Even though I have my sister and her fiance over right now (yes, my sister's getting married - I still find it hard to believe that I could be an aunt XD), I still managed to finish up this chappie a little while ago!
Char: I bet you're glad that he showed you an easy way to level up in Final Fantasy XII, hm?
Me: Oh, hell yes. I'm in the dungeons and I've already died once.
Anxclof: Heheh. Loser.
Me: Shut up. Anyway, just a bit of a warning: Most of you will probably hate Anxclof after this chapter. I know I do... (glares at Anxy)
Anxclof: (eyeroll) You hated me anyway, remember?
Me: (sweatdrop) Oh yeah... eheheheh...
Char: But yes, she didn't feel like writing too much on the annoying battles at the end of Beast's Castle. So there's not too much elaboration.
Me: Christmas special's at the end of this chapter, btw, but don't feel free to skip ahead to that!
Anxclof: -.- You just want more people to hate me.
Me: ...maybe I do...
Disclaimer- As much as Anxclof lurves Sora, I own Kingdom Hearts. And she hates his guts.
They had reached the part of the stairwell that joined the east to the west when they heard a sudden voice around the corner. "Master! Master!"
They all craned their necks to see; a second later, the wardrobe came hopping down the stairs with surprising ease.
"Armoire," Beast greeted. "Where is Belle?"
"That's what I came to tell you," the wardrobe replied, sounding a little anxious. "She left her room in a hurry. Something about going after this… man in black."
"What?!" Beast snarled. "Why can't she ever do as she's told?"
"Temper, temper, now!" Armoire said. "You know that her spirit is what makes Belle so special."
"We'd better go find her!" Sora said, looking urgently at the Beast.
The wardrobe headed back up the stairs to search, and the group was about to do the same when they suddenly heard a muffled voice.
"I'm warning you – you'll be sorry!"
"Belle!" Beast shouted, looking around frantically. "Where are you?"
"Beast, help! I'm in the ballroom!"
Without waiting for consent from the others, the Beast raced for the door right across from them and threw it open. Char nearly tripped trying to keep up with him. "Does he even know that he could be walking into a trap?" she growled.
Sora shrugged a little breathlessly. "Yeah, well, people do all kinds of things when they're in love."
"Right…" Char didn't want to be too much of a downer, but she thought the whole romance thing was pretty stupid if it got you into trouble.
A flicker of motion inside the ballroom caught their attention. Char noted the intricate beauty of the designs on the floor and ceiling, as well as the lights of the chandelier above them. Belle was running across the floor, away from them.
"Belle!" Beast called again.
"I'm all right!" she shouted back, running to the balcony door and locking it behind her.
No sooner had the lock clicked than an earthquake shook the floor. A dark ball-like Heartless, with chains rattling eerily around it and blue fire swirling on its frame, came floating down from the ceiling. It turned toward the door and, upon seeing that its target had left, turned back around to Sora and the others.
Donald looked down and yelped in shock. The others followed his gaze; darkness was covering the floor, giving the illusion of disappearance. The ceiling was following the same procedure as shadows coated the walls.
The Heartless landed on the ground and roared again, challenging the group.
"Fine then," Char said, running toward it with swords unsheathed. "If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get!"
Sora got into his own battle stance with the red Keyblade, which he had decided to call the Hidden Dragon.
The ball-like creature vanished almost immediately, but Char could see the air trembling slightly where it had once been. She leaped up and landed a few blows to its hide, causing it to become visible again.
"I think if we attack it, it'll lose concentration and become visible again!" Sora called.
"Okay," Donald and Goofy yelled back, concentrating on offense.
But now the Heartless had changed battle tactics. It leaped onto the chandelier, which fell promptly to the floor, and a plasma-like laser began firing out of either side of the chandelier.
Char leaped back out of the way of the laser, but it just came around in a circle and knocked her back into the Beast. She growled, shook it off, and ran recklessly forward again, only to get hit by the blast yet again when it came around.
"Get behind me," Sora said firmly, pushing her back with his free hand. (1) He leaped onto the chandelier and put out his Keyblade. A beam of light shot out of it, effectively knocking the Heartless out into the open.
They beat up mercilessly on it for a bit before it turned invisible again, this time vanishing beneath the floor. "Damn it," Char muttered, looking around with her swords in a guarding stance. "Where the hell did it go?"
Then she noticed the dark maw rising up from beneath the Beast, who was looking just as confused. "Look out!" she yelled.
The former prince looked down, but it was too late; the sharp fangs had already swallowed him. Sora, Donald, Goofy and Char stared in shock for a split second, then the jaws spat the Beast out again, sending him flying into the air. He landed with a snarl of indignation and pain.
Donald cast a healing spell on their ally while Sora, Char and Goofy searched for the current of churning air that announced the Heartless' presence. Purple bursts of demonic light suddenly lit up the room, coursing across the area and hitting the group hard.
Char spat out a bit of blood. Inside she was nervous. This Heartless was tougher than anything she had ever fought before, including Roxas and Anxclof.
She shivered at the thought of the latter, remembering seeing the Avengers. From Roxas' memories the redhead knew that Anxclof's title in the Organization had been The Blade of Vengeance, leading her to believe that Anxclof was almost certainly here, waiting for the chance to kill Sora.
Well, it won't happen, Char thought firmly. Because… She gasped and jumped back when the Heartless materialized practically on top of her.
Either I'm going to keep my promise, or this thing is gonna kill us first!
Finally, the Beast seemed to have had enough. Roaring "Get out!" in fury, he leaped forward and gave the Heartless a final, deciding slash with his claws.
Donald sighed and fell back onto his haunches, while Goofy wiped sweat out of his eyes. Sora grinned at the Beast. "We did it!"
"Or… did we?" Char murmured, eyes wide as she watched the ball spasm for a few moments. It opened its mouth wide, and darkness consumed it, forming a cage around the creature.
"Oh, don't be so pessimistic," Sora replied. He walked up beside her. "If you say it's not gone, you're probably gonna jinx it and –"
His reassuring words were interrupted by the sound of the dark cage bursting. From within came a chimera-like black creature, with dark claws on the end of its paws – hands? Char couldn't really tell – and crimson fins on its head. Sora stared at it, his mouth opening and closing in terror.
"What did he tell you?" Donald cried, leaping up and brandishing his staff.
"Oh, like this is my fault!" Char yelled back, running into the fray along with the Beast and Sora.
Like its previous form, the chimera Heartless turned invisible. "This is really getting old!" Sora shouted.
But this time, no matter how many blows the group aimed at it, the chimera remained invisible but for the trembling air around its form. Char managed to trap it into a corner of the room a couple of times, but every time it would teleport away. Its massive claws inflicted near-fatal damage on the party, and by the time they managed to get it to be visible again they were almost out of Potions.
"We can't rely on Donald's healing forever," the Beast grunted.
"Yeah, I know," Sora answered, blocking the Heartless' claws with his Keyblade. "We have to think of something…"
They didn't have to worry for long. The group's onslaught soon proved to be too much for the chimera, and it roared before fading into nothingness. A large, pink floating heart flew off from where it had been.
The ballroom seemed to quiver slightly before returning to normal. Char made her swords vanish and crossed her fingers behind her back. Please don't turn into something else…
But to everyone's relief, nothing showed up. Sora let out a breathless sigh of relief and leaned against his Keyblade. "Okay, we really did finish it this time."
"So you think."
Everyone gave a start at the voice and looked behind them. At the entrance to the ballroom, stood Xaldin with his hood still up.
"Dilan," Char hissed between clenched teeth, clenching her fists. (2)
"The Organization," Sora murmured.
"Xaldin!" Beast roared, charging toward the man.
Xaldin just laughed before tendrils of shadow consumed him. "Farewell," his voice whispered, echoing around the ballroom.
The Beast growled in disappointment, slowing to a stop and lowering his claws. "Xaldin… what does he want here?"
"He's with the Organization," Sora explained. "Ever heard of the Nobodies?"
When Beast shook his head, Char continued. "When a strong-hearted person turns into a Heartless, a Nobody is created too. Organization XIII – that's who Dil… er, Xaldin is with – has control of all the Nobodies. That's why Xaldin was trying to piss you off and make you go mad: he wanted you to become a Heartless so he could get your Nobody and have control over it."
"Everyone! You're all right!" Belle cried, running out from the balcony.
"Belle!" the Beast cried. He raced up to meet her, but as he put his arms out, Belle turned away. The servants came walking out from behind the brunette.
Sora, Donald, Goofy and Char watched in silence.
"Belle… I'm sorry," the Beast murmured at last. "I… wasn't myself. I hope I haven't done anything to hurt you." He stared down at the ground and swallowed. "Forgive me."
Belle looked back at him and he glanced up hopefully. The girl was smiling. "I know you weren't yourself. You don't have to apologize." A little sternly, she added, "But I had hoped that you might have changed a little bit." Beast cringed a little at her words.
"I wish you could start trusting me," she went on, crossing her arms.
Lumiere sighed. "Oh, dear… time is running short."
"What do you mean?" asked Sora, tilting his spiky head to the side.
"Remember the rose?"
"From the Beast's room?" said Donald.
Well, yeah,Char couldn't help but think. What other rose is there around here?
"Precisely," said Cogsworth. "You see, if the master can learn to love and earn love in return, before the last petal on that rose falls… the spell will be broken."
"Really?" Char asked. "You think he's gonna make it?"
"We think so," Mrs. Potts said.
"Yup, I think you're right," Goofy cut in.
Sora sighed. "I hope you're right…"
The Hidden Dragon suddenly appeared in his hand in a flash of red light. Donald and Goofy stared at it.
Sora lifted the Keyblade up, and a beam of light shot out. Like in Hollow Bastion and the Land of Dragons, the light seemed to push aside the surface above to reveal dark clouds beneath.
Beast moved to the group. "What happened?"
"The gate is open!" Donald announced.
"We should probably be going," Char said to the Beast and Belle.
"You're welcome here anytime," the brunette said, smiling at Char. The redhead hesitantly returned it.
"Also, if you hear anything about my friend Riku, or the Organization, or Heartless, please let us know!" Sora added a little hastily.
The others all nodded.
"Okay, see ya later!" Goofy called, as the group left the ballroom.
They headed down the hallway and out of the castle itself. Char felt before she heard the rapid drumming of raindrops. A flash of lightning lit up the sky.
Donald growled irritably and shook himself in a vain attempt to dry off. Sora glanced at Char, seemingly not noticing the rain. "So, where to next?"
The redhead blinked, somewhat surprised that he trusted her with the navigation – she, who was practically the antithesis of pathfinder. "Um… I really don't know. I didn't look at the map for very long." She shrugged, lifting one gloved hand to sweep her wet bangs off to one side.
"Can we just hurry up?" Donald complained. "It's getting worse out here!"
"Yup, he's right, a-hyuck," Goofy murmured, shaking his head and causing his dog ears to flop about.
"Okay, we should probably –"
Sora's words were instantly cut off by a choked cry of pain. He managed to look down and saw the golden tip of a Keyblade jutting conspicuously out of his chest. From the wound, a small rivulet of blood trickled down, mingling with the rain.
Char gasped when she saw who held the Keyblade and stepped back, eyes wide. The female brunette was smiling breathlessly in triumph, even though rainwater was streaming down her body and plastering her hair to her back and neck. The look of desperate happiness in Anxclof's emerald gaze chilled the redhead to the bone. (3)
Donald and Goofy gaped as well and raced forward, but Anxclof sighed, displeased at the possible interference. She lifted a hand, and in the blink of an eye a fiery wall had appeared in front of the mage and the knight. Though the rain raged on, the wall seemed to be untouched.
"Yes," Anxclof whispered, glee dancing in her expression. "I knew going to the trouble of sending the Avengers after you would pay off."
"You…" Char's voice was no louder, even though a thunderclap nearly drowned out their words. Somehow, this seemed to be a situation that didn't call for shouts and snarls of battle.
Sora was trembling, even as more blood leaked from where the Keyblade appeared in his chest. Anxclof seemed to notice her victim's pain and, almost in a disinterested way, put a foot against his side and yanked her weapon out of his body. Blood sprayed everywhere and the brunette fell to the ground, barely catching himself with his hands.
"It was you all along, wasn't it?" Char was panting now, panting with fear and anger. Fear for Sora, and anger at what Anxclof had done. "It wasn't enough that you got to spend the time with Roxas that you had, was it? No, you had to go all this way in order to get him back."
Anxclof shrugged, swinging her bloodied Keyblade, a Keyblade that Char, horrified, recognized from her nightmare.
But it's too late now. She clenched her fists.
"Like he said…" The brunette smirked, looking down at Sora. "People do all kinds of things when they're in love."
"Do you really believe that?" Char spat. "Here's a news flash for you, Anxclof: neither of you have hearts! You cannot feel love. You cannot feel anger. You can't feel a damn thing, because neither you nor Roxas nor the rest of the gods-forsaken Organization have the capacity to!"
Anxclof stared at her, chest heaving. "Do you really believe that?" she asked at last, speaking from between clenched teeth. "Well, I have news for you – Char Nightblaze, the only one not to fall from grace; Char Nightblaze the kidnapper; Char Nightblaze, the savior wannabe –" She snarled the words out with deliberate force and venom. The redhead in question took another step back, feeling like she had been stabbed repeatedly with a hot poker.
Anxclof went on, never taking her eyes off of Char, "Nobodies may have no hearts, but we remember what it's like. That's why we are different from Heartless. That's why I'm here. That's why I haven't given up."
While the two girls had been speaking, Sora had grown alarmingly still. Now, a glowing pink heart lifted out from his chest.
Char jerked her head toward it, watching in barely disguised horror as it floated up toward the clouds. A million things to do went through her mind at that moment: attack Anxclof; leap up and try to catch Sora's heart before it was lost in Kingdom Hearts; anything to keep this horrible nightmare from reaching fruition.
But as it was, she just stared and gaped.
Anxclof watched it as well, her glittering green eyes tracing the path of the large heart in its journey toward the clouds. "Bye-bye, Sora," she hissed, waving up at the shape.
Char glanced behind her and saw Donald and Goofy, looking at her with shock and a kind of numb horror. Guilt shot through her, so abruptly and painfully that it nearly doubled her over.
I'm so sorry, you two. Gods, Sora, I'm sorry.
Sora's limp body rose up and vanished in a flash of light. When it cleared away, he was replaced by a black, Heartless-like creature, a creature that was shaped vaguely like Sora. The spikes at the top of its head and the length of the hands and feet were certainly the same. But the feral, predatory look in those flashing golden eyes could never imitate the glow that Sora's gaze contained. (4)
The Heartless' amber eyes landed on Char. With a snarl, it charged toward her.
Char didn't know quite what she should do. While her first impulse was to hack the thing to pieces, the rational part of her mind knew that this had to be Sora's Heartless. If it was lost, the Keybearer was gone forever.
So, as it was, all she could do was step aside, her gaze fixed on the ground. The creature attempted to skid to a stop, but ended up crashing into the wall of fire that Anxclof had conjured.
A light, self-deprecating smile crossed Char's face. It almost would have been funny, if the situation weren't so dire.
Roxas' mouthed words crossed her mind again. Your fault, your fault, it chanted.
A warm tear slipped down her cheek, followed by more soon after.
Meanwhile, Anxclof had stepped toward the place where Sora's body had been. The Nobody was frowning, with the look of a person who has hoped for something for so long, only to have it snatched away at the last moment.
"Don't tell me…" she whispered, her voice cracking slightly.
Char laughed harshly. "So what? If Roxas doesn't come back, are you going to apologize, Anxy?" She spat out the pejorative. "A little late for that, isn't it?"
"Late for what?" a different voice abruptly cut in. A voice that Char recognized instantly, for she had heard it for two weeks of the time she had spent in Twilight Town.
Anxclof's head jerked up. Next to the Gummi ship, shaking the water droplets out of his eyes, stood Roxas, clad in his Twilight Town outfit.
His gaze lighted on Anxclof, and he flicked his head, causing a few droplets to scatter from his rain-coated blond spikes of hair. "Hey, Anxclof. Couldn't you have picked a better place to call me back?" He shook his head in mock rebuke.
The female Nobody stared at him for a moment, her eyes brightening from within until their delighted emerald was almost blinding. Then a grin split her face, the widest that Char had ever seen, even from Roxas' memories.
The bloodied Keyblade vanished. Right afterward lightning flashed, and Char had the crazy idea that Anxclof's power might have caused it.
In the next instant, the brunette was running toward the blond, still grinning like a moron and stumbling a few times on the rain-slicked ground. Roxas was nearly thrown to the ground as Anxclof leaped into his embrace, throwing her arms around him and pressing herself close.
He stared down at the top of her head for a moment, blue eyes – eyes that were so like Sora's, it nearly made Char start to cry all over again – wide. His face became ten shades redder. "Anxclof…?"
"Damn it," the brunette mumbled into his shoulder, tightening her arms around his neck. "I was so scared… so scared that you were gone forever."
Roxas gave her another incredulous look, as though hardly believing her sudden display of affection. However, the bemusement went away soon after. He sighed, wrapping one arm around her shoulders and using the other to hold her head. "I'm sorry that I scared you." He smiled. "I wasn't gone. I was just… hm, how do I put this? Stuck in storage for a while."
Char could only look on as the two Nobodies embraced, feeling as though she was intruding on something deep and private. The emotion resulted in an awkward, violated feeling. From the looks on Donald and Goofy's faces, they felt the same way.
Roxas suddenly seemed to notice the others watching, and peered around Anxclof's head. His eyes widened. "Donald…? Goofy?"
The dark blue orbs landed on Char and darkened. "And you…"
Char met his gaze evenly.
"Anxclof, what happened to Sora?" the blond asked, pulling away and holding the brunette by the shoulders.
Anxclof's face fell slightly. "Well…" She jerked a thumb toward the Heartless-like, dark Sora that was now sitting up and snarling. "See for yourself."
Roxas' eyes widened. "So… you killed him?"
"Well geez, when you put it like that…" the female Nobody began, anger forming in her voice. She let her words trail off, letting her actions speak for themselves.
"I sacrificed everything to get you back, Roxas," she said at last, speaking slowly so as not to raise her temper. "Axel was going to help, but he had other plans."
"You dragged Axel into this, too?"
"I was going to," she corrected. She met his blue eyes with her green ones. "Roxas, I've been searching for you for the past two weeks. The least you could do is be a little grateful here."
Roxas hesitated. Then he smiled a smile that shattered Char's heart; a smile that sealed the deal.
"You're right, I guess. I think I'm just glad to be alive."
Anxclof stared at him for a moment. Then she grinned broadly. "So, Roxas… where do you want to go first?"
Roxas blinked. "Hm… Can we go to Twilight Town?" A shadow briefly crossed his eyes, but he continued. "I want to see how all my friends are doing, even if they won't know me."
"Why wouldn't they know you?" asked Anxclof, putting out a hand and summoning a dark portal. At the same time, the wall of fire disappeared.
Donald yelled in anger and raced toward Anxclof with his staff raised, but the brunette seemed to not notice.
"Well, that's kind of a long story," Roxas admitted.
Whatever else they were about to say was lost to the others, as the two Nobodies vanished into the portal. The portal faded off into oblivion as well, and Donald nearly fell over trying to skid to a stop.
Char stared out at where Roxas and Anxclof had been. Unbidden, tears sprang to her eyes again.
She noticed that now it was raining harder than ever.
Goofy stepped up behind her and set a hand on her shoulder. She glanced over at him and saw that he was looking at her with sympathy and grief.
It surprised her that he wasn't angry – it was her fault that Sora…
Sora…
Oh, gods.
Char wiped the tears firmly off her cheeks, not knowing if the water that replaced them was truly rainwater or not. "Damn it," she muttered.
"Well, now what do we do?" Donald murmured sadly.
Char let her shoulders slump in a sigh. "I don't know." She looked around and, after a few panicked moments, saw Sora's Heartless scuffling about near the bushes. The creature was sniffing at them and stuck its nose in, only to leap back, rubbing its nose in pain.
Yeah… that's definitely Sora in there.
"We need Sora's Heartless," she said abruptly.
"Are you crazy?" Donald asked, eyes widening. "The last thing we need is a Heartless running around the Gummi ship!"
"Don't you think I know that?" Char glared at the mage. "Just trust me," she said at their doubtful looks. "I remember something like this from when I lived at Hollow Bastion." As she spoke, the memories came rushing back unbidden.
"A girl was attacked by a Heartless and became one herself. But my master took her Heartless away somewhere. When they returned, she was back to normal! I asked him where he'd taken her, and he said something about Disney Castle and some cornerstone or whatever."
As she spoke, Donald and Goofy's eyes widened in recognition. "We know what you're talking about!" Goofy said.
"At the castle, there's a Cornerstone of Light," Donald explained. "It's kept our castle safe from evil. If anything could bring Sora back, the Cornerstone definitely could!"
Char sighed in relief. To be honest, she wasn't sure that her idea would work, because she was still trying to regain her composure. "Alright, let's go get… um…" She glanced over at the dark Sora, not knowing whether or not to call it a "him" or an "it".
Fortunately, Donald and Goofy knew what she was talking about, and just nodded and headed toward the Gummi ship.
Better let them navigate for now, Char thought. They know how to get to their castle.
Now came the difficult task. She stepped up behind the Heartless Sora, trying to keep herself light on her toes to avoid alerting it. Unfortunately, her effort didn't work; the creature's head jerked up at once and it whirled to face her.
So what was she supposed to say? "Here, Heartless Sora; c'mere, boy"?
She settled for saying roughly, "Get over here, Sora."
It stared at her, black head tilted to the side and its golden eyes scrunched up slightly.
"Don't give me that look. Get your sorry butt over here."
In response, the Heartless turned away and went back to what it was doing.
Char felt an unnatural, choking anger rising in her throat: anger toward Anxclof, anger toward the Organization, toward Roxas, even toward Riku and DiZ for making her go through with this. Her life seemed to rise behind her in a towering, furious wave, poised to crash over her head at any moment.
"Sora," she hissed, seizing the Heartless by the back of the shoulder and heaving it around to face her. The creature's skin felt vaguely like a human's, which didn't really surprise her, considering that she had kept a small Shadow Heartless as a pet before.
Sora's Heartless stared at her even longer this time, this time with wide eyes, as though not believing that she had dared shout at it. This annoyed her even more.
"Either you get your shadowy ass on the Gummi ship," Char snarled, putting her face up to the Heartless' human-like one, "or I take your Keyblade – and I don't give a damn whether I'm a chosen one or not; in case you haven't noticed I'm past that – and hack you to pieces." She shook it hard by the shoulder. "Got it, Key-boy?"
If possible, the yellow eyes got even bigger, so that now they resembled the moon that was currently hidden above their heads. Char realized that her death grip on "Sora's" shoulder was probably hurting it, but at this point she didn't gave a damn.
She released it anyway, half-expecting the Heartless to scuttle off over the wall that surrounded Beast's castle. "Go away if you want to. I don't care anymore."
She turned away, the lump in her throat threatening to strangle her, and started toward the Gummi ship.
The sound of sharp claws scraping against the rain-soaked ground caused her to look back. Sora's Heartless was right at her heels, and it put one dark hand on her arm, giving her a strange look.
Char had seen this look before; it hadn't been directly shown to her by Sora, but she had seen him give it to Donald and Goofy enough times while watching his memories. It was a look that said I care about you and everything's going to be okay.
"So, changed your mind?" she asked, voice dulled with pain and exhaustion. I can't believe I'm trying to talk things out with a stupid Heartless…
But the Heartless surprised her. It grunted and gave a few quick bobbing motions with its head.
"Much appreciated," the redhead answered gruffly, trying to keep back the tears threatening to spill forth yet again. It was so stupid – she had barely cried at all in the past year, and now it felt as though the slightest little thing could set her off.
She squared her shoulders and started toward the Gummi ship, with the dark Sora close behind.
(1) Aw he's protecting her! (heart eyes)
Char: (irritated sigh)
(2) I think that's Xaldin's original name. I had to do some heavy research for that part of Char's past, most of which is from Wikipedia (and we all know that site's not entirely honest, but I was too lazy to check Jiminy's journal).
(3) Toldja you'd hate Anxclof by the end of this chapter.
(4) Yay, it's Anti-Sora! (huggles Anti-Sora) Just so you all know, I love Anti-Sora, so this probably won't be the first time he shows up in this fic. (chased by Sora fangirls... wait, wouldn't that mean I'm chasing myself?)
Char: Well, that's a rather half-assed remedy for Sora, isn't it?
Me: It makes sense, though, right?
Char: Why not.
Anxclof: (is off being cuddly with Roxas)
Sora: (ish dead)
Anti-Sora: (snuggles with Char)
Char: o.O;;
Me: Anyway, Christmas time's a-coming, and we all know what that means!
Falcon: Oh, great...
Me: (hums nonchalantly and hangs up mistletoe) And what do you all want for Christmas, little boys or girls?
Char: HEY! I know I act like a guy, but -
Copperhead: Just because I have long hair doesn't mean -
Falcon: ARE YOU CALLING ME GAY?! (eyetwitch)
Everyone Else: ...
Anxclof: Are you calling Roxas gay? (eyetwitch)
Me: Ah... they really ARE alike...
Char: Feh, I'll bite first, before Saf lets out TSA spoilers. I want an actual IPOD, not your crappy CD player...
Me: (shifty eyes)
Char: And that's about it.
Sora's Spirit: I WANT MY HEART BACK!
Char: (pushes him away) Stfu. You're gonna get it back when this story arc is over.
Anxclof: I already got what I wanted for Christmas... (everyone tilts their head questioningly to the side and she shoves Roxas under the mistletoe) An AnkuRoku moment that isn't a flashback, you morons! (kisses Roxas)
Roxas: (starry-eyed)
Me: Yeah, that's the official pairing name now... :D
Falcon: I just want happiness for everyone. ...And for Saf to leave me alone.
Me: D:
Copperhead: I want hot girls to tackle me! (is mauled by Falcon) Ah, no, wait, I just got that.
Falcon: (turns red) F-flattery isn't gonna work with me!
Copperhead: (seductively) Oh? Then what about this? (pushes her down to the floor)
Falcon: ACK! NO! (her screams of protest eventually turn to... um... pleased sounds)
Everyone Else: ...
Me: (looks up) o.O Damn, that was a long A/N... I'm probably gonna get flamed now...
Char: Yup.
Me: -.- You sound sad for me. Anywho, that about wraps it up! Next chapter, everyone heads to Disney Castle, and Anti-Sora has a "moment" with Char!
Anti-Sora: (leaps on Char's lap)
Char: OW! You're not a cat, you retard! Get away from me!