I've been tagged by Princess Assassin Slyfur again. I can't think of more things I like/hate, so I'm just going to do 10 facts. That sounds fair, right?

1) I think I tend to eat a lot of yogurt. :lol:
2) I'm listening to "Shattered" by Trading Yesterday right now. :P
3) Relient K and Skillet are my favorite bands.
4) Slyfur is probably my best friend on this website. Even though she's an evil assassin.
5) I'm a pretty bad cook. :lol: But I try!
6) I got straight A's last year.
7) I'm probably taking AP cla sses this year.
8.) I don't hate school....
9) I'm saving up for a PS3. :D
10) Roxas is my favorite Organization member. ....what? He's cute. :P

There. That was harder than I thought it would be. :lol: I won't tag anyone time,I thinkI tagged most everyone last time. :P

On another note, I'm heading to GameStop tomorrow. I'm hoping to pick up Okami, since LittleGreenDog and the Princess Assassin both recommend it. If not, I might pick up a PSP game, since I haven't used it in forever. :lol: Leo uses it more than me, though, so I suppose it's getting good use. He's playing some racing game or something I bought him for his birthday a while ago. :P

Wish me luck! I desperately want to play Okami. Oh, and Holly beat The World Ends With You. Now I can get back to playing Another Day! Finally! :lol:

Hmm.... Well, I can't think of anything important enough to blog about. Well, at least this blog isn't terribly long. :P Have a good weekend, everyone!

~RG~

Okay, so I was tagged by Sirracannal. And Slyfur. Well I haven't been tagged by Fur yet, but she said once she writes her blog she was gonna tag me. So I figured it would save me some time if I just did both in the same blog. But hey, it could be worse. I could be Princess Assassin Slyfur herself. She got tagged four times! :lol: I don't know whether to say she's popular, or she's just hated by a lot of people. :P

Okay, first up, Sirracannal's. 5 things I like and 5 things I hate.

I like:

1) My PlayStation 2
2) Music/MP3 player
3) My laptop
4) Pretty much all of my friends :P
5) The :P smiley

I hate:

1) Twilight
2) Spiders
3) Thugs (not Slyfur :P)
4) When my computer freezes
5) Thinking of things I hate :P

There! That wasn't so hard! .... Okay, yes it was. :P It took me like 20 minutes to think of the last three things I hate. I'm not a hateful person. :lol:

Okay, so this second tagging is something I've never seen before. Here are the rules.

1. Put Your iTunes (or other music player) on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write down the name of the song no matter how silly it sounds!
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Tag at least 10 friends.
6. Anyone tagged has to do the same, because fun pointlessness spreads like a virus.

Alright, I think I can do this. Apparently I have to answer specific questions, so I'll just copy and paste.

1) If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say- "Forgiven" by Skillet (That.... kind of makes sense. Depending on what "it" is. :P)

2) How would you describe yourself?- "Little More Than Useless" by Relient K (Wow. that is spot on! :lol:.)

3) What do you like in a guy/girl?- "Be My Escape" by Relient K (Does this one make any sense? :lol:.)

4) How do you feel today?- "Y-Control" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Really the only song I like by them. Doesn't make much sense, I'm feeling quite well today. :P)

5) What is your life's purpose?-"Awake and Alive" by Skillet (Living is nice, yeah. :P)

6) What is your motto?- "Believe" by Skillet (Um.... Sure! :lol:.)

7) What do your friends think of you?- "Animal I've Become" by Three Days Grace (Uh, ouch. :P)

8.) What do you think of your parents?- "The Kill" by 30 Seconds To Mars (Wow.... :lol: I like my parents, actually. :P)

9) What do you think about very often?- "Ready, Set, Go!" by Tokoi Hotel (Does that make sense? :P)

10) What is 2 + 2?- "Sahara" by Relient K (Pretty sure the actual answer is 4. :P)

11) What do you think of your best friend?- "Monster" by Skillet (It works! For Slyfur, anyway. :lol: Not my IRL best friend. :P)

12) What do you think of the person you like?- "Everything I Am" by Stanfour (I suppose it makes sense, but not for me. :P)

13) What is your life story?- "Marry Me, Bury Me" by 30 Seconds To Mars (Wait.... what?)

14) What do you want to be when you grow up?- "Between These Lines" by Facing Forward (That makes no sense whatsoever.)

15) What do you think of when you see the person you like?- "I Hate Everything About You" by Three Days Grace (.... :lol:.)

16) What will you dance to at your wedding?- "Thanks For The Memories" by Fall Out Boy (Um, I don't think so. :P)

17) What will they play at your funeral?- "Last Words" by Thousand Foot Krutch (I suppose it's correct, in a sense.)

18.) What is your hobby/interest?- "You Found Me" by The Fray (Doesn't make much sense. :P)

19) What is your biggest fear?- "In The End" by Linkin Park (Um....)

20) What is your biggest secret?- "With You" by Linkin Park (Yeah....)

21) What do you think of your friends?- "Noots" by Sum 41 (I love this song more than you could guess, but I'm not so sure it fits.)

22) What will you put as the title?- "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers (What?)

That took longer than I expected. :P I didn't even get through half of my songs though! :lol: You missed out on all the Sum 41 songs jammed into my MP3 player. :P

That was fun. Sort of. I'll tag five people for each, that sounds fair, right? Even though I'm breaking the rules of the second tagging, I don't want to make ten more people angry. :P

Well, no other updates for me.... Life is boring. :P Bye!

~Nikki~

My apologies for my recent absence! I haven't started up my laptop, or been on any computers for... the last three days! :o

Well, my excuse for not being on the Internet at all for the last few days? Um.... I've got nothing. :P You people simply annoy me, I needed a break. Just kidding! :P I've been really busy lately. I've been hanging out with three or four of my friends, gaming with Leo, Holly being home from college (she's actually been home for quite a while now), and some other things I'd rather not mention have taken away my free time.

I'm sure no one really noticed I was gone though.... Maybe, Slyfur? That's it? :P Sorry if I've missed anything important. .... Oh noes! I wonder if the Organization KH's Island Challenge thing has started up yet? Or if I've been booted from the team for not being around? Or if Slyfur has gone through with killing Shadowchronicle yet? :P Wait, didn't she get Sirracannal to do that....? I'm getting off-topic! My point is, I'm quite sorry if I've missed anything important!

As with gaming, I haven't done much of anything lately. Brawl and Mario Kart with Leo is about it. Did I ever mention Leo beat Spirit Tracks? He's making quite some progress in Twilight Princess now, too! I believe he's in the Water Temple as of now.

Holly stole The World Ends With You from me.... Once she came home from college, she just sat on the couch and started playing my DS. :cry: Thankfully, I've beaten the game (except for Another Day, I'm quite terrible at Tin Pin Slammer :P), so she's just playing Shiki's week as of now. Of course, that means I'll have to start over the Another Day chapter....

I believe that's all the updates I have. It turned out longer than I expected.... Oh well. I suppose I should update my story, I haven't written anything in quite some time.

Chapter 7

After taking a short break from fighting the Heartless, Squirrel, Jager, Victor, and Eric decided to take a look around town.

"This is Port Royal, guys. Not only is it crawling with pirates on a regular basis, but it's infested with Heartless, too!" Victor objected.

"Yeah, well, that's kind of our mission. Ya know, defeating the Heartless? Reconnecting the worlds? Figuring out why Eric and Jager aren't supposed to exist? Ringing any bells?" Squirrel spoke with emphasis. "We only have to visit three worlds, including this one."

"I'm not afraid.... I'm just trying to say, maybe it'd be better if we joined Captain Jack on his ship. There's an isle not far from here, he could take us there on his ship. There's bound to be Heartless there too, right?"

"He makes a good point. What do you say, Jager?" Eric asked.

Jager paused for a moment, looking at his friends, then glancing at Captain Jack's ship. "Fine. Let's see if he'll let us aboard."

The four of them raced over to the docks and stopped Captain Jack before he boarded his ship. "Aye, you kids again? What'd ye want, lads?"

"Captain Jack, can you take us somewhere on your ship?" Victor asked.

"There's an isle not far to the North of here, we were wondering if you could help us get there?" Jager spoke.

"Well, the four of ye do fight real well.... an' I'll be headin' that way anyway. So as long as ye don't tough nothin' on me ship, I guess taggin' along ain't so bad an idea."

As they boarded and Captain Jack headed out to sea, there wasn't much to do. "So uh, Eric, where's Chester?" Squirrel asked, sitting on the stairs leading above deck, while everyone else sat on the floor, thanks to lack of chairs.

"Um...." Eric looked around.

"You lost Chester!? What is wrong with you?!"

"I didn't lose him! I remember he followed us on board, but.... I haven't seen him."

"He's probably above deck. Why don't you take a look, Squirrel?" Jager suggested, looking up from a card game with Victor.

"Fine... But if I can't find him, I'm throwing Eric overboard." Squirrel growled as she headed above deck. Eric had a scared look on his face as she left.

"O-overboard?" He whimpered.

Above deck, Squirrel stretched in the dim moonlight, though it always seemed to be dark here. "We'll be there soon, right?" She asked.

Captain Jack looked over at her. "Aye, we're about half way there, lad. Ye didn't break nothin' below deck, did ye?"

Squirrel shook her head as she began looking for Chester. "What're ye lookin' for? Lose somethin'?" Jack eventually asked.

Squirrel barely had time to utter "uh" before something made her spin around. Two Shadow Heartless were locked in a duel right behind her. "Chester!" Squirrel recognized him by his blue eyes, the other Shadows had yellow.

"Heartless? On me ship? Aye, take care of 'em for me, will ya, lad? I gotta steer!"

"Aye aye, captain." Squirrel summoned her Reconnect Keyblade and attacked the yellow-eyed Shadow, defeating it in one strike. "Where's the rest of-" She didn't even have time to finish her sentence before flying Heartless dropped off enemies from the sky, and Neoshadows jumped on board from the sea.

Squirrel, instead of going below deck to call to her friends, tried to fight them herself. Even Chester helped by attacking other Shadows.

"Lad, there're too many for jus' you! Get yer friends up here!" Captain Jack yelled.

"I can handle these punks!" Squirrel called back, and spun around with her Keyblade, taking out several surrounding Heartless. She wasn't doing as great as she thought she was, however, she was barely making a dent in the enemy ranks.

One of the flying Heartless swooped down with it's talons, sinking them into Squirrel's arm and sending her flying. Swearing under her breath, she got back to her feet and slashed her dagger down the chest and across the stomach of her enemy, causing it to screech. However, one of the Neoshadows caused her to fall once more.

"Squirrel, what's going-" Jager came from below deck at the sound of the commotion. "Guys, get up here, and get ready for a fight!" He yelled down to Victor and Eric, who came rushing up the stairs in seconds with their weapons ready.

Jager helped Squirrel back to her feet after casting Blizzaga on the nearby Neoshadow. "What the crap is going on up here!?"

"Heartless attacked while I was looking for Chester. I... thought I could handle them on my own..." Squirrel muttered. "I'll explain later!"

Jager didn't say anything else as she went back to slashing the Heartless, as he casted Thundaga on a mass of flying Heartless.

Meanwhile, Eric fired his bow and arrow from where Captain Jack steered the ship. The arrows didn't reach very far, so he casted Areo on them to send them flying.

"Eric, get down here and fight! You're going to run out of arrows!" Squirrel yelled as a flying Heartless dropped from out of the sky and nearly landed on her.

"No I- Oh...." Eric mumbled as he reached for more arrows but none were left. "Craaap." He moaned, put his bow away, and jumped on deck with his sword in hand.

Eventually, they destroyed the last of the Heartless with barely any harm to either of them.

"Hey, Squirrel, did you ever find Chester?" Eric asked.

"Yeah, he's... right over there." Squirrel nodded towards Chester coming out from below deck. "He was actually fighting at one point, but I guess he got thrown below deck in all the commotion." Eric smiled and picked up the Heartless pet.

"So Squirrel, why didn't you call down to us that there was an attack?" Victor asked.

"Yeah, you know we would've helped." Jager turned to her, waiting for an answer.

"Erm, well...." She muttered, scratching the back of her head and looking around. "I... I thought I could handle them on my own. But more Heartless came, and I got pushed around a bit, I didn't get a chance to."

"You should have yelled down to us when the first Heartless appeared." Jager said as he checked himself for wounds.

"I'm... I'm sorry. I know I should have, I just didn't think they were going to be much of a problem."

Before either Jager or Victor had a chance to reply, Captain Jack docked. "Nice fightin', mateys! We're here!"

"Maybe you should leave Chester on board." Victor suggested as they stepped foot on the isle.

"Nah, he'll be fine. This place seems pretty quiet." Eric shrugged.

"Actually, he's right, it is pretty quiet here. I'm not so sure there's much to see here, guys..." Jager spoke. "But I suppose taking a look around won't hurt. Come on."

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I liked how this one turned out. It's a little longer than I expected, but it's nice! :P I hope you enjoyed. Comments are always appreciated!

~RG~

Hi guys!How was your 4th of July?I had fun today, and my familyand I aregoing to see some fireworks in a little bit. They're going to be great! :D

So yes, you'll never guess where I'm posting this from! Philadelphia! We'll be staying in a hotel until Tuesday so we can enjoy the 4th of July here. Thank goodness the place has internet, and that I wasso much of a geek as to bring along my laptop. :P But yeah, I didn't even know we were going.

There was this celebration going on.... um, somewhere, and my family had been walking around all day! I'm quite tired after all that walking, so I plan to watch the fireworks, then go to bed. :P But anyway, Philadelphia knows how to celebrate! I had so much fun! Someone was handing out wallets. :lol: The tag said "This is a Random Act of Color."It was cute. And that's not even the best part....

While we where walking, you'll never guess who I found. One 15 year old girl with a cast on her leg. Ring any bells? It was Slyfur. :shock: It was so crowded, I was shocked she was there, let alone that I found her. So I pointed her out to my parents, and I called over to her. She didn't hear me (she wears headphones too often :P),but her little cousin did. She saw me waving, and made Fur turn around. I swear she was about to fall over. :lol:

She was there with her two friends (Ethan and Jen, I believe she said their names were), and her little cousin Jade. Ethan's parents had taken them along, which I thought was quite nice. And guess what! I got to personally sign Fur's cast! She's gettingit off in a few days, though, so I guess I'm pretty late, huh? :P So we just kind of hung out the entire time. I was talking to her on webcam just a little while ago, too.

Well, I'm going to cut this short! Just note that I will try to get the continuation of my story up soon. Happy Fourth, everyone! Unless you don't live in America.... Oh well.

Hetalia, anyone? :P Bye! Happy 4th of July (again)!

~Nikki~

Don't worry, I'm still continuing my story. My report card should be coming in the mail soon, and I believe my Writing grade will have improved thanks to you guys. ;)

We've had quite a few thunderstorms recently. They scared poor Shio. :cry: The weather seems to be looking better, though.

So onto the point of this blog! My first mention goes to Slyfur! She actually DREW my current avatar! :shock:

That's the full 100x100 version. She had her friend color it and all with GIMP. She (Fur's friend) also added those effects in Axel's hair, just so you know. :P She touched up straypencil marksand eraser-marks and everything, it looks way awesome. Thanks SO much, Fur! Tell your friend I said thank you, also!

Next mention goes to Mr_Jenkins! And everyone at The Forum Games Union! I've been posting there recently, and they're having a banner contest. I decided to enter, just for fun (there is absolutely NO chance of me winning, but it was fun!). I made two banners with MS Paint, since I wasn't happy with the text in my first one. I'll show both off though. Sorry if they are too long.

The top one is my first design ever (obviously), the bottom one is my second. I kinda cheated, though. :P I copy and pasted that green firework there, which I"borrowed" from Google,and simply re-sized it. And the text is actually a logo. I used Cooltext.com to generate it (it's free and was really simple), so I just copied that and re-sized it to fit the banner.

So yes,special mention toMr_Jenkins and his Forum Games Union for making me try designing. Thanks! :D

Next.... Um.... Courtney817, Aidan129, and Dragon66116. Just because they live in Michigan. :P

And the Organization KH! That includes Nintendo-naut, RazerBlade, and um.... The-silent-hero! I already mentioned Fur. :P

Who else?Oh! Sirracannal! For um.... being a distant relative. Connections through Slyfur for the win. 8) :lol:

Uh.... I had more people to mention thought out in my head, but I guess I forgot. :P I seem to be forgetting everything lately. I guess I'm totally spacing out. :lol: Oh, um, SuperfastSonic and Out-Of-Ammo! For being characters in my story!

And uh, I guess that's it. I only get about four or five comments on my blog anyway, so even if I mention more people they probably wouldn't see it. :P

Well, no gaming updates or anything. I might start playing Prince of Persia though. Myolder cousin has beenvisiting the last few days (the reason for mylack of posts) and he broughtThe Forgotten Sands in his DS. I played and beat it 100% in four days.I wish it was longer.It was fun though! I had absolutely no clue what was going on! :lol:

So, I will becontinuing my story next blog, of course. Bye!

~RikusGirl~

Sorry for my lack of writing recently.... I haven't had much time online at all! I get out of school on the 18th, so I'm just finishing up final exams before I'm free! :P

Well, as promised, here's chapter 6!

Chapter 6

"Uh, Jager....? We've got a problem!" Squirrel called, hearing a beeping sound, and checked the radar.

"What?! What is it?" Jager asked, glancing over as Squirrel.

"Heartless ships, just off into the distance.... They're heading our way." She answered.

"Well, you two are the pilot people! Do something!" Eric yelled.

"This thing is equipped with weapons, right?" Jager asked. Squirrel smirked evilly, and nodded. "Ready them."

Squirrel did just that, and charged up the duel lasers on the side of the Gummi Ship. Just in time, too, the Heartless ships were coming into view.

"Come on, come on..." Jager muttered. The lasers weren't ready yet, and the Heartless ships began to fire at them. Jager and Squirrel carefully dodged, but one shot hit the ship.

"It's on!" Squirrel yelled, and fired the lasers. Jager noticed they were charged up, and began firing as well. However, the two fired quite differently from each other. While Jager waited and took careful aim, Squirrel fired rapidly, though they both did the same amount of damage to the enemy ships.

"Whew! The was great shooting, guys!" Victor sighed once the last Heartless ship was gunned down.

"Perfect timing, too." Jager nodded towards something in the distance. "Prepare to land in Port Royal." Squirrel nodded, taking "orders" surprisingly well, which was unlike her.

Their landing in Port Royal was quite different from the one in Twilight Town. While landing in Twilight Town rather smoothly and with ease, they landed in Port Royal with scratches and dents on their Gummi Ship.

"Dang it... I freakin' hope Kora doesn't mind." Squirrel muttered, trying to rub out the scratches, but nothing happened.

"Forget it, I'm sure he won't mind." Eric smiled.

"Let's just find those Heartless. We'll have to-" Victor was cut off by screaming from in town.

"Let's go!" Squirrel rushed off first, closely followed by her allies.

Once they got into town, they saw none other than Captain Jack Sparrow fighting off the Heartless to protect his ship.

"Ay, mates! Give me a hand 'ere, why don't ya!?" He called, seeing the group with their weapons at the ready.

"You got it!" Eric called back, wanting to try out his new bow. He carefully aimed at a flying one he hadn't seen before, and fired an arrow through the emblem on it's chest. It fell, but it wasn't dead, and so he fired two more arrows at it, finishing it off.

Meanwhile, Victor, who was also wanting to try out his new bow, fired two arrows at once, piercing them through wings of another flying Heartless. It fell to ground ground, only to be finished off by Squirrel with her Reconnect Keyblade.

"Nice shot!" She called, and ran over to help Captain Jack Sparrow.

Meanwhile, Jager took on his own group of Heartless all on his own. He wasn't so eager to try out his bow, but rather his Magic. Casting Thunder on a large flying Heartless, he finished it off with a blow to the face from his staff. He next cast Blizzaga on a group on Neoshadows. The Neoshadows looked like regular Shadows, but more human-like, which made them a little harder to combat in the dim light of the world.

"Rrgh!" Squirrel grumbled. She had been clawed by a Shadow, followed by two flying Heartless scraping their talons across her face and through her stomach, sending her falling backwards.

"Squirrel!" Victor shot a few arrows at the flying Heartless that had attacked her, and quickly cast Cura.

"Thanks for the save, Vic!" Squirrel called back, getting to her feet with a thumbs up, and going back to fighting the Heartless with no doubt that she and her friends would win.

As Jager was about to strike a Heartless with his staff, Captain Jack Sparrow came from behind the creature and sliced through it with his sword.

"Ay, mateys, there's too many!" He said with his pirate accent.

"I have no doubt in my mind that... we'll defeat these wannabe threats!" Squirrel called, jumping up onto the back of a flying Heartless, and slashing at it with her dagger. Eric gasped as she fell, however she landed swiftly on her feet.

After hearing Squirrel's words, everyone seemed determined to win. And, soon enough, they had defeated enough of the Heartless to send the others fleeing.

"Thanks for helpin' out, mates. Those were some fine fighting skills you got!" Captain Jack congratulated them.

"Shouldn't we go after them?!" Squirrel was about to follow them, but Jager stopped her.

"Let them go." He panted. "We'll get them, don't worry." Squirrel hesitated, but nodded.

Victor turned to Captain Jack. "You're Jack Sparrow, right?"

"That's Captain Jack Sparrow!" He said. "But ye can call me Captain Jack. Ye got the fightin' skills of a real pirate, ya know."

"Pirates are dirty thieves." Jager turned to him as well.

"Don't you ever compare us to any kind of pirates." Squirrel spat.

"Guys, calm down." Eric whispered. "Remember, we're not on Earth any more. Things are different here, that's probably a compliment."

Jager and Squirrel glanced at each other, then at Captain Jack. He didn't seem to even notice Jager and Squirrel's remarks, which was a good thing as of now.

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Sorry it's kind of short! I had to cut it off there, since I've been writing on an empty stomach and I'm starving. :P Sorry for any misspellings, the button isn't working and I'm too lazy to go back and check. :P Oh well. Hope you enjoyed!! :D

~RG~

About time, right? :lol: Sorry, I haven't gotten around to anything recently, I've been feeling quote lazy the past few days. :P Well.... Not much more to say! Nothing much worth mentioning.

Oh, right, Leo beat Spirit Tracks a couple of days ago! I had to help him on the final boss a bit, but his was doing quite well all on his own! He wants to start playing Kingdom Hearts as soon as possible, but I have him occupied with Twilight Princess as of right now! I hope he doesn't get hopelessly lost in the Water Temple like I did. :lol: I had to use someone's walk through videos on You Tube, if I remember correctly. I'm really hoping he doesn't ask for my help at that part, I'm clueless. :lol: I'll gladly help him with anything else, however, I remember most of the game quite well!

Hm.... Other than Leo's gaming progress, I've got nothing more worth mentioning. I'm only about Day 4 with Joshua in The World Ends With You, I'm enjoying the game quite a lot! With Slyfur's most recent rantings, I'll probably be getting Glory of Heracles next. :lol: Otherwise, Michigan weather is quite nice. And um, I believe that's it. :P On with Chapter 5!

Chapter 5

Merlin looked over Jager, then Eric, and finally Victor.

"Victor doesn't have any special powers." Squirrel spoke.

"Yes I do! I can cast Cura!" Victor objected.

"Would you two shut up!" Jager yelled before the two could continue fighting. Squirrel glared at them, and Victor rolled his eyes, but the both of them kept quiet. "Please, Merlin, continue."

"Well, as far as I can tell...." Merlin paused to adjust his glasses. "You two simply weren't meant to exist."

"What!?!" The four burst out. Squirrel jumped to her feet, looking as if she were about to threaten Merlin, but decided against it.

"Ahem... What do you mean?" Eric asked, trying to sound calm, however is wasn't working very well. Not only did his expression give it away, but his voice wasn't all that clear.

"The two of you.... what were your names?"

"I'm Squirrel, that's Jager, Eric, and Victor." Squirrel pointed to her friends as she named them.

"Yes, of course. Jager and Eric. You two are not meant to exist."

"What do you mean by that? If we aren't meant to exist, shouldn't we be dead?!" Jager asked. His expression was purely a mixture of shock and fear, and Merlin understood that.

"It's never happened before, I can tell you that much!" Merlin stood up andstretched his legs before continuing. "Why you are standing here today may very well never be answered. But not being meant to exist is why you were chosen to wield your abilities."

Squirrel put her head to her forehead. "Yeah, this is confusing and all..." She muttered to herself, then looked up. "Why can't we ever be normal?" She seemed to be wanting a real answer, though no one could give her one.

"Okay. So, we understand this much...." Jager began, "Eric and I were never meant to exist, and that's why we have our... powers, or abilities, or whatever they are. But why aren't we meant to exist?"

"Very much like the question of why you are still here today, that may never be answered. I cannot offer you information I do not have in the first place." Even now, Merlin seemed unnaturally calm. "I'm sorry, this is all I have for you."

"All right, so we don't know why they weren't meant to exist, or why they're still here. Lovely! Just freakin' wonderful!" Squirrel was a bit frustrated, but seemed to understand at the same time. Merlin could tell that it was killing her inside, knowing she couldn't do anything to help her friends.

"Perhaps," Merlin spoke up, feeling bad that he couldn't do anything to help these good people. "if you reconnect all the worlds, the answers you seek will become clear." There was a short pause before he continued, "That is just a suggestion, and I cannot guarantee it is true, but there is something I can do you aid you kids."

Squirrel, Jager, Eric, and Victor muttered something between themselves as Merlin stood up and walked over to a bookshelf. He pulled a few books down and placed them on a nearby table, and pressed in a brick on the wall, which seemed to act as a hidden switch. The bookshelf disappeared into the floor, and behind it opened a doorway. He slowly headed down the stairs, and the four friends stared at each other for a moment before reluctantly following.

At the bottom of the spiral stairs was a room brightly lit, though no one could tell where the light was comingfrom. There were no windows, lights, or even torches to indicate the source of light, yet the entire room was equally filled brightly. No one in the room cast any shadows, which added to the fact they couldn't find the source of the light in the room.

Merlin stood in the center of the room, while the four friends stayed huddled together by the staircase. As soon as Merlin stepped into the middle of the room, three fairies appeared from the opposite corner. One dressed in a blue hat and dress, another in red, and the last in green. The three fairies seemed to glow even brighter than the light in the room.

"Would you girls please assist these four young people?" Merlin asked.

"What do you need, Merlin?" The fairy in blue asked.

"Give the four of them hero's clothing. And give them extra weapons, would you?"

"Right away!" The red one flew off, Squirrel assumed she was getting the weapons Merlin requested.

The blue one looked over Eric and Victor, while the green one looked over Squirrel and Jager, separating the group of four into two, yet they were only a few feet away.

"You want hero's clothing? For herthough?" The green fairy seemed disgusted by Squirrel's current appearance.

"Uh, standing right here." Squirrel rolled her eyes. "Sure, I'm not dressed in the fanciest of clothes, but who needs it? T-shirt and jeans are all I need."

The green fairy said nothing more. In a moment, the four began to glow. Soon enough the four of them were glowing so brightly you could only see the shapes of their bodies. When the light died down, the four of them were dressed in just that - hero's clothing.

Each one's clothing equally hard to describe in words, each of them looked down at themselves in amazement of their new clothing.

Squirrel now wore a red shirt not at all like her previous one, and white-ish gray jeans, which were much more than a simple shirt and jeans would've seemed. Jager wore a green shirt with a vest underneath, making it seem more like a tunic than anything else. Victor seemed to be wearing the same clothes, yet slightly modified, which made him look less depressing. Eric wore what looked like clothing someone prepared to go into battle would wear, making it something he wouldn't normally wear.

Before any of them had the chance to say something, the red fairy came back with a small back in which she carried weapons. A single, simple-looking dagger, and three bows with arrows to match.

"Give the girl the dagger." The green fairy spoke.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, indeed."

"Very well." The red fairy handed Squirrel the dagger. She then handed Eric, Jager, and Victor their own bow and arrows.

"These will prove useful, I assure you." Merlin nodded. He smiled, "Now, off with you four! You must reconnect the worlds!"

"Can I ask about this dagger, first?" Squirrel stepped forward. "Why would I need this?"

"It is the Titan Dagger, dear." The blue fairy spoke before Merlin had the chance. "Do not under estimate it because it looks quite simple, it will prove very useful. Not to mention it's power."

"It matches you perfectly." The green fairy said to Squirrel and the four friends began climbing the stairs.

"Good luck!!"Merlin and the three fairies called as they left.

As soon as the four of them stepped outside, a woman rushed up to them. "Victor! You've returned!"

"Mother?" Victor asked in shock.

Squirrel, Jager, and Eric walked a few feet away to give them some space. "He seemed shocked to see his own mother. Do you think he's been gone a while?" Jager asked.

"Probably longer than we would think." Eric spoke. "Do you think he'll stay here, or come help us?"

"My guess? I'd say he'll probably stay here. I mean, he-" Squirrel began, only to have Eric interrupt her but rushing back into Merlin's house. "What... the-" Squirrel stopped herself.

A moment later, Eric came back out of Merlin's house and joined them once more, holding the Heartless Shadow in his hands.

"I almost forgot Chester!" He smiled as he handed the Heartless to Squirrel.

"You named it Chester?" Jager asked.

"Yeah. Me and Squirrel came up with it on the Gummi Ship, on the way here." Eris nodded.

Squirrel held the Shadow, petting it's head. "Since when am I in charge of holding it?" No one answered, and the three glanced over and Victor and his mother.

"Let's just leave, he's probably going to stay here anyway." Squirrel began walking back to the Gummi Ship. Eric and Jager glanced at each other, then at Victor. They waited a moment or two, then followed Squirrel.

The three were just about to board the Gummi Ship when Victor came running, stopping them in their tracks.

"What, couldn't wait up for me?" He asked.

"We thought you were going to stay here." Squirrel answered bluntly.

"You didn't think I would abandon you guys, now did you? Do you really think I would let you do this alone?" Victor half smiled.

"Yeah, kinda." Eric answered innocently.

"You're still welcome to join us.... But you can stay here, if you want." Jager spoke.

"No way! You guys helped me, so I'm gonna help you." Victor nodded.

"Then let's go already!" Squirrel boarded the Gummi Ship, followed by Jager and Eric, with Victor being the last to come.

"All right, let's take a look at this map..." Squirrel gave Chester to Eric, and unfolded the map Merlin had given them.

"Where to first?" Jager asked, taking the pilot's seat as he had done last time. Squirrel followed and took her seat as well, still looking at the map.

"Well, we're in Twilight Town now, and we have five worlds to get to...." She spoke quietly. "Let's see. The closest world is... Port Royal!"

"Port Royal? As in the place with pirates, and cursed gold?" Jager asked.

"Yep." Squirrel answered simply.

"This is either going to be fun, or it'll end up really bad...." Eric mumbled.

"Do it matter?" Victor half-smiled as Jager and Squirrel took flight and began heading towards Port Royal.

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I don't really want to do a bio update, sorry guys. :P What did you think of the chapter? It was kind of hard to think up, especially describing their new clothes! I don't think I did very well there, because I've read it back to myself a dozen times, and it doesn't capture what I've pictured in my head very well....

So, let me know what you think! And I want to thank everyone for your comments, I look forward to reading every one of them!! :D Well, hope you enjoyed! ;)

~RikusGirl6~

Okay, so first off, I did manage to find myself a copy of The World Ends With You! :D:D My parents made fun of my reaction when I found the game. They said I looked like a squirrel who was given sugar. :lol:

Holy cow, the game is amazing! The main character, Neku, swears quite a few times, but I don't mind it at all. I usually count language as a flaw in a game, but.... it's not even a setback for a game THIS good. Rhyme is definitely my favorite character! In order, I like Rhyme, Beat, Shiki, and Neku. I know there's one other character, Josh or something like that, but I haven't met him yet. I'm on Day 5 with Shiki yet. I do hope there's more to play than the last two days....

Maybe my first review will be of this game? I'm certainly not good at that sort of thing, but with a game like this, I'll most definitely give it a try! Nintendo-naut seems to be really good at it, so maybe I will be, too?

Ahem, other than TWEWY, I also picked up another game while we were in Rochester Hills! Oh, Rochester Hills is where we visited on Saturday, but I may have mentioned that last blog. :P We live on the other side of Michigan, so we were visiting for the day. Did I mention my parents like to travel? :lol: We had quite a nice time there, in case you were wondering. :P

So, the other game I picked up was Professor Layton and The Diabolical Box. I haven't touched it yet, since I've been pretty much addicted to The World Ends With You, so I can't say much. :P But I love Legend of Zelda's puzzles, so I'll probably like this, right? I've heard it's good!

Well, that's all I've got to say.... On with my story! :D

Chapter 4

Squirrel lead the way back to the Gummi Ship, being able to see much better in the dark. The streets they took to get back weren't lit with streetlights, like the rest of them, but Squirrel was sure this was a shorter path.

She had been walking ahead of Victor, Jager, and Eric, but stopped at a corner. As her three friends caught up to her, she put her arm out as a signal for them not to continue.

"What is it?" Eric asked, trying to see around the corner.

"Heartless.... More of the Shadow ones from Earth." Squirrel whispered. She took a step back so that her friends could see what the Heartless were doing.

As Jager, Eric, and Victor poked their heads around the corner, they spotted quite a lot of Shadow Heartless around their Gummi Ship.

"What are we going to do?" Victor asked.

"Attack them. Ready, guys?" Jager pulled out his staff.

"Perfect chance for us to see your skills, Victor." Eric nodded, and prepared himself.

Squirrel didn't speak, she simply nodded before racing towards the Heartless creatures. She swung her arm at the first Shadows she saw, having her Keyblade appear just as she was about to connect.

Jager rushed in behind her, casting Fira one the weak little creatures, setting them aflame. Eric and Victor were the slowest to react, and followed. Eric jumped up, casting Aero to boost himself higher in the air. Just as he began falling, he whipped out his sword and stabbed it through the Heartless Shadows below.

Meanwhile, Victor followed Squirrel's technique, and slashed away at the creatures.

Suddenly, Squirrel paused. With perhaps two Shadow Heartless left, she didn't have to worry about being attacked. "What's that.... rumbling sound?" She muttered, and looked around. After a moment, she noticed one Shadow not attacking, and realized it was making the rumbling sound she heard.

Victor, aiming of proving his skills to his new team, was about to defeat the tiny creature. Bringing his sword down from above his head, Squirrel stopped him by blocking his attack with her Reconnect Keybade. Victor said nothing, but had a look of "What are you doing?" on his face.

"Don't kill it." She simply spoke, and turned towards the Heartless. "Why isn't it fighting?" She muttered to herself.

"Is it.... purring?" Jager's puzzled voice came from behind Victor. He and Eric had defeated the other Shadows, and were ready to get to the Gummi Ship.

"It's not attacking, it seems to be purring.... maybe it likes us." Eric smiled, and knelt beside Squirrel to inspect the creature.

"That's impossible." Victor chimed. "If they're called Heartless they don't have a heart, right? So it can't have feelings."

"Oh yeah, this is confusing." Jager closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, he continued, "Look, if it's not attacking, let's take it with us. We have to get to Twilight Town, so maybe it's someone's lost pet or something."

"Doubt it. But whatever." Squirrel picked up the Shadow and shrugged. "Ya know, it doesn't look like the other Heartless we fought. They have yellow eyes, this one has green eyes."

No one said anything as they boarded the Gummi Ship. Eric held the Shadow as Squirrel and Jager piloted the ship towards the normal Twilight Town. It wasn't a very long trip, and by the time they landed in Twilight Town it was morning. The bright colors of the shops and houses looked sort of orange, and Squirrel winced at it's "cheerful" atmosphere.

"So... Where do we go from here?" Victor asked.

"Merlin. You know, the wizard guy. He's bound to know what we're supposed to do, or at least have some information for us." Jager replied. "Will you be staying here, or joining us?"

"Doesn't matter, does it?"

"Yeah, it kinda does." Squirrel rolled her eyes as she joined them. Eric had followed, carrying the Heartless they picked up.

"Well, depends where you're going. I've always wanted to go on an adventure." Victor spoke after a moment.

"I love adventures! We had a ton of them back on Earth!" Eric said cheerfully.

"Ugh, let's just go find Merlin." Squirrel growled.

After a while of walking around town, Jager paused. "Hey, can we just hang out here for a while? It's not like we're in a hurry to find Merlin, right?"

"What'd you have in mind?" Squirrel asked. She liked the idea of wasting some time in the town they had grown up in.

"Let's get some ice cream!" Eric said before Jager had the chance to reply.

Victor decided to join them as they bought Sea-Salt ice cream and walked around town. "Do you guys visit often?" He asked, amazed by how well they knew their way around town.

"Nah, we grew up here." Squirrel answered after taking a bite of her ice cream. "We were visiting Earth once, but there was a ban on Gummi Ships while we were there, and we couldn't get back here."

"Oh." Victor paused to take a bite of his ice cream as well. "I meant to ask you, where'd you guys get your weapons?"

"Erm.... Internet?" Victor didn't seem to believe Squirrel. "Aight, fine. Look, we'll explain once we talk to Merlin, okay?"

"Um, sure.... alright. Fine." Victor shrugged.

Soon enough, the four decided it was time to talk to Merlin. They had never met him before, yet knew where he lived.

"Y-yes?" Merlin answered the door. "What do you want?"

"Merlin the wizard? Can you answer some questions for us?" Jager asked.

"Of course." He motioned for the four of them to come inside. As Eric passed, he noticed the Heartless in his arms. "Is that a Shadow, my boy? Why are you carrying a Heartless like it's your pet?"

"Well, it's not attacking us. We didn't want to leave it in the dark side of Twilight Town...." Eric mumbled.

"You were there? My, this is the first time I've helped people from the dark parts of Twilight Town!" Merlin stroked his beard. "However.... What is it you wanted, kids?"

"Well, um..." Squirrel wasn't sure how to begin, so she simply had her Reconnect Keyblade appear. Merlin had a look of shock on his face for a moment, but it only lasted a few seconds. "Dear, is that, my any chance, the Reconnect Keyblade?"

"Yeah.... I was hoping you could tell me why I have it."

"Well, you were chosen, obviously." Merlin spoke at first, then grabbed one of the many books on his table. He quickly flipped to the page he was looking for, and showed it to Squirrel. As she read, he continued, "The Reconnect Keyblade, like all Keyblades, choose it's own wielder. It reflects the true intentions of it's chosen wielder's heart."

"Mine is dark... What does that mean?" Squirrel asked.

"You have a dark heart. It may become a problem when you seal the worlds."

"Wait wait- Seal the worlds!?" Jager asked.

"Why do you think it's called the "Reconnect" Keyblade?" Merlin paused, "You have to do just that. Reconnect the worlds. If you can clear the Heartless from the infected worlds, they'll be reconnected again."

"How many infected worlds are there?" Victor asked.

"Hm, quite a few...." He grabbed another book, and pulled out a map. He began circling a few things, then held it up to show the four. It was a map of all the worlds, showing lines to connect them. Merlin had circled five worlds in red.

"I've circled the worlds you must visit." He said, folded the map up, and handed it to Jager.

"Can you tell us why we were chosen for our powers?" Jager asked.

"What might be your powers?" Merlin looked over at them.

"I have Magic, and Eric got some kind of abilities." Jager answered.

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Sorry for cutting it off! I wanted to make it longer, and at least tell about Jager and Eric's abilities, but I don't have enough time to write it all, so I stopped there. I'll continue next blog. ;)

Please excuse any mistakes! Hope you enjoyed, and let me know what you think!

~RG~

Most of my future blog titles will probably be "Chapter _" just so you know. :P

I'm kind of disappointed I've only gotten 4 comments on both story chapters.... SuperfastSonic even has yet to read it, and he's a main character! Oh well, as long as I'm having fun writing it, and at least one person reads it, I could care less how many comments I get! :D

Chapter 3

Kora arrived with his Gummi Ship a lot faster than the friends had expected.

"Good to see you guys again!" Kora greeted as Jager, Squirrel, and Eric stepped onto the ship. After talking a bit, Kora took flight, with Jager helping out at the controls.

"So what are we doing for you, Kora? Squirrel didn't tell us." Eric asked after a while.

"That's something Squirrel would do." Kora laughed, remembering when he first met the three friends. "Well, there's a man in Twilight Town causing some suspicion.... I was asked to take care of him, but I've been pretty busy with everything else I've been sent to do. Being the child of two heroes isn't easy!"

"Twilight Town, huh? That's exactly where we need to go." Jager spoke, causing Eric to hold back his own questions for a moment.

"Yeah, well...." Squirrel mumbled. "The part of Twilight Town we're going to now isn't the part we want to go to."

"Huh?" Jager and Eric shared each other's confusion.

"The part we're from... it isn't the same. Twilight Town is a world just like Earth, separated into different parts: America, Canada, Mexico.... However, Twilight Town only has two separate parts. Where we're going for Kora is like.... a darker side, I guess you could say."

Jager and Eric both decided not to ask about that any more. They'd figure out what she meant soon enough, right?

"So, um, who is this man we're looking for?" Eric asked.

"Not sure of his name." Kora spoke. "He's not much of a threat, either, but.... I'm not sure. I hear he's been seen running around everywhere, sometimes seen with some sort of weapon."

"What do we do once we find him?" Jager asked.

"Whatever you want. Just don't let him keep running around. If he looks like a threat, you can decide on a punishment."

"Can we kill him?" Obviously, Squirrel had asked this.

"If you see that as the right punishment, I trust your judgement. Go for it." Kora laughed a bit. "Jager and Eric, make sure she doesn't do anything if the guy's harmless, okay?"

"We do that on a regular basis!" Jager and Eric laughed.

The three friends left Kora back on Destiny Islands, having other means of transportation there, and Jager and Squirrel took the controls. Soon enough, Twilight Town came into view. Squirrel directed them where to land, and the three climbed out of the ship.

"Whoa. This place is.... dark." Eric whispered. This part of Twilight Town was definitely not what he had seen before. They could tell the sun never shone much here. The entire place was lit with dim street lights, but casted enough light for them to see.

"Man, I wonder what it's like during the day!" Jager spoke.

"Yeah, well, let's get going." Squirrel took a few steps forward, then realized her friends weren't following. "Will you two come on? What are you, afraid of the dark!?" Both Jager and Eric shook themselves, and followed Squirrel without replying.

It didn't take long for the three friends to scope out the town. There were barely any houses, and most of the buildings were abandoned. There were no people walking the streets, and no buildings had any lights on. The place seemed deserted. Suddenly, Eric noticed shadows cast by a person other than them.

"Over there." He whispered, and pointed to a figure dodging the street lights. The figure spotted them, too, and ran.

"Get back here!" Squirrel yelled, and the three gave chase. Not only did the figure - possibly the man they were looking for - have a head start, but it was much faster.

"We'll never catch him!" Jager said as the three stopped running. Everyone but Squirrel was out of breath. Eric watched the figure for a few seconds, and decided it was going to turn right, since turning left and going straight were both dead ends.

"Through this alleyway, it's a short cut!"

"There's too much stuff, we'll never make it through." Jager spoke. The figure they were chasing seemed to slow down now that it thought the three had given up.

"Maybe not us.... But Squirrel will."

"Oh yeah!" The two were referring to Squirrel's ability she had learned when she was young: Parkour. Squirrel had been standing with her arms crossed. Now she had a smirk on her face.

"Alright, fine. You two keep chasing him that way to lure him to the other end of the alley, where I'll ambush him." She had assumed the figure was a man, but wasn't sure. Jager and Eric nodded and chased the figure, who had stopped running at the corner of the street. As it realized Jager and Eric were giving chase once more, it raced off around the corner.

Meanwhile, Squirrel put her Parkour skills to the test in the long, crowded alleyway. Her first obstacles were three dumpsters, one sitting on top of the other, while the first was next to them. Simple. She thought as she raced towards them, flipped over a rusted silver trash can on the way. She slapped her hands on the first dumpster, forcing herself upwards, and landing on top of the stacked dumpsters. From there she jumped up the wall and onto the roof of what seemed to be an abandoned shop. She raced full-speed towards a large gap between the next building. There was no way she was going to clear the gap without falling smacking her head on the wall of the building. However, she leaped as she came close to the edge, and landed on a couple of stacked wooden creates int he middle on the gap.

She was faced with her final obstacle: getting onto the roof of that second building. She stood still on the wooden creates for a moment, then decided on what to do. She backed up to the end on the wooden creates, which stretched from the middle of the gap to the wall of the second building. As soon as she got to the edge, she ran towards the wall, and jumped at the last second. She kicked off a bulge in the wall which it crumbled a moment later, and her hands just barely reached the edge of the building roof. As she pulled herself up, she glanced over to the streets below. She realized she had done all this rather quickly, as the figure was just reaching the corner. She quickly raced to the edge of the building and waited for the figure to get closer.

Only the building's length away from the figure, Squirrel jumped from the building's roof to the streets below, slowing her fall by flipping over the railing of the terrace. She landed on the ground in front of the figure.

As the figure got close enough to be seen, Squirrel realized it was a man, with the same description Kora had given her. She noticed a look of panic on his face as he realized her was trapped.

"Gotcha." She smirked as Jager and Eric caught up, blocking any ways for the man to escape. The man didn't speak. After a moment, Squirrel summoned her Reconnect Keyblade, and forced the man against the wall, her weapon at his neck.

"Talk. I've been given permission to kill you." She threatened.

"What are you, bounty hunters?!" The man attempted to free himself, but failed. "I didn't do anything wrong! Please, don't kill me!"

"If you aren't a threat, I can't kill you, but if you don't talk I will." Squirrel spoke.

"Why are you sneaking around here?" Eric asked after he and Jager caught their breath.

"I'm looking for a way to get out. I want to get back to the real Twilight Town." The man answered calmly.

"How did you get here, then?" Jager asked in a serious tone.

"I got lost, okay? I crashed my Gummi Ship here a few days ago, and haven't found any way to repair it. I know there's help in Twilight Town, but I can't find my way out of this part."

"Alright, Squirrel, let him go." Jager nodded.

Squirrel hesitated for a moment, then had her weapon disappear. She stepped back before asking, "What's your name?"

The man brushed off his shirt. "Victor." He answered. "Is it okay if I ask who you are?"

"I'm Eric, that's Jager, and the violent one is Squirrel." Eric spoke, nodding to his friends as he named them.

"Violent, for sure." Victor whispered under his breath. "Am I off the hook? You're not taking me to some kind of jail or anything?"

"No, you're free to go, I guess." Squirrel said as she crossed her arms. "Don't be running around here any more, though, aight?"

"If you're here, you must be looking for something, right? Hey, if you don't try and kill me, I'll join you!" Victor seemed relieved he wasn't in trouble anymore.

"You have to be able to fight, you know. We're on.... well, a mission, you could say. Hunting you down was just a detour made for a friend." Squirrel responded.

"I can fight!" Victor pulled out a sword neither of the three had noticed before. "This is my weapon. Yeah, it's nothing special, but it gets the job done."

"Alright, fine. You can join us." Jager nodded.

"What!? No way!" Squirrel objected. "I can barely stand you two! You know I don't work well with others!"

No one replied to Squirrel. She rolled her eyes after a while and accepted it anyway. "Fine... Whatever." The four headed back to the Gummi Ship.

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Bio updates:
New teammate

Name- Victor Gales
Age- 16
Gender- Male
Weapon of Choice- Sword
Ability- Can cure allies with the magic ability Cura.
Quote/Catchphrase- "Doesn't matter."
Appearance- Dark brown hair, black shirt, pants, and shoes, with a silver necklace. Has slightly pale skin, and "glowing" green eyes.
Attitude- Very timid and jumps easily, yet brave. Quite smart, and waits for the perfect chance to strike. If he considers you a friend, he'll do anything he can to help you out.
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Hope you enjoyed! I didn't have time to go back and correct any mistakes, so please excuse any that I've made. ;)

By the way, I didn't get the chance to pick up The World Ends With You. :( My parents are taking us on a one-day trip on Saturday, so I'll be looking for TWEWY there. If I can't find it, I'll probably order it online. So I'll be getting it soon!

~Nikki~

The four of you that read the beginning of my story were quite nice with your comments, and Out-Of-Ammo volunteered to be my last main character, so here's Chapter 2 of my story!

Here's Chapter 1 if you still want to read it. That blog has the character bios and everything as well, so be sure to read those, too, if you haven't already. This chapter is just about a little bit of a background for Squirrel, Jager, and Eric, and how they'll be travelling. I want to get that out of the way, before I get started with the actual story. Just so you know. ;)

....Well, there's not much more to say, so let's get started with Chapter 2! Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 2

Squirrel sighed, and watched the Heartless man fade. She glanced down at her Reconnect Keyblade, then turned around to face her friends.

"Why do you think we were chosen to... wield these powers?" Eric asked softly. For once, he didn't seem very confident, like he usually was. Now he seemed somewhat scared.

There was a silence between the three friends. Squirrel stared at her weapon when it disappeared, but she wasn't surprised. She figured it only came to her when she needed it. Jager glanced from Eric to Squirrel then to his feet, and back up at his friends once more.

"I've got it!" He shouted.

"Got what? Insanity?" Squirrel mumbled.

"We have questions, right? So why don't we visit Twilight Town? All three of us know that people go there when they're lost!"

"Uh, Jager, that's..." Squirrel didn't finished. The more she thought about it, the more she figured it was worth a try. "Let's go."

"Time for adventure!" Eric smiled.

"Uh.... One problem...." Jager stopped. "We have no way of getting there.... I mean, how are a couple of 16 year old kids going to travel between worlds!? We know only Gummi Ships could ever do that!"

"Then let's get one!" Eric spoke.

"They don't sell them on Earth, moron. You know as well as I do Gummi Ships aren't allowed to travel here." Squirrel slapped Eric on the back of the head. "We have cars and airplanes here. Not Gummi Ships."

"I never understood that.... Why aren't Gummi Ships allowed to travel here, again?" Jager asked.

"Some people from a bunch of worlds, including this one, put a ban on it because the humans on this planet are afraid of the other worlds and their "creatures." It's stupid if you ask me." Squirrel explained. There was a long pause before Eric spoke up.

"And we aren't mortal humans, right?" He asked.

Squirrel and Jager glanced at each other. Eric was right - the three of them weren't originally from Earth. They were humans, but they weren't from Earth. Eric had been living on Earth a little longer than Jager or Squirrel, so he didn't know as much about it as them.

"Well, we are humans. We're just not from Earth." Jager spoke in a low voice. "The three of us are originally from Twilight Town, which, obviously, isn't Earth."

"Really? Hm, I knew we weren't from Earth, but I never knew we were from Twilight Town." Eric shrugged it off like it was nothing.

"Rrgh...." Squirrel felt like strangling him, but decided against it. "Look, how are we going to get ourselves a Gummi Ship? Either of you geniuses have an idea?"

Just as Jager was going to respond to being insulted, Squirrel's cell phone rang.

"Um, hello?" Squirrel answered. She seemed confused that her cell phone would ring at a time like this.

"Squirrel! Is that you!?" A man on the other end replied. She recognized the voice of Kora, an old friend of the three. Squirrel, Jager, and Eric's heroes, Sora and Kairi, had visited Earth once with their child, Kora. Before the Gummi Ship ban, of course. Sora and Kairi were some sort of adventurers in the past, and when they had visited Earth, the three befriended Kora. Sora and Kairi were dead now, but Kora was around the same age as them.

"Kora! Man, it's good to hear from you!" Squirrel was glad to hear from him, especially now since he could help with the problem at hand.

"Is Squirrel really talking to Kora?!" Eric whispered to Jager.

"He has a Gummi Ship! He can help us!" Jager spoke, and the two of them smiled as they listened to the rest of Squirrel and Kora's conversation.

"Alright. We'll do it." Squirrel had spoken. She paused before continuing, "But can you do us a favor in return?"

"Thank you! And, of course you know I'll help you in return! Even if you weren't doing this for me, you know I'd do anything to help you three!" Kora's voice echoed loud enough that Jager and Eric could hear.

"After we help you, we'll need to use your Gummi Ship for a while." Squirrel spoke calmly.

"The old Gummi Ship? Ha, take it for as long as you'd like! I'll do anything to help!"

"Great. Thanks a lot, Kora, you're pretty much saving us here! Pick us up, kay?"

"You three still livin' on Earth?"

"Yep. Save place as always."

"Got it. I'll be there soon." The call was ended. Eric noticed how bad it must have been for Squirrel, since Kora pretty much yelled into the phone the whole time. Meanwhile Jager wondered how Kora's call would've gotten from Destiny Islands to Earth, but didn't think very much of it. He was just thankful they had found a Gummi Ship.

"So, wait, what do we have to do for Kora?" Jager asked.

"Nothing we can't handle. I could start and finish it by myself!" Squirrel tried not to say much on what they had to do, and was relieved when both Jager and Eric shrugged and agreed.

"Yeah. I mean, what's one little detour? We can help Kora out first, then get to Twilight Town, get our answers, and find out what we're supposed to do since we've been chosen!" Eric said. "Plus, if we need to get to any other worlds, we can use Kora's Gummi Ship!"

Squirrel winced at his up-beat attitude. "I really wonder why I hang out with you sometimes...." She grumbled to herself.

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What do you think? I am enjoying writing this quite a lot more than I expected! I think I'm doing well, too.

By the next chapter, the main characters will have a Gummi Ship to use for travel (Kora isn't important, I just needed someone to make an appearance so the characters would have a way to travel), and Out-Of-Ammo will appear! Well, he'll either appear at the ending of Chapter 3, or somewhere in Chapter 4. Depends how long Chapter 3 is, actually.

Well.... I don't have much else to blog about right now. My next blog will not be about my story if I get The World Ends With You over the weekend (I'll be hunting for it :P). Just so you know what to expect! ;)

Anyway, hope you enjoyed Chapter 2! Thanks in advance for any helpful comments!

~RG~