"For some reason, my eyes aren't adjusting to the light." Kairi squinted at the ground trying to watch her footing.
"It takes a while to get used to the darkness." Yuyami began rummaging through his backpack again. "Wear this." He threw her a black piece of cloth.
"What am I supposed to do with this?" Kairi looked at the cloth.
"Wear it around your eyes like a blindfold." He continued walking. "You'll be virtually blind but your after you wear it for a while, your eyes will adjust and the darkness won't be as thick."
She looked at him and saw his eyes for the first time. They were a brilliant gray, almost silver in color. Her eyes lingered a little bit longer before she put the cloth around her eyes and tied it behind her hair. She couldn't see a thing.
This is stupid, she thought. Now I really can't see and if we're attacked I'll have to waste time taking it off.
As if reading her mind Yuyami said, "You'll also need to learn how to defend yourself without light. Remember, there is NO light in this world."
Kairi looked in his general direction.
"Where are we going?" She noticed before that they were walking into what looked like a fogbank. She looked at Yuyami while they walked down a dark road.
Yuyami stayed silent, munching on a leftover piece of boar.
Kairi shook her head. She didn't know whether Yuyami was an ass on accident or if he practiced but he sure could get under her skin.
"Treno," Yuyami said after finishing his food.
"Treno?" Kairi stopped and looked at Yuyami again. "Why Treno, where is it?" Yuyami kept walking.
"Treno is a city rife with bandits and cutthroats, but it's a great place to gather information."
Kairi had to run to catch up with him. "We're looking for information about the other keyblade masters, right?"
Yuyami nodded, "Correct."
Kairi was silent for a minute. She had so many questions and asked one off the top of her head. "How long will it take to get there?"
"We should come upon it in an hour or two", he answered. Kairi gawked. "An hour or two!?" She was about to really cut into him when she heard something coming from above.
For some reason, Yuyami just kept walking. She whipped out Promise Keeper and whirled around to face whatever was coming at her.
"What is it?" she wondered aloud. It sounded huge.
"An airship, they travel using the mist around here." Kairi was still cautious. "What's an airship?"
"Um, a big ship that flies in the air." Yuyami chuckled.
"Oh." She dismissed her keyblade, feeling a little stupid.
Another airship flew by, pretty close to the ground with a rope dangling from it. On the side was written "Treno". Yuyami's head snapped up. He wasn't one to waste opportunities and he instantly went into action. He ran toward the rope and motioned for Kairi to follow. He grabbed the rope and held his hand out to Kairi. She grabbed it and let him pull her up to the rope. They began to climb and reached the deck in no time. Yuyami looked around to see if anyone saw them but it looked like they were in the clear. He walked to a back room and saw that it was filled with barrels.
"Home sweet home, for now anyways." He laid on the floor curled up and closed his eyes.
Kairi shook her head. "How long will it take to get to Treno by airship?"
Yuyami answered without opening his eyes, "In about an hour."
Kairi sat down and leaned against a barrel. She closed her eyes and fell into slumber.
The same dream.
Kairi walks down the empty road with heartless abound.
Yuyami points at her shouting, "Source of darkness, source of darkness."
This time she knows its not her and turns around.
There's that familiar image.
She tries desperately to see who it is, but the figure is covered in shadows.
"Kairi…"
The figure looks at her.
"It's your fault that I am the source…the source of evil."
Kairi flinched.
"WHO ARE YOU!!"
She summons her keyblade to attack the figure and is destroyed by heartless once again…
Kairi awoke to Yuyami's hand on her shoulder. "The same dream." It wasn't a question.
"Yeah." Kairi shivered from the memory of the heartless covering her.
"Tell me about it." He looked at her with an intense gaze. "If you've had the same dream twice, it must mean something." Yuyami held her eyes with is own. "It may shed light on our journey."
She looked away. "Okay."
She told him everything about her dream: the heartless, his appearance, and the unknown figure. Yuyami frowned as he retreated into his thoughts.
"This figure, who do you think it could be?"
"I don't know. Whenever I see him, I get the feeling that we know each other."
She used to think she only knew the other kids on Destiny Island, but when her eyes were opened as a princess of heart, she realized that she had a previous life.
"I used to live in Hollow Bastion, have you heard of it?" Yuyami nodded. Kairi continued, "Maybe the person in my dreams could be from there."
Yuyami sighed and looked away. "There could be limitless possibilities, I suggest you watch your friends."
Kairi looked at him and smiled. "Even you?"
He looked back at her, minus the smile. "Especially me."
Kairi was about to think about that when the airship stopped. They were in Treno.
"First we go see a guy." They were jumping off the deck onto the ground below and Yuyami was stating their mission. "He may have some kind of information about the other keyblade masters."
Kairi, not really listening to him but nodding anyway, was realizing that there was actually a little visibility with the cloth on. She was starting to see more.
"Then we stock up on supplies, you know potions and stuff." They were walking into a shady building in the slums of Treno.
Kairi sensed sudden movement to her left and jumped back in time to avoid an attack. She heard the sound of metal on metal and faintly saw Yuyami holding a guy at bay with his keyblades. The guy withdrew his attack and put what looked like daggers to Kairi back on his hips.
"Long time no see 'Twilight Wings', thought you were gone forever."
Yuyami dismissed his keyblades and put a hand on the guy's shoulder. "Sorry Zidane, I got sidetracked."
He looked over at Kairi. Zidane looked at her and grasped her hand. Instead of shaking it, like she expected, he kissed it.
"Pleasure's all mine, ma'am." Kairi smiled. "How did you know I wasn't a man?" Zidane laughed and bowed. "A girl like you couldn't hide her beauty, even under that hood and blindfold.
Yuyami sighed and shook his head.
Kairi asked, "Why did you call Yuyami 'Twilight Wings'?" Zidane gestured toward Yuyami with his dagger which was, once again, unsheathed.
"That's what his name means, Yuyami Tsubasa…or Twilight Wings."
"Have you heard any news about the other keybearers." Yuyami folded his arms.
"That's my Twilight," Zidane laughed. "Always kill first, business second, act friendly never." "I heard that one of the keyblade masters was imprisoned in Midgar."
Yuyami's head snapped up. "Midgar?"
Kairi looked from Zidane to Yuyami. "Is that good or bad?"
Zidane rubbed his hair and tried to think of a good answer. "It depends on who you know." "If you go there alone, you'll definitely get smacked up by Vincent and Barret," Zidane added.
"Who are they?" Kairi was worried about Sora and Riku. If they ran into these two guys that guard Midgar, would they be able to handle them? Kairi was about to ask him when she heard something explode outside. She also heard shouts and screams, some containing fear, while others were pain.
Yuyami grinned. "The heartless are here…"
