Things are about to Change ~Chapter 27~

~Ayame's POV~

Air could be felt around her, while also the sounds of water were heard right next to her, while the sunlight literally burned through her...fur. Slowly opening her eyes, they meet the burning suns rays, which made her close her eyes immediately after, and made her groan. Shaking her head to get her eye sight back to normal, she noticed that she was not in the place she was supposed to be at. Her eyes scanned the area, so see the most amazing sight of her life. Waterfalls could be seen in the distance, while there was green all around. Not to mention that there was a small waterfall next to her. She could tell were she was by the amazing sight, which took her breath away the minute her eyes laid on the place. A soft smile went on her lips, and she took a step forward...and to meet the ground a second later. Blinking, she looked around herself, and saw that she was in the lion form, her fur a deep raven black, while the necklace that Hikaru gave her hung at her neck, and was now at the grass. She examined herself better, and was glad to see that her fur managed to hide all her scars and bruises. She slowly lifted herself up, and took a step forward, slowly becoming more familiar as to how to step.

~Thank Kingdom Hearts that I took that potion half a year ago...~

She took about a minute or so to get used to the world below, and was soon running around, enjoying the wind going through her, making sure that she was always far away from the edge of the cliff that she was on. She came down to a walk, and slowly climbed up to meet higher ground, and she walked across the log that connected the two places, making sure that she never looked down, and to always walk very slowly. She was soon at the other sight, and walked towards the source of the water, and went in, sighing at how nice the cold water felt at her paws. She walked under the waterfall, and plopped herself down, so that part of her body was underwater, and some of her back was getting wet by the waterfall. Slowly opening her eyes, she could see only blue, which made her grin at how wonderful it looked. It reminded her of Agrabah, when they were inside the Cave of Wonders where the Stone Guardians were at before Abu had grabbed the stone. Shes slowly closed her eyes, letting the water cool her whole body, and a tune started playing in her head.

The Hikari tune in the piano version that is...

Her eyes slowly opened, while water started coming out of them, though it could also be the waterfall as well, she couldn't really tell. She was slowly losing air, and lifted her head up to take a deep breath, and opened her eyes. But what she didn't know, was that there were people infront of her, staring straight at her. Her breath was caught at her throat, her eyes full of fear. The largest of the group, came closer to her, and she backed away as far as she could.

Too bad the wall was already at her back

She started to walk to the side, and as far away from him as she could, but he was much quicker than her, and took that advantage, and was now a couple of feet away from her, his eyes narrowed, while his lips went up, showing the sharp teeth that he had, while his other two companions just stared, far away as possible from the two of them. She gasped, and jumped away, and started to run away from him, but he jumped on her, and the two of them were just rolling on the ground, until the bigger one was on top of her, one of his paws pressed against her chest, keeping her in place. She just kept her eyes closed, frightened to make any moves, though she was shaking from underneath his paw. She could then feel him sniffing her, which made her tense up. She was trying hard not to start crying since she knew that he could kill her right there, either by ripping her head off, fall on top of her, break her bones and her heart with the paw that he had on her chest, and even more possibilities.

~But...Simba wouldn't do that...would he? She asked herself in her mind.

She could then feel the paw slowly come off, and then the grass being crunched up. She didn't even dare to open her eyes, and just stayed in that position.

"It's okay, I'm going going to hurt you" A soft voice said in her ear, which made her gasp, but then open her eyes, and search madly for the owner, and to find two amber eyes. She gasped again, and flipped over, while having a defensive position, though her tail was under her legs, and her ears were plopped down, and also taking slow steps back, but stopped after she was a good five feet away from him. The lion known as 'Simba' just stared at her confused, but then gave off an apologizing smile.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. I just heard from Timon and Pumbaa that there was a lion here, and since they're afraid of carnivores, I guess I kinda got out of hand" He said, still smiling.

"Well, excuse US for getting scared of our lives!" The smallest creature of them all shouted, while jumping up in anger.

"YEAH!" The second smallest creature shouted, while looking mad as well. Simba just sighed, but couldn't help but smile, and turned to look at Ayame.

"Anyways, excuse them. I'm Simba, while the smallest one if Timon, and the other is Pumbaa. They're my friends" He said, while pointing his paw at each one of them. Ayame blinked, while her ears slowly went up, as well as her tail slowly coming out from behind her legs.

"I-I'm Ayame. I came here with Sora..." She said, while trailing off, and her eyes slowly widened, while she looked around...to see none of her friends with her. She literally slapped her forehead, remembering as to where she was supposed to land.

~Their at the Hyena's place!~ She shouted in her mind, but Simba heard her name as well as Sora's name, and stood infront of her.

"Wait, you know Sora!?" He asked, while grinning, happy that he could finally see his long time friend. Ayame blinked up, and slowly nodded.

"Do you know where he is!?" Simba asked, the same excitement in his voice. Ayame bit her lip, about to say, but slowly shook her head, feeling horrible for lying.

~He shouldn't have even know this soon that Sora was here...I guess it doesn't matter anymore...~ Ayame thought, while she gave off a sigh.

"Oh...well, at least I know he's here" Simba said, while his smile slowly faltered. She slowly looked up, and then over as to where the edge was, a decision coming to mind.

"I better start looking for him..." She said out loud, and started walking away. Simba slowly came back from his little fantasy world, and looked over at her.

"I'll help you" He said, while starting to walk. She instantly froze, and looked back, shaking her head rapidly, which made her dizzy.

"N-NO! That's fine, I can do it on my own!" She shouted, and instantly ran as fast as she could, making herself go in circles, while also going through bushes and around trees, trying to confuse the lion that was following her. And it worked. She looked behind her, and saw a confused Simba, while Timon and Pumbaa continued to search for her. She shook her head, and started to run through the Jungle, and into the clear area of the sun, which made her wince at how intense it was. She could see dark portals forming, while two HUGE rhino looking heartless appeared with monkeys on their backs that had masks on. Her eyes went wide, remembering at how dangerous they were, since she died once while she was playing the game on trying to defeat them. She ran straight through them, while more dark portals formed infront of her, and flying type heartless appeared. She ran even faster, knowing that they were going to be following her, either next to her, back from her, or infront of her, which is exactly what happened. She madly looked around, and saw that the two rhino heartless were still at her back, though they were slowing down, and instead, the monkeys came off from the heartless, and were following behind her, floating with a blue aura around them. She was slowly becoming claustrophobic, and she ran even faster, going through the huge land that was infront of her, which could easily get her lost, if it weren't for the dark place that were several miles away from her. She kept breathing through her nose, remembering that if she breathed through her mouth, it would make her even more tired than she already was. The heartless were still on her trail, the bird heartless behind her. She couldn't take it anymore, and concentrating, while her body started glowing a faint white. The glow started growing and growing, and it was sent off her body, and towards the heartless. An explosion could be heard, while sand flew off everywhere, which blinded the heartless' vision, but Ayame kept running straight, and then into the Wilderbeasts Area. She gulped when she sensed the dark aura within the area, while she could also see white creatures around, though they were transparent. She shook her head, and looked down, going quickly through the area, but then saw the huge edge, which made her stop, but her legs wouldn't which made her turn pale. A plan quickly went through her head, and her eyes narrowed, showing only determination. She ran quicker, even though her legs were pleading and shouted for her to stop, she ignored them. Air started going around her, and she was only five feet away from the edge. Stopping momentarily, she took a great jump, Aero still going around her. She could feel the wind whipping her face, while going around and through her body, but it was short lived, as her legs touched the floor. She crashed into the ground, and kept jumping up in the air, while she was trying to get to her feet. She finally did, and started running again, but her rear right leg ached, and made her crash again into the ground. She winced, and a white glow surrounded her legs, and she was then running again, though she was only jogging. She finally made it out, and into the massive empty space infront of her. She ran when she was the rhino heartless appear, as well as Shadows, Soldiers, those flying heartless, as well as other flying heartless that turned into little spheres of light and exploded when you got close to them. Shamans also appeared and followed her, but she was prepared, and instead, her body was surrounded by an Aero spell. She closed her eyes, and it was suddenly all around, and went through all the heartless, destroying them into pieces. She winced slightly, slowly getting a bit tired from the magic she was using.

~Better start practicing~ She thought, while running towards Pride Rock. The closer she got, the clearer she could see. And what she was seeing, was not good . Hundreds of Hyenas could be seen, which made her run even faster. She now knew as to where Sora, Donald, and Goofy was, and ran as fast as she could, without tiring herself out. She quickly ran up the massive rock, and could see the three getting a small circle, but much to her relief, not a single wound could be seen. She ran on top of the rock, or until she was a good ten feet up from them, watching from a distance. She could see Scar coming down stealthily, while Pete just feel down, and she could hear something cracking, which made her roll her eyes and sigh. She could see Scar about to lunge at Sora, which made Ayame prepare to jump down, but another lioness lunged at Scar, which Ayame guessed it much have been Nala. She could then see about five Hyenas about to lunge at the three of them, but she quickly jumped down, and landed on two of them, and kicked one away, while slapping the other two away. The three, hearing the commotion, looked back, and gasped.

"AYAME!" She looked back, and nodded, kicking and slapping Hyenas away. Nala was soon off Scar, and lunged at two others away, while telling them to come. The four nodded, and started following, running as fast as they could from the Hyenas. Ayame winced, since her body was tired from all that running, and also from jumping down a high distance, taking some hits from the Hyenas and using her tired limbs for fighting. She was slowly getting more and more tired, but thank god Nala decided to stop, saying that they were far enough. She slowly bowed her head, while her tail went down, and her ears slowly went down as well.

"I'm sorry I got you involved in this" Nala murmured, her ears completely down.

"It's no big deal" Sora said, while shrugging, not really minding that they almost got killed because she brought them there. Nope, not really minding at all...

"Aw, it's not your fault. Sora wouldn't be a good king" Donald said, while a smirk was visible. Sora jumped up, and glared at Donald, coming to his defense.

"Hey! I had to give it a try, right?" He said, while his eyes narrowed at the flying duck.

"So you DID want to be king!" Goofy shouted, while a smile went on his face, as if he solved the most hardest detective case that nobody could. Sora looked flush, while taking a step back, and not looking at anyone in the eye.

"Well...you know..." He murmured, while still looking away. But then a though went through his head, and his head perked up.

"Uh, Nala, isn't there anybody else who could be king?" Sora asked, while Donald and Goofy took a step/flew slightly closer. Nala slowly looked down, her eyes in a daze, and her ears went down yet again, but this time, a quiet whine could be heard.

"There was...but he died...when he was just a cub. He was the son of our last king, Mufasa. If only Simba were here..." She said quietly, while memories started coming back to her, and another whine could be heard. Everybody's ears perked up, knowing the name.

"Simba!? But Simba's just fine! He was fighting right besides us not that long ago!" Sora explained, while he could see a true smile go up Nala's face.

"You mean Simba's alive!? But where is he?" She asked, while taking a step closer. Sora's grin went down, and then a pause.

"That...I don't know..." Sora said, while grim smile went on his face. But Nala's smile still was up.

"Still...Simba's alive! I can't believe it. Please--tell me more about him!" Nala said, while that grin was still in place. For so long she had thought that Simba was dead, and to hear that he was alive!

"Of course!" Sora said, while grinning. Nala was about to open her mouth and say something, until someone else spoke before her.

"I know where he is" Everybody blinked and turned to look where the voice came from, and saw little Ayame besides Sora, looking down.

"Wait, you have?" Sora asked, while tilting his head to the side. She nodded.

"Please, show me where he is!" Ayame could see Nala right infront of her, while tilting her head down to look at her in the eye. Ayame slowly looked up, and nodded, while walking away, leading. And for the next hour or so, the only thing that happened was Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Nala talking, while Ayame kept silent, and leading the way. But she then stopped, a feet away from the edge. Sora, not looking, bumped into her, which made her now, exactly at the edge, her paws an inch off the edge, which made her gulp, and take a step back, while little pebbles went off flying down. Sora apologized, and then came across why they stopped, which made him turn pale, but as Ayame was. Everybody else went up to the edge, but didn't look as sick as the two teens.

"W-Woah..." Sora said weakly, while taking a step back. Ayame just bit her lip, thinking as to HOW she had made it from the other side, to the side she was on.

"Ayame, you jumped OVER that?" Sora asked, while not looking at her, but at the ground.

"And I'm asking myself as to how I made it out alive..." She said, while gulping. Nala on the other hand, took many steps back, and then made a run, while flying through the other side, which made everyone gasp, and look if she was okay. Nala looked back, but saw that nobody else was doing the same thing as she.

"What's wrong!?" She shouted, while giving them confused looks.

"We're never gonna make it!" Sora shouted, which made Ayame wince at how close he was from her ear. Nala sighed, while making a comment to herself, which Ayame knew what it was, and annoyed her slightly. Sora, noticing that her lips where moving, shouted to her as to what she said.

"Nothing! Nevermind, it's not important. Here, I'll show you how" She said. And for the next five minutes, she kept going back and forth, and back and forth, showing them what to do, and what NOT to do. Donald, Goofy, and Nala had gotten to the other side, the only two, where Sora and Ayame. Ayame gulped, not really ready for this, while Sora looked at the edge, then at her. He smiled at her, and touched her shoulder, which made her jump, and look up, her eyes wide with fright.

"Don't worry, nothings going to happen. I'll be right next to you, promise" He said, while taking steps back, and motioning for her to imitate what he was doing. She looked at him, and did the same thing.

"Now, I'm gonna count three, and on three, we'll run and jump, okay?" He said slowly, while looking at her. She gulped, and nodded shakingly. He smiled softly, and bumped into her softly, telling her that everything was going to be alright. She just kept staring at him, while her eyes changed from fright, to determination, just like the last time, which made him smile.

"One...Two....THREE!!!!" They both started running, and on three, jumped. Ayame closed her eyes, and she could then feel the rough floor beneath her, while she yet again, didn't land right, and kept rolling, until she came to a stop. She slowly shook her head, and saw Sora infront of her, looking concerned.

"Are you okay!?" He asked, while bending his head low to look at her in the eye. She just smiled, and nodded.

"That happened to me the last time, but I'm okay" She said, while smiling, and shaking herself to get rid of the dust. Sora just kept staring at her, but smiled, knowing that she was fine. Ayame then started walking again, everybody following behind her, and this time, Nala went on to explain part of her story.

"When Simba's father, King Mufasa died, we were told that Simba died alongside him" Nala said, while Ayame kept her ears wide open, to hear the story and to also hear...other things.

"Who told you that?" Sora asked, while walking besides Nala. But she instantly stopped once she heard the question, looking back slightly her face somber. Everybody noticed that, and looked back at her, waiting for her answer.

"Scar" She finally said, while her ears perked up, and Ayame got closer to the group, hearing something, or some one coming. Every else also noticed someone coming, and saw that the old Shaman, Rafiki, had somehow found them, and stood on a high rock besides them, while on his hand, was a pile of something that was too small to clearly see, but Ayame could see a feather sticking out.

"It is time!" The old Shaman stated proudly, while he lifted up his stick that had those to unique kinds of fruits, which collided with each other when he lifted the stick up. And at the same time, he opened up his hand, and let out all of it's contents. But some sort of wind picked up, and lifted them up, going across the place, and only going forward, to the place where everyone was supposed to go at. Ayame felt the wind go through her fur, and sighed in content, but it was short lived, and she started running, following the precious treasure. Nala soon gasped, now getting as to what Rafiki was talking about.

"It's must be Simba! Sora, hurry!" Nala said, while passing Ayame, which made her smile, and go even faster, leaving the boys behind.

"Wait up!" Sora shouted, while the three of them followed close behind the girls. Rafiki just grinned, while he couldn't help but keep his eyes on Ayame, his smile only growing brighter. Still following the feathers, flowers, etc, Nala kept going forward, and faster, which made Ayame smile yet again, the boys still following behind. Going across the huge desert, Ayame could feel many dark ominous aura's infront, and her Keyblade appeared...in her mouth.

~...Now I know why I hated the Pride Lands -___-''~ Was all she thought, while an anime vain appeared in the back of her head, clearly annoyed. She shook her head, her Keyblade disappearing, and instead, kept her senses up. And as expected, dark portals appeared infront of them, while three rhino type heartless appeared, with two of them having heartless Shamans on their backs, while the other one had none, but about three flying type bird heartless appeared, prepared to attack. She could hear Nala growling, and tackled one of the rhinos, while fighting it with all she had, and then a blizzard type attack destroying all of the bird heartless, which Ayame guess Donald made the attack. Sora and Goofy attacked one of the rhinos that had a Shaman on their back, while Ayame attacked the other rhino on her own. This time, her body was surrounded with water, and it suddenly came off her body, attacking the rhino straight one, destroying it, but the Shaman stayed. It managed to escape, and was now floating in the air, while icicles surrounded Ayame. She kept staring at them, while they started glowing, and she could feel herself get weaker, while pressure started building in her chest, which made her start panting. She ran towards the Shaman, and concentrated...but nothing happened. She growled, and her Keyblade appeared, while she flinged it at the heartless, but it just dodged, which made her start getting annoyed. She could feel herself go numb, while the crystals kept glowing brighter, and brighter, while she kept getting weaker and weaker. She kept trying to get the Shaman, but he kept toying with her, and dodging all of her attacks, until her Keyblade just dropped to the floor, and disappeared into flurries of light. Her eyes narrowed, as she tried to concentrate on her vision, since she kept seeing many copies of the Shaman. She just simply feel to the floor, her head aching, while she could barely breathe, her lungs aching. She could feel the ground shake, while a dark aura very close to her, which made her eyes open, but regretted it when she only came in contact with the sun, but no crystals, and then, no aura. Her eyes started getting clearer, while she could feel her strength getting stronger and stronger. She could feel someone push her head up, while that same person stroked her cheek, calling her name. She shook her head slightly, while she opened her eyes again, and saw blue eyes. She blinked, while her vision got clearer, and saw that it was Nala, who had gotten her up. Ayame looked around, and saw that Sora, Donald and Goofy were finishing up the rhino heartless.

"Are you alright?" Nala asked, while getting closer to Ayame. Ayame just blinked, and shook her head slightly, trying to get out the cloudiness from her eyes and head. She took short breaths, and couldn't take any more of the pain, and her chest was surrounded by air, and she took a deep breath, while standing up, and smiled over at Nala, signifying that she was alright. Nala kept staring at her, eyes still worried, but Ayame just smiled even brighter, while pushing her lightly, telling her yet again that she was alright. Nala smiled weakly, while Ayame looked away, and turned to look at the boys, which they just finished the heartless, while the heart went up...and disappeared in darkness. Ayame's eyes went dark, but smiled when Sora and the others turned to look at them, with a look that said 'let's go'. Ayame nodded, and looked over at Nala, to see that her smile went brighter, and they continued on their way.

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~Oasis~

They quickly went through the desert, through the jungle, and made it to the place were Ayame woke up at. Ayame could feel the wind pick up, and sighed when she felt it go through her fur. She opened her eyes, to see Simba surrounded by at least ten flying types of heartless. Ayame scanned the area, and saw that Timon, Pumbaa, and Nala were nowhere in sight, which made her a bit nervous, since she knew what was going to happen.

~Let's just hope it's goes how it's supposed to go...~

A loud roar roamed through the air, which made Ayame jump, and she saw all of the heartless run away in portals, afraid of him. Sora, Donald, and Goofy just smiled.

"Simba!" Sora shouted, while running towards him, but stopped when they saw Simba go in a defensive position.

"I-It's me--Sora! Donald and Goofy are here, too" Sora said, while smiling, trying to convince him. Ayame walked over to them, and went besides Sora, while stepping up. Simba noticed her, and his face went into surprise. She smiled, while extending a paw over to the three.

"They really ARE Sora, Donald, and Goofy" Ayame said, while smiling, and looking over at them. Sora looked at her, and then at Simba, waiting for his reaction. Simba got closer, until he was about a foot away from Ayame, and just kept staring at the three, his eyes in a sort of daze. Then they widened, and he grinned, while Ayame smiled brighter, knowing that he recognized them.

"Sora! Donald! Goofy!" Simba shouted, while he jumped on Sora. Sora just gasped, not expecting that, and they both rolled, doing the same thing as Ayame, but this time, Simba went on to rub his cheek on Sora's chest, which made Sora turn pale, but didn't do anything. Ayame just grinned, while going besides Sora, and Donald and Goofy just laughed at the situation. Simba noticed what he was doing, and just smiled sheepishly.

"What happened to you?" Simba asked, while examining him closer, noticing that Sora was now in lion form. Before Sora could answer, a bunch of shouts were heard towards the Jungle. Simba's head perked up, recognizing the shouts immediately.

"Help, Simba! HELP!!!"

"She's gonna eat us!"

"Timon! Pumbaa!? Something must have happened in the Jungle! I have to go help my friends!" Was all Simba shouted, and ran inside the Jungle, everybody following close behind.

~The Jungle~

Everybody soon found Timon and Pumbaa against a tree trunk, with Nala about to pounce on them, with her ears down, and her head forward.

"Wait, Nala--!" Ayame shouted, but Simba had already pounced on her, and they were both fighting each other furiously.

"Simba, wait!" Sora shouted, but it was no use.

"STOP!!!" Donald shouted, but again--no use.

"It's Nala! Don't you recognize her!?" Sora shouted again, but no use. They kept going at it for over a minute, until Nala managed to pin Simba down, and kept snarling at him. Simba just blinked at her, and soon recognized her.

"Nala?" He asked, while he just kept staring at her. Nala kept staring at him, and couldn't help but feel some familiarity with him, and stared at him confused. Ayame just rolled her eyes slightly, thinking to herself that they have been TRYING to tell them that.

"It's me, Simba!" The lion shouted, and Nala broke into a grin, while they went on pouncing on each other, feeling pure happiness with only a 'You're alive!'. Timon and Pumbaa's jaws were just dropped, as they stared at the wonderful scene with complete confusion.

"Hey! What's goin' on here!?" Timon shouted, while staring at the two. But the two just heard footsteps from behind, and turned around to see Sora and Ayame in the distance, which made them run away. Ayame just bust out laughing, which made almost everybody turn to look at her, with the exception of Simba and Nala, while Timon and Pumbaa hid behind Simba.

"Don't worry. They're all friends of mine" Simba explained, which made the two smallest creatures sigh in relief.

"So that means...nobody's planning to eat anybody else for lunch, right?" Timon asked. Simba and Donald just nodded, but Pumbaa wasn't so convinced.

"Are you sure they don't wanna eat me like I'm some kind of pig!?" Pumbaa asked, while he was still cowering in fear.

"We wont...but you are a pig, right?" Sora asked, while there was some doubt in his tone of voice. Pumbaa just turned around, his eyes literally on fire.

"Call me Mr. Pig!" He shouted, which made everyone laugh. Ayame was just on the ground, laughing even harder, tears running down her cheeks. Simba then looked down to Timon's eye level, and whispered something to him, but Ayame payed no attention whatsoever, still laughing.

"Why am I not surprised?" Timon said, and Simba took that as a yes, and the two older lions (ness) walked away. When the two were out of sight, everyone seemed to look around, with no idea as to what to do now, until they heard a snort. Turning around, they saw a tail coming out of a bush, while it kept swaying around in the air, and then more laughter. Sora saw the only brave enough to go and see who it was, his steps slow, having seconds thoughts when he was a foot away. He walked around the bush, and rooked his head in, while his eyes were closed, but then opened them to see Ayame giggling to herself, and then busting out laughing again, and rolled to her back, tears coming down again. Sora stared at her in confusion, and popped his head out, and walked around the bush. He stood infront of her tail, and pulled on it, making her come out of the bush. She still kept giggling, and opened her eyes to see Sora staring at her with a crooked grin.

"And may I ask, WHY are you laughing?" Sora asked, while Ayame stood up, and looked over at Sora. That was all she needed, and she bust out laughing again, but started to explain again.

"It's just...it's...it's so...funny!!!" She giggled while trying to control herself.

"What's so funny?" Sora asked, while cocking his head to the side. Ayame just giggled even more.

"That...that! That Timon....and...Pumbaa are...are...are scared of you!" Ayame finally got that out, and relaxed, while whipping her tears away. Sora just stared at her, not really knowing what to say.

"Wait, why is it so funny that Timon and Pumbaa were scared of me?" Sora asked, while a smile went on his face. Ayame went into another laughing fit, and thank god that she didn't know what she said, and payed no mind to it either.

"Because you are so cute!"

Silence

Complete Silence

It was about five minutes before she could calm done, and then she looked up at Sora. But her smile went into a frown when she saw his eyes wide, while he was also immobile, not breathing, not walking, not blinking, nothing. She then looked around, and saw that everybody had the same reaction as him, but their jaws were dropped though. Her ears dropped, while her head bowed, her tail between her legs, and she took a step back, knowing that she had done something wrong.

"Did I...did I say something wrong?" She asked, her voice a whisper, while she took another steps back.

"Aw, don't scare her off, guys! She was just telling how she felt, right Ayame?" Goofy was the first one to break off the reaction, while walking next to her, and giving her a smile. She looked over at Goofy while nodding. What she didn't really know, was that she meant it in a friendship kind of way...

Or did she? *grins evilly* (Riku:*bonks her on the head* Don't confuse the readers -__- Me: But it's so much fun!!! ^___^ *continues to write*)

Donald was the next to go to normal, while flying next to Ayame, and landing on top of Goofy's shell.

"Yeah! I'm pretty sure that if Kairi saw you two like this, she would think that the two of you were cute!" He said, while smiling. Ayame looked over at Donald, and smiled, but on the inside...well, lets just say that it was another story. Sora soon then came to, and smiled, while nodding. But Ayame saw that it was somewhat forced, but she just pushed it aside, not wanting to worry about it just yet.

"Well, now that we can get that out of the way, how about some introductions, hm?" Timon said, while walking closer to the group, but still keeping his distance.

"Oh, sorry! I'm Sora, this is Ayame, Donald, and Goofy" Sora said, while pointing his paw at the right persons.

Alrighty then. Im Timon, and this is Pumbaa!...PUMBAA, STOP HIDING, AND BE RESPECTFUL!! Timon shouted, while noticing that the 'pig' was hiding underneath a log.

Mhm mt hmdn! Was Pumbaas response, while he lifted his head up.

And there were a bunch of bugs in his mouth. Ayames smile was completely off, while she turned completely pale.

OOHHH!!! YOU FOUND SOME JUICY ONES!!! Timon shouted, while running over and taking some bugs of his own. Ayame gulped, while she could see Sora giving the two a sort of a disgusted face, while also trying to keep it to himself. Timon then stopped, while turning to look at his guests and then swallowing his bug. He then reached out for a big leaf, and started putting some different kinds of bugs there, while bringing it over to the group.

"How rude of me! Would anyone like some? They are crunchy, healthy, slimy, and bring very good fortune to the person who eats them, THAT I can guarantee!" Timon offered, while bringing the leaf of bugs to everyone's faces.Ayame just took a big step back, while holding her breath, not trying to be rude, while Sora just smiled weakly, and shook his head.

"No thank you, I think where fine" He said, which made Timon shrug, and just eat the whole entire plate by himself. Ayame just sighed, now feeling that she could breath again, without having the sensation of vomiting. She looked over at to where Simba and Nala had gone of to, and just smiled. She then had an idea, and then started walking around, trying to find what she was looking for. Sora's hears twitched, hearing noises behind him, and saw Ayame looking around, her ears also twitching with each stop she made.

"Ayame, what are you doing?" Sora asked, while walking over to her.

"I'm in the mood to eat something right now, and I'm trying to find something to eat" She said casually, not really paying attention to the question. Sora made a low 'oh' sound, and nodded, while trying to see if he could also find something to eat. She looked up at the trees, and saw something round in a reeeally high branch. She smiled, while coming close to the tree, and trying to come up with ways to make the fruit come down, without her having to climb up. She bit her lip in concentration, while sitting, her eyes slightly narrowed, while they were cloudy on the inside. Closing her eyes, a wind started to pick up, very close to the fruit. It then went through the branch, where it fell to the ground, infront of her, which made her jump slightly. Opening her eyes, she could see that there were many fruits on the branch that she hadn't notice before, which made her smile, since now she could share with everyone. Another thought clouded her mind, which made her smile go away. She went close to a fruit, and sniffed it, the sweet scent going inside her nose. She then sticked her tongue out slightly, and licked the fruit quickly, while retracting back. She waited for a minute, and found nothing wrong with her. No death, no polka dots on her skin, her fur wasn't coming off, nothing at all, which made her smile come back again. She munched on the fruit that she licked, savoring the flavor of it. It was sweet, but sour at the same time, which made her sigh in content, while finishing it off. Walking to the edge of the long branch, she put the tip of it in her mouth, grabbing it by her teeth, and dragging it towards her friends. She scanned the area, and saw Timon, Pumbaa, Donald, and Goofy, but no Sora, which made her worry a bit, but she quickly put all of those bad thoughts behind her. Once she was a few feet away from everybody, she let go of the branch, letting it fall to the ground with a loud thud which made everyone jump, and turn around to the noise. Ayame just smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry for scaring you...but, um...I found a branch with fruit, and...there's enough for everyone...so...if anyone wants some...?" She said, while her voice kept cracking, and very silent.

"AYAME!!! I FOUND SOME FRUIT!!!" She jumped up, and turned around to see Sora completely muddy, with a small branch that had two different fruits that from the branch she cut down. She could see that he was having some trouble in running, which made her walk to him, until he tripped on his own feet, making the branch in his mouth fly into the air. Ayame gasped, knowing that she wouldn't make it in time, until she saw something white and blue swift by. She blinked, and saw Donald with the branch in his beak, and landed next to Ayame. She wasn't really paying attention to him, and ran to Sora to see his face down to the ground, mud all over him, a little hill infront of him as well. She got closer to him, and nudged him on his shoulder, which made him twitch and look up, his whole face covered in mud, grass, and other things that she didn't even know of. He then spit out mud from his mouth, while stuff from his face also fell down to the ground. He smiled sheepishly, but then it turned to shock, and he looked around.

"Wait...! Where's-!"

"Donald grabbed it before the branch could fall to the ground" Ayame responded, and saw Donald fly next to Sora, and gave Ayame the branch.

"...." Donald didn't know what else to say, and just shook his head, while he flew away to eat his share of the fruit that Ayame had grabbed for everybody. She then remembered something, and ran to the branch, while cutting off a twig, which had a fruit, and brought all three of the fruits in her mouth. Sora was now standing up, and shaking all the mud and everything else off, but it wasn't working that well, and instead, made him trip and fall to the ground yet again. Ayame let out a sigh, and poked his shoulder, which made him look up. She nodded her head to the direction of the Oasis, which made Sora give her a confused look. She nodded even harder to that direction, and then walked away, making Sora follow her. But what they didn't notice was that two people were smirking, while the other two people where giving off grim looks, but the four ate the fruit in silence.

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