"Is that a blizzard spell?" Sora asked as he watched as Yuna sat between Shige and Yasuto lying on cots in her hut.
"Yep. Do you know magic too?" Yuna asked as she smiled.
"A little bit," Sora replied with a cheeky grin. Paine and Rikku chuckled at Sora's response, Mitsu sat at the end of Yasuto's bed looking at Yuna.
"She's so pretty…" Mitsu thought to herself as she looked at Yuna smiling as she listened to Sora and cooled off the two king's men. Mitsu sullenly looked away from Yuna turning towards the exit and entrance to the tent ignoring Yue's eyes on her.
"Rikku can you get me some wet towels?" Yuna asked as the blue glow around her hands ceased. Rikku bounced a bit before walking over to what seemed to be a linen box. She pulled out two small towels and threw it into a bucket.
"One water sphere coming up," Rikku smiled as she pulled out a light blue swirling orb and threw it into the bucket, the sound of water splashing was heard through the room.
"Woah! What's that?" Sora asked, his eyes sparkling.
"It's a water sphere, it has a weak spell trapped inside of it to use against enemies," Paine replied.
"A weak spell? Then why use it?" Sora asked curiously.
"Not all of them are weak. Why don't you test it out yourself?" Paine replied and dug into her small pouch. She took out a neon blue swirling orb and handed to Sora.
"Think of it as payment for getting us out of that bind,"
"Woaaaah…thanks," Sora replied as he began to study the orb in detail, Yue scoffed as he watched the young boy.
Rikku rung out the towels leaving them somewhat moist and gave them to Yuna. Yuna smiled as she began to fold them and place the towels on to Shige and Yasuto's forehead.
"So you guys are from the world called Destiny Island?" Rikku asked as she daintily squatted.
"Yes, its similar to Besaid Island," Sora replied. Rikku nodded and turned to look at Yue leaning by the doorway.
"Where are you from?"
"…Twilight Town..." Yue hesitantly replied.
"Twilight Town?" Rikku repeated.
"Can we visit your world Yue?" Sora asked excitedly. Yue rolled his eyes and looked at Mitsu who was looking at him expectantly.
"…If we have time…maybe…and that's a big maybe." Yue replied as he looked away from Mitsu.
"I bet it's an interesting place…" Mitsu trailed off as if she was in thought. Sora looked at Mitsu and stood up to approach her when the hut began to vibrate.
"What—" Yuna started as she stood and braced herself as the vibrations became stronger.
"What's going on?" Rikku yelled.
"Lady Yuna!"
Several voices of the villagers called out to Yuna from outside her hut, bracing herself as best as she could Yuna headed out of her hut to the needs of the villagers.
"Wait! Don't—" Yue started as he stumbled after her, Mitsu, Sora, Rikku, and Paine followed Yuna out only to see her snatched away by a blurred figure.
"Yuna!" Paine and Rikku yelled as the figure darted into the deep brush of the jungle. Mitsu let her reflexes take over and darted after the figure.
"Mits—" Sora started but was cut off by a loud roar.
"Not again!" Rikku whined.
"Let's take care of it for the last and FINAL time," Paine said emphasizing on the last word.
"But Mitsu—" Sora started again.
"She'll be fine," Yue said as his red lance appeared his hand. "We can't leave them to fight by themselves,"
"But Yunie," Rikku started.
"Focus Rikku!" Paine shouted at the woman.
Sora and the others prepared to fight the lizard-like heartless. With his clenched jaw, Sora stole a quick glance at where Mitsu had disappeared into the dark foliage before he turned his attention back to the heartless.
Mitsu struggled to follow the unknown figure through the thick brush of the jungle, she managed to make it to a clearing in the jungle and quickly looked around for the figure.
"Show yourself!" Mitsu yelled.
"You're pretty good for keeping up with me,"
Mitsu spun around in the direction of the voice, up and behind her. A blond haired, tanned skinned man dressed in what looked to be leather black and yellow shorts with a matching vest had jumped down from the trees and a few feet away from Mitsu. Mitsu could see Yuna unconscious in the shades of the large tropical trees of the jungle.
"Who are you?" Mitsu asked cautiously.
"My name is Shuyin," the blond haired man replied.
"Shuyin. Let Yuna go," Mitsu stated firmly.
"Oh, she's still here…I thought he would have taken her by now," Shuyin replied as he glanced behind him to see Yuna unconscious leaning against a tree.
"Who is 'he'?" Mitsu asked.
Her body moved automatically as her Key blades appeared in her hands and blocked an attack from Shuyin. Shuyin looked into Mitsu's surprised eyes and pushed her back, Mitsu squeaked as she stumbled back.
"I know about your friends…but the Key blades are new," Shuyin stated as he swung his blue squared tip sword for show.
"What are you talking about?" Mitsu asked confused.
"You know...Kairi…and Riku,"
A soon as the two names left the man's mouth Mitsu had lunged at the man and swung her key blades at Shuyin. He barely had enough time to parry her attack and pushed her back.
"I'm impressed...you're fighting as if you were a natural at this key blade business," Shuyin joked
"How do you know about them?" Mitsu hissed.
"I've seen them…and Riku…he's here." Shuyin replied.
"W-what?" Mitsu asked caught off guard.
Shuyin smirked as a black portal opened next to him, he turned and pointed into the darkness.
"Your Riku is in there,"
"Mitsu…"
"R-Riku?" Mitsu stuttered as she heard the teen's voice call out to her. Almost immediately, Mitsu dropped her key blades and stepped forward in a trance. Her eyes glazed over as she continued forward and towards the hand that reach out from the portal.
Shuyin smirked as he noticed Riku's effect on Mitsu, her eyes had dulled to a dark blue and her guard was down. Shuyin raised his sword above his head ready to strike at his now meager enemy. Mitsu's odd-shaped necklace began to brightly glow causing her to stop, the portal vanished as Shuyin swung at her. Mitsu barely ducked, dodging his swipe her key blades appeared in her hands. She quickly darted towards Shuyin throwing him off guard as he barely had time to block her attack.
"Do NOT play games with me or my friends!" Mitsu yelled as she used her Key blades as hammers against Shuyin's sword.
Mitsu's new speed and strength caught Shuyin off guard, he tried to push her back, but she effortlessly dodged his attack and spun behind him hitting him in his back. Shuyin stumbled forward but quickly regained his guard as he darted at her, Mitsu rushed at him, their blades collided.
"You cannot defeat me…I'll make sure you feel 1000 years of all of my hatred of this world," Shuyin hissed at Mitsu.
"I'm ready for it!" Mitsu smirked.
Let your instinct guide be your guide.
The sudden burst of energy that Shuyin exuded caused Mitsu to be blown back a bit. With her key blades in her hands and instinctively Mitsu spun her key blades around and slid into a fighting stance she didn't know she knew.
"My instincts are my guide..." Mitsu said as she sighed calming herself down as she looked at Shuyin, a yellow aura had surrounded him.
"1000 years of sorrow," Shuyin shouted as he lunged at her, Mitsu's readied herself for his attack. Shuyin spun his blade, flipped, kicked and jabbed at her in one polished movement. Mitsu effortlessly dodged and blocked Shuyin's deadly barrage of attacks, she jumped back and spun her blades.
"My turn!" Mitsu yelled as she threw her dark blue-winged key blade at Shuyin, he easily deflected it. In doing so it opened his defenses allowing Mitsu to attack him with her white-winged key blade. After a series of blows, the man slid back after taking heavy damage. Mitsu jumped back and charged at Shuyin to deal the final blow, she seemed to vanish as she swiped at Shuyin with her key blades. Shuyin crumbled to the ground.
"You…are too late…the Princess…of Heart is gone…" Shuyin mumbled as his consciousness faded as soon his body seemed to disappear into black particles.
Mitsu watched in stoically as the man seemed to disappear into the air, the necklace around her neck stopped glowing as the key blades vanished leaving their whispy trail behind them. As if broken from a trance she looked around to see Yuna was gone.
"Princesses of Heart...What does he mean? Did he mean Yuna?" Mitsu started as she took a step forward, her vision began to blur. She stumbled forward and caught herself only to fall back, unconscious.
"I can't say that to her…she's…"
"You should tell her…"
"I can't…I mean what if she doesn't?"
Male voices echoed through Mitsu's head as she floated unconscious through the darkness.
"I may be a keyblade master…but I still…care…Ter—"
A female voice echoed in Mitsu's unconscious mind as if to answer the male voice that she heard just moments ago, but someone called out to Mitsu in her dream.
"She's finally waking up," Yue said as he watched the girl stir from her slumber and her eyes flutter open.
"What happened?" she asked as she slowly sat up.
"You were unconscious when we found you," Yue began.
"Are you ok? What happened in the jungle?" Sora asked as he leaned towards Mitsu. Mitsu veered back away from Sora.
"Sora you're too close…I fought Shuyin...and I…" Mitsu started.
"and you?" Yue asked.
Mitsu looked at her friend and the older man next to her, debating with herself if she should speak about who she possibly saw.
"and I defeated Shuyin, but after that, I don't know what happened" Mitsu replied. Sora sighed in relief as he sat back in his chair.
"I'm glad you're ok, that's the most important part to me," Sora nodded.
As the two teens spoke, Yue studied Mitsu with the suspicion that she held back something from her friend and him. As the white-haired woman walked into the hut the put the thought behind him and assumed that it was nothing. Paine had walked into the hut by alone, Mitsu stared at the woman confused and soon realized that Yuna, Rikku, Shige, and Yasuto were missing.
"Where—" Mitsu started.
"Gone," Paine replied.
"That's what he meant...Yuna must have been a princess of Heart..." Mitsu said as she stood. Yue and Paine looked at Mitsu in surprise after hearing her statement. Sora and Mitsu looked at the two older teens in confusion.
"What's a Princess of Heart?" Sora asked.
"I guess we were a little bit too brazen with them," Paine said to herself and placed a hand on to her hip. Mitsu looked at the white haired woman then to Yue in hopes that he had the answer that Sora and herself searched for.
"I assume you want me to explain…" Yue trailed off. Mitsu and Sora nodded eagerly, the man sighed softly and leaned back in his chair. He crossed his arms as he looked at the two teens that looked expectantly at him.
"I feel like I'm doing their job…l" Yue grumbled as before he began. "A Princess of Heart are maidens with hearts pure of light and void of the darkness," Yue replied.
"If that is the case then Rikku isn't a Princess of Heart…" Paine commented from behind Yue.
"If that is the case then they will be in for a rude awakening then," Yue commented bitterly.
"Who is they?" Sora asked.
"Whoever is trying to open the door to the darkness,"