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( O__O; ) Great, I can finally post this. I’m positively tired of all my bustle this whole week. Maybe I won’t be online much till July. Oh good ol’ July, give me time to write more chapters when you arrives, especially with your wasting-time special occasions, me buddy’s birthday, me birthday, me cousin’s birthday, me holiday visits…oh whatever.....once again thx for your wait guys, I love you all <3333 Enjoy the chap!
Chapter 10
“Crawling…crawling behind the darkness…seeking for hearts…searching…further…”
“………….Lookie behind this door, “said Yuta, “Looks like an upside-down room.”
“The mad cat’s there, “said Kaito, “C’mon, quick.”
The trio went inside the door leading into the Bizarre Room, well this one’s upside-down, so they’re standing on the ceiling of the room.
“Ceshire Cat! Show yourself!” said Kaito.
In the middle of the room, eh ceiling, on a lamp, appeared the Ceshire Cat.
“The shadows won’t come out, “he said.
“We need to light that lamp, right?” asked Shiro.
“Uh, Donald…” said Yuta, “Them again!”
Predictably, Heartless appeared before them, attacked them from all directions.
“They’re yours, guys!!!” said Kaito as he jumped onto Ceshire Cat’s side.
“WHAT??!? YOWTCH!” said Donald as a Heartless shot fire to him.
Kaito lit the lamp with his Keyblade, so that a fire burning brightly inside the lamp.
As the Ceshire Cat vanished onto the other lamp next to the previous one, Kaito jumped onto it, and lit it either.
“Have you done it???!” asked Shiro from below him.
“Done!”
“Then help us, dimwit!!”
“Before you go helping your friends, “said the cat, “I shall tell you that the shadows won’t appear in ‘here’.” And he vanished into thin air.
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“……………Always…searching…why…born…why…exist…why…here…?”
“Finally they’re gone!” grumbled Shiro, “I’m all busted and I wanna go—“
“Errr…guys, “said Yuta, “Was it just me or I kept hearing voices inside my head?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?” said Kaito, “I don’t hear voices.”
“But I just—“
“Oh c’mon, “snapped Kaito, “The day you stop acting mentally is the day I join the anti-Semites.”
Both Yuta and Shiro gazed at him for a few seconds.
“Just a matter of speech, “Kaito said, smirking.
“Ack, stop dreaming, Yuta, “said Shiro, “Now how’re we gonna follow that mad cat?”
“Oh!” said Kaito, “Remember the secret door there?”
He pointed at the other side of the wall. Looked like it was made of plain old wood, but it had a little lock on it.
“We can go through there to reach the Queen’s Castle!”
“Brilliant!”
They quickly approached the door and released the lock.
“What about the cards? They’ll chase us till they—“said Yuta.
“We’ll run then, “Shiro cut, “Or sneak, we’ll find a way.”
“Ready, then? Let’s go,” said Kaito.
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“………why…chasing…people…why…eat hearts…unanswered…is it all for you…Kingdom Hearts…?”
“Huh? They’re gone, “said Kaito.
“Not even a card, “said Shiro, “Where have they…?”
“C’mon, “said Kaito, “We have an appointment with a cat on the table in the Bizzare Room.”
“That’s funny, “said Yuta.
“Believe me, I rather not, “said Kaito.
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“Feed by darkness…alive in darkness…buried in darkness…darkness…is that all?”
“There he is, “said Kaito.
“There’s a better view up here, “said the cat from the table, “Why don’t you come?”
Kaito, Shiro, and Yuta obeyed and climbed up the table.
“Now what?” asked Kaito.
The Ceshire Cat slowly stood on his hind legs, grinning happily. Leaning onto his large-sized tail, he showed his own shadow and said, “Now we can see, the shadows, but, “—he rose his left paw--“Are you ready for the worst?”
“What’s up there?” asked Yuta, looking up, but his face quickly turned ashy pale, and he yelled, “Oh, look out!!!”
Something enormous (from their point of view, of course) fell from the ceiling, landed on the ground, and jumped across the table where Kaito and friends stood frozen as if it had springs under its feet. A symbol bordered clearly on its chest—the Heartless.
“Trick Master!” shouted Shiro.
If just the Trick Master wasn’t five times bigger than Kaito, he would think it was a colorful clown juggling two sticks used for fire-related tricks in circus shows, though it had five faces in a column on its head with ten bright, yellow eyes, claws, and arms attached to its broad shoulders waving around freely as they were made of rumpled paper. Thin and tall, looks like it wasn’t designed to walk properly, since it had no “flesh” from its waist to its feet, but red-colored skeletons. Big deal, thought Kaito, how much time they’ve wasted to design this gay Heartless for one boss battle in a gay place called Wonderland.
(Me: Can you please stop saying those words, or this fic’ll get banned 0_o)
(Kaito: Can you stop banning my words or I’ll quit from your fic.)
(Me: Oh great now I’m arguing with my own character.)
(Kaito:That’ll prove you’re mental.)
(Me: Oh be quiet.)
“Earth to Donald Duck!” Kaito finally said, “Climb up the table and knock it off with your magic!”
“Why don’t you do it yourself?!”
“Coz I’m not a master of aiming, specializes in physical, short-ranged attacks in any battles, “he replied firmly.
“Oh, that’s why your battle with Maleficent dragon is your mortal agony!” snapped Shiro, “Big deal!”
“It’s no big deal, now quit babbling and just do what I say!”
Still muttering to himself, Shiro climbed up the table and positioned himself right in front of the Heartless, which was now walking around juggling the maracas-like sticks in its claws, its sharp, pointed feet moving around restlessly.
Kaito swiftly joined up with Yuta.
“Now listen up, after Shiro knocked off that thing, we gotta attack it time and again, but when those juggling sticks catch alight…”
“How do they catch alight?”
“With matches, whatever, “muttered Kaito, “That’s not the point. When they catch alight, that thing will start shooting fire everywhere and slam down the table, at that time we gotta lay an ambush for it, though its short-range attacks are rather dangerous but…”
“…But we got teamwork!” said Yuta.
That wasn’t Kaito really wanted to say, but he appreciated Yuta’s guessing, so he opened his mouth, closed it again and said in animal spirits, “So you got my message.”
“Of course coz we’re pals!”
“Of course!” said Kaito, “Together we’ll defeat this bloke, and Ansem!”
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<Meanwhile, far, far away in the outside world….>
“………The data is acting differently………”
“What’s amiss with it?”
“………We can’t know it now, “replied the first man with a sniff, “I’m studying about those poor kids first…….”
“The kids inside?” said the other man with underestimating tone, “And what their profiles suppose to do with the game?”
“Loads of stuff, young man,” said the first man, “You’ll never dream what this data can do with very simple information.”
“Hmpf, “said the other man, “Can you give an example?”
“Hackers can do anything they want to if they know how, “said the man, “It’s not really hard for skilled ones like me to dig deeper profiles from forum members, like this boy called Kaito.”
“Kaito?” repeated the young man, his expression changed, but he quickly hid it.
“Yes.”
“What, for example, a kind of simple information you find important?”
“Like the fact that this boy is one of the first Kingdom Hearts fans in the world…”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t find that important.”
“Maybe you don’t, but if the data knows that, it’ll consider this boy can pass the testing job easily…”
“The data cannot—“
“I’ve told you many times before that the data has the modern and newest ability to hack, “said the man exhaustedly, “It’s accidental, my mistake, to make it invisible, unrecognized…it can read PMs, spoilers, diaries, everything it wanted to…”
“And with your great ability, “said the young man, “What have you found more from the boy?”
“Very well, I’ll tell you what I’ve found, “said the man, “Of course the data has discovered about the boy’s relationship, from the PMs and emails, for example, and also his personality, his interest with Kingdom Hearts, hobbies, even quotes and everything, maybe every single thing about him.”
“Talk about sneaking into somebody else’s private life, “said the other man amazedly, “But it’s no use for the data, right?”
“Not yet, we haven’t known that yet, “said the first man slowly, “If just I can find out the way the data measure people’s emotions…”
“That, as you said, can be found easily in the internet, look what teens done nowadays, they can clearly give much info about emotions, love, what’s the most important thing in your life, and so on…”
“Now quick, can you tell me what the nearest link which has those kinds of subjects is?” asked the first man as he grabbed the mouse roughly with his hand.
“What--? Nearest from what?” asked the second man, obviously surprised to be asked a question all of the sudden.
“Nearest from the main topic, of course,” replied the man as he launched the internet explorer browser in his computer, “Kingdom Hearts.”
Author’s Note: sorry for the lack posting of the chap, but I’m seriously busy these days, I’m really sorry if I post the next chapters late again. I think you guys won’t really bother so I’ll just cut the Trick Master battle, then Kaito and friends will advance to the next world. Also, I’ll slip in a few parts about those two mysterious men up there, little by little (^ ^). Now, comments, please!!
*Puts on cycle helmet*