C&C

She tied the headband around her forehead and looked in the mirror. She
set a lot of standards for the girls of her class. Tallest, longest
hair, most athletic and - she still blushed inwardly - most developed.
Her face habitually settled into a serious but neutral glare and she
tended to stay calm and speak directly. Her appearance, skills and tone
granted her a severe and serene beauty, mysterious and intimidating to
those who didn't know her.

It was a shame this was almost the antithesis of what she wanted to be.

One reason she was voted "Most likely to have a psychotic episode" by her class.

Those who knew her knew about her smile - which could melt ice on
Pluto - 

Not that dogs are usually known for their ice.

Kagura - who had been noticing things lately - tried to imagine what
effect Sakaki beating up Kaorin would have, if Sakaki was actually
capable of that. It would probably break the poor girl's heart, brain
and legs, not necessarily in that order.

Or, more disturbingly, she might enjoy it.

"I have an advantage over him. I'm actually allowed into the girls'
changing room, swimming lessons and so on. In fact, all I need for the
best peeping is a mirror" she declared proudly.
Everyone took a step away from her.
"Is she being serious?" A worried Sakaki asked.
"She's never been serious in her life." Yomi replied, grimacing.

And pray that she hasn't started now.

"Actually... I've got something for you to do first." Yukari pointed up
at the fence around the roof. A number of banners - one for each
class - had been tied to it and the banner supporting class 3-3 was
hanging loosely at one corner.
"Go up there and tie the banner back, okay? Having it flapping about
that makes us look like idiots."

Departure from the script.  Here is where the danger begins.

"Look out, Sakaki-san!" Chiyo yelled, and for once Sakaki's reflexes
were good enough - she pulled her hand back and the creature's jaws
closed around empty air. It looked puzzled for a moment as she
staggered backwards, 

But our intelligence said that she couldn't dodge a cat's attack! 

"I'm coming." Sakaki replied, as she cast her eyes around the rooftop.
It didn't take long for her to spot a section of metal piping, left
over by a careless electrician who had been called to fix the security
lights on the top of a shed. She grabbed the pipe, ran up to the thing
and swung it like a baseball bat.

How tall is the creature?  A baseball bat swing would imply something
close to her size and I got the impression that the creature was a
good bit smaller than she was.

The inky thing snatched at it, and the heart was gone.
Sakaki averted her eyes, but she couldn't turn away. A loud crash
beyond the school wall caught her attention, and she noticed a car had
smashed directly into a lamppost. There were more of the creatures on
the sidewalks outside the school, attacking pedestrians and kids who
had fled the school grounds. She heard a CRACK and turned to see a
policeman at the school gates, firing his pistol at one of the black
shapes menacing a group of girls. The bullets seemed to knock it back
without actually harming it, 

Gah!  Where's a magic weapon when you need it?

A bright light, shining in the sky. A star come to earth... or so it
seemed. The strands of smoke spiraled around it, inevitably drawn to
it's center, making the entire spectacle seem like a miniature galaxy.
It shone in spite of the daylight, because it was surrounded by a ring
of darkness that didn't even contain any stars, as if the star only
shone because it had absorbed all the light surrounding it. It was
impossible to judge how far away it was, but it had to be at least a
few streets... Sakaki guessed it had to be somewhere near Chiyo's
house, in fact.
"A BLACK HOLE?!?" Kagura yelled, starting to lose it.

Or the Negaverse is invading.  

"But..." Kagura looked unsure, but then almost exploded "I don't want
to run away! We have to do something!"

Fine.  We'll advance towards the rear.

The rear door to her classroom was on her left! And it was open! She
shot though the door and slammed it shut behind her, 

Thus dooming Kagura to a gruesome death as a candy heart.

Sakaki was so relieved that it took her a while to realize something
she'd missed while she'd been 'in the zone.' Chiyo was /screaming/ in
her ear, struggling in her hands and pulling her hair. Sakaki received
a kick to her stomach as Chiyo finished a near-unintelligible scream -

"...aaaaaaaaannnnnnnnn!!"

- and relaxed, burying her face in Sakaki's shoulder and shaking
uncontrollably. 

That's going to take a few years of therapy to get over.

Then the only bright thing in the room finally caught her eye. Someone
had been drawing on the chalkboard. A white cat's head sat in the
center - it's mouth was wide open and in it's throat there was a large
gold-rimmed keyhole. The chalklines seemed to glow faintly and Sakaki
felt herself drawn to it, if only because it was the only cute thing in
this room.

They know her weakness.

The creature in the lead took another step forward, forcing Sakaki to
back up further toward the chalkboard. The back of her thighs bumped
against the chalkboard's plastic frame, but to Sakaki's shock her upper
body kept moving backwards and went though the chalkboard.

There was briefly an unpleasant dusty taste in her mouth, 

almost chalkish in nature,

This is the beginning of a Kingdom Hearts mega-crossover tentatively
titled "Unsung Heroes." 

Wow.  Up to this point I had thought that it was going to be a Sailor
Moon crossover.  Good though.  From the title I take it that most of
the people in this fic will either be secondary characters or at least
not uber powered?

Incidentally, more separation between paragraphs would be nice.


Looking forward to the next chapter.

Orlean

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