Onward to Bastok

A Kingdom Hearts fanfic

By:

Chison

Watching the Chocobo leave, Alena turned to Mareo, "we have to go the rest of the way by ourselves." Mareo nodded he started following her. After walking for a while, Mareo spoke up, "Uh…Alena?" She turned her head, "hm?" he swallowed a lump in his throat, "H-How can you disappear?" the question stopped her, and Alena turned to him, "that's because I am a Ninja." Mareo's mouth dropped open, "your…a Ninja!? That's cool!" Alena gave a slight laugh, "its not that special, when I was little, I was abandoned by my parents, left on the steps of Chateau d' Oraguille. It was Prince Pieuje who found me and then sent me to the Far East to train and have them raise me as their bodyguard." Mareo looked at Alena, "I…I had no idea…" She shook her head, "its all right, come on, we have a lot of ground to cover before nightfall."

Walking in silence, Mareo looked over to the mountainous horizon, "I…I had no idea that Alena was abandoned by her parents…" Looking up at her, "I can't even imagine how hard it must be to not even know who they are, much less what they look like…" However, Alena suddenly stopped with Mareo almost bumping into her, he walked around to her side, "Alena, what's--?" she quickly shushed him, listening intently, when a brilliant light shone in Mareo's hands, forming into the keyblade. He quickly looked over the ground to find six shadows moving swiftly across the ground and small Heartless formed from them. Alena turned to Mareo, "are you ready?" she asked, he responding with a quick nod and he charged towards the closest enemy.

Delivering two blows, the creature vanished in a puff of black smoke, while the ones on left and right inched forward, when suddenly the right Heartless leapt into the air. Mareo rolled under it, letting it land on the ground, he dealt two attacks, causing it to disappear, but a sharp pain came from his back, "AAH!" Mareo shouted, wincing in pain, he spun around with his Keyblade, destroying the Heartless behind him in one blow. Looking to Alena, she had defeated one of the Heartless when suddenly one of them jumped into the air, trying to catch her off guard, she simply smirked, and leapt into the air, matching the foe. Mareo's mouth dropped seeing what was happening before him, Alena was doing a flip in the air, bringing her right foot down on the helpless Heartless; causing it to plummet to the ground disappearing in a black haze.

Making her landing, Alena quickly rushed the last Heartless, thrusting her fist into its head, causing it to disappear, "how…" Mareo started, pointing to Alena, to the air, and back to her, "how do you jump so high?" She turned to him and pushed a few strands of hair behind her ears, "I just use my charka, I also received training to be a monk from the Prince himself." "Wait… So your both a ninja and a monk?" Mareo asked, and she nodded, "yes, I have the speed and techniques of a ninja along with the strength of a monk." They resumed their walk, past the large rolling hills and the massive windmills, and slowly the land formed into a canyon, Mareo looking at the various forms of life there, from the giant bees to the lizards that walked on two legs.

The terrain changed from the soft grass to sharp, misshapen rocks, making the journey longer, taking the time to try and passing through the canyon when they finally reached the exit, the landscape had not changed much. "Uh…Alena? How much longer until we reach Bastok?" Alena stopped and turned to him, "see that waterfall over there?" she asked, pointing her finger to it, "past that waterfall is Bastok." A smile broke across his face as they made their way across the barren land, only to find that the waterfall was much further away then Mareo thought. Finally coming close to the cascade of water, he realized there was a bridge spanning a deep canyon where the river ran to the ocean. Alena rested against the handrail, looking into the horizon, seeing the sunset, "we will not be able to reach Bastok tonight…we might as well spend the night here." Mareo also gazed into the horizon, "what about monsters other than Heartless?" he asked, "most of the enemies here are most active in the daytime, they sleep at night." She responded, and sat on the wooden bridge, with herself propped up on the railing, quickly falling asleep. Mareo sighed, "my first night away from everything I know…" he quietly slipped off his vest and crumpled it up, forming a makeshift pillow, and slowly drifted off to sleep.


Hello everyone! Yes I realize its been a long time since any new stuff has been posted to here, but College and work have taken over my life. and also the fact that my computer is starting to hate me(random shutdowns, weird stuff) so. This is what I have done, its not nearly as much as I would want, but other things are calling, like Homework and other boring things. But! Rejoice because after three weeks or so, this Semester will be finished, and more chappies will be around the corner, but not for long after. I am deciding to take College full time and quit my job, resulting in even less time to work on fanfic stuff. Dont worry, I like writing and I will finish my stories, even if it kills me! Count on it!