Story Arc 1: Kairi in Animeland

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Chapter 1: Dive to the Heart

"…Sora…" Kairi heard herself say.

"Kairi!" yelled Sora, running for her, but she fell away from his warm grasp.

Falling, falling, falling…

Kairi landed softly on a stained glass picture of two people, a boy and a girl, one clad in a purple combination of a sorcerer's gown and armor and the other in a blue outfit with a pink miniskirt. Both wore cone-like hats and carried staffs. In the center was an upside-down pyramid with a strange eye on it.

A strange voice coming from nowhere and everywhere all at once said, " Step forward, and meet your destiny, 7th Princess of Heart. Can you do it?"

Kairi swallowed and took a step forward.

"A hidden power lies deep within you…" said the voice. At this point, three pedestals appeared on the floor. Each had a weapon on it. One had a short sword with a platinum handle and silver blade. Another held another sword exactly like it, but about 5 feet longer. The last pedestal held a crystalline rod.

"If you give it form…" continued the voice," It will grow within you. Choose wisely." Kairi thought for a second and then picked up the staff.

"The powers of the magician. Speed and agility. Inner strength. A rod of wonder and great power. Is this the power you seek?" asked the voice. Kairi nodded a yes.

"Now, you must choose a weapon to sacrifice. Choose carefully." Kairi walked up to the long sword.

"This thing is twice my height. I could never wield something that big. But, long range is so appealing. But, I need close range abilities more. Yeah, definitely this thing" Kairi thought. Then she picked it up.

"The power of the long swordsman. A gargantuan sword of mass destruction and great force. You choose to give up this power?" the voice asked. Kairi nodded another yes.

"You choose the power of the magician. You sacrifice the power of the long swordsman. Is this the form you choose?" Kairi nodded one more yes. The platform she was standing on shattered into tiny fragments and Kairi was falling again, to land on another platform. This platform had a picture of a human-shaped machine, with 4 angelic wings and a large gray rifle of some sort.

"You've gained the power to fight. You've attained the powers of water, healing and wind. As you resided in the body of the first Keyblade master, you should know what to do," said the voice. A shadow heartless appeared in front of Kairi. She ran right up and gave it four good whacks, and then it vanished. 3 more appeared, and again, Kairi obliterated them with little effort. The platform caved away again and Kairi landed on another platform. This one had a picture of a blue lion-like machine with strange golden blades on its protruding from its flanks. Another wave of heartless appeared, much larger than the last. There were at least 10 this time. Kairi took several hits but destroyed them without too much trouble, although she tapped into her water-based attack, aqua (a stream of fast moving bubbles) a couple times. After Kairi destroyed them, a save point appeared, as well as a staircase. Kairi walked to the save point to heal her minor damage and replenish her magic. She then walked up the stairs to yet another platform. This one contained a picture of another human-like machine, this one with two machine-like wings, and its right hand glowed a burning red. 6 crests that resembled card suites surrounded it. A beam of light penetrated the surrounding darkness near the end of the platform. Kairi walked into it when the voice spoke again," The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes." A Darkside heartless materialized across the platform. Kairi took a step back, then noticed there was a black void one more step back. "But don't be afraid," the voice continued," For you wield one of the mightiest weapons of all: your heart." Kairi, encouraged by the mysterious pep talk, took a step forward and prepared for battle.

Boss Battle: Darkside 270 HP

Darkside raised its mighty fist and slammed the platform. It rocked wildly, but Kairi kept her balance and avoided plunging into the void. Darkside materialized shadow heartless from its fist. Kairi took this opportunity to run up the massive thing's arm and balance herself on its shoulder. She repeatedly whacked the monster's head with her rod. The great beast let out a rumble in pain. The giant fiend staggered around the platform, trying to throw Kairi off its shoulder. Kairi maintained her balance and kept the heartless demon on the defensive until it fired out a ball of darkness. The huge orb floated to the top of the arena, then scattered into smaller orbs that fell all over the zone. One of the balls finally hit the 7th princess of heart and sent her falling back to the platform. However, the damage was done, as the mighty heartless only had 70 HP left. Kairi decided to try and finish the battle quickly. With a battle cry, she charged and leapt up at the massive fiend. She slashed at its raised hand with her rod until it only had 20 HP remaining. Kairi jumped back and fired bursts of aqua and gale until the beast finally fell.

Darkside defeated

Kairi watched as the gargantuan beast toppled over in pain. Then, Sora's arch nemesis appeared from the darkness.

"So…the 7th princess awakens as the 4th Keyblade master…" said Ansem.

"You! I thought Sora defeated you at the End of the World!" said Kairi

"You thought your little boyfriend took ME out? HA! I will not be defeated so easily. Do not underestimate the powers of darkness…"said Ansem.

"I've heard just about enough! Take THIS!" cried Kairi and charged at him.

"Humph. Foolish girl," retorted Ansem as he blocked Kairi's lunge with his new broadsword," You are nowhere near strong enough to take ME on! In addition, you are fatigued from your battle against Darkside. You have no chance! Now, RETURN TO DARKNESS!" Ansem counterattacked by charging his sword with dark magic, and swung forward in a wide arc. Kairi took the full force of the blow, was knocked off the platform and fell into darkness…

"But don't be afraid…"said the mysterious voice," For the struggle has only just begun. You have one of the strongest weapons of all. Keep these and just believe in your own abilities. The day you join your friends in the war against evil is both close at hand and far away. Remember… Believe in the powers of your heart…"

Kairi learned *Blade Delusion, *Sidestep and *Hell Scissors

Progress Report:

Sora No Change

Goofy No change

Donald No change

Kairi LV.20 40HP 5 MP ;Crystal Rod *Blade Delusion *Sidestep *Hell Scissors *Aqua *Cure *Gale

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