"So you've never actually seen her use a weapon?" Sora asked Demetra as he
helped Tsunami off the ship. Demetra shook her head.
"I'll show you where the eather is, Tsunami you better stay here." said Demetra. She and Sora walked down the empty streets. "I've never seen her face either." Demetra admitted.
"This is very comforting," Sora said. "But she could have easily done harm to either one of us if that's what she wanted."
"True," agreed Demetra. They walked in silence again until they reached a treasure chest. "Here, I haven't been able to open it but you might." Sora tapped the lid twice with his Keyblade and it opened. "Ok that's not fair." Demetra said laughing.
"It comes with years of practice," Sora said grinning slightly. They both cracked up and walked back to where Tsunami was sitting.
"It's about time you two my legs are going numb," Tsunami complained. Sora and Demetra laughed again, even Tsunami was in a better mood. Sora opened the eather and drank it quickly. He soon felt his magic flowing again. It wouldn't take much to heal her so he'd still have some left over.
"Heal!" he said pointing his Keyblade at Tsunami. There was a wave of green and Sora felt the magic flow from his fingers. Tsunami stood up.
"Much better, thanks" she said walking around to make sure it still worked ok. Sora put his Keyblade back. "Yeah it still works ok." said Tsunami confidently.
"Listen, I thought I heard something back there, we better check it out." said Demetra. "You better stay here just to make sure..." she trailed off. Tsunami rolled her eyes but agreed. Sora and Demetra walked off leaving her alone again, or at least she thought she was alone.
"Tsunami? Is that you?" asked a way to familiar voice. "Nice place, why don't we explore?" asked the voice. Tsunami whipped around.
"Jackson!" she cried happily. Behind her the young, black haired boy was wandering around in the rain examining the buildings.
"Odd sort of place though, do you live here?" he asked. Tsunami laughed. She raced toward him but he held his hand out. "Woe slow down, we're not getting married!" he said with a small laugh.
"Like I'd marry you!" laughed Tsunami. Jackson grinned and leaned against the side of the nearest building.
"As I was saying, it's a nice place, a bit on the quiet side but hey, I'll live." Jackson said examining his surroundings with a mild interest.
"How did you find me? I know you had help," Tsunami said impatiently. Jackson shrugged as if this were an everyday question.
"Hey, I'm a genius what can I say?" Tsunami slipped behind him. "Hey Tsunami, where'd you go?" asked Jackson confused.
"Hey genius," Tsunami called mockingly. "I'm over here!" They both laughed and Tsunami walked back in front of Jackson. "So spill, who's your secret helper?" Tsunami asked eagerly.
"Helpers," Jackson corrected. "They knew you for some reason, and they were so familiar I could have sworn I saw them somewhere before."
"Helpers?" Tsunami asked. For some reason, the word Helpers struck fear in her. She knew she was being silly and that Jackson would never fall for the Invisibles' act.
"Yeah, they were called the Invisibles or something like that. They were really nice you should meet them. C'mon they wanted to meet you anyway." Jackson said. Tsunami shook her head in disbelief. Jackson couldn't be serious!
"Invisibles?" she asked turning pale. "But Jackson their, well...their Evil!" she blurted out. Jackson stared at her then laughed. "This isn't a joke Jackson! Demetra said-"
"They told me everything. Don't worry their one hundred percent good." Jackson said pushing the issue aside.
"Good?" Tsunami asked, Jackson was a little slow but he wasn't that stupid. "Jackson, they control the Heartless! Their worse then Ansem!"
"DON'T!" Jackson yelled angrily. "Talk bad about Ansem, he's a genius!" Jackson said dangerously. Tsunami backed up.
"Jackson?" she asked shakily. "Jackson think about this. Sora and Demetra aren't evil, you should know this. Remember in class?" asked Tsunami slowly.
"Sora lied to you!" Jackson said the anger slowly leaving his voice. Tsunami winced. Sora lie? But he had sounded so truthful and what reason had he been given to lie. And Demetra too, was she lying?
"No!" Tsunami yelled surprising herself. She had never been forceful. "Sora and Demetra are telling me the truth!"
"Sora lied to you! And Demetra has hallucinations, she was sick with a fever a long time ago and the effects never fully worn off." Jackson explained. He seemed to know what he was talking about-NO! Tsunami thought angrily. She remembered the understanding, the truth, and the hurt in Demetra's eyes when she explained about her home being attacked; she knew that that was no hallucination. And Sora, she closed her eyes picturing his face when he told her about his adventure; there was no sign of dishonesty anywhere.
"It isn't true" Tsunami said anger rising up inside her. Tears of rage spilled down her cheeks but a mix of rain and the fact her hood was still up made it impossible to tell.
"Tsunami listen-" Jackson said grabbing her arm. That did it, Tsunami yanked down her hood with her free hand so it wouldn't impair her vision.
"No you listen!" she yelled. "You may believe what the Invisibles told you but I don't! You weren't there when they explained everything to me. You don't know them enough to judge them!"
"And you do?" Jackson asked slightly amused. "Who are you going to believe? You just met Sora and Demetra, and you've known me all your life."
"That's where you're mistaken," Tsunami said darkly. "If this is what you believe, what you truly believe with all of your heart, then I don't know you at all!" she yelled wrenching out of Jackson's grasp. She ran off into the rain.
"Tsunami! Tsunami wait!" called Jackson, for a second she thought he might try to follow her. A hooded man appeared from out of nowhere and tapped Jackson on the shoulder. "Maybe she was right," Jackson said to the man. Tsunami listened carefully hoping Jackson would come.
"Do not worry my son," the man said putting his hand on Jackson's shoulders. "She will come in her own time, don't worry she will come." Jackson nodded.
"Your right father," he said the icy tone returning. "Tsunami will come, she knows, you know, and I know. If not on her free will she will come by force." Tsunami gasped.
"Come, the gathering begins." said the man. He stood behind Jackson and they vanished in a sudden ball on Darkness. Tsunami raced away still looking over her shoulder. She ran and ran until she reached the spot where she had met the white haired Invisible. The street was covered in a least an inch of water and all the lights were on. Tsunami stopped looking around her. Heartless pulled themselves out of the ground and surrounded her, the rain spilling off their slick bodies. Their bulging yellow eyes stared at her and their feet were covered in water. Tsunami pulled back her coat and removed both of her Keyblades; she twirled them threateningly and lightning passed between them. She looked up to see the Invisible again; there was something familiar about him too.
He stood on the top of the building and raised his arms, the sky cleared showing a few remaining stars and some kind of shooting star. A purple fire raged around her in the shape of a heart. Demetra had been right; he was trying to freak her out. The fire died down leaving the Heartless free to attack. The first lunged meeting the cold metal of Tsunami's Keyblade. As if on queue, the others attacked. She sliced through them and knocked them off balance. Three jumped up in the air, Tsunami ducked and they barley missed her. Then they all began to jump up. Tsunami joined them knocking them out of the air. She twisted her body around and threw one of her Keyblades. It came spinning back to her and she caught it, right before she landed.
They were closing in on her, no matter how many she destroyed more seemed to come. She saw her way out, and a way to the white haired Invisible. She jumped up doing a flip in mid air and landed on a high platform. She looked up; she was on the building with the screens, perfect. She began to run up the building, "I may defying ever law of physics I was ever taught but who cares?" she asked herself slicing through A Heartless that had followed her. She watched as the Invisible jumped.
"Are you CRAZY?" she yelled. The Invisible didn't respond, Tsunami hadn't expected him to. She reached the screen when a Keyblade flew out from being her. The Invisible passed her and for that moment, time seemed to freeze. The Invisible smirked and time resumed. He sped downward with Tsunami close on his tail. He was about to hit the ground when it turned completely black. He dove into the Darkness. Tsunami raced to follow him but it closed up. He had left, taking his Heartless with him.
"TSUNAMI!" called Demetra racing up to her. "That was SO COOL! You defied every known law of physics but who CARES?!" Tsunami grinned.
"Déjà vu," she said laughing. "I said the same thing." Demetra grinned. Then she saw Tsunami's Keyblades.
"We saw you fighting with them but we weren't sure-" Demetra began. Tsunami looked at them in surprise, what did they think she was, stupid?
"I knew there was another Keyblade Master around here in this time." Sora said amused at Tsunami's surprise.
"I know I really shouldn't but do you think I could well... it's just this once and I'd only want to you know... just one-" Demetra began.
"Sure!" Tsunami said handing Demetra one of her Keyblades. Demetra held it almost like if she breathed on it wrong it would break. She studied it closely and laid it tenderly on the ground. She ran her hand over it.
"These symbols," she breathed. "I've never seen anything like them." She picked the Keyblade back up. "It will take years to translate." she said her voice hardly above a whisper. Sora looked like he was about to die from holding back laughter. He walked over to Demetra and lifted the Keyblade away from her. He flipped it over and handed it back. Tsunami burst out laughing and Demetra turned bright red.
"Hey look I translated the symbols!" Tsunami laughed. Sora rolled his eyes. "These symbols, I've never seen anything like them." Tsunami mimicked. Demetra looked closer at the Keyblade, the 'symbols' were writing.
"It says Excalibur," Demetra said slowly. Tsunami stopped laughing and looked at Demetra strangely. Demetra looked at it closely.
"Excuse me?" asked Tsunami. Demetra snatched the other Keyblade out of Tsunami's hand. She looked at it carefully.
"Soul Edge," said Demetra. Tsunami looked at the Keyblades. The writing was small and almost unnoticeable. "This is weird, why would your Keyblades have different names?" Demetra asked. Sora picked up one.
"Their not the same, the Keychain is different. In order for two Keyblades to have the same name, then they would have to be the exact same, Keychain and all." Sora said.
"Ok now would everyone please stop stealing my Keyblades and leave that to the Heartless? Thank you." said Tsunami snatching back her Keyblades.
"So where to next?" Demetra asked still red from her mistake. "Sora, you're the professional, where to?" Sora thought about it.
"Wonderland." he said finally. "We better go in order, plus it can't have changed too much." Tsunami and Demetra exchanged nervous glances. Sora was in for the surprise of a lifetime.
"I'll show you where the eather is, Tsunami you better stay here." said Demetra. She and Sora walked down the empty streets. "I've never seen her face either." Demetra admitted.
"This is very comforting," Sora said. "But she could have easily done harm to either one of us if that's what she wanted."
"True," agreed Demetra. They walked in silence again until they reached a treasure chest. "Here, I haven't been able to open it but you might." Sora tapped the lid twice with his Keyblade and it opened. "Ok that's not fair." Demetra said laughing.
"It comes with years of practice," Sora said grinning slightly. They both cracked up and walked back to where Tsunami was sitting.
"It's about time you two my legs are going numb," Tsunami complained. Sora and Demetra laughed again, even Tsunami was in a better mood. Sora opened the eather and drank it quickly. He soon felt his magic flowing again. It wouldn't take much to heal her so he'd still have some left over.
"Heal!" he said pointing his Keyblade at Tsunami. There was a wave of green and Sora felt the magic flow from his fingers. Tsunami stood up.
"Much better, thanks" she said walking around to make sure it still worked ok. Sora put his Keyblade back. "Yeah it still works ok." said Tsunami confidently.
"Listen, I thought I heard something back there, we better check it out." said Demetra. "You better stay here just to make sure..." she trailed off. Tsunami rolled her eyes but agreed. Sora and Demetra walked off leaving her alone again, or at least she thought she was alone.
"Tsunami? Is that you?" asked a way to familiar voice. "Nice place, why don't we explore?" asked the voice. Tsunami whipped around.
"Jackson!" she cried happily. Behind her the young, black haired boy was wandering around in the rain examining the buildings.
"Odd sort of place though, do you live here?" he asked. Tsunami laughed. She raced toward him but he held his hand out. "Woe slow down, we're not getting married!" he said with a small laugh.
"Like I'd marry you!" laughed Tsunami. Jackson grinned and leaned against the side of the nearest building.
"As I was saying, it's a nice place, a bit on the quiet side but hey, I'll live." Jackson said examining his surroundings with a mild interest.
"How did you find me? I know you had help," Tsunami said impatiently. Jackson shrugged as if this were an everyday question.
"Hey, I'm a genius what can I say?" Tsunami slipped behind him. "Hey Tsunami, where'd you go?" asked Jackson confused.
"Hey genius," Tsunami called mockingly. "I'm over here!" They both laughed and Tsunami walked back in front of Jackson. "So spill, who's your secret helper?" Tsunami asked eagerly.
"Helpers," Jackson corrected. "They knew you for some reason, and they were so familiar I could have sworn I saw them somewhere before."
"Helpers?" Tsunami asked. For some reason, the word Helpers struck fear in her. She knew she was being silly and that Jackson would never fall for the Invisibles' act.
"Yeah, they were called the Invisibles or something like that. They were really nice you should meet them. C'mon they wanted to meet you anyway." Jackson said. Tsunami shook her head in disbelief. Jackson couldn't be serious!
"Invisibles?" she asked turning pale. "But Jackson their, well...their Evil!" she blurted out. Jackson stared at her then laughed. "This isn't a joke Jackson! Demetra said-"
"They told me everything. Don't worry their one hundred percent good." Jackson said pushing the issue aside.
"Good?" Tsunami asked, Jackson was a little slow but he wasn't that stupid. "Jackson, they control the Heartless! Their worse then Ansem!"
"DON'T!" Jackson yelled angrily. "Talk bad about Ansem, he's a genius!" Jackson said dangerously. Tsunami backed up.
"Jackson?" she asked shakily. "Jackson think about this. Sora and Demetra aren't evil, you should know this. Remember in class?" asked Tsunami slowly.
"Sora lied to you!" Jackson said the anger slowly leaving his voice. Tsunami winced. Sora lie? But he had sounded so truthful and what reason had he been given to lie. And Demetra too, was she lying?
"No!" Tsunami yelled surprising herself. She had never been forceful. "Sora and Demetra are telling me the truth!"
"Sora lied to you! And Demetra has hallucinations, she was sick with a fever a long time ago and the effects never fully worn off." Jackson explained. He seemed to know what he was talking about-NO! Tsunami thought angrily. She remembered the understanding, the truth, and the hurt in Demetra's eyes when she explained about her home being attacked; she knew that that was no hallucination. And Sora, she closed her eyes picturing his face when he told her about his adventure; there was no sign of dishonesty anywhere.
"It isn't true" Tsunami said anger rising up inside her. Tears of rage spilled down her cheeks but a mix of rain and the fact her hood was still up made it impossible to tell.
"Tsunami listen-" Jackson said grabbing her arm. That did it, Tsunami yanked down her hood with her free hand so it wouldn't impair her vision.
"No you listen!" she yelled. "You may believe what the Invisibles told you but I don't! You weren't there when they explained everything to me. You don't know them enough to judge them!"
"And you do?" Jackson asked slightly amused. "Who are you going to believe? You just met Sora and Demetra, and you've known me all your life."
"That's where you're mistaken," Tsunami said darkly. "If this is what you believe, what you truly believe with all of your heart, then I don't know you at all!" she yelled wrenching out of Jackson's grasp. She ran off into the rain.
"Tsunami! Tsunami wait!" called Jackson, for a second she thought he might try to follow her. A hooded man appeared from out of nowhere and tapped Jackson on the shoulder. "Maybe she was right," Jackson said to the man. Tsunami listened carefully hoping Jackson would come.
"Do not worry my son," the man said putting his hand on Jackson's shoulders. "She will come in her own time, don't worry she will come." Jackson nodded.
"Your right father," he said the icy tone returning. "Tsunami will come, she knows, you know, and I know. If not on her free will she will come by force." Tsunami gasped.
"Come, the gathering begins." said the man. He stood behind Jackson and they vanished in a sudden ball on Darkness. Tsunami raced away still looking over her shoulder. She ran and ran until she reached the spot where she had met the white haired Invisible. The street was covered in a least an inch of water and all the lights were on. Tsunami stopped looking around her. Heartless pulled themselves out of the ground and surrounded her, the rain spilling off their slick bodies. Their bulging yellow eyes stared at her and their feet were covered in water. Tsunami pulled back her coat and removed both of her Keyblades; she twirled them threateningly and lightning passed between them. She looked up to see the Invisible again; there was something familiar about him too.
He stood on the top of the building and raised his arms, the sky cleared showing a few remaining stars and some kind of shooting star. A purple fire raged around her in the shape of a heart. Demetra had been right; he was trying to freak her out. The fire died down leaving the Heartless free to attack. The first lunged meeting the cold metal of Tsunami's Keyblade. As if on queue, the others attacked. She sliced through them and knocked them off balance. Three jumped up in the air, Tsunami ducked and they barley missed her. Then they all began to jump up. Tsunami joined them knocking them out of the air. She twisted her body around and threw one of her Keyblades. It came spinning back to her and she caught it, right before she landed.
They were closing in on her, no matter how many she destroyed more seemed to come. She saw her way out, and a way to the white haired Invisible. She jumped up doing a flip in mid air and landed on a high platform. She looked up; she was on the building with the screens, perfect. She began to run up the building, "I may defying ever law of physics I was ever taught but who cares?" she asked herself slicing through A Heartless that had followed her. She watched as the Invisible jumped.
"Are you CRAZY?" she yelled. The Invisible didn't respond, Tsunami hadn't expected him to. She reached the screen when a Keyblade flew out from being her. The Invisible passed her and for that moment, time seemed to freeze. The Invisible smirked and time resumed. He sped downward with Tsunami close on his tail. He was about to hit the ground when it turned completely black. He dove into the Darkness. Tsunami raced to follow him but it closed up. He had left, taking his Heartless with him.
"TSUNAMI!" called Demetra racing up to her. "That was SO COOL! You defied every known law of physics but who CARES?!" Tsunami grinned.
"Déjà vu," she said laughing. "I said the same thing." Demetra grinned. Then she saw Tsunami's Keyblades.
"We saw you fighting with them but we weren't sure-" Demetra began. Tsunami looked at them in surprise, what did they think she was, stupid?
"I knew there was another Keyblade Master around here in this time." Sora said amused at Tsunami's surprise.
"I know I really shouldn't but do you think I could well... it's just this once and I'd only want to you know... just one-" Demetra began.
"Sure!" Tsunami said handing Demetra one of her Keyblades. Demetra held it almost like if she breathed on it wrong it would break. She studied it closely and laid it tenderly on the ground. She ran her hand over it.
"These symbols," she breathed. "I've never seen anything like them." She picked the Keyblade back up. "It will take years to translate." she said her voice hardly above a whisper. Sora looked like he was about to die from holding back laughter. He walked over to Demetra and lifted the Keyblade away from her. He flipped it over and handed it back. Tsunami burst out laughing and Demetra turned bright red.
"Hey look I translated the symbols!" Tsunami laughed. Sora rolled his eyes. "These symbols, I've never seen anything like them." Tsunami mimicked. Demetra looked closer at the Keyblade, the 'symbols' were writing.
"It says Excalibur," Demetra said slowly. Tsunami stopped laughing and looked at Demetra strangely. Demetra looked at it closely.
"Excuse me?" asked Tsunami. Demetra snatched the other Keyblade out of Tsunami's hand. She looked at it carefully.
"Soul Edge," said Demetra. Tsunami looked at the Keyblades. The writing was small and almost unnoticeable. "This is weird, why would your Keyblades have different names?" Demetra asked. Sora picked up one.
"Their not the same, the Keychain is different. In order for two Keyblades to have the same name, then they would have to be the exact same, Keychain and all." Sora said.
"Ok now would everyone please stop stealing my Keyblades and leave that to the Heartless? Thank you." said Tsunami snatching back her Keyblades.
"So where to next?" Demetra asked still red from her mistake. "Sora, you're the professional, where to?" Sora thought about it.
"Wonderland." he said finally. "We better go in order, plus it can't have changed too much." Tsunami and Demetra exchanged nervous glances. Sora was in for the surprise of a lifetime.