6H:Welcome to Chapter 4! YAY!

Anaretsu: ...yeah.

6H: So...I don't have any funny comments to make, so I'll just let you read.

Kingdom Hearts-Adventures at Castle Chocobo

Floor 04-Task

When they made it through the door, Cedeile found that they were in the square of a pleasant town in the evening. 427 stood still, examining this new area. Cedeile was confused-how could a whole town fit in a castle? Was it some kind of trick of the light? No, it really did look like a real town.

"Where are we? Did we leave the castle?" Cedeile asked.

"No. This place is made from HIS memories. We've just gotton the access pass. Besides, you should know this place." 427 replied cooly. Cedeile shook her head.

"I don't know anything about this town." 427 turned to face her.

"So, you really don't know this place? You journeyed here a long time ago, but this place was important!" 427 said, trying to make her remember.

"I'm telling you! I really don't remember this place!" Cedeile yelled back. She was already feeling frustrated.

"You don't know anything, do you?" 427 asked in amazement. "And you're the heartblade master? Now we know the worlds are screwed."

"Hey! I'll get my memory back! It'll just take awhile, is all!" she insisted. "So don't make fun of me!"

"Fine." 427 said, sighing. "Come on. I'm not slowing down for you, even if you are one of the masters." She began to walk off.

"The masters? Hey! What's that mean?" she caught up with the pale-haired girl and walked slightly behind her. "What's you name?" Cedeile asked randomly.

"I already told you. I'm Agent 427 of the Trinity Soliders." her companion replied, annoyed.

"Yeah, I know, but you can't just have a number for name, can you? What's your REAL name, I mean."

"I don't have it anymore, so it wouldn't do any good if I told you." 427 replied, impatient with her.

"How do you not have your name anymore? And what exactly is a Trinity Solider?" Cedeile asked again.

"Aren't you the curious one. Alright, the Trinity Soliders began as one of clans back in ancient times. They were those who went through the door to the relem of the non-exsitant ones, the nobodys. They are those who have lost part of their trinity. Over time as the clans broke up, they moved off to their own corner of the universe and became the Trinity Soliders. We guard over all the trinities that keep balance in the world. There's the human trinity-Body, Soul, and heart-and the power trinity-Light, Darkness, and In-between." 427 explained.

"I see. That sounds kind of cool. But why don't you have a name? Is it because you're like a secret agent or something?" Cedeile asked, getting excited. 427 stopped and turned to Cedeile, an annoyed look on her face, mixed with anger.

"To become a Trinity Solider, you must sell your name to them." she said bluntly. Cedeile froze, trying to take the weight.

"Wh...what?"

"I sold my name to the Trinity Soliders. If I get promoted enough, then I'll get my name back. It's that simple." she said, as if it were nothing.

"You gave up your identity? Why?" Cedeile asked. 427 glared at her.

"That's not any of your concern. Now, let's go. We have work to do."

"Work?" Cedeile asked as they began walking through the town again.

"Yes. You have to get your memories back as soon as possible. You'll need them to fight."

The white haired girl sat on white chair in a desolate, empty room. She sighed as she looked down at he hands on her lap. Opening her blue eyes, she looked up at the ceiling, looking worried.

"That girl with the black hair has no memoires. But if I didn't do it, who did?" she asked no one. Suddenly, two figures began to clambor up the stairs that led to her room. She listened as their arguement echoed off the walls.

"That was smart, Axel. Really smart." A female voice said.

"Oh shut up, Lakchine. What would you have done?"

"I wouldn't have just let them enter the castle alive. Think of who's WITH HER." The two entered the room. The girl had short blond hair that was slicked back against her skull. Her eyes were a green-blue color, like a stormy ocean. The second was a man, a little taller than her, with spikey red hair brushed back behind him. Under his dark colored eyes were small, triangular marks.

"As long as he doesn't know, it won't matter." Axel said to her. She frowned.

"Oh yes. EVERYTHING will just magically be OKAY because you say it is!" Lakchine retorted sarcasticly. Axel growled at her and then looked over at the girl in the chair. He strode up to her forcefully and grabbed her by her hair, pulling her up out of her seat. She clenched her hands in pain and cried out.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU TO HER?" he demanded.

"I-I didn't do anything! I swear! Her memories were already gone when I first sensed her!" the girl said. Axel dropped her harshly.

"Calm down already. We still have the chance to kill her."

"Shut up, Lakchine!" Axel yelled and then turned back to the girl. "Alright you, who took the heartblade master's memories?"

"I don't know!" the girl said again. Lakchine rolled her eyes.

"If for once in your life you would just listen to me-" Axel ignored her anyway.

"This is trouble. If he finds out that the heartblade master is here without her memories, he's gonna come straight to us!"

"May I tell you my idea, now?" Lakchine asked impatiently.

"Fine. Let's hear it." She smirked at him.

"Maybe it's not such a bad thing that her head is a mess of lost memories. Maybe we can use it to our advantage..."Lakchine began.

"You think so, huh?" Axel asked.

"Well, she doesn't know who's telling the truth around here. All we have to do is tell her she was a servant of ours, convice her it's true, and then we won't even need the keyblade master! We'll already have the girl!" Lakchine stated gleefully.

"He'll never go for that, you know. He's got his sights on that damn keyblade." Axel said grudingly.

"He doesn't know a good thing when it slaps him in the face. Axel, if you and I can capture her, then we'll have power enough to go against the organzation for good. And besides...maybe she knows what Ansem's planning to do with that dead girl he dragged off." She smirked slyly, looking off to the side as she stood in front of him now. Axel rolled his eyes.

"She's not DEAD-her heart is missing, and because of that, she refuses to awaken. Ansem's going nuts over it really." he told her.

"Whatever. She's not really much use to anyone, almost like this one here." Lakchine pointed at the girl, cowarding in her chair.

"Hardly. Silvia is a body and soul forced back together again with unfavorable results. She-" he pointed at the girl-"- is of real use to us, you know. He's putting alot of faith in her."

"Faith? Hah! He's just using her like a puppet."

"Try telling the keyblade master that and he'll cut off your head. Not that I wouldn't enjoy that..." he said, glaring at her.

"Maybe your head is the one needing to be cut off." she replied. He glared at her.

"Well, we can't gain much by standing around here aruging all day. Let's get back to work. There are two masters here, remember." he said as the two began to go back to the door.

"How can I forget? He's throwing a real fit. Plus, Zexion said there was someone down in the basements." Lakchine's voice echoed up the stairwell as their footsteps got faint.

"God! Does it look like the castle door are just flung open for everyone to come in today?" Axel yelled angrily. The girl was now alone again. And although it was nice to not have someone yelling at her, she'd rather have had them stay. Because she was always alone.

'Hikari...we've been walking in this desert forever.' Aru said in her mind.

'I know.' Hikari Tagami replied. 'This is very odd. Is there anything at all out here?'

'I don't think so. It's just endless.' Aru replied. 'I need a break.'

'Let's just go a little farther, okay?'

"Alright." Aru said out loud. "But this is your idea. If I drop dead, it's your fault."

'Then I will be glad to take your body as my own.' She joked. Aru shook her head and kept walking onward. Suddenly, she saw a shadow on the sand. She looked up to the sky and sheiled her eyes from the bright glare of the sun. Up in the air was something triangular-it was to hard to see it because it was so far away, but it got closer and closer, and then she could tell. It was a girl in green hanging from a large glider who was swooping down towards her. The girl flew over her and landed in the sand in front of her, casuing clouds of it to fly up. Aru sheilded her face to kkep it out of her eyes.

"At last, I've found you!" The girl said. Her dark brown hair was kept in a ponytail high on the back of her head, and her eyes were a light brown color.

"And who are you. exactly?" Aru asked as the sand setteled again. A breeze came up and blew past them.

"I'm Mint, guardian of the Golden Desert. You're that mage everyone's been talking about, right? The one who can cast light magic?" she asked. Aru smirked.

"Not me." She replied. Her body began to glow and fade out, and in her place stood Hikari Tagami, smriking in the same way.

"Me." she said.

"Then you and I are going to fight!" Mint said. Hikari smirked and pulled out from behind her a pair of thick, cream colored gloves. She pulled them on and flexed her fingers.

"I haven't fought anyone in awhile. This should be fun." Hikari said. Mint charged forward, and Hikari ran to meet her. They collided in an explosion of fire and wood magic and went flying back to the ground, where both landed on their feet. Hikari summoned fire to her hands, and they both become enveloped in flame. She ran foward to Mint and swung her hand in an upward motion, making the fire follow and stretch out behind her. Mint got smacked with it and went flying back, but threw out and glowing green orb that exploded into a burst of flower magic, sending Hikari to the ground. She landed with her hand and flipped herself back into the air so she could land on her feet. She crouched in the sand, waiting for the next move. Mint stood up and laughed.

"You're pretty good. You've only just been using your blacksmith magic on me. You're one of the only ones in history to ever refine it for battle...Hikari Tagami."

"How do you know my name?" she demanded.

"That's my secret. Now it's time for me to finish you off right now."

"You use mostly plant magic, right? Fire and ice happen to be my favorites, so you can't win." Hikari replied, standing. "Why do you want to fight me anyway?"

"Orders." Mint spat.

"From who?"

"Not telling. It's a secret too."

"Is it the same person who seperated me and Aru from the others?"

"Perhaps." Mint smirked. Hikari glared.

"Than I'll make this quick." She called back the fire and ran forward. She threw to fire at her and it left her hands, flying independently at Mint. She blocked them with a barrier of vines she called from the ground at the last moment. She, in turn, summoned thick tree roots from the dry ground and sent them at the mage. They hit her hard in the chest and she flew to the ground. When she hit the sand, it flew up around her, and when it cleared she was Aru again. The shorter mage stood up and Mint croseed her arms in disapointment.

"She couldn't handle it, could she?" Mint asked Aru. Aru's crimson eyes narrowed.

"It's my turn!" she yelled. "THUNDRA BOMB!" The lighting flew at Mint, knocking her off balance. The battle was on again. Mint called forth two huge, man eating flowers from the ground. They showed their fangs and extened their stems to read her, but Aru shot firaga at them, causing them to burn up. Mint came out of nowhere and grasped Aru's face under her hand.

"GRAVIRA WAVE!" she yelled, and the spell hit Aru at full impact.She fell back on the ground, blood pouring down her face, her glasses slightly cracked. Around her neck dangled the black chain with the heart on it. Aru drew a cricle around her on the ground with her one index finger.

"AQUA PILLAR!" And out of the sand flew a huge water cyclone. It hit her foe and sent her sprawling on the ground. "FIRA WAVE!" Aru threw her hand up to the sky and then brought back to the ground, sending out five waves of fire.

"Flower Barrier!" Mint yelled, and a flower bloomed up and closed around her. The first two fire waves burned through it and the last three hit her dead on. Aru ran up again, blood blocking her vision at times.

"BLIZZAGA!" She yelled, hurling the magic blue snow at Mint. It hit her again, making several gashes on her body.

"Oh yeah, midget?" Mint called. "VINES! NOW!" Aru didn't see anything happen.

"What the-? Where-!" But she didn't have time to think, for a sudden, gaping pain erupted in her left shoulder. Blood ran freely down her arm and stained her white robe. She looked to see the vines had come from behind her and pieced right through. She winced horribly and looked back as she heard Mint laughing.

"Gotcha now, shorty! What're you going to do? Is Hikari Tagami going to save you?" Mint taunted.

"You..."

'Aru, please let me-'

'No.' Aru told her fiercely.

'But I haven't received the damage! You know that we don't share physical conditions! If I took your place I wouldn't have your wou-'

"I CAN HANDLE IT!" Aru yelled out loud. Hikari went slient in her head.

"Having a fight with yourself?" Mint asked threatening. Aru glared, grabbed the vine through her shoulder, and pulled, ripping it from it's root. She grimaced as she pulled it all the way through and dropped it on the ground. Mint's face was in a look of surprise. "Wow. Hey, you're pretty tough!" She jumped up in the air and floated there, looking down at her. "I'll leave you alone for now. But we'll fight again. You, me, AND Hikari Tagami!" And with that, she faded away. Aru fell on the sand, exhausted and blood stained.

'Aru!' Hikari called, worried.

"I'm alright..." Aru said quietly. "I just need to rest..." And with that, her crimson eyes were closed. Hikari took her place, stood up, and continued onward.

"I'll find you, Mint. And next time you'll lose for good."

6H: Well, you just got the first good fight in the story! YAY BLOOD!

Anaretsu: It wasn't even mildly impressive.

6H: Yeah, yeah. I'll see you all in chapter 5!