6H:Chapter 7 already? This story is getting good!

Anaretsu: In my mind it keeps getting worse and worse.

6H: Oh be quiet.

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Kingdom Hearts-Shattered Fragments

Framgent 7-Legend of the Heartblade

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Cedeile slowly came to, noticing the change in surroundings. She lay on something soft in some kind of room. Her head hurt like hell, that was for sure. She slowly opened her eyes, but was forced violently awake by a very bouncy, hyper (or stoned) person.

"Hey, hey hey! Wake up already! We've got alot to tell you!" she said. Cedeile sat up right and looked at the room she was in. The green walls greeted her sight, along with some dark haired girl, who was much older herself. "You okay?"

"I've been better. You are...?"

"THE super fabulous wonderful most awsome ninja Yuffie!" she said, smiling.

"I'm Cedeile." she replied back.

"So, Cedeile, who long have you had that thing?" the man from before asked. He stood in the corner, arms crossed, with a stern looking face.

"What thing?" she asked. "Oh the staff?" she looked at it leaning against the wall. "I'm not sure. I woke up in Traverse Town and it was just in my hands."

"Leon, lighten up!" Yuffie said to the brooding man. "Now we only have to find the keyblade!" she cheered.

"The two were created to work together. One cannot be with out the other." he added.

"Hey, what's going on here? Keyblade, heartless? None of this is making sense." Leon moved out of his corner and walked to the staff. Picking it up, he began to study it closer.

"It's a legend being put into play. And you just happen to be part of it." he said. "I can't believe you are the one..."

"The one what?" she asked. The staff disappeared from his hands and appeared in Cedeile's. "What is this thing?"

"It is called the Heartblade. And only one person with the purest heart of them all can weild it."

"I...have the purest heart?" she asked, raising the staff. "So this is?"

"It purifies the heartless and restores the hearts back to their true forms." Yuffie explained.

"Right. The fact that you can weild it proves you have the power to save them all."

"What are the heartless?" Cedeile asked. "Did they destroy the island?"

"Only one person knows what the heartless truly are." Another voice said. A woman with long red hair wearing a long pink dress entered the room, carefully closing the door behind her. "He was named Ansem, and he wrote a report on them. But it's many pages were scattered. All we know now is that they are creatures of darkness that feed on hearts. Those they feed on lose their hearts, thus becoming heartless once again. They have appeared in the different worlds, trying to get to the heart of each world."

"Aerith..." Leon exclaimed, surprised as much as Cedeile was at the new presence.

"Then other worlds have been destoryed?"

"Yes." Aerith replied. "Even ours."

"And I was powerless against it." Leon said in angiush.

"Where do I come in?"

"With the keyblade master!" Yuffie exclaimed. "Leon, why don't you go look for him. Maybe he landed here too." Leon nodded and walked out the door.

"What's the keyblade? Is it like the heartblade?"

"Yes. It has the power to lock the worlds, protecting them from the heartless' grasp. It is another weapon made to stand against darkness." Aerith said. "A very powerful weapon that relies on a strong heart."

"Is that so. And it locks the worlds. That protects the heart of the world I guess. Right?"

"Yep." Yuffie chimed in. "And the two are supposed to work together. They can force back the darkness." Aerith stood.

"Well, I think I want to go for a walk. Maybe Leon has found the keyblade master already." She went to walk out of the room.

"Wait! I'll go too!" Cedeile offered, getting up as well.

"No, you stay here. We have to get the keyblade and the heartblade together."

"See you later, Aerith." Yuffie waved. Aerith smiled and left.

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"Damn it! I want to get out of this room already!" Cedeile whined. She was going insane from having to stay in one place for so long. Yuffie let out an exasperating sigh. Obivously this wasn't what she had planned to do with her afternoon.

"Come on, kid! Relax!" she half begged. "Why don't we talk about your island." Cedeile sighed and sat down on the bed.

"Well, it's always sunny and the ocean's the deepest shade of blue. The sand is warm..."Cedeile began, closing her eyes and embracing the feeling.

"It sounds nice..."Yuffie remarked.

"And I have my three friends...well...I did." her voice dropped. "My one friend was a real jerk and put this freaked out spell on me!" She felt her anger rising at Riku. "No one could see me...or hear me...And these two snakes were wrapped around me like ropes. It was really frustrating." She sighed.

"That sucks." Yuffie replied, wrinkling up her face at the thought of being restrained by snakes and magic spells.

"My other friends disappeared too. But...my best friend, he made a promise to me! Since we were leaving the island, we promised that we would see the other worlds together."

"Yeah?"

"He'll keep his promise! I know he will. And then we'll see the other worlds..." She gazed at the ceiling. 'Sora...I know you'll keep our promise. And I'll keep it too. I swear." The shattering of glass broke her out of her trance. Yuffie and her turned around to see the heartless had come.

"No! Those heartless have!"

"Yuffie! you stay here and wait for the others to come back! I'll take these guys!" Cedeile leaped up into the air and out of the broken window, landing on the balacony outside. The heartless turned to face her. She jumped again, this time she made it to a nearby rooftop. They followed, landing around her. She stood admist them with her eyes closed, the wind blowing her hair as the tension rose. One foolish heartless leaped forward. That's when Cedeile snapped into action, and thrust the heartblade in front of her, twirling it in a circle. The heartless hit it and was instantly killed, being purified in the process. Others follwed suit from all directions. Cedeile swung her staff around her, a blue line appearing after it, tracing the path. When the heartless hit it, they too became purified.

A few more came in for the kill, attacking from above. Cedeile looked up at them quick and then rolled out of the way before they hit, leaving a hole in the roof. Cedeile slowly stood back up, carefully getting her balance back. She ran towards them, heartblade in both hands like a sword, ready to purify. She slashed through them, and the erupted into pillars of light.

'Wow! Where did this power come from? It's like I've known how to do this forever! Maybe all that crud isn't just a fairy tale- maybe it's the truth, for real!' she thought, fighting the horde.

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From below on the street, a figure watched, standing behind a wall. He was amazed at the girl's ability, and was curious about her weapon. It seemed to emit light to kill it's opponents. He was quite intrigued as he watched her, black hair flying around her. Then again, the fact the heartless had gotton this far, worried him greatly. Would the get his world next?

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In the meantime, Leon entered the room, carrying the keyblade master over his shoulder. He was troulbed when he found Yuffie alone in the room, admist broken glass. Silence flew between them as they exchanged looks. Finally Yuffie slowly shrugged her shoulders.

"Oops?" she asked more than said, rather timidly.

"Yuffie..."Leon growled, trying to control his temper. Yuffie looked around, trying to change the subject.

"You found him! The keyblade master? That's good." Leon placed the unconcoius boy on the bed.

"Yes. He's called Sora. And he is the keyblade master. I can't even get it out of his hand."

"Leon, you really gotta stop beating up little kids." Yuffie joked, slapping him playfully on the back.

"So, where is she?" Yuffie's face became grim.

"Cedeile? A bunch of heartless came through the window, so she went to fight them. She told me to stay." He shook his head.

"Should've been the other way around." he mumered, looking at the one who held the keyblade.

"Give me a break! Besides, I'm sure she can handle them."

"Yuffie, stay here, and don't let him leave. Aerith and I will go look for Cedeile. Understand?" Yuffie nodded. Leon left the room without another word. Yuffie sat down in a chair near the bed. It seemed everything these days involed a whole lot of waiting.

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Cedeile sighed as she walked along the rooftop. She had finally defeated all those heartless, and was now going for a stroll to get a good look at the place before her. So, her staff had some amazing powers that would totaly destory the heartless-well, purify them- and then Mr. Keyblade Master would come along and fight them with her and they would lock the worlds, etc.,etc.

'Sounds glamorous. Geez, things sure have gotton complicated. But I wonder if I can still keep my promise.' she thought. Suddenly, she slipped on the roof and felt herself falling over and off of the building.

"DAMN IT!" she yelled in frustration more than anything. Was everything going to go wrong today? She felt herself flying over the edge of the building. 'God, please let me live!' she begged, bracing for a life shattering impact with earth. Instead she heard a squak and felt something soft beneath her. "Yay! I'm alive!" she sobbed, biting her bottom lip.

"Get offa me!" a voice demanded. She looked under her to find... a duck and a dog?

"Holy hell!" she exclaimed. She quickly jumped off the two she had squished. "God, I'm sorry! I was falling and getting ready to die..." She looked at them. "Wait a mintue! Who are you two?"

"Us?" asked the dog.

"No, the people standing behind you.Of course YOU!" Cedeile yelled.

"Come on little girl. Run along now. You shouldn't be out this late anyway." the duck insisted.

"L-little girl?" she stuttered. That's when a nerve snapped. "NO ONE CALLS ME LITTLE GIRL AND LIVES!" she yelled.

"Run, Donald!" the dog called to the duck.

"BAHHH!" The duck screamed and Cedeile chased him.

"Cedeile! Stop that!" Leon yelled across the square of the 2nd district.

"Oh...uh, hi Leon! Nice weather outside, isn't it?" she tried to change the subject. Aerith was behind him.

"Those two are messengers of the king." She said.

"King? And he is...? I'm really not following here."

"You don't know the king?" the dog asked her. She shook her head.

"Nope, can't seem to recall him. So, if the heartless are such a big problem, how come he didn't come here himself?" she asked.

"The king disappeared." the duck replied. "We're looking for a 'key.' And Leon."

"The keyblade is with Yuffie." he turned on Cedeile. "Where you were supposed to stay."

"So sue me. I went and purified some heartless, like you told me, and now you're yelling at me."

"I'm not yelling!"

"Leon..."Aerith shook her head. Suddenly, from behind them, footsteps sounded. Leon withdrew his sword and pushed Cedeile behind him.

"Someone's coming. Don't move, Cedeile. Aerith!" Aerith moved behind Leon as he stood, ready for a fight. The person approaching wore a long dark brown cloak. A huge sword was secured on his back. His hair was an oak color. He walked forward, his steps the only sound in the district. Leon stepped forward. "Who are you?" he demanded. The peson looked at him with dark navy eyes.

"I am...a fragment hunter..."

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6H:What is this, like four cliffies in a row?

Anaretsu: I'll count later.

6H:The story really begins to take off in the next chapter. Please reveiw, as always!

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Reviewer's Vote!(closed)

I will be featuring some other Final Fantasy characters in this story, and I want you to tell me if I should include Rinoa (FF 8) or Tifa (FF7) in this story. It's your vote! Please, please anwser!