The next day, in Yen Sid's study, where Fusa was in along with her master, she was reading on the history of Light, Darkness, and the creation of the first Keyblades known in time in a large dark leather-bounded book and delicate pages. She was sitting on top of the large treasure chest that she found the map of the Tower in and her backpack was resting by the chest itself. Her light pink eyes quickly scanned the paragraphs and descriptions of the written word on each page before turning the page. Yen Sid, on the other hand, took his time with writing a letter and looking up to see his young student. He was intrigued by how she was gathering knowledge from such a heavy book with a knowledge of heavier weight. He knew that she would be, perhaps, better suited with this knowledge on her journey if she is needed to survive.
As she was reading, however, Fusa noticed an aged drawing of a blue heart surrounded by light and became curious as to what it was. She read the description below the drawing: "Kingdom Hearts". She looked up with confusion, not knowing what that could mean, and got off of her seat with the book open, walking over to Yen Sid to see if he knows.
"There's something you wish to discuss to me," he spoke without looking up at his student.
Fusa was surprised that he predicted that she would ask him a question. Nonetheless, she would need to ask him, with or without his prediction.
"Yes, Master," she responded and began to ask him curiously, "What is 'Kingdom Hearts'?"
He stopped writing the letter and looked up at Fusa, who started to feel that she shouldn't have asked the question to him. However, he had to answer to his student, perhaps that she would know for her journey.
"Very well, then," he responded to her with a hesitant nod and she began to listen to what he had to say.
"In the 'age of fairy tales', when the World was whole," he explained to Fusa as she listened to him, "There was a great force known as 'Kingdom Hearts', which many believed to be the source of all Light. It was protected, but many came to desire the power of Light contained inside of Kingdom Hearts, and they clashed together, creating the first Keyblades."
"Wielded from this 'X-Blade'?" she asked him and he nodded in an answer.
"Greed and jealousy introduced Darkness into the World, and the Keyblade War erupted," he continued as Fusa became surprised by the mentioning of this "Keyblade War" from her master, "Many lost their lives in the battle, and the X-blade was shattered into twenty pieces: thirteen darkness and seven light. The Darkness shrouded the World forever and Kingdom Hearts was lost to the Darkness as well."
Once he was finished, Yen Sid then lowered his head and began writing the letter again, finishing it up and using his magic to wrap it and placed his signature stamp on it before making it disappear to deliver it. As he was doing this, Fusa was watching him using his magic.
"The good fairies mentioned that a boy saved the Worlds from Darkness a year before- who is or was he?" she asked him as she closed the book carefully.
Before Yen Sid could answer, however, there was a knock at the door, to which Fusa snapped her head to the door with confusion. It was an urgent and important toned knock, not unlike any of the good fairies. He turned his head to his student and nodded his head for her to go and open the door to see who it was. She put the book down on the desk carefully and walked over to the door, and opened it. Running past her was a figure half her size in the Black Cloak with two large mouse ears, making her gasp and summon her Keyblade in her right hand in a flash of light out of defense. Yen Sid, on the other hand, was unfazed by the figure as the figure itself stopped in front of his desk. It, too, had a Keyblade- one resembling much her own, except it was gold and silver with a red rainguard, teeth resembling a crown, and a golden keychain with a golden mouse head token at the end of the chain.
Fusa was flabbergasted by what she saw with her own eyes: an Organization member wielding a Keyblade. Yen Sid, however, was not bothered by what he saw.
"It has been quite a while, Your Majesty," he spoke to the figure as Fusa listened to their conversation with each other.
"Master Yen Sid, I've received word about Sora's condition," the figure spoke in a falsetto voice, though it was serious and urgent, "He's woken up after a year in sleep. However, the Organization is on the move. They'll try to attack him, especially since he doesn't know what they are or what they want."
"He shall receive information on Organization XIII and the enemies he will face on his journey," Yen Sid spoke with a nod of his head. "Is he on his way here?"
The King nodded in confirmation, but he asked the retired Keyblade Master, "What about the Newborn Nobody? Does it know how to wield the Keyblade?"
Yen Sid nodded and looked at Fusa to join them, though she was confused to what was going on. Nonetheless, she walked over to where he was and stood next to him, to which the mouse King looked up to see her as well as her Keyblade. Rather than surprise, his eyes showed disbelief and shock. This confused her, for she thought that he didn't know that the Newborn Nobody in question- her- would be female. In truth, however, it was not the same.
"Your Majesty, this is the Newborn Nobody that you requested me to train for her Keyblade training with," Yen Sid explained to the King as Fusa tilted her head to the side with a puzzled expression, looking at the unusual sized mouse, "She has been taught the basic skills needed for her journey."
"However, there has been some Heartless surrounding the Tower, Master Yen Sid," the King spoke to the sorcerer in a hushed voice as Fusa started to listen for a bit, "She needs to head to Traverse Town immediately, where her companions are waiting."
"Companions?" Fusa asked curiously, which both the sorcerer and the King looked at her with confusion. She blushed with embarrassment before she could ask any more.
A dark scent, however, caught their attention and they turned to outside of the door and descending down the staircase. Both Yen Sid and the mouse King grimaced when they recognized the scent; Fusa didn't know what it was. The King prepared his Keyblade and rushed out of the study, as the Newborn Nobody turned her head to see if her master knew what was going on. Yen Sid crossed his arms and walked over to her as she watched him do so, though she was starting to get nervous as to what was going on.
"Keyblade Wielder of the Heart, this is where your basic training is put to the test as of now," he spoke to Fusa as she listened with disbelief. "You will need to go to Traverse Town to begin your journey officially. There, you will be joined by two figures from the King's world: the Knight and the Gummi Ship pilot. They will ensure that you will stay on the path of Light. The forces of Darkness will use the Corridors of Darkness to travel, for anyone that travels there without protection would succumb to the Darkness and its terrible influence. Nobodies will use the Corridors as they please, but at a cost. I will advise you not to use the Corridors under any circumstances."
Fusa nodded in understanding. Although she has never seen what the Corridors looks like, she was most likely certain that the Organization would see her if she was there, out in the open.
"What about you, Master?" she asked him with an unsure feeling. She didn't want to leave him or the three good fairies to fend off the Heartless by themselves. To her, it would feel wrong to do so.
"Do not worry for me or the good fairies, young one," he responded to her as she listened to him still. "We will be safe from the Heartless, for I would use my own skills to protect us from the Darkness and their influence."
Fusa nodded in understanding before both student and master noticed a large cat-like figure with belts and zippers in blue and red shouting commands at the Heartless. She was puzzled again by what she saw, much like how she saw the mouse King. However, she knew that this one was trouble as creatures in black and with yellow eyes disappeared without a trace. Yen Sid, on the other hand, knew what the creatures are.
"Are these the Heartless you told me about, Master?" Fusa asked as she took steps back away from the window, her Keyblade in hand.
"Yes, young one," Yen Sid answered with a nod. "You will need to head down to catch the next train to Traverse Town. Go, Fusa, while you still can. And be careful on your journey, for it will not be an easy one to take."
Before she could protest, she knew that there was little she can do except to leave and fight off the Heartless on the way out into the Courtyard. She would have to obey her master's words, no matter what the results would be. She sighed without an attempt to protest anything that he spoke and looked at him before nodding her head in understanding. With that, she gripped her Keyblade in one hand and started walking to grab her backpack before exiting the room. As she left, Yen Sid watched and returned to his desk, sitting down in the chair and waited for what would be to come. He made the flick of the wrist for protection from the oncoming enemies and their commander, whatever the cost would be.
Fusa ran down the descending stairs, her Keyblade in hand. She knew that Yen Sid would be counting on her for her new skills to be put to the test with the Heartless. She felt scared, but knew that she would need to be brave. Upon reaching to the Moon Chamber, however, there was a handful of black creatures close to her size with yellow eyes, the same as outside of the Tower. She screeched to a halt and stared at them with a sick feeling. Her hand holding the Keyblade began to shake slightly, but the creatures- the Heartless- took notice of her and started to crawl towards her.
"Think about your training, girl," Fusa spoke to herself in a whisper as she hesitantly held her Keyblade up to prepare fighting them, "Don't think about the Heartless, just pretend that they're Training Dummies. Think that they're Training Dummies."
She exhaled and made her first move on one of the shadow-like Heartless before it could leap up and claw at her, executing a combo of Thrust and Horizontal Slash at it before sidestepping to Guard, Horizontal Slash and Vertical Slash at another Heartless. With each strike, it injured the two Heartless and eventually killed them, leaving only a bit of Munny and the Health and Heart Orbs behind. Fusa moved onto more of the Heartless, using her skills to fight, until they were killed and faded into the void, leaving behind a bit more Munny and the Orbs. She hurried and collected the spoils before opening the door to descend down the stairs to the Star Chamber.
On her descent down the spiral steps, Fusa noticed more of the shadow-like Heartless that try to go after her and to claw at her. She dodged at some of the them, but others clawed at her arms, leaving sets of thin dark red three claw marks, leaving her to strike back. Although the marks were bleeding slightly, she didn't notice. Using Vertical Slash, Horizontal Slash, and Thrust to attack when they try to attack and Guard to defend herself, Fusa was able to defeat the second batch of Heartless before collecting more of the Munny and the Health and Heart Orbs. From absorbing the Health Orbs, the claw marks on her arms began to fade away little by little, though they were not fully gone. She also felt her Heart powers being boosted up, and she began to wonder if she could try her powers on the Heartless. Or at least, if they even have hearts. So she made her descent down the Star Chamber to continue her trek to reach the train to Traverse Town, wherever it was.
Once she made into the Star Chamber, there was a third batch of the shadow-like Heartless. This time, though, they were joined by odd soldier-like Heartless creatures with silver helmets, bright red claws, blue skin, yellow eyes, and an odd heart like symbol of black and red cracks. The soldier-like Heartless were slightly taller than the shadow-like Heartless, but Fusa found them to be a threat as well. Nonetheless, she had to defeat them in order to get into the Entryway to catch the train outside.
When the Heartless saw her, the Shadow Heartless and the Soldier Heartless batch started to go after her as well, the Shadows leapt at her and Fusa used Guard against them before using Horizontal Slash on them before moving onto the Soldiers. However, when she moved to fight back at them before they could claw at her as well, Fusa felt that she was spinning them around like a Cyclone with her Keyblade and then throwing them to the wall, killing them and they left behind spoils when they dissolved into Darkness. She stopped and realized what she did and looked at her Keyblade with bewilderment. Either it was making her do odd attacks on a specific enemy, or she had learned a new attack. Nonetheless, she continued her fight with the third batch of Heartless and the Star Chamber was empty again except for her and some fallen spoils.
Fusa quickly collected the fallen Munny and Orbs, healing the marks completely before noticing an odd-colored shard and picked it up off of the ground. It was purple and crescent shaped, something that she's never seen before. She wondered if it was something that they have stolen from Yen Sid. But she knew, in her heart, it was too late to go back to her master now. So she placed the purple crescent shard into her backpack and made her way out of the Chamber to descend down the stairs.
On her descent down, however, three more Shadow Heartless appeared from the ground and made their way up to attack her as well. Fusa defended herself with Guard again, but one of the Shadows slinked into the ground and began to crawl up the steps like an actual shadow. She watched it before it came out of the ground again she swung her Keyblade with a Horizontal and Vertical Slash on it, killing it and it dissolved into Darkness as well. As she fought off the Shadows, one of them swiped its claws multiple times, scratching her arms again, as she shielded herself with her arms. She used Vertical Slash and Thrust on the other two Shadows, which they then dissolved into Darkness as well.
She looked at the fallen Munny and the Health and Heart Orbs, where the Health Orbs again caused the marks to fade away little by little, before moving to pick those up as well and hurried her descent down the stairs and into the Entryway. In the Entryway, she noticed that there was no Heartless in it, yet she knew that she would not take any chances at that yet. There, she noticed that there was a small treasure chest in the corner by the stairway and walked over to it with curiosity. Fusa figured that she would have time to open some treasure chests before she leaves for the train outside.
There, she grabbed a fallen curtain and wiped off the dark remains of the dissolved Heartless and wiped the teeth and guard of her Keyblade before she inserted the Keyblade into the lock of the treasure chest and unlocked it, opening it. There revealed an orange covering with a sticker that reads "Tent" at the front. Fusa put her Keyblade down by her side, took her backpack off, and picked the Tent up to put it in the pack along with the two Potions and the journal book she decided to bring along. She closed her pack and put it back on her back again before picking up her Keyblade and standing up to exit out of the Tower.
However, she remembered that the Heartless Commander was outside and became fearful that he would see her and get the Heartless to attack her. She knew that it would be a risk to take, but it would be one she would have to take if she wants to survive. So she began to run to the doors leading to the Courtyard and opened the right door handle with all of her strength while her Keyblade was in her right hand.
Once she got the door open, Fusa looked outside to find that a maroon colored train was waiting for her, but that the Heartless Commander was speaking to the twitchy Shadows and lanky Soldiers by the side. She gasped to herself and cowered with alarm that either the Heartless or their Commander would take notice of her and try to either contain her into the Tower or to attack her as well. Nonetheless, she swung the door wide open and quickly ran down the stairs of the Tower and out into the courtyard, making a run towards the train. Before she could reach it, however, one of the Shadow Heartless noticed her and began jumping up and down wildly, causing the Commander to stop talking. Fusa stopped running and watched what the Heartless was doing before having a sick feeling in her heart. Something was wrong, and she knew that there was going to be trouble.
"Whaddya think you're doin', jumping around like that?" the Commander barked at the jumping Heartless in an deep booming voice. "I didn't pay ya to jump- I didn't pay ya anything, so I suggest ya-" He stopped when the Heartless began to point at the young Keyblade wielder behind him.
Fusa saw what the Heartless was pointing at and ran over to the train with panic, closing the sliding door. The door made an echoing thud when it was closed, causing the Heartless Commander to hear it with small cat ears pointing up and turned his head to see. There, he chuckled wickedly and charged to the train door, banging his large fists at the train door and attempting to open it. On the inside of the train, Fusa yelped in fear when the Commander was trying to open the train door and struggled to keep him from opening the door. She knew that his large size would also mean that he would have large strength as well- she would be at a disadvantage if she fought him.
"Come on out, ya little pipsqueak, see!" he threatened as he banged on the door again and Fusa tried to find a lock to keep him out. "Don't make me rip this here door of its hinges! Nobody, and I mean nobody, messes with the Mighty Pete!"
As she struggled to keep the train door closed from the Commander, Fusa had an idea on how. She looked her Keyblade and the gap between the train door handle and the handle close by, knowing that he would not be able to get the door open if she used her weapon to prevent him from the door. With that, she briefly released the door handle and quickly placed the guard of the Keyblade through the two handles, the teeth of the Keyblade locking it into place. There, Fusa waited with nervous anticipation to see if her idea worked.
She heard the Heartless Commander struggle to open the door by its handle with the Keyblade shaking a bit, her heart beating quickly before the shaking stopped she heard some grumbling from the outside. However, she feared that he wasn't gone yet.
"Just you wait and see, kiddie," the Commander warned her in a seething tone as he clenched his fists with bitter anger and she listened with her ear to the door, "I'll see to it that that old sorcerer Yen Sid will become a Heartless under my control and become my personal bodyguard, special for me."
Fusa heard the Commander's warning and covered her mouth with shock, fearing that he would try to do so. But before she could speak, the train made a jolt and began to move on the railway tracks. There, she watched at the Commander turned his attention to the Heartless and pointed to the Tower as the train moved farther away from the floating section of land, to which the Heartless began their rush to the Tower to begin their assault. She removed her Keyblade from the handles and allowed it to disappear in a flash of light as she hurried to the dark red cushioned seat by the window and watched with worry.
"Master, no…" Fusa spoke to herself quietly in a feeling of helplessness, the Mysterious Tower and the floating land it rested on now seemed smaller.
It was too late to return now; she was on her way to Traverse Town.
