Chapter 4
Hikari woke up slowly and moaned a bit. She couldn't open her eyes much but in the background she could hear someone say something about "history in a loop." Hikari tried to sit up, but she felt as if there was something that was holding her down.
"Are you ok?" a soft female's voice said. Hikari could feel a soft hand placed on her forehead. For an instant she thought it was her mother.
"M-mom?" Hikari said with a scratchy voice.
"Squall, next time don't hit someone over the head. Just grab them." The woman's voice said again.
"Yeah, sure. And it's Leon." The male's voice could be heard. Hikari jumped a bit to the sound of his voice. Hikari finally managed to open her eyes with a very blurry vision. She could see a woman sitting beside her in a pink, button down, spaghetti strap, dress, with long brown hair pulled back in a braid. She closed her eyes again and moaned from the pain in her head.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"You're in Traverse Town." The girl said.
"Who are you?" Hikari finally said bluntly.
"My name is Aerith. Can you sit up?" she asked. Hikari tried to sit up slowly, but had some extra help.
"So we got a new girl?" another female's voice intruded.
"Yes, but she's just waking up. Leon here decided that in order to get her to us, he would knock her out." Aerith said.
"Leon! Why do you always do that!" the other girl's voice yelled. Hikari winced from the girl yelling, her head was pounding.
"Yuffie, quit your yelling please." He said. The other girl clenched her fists and sighed as she sat in a chair near the table. Hikari held her head in her hands and close her eyes. Aerith rubbed Hikari's back gently to try and sooth her.
"What's going on? Why, why am I here?" Hikari asked as she lifted her head a bit and looked to Aerith.
"You are the keyblade master now." She replied.
"Keyblade master?" Hikari questioned.
"Yep, you're the one and only one that can use the keyblade!" Yuffie commented. Hikari looked at the young ninja girl, still a bit confused.
"But I don't get it, what am I supposed to do?" Hikari looked at her hands remembering to herself what it was like when she was fighting the huge monster. Then it hit her. Her eyes widened and she scrambled to get up. Aerith held her down. "My island! Where is my mom, my dad....Tannim." she found that trying to get up was futile. She gave up and sat there, she looked down and closed her eyes, small tears rolled down her cheeks as she thought harder about it. Aerith looked to Leon and then to Yuffie.
"Just calm down. How about you get some more rest to clear your head and then we'll sit and talk about this more after you wake up." Aerith said calmly and lied Hikari back. She lied back and closed her eyes letting her mind drift into darkness, she fell asleep faster than expected.
"I don't get how history is creating a loop." Aerith said as she looked to Leon. Leon shrugged and looked to the door of the room where Hikari slept.
"I don't know, but it seems as though everything has a way of repeating itself. Did you guys notice how much she looks like Sora when he first came here?" Leon looked back to the others.
"I did see that in her, but she sure didn't act like him." Yuffie stated candidly. Aerith sighed softly and looked up to the ceiling as if trying to figure something out.
"Hey uh-I know you guys." A familiar peculiar voice sounded down the hallway. The three looked up to see Donald and Goofy.
"Donald, Goofy. What a surprise." Aerith said as she smiled softly. Donald walked up and looked up to Leon.
"So where is he?" the duck mage asked.
"He?" Leon questioned.
"Yeah, the keyblade master." Goofy spoke.
"You're wrong." Yuffie said.
"What?" Donald looked to her with a confused expression.
"The Keyblade master isn't a 'he', 'he' is actually a 'she'." Yuffie pointed to the door. Donald and goofy looked to each other.
"And don't go in there, she's resting right now. Apparently this is all hitting her a little harder than I thought it might have." Aerith spoke in a soft tone.
"But uh-we need to get going; we need to do what Sora and us had done before." Goofy stated.
"We understand, but she's a bit different, give her some time." Leon spoke with a demanding tone.
Hikari tossed and turned in the bed she lied on, while dreaming of her childhood. She moaned quietly.
Hikari saw herself at the age of six running around with a wooden sword her father had made her. Tannim, also at the age six, was running with her. Little Hikari giggled as she tried to attack Tannim while playing on the beach. Tannim tried to attack her back. Sora stood off a little ways watching the two children play.
"Tannim! Can't catch me!" Hikari yelled as she started running in the other direction.
"Oh yeah?! Here I come!" he ran after her. Hikari was laughing so hard that she didn't see where she was going and tripped, falling face flat in the sand. Hikari sat up as her eyes swelled up with tears. Sora smiled warmly and walked over to her kneeling beside her. Tannim stood back a few feet, the tip of his wooden sword in the sand and his free hand up to his mouth.
"Daddy, I got hurt." Hikari cried. Sora looked down to her knees which were a little scratched up. Sora rubbed it gently and kissed his daughters forehead. Hikari whipped her tears away and stood up slowly whipping the sand form her little play outfit. She leaned over and picked up her wooden sword and turned to Tannim. But he was gone. She turned back to see her father, but he was gone too. She looked around her and the island started to disappear slowly.
"Mommy? Daddy? Where are you?" the little girl called out.
"MOM!" Hikari sat up breathing heavy. She had the worse dream. She looked around her, no one in the room at the moment; that was good. She sighed softly. "It was just a dream."
Aerith, who was standing outside the door, quickly turn and walked in to check up on Hikari.
"You ok?" she asked softly as she looked at the teen. Hikari looked to her and nodded.
"I'm fine. Is there something wrong?" she asked trying to hide the fact that she woke up yelling.
"Someone is here to see you. Well, two." She opened the door as Donald and Goofy came in and looked at her. Donald's mouth dropped open upon seeing Hikari. Hikari got out of the bed slowly and stood, she was much taller than her father when they first met him, and she looked like him.
"Uh-you are?" Goofy asked breaking the silence.
"Hikari." She stated softly.
"You look like him." Yuffie walked in. "That's why they are so surprised."
"Huh? I look like whom?" Hikari looked to her with a confused expression.
"Sora." Donald came out with it.
"Sora is my father."
"Sora is the Keyblade master."
"You're kidding."
"Nope." Leon walked in. "He must've aged enough that the keyblade master had to choose its new owner."
"And it chose you!" Yuffie cheered. Hikari looked down to her hands and though about the keyblade, out of nowhere, it appeared. She jumped back a bit and looked over it. It was shiny; she was almost entranced by it until Donald yelled at her bringing her to reality. She looked up to the anxious duck.
"We have to get going! Our mission is to lock all the worlds." Donald said as he started to walk away. Goofy looked to her and followed Donald. Hikari shook her head and took a few steps and then looked to Leon and the rest of them.
"I want an explanation. Why am I here? Why did I take my fathers place, why did this happen?" She asked.
"You'll never know until you follow them and unfold your destiny." Leon spoke. Hikari looked back to the door where Donald waited tapping his foot. She walked out with them.
Hikari woke up slowly and moaned a bit. She couldn't open her eyes much but in the background she could hear someone say something about "history in a loop." Hikari tried to sit up, but she felt as if there was something that was holding her down.
"Are you ok?" a soft female's voice said. Hikari could feel a soft hand placed on her forehead. For an instant she thought it was her mother.
"M-mom?" Hikari said with a scratchy voice.
"Squall, next time don't hit someone over the head. Just grab them." The woman's voice said again.
"Yeah, sure. And it's Leon." The male's voice could be heard. Hikari jumped a bit to the sound of his voice. Hikari finally managed to open her eyes with a very blurry vision. She could see a woman sitting beside her in a pink, button down, spaghetti strap, dress, with long brown hair pulled back in a braid. She closed her eyes again and moaned from the pain in her head.
"Where am I?" she asked.
"You're in Traverse Town." The girl said.
"Who are you?" Hikari finally said bluntly.
"My name is Aerith. Can you sit up?" she asked. Hikari tried to sit up slowly, but had some extra help.
"So we got a new girl?" another female's voice intruded.
"Yes, but she's just waking up. Leon here decided that in order to get her to us, he would knock her out." Aerith said.
"Leon! Why do you always do that!" the other girl's voice yelled. Hikari winced from the girl yelling, her head was pounding.
"Yuffie, quit your yelling please." He said. The other girl clenched her fists and sighed as she sat in a chair near the table. Hikari held her head in her hands and close her eyes. Aerith rubbed Hikari's back gently to try and sooth her.
"What's going on? Why, why am I here?" Hikari asked as she lifted her head a bit and looked to Aerith.
"You are the keyblade master now." She replied.
"Keyblade master?" Hikari questioned.
"Yep, you're the one and only one that can use the keyblade!" Yuffie commented. Hikari looked at the young ninja girl, still a bit confused.
"But I don't get it, what am I supposed to do?" Hikari looked at her hands remembering to herself what it was like when she was fighting the huge monster. Then it hit her. Her eyes widened and she scrambled to get up. Aerith held her down. "My island! Where is my mom, my dad....Tannim." she found that trying to get up was futile. She gave up and sat there, she looked down and closed her eyes, small tears rolled down her cheeks as she thought harder about it. Aerith looked to Leon and then to Yuffie.
"Just calm down. How about you get some more rest to clear your head and then we'll sit and talk about this more after you wake up." Aerith said calmly and lied Hikari back. She lied back and closed her eyes letting her mind drift into darkness, she fell asleep faster than expected.
"I don't get how history is creating a loop." Aerith said as she looked to Leon. Leon shrugged and looked to the door of the room where Hikari slept.
"I don't know, but it seems as though everything has a way of repeating itself. Did you guys notice how much she looks like Sora when he first came here?" Leon looked back to the others.
"I did see that in her, but she sure didn't act like him." Yuffie stated candidly. Aerith sighed softly and looked up to the ceiling as if trying to figure something out.
"Hey uh-I know you guys." A familiar peculiar voice sounded down the hallway. The three looked up to see Donald and Goofy.
"Donald, Goofy. What a surprise." Aerith said as she smiled softly. Donald walked up and looked up to Leon.
"So where is he?" the duck mage asked.
"He?" Leon questioned.
"Yeah, the keyblade master." Goofy spoke.
"You're wrong." Yuffie said.
"What?" Donald looked to her with a confused expression.
"The Keyblade master isn't a 'he', 'he' is actually a 'she'." Yuffie pointed to the door. Donald and goofy looked to each other.
"And don't go in there, she's resting right now. Apparently this is all hitting her a little harder than I thought it might have." Aerith spoke in a soft tone.
"But uh-we need to get going; we need to do what Sora and us had done before." Goofy stated.
"We understand, but she's a bit different, give her some time." Leon spoke with a demanding tone.
Hikari tossed and turned in the bed she lied on, while dreaming of her childhood. She moaned quietly.
Hikari saw herself at the age of six running around with a wooden sword her father had made her. Tannim, also at the age six, was running with her. Little Hikari giggled as she tried to attack Tannim while playing on the beach. Tannim tried to attack her back. Sora stood off a little ways watching the two children play.
"Tannim! Can't catch me!" Hikari yelled as she started running in the other direction.
"Oh yeah?! Here I come!" he ran after her. Hikari was laughing so hard that she didn't see where she was going and tripped, falling face flat in the sand. Hikari sat up as her eyes swelled up with tears. Sora smiled warmly and walked over to her kneeling beside her. Tannim stood back a few feet, the tip of his wooden sword in the sand and his free hand up to his mouth.
"Daddy, I got hurt." Hikari cried. Sora looked down to her knees which were a little scratched up. Sora rubbed it gently and kissed his daughters forehead. Hikari whipped her tears away and stood up slowly whipping the sand form her little play outfit. She leaned over and picked up her wooden sword and turned to Tannim. But he was gone. She turned back to see her father, but he was gone too. She looked around her and the island started to disappear slowly.
"Mommy? Daddy? Where are you?" the little girl called out.
"MOM!" Hikari sat up breathing heavy. She had the worse dream. She looked around her, no one in the room at the moment; that was good. She sighed softly. "It was just a dream."
Aerith, who was standing outside the door, quickly turn and walked in to check up on Hikari.
"You ok?" she asked softly as she looked at the teen. Hikari looked to her and nodded.
"I'm fine. Is there something wrong?" she asked trying to hide the fact that she woke up yelling.
"Someone is here to see you. Well, two." She opened the door as Donald and Goofy came in and looked at her. Donald's mouth dropped open upon seeing Hikari. Hikari got out of the bed slowly and stood, she was much taller than her father when they first met him, and she looked like him.
"Uh-you are?" Goofy asked breaking the silence.
"Hikari." She stated softly.
"You look like him." Yuffie walked in. "That's why they are so surprised."
"Huh? I look like whom?" Hikari looked to her with a confused expression.
"Sora." Donald came out with it.
"Sora is my father."
"Sora is the Keyblade master."
"You're kidding."
"Nope." Leon walked in. "He must've aged enough that the keyblade master had to choose its new owner."
"And it chose you!" Yuffie cheered. Hikari looked down to her hands and though about the keyblade, out of nowhere, it appeared. She jumped back a bit and looked over it. It was shiny; she was almost entranced by it until Donald yelled at her bringing her to reality. She looked up to the anxious duck.
"We have to get going! Our mission is to lock all the worlds." Donald said as he started to walk away. Goofy looked to her and followed Donald. Hikari shook her head and took a few steps and then looked to Leon and the rest of them.
"I want an explanation. Why am I here? Why did I take my fathers place, why did this happen?" She asked.
"You'll never know until you follow them and unfold your destiny." Leon spoke. Hikari looked back to the door where Donald waited tapping his foot. She walked out with them.