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Kingdom Hearts: The Beginning
Chapter 10: Keyhole
It seemed like an eternity when Hoshiko finally finished off all the heartless. She sat down sighing, all she wanted now was a nap. Everyone was recovering, luckily no one had been lost.
Pocahontas came striding back over to Hoshiko, she looked upset. "What are we supposed to do? Everyone thinks that John Smith and his people brought the..." she looked at Hoshiko for help, "black thing?"
"Heartless." She replied dully.
"Yes, everyone thinks that they brought them...but they didn't, John says they get attacked too." she looked at Hoshiko again. She shrugged, "All I can do is stop them. I don't know anything else I can do." Hoshiko said. "I've never been much interested..." she trailed off. She didn't want to explain the keyblade to her.
The girl from before walked over to us, a bit hesitant, "Fathe-uhm-The Chief would like to see you." She pointed to Hoshiko. Hoshiko got to her feet warily.
"Ok." She said. The girl lead Hoshiko to the tallest tent and pulled back the heavy cloth making room for her to take through. "Thanks..." Hoshiko said lamely. She walked under the flap and into the tent. It was decorated with animal skulls, bird feathers and beaded nets. There was a shelf holding bowls of what looked like paint. In the center of the tent stood the tallest man she had seen yet, he wore a huge feather 'crown' on his head. He looked down at Hoshiko with out expression.
"Keybearer," he began, his deep voice rumbling though the tent. "I thank you for saving my family today. With out your help the Heartless would have taken more of my people."
"Uh...You're welcome." Hoshiko said, unsure of what she was supposed to do.
"Now, since you are the bearer of the Keyblade it is your duty to find the source of the Heartless and seal it up." he said. "You may use as many of my men as you see fit-"
"Hold on! Seal a hole? What?" Hoshiko wanted to add how awkward it would feel with a handful of the huge warriors she had seen today walking along side her, but instead she said, "And I'm the only one with the tools to kill the heartless."
He seemed surprised that she had cut him off while he was speaking. "There's a keyhole somewhere where all the heartless are coming from, if that keyhole isn't sealed up then this world will be also lost to the heartless as countless worlds before." He reached for the shelf and wrapped his fist around something that Hoshiko couldn't see. He held it out to her, it was a key chain. It a small metal corn dangling off it. "Replace the chain on the keyblade with this one; it'll become stronger and change form."
Hoshiko reached out and took it from his warm hand. "Thanks..." She said, smiling a little. She couldn't wait to try it out.