Kingdom Hearts: Saving Life in Another World

Chapter 75: Bonding before the storm

"Let me down, I suppose!"

"Aw, come on Beako! I've missed you!"

"You liar! Put me down!"

Sora and Garfiel both managed to hear this as they reach the entrance into the Shudraq camp, seeing Subaru carrying Beatrice proudly while the loli spirit was trying to land a kick on him. While that was going on, Otto turned towards Garfiel and Sora's direction.

"Sora-san. It's good to see you."

"Good to see you too, Otto. How have you been?"

"Good. Never thought you and Subaru-san would end up in the Vollachia Empire."

"Yeah..." Sora said as he rubbed his head, unsure on how to respond to Otto's comment.

"Well, we're all here together now. So what's th'plan, master?" Garfiel asked as he patted the Keyblade Master's back.

Sora looked at Garfiel and was about to answer until they three of them heard Subaru yell out an "ouch", catching their attention.

"That's what you get for leaving Betty alone, in fact!"

".it's not my fault."

"I don't care!"

Beatrice continues to hit Subaru though these punches aren't as hard as the kick she gave to him.

Sora, Otto, and Garfiel chuckled as they saw the interaction before noticing Naoko and Kenichi approaching them.

"Kenichi-san. Naoko-chan. Good to see you two are okay." Otto said.

"Good to see you too, Otto-kun." Naoko said, appreciating the concern from the merchant.

"Yea, good t'see ya again...m-mom...d-dad..." Garfiel said reluctantly, trying to still get accustomed to calling his adopted parents as mom and dad. Kenichi patted Garfiel on the head while saying,

"No need to force yourself. We are just glad you are okay, Garf."

Garfiel just stood silent as he let his adopted dad mess with his hair for a bit. Otto and Sora both saw this as wholesome. Their focus would soon shift when a familiar voice said,

"Sora."

"Huh?"

Sora quickly turned towards the voice to see that it was someone he hadn't seen in over a year.

"C-Cloud?" The keyblade master said hesitantly. The young man smiled as he didn't think he would see Sora once again.

There was a moment of silence before Sora just charged at Cloud to give him a hug, shocking Otto, Garfiel, Kenichi, and Naoko. Cloud was surprised by this but he allowed it, seeing that the keyblade master needs this.

"It's good to see you too. I've heard that you've been here for a while."

"Yeah. Over a year now."

Cloud was surprised by this, he didn't think the keyblade master would stay that long in a singular world. Though this world was a lot different than the others.

"Well then, we have a lot of catching up to do."

"Yeah. But first you should know that—"

"The Organization is here. I know."

"No, well yes that but Sephiroth—"

"I know. He is here too. I barely escaped our previous encounter."

Sora crossed his arms as he heard this, seeing that Cloud must have had quite the run in with Sephiroth.

"Sorry. I wanted to stop him from trying to hurt you and—"