFEND!" At once, an invisible barrier appeared around her, pushing the Heartless back and reflecting their own attacks back at them, killing them all instantly.
"Nyahh!" Riku unleashed the darkness in his heart, and singlehandedly killed 100 Yellow Nocturnes by blasting them with Dark Firagas left and right, since he could teleport quickly with his new power.
Yugi looked around to see that Seifer's gang was gone. "Cowards." Focusing, he remembered that Ventus was still alone with the bike. Looking in the distance, he saw several Neoshadows attacking the barrier.
"NO! VENTUS!" Yugi ran as fast as he could, but suddenly, a huge Defender blocked his way.
Angered, Yugi yelled at the top of his lungs. "GET AWAY FROM MY FRIEND, YOU FREAKS OF NATURE! YAHHHH!" And he charged at the Heartless, Keyblade in hand…
To be continued…