Dive to Oblivion
-Squirrel Tamer

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter 14
Explanations

Fi slowly crept into her Master's lair. She looked tired and sweaty and was clutching something in her hands with all her might, as if she was afraid that if she let it go it would fly away.

You disobeyed me, Someone whispered in her ear. She whirled around and found herself face to face with her Master. She quickly dropped to her knees and bowed her head.

Forgive me, My Lord.

She could feel her Master's eyes scanning her up and down, she wondered if he knew what she had brought to him.

Yes, I do know.

Fi felt a chill run down her spine, she didn't like the idea that he could read her mind.

I know that you have brought me. A heart, an Elemental heart. For that I am pleased because I will need all seven Elementals to fulfill my plan, He told her with a slight smile on his face, but then suddenly his look grew stern, But you must learn that you belong to me and I do not tolerate disobedience. Therefore I will send someone else to fulfill your task.

Fi watched as her Master snapped his fingers. Not long after she heard footsteps tramping down the hall, the door creaked open and in walked a man wearing a long black coat, the hood was pulled up hiding his face. As he got closer to the glowing sphere, Fi began to realize something.

She put a hand to her mouth to stifle a gasp. Neither the man or her Master said a word, but the man must have realized his job because he nodded and left the room. As soon as he was gone, Fi turned to her Master.

But My Lord, wasn't that the- She began but was interrupted by her Master.

Yes I know, He said, But I suppose you will just have to wait to find out who he really is.

Fi looked at him suspiciously for a moment then she nodded.

Whatever you say My Lord.

He whispered to himself, Whatever I say,



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Yuffie! Yuffie! Please come down from there Yuffie, you're going to hurt yourself! Aerith was standing on the Bell Tower, somehow Yuffie had managed to climb even higher and she was staring out into space as though she couldn't even hear her.

Yuffie Kisaragi get your butt down here! Aerith screamed, she was beginning to get angry.

Why should I? Came a small voice from above. Aerith sighed wondering why the girl always had to make things so difficult.

Because then I can tell you everything.



Yes Yuffie, everything.

Yuffie looked hard at her friend trying to determine if she was lying or not. She wasn't. Slowly Yuffie made her way down to the ledge where Aerith stood, while trying hard to forget the pain in her heart. At the bottom, Yuffie went and sat down next to Aerith who had turned to look at her.

I never realized that your hearts were connected, though perhaps I should have. I know what its like to lose that connection, when Cloud and I were separated and he let Hades use him, I remember feeling the connection begin to break. It was a terrible feeling, but it must be ten times worse for you, because it was like taking scissors and cutting a thread, very quickly.

It hurts so bad, Yuffie whispered, tears running down her cheeks.

I know it does, but you have to try and ignore it right now.

I don't want to.



If I forget about the pain, about this feeling inside of me then I have forgotten about Squall. I don't ever want to forget him and I want him back, back with me.

Oh Yuffie...I'm so sorry, I should have never let you two go alone. Maybe if we all had went...But they told me it was the only way, you had to believe that your life was at stake.

What do you mean Aerith, tell me everything.

For the first time in her life Aerith realized that there really was someone below Yuffie's happy-go-lucky exterior. She realized that she wasn't a kid anymore and she suddenly regretted leaving her out of the meetings she had with Squall, Cloud and Cid. Cloud didn't seem to think Yuffie was ready and Aerith had agreed with him. Aerith realized now that she had been ready all along and the only reason they had kept her out was because they wanted her to remain innocent, to keep on thinking of her as a little girl of six even though she really was a young woman of twenty.

That's why it took them so long to realize who she was and what she could do.

I suppose I should start at the beginning. When we got back to Hollow Bastion, we all immediately went to the strange room where Ansem conducted his experiments. Sora came and locked the Keyhole, sealing the world. Afterwards we all made our way to the library where I began to read every book I could get my hands on hoping to find anything that could help Sora and I did, I found the Ansem's Reports that Maleficent had. I gave them to him and when I handed them something fell out of them. He didn't notice but I did.

What was it?

It was a small book titled the Legend of the Elementals. It told of the seven elements Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Cure, Aero, Gravity and Stop. It also spoke of how seven people were each given one of these powers to use with great strength. The book also mentioned something about how the elements were created, but I couldn't understand it because that page looked like it had been soaked in water and the letters all ran together.

While I was reading it I began to remember a time when I was only 13 years old and the Heartless attacked. I remembered watching Squall bring you kicking and screaming out of your house and then you got out of his grasp and ran back to the house only to be attacked by Heartless. I remembered Squall looking at you in horror when the Heartless went for your heart but then was suddenly stopped when it burst into flames. I was sitting there thinking about it and realized that it must have been Squall who had done it. So I showed him the book.

When Cloud came back we showed it to him and then we began trying to see if anything else like that had happened to any of the others, like you, me, Cloud or Cid. It had. Through the years Cloud had suddenly gained the ability to use Thunder magic and only Thunder magic, Cid had Stop magic and I had Cure magic. But we weren't sure about you Yuffie. It was a long debate between us, Squall and Cid thought you could be an Elemental and thought that the reason you hadn't shown the power was because you never thought your life was at stake. That's when Squall came up with the idea to take you somewhere where the Heartless would attack and make you fight them. The only problem was that the Heartless were gone which Cloud and I happily pointed out to Squall, because we wanted you to remain innocent.

But then the Heartless attacked our world again, and we all made it here. On the way here while we were in the Gummi Ship, Squall convinced me to let you fight. I agreed only after he promised to go with you. I suppose afterwards he managed to convince Cloud too. That's why he took you to the Secret Waterway. And he was right, you are an Elemental, the Blizzard Elemental.

Yuffie said quietly, she was still trying to sort out everything Aerith said. She down at the town below her and half-smiled. She had a job now, if Squall was really gone and she really was an Elemental, then it was her duty to protect Traverse Town from the Heartless.

She looked over at Aerith and smiled, her heart still ached and Squall was still gone, but at least she had something to keep her busy.

I'm ready to go now, Yuffie told her friend, then they both stood up and brushed themselves off and together they slowly made their way down to the city below them.


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A/N: Poor Yuffie... ;_;

Wait a minute! Who's this guy? And we still don't know what he's supposed to be doing! Frustrating isn't it?

Anyway, hope to see you all back for Chapter 15: Donald.