Digimon Hearts: The Epic Adventure

Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.

Author's Note: Now that the Heartless are out, I should explain about
the creatures:

The Heartless are beings that come from the dark side of the
heart. They do not have hearts of their own and attack people who has
a pure heart. In this case, Davis and Rikku (being the guardians of the
Keyblade) has very pure hearts, and then there Ken, Dana, and Kiayone
who also has pure hearts, so to eliminate the five, the Heartless
constantly hunts down the five teens and tries to eliminate the three
teens standing in their way and also to destroy the two holders of the
Keyblade.

The only thing that can defeat the Heartless is either with
magic or using the Keyblade. Anyone can perform magic, but only Davis
and Rikku can use the Keyblade and use magic as well.

That explains everything about the Heartless and how they want
to get rid of our heroes/heroines. On with the story!

Chapter 4: Heartless Battles in Crystal Valley City

Rikku, Kiayone, and Dana were shocked. The Heartless were out
of the doors they were sealed in and who else did this but their own
so-called 'trustful' high guardian Cassidy. Davis and Ken were just as
shocked as the girls.

" One's coming from above!" Dana yelled as a Shadow Heartless
came from the sky and start to ambush the group.

More Heartless started to surround the group. Kiayone got out
her magic stick and Dana got out her shield, ready for attack. Davis
handed Rikku the Keyblade and said, " Show them what you got!"

Rikku nodded and ran off to catch up with the battle. Then
suddenly, more Heartless came behind the two boys.

" Hey, look behind you!" Kiayone yelled, locking on the three
Heartless and charging up a Firaga spell.

Davis and Ken barely made it out by the time Kiayone shot out
the blast of fire at the Heartless behind them, making them turn into
green marbles and blue bubbles.

Meanwhile, Rikku and Dana were handling the other two Heartless
fiends around the area. With a few swipes of the Keyblade and a pound
of Dana's shield, the two Heartless fiends were gone, and in their
places was a lot of green marbles and blue bubbles.

After that was over, the two girls rejoined the three teens.
Rikku, being concerned about everything and everyone, ran into the
three, checking on them.

" Is everyone okay?" she asked.

" Yup, just a little shaky. The boys almost got taken by the
Heartless. Luckily, I got there in time to save them." Kiayone said,
proud of her deed.

" Yeah, and nearly cooked us in the process." Davis mused,
making a face.

" Watch it, gogglehead. I don't like it when me OR my magic
skills are insulted, so watch it!"

" Kiayone!" Rikku scolded.

" Sorry."

" More Heartless! Attack!" Dana commanded.

Rikku took one glance at Davis and Ken, a little bit on the
helpless side without their Digimon to help.

" You guys, take them on, I'll handle the others."

" Why?! We need your Keyblade to chop and slice them!" Dana
yelped. Rikku shook her head.

" No, Dana. I must help my childhood friend and his friend. It
isn't me when I abandon them to fight. I'll protect them...even if it
means giving up my heart!"

Dana felt those words of strength. Rikku was right somehow.
How? Rikku had that heart of gold that rarely anyone else could carry.
She really cared about her best friends.

" Okay, then, go and take them to the Third District. Be extra
careful though. Here, I'll give them a little bit of my magic skills
to help you two. Stay still." Dana said, charging up a little spell
to give the two boys magic skills. She then shot the spell at the two.
They fell to the ground, a little stunned.

" You okay?"

" Yeah, we're fine. Now let's go!" Davis said, running towards
the Third District. Ken and Rikku followed behind him to the doors
of the Third District.

***

In the Third District, however, there was a enemy waiting for
them. All the escape routes were blocked when the enemy woke. It was
a Guard Armor, a very dangerous Heartless.

" Guys, get ready!" Rikku said, producing the Keyblade in her
hand. Davis and Ken also got ready to fight.

Rikku struck the right and left arms as well as the torso of
the Guard Armor. Every once in a while, she got hurt, but was still
able to fight. That was until she was starting to stumble. Ken saw this
and decided to aid the ailing Rikku.

" Heal!" he shouted. A wave of light surrounded Rikku and she
was healed.

" Thanks!" Rikku shouted. She went back to the battle. Davis
decided to use a Fire spell.

" Fire!" he yelled, shooting the fireball at the torso.

After a few fireballs from Davis, a little bit of healing from
Ken, and a lot of whacking with the Keyblade from Rikku, the once so
called mighty Guard Armor was destroyed. The passages were finally open
for them to get out. But before they got out, a familiar girl appeared
in front of them.

" Cassidy!" Rikku screamed. " Why are you doing this?! You
unlocked that door and the Heartless got out! What are you trying to
accomplish?!"

" I want to heal the world. Using the Heartless in my power,
I shall destroy the world to heal the world. Also, I have several
Digimon under my power. I never felt this much power before. Rikku,
I would give this power a chance." she replied.

Ken felt a cold chill coming from Cassidy. It was the same cold
feeling he had whenever he heard the Digimon Emperor's voice in his
head. It was almost too real to be true. Too true.

" Hey, did anyone plant a dark kind of seed in you?" he asked,
wanting to confirm his fears.

" Yes, when I was little. I was ten years old when a mysterious
man came into this world and said that this seed would help me become
what I always wanted to be: a powerful being. I wanted this, and now
my dream has come true! I shall rule over the worlds!" Cassidy replied.

Rikku looked at Ken. " What is this seed?"

" A Dark Spore. Her fears and sadness fed the seed until it
started to blossom into a dark flower. But since Cassidy hasn't fed the
spore any sadness or fear, it's feeding off something else: the center
of her heart."

" The center of her heart? Like a malfunctioning of the spore?
You said it fed off of sadness and fear."

" Yeah, it must have malfunctioned, now it's feeding off of her
heart. Before you know it, her heart will succumb to the darkness,
turning herself into a being of dangerous power. That happened to me
before, but I managed to escape by using friendship."

Cassidy laughed again. " The heart is a weak spot. You must let
come into darkness to become stronger!"

Rikku scoffed. " No way, Cassidy! We're not letting our hearts
fall into darkness!"

" Fine then. I'll find the princesses of heart. They will help
me find the final keyhole. Then I'll be back for you, Rikku. Until that
time, see ya!" She then disappeared.

The three teens just stood there, then sat down.

" Phew, great, first we got the Heartless, now we got to deal
with a very crazy high legendary guardian's daughter." Davis mused.

" Well, that's the least of our worries. We got to save the
princesses of heart from her or else, every one of the worlds will die!
We'll stop her... if it's the last thing we'll do!" Rikku replied.

At that moment, Dana and Kiayone came running.

" Are you guys okay?" Dana asked.

" We're going after Cassidy. She's after the princesses of
heart. Dana, stay here. Kiayone, come with us. We'll need the Gummi
Ship to travel." Rikku explained.

" Okay!" Dana replied.

" Why do you need me for the Gummi Ship?" Kiayone asked.

" 'Cause you're the only one who can drive it."

" Oh."

" Come on, you guys. We got a journey ahead of us. Let go!"

***

Next Time in Digimon Hearts...

Rikku and her friends travel to the Giga House World to find
themselves in big time danger, and I mean big! Can the four teens get
their plans into shape to find Cassidy and the first Princess of Heart?
Find out in Chapter 5!