7. Basements Five and Four
Once the trio left 'Olympus Coliseum', they proceeded to the steps when Windelle suddenly received another 'vision'.
This one showed Naminé sitting alone in her chair when a voice suddenly called out to her.
"Why so glum, Naminé?", Larxene asked as she and Yellow Ranger approached her. "Is there something that's been troubling you?"
When Naminé remained silent, Yellow Ranger asked, "Are you feeling awful about tinkering with Sora's memory? Or maybe you--"
"Cut it out, you two.", the replicas said as they entered the room and approached Naminé. "Naminé--she doesn't want to remember Sora."
"Is that so?", Larxene muttered.
"Worry not. We'll shoo away whatever's hurting you."
Riku Replica then pulled out the 'star charm', dangling it in front of her and said, "I swear it on this--the good luck charm you gave me."
as he put it away, Windelle Replica then bade farewell to Naminé as he and Riku Replica left the room.
Once they were gone, Larxene remarked, "That's just amazing. It's almost like you completely made his heart from scratch. Nice touch with the good luck charm. We had no idea you could use memories to turn stuff into something else, like a card into that charm."
Yellow Ranger then bent down and asked, "You used the same trick on Sora, right? You changed Kairi's good luck charm with you magic, didn't you?"
Larxene giggled, then bent down as well, saying, "It won't be long before Sora forgets about Kairi completely! Then he'll be all yours to-"
"He won't forget.", Naminé interrupted.
"Huh?"
"No matter how much I change his memory, Sora will never forget about Kairi. More false memories of me will just make his feelings for Kairi even stronger than before. Because I'm…the shadow of Kairi."
"What's your problem with that?", Yellow Ranger asked as she and Larxene got up. "That should be your incentive not to screw anything up. Just do a good job of rewriting Sora's heart. Then you'll actually be somebody and no longer just Kairi's shadow. You'll be real in Sora' heart."
The vision ended as the three were now at Basement Five. They chose Wonderland, and crossed the door. In the Room of Beginnings, they encountered Yi, but he was soon taken care of in a jiffy.
Once they left 'Wonderland' and ended up in the exit hall, Windelle received yet another 'vision'.
This one was of Grey Ranger and Zexion pondering and they were surprised when Lexaeus and Brown Ranger appeared.
"Vexen is no more.", Lexaeus reported.
"Cyan Ranger has been apprehended.", Brown Ranger told them.
"Yes, their scents are gone.", Zexion said. "Axel and Red Ranger struck them down… something I find deplorable-"
"You and me both, Zexion.", Grey Ranger interrupted. "Agent of the Organization and the Rangers striking each other down."
"Our problem is Sora and his friends.", Lexaeus told them. "Vexen and Cyan Ranger proved to be no match for them, yet they are still under the 'influence' of Naminé."
"But we cannot eliminate Sora and his friends, can we?", Grey Ranger asked.
"Correct.", Brown Ranger answered. "For our leaders--they are in dire need of the hero of light. When light loses sight of its path--we may find use for the dark. What we must do--is obtain the darkness."
"Riku and Windelle… of course."
The vision ended as the three reached Basement Four. All of a sudden, Riku stopped for a moment, and pullled out their last World Card: 'Halloween Town'.
"If we get through this, will we be free of the darkness?", Riku pondered.
"No choice but to get through.", Windelle said to him. "Don't worry. We'll find out the answer."
The three then used the card and crossed the door ahead.
-battle scene-
As Riku and Windelle entered the Door of Beginnings, the 'battle matrix' began right away, revealing the arena to be a roulette and the enemy as Ji, who was on a higher aisle blocked off with gates which even Windelle's shots can't pierce or penetrate. They solved this by performing 'Card Breaks' against his attacks which lower the gate. After repeating it three times, They then got up on his aisle and barraged him with Card Duels and Ilsa (Friend Card) but he soon pushed them back down and raised the gates. In response, they merely repeated the sequence and soon defeated him. Once they collected the goodies and his card (Regen), they returned outside the door of Beginnings.
-end of battle scene-
