Chapter Six
Hikari only saw Darkness, all around her, she felt as if she was floating in nothingness. She looked around her, and she couldn't see a thing. Suddenly, there was a small light in the distance, she looked to it, and noticed she was falling towards it. A voice began to echo through her ears.
"This world has been Connected..." the voice spoke. She looked around her, still falling to the light. "Tied to the Darkness...Soon to be completely eclipsed... There is so very much to learn...You understand so little."
"Who are you!?" she called out. But her voice could not be heard. Not even by herself.
"A meaningless effort...One who knows nothing, can understand...nothing." The voice faded away and the light had gotten so bright that Hikari could no longer see the darkness. Within a few seconds, she opened her eyes, and she was underwater. She swam up to the surface and took a deep breath and looked around her.
"My island!" she yelled as she swam to the shore. As she looked up, the man named Riku stood there. She blinked and stepped back a bit. As he held out his hand to her, he suddenly turned into Tannim. "T-Tannim?" she reached for him but felt herself fall backwards back underwater. Tannim looked at her as his mouth formed the word 'Hikari'. She watched him and suddenly could hear a faint voice.
"Hikari! Wake up!" The voice grew louder. It was Donald's voice. "WAKE UP!" Hikari bolted upright and turned to the duck with a glare of death. It didn't take him but one second to see this, and bolt off in the other direction.
"I'm gonna have me some Peking DUCK!" she screamed as she stood up and walked to her post and sat down staring at the computer screen. Goofy looked behind him at her, he didn't bother to ask her what was happening, but she did mumble to herself, "Why is it so hard to get some sleep? I hadn't slept for a while now!" she yelled. Goofy turned back to the screen.
"We're uh-coming to the Olympic Coliseum!" Goofy yelled out.
"Run! Push It! You'll never be a Hero! Move it!" a small goat man, also known as a Satyr, stood on a barrel yelling at a young man who was running around an arena.
"Phil? Why are you pushing me so hard?!" The young man said as he came to a stop in front of the goat man.
"Kid, do you wanna be a hero or not?" Phil asked.
"Yeah?"
"THEN GET WORKING!" Phil screamed, and the kid took of running once again.
"You never change Phil, do you?" Donald's voice came from behind him.
"Donald! What are you guys doing here?" He asked turning to them and then stopped as he looked to Hikari. "Holy Hera...Is that you Sora?" he asked.
"No...I'm Hikari, Sora's daughter." She placed her hands on her hips.
"Sora....had a daughter?" He looked to her and then burst into laughter. Hikari wasn't all that happy, with Donald waking her and the fact that she hadn't had much sleep for a while, she was about to snap. Donald stepped behind Goofy. Hikari growled and grabbed him by the horn and pulled him up.
"Don't piss me off goatie...I haven't had much sleep and I don't liked to be Mocked!" She growled. Goofy watched her with wide eyes and then placed a hand on her shoulder. She put him down and sighed.
"Oh man..." Phil spoke and stepped back only to run into the kid's leg. He looked up. "Oh Herc, uh...this is Sora's daughter." He then hid behind him. Herc, or rather Hercules, smiled and extended a hand.
"I'm Hercules. Nice to meet ya." He spoke with a smile. Hikari smiled a bit and took his hand shaking it firmly.
"Likewise."
"So uh-you holding the tournaments again Phil?" Goofy asked stepped up to him. Phil started to gain a little more confidence now and stepped out from behind Herc and nodded.
"Yeah, but I can't let the girl join yet."
"Oh right, need to "prove" yourself." Donald spoke emphasizing the word: prove. Phil nodded. Hikari turned to them.
"What?"
"We always hold fighting tournaments to determine who the strongest fighter is." Herc cut in. Hikari blinked a bit. "But you can't enter into the tournament until you go through the preliminaries."
"It can't be that hard can it?" Hikari spoke with confidence.
"Try your luck then." Phil warned her and walked off motioning for her to follow. She looked to Donald and Goofy who nodded for her to follow.
Hours went by and finally, Hikari passed the Preliminaries. She sat down and let out a sigh of relief.
"I give you credit, you are pretty good, just like your father." Phil walked up and said. Hikari looked to him with no real expression on her face. Phil waved in front of her face a bit. "Hey kid, you ok?" Hikari said nothing. He snapped a bit, she blinked a few times and looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She spoke. Phil nodded.
"Good, you're in the tournaments."
"Really?" She smiled a bit.
"Yep! Get your butt in gear kid, you're up first!" Phil walked off. Hikari growled.
"BUT I JUST FINISHED THE PERLIMINARIES!" she screamed.
The tournaments had begun, Hikari fighting all rounds on her own. She wanted nothing to do with Donald and Goofy at the moment, she wanted to prove herself. As she moved up the long ladder of fighters, she had finally come to the end. This time, it was Cloud. She walked into the arena, her head held high, literally. She flipped her hair back a bit and stood there looking back at Donald and Goofy who were cheering for her every step of the way. She rested the Keyblade on her shoulder and turned back around. A tall man stood there with spikey blonde hair and dark clothing. She stepped back a bit.
"God, do you ever see the light of day?" she said making a face. Cloud stepped forward raising his huge buster sword to his shoulder. Hikari now became nervous.
"What about you?" He spoke with no emotion. Hikari blinked a bit and pointed to herself.
"Uh yeah...I do live on an island."
"That doesn't exist..."
"What?! How do you know?!"
"Because these worlds are being destroyed...again..." his voice changed to the same familiar one in her dream. She looked around her as the sky began to turn black.
"H-hey? Wh-what's going on?!" she spun around. She turned back to cloud who was no longer there. "Oooooooh shit." She was suddenly struck down hard. She rolled across the ground and got up slowly rubbing her head slightly. "HEY! Haven't you ever heard of play fair?" she glared at him. He was no standing where she once was. She stood up slowly and took the Keyblade in hand. His eyes turned red, there was no one around them any longer. She growled a bit.
"Can you not feel it?" he spoke, the same voice from her dream.
"What?"
"Can you not feel the energy?"
"What are you talking about?!"
"The energy that surges through your body....can you not feel it?"
"I don't care!" she screamed out and ran at him striking him down hard. Suddenly, the area went back to the normal blue sky and light around her. She was now standing above a fallen Cloud. She blinked a bit. Donald and Goofy ran up to her, Herc ran over to Cloud and Phil stood off to the side with a surprised look on his face.
"What...just happened?" she asked as she looked at Donald and Goofy.
"You uh-went out of control!" Goofy stated.
"Went out of control?" Hikari looked at her hands, the Keyblade was gone for the time being.
"Yeah, he attacked you and you got up and mutilated him!" Donald yelled out. A small keyhole appeared behind her. She turned to it and blinked a bit.
"I...don't understand." She spoke to herself as she turned to the keyhole and the Keyblade appeared in her hand once again making a small click.
Off in the shadows...someone stood, blue flames on top of his head.
"My one chance at impressing him and it goes down the drain! He will surely have my head now..." he spoke and wandered away.
End Olympus Coliseum
Hikari only saw Darkness, all around her, she felt as if she was floating in nothingness. She looked around her, and she couldn't see a thing. Suddenly, there was a small light in the distance, she looked to it, and noticed she was falling towards it. A voice began to echo through her ears.
"This world has been Connected..." the voice spoke. She looked around her, still falling to the light. "Tied to the Darkness...Soon to be completely eclipsed... There is so very much to learn...You understand so little."
"Who are you!?" she called out. But her voice could not be heard. Not even by herself.
"A meaningless effort...One who knows nothing, can understand...nothing." The voice faded away and the light had gotten so bright that Hikari could no longer see the darkness. Within a few seconds, she opened her eyes, and she was underwater. She swam up to the surface and took a deep breath and looked around her.
"My island!" she yelled as she swam to the shore. As she looked up, the man named Riku stood there. She blinked and stepped back a bit. As he held out his hand to her, he suddenly turned into Tannim. "T-Tannim?" she reached for him but felt herself fall backwards back underwater. Tannim looked at her as his mouth formed the word 'Hikari'. She watched him and suddenly could hear a faint voice.
"Hikari! Wake up!" The voice grew louder. It was Donald's voice. "WAKE UP!" Hikari bolted upright and turned to the duck with a glare of death. It didn't take him but one second to see this, and bolt off in the other direction.
"I'm gonna have me some Peking DUCK!" she screamed as she stood up and walked to her post and sat down staring at the computer screen. Goofy looked behind him at her, he didn't bother to ask her what was happening, but she did mumble to herself, "Why is it so hard to get some sleep? I hadn't slept for a while now!" she yelled. Goofy turned back to the screen.
"We're uh-coming to the Olympic Coliseum!" Goofy yelled out.
"Run! Push It! You'll never be a Hero! Move it!" a small goat man, also known as a Satyr, stood on a barrel yelling at a young man who was running around an arena.
"Phil? Why are you pushing me so hard?!" The young man said as he came to a stop in front of the goat man.
"Kid, do you wanna be a hero or not?" Phil asked.
"Yeah?"
"THEN GET WORKING!" Phil screamed, and the kid took of running once again.
"You never change Phil, do you?" Donald's voice came from behind him.
"Donald! What are you guys doing here?" He asked turning to them and then stopped as he looked to Hikari. "Holy Hera...Is that you Sora?" he asked.
"No...I'm Hikari, Sora's daughter." She placed her hands on her hips.
"Sora....had a daughter?" He looked to her and then burst into laughter. Hikari wasn't all that happy, with Donald waking her and the fact that she hadn't had much sleep for a while, she was about to snap. Donald stepped behind Goofy. Hikari growled and grabbed him by the horn and pulled him up.
"Don't piss me off goatie...I haven't had much sleep and I don't liked to be Mocked!" She growled. Goofy watched her with wide eyes and then placed a hand on her shoulder. She put him down and sighed.
"Oh man..." Phil spoke and stepped back only to run into the kid's leg. He looked up. "Oh Herc, uh...this is Sora's daughter." He then hid behind him. Herc, or rather Hercules, smiled and extended a hand.
"I'm Hercules. Nice to meet ya." He spoke with a smile. Hikari smiled a bit and took his hand shaking it firmly.
"Likewise."
"So uh-you holding the tournaments again Phil?" Goofy asked stepped up to him. Phil started to gain a little more confidence now and stepped out from behind Herc and nodded.
"Yeah, but I can't let the girl join yet."
"Oh right, need to "prove" yourself." Donald spoke emphasizing the word: prove. Phil nodded. Hikari turned to them.
"What?"
"We always hold fighting tournaments to determine who the strongest fighter is." Herc cut in. Hikari blinked a bit. "But you can't enter into the tournament until you go through the preliminaries."
"It can't be that hard can it?" Hikari spoke with confidence.
"Try your luck then." Phil warned her and walked off motioning for her to follow. She looked to Donald and Goofy who nodded for her to follow.
Hours went by and finally, Hikari passed the Preliminaries. She sat down and let out a sigh of relief.
"I give you credit, you are pretty good, just like your father." Phil walked up and said. Hikari looked to him with no real expression on her face. Phil waved in front of her face a bit. "Hey kid, you ok?" Hikari said nothing. He snapped a bit, she blinked a few times and looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She spoke. Phil nodded.
"Good, you're in the tournaments."
"Really?" She smiled a bit.
"Yep! Get your butt in gear kid, you're up first!" Phil walked off. Hikari growled.
"BUT I JUST FINISHED THE PERLIMINARIES!" she screamed.
The tournaments had begun, Hikari fighting all rounds on her own. She wanted nothing to do with Donald and Goofy at the moment, she wanted to prove herself. As she moved up the long ladder of fighters, she had finally come to the end. This time, it was Cloud. She walked into the arena, her head held high, literally. She flipped her hair back a bit and stood there looking back at Donald and Goofy who were cheering for her every step of the way. She rested the Keyblade on her shoulder and turned back around. A tall man stood there with spikey blonde hair and dark clothing. She stepped back a bit.
"God, do you ever see the light of day?" she said making a face. Cloud stepped forward raising his huge buster sword to his shoulder. Hikari now became nervous.
"What about you?" He spoke with no emotion. Hikari blinked a bit and pointed to herself.
"Uh yeah...I do live on an island."
"That doesn't exist..."
"What?! How do you know?!"
"Because these worlds are being destroyed...again..." his voice changed to the same familiar one in her dream. She looked around her as the sky began to turn black.
"H-hey? Wh-what's going on?!" she spun around. She turned back to cloud who was no longer there. "Oooooooh shit." She was suddenly struck down hard. She rolled across the ground and got up slowly rubbing her head slightly. "HEY! Haven't you ever heard of play fair?" she glared at him. He was no standing where she once was. She stood up slowly and took the Keyblade in hand. His eyes turned red, there was no one around them any longer. She growled a bit.
"Can you not feel it?" he spoke, the same voice from her dream.
"What?"
"Can you not feel the energy?"
"What are you talking about?!"
"The energy that surges through your body....can you not feel it?"
"I don't care!" she screamed out and ran at him striking him down hard. Suddenly, the area went back to the normal blue sky and light around her. She was now standing above a fallen Cloud. She blinked a bit. Donald and Goofy ran up to her, Herc ran over to Cloud and Phil stood off to the side with a surprised look on his face.
"What...just happened?" she asked as she looked at Donald and Goofy.
"You uh-went out of control!" Goofy stated.
"Went out of control?" Hikari looked at her hands, the Keyblade was gone for the time being.
"Yeah, he attacked you and you got up and mutilated him!" Donald yelled out. A small keyhole appeared behind her. She turned to it and blinked a bit.
"I...don't understand." She spoke to herself as she turned to the keyhole and the Keyblade appeared in her hand once again making a small click.
Off in the shadows...someone stood, blue flames on top of his head.
"My one chance at impressing him and it goes down the drain! He will surely have my head now..." he spoke and wandered away.
End Olympus Coliseum