Fan Fiction ❯ The Path to Adventure ❯ Escape Plan ( Chapter 3 )

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Sorry about any (and all) grammatical mistakes I made in previous chapters. I now believe in proof reading (lol) and also now have spell check (yay). Enjoi

See chapter1 for disclaimer



Chapter 3: Escape Plan



~Destiny is the key to fate~


“Ugh,” Shuijin said as he attempted to prop up his head in his small hospital bed.

“Good, he’s coming too,” a nurse observed while letting Shujin’s patiently waiting visitors inside the cramped room.

Kira came in first shuffling over to Shuijin’s bedside, followed by her newly made friend Laura, and Katsumoto.

“Do you feel better now?” Kira questioned the still waking boy.

“Yea, I think so..., some answer right?” everyone but Katsumoto laughed.

Kat walked toward Shuijin’s bed, while Kira stepped aside.

“Hey man, um, I’m really sorry about before and...” he was cut off.

“It’s ok, I’m as much to blame if not more than you. Let’s just start over. I’m Shuijin,” he said while reaching out with his right hand.

Katsumoto took the hand with his own right hand signaling the new peace and friendship.

“I’m Katsumoto....just call me Kat ok?”

“Right Kat, got it. Kira who is your new friend?” Shuijin looked toward the sandy haired girl.

“Oh yeah, this is Laura. She was new here so I showed her around and we became friends,”
Kira answered.


After getting his things they all decide to go back to the tree house to talk.
Upon arriving Shuijin remembered the disturbing vision he had had. When everyone was seated around his coffee table he started to explain his vision.

“When I passed out, I remembered the dream I had last night...,” he began.


*******After the retelling of Shuijin’s vision *******


“So the cloaked figure said that our island would be taken...by darkness?” Laura curiously asked what had already been said in Shuijin’s retelling.

“Yea...and he said that I was the reason for it all, creepy isn’t it?” he half asked, half knew.
Everyone nodded.

“So...do you believe it all, or was it just an ordinary dream?” Kira asked.

“Um... I think I’m beginning to believe that it was in fact real,” Shuijin responded, “I think...that....I’m going to leave the island,” he said as he stood up and walked to the balcony.

“YOU WHAT?!?” Kira practically yelled.

“He’s serious isn’t he?” Laura rhetorically questioned his statement knowing that he was, in fact, serious.

“I’m coming with,” Katsumoto spoke up for the first time in quite a while, “I wouldn’t miss the chance to leave this place. I have only been here for a couple of days but my whole life has been training here, training there. I think it’s time I use that training for once besides for settling arguments.”

“If you guys are going, then so am I,” Kira spoke and Laura nodded in solemn agreement, “besides, someone has to look out for you guys and cook, right?”

“Yea, I’m definitely in too. I think an adventure is what we all need right now,” Laura cheerfully added.

“Then it’s settled. We leave before dawn. Be ready, Kira and I will get you two then we’ll take my sailboat at the pier,” Shuijin said while escorting Kat and Laura out.

It was getting late and the sun would be setting soon. He and Kira talked while waiting for the sunset like they usually did. This time though, they didn’t talk about the usual, their life views or training, this time they discussed the escape plan. Kira and Shuijin would leave a note to Kira’s mother apologizing for the sudden leaving, but promising to come back when possible.

They watched the sun set behind the distant horizon while Laura and Katsumoto did the same at Laura’s house. Kat walked Laura home while they talked about their lives before meeting today. Laura asked him to stay and watch the sunset while they talked longer about more important things, like escaping the island (A/N who would want to leave a tropical island?...not me!). When it grew dark Kat said farewell and retreated to his own home to pack his things and sleep.

Laura packed all her things (clothing included) into a backpack and a large duffle bag. She took a quick shower then went to sleep. Kira did a similar routine then slept in the tree house with Shuijin. By the time Kira came into the tree house Shuijin had already finished packing clothing and “survival gear” (as he put it) and was getting their beds made.

Kira playfully shoved him causing him to roll backwards and onto his side. He retaliated with a push of his own which set her sprawling backwards and caused a minor pillow fight. When Kira had clearly won they calmed down a bit a crawled into their sleeping bags.

They talked for a bit before Kira passed out mid sentence.

***********Kira’s Dream ***********

She dreamt throughout the night. She dreamt of Shuijin. She saw herself and Shuijin standing on his balcony gazing at the stars peacefully like any other ordinary night. She was feeling different somehow, like she was more aware of her surroundings. Shuijin appeared to be talking, but she couldn’t hear his voice, just saw his mouth moving. Thinking nothing of it, she peered around at the vast sky which was littered with bright colorful stars.

Then the unthinkable happened. The stars started blinking out one by one. Eventually only a few large stars remained until those too vanished. Kira was startled and when she looked down at Shuijin she became more afraid. His normal aqua colored eyes were totally black. She gazed deeply into the once familiar and friendly eyes seeing only darkness and swirling mists.

“Shuijin! What’s happened?!” she cried aloud.

In response to the girls words Shuijin’s mouth opened to speak but a terrified expression took control of his face as dark mists poured from his mouth. He tried to cover it but his hands and arms were now ethereal and passed right through his face. With his last struggle to free himself from the mist he let go a painfully loud moan as the mists of darkness consumed his entire form.


~...Their destinies are intertwined...~


The thought entered Kira’s horrified mind. Then she drifted off into a restless but peaceful sleep for the remainder of the night.



***********Katsumoto’s Dream ***********


Katsumoto however didn’t enjoy peaceful sleep. He too dreamt of horrible things. He was standing alone in front of what appeared to be a large stone keep. Everything about the place, from its cobwebbed doors to its disturbing stained glass windows and high ceilings, told Kat to be cautious. He entered the keep through a large black double-door entrance. The door creaked open as he pulled on the handles. The inside was pitch black besides the occasional torch hanging from the stone walls.

He withdrew a torch near him from its elevated location and held onto it firmly. He strolled slowly down a long corridor until he came to a grand spiraling stone staircase that led upward toward one of the keep’s four towers. Kat climbed the stairs until he reached the keep tower. The stairs led right up to a single black wooden door. He replaced the torch he was carrying back onto the wall. Kat opened the door with his left hand while gripping his katana handle with his right.

The door opened easily enough. The room before him consisted of a large stone table in its center with numerous stone chairs surrounding it. In the center of the table was a large mirror on a black painted stand. The mirror itself had a black wooden border accented with silver colored markings.

Katsumoto peered into the mirror. He saw only swirling clouds of black mist within it. Then a figure began to appear through the mist. It was a tall woman with a black swirling cloak. She carried a long staff with a glowing iridescent green orb resting at its top. Kat could now hear sound coming from magical mirror.

He heard the word “matri” numerous times. Then he realized that “matri” was a name, probably that of the woman. She appeared to be a sorceress of some kind. Then from all around her the mist began to swirl. Small dark shapes began to take form from the ever-swirling mist. The beings were short and possessed small yellow eyes. They looked harmless, cute even.

Then the mirror flashed and changed it’s picture. It depicted the sunny tropical island of which Katsumoto was on with his new friends. It appeared a violent storm was blowing in from the warm-watered ocean. The storm brought with it dark misty clouds. The ground began to become distorted as the very sands of the beach were shifting as what appeared to be hundreds of the short dark beings were rising from the sands.

The creatures kept on forming on the beach until there were literally hundreds of them running around the island. People everywhere panicked as the creatures attacked. At first the islanders and tourists thought that they were just a cute native animal but they were wrong. The creatures lashed out with sharp claws, scarring many faces permanently. Soon the entire island was overrun with the beings. Not a single piece of ground wasn’t touched by the beings as they completely engulfed the entire island.

Now an incredibly large black creature rose from the middle of the chaotic beings. The enormous creature possessed large beady yellow eyes and had colossal arms which appeared to be immensely powerful. The smaller black creatures seemed to obey and follow this larger one.

Katsumoto backed away from the mirror forcing his gaze toward the door from which he had come. He spun around back toward the mirror upon hearing footsteps. Sure enough the ground behind the mirror began to become hazy. The small dark creatures began forming on the floor. They stopped forming when there were almost twenty of them. Kat drew his katana.

The first creature leaped and slashed with its threatening claws. Kat adeptly parried the blow and plunged his four foot katana blade through the creature’s dark body. The corpse exploded with a cloud of mist as the form of a heart could be seen leaving the creature’s once living body.

“That thing must have somehow been concealing a heart,” he thought aloud.

He quickly disposed of the remaining creatures noticing how each one contained a heart. The place were a heart would have been in the creatures was always hollow and empty. They were heartless beings... they were the Heartless. Kat had heard 2 different legends about a boy with a some key. One legend said he saved the universe with the key, while the other legend said he wreaked havoc and brought chaos upon the universe.

Kat ran toward the door when more heartless began forming, this time they looked a little bit bigger and sported helmets and armor with crude looking weaponry. Immediately when he opened the door he awoke from his vision and heard a knock upon his door. It was morning, well almost morning. It was just before dawn when he was supposed to escape with his new friends.

He grabbed his things as he heard the knock again. He opened the door and was greeted by the familiar faces whom he had been introduced to the other day. Everyone was ready to set sail.

They loaded their things onto the small ship’s cabin. Kira kept her terrifying dream to herself. Katsumoto did not. He described, in detail, his horrible and possible foreshadowing vision to his attentively awaiting listeners. They all discussed the events of the vision and agreed that the matter was to be taken seriously. The girls rested in the cabin while the boys worked on deck. They had finally set said.


*******End of Chapter *******


I spell checked, but I may have missed a few mistakes. Please tell me how the story is so far. I wanna read some good reviews! Muwahahahahahaha (evil laughter in background starts and begins to fade) ok ill stop that now.