Chapter Three
"Hello boys," Aeris said.
Someone cleared their throat.
"And Kairi."
Mimiru looked at the group. Her eyes fell on the silvery-blue haired, green-
eyed boy who was taller than the spiky brown haired, blue eyed boy he stood
slightly behind. Mimiru forced her cheeks not to color and patiently waited
for Aeris to introduce the men and girl she already knew.
The figures entered in the doorway, each looking curiously at the awkward-
looking siblings.
"Who are you?" Kairi, the only female and who wore skimpy clothing asked.
"Err?" both Matt and Mimiru answered unsurely.
Aeris answered Kairi's question, "These are the companions of the girl in
the other room who accidentally ran into me earlier. This is Mimiru and
Matt. They are siblings. Their friend is Sakura. They are going to be
staying with us for a little while. Apparently, Mimiru says they are
travelers."
"Of a sort," added the girl once more.
"Pleased to meet you!" exclaimed the fifteen-year-old with the spiky hair.
Mimiru would have blushed at that had she not liked the blue haired boy
more than the brown haired one. You could not like one for long without
eventually like the other.
"Mimiru, Matt, these are our other friends. That is Sora," Aeris told them
as she pointed at the brown haired boy who had spoken first from the group
of males.
"Hi, again!"
"That's Donald," continued Aeris, pointing at a white duck. "He's a
magician for King Mickey."
"Hello, Mimiru. How are you, Matt?" asked Donald, his accent slurring a few
of the words together. It was a good thing the travelers had watched
cartoons with Donald in them or else they may have had a difficult time
understanding some of the things he said.
"That's Kairi."
"Hi!" giggled the other girl. Mimiru held her tongue. Kairi had always
annoyed her.
"And that's Goofy," Aeris said, looking up at the tall dog-like thing.
"He's a knight."
"Pleased to meet you, gosh."
Mimiru and Matt smiled.
"What about me, Aeris?" asked the blue haired sixteen year old, looking
expectantly at the woman in pink.
"I wouldn't forget you! He is Riku."
Mimiru's heart rose as she desperately tried to keep her voice calm and her
cheeks form turning scarlet, "Hello, Riku."
"Well, now that introductions have been made, why don't you all meet the
third member of the party?" asked Aeris.
"Okay!" exclaimed Sora. "Besides, we've got another Keyblade. None of us
can control it either."
Mimiru's eyes flickered. Another Keyblade? Maybe Sakura would be able to
control it.
The group entered the main room to the left of the entrance hall. The
other's looked up as they entered. Sakura's eyes fell on Sora. She looked
over at Mimiru and blushed. Mimiru smiled at the sight and continued in,
elegantly passing her friend.
"Hey, why is your face all red?" asked Stephiroth.
"Umm... No reason."
"I get it! I think she likes Sora," whispered Leon.
"No. That's not true!" Sakura exclaimed, her face turning redder than
before. "I don't even know him!"
"I think it is. Right, Cloud?" questioned Stephiroth as he poked Cloud.
Cloud did not reply.
"Cloud?" Stephiroth continued. "Err? Cloud?"
"What?" yelled Cloud as he came back to reality.
"Don't you think so?"
"Think what?"
"Never mind," sighed Stephiroth. "I wish you would pay attention. What were
you starring at anyway?"
"Nothing."
"You must have been 'cause you didn't hear a word Stephiroth said," added
Leon slyly.
"Puu, puu," Sakura randomly said.
"Huh?" the three men replied to the sound.
"What was that?"
"That was me being confused. So, whenever I say 'puu, puu,' just ignore
it."
"Okay."
"Hey!"
"You just said we could ignore it, didn't you?"
Sakura fumed silently.
"Forget it, Sakura," Mimiru told her, placing a hand on the girl's shoulder
for comfort.
"'Kay."
Riku and Sora went to the front of the room, carrying the interesting
Keyblade with them. The others settled in and watched the two teenagers.
"This is the Keyblade," stated Sora.
"New one?" asked Cloud. "There's another?"
"Yep. And none of us can control it," Riku replied.
"How can that be?" asked Yuffie.
"I'm not sure. The key suddenly appeared along our way here," continued
Riku.
The travelers looked at one another. How convenient.
Sakura got up from the couch where she sat with the guys and walked up to
Sora.
"Hey, do you mind if I take a look at that? Please?"
"Sure. I guess you can."
"Thanks."
Sora handed Sakura the new strange Keyblade. She took it by the handle and
just examined it. At the end of it, there were two chains; one with a time
glass and the other with a heart at the end. The heart looked like a
heartless sign. The Keyblade itself was white and silver.
"Hey, how come you can hold it without it disappearing?" asked Kairi.
"Whatcha mean?"
"I wonder.... Hey, wave it around and see if it will disappear then," Sora
told Sakura.
"'Kay."
Sakura did some minor sword techniques and spun it around a few times. But
nothing of a disappearing Keyblade ever happened.
"You don't think that klutz is the new Keyblade master?" asked Cloud.
"Hey! Who are you calling klutz?" yelled Sakura in front of Cloud's face.
"It's true!"
"Is not!"
"Stop it!" yelled Aeris.
All motion in the room suddenly stopped. Everyone was in shock to hear
Aeris scream in anger.
"You two will stop it this second. Now! I want the two of you to apologize
to each other right this instant! Now."
In true fear, both Sakura and Cloud did exactly what Aeris said. They made
their apologies and Sakura gave Cloud a friendly hug.
"Okay, Aeris. We did what you wanted. Now what?" asked Cloud.
"I want the two of you to sit there quietly until spoken to."
"Yes, madam!" the both of them said.
"Good. Now, Sora, do explain how you got this new Keyblade."
Still in shock from the yelling, Sora just stayed quiet for a little while
and then responded, "Umm. Okay."
"Well? Go on," commanded Leon.
"Right. Well, right after we defeated Ansem and closed the door that Riku
and King Mickey were in. Well, we thought that they would be gone forever
because they were in the door.
"Right. Well, after that, we say Kairi and, when the worlds were going back
into place, I grabbed her hand and she jumped to where I was, putting her
into the picture.
"Then, right when she jumped to where we were, the door just opened and the
force from the door knocked us down. All we saw was a group of heartless.
"That was when the King showed us the key chain which this Keyblade came
from.
"First we thought that this could be Riku's Keyblade, but when he made it
appear, it just disappeared. So we figured that it must be Kairi's
Keyblade. Well, she did the thing and the exact same thing happened.
"We all decided to just forget about figuring this out and so that's why
we're back here; to try and figure out a little more about his blade and
what it does," Sora explained.
"And now we know that this girl is the mistress. I don't know how, but it
is," added Riku to Sora's story.
"Well, there is nothing you can do about it, is there?" asked Mimiru.
"No, I guess not. But I would have rather it have been a male using the
Keyblade."
"What are you trying to say, Riku? Are you saying that a girl can't use a
sword? I am just as good as any boy. Just give me the chance. Trust me. I
will figure out the power of the Keyblade and I won't let you down!"
"Ha. That's the first time I've heard you talk serious," Cloud said under
his breath.
" I heard that you know."
"I know you did. I meant it as a compliment."
"Really? Well, then. In that case, thanks, Cloud."
"You're welcome."
"Wow! You guys were actually nice to one another!" exclaimed Yuffie.
Cloud just shrugged at the response and replied, "What can I say? I am
starting to get used to her."
"Anyway, so guys, what are you going to do now?" asked Mimiru.
"I don't know. Do you, Sora?"
"Nope. Not a clue, Riku."
"Well, how 'bout if you train me a little first? I mean, I've only handled
a sword once and used them only in video games."
"Well then, I guess we'll have to teach you," said Stephiroth.
"Yeah, and I'll help too," said Cloud, getting up from the couch. "And so
will Leon, right?"
"Right! So will Sora and Riku!"
"Aww. You all make me feel so special. I feel like crying," sniffed Sakura.
"Don't get soft, Sakura, or else they won't train you."
"Don't you worry, Mimiru! When have I been soft?"
"That's true," added Matt thoughtfully.
"Oh, you haven't seen her when she gets sappy! Besides," Mimiru said as she
walked over to Sakura, dangling a spider from its web, "who said she was
fearless?"
Sakura's face went placid. Then, she dashed behind Cloud, holding onto his
neck for dear life.
"Ahh! Get it away! Get it away!"
As Sakura screamed, she clung harder to Cloud. Mimiru shook her head and
threw the spider out the window.
"Hey! Let go, Sakura! That hurts!"
"Mimiru, you're gonna get it!"
"You wouldn't hurt me, would you?"
"Of course."
"In that case, I'll fight with you later. What about Cloud, Sora, and the
others training?" she asked slyly.
"Evil!"
"Thank you."
"That wasn't a compliment."
"Oh well," shrugged Mimiru passively.
"I'll cheer for you!" Kairi said, looking at Sora.
"All right," Sora said a bit reluctantly at a nudge from Stephiroth.
"And you'll train me too!" exclaimed Yuffie, jumping up and down and
running hopefully over to Sakura and the boys.
"Sure," Leon told her.
Yuffie blushed slightly.
"I want to go!" Matt told them.
"What about Aeris and Mimiru?" Riku asked, looking over at the two similar
young women who stood on the far side of the room.
"Maybe later, Riku," Aeris told him. She nudged Mimiru, trying to tell her
to come with her.
"Maybe. I want to see Aeris's gardens," Mimiru added.
"Suit yourselves."
"We will."
The two groups parted. Mimiru followed Aeris outside to the gardens.