"All right, Daisuke, you win. Put me down." Miyuki grunted as she hung from her brother's fist by her undershirt, her short legs covered with baggy pants. She was in an argument with her big brother in her room.

"Not until you understand your place in this family." Daisuke yelled. "I am your older brother. You are to respect your elders. Didn't mom teach you that? She probably was too stupid to know herself"

"Shut up! Don't talk about our mother like that!" Miyuki spat. Her fists were completely clenched and veins were popping out of them.

"You dare raise your voice at me?" Daisuke screamed. He threw her against the door. "Don't you ever call that disgrace of a woman my mother. Dad was a great man. What made him want to give his life for hers, I don't know. I don't know what he saw in her"

"More than he ever saw in you." Miyuki said under her breath.

"You wanna say that a little louder?" Daisuke roared.

"I'm not afraid of you." Miyuki growled.

"Yes you are. I can see it in your eyes"

"You don't know me."

"I know you well enough"

"You don't know me at all. You never wanted to know me. You've hated me ever since I was born. You wanted to be the only child. You wanted to be the center of attention. That's why you hate me, Kagoli and Takemi. "

"I don't have to listen to this." Daisuke said as he approached the door. Miyuki stood firmly in front of it.

"You're right. You don't have to listen. But I'm gonna make you listen." Daisuke grabbed Miyuki by the arm and threw her to the other side of the room.

"You can't make me do anything. Don't defy me, Miyuki. Or you'll find yourself in a world of pain." Daisuke said. He opened the door and walked out.

Miyuki lay on the silver carpeted floor against her dresser. Her room was very large. The lower level of her room was where she slept. Her large bed outfitted with royal blue and white sheets were directly next to her door across from her cherry wood dresser under a window overlooking the 2-acre backyard where Miyuki and her little brother and sister train and spar. Her walk in closet was on the far left of her room. Her closet was filled with long sleeved shirts cut right above the stomach, a few green, blue and red jackets, about 14 pairs of tight jeans and baggy grey and black sweat pants and short sleeved shirts. On the rear right-hand side of the room was the winding steel staircase that led to the upper area of the room. The walls were lined with swords and iron rods ranging from two to 5 feet in length. The ceiling was a stained glass window with keys of different colors surrounding a silver key with a sapphire handle. The floor was dark blue marble, covered with dust from the sword sharpener.

Suddenly, Miyuki's door flung open. Miyuki didn't bother looking at who it was. She didn't care anyway, she just wanted to lie on the floor until her ears stopped ringing and her back stopped throbbing.

"Hikari!" cried a small voice. She heard footsteps running toward her.

"Yes Takemi?" Miyuki said quietly. Takemi stopped and knelt next to his sister, the chains hanging from his long black shorts jingling as he moved. His blood-red T-shirt swaying.

"I heard yelling and loud noises. I was worried about you."

"Thank you for your concern, Takemi." Miyuki said. She forced herself to her feet. She towered over Takemi. She was 5' 3". He was only about 4' 4". "One day he'll be at my mercy. And he may not live to tell to the story."

"Don't do that. That won't make you any better than him." Takemi said

"I know, but still. It's just that I want him to experience the pain I feel. The pain we feel. You and Kagoli." Miyuki said with a strange glow in her eyes.

"I know. We all do but allwe can do now is worry about keeping ourselves alive until this is all over." Takemi said quietly

"What? What do you mean 'all over'?"

"I don't know. I had a dream a few nights ago that sometime soon, the world will be taken over, not ended just engulfed in darkness until there's no more and there's someone with a key, the key to the survival of the world order."

"Takemi, it was just a dream. It doesn't mean it'll come true."

"I know but, it felt so real and it happened not that long from now. As a matter of fact, it was to happen tomorrow"

"Well then we'll see. Tomorrow." Miyuki said as she placed her hand on his shoulder.

"I'm scared though. I don't know what's gonna happen, just that the world will be taken over by darkness." Takemi said as rose to his feet. Then came a knock on the door.

"Come in." Miyuki called.

"How do you know it's not Daisuke?" Takemi said

"He wouldn't knock."

"Miyuki?" said Kagoli as she eased open the door.

"Yes." Miyuki responded.

"Is everything all right? I heard yelling."

"Everything's fine Kagoli, thanks" Miyuki said.

"Were you and Daisuke fighting again?" She asked as she entered the room closing the door behind her.

"Yeah, it got physical this time." Miyuki said rubbing the side of her head.

"Why don't you ever fight back? I know you can beat him. It's no problem. You're the Great Hikari. You can't lose." Takemi said arrogantly.

Kagoli nodded. "You're unbeatable, Miyuki."

"Yeah, to you guys. I rough you two up a bit and beat up everyone who challenges me and I'm unbeatable. There are people who are much stronger than me out there." Miyuki explained.

"I won't believe it until I see it." Kagoli said.

"You're like a ninja, Hikari." Takemi said.

"Why because I can climb a tree without using my hands, move through a forest without touching the ground and run fast. " Miyuki said as if it were an easy task. "I'm no ninja."

"Don't sell yourself short. You know you're great. You just always want to be modest." Takemi growled.

"Modesty is better than arrogance. With modesty comes underestimation. Arrogance leads only to defeat." Miyuki walked toward Kagoli still standing by the door. "Now if you'll excuse me. I need some time to myself." Miyuki said as she slid her feet into her black boots with silver soles and opened her door. "If you guys need me I'll be out back somewhere." She said as she shut the door behind her.

The hardwood floors reflected the golden ceiling lights. The white walls made them even brighter. Miyuki strode down the hall, deep in thought about her brothers prediction. 'What will happen.' She thought. The hall ended at a door the led to the backyard. She opened the door and looked around. The blue sky bore not a cloud. Trees surrounded the yard in a pyramid and went on as far as the eye could see. She smirked and sprinted toward the expanse of trees. As soon as she reached the shade of the wood she leaped onto the lowest branch and proceeded leaping from tree to tree without so much as even touching them. She continued this until she reached a small lake with a canopy of trees covering it. From that canopy came many sturdy vines. She hopped from the end of a limb of a tree unto the largest vine. She threw a small dagger into a bush by that tree she just jumped from to trigger a small switch that elevated the vine into the canopy. It stopped at a small tree house. With a small couch and a chair. There was a small man with a dark cloak sitting in the chair. Miyuki tried to get a good look at him but she couldn't see his face because he was wearing a hood.

"Who are you?" Miyuki called. The figure looked at Miyuki and quickly stood.

"Ah, Ms. Hikari. I was expectin' you." he said in a high-pitched voice. He was holding a large sapphire and silver key, about the size of his whole body. "I am King Mickey." He said as he removed his hood, revealing his face.

"You're an overgrown rat that can talk." Miyuki said raising an eyebrow.

"Hey! I'm a mouse!" The King argued. "Anyway. Would you mind gettin' off of that vine so we can talk." King Mickey said politely. Miyuki swung down from the vine cautiously. She walked toward the King.

"Why are you here? What do you want from me. . . . Your majesty?"

"Nothin' at all. I just came to check on ya. As I know you've been informed, this world will soon be taken over." Miyuki's eyes widened.

"How did you know?"

"Ask your brother if there was a mouse with a key in his dream." King Mickey chuckled.

"What do you mean by check on me?" Miyuki asked, sitting on the couch.

"I wanted to see how you were. You gonna be a very important part of what's about to happen worldwide. And I don't mean just here." King Mickey said. "But first, I wanna be sure that you are the right one. You are the first, and most qualified of your siblings that I will try this on."

"Why don't you know?" Miyuki asked.

"I may know some things, but I'm far from omniscient." King Mickey smiled. "So what I need you to do is hold out your hand as if you're holdin' the perfect weapon. One that fits in your hands precisely. Then imagine somethin' out of reach and try to touch it with your spirit, your being. With that, we'll see if you're truly the one."

Miyuki stood. "How will you know?"

"For once Miyuki, don't question everything. Just try and you'll see." Miyuki held out her left hand and had her fist closed in the most perfect way possible. She envisioned in her mind someone. Someone she has been separated from for seven long years. Someone she was sure she'd never see again. Her best friend. What could be more out of reach? Then she imagined herself running for her. Arms outstretched. 'Kairi!' she thought.

Suddenly she felt light steel in her hands. She opened her eyes to see a large silver key with a sapphire handle. "Looks as if you are." King Mickey said proudly. "And this is no ordinary keyblade. This one chose you." Miyuki examined it.

"Keyblade?" She looked up and the King was gone. There was a note left behind with the outline of the King's face on it. She picked it up and read it;

"Miyuki, I'm very proud of you. This keyblade is very original.

I'm glad that you aren't a materialistic person.

Wantin' to reach your friend is very noble.

You're an interesting one.

I know the perfect person for you to meet

I'll keep my eyes on you.

And if I can't,

He will.

King Mickey