One moonlit night in the castle garden.
"Do you know what a heart is?" Munakata asked.
"Is that are existence?" Nanami asked.
"Very good" munakata said," the heart is what defines us and gives us our strength"
"Strength?" Nanami asked.
"Our family holds the power to summon the ultimate weapon through our hearts" munakata said," like this".
Munakata summons a silver keyblade.
"The keyblade" nanami said.
"Yes, but it is more than a blade that can vanquish despair" munakata said," It is the key to unlocking all locks, including the locks on the heart".
"How do you do that?" Nanami asked.
"That's what I am going to teach you from this day forward" munakata said," Now reach out your hand and summon your Keyblade".
Nanami extended her hand out.
"Focus on the Hope inside your heart" munakata said.
Nanami summons a rose quarts keyblade.
"Now we will begin" munakata said.
...
It had been about four years since Nanami started her Keyblade training. Her adopted parents had raised her well and now she Seventeen years old.
Nanami happily ran down the castle halls until her mom caught her.
"What's the hurry?" Chisa asked.
"Sorry it's just such a nice day" Nanami said," I wanted to go see if anyone came back yet"
"Last I checked they were all in the garden" Chisa said.
"Really?" Nanami asked.
"Yep" Chisa said.
"Then I'm going to go see them" Nanami said before racing towards the garden," love you"
"Love you too sweetie" Chisa smiled.
As soon as Nanami disappeared down the hall, munakata walked out of his room.
"She's grown up so strong and so elegant" munakata said," thanks to you".
"Well aren't you a humble king" Chisa joked.
...
Once Nanami reached the tropical gardens she began her search. She searched along the garden path until she reached the fountain. There she saw a boy in a long black cloak with lengthy black hair. When she looked closer she saw he had crimson eyes.
"Excuse me" Nanami said," who are you?"
"Nobody" the boy said.
"You can't be nobody" Nanami said.
"Nanami" a familiar voice called.
Nanami turned her head to see her friend ibuki mioda. Ibuki happily trotted up to Nanami before embracing her.
"Ibuki missed you so much" ibuki said.
"I'm glad to see you" Nanami smiled.
Following ibuki, were the rest of nanamis friends.
"Ibuki be careful not to squeeze her too hard" Sonia said.
"Giggity" teruteru laughed.
"You pervert that's not what she meant" hiyoko said.
"Yeah, Sonia would never be that lewd" Souda said.
Nanami laughed, but when she looked over, to where the boy was, he was gone.
"Is something wrong?" Mahiru asked.
"I just thought I saw something" Nanami said," but I guess it was nothing".
"Want me to investigate" peko said.
"No I think it's fine" Nanami said.
"Hey why don't we chat over some grub" Akane suggested.
"Hey, where are your manners" fuyuhiko asked.
"It's a miracle that she went this long without asking" ryotwoa said.
"I'm sure we have food in the kitchen" Nanami said.
"It is unwise to lead this beast to your horse of food" gundam said.
"Oh then I'll go check with my mom to see when we're eating" Chiaki said.
"What a marvelous idea" nagito said.
...
Once the welcome dinner was prepared, everyone, including the king and queen, sat at the dinning hall.
"It's so nice to see you all again" Chisa smiled.
"The pleasure is all ours" nekomaru.
"How are the islands doing?" Chisa asked.
"When we regrouped we all concluded that everything was fine" mahiru said," but some of us think we spotted some type of small shadowy monotone creature"
"Hmm..that's a bit troubling" Chisa said," what do you think honey?"
"We can send further teams to investigate" munakata said," have you alerted the island leaders?"
"We didn't want to cause a disturbance based on a few sightings" Mikan said.
"Still, we can't risk the possibility of an increase in heartless" munakata said," I'll alert the leaders myself"
"Who wants dessert?" Chisa asked, trying to change the subject.
Everyone agreed and the dinner continued in piece.
...
Later that night, Nanami thought to herself as she prepared for bed.
'It must be so exciting to visit different islands' Nanami thought,' maybe once I master my keyblade, dad will let me go with my friends to visit different islands'.
"I doubt it" Nanami said," my heart is too valuable"
...
Halfway into the night, Nanami was awoken by a loud thunder. She woke up and rushed to her window to see a dark shadow looming over the castle. Falling from the shadow, were monotone shadow creatures in the form of bears and other creatures. Knowing the danger, Nanami rushed to her parents bedroom. Fortunately, her mother was already outside in the hall.
"I think we are under attack" Nanami said," where are the others?".
"They went off to fight" Chisa said," but we need to get somewhere safe"
"Okay" Nanami agreed.
...
The two ran through the hallway and into the ballroom, only to find a cloaked figure was waiting for them.
"Geez what a lousy escape route" the figure said.
"Who are you?" Chisa said as she summoned her golden keyblade.
"Oh sorry, I thought the cloak would be more ominous" the figure said," guess you should see the face of your enemy".
The person lifted their hood to reveal pink blonde hair tied in ponytails.
"The name is Junko enoshima" the person said as they posed," and despair is my domain"
"Are you the one who summoned these hopeless?" Chisa asked.
"Bingo" Junko said," now, unless you want your kingdom to be consumed by despair, you'll give me what I want"
Nanami shivered as she realized what Junko was going to ask for.
"I'm here for the pure heart" Junko said, pointing at Nanami.
"Never" Chisa said.
"Sorry if my phrasing made it sound like you had a choice" Junko said.
"I will never let you have nanamis heart" Chisa said," neither will the others"
"Oh you mean the king and his fourteen blind knights" Junko asked," they're too busy with my army of monohopeless"
Then the creatures from the floor emerged from the floor.
"Now surrender the pure heart or else my monohopeless will rip it out" Junko said.
Chisa looked around at the horde of monoheartless surrounding them before sighing.
"I'm sorry for what I'm about to ask" Chisa whispered," but we have no other choice so do it while I distract them"
Nanami nodded solemnly prompting Chisa to charge at the monoheartless. As Chisa fought, Nanami summoned her rose quarts keyblade and turned it to her chest.
"You wouldn't" Junko said," that is a far worse fate than I'm asking for"
Ignoring Junko, Nanami willed her keyblade to locate her heart. Tears welled up in her eyes as she remembered her happiest memories. Once the heart was located, Nanami moved her keyblade forward and shattered her heart into sixteen pieces. Nanami fell to the floor as sixteen fragments of light left her body and dispersed beyond Junko and the monohopeless reach. By the time Nanami hit the floor, all of her essence had left her. Now Nanamis body had become an empty shell.
To be continued...
Next time: The Nobody Awakens.