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-Squirrel Tamer


Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.


Chapter 5: Of Keyblades and Kairi.


A/N: I know everyone's going to throw things at me for adding such a boring chapter, but I felt I just had too.*dodges tomato*


Point of View: Yuffie






It's been two and a half weeks since I fell under the ice. Squall hasn't had anymore outbursts since then. I don't even know exactly what happened.

I'm still calling him Squall. At least to myself. I've been careful what I say around him since...the incident.

When it happened he changed. When he yelled at me I truly did believe he was an entirely different person. At that moment he became Leon.

But Squall's still in there. He has to be. It isn't possible to completely erase yourself and rebuild yourself as someone else. Is it?

It can't be.

If it was possible...I don't know what I'd do...



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"I think you might've overdone it, Squall."

"That's Leon."

The way he's looking at me shows that he knows that I called him that on purpose. His eyes narrow slightly and I can see him getting angry. But I'm safe. He won't yell in front of this kid. Especially since this kid is the one we've been waiting for.

"The Keyblade..." The kid trails off.

I get up and walk across the room.

"Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures. It turns out that's how they were tracking you." I tell him.

"It was the only way to conceal your heart from them. But it won't work for long."

I almost kill Squall for saying that. He couldn't give the kid any hope. Just the bad news.

"Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one. Well, I suppose beggars can't be choosers."

I groan inwardly. He can't even be nice to the only person who can save us. I wish he could be just a little bit more grateful.

"Why don't you start making sense! What's going on here?"

For the next couple minutes I let Squall explain about the worlds. And then he came to the Heartless.

"The Heartless?" The kid asks.

"The ones who attacked you, you remember?"

"Those without hearts." Squall tells him.

"The darkness in people's heart--that's what attracts them." I tell the boy.

"And there is darkness within every heart."

I thought for a moment and then turned to him.

"Hey, have you heard of someone named Ansem?"

When he said he didn't know, Squall and I continued to tell him that Ansem had once studied the Heartless. We told him how all of his findings were written down in his reports. But when he asked to see them we could only shake our heads and tell him that they were lost a long time ago.

We then explained how we had been looking for his key for a long time.

"So...this is the key?"

"Exactly!" I said nodding my head.

"The Heartless have great fear of the Keyblade. That's why they'll keep coming after you no matter what." Squall tells him without any emotion.

"Well, I didn't ask for this."

I feel sorry for him but he has to know.

"The Keyblade chooses its master. And it chose you."

"So tough luck." Squall says waving the boy off.

"How did all this happen? I remember being in my room..." He gasps and leaps up, "Wait a minute! What happened to my home? My island? Riku! Kairi!"

I look at the boy startled by the name. It couldn't be the same Kairi...Could it? I turn my head towards Squall but his face remains expressionless. I decide its probably best if I don't mention her now.

I stay on the bed dangling my legs over the edge. The boy runs around the room for awhile annoying Squall. I think I might just like this kid.



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I gasp for breath as Aerith and I run as fast as we can to the First District. Squall and Sora(that's the kid) ran off to fight the Heartless. I'm hoping that he'll be at the First District when we get there.

"Could you slow down Yuffie? I'm not as young as you!"

I turn around exasperated.

"You're only twenty-three!"

"Ugh, don't remind me!"

"You're too young to be worrying about your age."

"You're never too young for that!"

I sigh and then start running again. I reach the wooden doors first and push them open.

"Hurry up!" I yell to Aerith.

"Besides being old, I'm also wearing a skirt, so just hold your horses! What's the big rush anyway?"

"The Heartless!"

She shakes her head at me.

"They should be going after the Keyblade Master. Remember?"

Of course I know that, but how could I tell her that the real reason I'm rushing is because I want to make sure Squall's okay.

"I guess I forgot." I say.



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"Where's Sora?" I ask Squall.

I'm smiling. Big wide smile. Squall looks at me like I've just gone off the deep end. I realize that I'm grinning like an idiot, but I can't help it Squall's safe. I almost throw my arms around him, but I remember his outburst all to well to try.

"Not far behind. You two made it here fast."

"Aerith was worried." I lie.

He doesn't say anything and neither do I.







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A/N: Yay! Sora!... Of course he's not going to that big of a part to the story. But he's still here right?

I know this chapter isn't that exciting because it's actually part of the game but...I felt that it had to be added.