Chapter 8: A New Journey

Chapter 8

Irix's POV

We were walking until we heard someone call; Hayner.

"Hey Sora! Uh..." he said and then he looked at me. They truly doesn't remember me... or they never did meet me.

"Irix."

"That's a nice name!" Olette said and I sadly smiled.

"So, what's up?" Sora asked.

"Nothing, but..." Hayner trailed off.

"We came to see you off." Pence said and I smiled.

"That's so sweet of you guys to think of them." I said.

"You guys better hurry and get your tickets." Olette said.

"Yeah. Come on, Sora!" I grabbed his arm and dragged him to go and get them. Sora took out the pouch King Mickey gave us. We got four tickets and were talking to the stairs to board the train.

Sora stopped walking and I turned around. "What's wrong?"

I can't help feeling that we won't see this town again..." he looked to the ground and I turned around. I sighed as I felt the same way, knowing I probably won't. I closed my eyes as many tears escaped my eyes. I wiped them away.

"Don't worry! You'll probably see it again." I said, not turning around.

"You're just thinking too much!" Goofy said.

"I guess so."

We got on to the ghost train, which I was excited to get in and look around the inside. Sora and I turned to the trio of friends.

"Bye!" Sora said.

"It was nice to meet you." I sadly smiled.

"Irix, have we meet before?" Hayner asked and I sighed.

"I... I don't think so..." I smiled, "Why do you ask?"

Hayner shook his head and smiled. "I dunno."

I rolled my eyes and looked at Sora. He had a tear on his cheek. I touched his cheek and he touched my hand. I gasped as I realized it felt like Roxas's touch.

"You okay?" Olette asked.

"Y-yeah, don't know were it came from." I smiled and walked into the train. I knew exactly why Sora was acting this way- Roxas. Everything, even the gentle touch, was all him. Sora doesn't even know the ties to his heart.

Just as Sora got in the train and the door closed, I closed my eyes and lean my forehead against the door.

"You know, I'm going to miss that town." I clenched my eyes shut.

"Was that your home world?" I looked at Sora and nodded.

"Yeah..." I felt my heart was going to exploded.

"We'll come here soon. And we'll meet Hayner and those guys again." Goofy said and I sniffed.

"Hey, do you need a hug?" Sora asked and I gasped. Then I smiled and nodded. I tackled him into a hug which surprised him. He still hugged back.

"Thanks, Sora. You truly are a good friend." I smiled. After I pulled away, I sat down.

"So, where are you going?" Goofy asked me.

"I'm heading to Hollow Baston... if I can..." I said trying not to say much.

"Hollow Baston, eh?" Sora tuned in. "We got some friends there."

"Why are you going there?" Donald asked.

"I need to meet someone." I said, putting a leg on top of the other one and laying an arm on the back of the seat. "Someone by the name of Piri."

"What?!" The three jumped up in excitement.

"You mean, Piri's in Hallow Baston?" Sora asked and I nodded.

"The King asked me to." it was quiet for a while until I talked again. "What's she like?"

Sora blushed, "Well... uh..."

"She has a good sense of humor," Donald said, "And she's really sassy sometimes."

"She can be kind and is very motherly." Goofy said.

"What do you mean by 'can be'?" I asked.

"Hehe, let's just say don't get on her bad side." Sora said, brightly, and the three giggled. I smiled.

"She's sounds cool." the train continued on clinking and making train noises. "You guys want to know what this train is?"

"Sure." Sora said, sitting next to me. I blushed but continued.

"This, here, is actually a ghost train." I giggled, "It was said that this here train never had a passenger or conductor."

"Cool, so it can move on its own?" Goofy asked and I nodded with a huge smile.

"Believe it or not, it's one of the seven wonders of Twilight Town. Me, my boyfriend, and my friends study them for our... Assignment... for school..." I stopped and my smile disappeared.

"Hey, you'll see them again!" Sora said and a tear ran down my face.

'I sure hope so...'

"Mind me asking who your boyfriend is?" Goofy asked.

"Well..." I stood up and walked to the door. I looked at Sora, "He has blonde, gently spikey hair and deep-sea blue eyes... kinda like yours."

"What's he like?" Sora asked and I blushed.

"He's quiet and very funny. I know he is a little quick tempered, but he's sweet and he cares for me a lot just as I care for him." I sadly smiled. "I'll see him again... someday."

"Did he go away?" Sora asked and I looked at him.

"Something like that." I scratched the back of my head. "I know he's in my heart..."

"Of course!" Goofy said. "The people you love and care for will always be there."

"I know..." I smiled and the train stopped and the doors opened. I let Donald and Goofy get of first and went before Sora (who insisted I should go first.) The train glowed and disappeared.

"The ghost train is creepy..." I sweat dropped.

"There goes our ride." Sora nervously laughed and tilted his head to the side. We walked up to the door and saw someone peeping into the tower.

"What's going on?" Donald asked and the fat dude laughed.

"I sent some of my lackeys inside to see if the master of this here tower is a real powerful sorcerer, which would make him the perfect bodyguard for me. See, it don't matter how tough he is, once he's a heartless, he'll do as I say!"

"A heartless?!" Donald exclaimed and I crossed my arms: those were the creatures the Organization was after.

"That's right..." the guy started to explain his plan about going to other worlds and how he's working with some chick named Maleficent and blah, blah, blah. I snickered; what an idiot. He was really telling us his plans.

"Oh why am I even talking to you pipsqueaks anyway?" I growled at this. "Scram, I'm on a tight schedule as it is!"

"One, I'm not a pipsqueak." I growled and tapped my foot. "And, two, I have powers that could easily defeat you."

"Oh yeah? Says who?" he turned around and gasped. "What are you doing here?"

"Pete?!" me and Sora looked at Donald and Goofy.

"What are you two nimrods doing here? And, Aqua, I thought you were in the Realum of Darkness!" I raised an eyebrow.

"You got the wrong person. I never meet you before in my life. My name is Irix, got it?" I glared.

"What are you doing here?" Donald asked, coldly.

"You know him?" Sora asked.

"We sure do. Pete's been causing trouble for ages. His Majesty banished him to another dimension a long time ago. I wonder how he escaped." Goofy said and Pete started to laugh.

"You wanna know how, eh? Well, Maleficent busted me out, that's how! Now your world- no, no, no! All worlds are going to belong to yours truly. 'Cause Maleficent's gonna help me conquer 'em." I growled at this.

"It's okay, Ice." Sora said. Then he turned to Pete and put his hands behind his head, "Maleficent, huh?" he and the other two laughed. I looked round, no clue what was happening.

"What are you laughing at? Why, Maleficent's power is so great-"

"She's toast!" Sora said and I finally get it.

"Oh, I get it!" I said out loud, "She's bushing on daisies."

"So, you're the ones who did it!" Pete growled.

"Hey, don't look at me! I don't even know who Maleficent is." I said with my hands in front of me.

"Well, we might have something to do with it..." Sora innocently grinned.

I was about to lose it. I he was so damn cute, not to mention a gentleman. I swear I was either going to faint or have a nosebleed, or even worse, both.

"Heartless squad, round up!" Pete barked and pureblood Shadow heartless. I snorted at this.

"Those guys? Lame..." I yawned and summoned Nightfall. "Hey, boys! Watch this!" I jumped right in the middle of them a performed an Lethal Flame attack. After all the enemies unfroze with time, I smirked, "Night, sunshine!"

They disappeared. The boys stood there dumbfounded.

"Wwoooww!" they slurred.

Pete growled, "Just you wait! Nobody and I mean nobody, misses with the mighty Pete!"

"Bring it on!" I said, putting my key over my shoulder. "Bring on the strongest you have."

Sora laughed, "So, 'mighty Pete', who lives here anyway?"

"Oh, ya don't don't know? Well, it's old Yen Sid. Course he's probably a heartless by now!" Pete answered.

"Master Yen Sid lives here?!" Donald jumped and ran into the tower.

"Yen Sid is the King's teacher!" Goofy said and we turned to him.

"Wow, sounds powerful!" Sora mumbled.

"Sweet, let's go meet him!" they nodded and they went to the tower. Just as I was about to follow, I turned to Pete with a grin.

"Bye!" I waved and left.

We went into the tower and ran up the stairs while fighting heartless. I couldn't help but felt like I been to this place. I know I haven't been to this world... must have been Piri who has been here. We finally got to the top and there was a door which was blocked by heartless. We kept on going like that, until stop to take a break.

"Heartless, heartless, heartless!" Donald sighed, "Things haven't changed a bit!"

"I remember facing other heartless in other worlds." I said and Sora growled in annoyance.

"So the world's aren't at peace at all?" he asked.

"Good thing we're on the job!" Goofy said with a smile. Suddenly a few heartless appeared and I popped my neck and knuckles.

"Let's do this, boys!" I smirked and summoned my keyblade.

Sora laughed, "And I thought Piri was cheeky!"

khkhkh

No one's POV

They entered the room and stood in front of a semi-terrifying wizard. Donald and Goofy bowed and the bluette nervously curtsied.

"Hey there!" Sora said, waving, and Irix widened her eyes.

"Sora, so some respect!" Donald scolded.

"Master Yen Sid, this is-" Goofy was about to continue but Yen Sid raised his hand. He stood and nodded to Irix.

"You must be Irix and Sora." he said in a gruff voice.

"It's an honor to be standing in front of you now." she bowed with an arm across my stomach.

"You must be the Time Duchess." I gasped at this. He knew who I was? "You left your original world in order to find this boy and Piri, correct?" I nodded. "So have you seen the king yet?"

"Yes, we did, Master. That's when we meet Irix..." Goofy said, "But we didn't get a chance to talk to him."

"Yes... the king has been quite busy of late. Therefore, it would see that the task of instructing you four falls on my shoulders. You have a perilous journey ahead of you. You must be well prepared." Master Yen Sid explained.

"You mean... we have to go on another quest?" Sora asked. "We were looking forward to finding our friends, Riku and Piri, and going to the islands."

"And I wanted to see my love again, Master Yen Sid. I got a feeling I know where he is." Irix said.

"Yes. I know but everything is connected, Sora and Duchess Irix. Young lady, you will find the answers one day and see him again." her eyes saddened at this.

"If you know what I am, then I shouldn't be in love." she sourly said.

"What? Why not, Ice?" Sora asked.

"I'm a Nobody." I said and they stared at me in confusion.

"Two beings are created when a person loses their heart." Yen Sid explained to them, "One of which you are familar, Heartless, and the empty shell they leave behind, a Nobody."

"There is also a group of Nobodies called Organization XIII." Irix said, "I was a part of it, as well as my love, but we hightailed out of there."

"Okay, so why aren't you suppose to love?" Sora asked her.

"Well..." she said, "Nobodies don't have hearts."

"They only pretend to have hearts." Master Yen Sid said, "However, Irix and her love is different. I may have to look into that myself."

"I heard I can feel because I have my persona's last heart piece." Irix placed a hand on her heart, "She had her heart broken more than once and is dying because of it. I wanna help her and if it means I'll fade away... I don't care."

"Ice..." Sora had a tear on his cheek and I grinned.

"Don't worry about me!" I said, rubbing his tear away. "Keep in mind, the organization is very dangerous."

"Yes. And they'll do anything to get Irix." I gasped at this.

"Why me?"

"You left the organization, meaning you're a traitor." Yen Sid said.

"We'll protect you until you find your persona, Irix!" Sora said. "First, we have to go and find the king."

"But where could he be?" Donald asked.

"Well, we don't know 'til we look." Goofy said.

khkhkh

Irix's POV

"So, before you leave, you will need more suitable traveling clothes. Those look a bit small on you." I looked at Sora and giggled. He did look younger in my dreams. "Through there you will find three good fairies. They will create garments for you."

We walked into the room and saw three fairies talking amongst themselves. They did look familar to me: One wore blue, another red, and the final green.

"Me, you guys, Piri, Riku, and the King. I don't care who this organization is or what they are planning. With the six of us, I mean, the seven of us, there nothing to worry about, right?" Sora said and I nodded. Then I sighed.

"Guys, I have a confession to make." I looked to the ground. "You know I am a Nobody, right? And my persona... that's the person I need to meet."

"You mean, Piri?" Goofy asked and I nodded.

"Look who it is dears, Sora, Donald, and Goofy. The Time Duchess is here to. She looks like Aqua!" the one in green said.

"Hey there!" I waved.

"Why, she's so beautiful!" the one in red said and I giggled.

"Thanks."

"If you're looking for clothes then you've come to the right place." the blue one said and they walked up to us. the blue and red one took Sora's hands and dragged him forward. I covered my mouth to keep myself from laughing. They started change the color of his clothes from green to red to blue. I giggled at this and Sora blushed.

"Would you guys make up your minds alright?" Sora said and the fairies gasped.

"Alright, no more fooling around, dears." the green one said and they waved their wands together and there was a flash.

"Oh yes."

"How lovely."

"Why he looks rather dashing." I heard the comments from the fairies and l looked at Sora. His outfit turned into a black and silver outfit that was like his old attire. It was a darker style with many zippers and extra leggings but still retained his crown necklace.

"You look cute, Sora!" I grinned with pink cheeks and he blushed.

"Uh, thanks..." he mumbled.

"Um, Irix." I heard the red one mumble and I turned to her.

"Yeah?"

"If you don't mind us asking, but are you by any chance related to a girl named Aqua?" the blue one asked.

"I don't think so..." I said, "Who is this Aqua? Some people mistake me for her."

"Aqua is actually Piri's sister." Sora said.

"Oh, that explains that!" Goofy concluded, "She looks like that because of her."

"I guess..." I shrugged.

We walked out of the room and saw Master Yen Sid, who beckoned them to come to him. We ran to him and saw a type of space ship.

"The Gummi Ship!" Donald exclaimed and we stood straight in front of him.

"Wait a second." he said and we sighed. "Because of your previous endeavours, the worlds have returned to their original states. That means the pathways between them have disappeared."

"How do we get around?" Donald asked.

"Do not fear. If what the King suspected proves true, the worlds have prepared new pathways along which you may travel. These pathways may be utilised by unlocking special gates. How these gates are opened, I do not know. Though the worlds may seem far apart and out of reach, they nonetheless remain connected. As do our hearts."

"Our hearts are connected..." Sora mumbled.

"May your heart be your guiding key." I mumbled unconsciously and they stared at me.

"Where did you hear that?" Goofy asked.

I placed over my mouth, "I don't know where it came from..."

"Well..." Sora started thinking, "If are hearts are connected, we need to follow them."

"That's correct." Yen Sid asked and he explained how the Heartless and Nobodies make their own paths to other worlds, in which I said they were using dark corridors and such.

"Go forth Sora, Irix, Donald, and Goofy. Everyone is waiting... especially the prophetess." Yen Sid said and we saluted.

"Thanks Master Yen Sid!" we said together and headed out to the Gummi Ship. I ran and entered the ship and I looked around.

"It's so cool!" I sat in one of the back seats and excitedly out the window. "Come on, we need to hurry!"

"Calm down, Ice. We'll be there in a minute." Sora said climb entered the ship with Donald and Goofy. "Man, are you fast!"

I giggled, "Sorry... just slightly excited!"

Donald and Goofy took the front seats while Sora took the other seat next to me.

"Is Piri really your persona?" Sora asked.

"Yeah," I said, "I've seen her memories."

"You said you persona was dying because her heart was broken." he gulped, "W-what caused it to be broken?"

I bite my lip, "One was from the time when she had her innocence-"

"Wait, you know that?" his eyes went wide and I nodded. "How... oh yeah, you seen her memories."

"Not only that but even after..." I gulped, "How can I put this gently...?"

"Tell me! I need to know!" I sighed at this.

"Well, her heart was trying to recover and you and her had that fight." he gasped at this. "That doubled the chances of her not waking up now."

"I... I was apart of..." Sora face was rushed with guilt and sadness. "She might not..."

I sighed, "There's still a chance we can awaken her." his expression didn't change. Great, what do I do now? Should I have even told him? I looked down in shame. "I'm sorry..."

"No, I- It's alright. Thanks for telling me." he sadly smiled.

"Sora..." I got up and hugged him. "Believe she'll wake up when that time comes and you can apologize to her."

"Oh, you... you know I will!" Sora had a real small smile. I remembered that promise they made.

"Oh, and keep Piri's promise close to your heart, got it?" I stated, "She wouldn't want to see you sad if she wakes."

He wiped his tears, "You're right..."

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