HotXbun: Trigger warring. For this chapter and the next one, gun violence will be mentioned and even shown. If you're not comfortable with that, I would you don't read the next two chapters.

It's also because of these next two chapters that I'm going to bump up the rating to T.

Yurosoku: Worse than that.

IanAlphaAxel: You're welcome!

AnikaCousland: Sadly, yes. Thanks for the review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Pocahontas or Avatar The Last Airbender.

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Chapter 21 Shot Down Part One

Naminé's POV

That Night

Kairi and I were back at Grandmother Willow.

I was panicking about telling Riku how I feel about him.

"I'm not sure if I can do this Kairi", I stated.

"Again", she started. "If you can takeout Heartless, you can tell a guy you like him."

Before I could say anything else...I saw something.

I saw Riku.

He was struggling to walk! John was helping him!

Kairi and I ran up to him.

"Riku", I said in concern. "What happened?"

Then...I looked down at Riku's ankle...and gasped in shock.

Coming from it was...a trail of blood.

I looked at Riku in shock as Kairi and John helped him onto Grandmother Willow's stump.

"Riku", Kairi started. "What happened?"

"A man named Governor Ratcliffe happened", Riku replied. "He shot me."

I gasped at this.

"What", I said in shock. "Why would he do that?!"

"Because he's a coward", John stated. "He wants to attack Pocahontas' people. Riku said he would have to deal with him if he tried to, and he shot him when he turned away!"

When I heard this...I looked down sadly.

Then...I hugged Riku.

I felt him put his hand on my head.

"Luckily", John started. "I know how to treat gun wounds."

Ten Minutes Later

John had bandaged up Riku's wound...and I stayed by his side the whole time.

"Okay", John said. "Take it easy for about ten days and your ankle should be good as new." [Kingdom Hearts Extra: Please correct me if I'm wrong on this.]

With that Riku smiled at John.

"Thank you John", he said.

"Are you okay", I asked Riku.

"I'll be fine", he stated. "Don't worry about me Naminé."

"But I'm always going to worry about you, because I care about you."

This made Riku look at me in shock.

Then...he smiled.

"I care about you too Naminé. Promise me that you'll always remember that."

Now it was my turn to be shocked. And my turn to smile.

"I will. I promise."

This made Riku smile at me.

Then...Pocahontas ran up to us.

"The earth is trembling child", Grandmother Willow revealed. "What's happened?"

"The warriors are here", Pocahontas revealed.

"What warriors", Kairi asked.

"My father has called on warriors from other tribes", Pocahontas revealed.

"And my men are planning to attack your people", John revealed.

"Maybe it's not too late to stop this", Pocahontas stated before grabbing John's hand. "You have to come with me and talk to my father."

"Pocahontas", John started before he pulled back said person. "Talking isn't going to do any good. I've already tried talking to my men, but everything about this land has them spooked."

And as soon as John said this...I heard a howl!

I turned around and saw...a talking tree stump?

"That's the strangest creature I've ever seen", Grandmother Willow stated.

"Says the talking tree", Riku pointed out.

"True", Grandmother Willow said.

With that the tree stump tumbled and got stuck in between Grandmother Willow's branches.

Turns out it wasn't a tree stump. It was a dog with a tree stump stuck to him?

"Percy", John asked in confusion.

"You know this dog", I asked.

"He's Governor Ratcliffe's pet", John revealed.

With that Percy saw Meeko, growled, and started chasing him!

"Percy", John said. "Come here!"

"Meeko", Pocahontas said. "Come back!"

"You see what I mean", John asked. "Once two sides wanna fight, there's no stopping them."

Luckily, Grandmother Willow was able to stop this.

"Alright", she yelled. "That's enough!"

And as soon as Percy saw Grandmother Willow...he fainted.

"It's enough to make my sap boil", she said before grabbing Percy with her vine and putting him on her stump. "Now then, there's something I want to show you."

With that Grandmother Willow started moving her vine towards the water.

I helped Riku to the edge so he could see what was going on.

The vine touched the water...and ripples appeared.

"The ripples", Pocahontas said.

"What about them", John asked.

"So small at first", Grandmother Willow pointed out. "Then, look how they grow. But someone has to start them."

"They're not going to listen to us", John stated.

"Young man", Grandmother Willow started. "Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one. Don't you see? Only when the fighting ends can you two be together."

With that Grandmother used her root to move John towards Pocahontas.

"Okay", he said. "Let's go talk to your father."

With that...Pocahontas hugged John.

Then...Grandmother Willow covered us with her vines.

"What are you doing", I asked.

"Giving them some privacy."

With that I looked through the vines...and smiled.

Pocahontas and John were kissing.

I blushed...then held onto Riku's hand...and he held it back.

I looked at Kairi, who mouthed 'Tell him.'

With that I took a deep breath.

"Riku", I started. "There's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?"

But I didn't get to tell him...because before I could...I heard screaming!

I turned around...and saw a man run up and tackle John!

"Oh no", Grandmother Willow said. "That is the man who asked Pocahontas to marry him!"

With that...Kairi summoned her Keyblade before looking at me.

"Stay with Riku!"

With that Kairi jumped out of the vines and started fighting the man.

Her and Pocahontas had nearly managed to get him off of John...when this happened.

The gunfire went off...and the man fell to the ground.

I could only stay frozen in horror.

Another man ran up to everybody.

"Is he...", he asked

"You killed him."

"I thought that..."

"Get away from him", Pocahontas yelled as she tried to run up to the man.

John held her back.

"Pocahontas", he said. "It won't help! He was only..."

"He killed him!"

Then...I heard the cries of warriors!

"Tomas", John started. "Get out of here! And take Kairi with you!"

With that Tomas grabbed onto Kairi's arm and ran off with her!

"Kairi", I yelled.

I tried to go after her...but Riku pulled me back.

"Naminé", he said. "Don't!"

With that I turned my head...and saw a group of men capture John and take him away!

Some other men walked up to the one who died and picked him up.

Then...they left with Pocahontas...and Grandmother Willow pulled her vines back.

I started crying before I looked at Riku.

"Riku", I started. "What do we do?"

Riku could only look down sadly.

"I don't know."

Xigbar's POV

I was watching what was happening with Ira and Demyx.

"Yikes", the latter said.

Then...I smirked.

"Alright Demyx", I said. "You're up."

"What do you mean", Demyx asked.

"It's your turn to try and capture the princess."

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HotXbun: Oh boy.

Fair warning. This is not the last time guns will cause problems for the characters. That's why this chapter is called 'Shot Down Part 1.'

Challenge: Tell me what you think is going to happen next.

My Answer: A character is going to be shot, and it's not the one you're expecting.