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Chapter 5: Plotting the Course
In a circular room a portal of darkness opens. Virgo stepped out of the portal into the room. In the middle of the room was a square table with thirteen chairs. One chair sat at the head of the table and the other twelve going down the sides. Virgo took the left hand side third chair. A number six was carved into the back. She waited for the others to come back from their missions. As she waited she went over the battle in her mind. The two Keybearers didn't worry her too much, it was their bodyguard that did. His powers were undeniably strong. Virgo would have to make sure to get him away from Sora the next time.
The sounds of the Corridors of Darkness opening echoed throughout the room. Her companions had come back from their various missions. Each had on a mask identical to her own. Virgo didn't understand the need for a mask. Their powers gave them away, why try to hide their faces?
A man with red hair that fell in front of his eyes dressed all in black took the chair at the front right, Aries. Across from him sat a young girl, she had to jump to get into the seat. Her hair was jet black and kept short just above her ears, and she wore a green dress, Taurus. Next to Aries sat Gemini a man with purple hair that came down just past his shoulders. He had on a white coat with a black shirt underneath. His pants were black for one leg and white for the other. He gave Virgo a creepy feeling. Cancer sat herself between Virgo and Taurus. Blue hair rolled down her back in waves. She was dressed in a white blouse and pale blue shorts, she was also the only member to wear sandals rather than boots.
Next to Gemini was Leo with his golden hair. The man was the only member to have a beard giving the look of a lion's mane. Virgo though he took his name to seriously. He had on a simple shirt colored to match his hair and a set of black pants. Libra took his place next to Leo. Shaggy orange hair sat atop his head. He wore a vest colored brown, it horribly clashed with his hair, but Libra didn't seem to care. White baggy pants completed his "outfit" as he called it. To Virgo's left was Scorpio. Pink haired and dressed in a bright pink skirt and top, the colors gave Virgo a headache. Sagittarius was next one down the table. Curly black hair, shirtless, and wearing pair of brown pants. The guy kept it simple and Virgo couldn't help but stare at his ripped chest a little. Capricorn was across from Sagittarius. She was the tallest member standing coming close to about six and a half feet tall. Her dark green hair was kept in a bun. Her outfit was a red halter top and a pair of black shorts. The last of the males was Aquarius who had pale blue hair, almost white. It was kept in the worst hairstyle ever, a mullet. He wore a simple dark brown robe. The last chair belonged to Pisces who wore a rainbow for clothes. The clothe started at her shoulder went diagonal covering her chest, barely, and went to her waist. From there it turned into a skirt. Thankfully her hair was more tame, it was pure white and was kept in a ponytail that fell halfway down her back.
"Where's the boss?" Leo asked in a gruff voice.
"Do you honestly think that she told us where she's at? She has her own agenda" Capricorn complained. Murmurs of agreement echoed in the room.
"So Virgo where's the keybrat at?" the shrill voice of Scorpio questioned "Surely you were able to bring him in even after taking out those Nobodies."
Virgo wanted to pinch the bridge of her nose in thought but her mask prevented such comfort. "He had outside help. Probably one of the King's lackeys sent to protect him. The kid caught me off guard with a powerful gravity spell."
There was a collective gasp from the group. For Virgo to be caught off guard was a rare thing, then for an enemy's spell to actually affect her was even more shocking. She was one of the group's strongest spellcasters.
"What really got me though was the bodyguard was collecting enough energy for a fourth tier spell. I wasn't ready for that so I came back here" she continued.
"It's alright Virgo, you'll get them next time," Gemini assured her.
Everyone began talking about their missions while Virgo sat in silence making a plan to take out her new problem.
It was as if Destiny Islands itself was sad that three of its people were leaving. There were dark clouds all over the sky. A light sprinkle of rain was coming down from the sky. Sora, Riku, and Kairi stood outside in a forest near Sol and Luna's apartment. They had already said goodbye to their parents that morning. While no parents wanted their child to run off into unknown danger they understood that these three had a job to do. After many tears and promises to return the Keybearers had made their way to the meeting point in the forest. Sol and Luna were on the gummi ship getting everything ready for their departure.
The gummi ship was colored white with black weapons set on the belly and sides. It looked like the Highwind model Sora had used in his travels but just bigger so that it could fit more people on it.
Sol came out from under the ship. He was inspecting the guns making sure that nothing had happened to them in case of Heartless attack. Walking up to one of the guns positioned in the front he slid open a panel and started tinkering with the wires. A loud zap sound came from the gun along with a string of curses from Sol. He backed up and let lose a kick. Sol instantly regretted kicking the hard material and was holding his foot. Sora and Kairi giggled at the sight while Riku simply rolled his eyes.
"Solaris," came Luna's voice from inside the ship "you better not be hitting this ship!"
"Course not Luna, I wouldn't dream of hitting it," he yelled back. Under his breath he added "doesn't mean I won't kick this piece of shit though."
Luna stuck her head out the window and gave the all clear for everyone to board the ship. As Sol walked in Luna stopped him.
"I though you said you wouldn't dream of hitting the ship" she pointed to Sol's feet. On his white shoe there was a smudge of black from where he kicked the ship.
"Yeah I didn't hit it, I kicked it."
Luna then kicked Sol.
"Luna what'd you hit me for!"
Luna simply smiled at him and walked away. Sol then realized the mistake he made. She kicked him and he called it a hit. He just effectively said he hit the ship. With a sigh he walked the rest of the way into the ship.
Sora had taken the pilots seat and Kairi thought that he looked like he belonged there. She didn't get long to admire it though. Luna came in and shooed him out of the seat saying it was her ship. Sora tried to protest this saying he knows how to fly a gummi ship. Luna simply put her hands on her hips and stared Sora down. It wasn't long before he vacated the seat and Luna sat down.
"Alright everyone find a seat" Luna told the group. Kairi sat in a seat that was to the left of Luna while Sora found one that were directly behind Kairi and Riku sat to the right of Luna with Sol in a seat behind him. Luna went about pressing buttons that Kairi had no clue what they were used for. Soon the ship roared to life and shifted as it lifted off the ground. Kairi had been in a gummi ship before but was still a little nervous. Watching out the window Kairi saw the trees that had surrounded them start to disappear as they took to the air. Soon she could see the island laid out before her with the ocean stretching out as far as her eyes could see. Luna pushed the throttle forward and the ship took to the skies. Everything blurred by and before Kairi knew it she was staring out into space watching the stars whiz by.
"Okay you can move about now" Luna informed her passengers. "It'll take about a day before we're in range to contact Disney Castle."
"What are we supposed to do for a day on a gummi ship?" Riku wondered aloud.
"Play cards and board games. Not much else to do," Sol said heading towards another room.
Everyone followed him to what Kairi would describe as a sitting room. It was white (shocker) like the rest of the ship with a white couch and a round oak table. There were some oak chairs and a pair of cupboards. Sol approached one of said cupboards and pulled out a deck of cards. He sat down in one of the chairs and took the cards out of their box and started shuffling.
"Who's up for a game of poker, and Sora if you poke Kairi I'll hit you." Sol said matter-of-factly.
Kairi turned to look at Sora who had his finger centimeters away from her side. "Really Sora, what are you five?" she asked her boyfriend her hand on her forehead. Sora let out a chuckle and sat down in the chair closest to him. Luna sat next to Sol with a box of poker chips. Kairi sat between Luna and Sora while Riku took the last seat.
"So Sora what'd you, Donald, and Goofy do while traveling?" Riku inquired.
"We didn't' have an autopilot system so we flew the ship in shifts." The look on Sora's face said he was thankful that he'd be able to sit and relax while this ship flew itself.
"Alright everyone know how to play?" Sol asked as he dealt cards. Kairi admitted that she didn't know how to play and the rules were quickly explained to her. After getting the explanation from Sol she felt more confused than before but was assured that she'd learn best with practice.
After a few hours it was down to Kairi and Riku with Kairi holding most of the chips. She had no clue how she wound up winning but didn't question her luck. In her hand she held a queen of hearts and a king of hearts. The three communal cards where a nine of hearts, ten of hearts, and an ace of hearts. Kairi knew that all she needed was the jack of hearts and she'd have the best hand in the game. Riku was sitting across from her with his pitiful stack of chips. He looked clam though, which worried Kairi, did he have a good hand or something. After a round of betting Luna dealt the next card, it was the jack of diamonds. So close to what Kairi needed but still so far away. Then Riku preformed a Hail Mary, he went all in. Kairi was really nervous now.
He must have something. She thought to herself. I'll match him though, it's not like I don't have chips to lose.
She matched his bet and Luna had them place their cards on the table face up. Riku put his cards on the table. He had the eight and seven of hearts. Kairi couldn't help but laugh, as she showed her cards. Riku's eyes went wide, he was also waiting for the jack of hearts to complete his straight flush but if it came out Kairi would have a royal flush. Everyone but Luna moved to the edge of their seats. Calmly Luna pulled out the last card and placed it face up on the table. Kairi let out a squeal of joy, it was the jack of hearts.
"In your face Riku!" she shouted as she reached over and took the chips from the middle table.
"Beginner's luck," was Riku's only response. This caused everyone else to laugh at the silver-haired boy as he hung his head in shame.
"Alright then let go again and I'll beat you all again" Kairi bragged.
A chorus of "challenge accepted" erupted from the room.
Everyone was given an equal amount of chips and the game started anew. Somehow the innocent looking red haired girl with indigo eyes managed to wipe the floor with everyone once again. Sora was out first, luck wasn't on his side and he couldn't bluff his way out of a paper bag. Luna was taken out by Sol. Kairi again knocked Riku out and then crushed Sol with nothing more than a pair of twos.
"I thought you said you never played before!" Sora exclaimed.
"I haven't, I guess I'm just better then you guys" Kairi said with a grin on her face.
"Well that's enough punishment for me I'm heading to bed" Sol grumbled as he left the table.
"You three should follow and claim your rooms" Luna told them. Kairi thought a nap would be nice anyway and went after Sol with Sora and Riku not far behind her. The gummi ship had a second floor to it where all the bedrooms where at. When the four reached the hallway Kairi counted the doors, there were only four rooms.
"Uh… someone is going to have to share a room," Sol frowned as he said this. "Any volunteers?"
"I guess I'll share with Sora," Riku offered.
Kairi was both relived and a little sad. She slightly wanted to share a room with Sora. When they all picked their rooms, Kairi picked the one across from Sora, they headed in. Kairi noticed that the room was a lot smaller the she thought. As she looked around the only things in the room was a bed, dresser, and night stand. The interesting thing was that there was another door. She went and opened and found a small bathroom. It now made sense why she thought the room would be bigger, it had to accommodate the bathroom to. The bathroom was just as simple as her room having a shower, toilet and sink. She wondered where exactly the water came from and where it went. She headed back to the bed and plopped down on it. She moaned at how soft the bed was. It was better than her bed back home. In the comforting hug of her new bed she quickly fell asleep.
Kairi awoke to a knock on her door. Grumbling at the person on the other side of the door for disturbing her sleep she made her way over. When she opened it Sora's grinning face was the first thing she saw.
"We're almost in range, Sol is working on getting the signal" he informed her.
She flashed him a smile and told him she'd be up there in a minute. Even though it was just her friends she'd be seeing she wasn't going out of her room with bedhead. She went through her suitcases and found her hairbrush and a hand mirror. She made herself presentable and then headed downstairs and found the others were gathered around a screen where Sol was turning nobs and typing on a keyboard trying to get the communication line open.
Not long after Kairi came down an image appeared on the screen. It was a small little chipmunk with a red nose and yellow clothing. Kairi couldn't help but think how cute he looked.
"Dale it's me Sol, can you get King Mickey for me please?" Sol requested
"Roger that," the chipmunk answered.
The screen went black for a few seconds and then King Mickey's image appeared on the screen. All Kairi could really see of him was his head, so he must have been close to the camera.
"Hiya Sol whatcha callin for?" the mouse king asked
"I think it'd be best is Sora here explained it Your Majesty." Sol moved out of the chair and Sora took his place.
"Hi Your Majesty," Sora said. He then explained what had happened back home on Destiny Islands. From the attack on the beach, the story Sol told them, and the attack at the school dance. Mickey questioned Sora a lot about Virgo but Sora didn't have much to tell Mickey, no one knew much about her it seemed.
"So we called to see if you knew anything about what's going on," Sora finished.
"Sorry guys I don't have anything. I think it'd be best if you guys went to other worlds and see if anything strange is going on there. Besides I'm sure your friends on the other worlds miss you Sora."
"Alright I guess we'll do that then."
"Don't worry you guys won't be alone in this. Me, Donald, and Goofy will take another ship and see if we can't find anything ourselves."
"Thanks Your Majesty" Sora said as Mickey logged off.
Sora got up and turned to face his friends. "Well you guys heard what the King said, so who's up for another trip around the universe?"
Luna went across the room to another computer and pulled up a map.
"The closest world to us right now is Agrabah so I guess we should head there first"
Kairi voiced her agreement. She was excited to finally travel to another world without being kidnapped. Luna set the course and the Gummi ship turned towards the destination. They weren't too far from the new world only about an hour Sol informed them. He also advised them to get themselves ready and to dress for warm weather since they were going to a desert. The hour was soon up and they all gathered in the transport room and were teleported to the world below.