Digimon Hearts: The Epic Adventure
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.
Chapter 7: Davis' Day of Destiny and Kairi's Gift of Life
Back in the First District of Traverse Town, the five teens
were getting to know the new girl, Ginny, a little better.
" So, Ginny, you're a adventurer too?" Rikku asked, swinging
her feet around to sit next to the blond fourteen year old girl.
" Yup, I've been everywhere! I'm from Westia, the place where
I was born. I'm very smart, but also very friendly with people and
creatures alike, except the Heartless..." She then grew silent.
" What's wrong, Ginny?" Kiayone asked, concerned.
" My parents died because of the Heartless. For eight years,
I've been studying them, trying to find any weakness of those hideous
creatures. I want to get rid of them because of that reason."
Rikku looked down, looking very upset.
'More lives are dying... all because of Cassidy... we got to
stop them before the entire world is gone...' she thought to herself.
" Rikku, are you okay?" Kairi asked.
" Kairi, we have to stop the Heartless! For the sake of the
world and our lives, we have to stop them!" she said, her emotions
taking over.
" Well, Rikku...how can I put it... we can stop the Heartless
if we can get rid of that snobbish girl, Cassidy. That easy!" Davis
said after making a plan.
" Easier said than done, old wise goggle boy," Kiayone scoffed.
" Cassidy's not that dumb enough to fall into a hole. We need an plan!"
" My plans always work!"
" Last time you said that, we nearly came spider chow for a
Dokugumon..." Ken said, explaining about Davis' last plan.
" A what?" Rikku, Kiayone, Kairi, and Ginny asked together.
" Uh..." both boys said meekly, looking at the other warily.
The girls didn't know about the Digiworld since they lived in this
world all this time.
" That's okay, we don't want to know if it's a bug." Kiayone
said, making a face.
" Okay."
Just then, a wind of big proportions was above them. Kairi
looked up, walking a little, probably to get a better look. Davis and
Ginny followed her just to keep the young Princess of Heart on the
safe side.
Just then, a bright light surrounded the three kids looking up
and blinded the other three with the brightness. When the light let up,
Rikku, Ken, and Kiayone looked at the spot where Kairi and the others
were at. They were gone without any trace. The others just stared in
major disbelief.
" T-They're g-g-gone! Vanished without a trace!" Kiayone said,
actually realizing the real fact.
Rikku then heard something coming from above. Then the once
visible sky started to dark a little. Before you know it, a ship was
above their heads, and it was one that was too familiar looking.
" The Darkness Gummi!" the young goggle girl yelped.
" When there's the Darkness Gummi....." Kiayone started.
" ......there's Cassidy." Rikku finished, her eyes glaring.
" Look, I see the others!" Ken said, pointing to the cockpit
of the Darkness Gummi.
Indeed, there was Davis, Kairi, and Ginny, trying to find a
way out of there. And there was another person in there with them.
" Cassidy!" Rikku yelled. " We gotta follow them! Who knows
what will happen if we don't follow them!"
All three didn't waste any time. All of them jumped into the
Starlight Gummi and followed the Darkness Gummi.
*~*~*~*~
Twenty minutes passed until Rikku, Ken, and Kiayone reached an
very frightening place, very far away from the safety of the light.
" Kiayone, what is this place?" Rikku asked, obviously very
afraid of the place.
" Hallow Bastion. This is where the Heartless reign supreme,
the place where they started flowing into the world. No surprise there
why Cassidy took the others here. She thinks she has the advantage
over us here." Kiayone explained.
" I'll bet that Davis and the others are at the highest tower.
Cassidy probably knows that we're here to save the others, so she has
to place them out of our reach. She'll try to get rid of us using her
Heartless, so we got to take extra caution in this area," Ken also
explained. " Rikku, you've got to be extremely careful in this place.
Cassidy is way too unpredictable."
" I know that. But I'll go to that measure if anything happens
to Davis, Kairi, or Ginny. I won't take any more pain or suffering
from that Cassidy. I'll show no mercy on her..." Rikku said, very
serious and giving a deadly death glare at the building.
With that said, the three went inside the huge castle, hoping
to see their friends alive.
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile...
" Let me out! Let me out of here!"
Davis was screaming to be let out. He was very upset and angry
since he became one of Cassidy's prisoners.
" Davis, calm down a bit. That screaming bit won't help us,
not one bit. Why yell and scream?" Ginny asked.
" Haven't you noticed that Kairi is missing? She must be in
Cassidy's grip. What if her heart was stolen by the Heartless? That
door is going to be opened if Kairi's heart is used! We just have to
save her!"
" ... Okay, you got a point there. But how are we supposed to
break metal bars? They're unbreakable in this form, but if we can-"
" I know! Fire!" Davis said, aiming the spell at the bars. He
heated them up as much as he can. Then he shouted, " Freeze!" A ice
storm then froze the bars, causing them to shatter.
" Problem solved, Ginny! Now we can find Kairi! Let's split up
and find her, okay? You got magic to protect you, right?"
" Yeah, just be careful. Cassidy's dangerous."
With that said, the two split up into their own seperate ways.
Their goal: to find Kairi before the world came to a end.
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, in the Church Chapel, Cassidy was pleased, yet also
not pleased.
" Well, I got what you wanted. But....I can't open the door."
she said.
" Why is that?" a mysterious figure asked.
" The Princess of Heart.... well... her heart is gone. I took
it out, and it just flew away. I don't know where it can be, but I'll
search high and low of this castle. The Princess of Heart's heart will
be ours again.
" Make sure of that, Cassidy. No foul-ups this time. I want the
Keyblade weilders and their friends eliminated."
" Right!" Cassidy yelled.
*~*~*~*~
A bright light is seen flying down the stairways. It's indeed
Kairi's heart, trying to find one of her friends.
' I gotta find someone to hide myself inside their heart. I'll
die if I can't find one of my friends... oh!'
The little light stopped. She was afraid that the person that
was coming up was a Heartless Shadow. But it was someone that she knew.
' That's Davis! Hmm, he'll have to do. I can't stay out here
for too long, my light will fade slowly,' the light thought. ' Well,
he'll keep me safe in his heart. He's just full of friendship.'
The little light flew and turned invisible before the goggle
boy could notice and went into his chest, hiding from the darkness.
' I just hope that I won't kill him.'
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, Rikku, Ken, and Kiayone were having troubles of
their own. A Heartless Soldier fleet caught them and the three were
defending themselves with all they got to protect themselves and also
destroy the fleet.
" Thunder!" Rikku shouted, shooting lightning bolts at the
Heartless Soldiers, turning them into pryoflies that went away in a
quick flash.
Kiayone, however, decided that first-level magic wasn't just
enough. " Firaga!" she shouted, causing a huge fireball to blast the
other Heartless creatures, turning them into pryoflies as well. It
still wasn't enough.
" We need a new plan, guys. This is not working." Ken said,
pointing to the new Heartless creatures.
" But what would work?" Rikku asked.
That's when a miracle happened.
" Need any help?" a young girl asked. She was behind the dark
creatures, but she was on their side. " I'll get rid of them! Here I
come! Holy!"
A bright circle of light circled around the whole Heartless
fleet and went up, then the light shattered into many shards of light,
instantly killing the Heartless. The three teens stared in awe at this
young girl. She was a thirteen year old with blond hair wore in a
ponytail like the one Ginny has and had beautiful sapphire blue eyes.
" Who are you, dear heroic girl?" Kiayone asked.
" My name is Mina Lockheart. I've been living here for several
years. Cassidy never found me. I'm just a regular girl who's constantly
living in the fear of the Heartless," she stared at the Keyblade that
Rikku had with her. " Ah, a Keyblade mistress. Please let me join your
group for my home is no longer my home, since I live in fear."
" Okay, Mina. You can trust us." Kiayone said, nodding her head
in agreement.
Then, Ginny came running inside the room.
" Ginny! Are you okay?" Rikku asked, running to her friend.
" Where's Davis and Kairi?"
" I don't know, I was searching for them, then I ran into you
guys. Rikku, I got a bad feeling that something big is going to happen.
Something involving both Davis and Kairi. I just can't shake this bad
vibe away."
" Alright, Ginny, we'll find them, before anything can happen
to them. Come on, guys, we got searching to do!" Rikku shouted.
" I know the way around here. I'll take you to anywhere that
you want to go in this castle." Mina explained.
" Then can you please take us to the highest room?" Ken asked,
trying to be polite to his new ally.
" Sure thing! Follow me."
*~*~*~*~*~
Davis was walking up the stairs that led the way to the Church
Chapel, searching for his missing friend.
" Kairi, where are you? Kairi!" he shouted, always getting no
response from the young girl, not even knowing about her heart being
in his.
He finally reached the door that led inside the Church Chapel.
He opened it and entered the room. There, inside, were the six missing
Princesses of Heart, all in a deep sleep. He stared in disbelief at
this sight.
' What did they do to deserve this....' he said to himself,
just staring at their bodies. Then he went up another set of stairs,
this one much shorter than the last ones. When he reached the top of
the stairs, he saw Kairi.
" Kairi!"
He ran to her body, and tried waking her up by shaking her
gently.
" Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes!"
" She cannot wake up." a awfully familiar voice said. Davis
looked up and there, perched on one of the ceiling, was Cassidy.
" What? You're Cassidy, aren't ya?" he asked.
" The Princess of Heart cannot awaken unless she has her heart
back in her body." she explained.
" Her heart...is gone?" he asked, his voice quivering.
" No, her heart.... is in yours!" she yelled. Then waving a
hand in front of her, Cassidy used her dark powers to show the young
goggle boy that he had Kairi's heart inside his.
Within seconds, Davis fell to his knees, grasping his chest in
pain. A small light was seen by him before it disappeared again, hiding
in his heart.
" You see that? Her heart is hiding in yours. Now I will use
my Keyblade of Darkness to unlock your heart to set hers free."
Cassidy came within steps of him, then stopped. She raised the
Keyblade of Darkness above him, ready to stab him in the heart to end
his life and unlock his heart to capture Kairi's heart again. Before
she can deal him the deadly blow, Davis head Kairi's voice.
' Block the attack! Now!'
With the quickness of his speed, Davis blocked the coming
Keyblade of Darkness with his own Keyblade.
" Get...back!" he said, growling. He pushed the evil teenager
away, determined to keep Kairi's heart. " There's no way you're going
to take Kairi's heart!"
Davis took a battle position. He was determined to save his
best friend, second to Rikku, of course. Then Cassidy was fast enough
to try to deliver the very first blow, but the goggle boy was faster
than her and he gave her a blow to the shoulder.
" Ow! Take this!" Cassidy yelped when she was hit. She counter
Davis' hit with one of her own, but he casted Aerora when he was about
to be hit.
The attack bounced off and hit Cassidy again. She was getting
really furious at the young goggle boy. She decided to use everything
she got.
What the two fighting teens didn't know was that there were
one girl who was seeing the fighting take place. It was Ginny, who got
lost while searching for Kairi.
" I wonder... who's that fighting? It can't be Davis or Kairi.
They're too innocent. Hmph... I can't see. That doesn't help. I'll stay
and see how this plays through." she said, squinting her eyes to try
to get a better look.
Neither Davis or Cassidy noticed her for they were still busy
trying to tear the other apart.
" Feel my pain! Darkness Blast!" Cassidy started to glow a blue
light and flew high into the air before landing back down and started
to run really fast. Davis was hit several times really hard, but he
barely dodged the big blow that would have easily killed him on the
spot.
" Hah! Ya missed! Cura!" he shouted, adjusting his goggles.
A green light surrounded him and healed him and his wounds. Cassidy
tried her move again, only for it to be reflected back to her. Davis
then decided to use his ultimate ability.
" Ars Arcanum!"
He came running and hit Cassidy a lot of times before she was
defeated.
" I'll b-be b-back for you and your Keyblade. Until then, I'll
catch you later!" She then disappeared.
Davis took a big sigh of relief. Cassidy was gone for now, but
now he had a huge problem. Kairi was still lifeless without her heart,
which he still had in his heart. Then he noticed the Keyblade that
Cassidy had left behind during her getaway. He remembered that the
dark Keyblade had a power to unlock hearts. He thought about this until
Ginny came up to check the damage.
" Davis? Where's Kairi?" she asked.
" She's over there, but her heart-" he broke off the sentence,
still thinking about what to do.
Ginny gasped. " Kairi's gone?!" She slumped down to her knees.
She felt like she failed her job of keeping Kairi safe.
" Her heart...is inside mine. I got to get it out, or her body
will die, but I don't know what to do," he continued. " But if what
Cassidy said is true, this Keyblade has the power to unlock hearts. If
I unlock mine, I'll free Kairi's heart, but then I probably would kill
myself in the process-"
" Davis, I usually trust you on your plans, but... this plan
is way too dangerous for you!" Ginny yelled, trying to get some sense
into her friend. " Please don't do this!"
" I have to. Kairi's life is at stake. My life as a normal kid
is over. I'm a Keyblade master. I have to do this. Ginny, thank you
for being there for me. Oh, before I go, I want you to give this to
Kairi. I want her to have this."
He took off the goggles he cherished so much and handed them to
Ginny, who still wouldn't let her friend do this.
" What about Rikku and the others? Don't you care for their
happiness?! They need you!"
" Tell them that I enjoyed being part of this team. I really
changed a lot of lives. And tell Rikku... that I loved her."
Ginny was in tears, actually crying.
" You...loved Rikku? Then why go through this? It's obvious
once I tell her that, she'll break down into tears."
" She won't... she'll understand my act of friendship. Just
tell her that I'll see her one day and that day is when we'll be happy
being together forever."
" Okay..."
" Tell Kairi that I really enjoyed her company," Davis also
said. Before finishing his speech, he said, " Take care of everyone for
me, especially Rikku and Kairi."
After that, he walked to the middle of the floor, holding the
Keyblade of Darkness in his hand. Ginny just turned around, not wanting
to see him plunge the Keyblade of Darkness into his chest.
Davis just took a deep breath, knowing that he would be gone
by the time Kairi would wake up. He took one last look at the young
girl.
' I hope you have a wonderful life, Kairi. Take care of the
others for me, okay?' he smiled to himself. Then his thoughts before
he plunged the Keyblade into him turned to Rikku.
' Rikku, take care of Ken, Kiayone, Kairi, and Ginny for me.
They're your friends too. I hope that we see each other again. Until
then, my childhood friend, goodbye.'
He then plunged the Keyblade of Darkness into his heart and
turning the Keyblade, unlocking his heart. He didn't let out any sound
while he slowly fell into the darkness. He just let a smile form on
his face, knowing that Rikku and the others were in safe hands. He then
started to glow a golden light.
Kairi then took her first breath of air. She slowly got up from
the ground to see Davis slowly fall to the ground.
" Davis!"
She ran towards him, but before she could reach him, his entire
being disappeared from her. All that was left was little specks of
light that flew from her place.
" Where did you go?" Kairi asked, trying to find the goggle
boy who saved her. She then saw Ginny, who was now on her knees, crying
her heart out.
" Ginny, where did Davis go? He disappeared in front of me!
Did he...?"
" I'm afraid so, Kairi. He perished because he wanted to save
your heart. He paid the ultimate price to save you. It was worth it,
though. You're alive." Ginny explained through her streams of tears.
" Don't worry, Ginny. I'll bring him back. I promise!" Kairi
said, trying to comfort the crying fourteen year old girl.
" But how-?" Ginny was about to ask when she heard voices.
" Ginny, Kairi, Davis, where are you?" Rikku's voice asked,
sounding worried.
Kairi was about to answer when Ginny frantically shook her
head, knowing all the questions that Rikku would ask. Kairi then
understood what Ginny was afraid of. They hid and watched Rikku walk
away from the room. They had to get away before Rikku and the others
caught them and start asking questions.
Once the coast was clear, both Ginny and Kairi got a running
start out the door. That plan was about to backfire...
" Ginny! Kairi! Wait up!" Kiayone yelled when she saw them.
" Run, Kairi! Run with all the energy you got in yourself!"
Ginny yelled.
With that said, Kairi and Ginny ran with all their might, then
followed by Kiayone, who told the others that she saw them run the
other way. They didn't know about Davis yet.
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, a lone human Heartless Shadow is sitting down.
' Well, this is a fine mess that I got myself into...' the
little Shadow thought since his voice was nothing but squeaks.
Then the Shadow Heartless saw two figures running. He looked
at them closely.
' ... Ginny! And Kairi! They're alright! But why are they
running?' He then turned his head to see Rikku, Ken, Kiayone, and Mina
chasing after them.
'..... Oh! Ginny's afraid that if she and Kairi get caught,
they're going to have to ask questions about me! I'll catch up to
Kairi and Ginny and stop them.'
With that, the little Heartless Shadow transported himself
ahead of Ginny and Kairi to stop them.
*~*~*~*~
In the Grand Hall, Kairi and Ginny lost the group chasing them,
and were taking a major breather.
" We lost them!" Ginny sighed. " Thank goodness!"
" Uh, Ginny... I see a Heartless Shadow." Kairi said, pointing
to the Heartless Shadow that saw them.
" Just great..." Ginny sighed. " Maybe if we don't bother it,
it'll go away."
Five minutes passed and the little Heartless Shadow didn't
go away.
" Is it gone, Kairi?" Ginny asked.
" Nope."
Then the Heartless Shadow came closer to the two girls. Kairi
didn't say anything, but Ginny panicked.
" We're going to die!"
Kairi took one very good look at the Heartless Shadow. There
was something familiar about it. Kairi went closer to the Shadow
Heartless.
" Kairi, what are you doing?!" Ginny yelped quietly. Kairi
didn't pay attention. Instead, she saw a small light in the Shadow
Heartless' chest. That indicated that there was a heart. That meant
only one thing: the Heartless Shadow was really Davis Motomiya.
" Ginny? I think I found Davis." Kairi finally said.
" What?!" Ginny yelled in shock.
" This Shadow Heartless is indeed Davis. He has the light in
his chest, that means that he has a heart!"
" Oh... now what do we do? We got a Shadow Heartless for a
Keyblade master..."
But Ginny didn't finish her statement. A whole fleet of Shadow
Heartless surrounded the group of two teen girls and one young Shadow
Heartless who was a friend.
Kairi then made a plan that would scare the Shadow Heartless,
but also return Davis back to his human form.
" Power of Light, give me the light of the stars so that way,
I can destroy the Heartless Shadows and restore my friend to the way he
was before!" she shouted.
A bright while light filled the room. All the Shadow Heartless
were scared away, but Kairi grabbed onto the Shadow Heartless who was
going to be returned back to a human.
Rikku and the others ran when they saw the light. They stopped
when the light grew brighter. It blinded them temporarily.
When the light subsided, Rikku was the first to recover from
her blindness and ran into the Grand Hall, where she saw Ginny, an
unconsious Kairi, and the person carrying Kairi in his arms was Davis,
who was back to being the goggle boy he was.
" Davis! Where were you? You scared the heck out of me!" Rikku
sighed the sigh of relief. She was scared half to death.
" I'm okay. Kairi just had a little magic overdose and knocked
herself out. We're okay though." he fibbed, knowing the real truth.
" Just don't do that again, okay?"
" Okay!"
With that, the seven teens (Mina joined them) headed back to
Traverse Town to get ready for the ultimate showdown between them and
Cassidy and the Heartless.
------(To Be Continued)
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1.
Chapter 7: Davis' Day of Destiny and Kairi's Gift of Life
Back in the First District of Traverse Town, the five teens
were getting to know the new girl, Ginny, a little better.
" So, Ginny, you're a adventurer too?" Rikku asked, swinging
her feet around to sit next to the blond fourteen year old girl.
" Yup, I've been everywhere! I'm from Westia, the place where
I was born. I'm very smart, but also very friendly with people and
creatures alike, except the Heartless..." She then grew silent.
" What's wrong, Ginny?" Kiayone asked, concerned.
" My parents died because of the Heartless. For eight years,
I've been studying them, trying to find any weakness of those hideous
creatures. I want to get rid of them because of that reason."
Rikku looked down, looking very upset.
'More lives are dying... all because of Cassidy... we got to
stop them before the entire world is gone...' she thought to herself.
" Rikku, are you okay?" Kairi asked.
" Kairi, we have to stop the Heartless! For the sake of the
world and our lives, we have to stop them!" she said, her emotions
taking over.
" Well, Rikku...how can I put it... we can stop the Heartless
if we can get rid of that snobbish girl, Cassidy. That easy!" Davis
said after making a plan.
" Easier said than done, old wise goggle boy," Kiayone scoffed.
" Cassidy's not that dumb enough to fall into a hole. We need an plan!"
" My plans always work!"
" Last time you said that, we nearly came spider chow for a
Dokugumon..." Ken said, explaining about Davis' last plan.
" A what?" Rikku, Kiayone, Kairi, and Ginny asked together.
" Uh..." both boys said meekly, looking at the other warily.
The girls didn't know about the Digiworld since they lived in this
world all this time.
" That's okay, we don't want to know if it's a bug." Kiayone
said, making a face.
" Okay."
Just then, a wind of big proportions was above them. Kairi
looked up, walking a little, probably to get a better look. Davis and
Ginny followed her just to keep the young Princess of Heart on the
safe side.
Just then, a bright light surrounded the three kids looking up
and blinded the other three with the brightness. When the light let up,
Rikku, Ken, and Kiayone looked at the spot where Kairi and the others
were at. They were gone without any trace. The others just stared in
major disbelief.
" T-They're g-g-gone! Vanished without a trace!" Kiayone said,
actually realizing the real fact.
Rikku then heard something coming from above. Then the once
visible sky started to dark a little. Before you know it, a ship was
above their heads, and it was one that was too familiar looking.
" The Darkness Gummi!" the young goggle girl yelped.
" When there's the Darkness Gummi....." Kiayone started.
" ......there's Cassidy." Rikku finished, her eyes glaring.
" Look, I see the others!" Ken said, pointing to the cockpit
of the Darkness Gummi.
Indeed, there was Davis, Kairi, and Ginny, trying to find a
way out of there. And there was another person in there with them.
" Cassidy!" Rikku yelled. " We gotta follow them! Who knows
what will happen if we don't follow them!"
All three didn't waste any time. All of them jumped into the
Starlight Gummi and followed the Darkness Gummi.
*~*~*~*~
Twenty minutes passed until Rikku, Ken, and Kiayone reached an
very frightening place, very far away from the safety of the light.
" Kiayone, what is this place?" Rikku asked, obviously very
afraid of the place.
" Hallow Bastion. This is where the Heartless reign supreme,
the place where they started flowing into the world. No surprise there
why Cassidy took the others here. She thinks she has the advantage
over us here." Kiayone explained.
" I'll bet that Davis and the others are at the highest tower.
Cassidy probably knows that we're here to save the others, so she has
to place them out of our reach. She'll try to get rid of us using her
Heartless, so we got to take extra caution in this area," Ken also
explained. " Rikku, you've got to be extremely careful in this place.
Cassidy is way too unpredictable."
" I know that. But I'll go to that measure if anything happens
to Davis, Kairi, or Ginny. I won't take any more pain or suffering
from that Cassidy. I'll show no mercy on her..." Rikku said, very
serious and giving a deadly death glare at the building.
With that said, the three went inside the huge castle, hoping
to see their friends alive.
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile...
" Let me out! Let me out of here!"
Davis was screaming to be let out. He was very upset and angry
since he became one of Cassidy's prisoners.
" Davis, calm down a bit. That screaming bit won't help us,
not one bit. Why yell and scream?" Ginny asked.
" Haven't you noticed that Kairi is missing? She must be in
Cassidy's grip. What if her heart was stolen by the Heartless? That
door is going to be opened if Kairi's heart is used! We just have to
save her!"
" ... Okay, you got a point there. But how are we supposed to
break metal bars? They're unbreakable in this form, but if we can-"
" I know! Fire!" Davis said, aiming the spell at the bars. He
heated them up as much as he can. Then he shouted, " Freeze!" A ice
storm then froze the bars, causing them to shatter.
" Problem solved, Ginny! Now we can find Kairi! Let's split up
and find her, okay? You got magic to protect you, right?"
" Yeah, just be careful. Cassidy's dangerous."
With that said, the two split up into their own seperate ways.
Their goal: to find Kairi before the world came to a end.
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, in the Church Chapel, Cassidy was pleased, yet also
not pleased.
" Well, I got what you wanted. But....I can't open the door."
she said.
" Why is that?" a mysterious figure asked.
" The Princess of Heart.... well... her heart is gone. I took
it out, and it just flew away. I don't know where it can be, but I'll
search high and low of this castle. The Princess of Heart's heart will
be ours again.
" Make sure of that, Cassidy. No foul-ups this time. I want the
Keyblade weilders and their friends eliminated."
" Right!" Cassidy yelled.
*~*~*~*~
A bright light is seen flying down the stairways. It's indeed
Kairi's heart, trying to find one of her friends.
' I gotta find someone to hide myself inside their heart. I'll
die if I can't find one of my friends... oh!'
The little light stopped. She was afraid that the person that
was coming up was a Heartless Shadow. But it was someone that she knew.
' That's Davis! Hmm, he'll have to do. I can't stay out here
for too long, my light will fade slowly,' the light thought. ' Well,
he'll keep me safe in his heart. He's just full of friendship.'
The little light flew and turned invisible before the goggle
boy could notice and went into his chest, hiding from the darkness.
' I just hope that I won't kill him.'
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, Rikku, Ken, and Kiayone were having troubles of
their own. A Heartless Soldier fleet caught them and the three were
defending themselves with all they got to protect themselves and also
destroy the fleet.
" Thunder!" Rikku shouted, shooting lightning bolts at the
Heartless Soldiers, turning them into pryoflies that went away in a
quick flash.
Kiayone, however, decided that first-level magic wasn't just
enough. " Firaga!" she shouted, causing a huge fireball to blast the
other Heartless creatures, turning them into pryoflies as well. It
still wasn't enough.
" We need a new plan, guys. This is not working." Ken said,
pointing to the new Heartless creatures.
" But what would work?" Rikku asked.
That's when a miracle happened.
" Need any help?" a young girl asked. She was behind the dark
creatures, but she was on their side. " I'll get rid of them! Here I
come! Holy!"
A bright circle of light circled around the whole Heartless
fleet and went up, then the light shattered into many shards of light,
instantly killing the Heartless. The three teens stared in awe at this
young girl. She was a thirteen year old with blond hair wore in a
ponytail like the one Ginny has and had beautiful sapphire blue eyes.
" Who are you, dear heroic girl?" Kiayone asked.
" My name is Mina Lockheart. I've been living here for several
years. Cassidy never found me. I'm just a regular girl who's constantly
living in the fear of the Heartless," she stared at the Keyblade that
Rikku had with her. " Ah, a Keyblade mistress. Please let me join your
group for my home is no longer my home, since I live in fear."
" Okay, Mina. You can trust us." Kiayone said, nodding her head
in agreement.
Then, Ginny came running inside the room.
" Ginny! Are you okay?" Rikku asked, running to her friend.
" Where's Davis and Kairi?"
" I don't know, I was searching for them, then I ran into you
guys. Rikku, I got a bad feeling that something big is going to happen.
Something involving both Davis and Kairi. I just can't shake this bad
vibe away."
" Alright, Ginny, we'll find them, before anything can happen
to them. Come on, guys, we got searching to do!" Rikku shouted.
" I know the way around here. I'll take you to anywhere that
you want to go in this castle." Mina explained.
" Then can you please take us to the highest room?" Ken asked,
trying to be polite to his new ally.
" Sure thing! Follow me."
*~*~*~*~*~
Davis was walking up the stairs that led the way to the Church
Chapel, searching for his missing friend.
" Kairi, where are you? Kairi!" he shouted, always getting no
response from the young girl, not even knowing about her heart being
in his.
He finally reached the door that led inside the Church Chapel.
He opened it and entered the room. There, inside, were the six missing
Princesses of Heart, all in a deep sleep. He stared in disbelief at
this sight.
' What did they do to deserve this....' he said to himself,
just staring at their bodies. Then he went up another set of stairs,
this one much shorter than the last ones. When he reached the top of
the stairs, he saw Kairi.
" Kairi!"
He ran to her body, and tried waking her up by shaking her
gently.
" Kairi! Kairi! Open your eyes!"
" She cannot wake up." a awfully familiar voice said. Davis
looked up and there, perched on one of the ceiling, was Cassidy.
" What? You're Cassidy, aren't ya?" he asked.
" The Princess of Heart cannot awaken unless she has her heart
back in her body." she explained.
" Her heart...is gone?" he asked, his voice quivering.
" No, her heart.... is in yours!" she yelled. Then waving a
hand in front of her, Cassidy used her dark powers to show the young
goggle boy that he had Kairi's heart inside his.
Within seconds, Davis fell to his knees, grasping his chest in
pain. A small light was seen by him before it disappeared again, hiding
in his heart.
" You see that? Her heart is hiding in yours. Now I will use
my Keyblade of Darkness to unlock your heart to set hers free."
Cassidy came within steps of him, then stopped. She raised the
Keyblade of Darkness above him, ready to stab him in the heart to end
his life and unlock his heart to capture Kairi's heart again. Before
she can deal him the deadly blow, Davis head Kairi's voice.
' Block the attack! Now!'
With the quickness of his speed, Davis blocked the coming
Keyblade of Darkness with his own Keyblade.
" Get...back!" he said, growling. He pushed the evil teenager
away, determined to keep Kairi's heart. " There's no way you're going
to take Kairi's heart!"
Davis took a battle position. He was determined to save his
best friend, second to Rikku, of course. Then Cassidy was fast enough
to try to deliver the very first blow, but the goggle boy was faster
than her and he gave her a blow to the shoulder.
" Ow! Take this!" Cassidy yelped when she was hit. She counter
Davis' hit with one of her own, but he casted Aerora when he was about
to be hit.
The attack bounced off and hit Cassidy again. She was getting
really furious at the young goggle boy. She decided to use everything
she got.
What the two fighting teens didn't know was that there were
one girl who was seeing the fighting take place. It was Ginny, who got
lost while searching for Kairi.
" I wonder... who's that fighting? It can't be Davis or Kairi.
They're too innocent. Hmph... I can't see. That doesn't help. I'll stay
and see how this plays through." she said, squinting her eyes to try
to get a better look.
Neither Davis or Cassidy noticed her for they were still busy
trying to tear the other apart.
" Feel my pain! Darkness Blast!" Cassidy started to glow a blue
light and flew high into the air before landing back down and started
to run really fast. Davis was hit several times really hard, but he
barely dodged the big blow that would have easily killed him on the
spot.
" Hah! Ya missed! Cura!" he shouted, adjusting his goggles.
A green light surrounded him and healed him and his wounds. Cassidy
tried her move again, only for it to be reflected back to her. Davis
then decided to use his ultimate ability.
" Ars Arcanum!"
He came running and hit Cassidy a lot of times before she was
defeated.
" I'll b-be b-back for you and your Keyblade. Until then, I'll
catch you later!" She then disappeared.
Davis took a big sigh of relief. Cassidy was gone for now, but
now he had a huge problem. Kairi was still lifeless without her heart,
which he still had in his heart. Then he noticed the Keyblade that
Cassidy had left behind during her getaway. He remembered that the
dark Keyblade had a power to unlock hearts. He thought about this until
Ginny came up to check the damage.
" Davis? Where's Kairi?" she asked.
" She's over there, but her heart-" he broke off the sentence,
still thinking about what to do.
Ginny gasped. " Kairi's gone?!" She slumped down to her knees.
She felt like she failed her job of keeping Kairi safe.
" Her heart...is inside mine. I got to get it out, or her body
will die, but I don't know what to do," he continued. " But if what
Cassidy said is true, this Keyblade has the power to unlock hearts. If
I unlock mine, I'll free Kairi's heart, but then I probably would kill
myself in the process-"
" Davis, I usually trust you on your plans, but... this plan
is way too dangerous for you!" Ginny yelled, trying to get some sense
into her friend. " Please don't do this!"
" I have to. Kairi's life is at stake. My life as a normal kid
is over. I'm a Keyblade master. I have to do this. Ginny, thank you
for being there for me. Oh, before I go, I want you to give this to
Kairi. I want her to have this."
He took off the goggles he cherished so much and handed them to
Ginny, who still wouldn't let her friend do this.
" What about Rikku and the others? Don't you care for their
happiness?! They need you!"
" Tell them that I enjoyed being part of this team. I really
changed a lot of lives. And tell Rikku... that I loved her."
Ginny was in tears, actually crying.
" You...loved Rikku? Then why go through this? It's obvious
once I tell her that, she'll break down into tears."
" She won't... she'll understand my act of friendship. Just
tell her that I'll see her one day and that day is when we'll be happy
being together forever."
" Okay..."
" Tell Kairi that I really enjoyed her company," Davis also
said. Before finishing his speech, he said, " Take care of everyone for
me, especially Rikku and Kairi."
After that, he walked to the middle of the floor, holding the
Keyblade of Darkness in his hand. Ginny just turned around, not wanting
to see him plunge the Keyblade of Darkness into his chest.
Davis just took a deep breath, knowing that he would be gone
by the time Kairi would wake up. He took one last look at the young
girl.
' I hope you have a wonderful life, Kairi. Take care of the
others for me, okay?' he smiled to himself. Then his thoughts before
he plunged the Keyblade into him turned to Rikku.
' Rikku, take care of Ken, Kiayone, Kairi, and Ginny for me.
They're your friends too. I hope that we see each other again. Until
then, my childhood friend, goodbye.'
He then plunged the Keyblade of Darkness into his heart and
turning the Keyblade, unlocking his heart. He didn't let out any sound
while he slowly fell into the darkness. He just let a smile form on
his face, knowing that Rikku and the others were in safe hands. He then
started to glow a golden light.
Kairi then took her first breath of air. She slowly got up from
the ground to see Davis slowly fall to the ground.
" Davis!"
She ran towards him, but before she could reach him, his entire
being disappeared from her. All that was left was little specks of
light that flew from her place.
" Where did you go?" Kairi asked, trying to find the goggle
boy who saved her. She then saw Ginny, who was now on her knees, crying
her heart out.
" Ginny, where did Davis go? He disappeared in front of me!
Did he...?"
" I'm afraid so, Kairi. He perished because he wanted to save
your heart. He paid the ultimate price to save you. It was worth it,
though. You're alive." Ginny explained through her streams of tears.
" Don't worry, Ginny. I'll bring him back. I promise!" Kairi
said, trying to comfort the crying fourteen year old girl.
" But how-?" Ginny was about to ask when she heard voices.
" Ginny, Kairi, Davis, where are you?" Rikku's voice asked,
sounding worried.
Kairi was about to answer when Ginny frantically shook her
head, knowing all the questions that Rikku would ask. Kairi then
understood what Ginny was afraid of. They hid and watched Rikku walk
away from the room. They had to get away before Rikku and the others
caught them and start asking questions.
Once the coast was clear, both Ginny and Kairi got a running
start out the door. That plan was about to backfire...
" Ginny! Kairi! Wait up!" Kiayone yelled when she saw them.
" Run, Kairi! Run with all the energy you got in yourself!"
Ginny yelled.
With that said, Kairi and Ginny ran with all their might, then
followed by Kiayone, who told the others that she saw them run the
other way. They didn't know about Davis yet.
*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile, a lone human Heartless Shadow is sitting down.
' Well, this is a fine mess that I got myself into...' the
little Shadow thought since his voice was nothing but squeaks.
Then the Shadow Heartless saw two figures running. He looked
at them closely.
' ... Ginny! And Kairi! They're alright! But why are they
running?' He then turned his head to see Rikku, Ken, Kiayone, and Mina
chasing after them.
'..... Oh! Ginny's afraid that if she and Kairi get caught,
they're going to have to ask questions about me! I'll catch up to
Kairi and Ginny and stop them.'
With that, the little Heartless Shadow transported himself
ahead of Ginny and Kairi to stop them.
*~*~*~*~
In the Grand Hall, Kairi and Ginny lost the group chasing them,
and were taking a major breather.
" We lost them!" Ginny sighed. " Thank goodness!"
" Uh, Ginny... I see a Heartless Shadow." Kairi said, pointing
to the Heartless Shadow that saw them.
" Just great..." Ginny sighed. " Maybe if we don't bother it,
it'll go away."
Five minutes passed and the little Heartless Shadow didn't
go away.
" Is it gone, Kairi?" Ginny asked.
" Nope."
Then the Heartless Shadow came closer to the two girls. Kairi
didn't say anything, but Ginny panicked.
" We're going to die!"
Kairi took one very good look at the Heartless Shadow. There
was something familiar about it. Kairi went closer to the Shadow
Heartless.
" Kairi, what are you doing?!" Ginny yelped quietly. Kairi
didn't pay attention. Instead, she saw a small light in the Shadow
Heartless' chest. That indicated that there was a heart. That meant
only one thing: the Heartless Shadow was really Davis Motomiya.
" Ginny? I think I found Davis." Kairi finally said.
" What?!" Ginny yelled in shock.
" This Shadow Heartless is indeed Davis. He has the light in
his chest, that means that he has a heart!"
" Oh... now what do we do? We got a Shadow Heartless for a
Keyblade master..."
But Ginny didn't finish her statement. A whole fleet of Shadow
Heartless surrounded the group of two teen girls and one young Shadow
Heartless who was a friend.
Kairi then made a plan that would scare the Shadow Heartless,
but also return Davis back to his human form.
" Power of Light, give me the light of the stars so that way,
I can destroy the Heartless Shadows and restore my friend to the way he
was before!" she shouted.
A bright while light filled the room. All the Shadow Heartless
were scared away, but Kairi grabbed onto the Shadow Heartless who was
going to be returned back to a human.
Rikku and the others ran when they saw the light. They stopped
when the light grew brighter. It blinded them temporarily.
When the light subsided, Rikku was the first to recover from
her blindness and ran into the Grand Hall, where she saw Ginny, an
unconsious Kairi, and the person carrying Kairi in his arms was Davis,
who was back to being the goggle boy he was.
" Davis! Where were you? You scared the heck out of me!" Rikku
sighed the sigh of relief. She was scared half to death.
" I'm okay. Kairi just had a little magic overdose and knocked
herself out. We're okay though." he fibbed, knowing the real truth.
" Just don't do that again, okay?"
" Okay!"
With that, the seven teens (Mina joined them) headed back to
Traverse Town to get ready for the ultimate showdown between them and
Cassidy and the Heartless.
------(To Be Continued)