6H:Welcome to chapter 38 and the end of the Book City saga.

Anaretsu: YAY!

6H:Shut up! Anyway, here's the chapter since I can't think of anything to say.


Kingdom Hearts-Shattered Fragments

Fragment 38-Yuna


Cedeile lay in front of the fire, peacfully sleeping. Ryu sat on the floor close to her, as if guarding her. His slightly blood-stained cloak lay in a messy pile on the ground beside him. Yuna walked over to him and he looked up and nodded, acknowleging her presence.

"How is Aru?" he asked.

"She's okay for now. I fixed her arm up, and I cured her HP and MP meters." Yuna replied. "How do you feel? Aren't you tired?"

"I'm fine. I don't think I could sleep now, anyway."he told her. The fire cracked, disturbing the silence in the room. Yuna looked down at Cedeile.

"Anyway, I want you all to stay a few days. You need to rest...it was a tough battle."

"You're all alone in this world now. All the heartless left suddenly after Kana was killed. All that's left for us to do here is find any fragments and purify the keyhole." Ryu looked at her with his dark navy eyes. "But with the condition that Cedeile is in..." he stopped. There was no reason to continue.

"I...I had no idea...that my grandfather was Kana's father. He was so kind to me and the other book masters...I don't see how he could've done such terrible things to Kana. I was listening as Kana told Cedeile that once, Kana was hanging from the edge of the balcony, but my grandfather...he wanted her to fall. I just don't know why he would've done that..."Yuna said sadly. "It must've been a sad life for her. And I'm...really angry at my grandfather. He had been lying for so long..."Yuna trailed off and silence once again hung over them. Ryu looked up at the paintings on the wall. The huge one over the fireplace caught his attention.

"Hey, Yuna. Who's that woman in the painting?" Ryu asked. Yuna looked up at the picutre. The woman had long black hair that drapped delicatly over her shoulders and was wearing a sky blue and gold kimono. She was smiling happily, and her blue eyes seemed to shine.

"I'm not sure...whenever I asked my grandfather, he would change the subject. It was the same with the other book masters as well. None of us knew." Ryu looked at the woman in the painting again.

"She reminds me of my mother back home..."he said, smiling to himself.

"I never knew my mother, or my father. My grandfather was the one took care of me."

"I'm lucky, then. Both my parents are back home, waiting for me to return."

"When will you go back?"

"When I have succesfully gathered all the fragments." Ryu replied. Yuna nodded thoughtfully. The fire cracked again.

"I don't know how I can thank you three. I don't have much now, and I really don't know what I'd offer you." Ryu closed his eyes.

"It's fine. The book you gave us eariler is plently. It's what we came here for in the first place anyway, so you don't owe us anything. We do this all the time." Yuna nodded slowly. "However, this has been the most brutal battle-different from all the ones before."

"That's because you weren't caught up in the affairs of demons before. They aren't like the heartless. They are born and they die. They have emotions. They are naturally the way they are. They aren't anything like the heartless."

"Yuna, the person who killed Kana was named Nabuki. Who is that?"

"You say you know Merlin, yet you don't know Nabuki?"Yuna questioned. The blank look on Ryu's face told her no, so she continued. "Nabuki was Merlin's apprentice a few years ago. She was trying to learn magic so she could fight the heartless. However, she wanted power very badly. She sold her soul to some demons and they gave her power in exchange for her human heart. Their plan was to simply give her some demon powers, but Nabuki became a full demon with extreme powers. After leaving Traverse Town, she rose to became to queen of all demons."

"That doesn't seem possible, for a human to became a demon so suddenly."

"It happened because of her strong desire to get revenge on the heartless for destroying her world. That's all I know."

"After this we're going back to Traverse Town. Maybe Merlin will enlighten us a little on this situation. I can't believe he kept this from us."

"He had good reason. Merlin was very sad after it happened." Yuna said quietly. Ryu lasped into silence and soaked in all the information presented to him. He looked over at the young book master.

"Will you be okay all alone in this world?" Ryu asked. Yuna turned to him, surprised. she then smiled and nodded.

"Yes. I think I'll be alright. Besides, if I left, then who would protect this place?" she said, but her voice seemed sad, despite the smile on her face.

"Cedeile told me Tifa is really from another world." Yuna's face faltered and then she looked down at the floor.

"As am I. We're from the same world."

"You are?"

"Yes. I was very young. We had to flee when the heartless came. It was horrible. My grandfather and I got seperated from Cid and the others. Tifa landed here with us, but some of her memories were gone. We think it's from the trauma. She had tried to save her parents."

"Your parents died when your world was destoryed." Ryu said, more than asked. Yuna nodded.

"Yes." Ryu sighed. It must be awfuly lonely to be the only person in your world. Yuna took it very well.

"You know Yuffie, Leon, Aerith...all them?"

"We came from the same world."

"How long ago did it disappear?"

"A long time ago...maybe seven years by now."

"You were young."

"Yes. I don't remeber much about my old home. But we never told anyone we were from another world. Tifa didn't say anything either."

"I see." Ryu said. Yuna looked down on the floor, and her eyes trailed over to a window. Her eyes stopped on it and stared. She slowly stood up and looked out it, and then a huge smile came across her face.

"Ryu! Oh, come look!" she said happily. Ryu got up from the floor and looked out the window. The stars were gone and the moon was setting. The sky was getting lighter. Ryu wasn't sure what it meant but Yuna happily danced around and skipped to the door, walking outside in her bare feet.

"Hey Yuna!" Ryu called and ran out, hasitly putting on his shoes. He nearly tripped out the door."Calm down and tell me what the hell is-" He looked to the horizon to see the sky becoming a pale blue and a light coming from beyond. Yuna was standing there, smiling.

"See, Ryu? It's the sunrise. The sun hasn't shined for awhile here in Book City." she said softly. Ryu watched the sky become shades of green, pink, and blue as the yellow sun came up to the sky. "It's because the evil is gone. When Kana took over a few months ago, it was always nightime. Finally the light has returned." She said, smiling. A small smile spread across Ryu's face as well as the two watched the sun come up silently and spread light over Book City.


6H: A short chapter, I know. And nothing really happened, just alot of talking. But next chapter, they all head back to Traverse Town. But will Nabuki beat them there first? Find out when you review! A special reward is there for all of you who can guess who the woman in the painting is!