AN: Hello everyone! Yah, you guys were right about the last world, but what about this next world (the one Kairi and the others are going to)? Try to figure it out if you can (hopefully you will know which world it is 'cause it's kinda tricky). If not just tell me and I'll tell you in the next chappie. And just who is the mysterious voice? You'll find out soon enough! Oh yah, and I'm gonna try to scan my picture so you'll know what I look like, but just so you know, I have brown hair and brown eyes. I am so not a blonde haired, blue eyed girl, Selphie Louise!! lol
Disclaimer: Oh yah, I keep on forgetting...take it away...
Mr. Moogle: Holly has now dubbed me the disclaimer king. I don't know why, because I'm not very good at these things, but oh well! At least she gave me a shiny crown to go with my title as king. Ooh...the crown is so...shiny...mesmerizing....-is shaken by aliasfan- Huh, huh? Oh yah, almost forgot, Holly doesn't own Kingdom Hearts. -is mesmerized-
Chapter Seven: Reminiscing and Spring
"Thanks for letting me stay with you guys, Sora." Mesna said. "I was starting to feel lonely on this island. There was a friend that I had back in Bendugria. She was 17 years old but she was still my best friend. Her name is Jahujehu, or Jahu for short. She was like a mother to me when I crashed Ansem's ship there. Her parents had abandoned her when she was 10 years old, so she learned to live on her own for 7 years! Anyways, she was so nice, and she was all I had. I just hope that she's okay."
"Wow, I hope you do find her. I'm trying to find my friends too. But we need to seal the 2nd door to the light. Boy, I really miss Kairi. She's my girlfriend." Sora explained to Mesna. Lilo was too busy chasing Stitch to hear their conversation. If she could, she'd be really confused anyways.
"The thing that hits me the most is, I really like Jahu. Even though she was like my mother, I wanted her to be my girlfriend. We're only 2 years apart. But, I was really nervous to say anything. The day of the storm, I was taking a walk with Jahu. I wanted to say something, but I didn't, and then all of a sudden the storm happened and I ended up here. Now I don't know if I'll ever have a chance to tell her how I feel."
"Mesna, when there was the first storm, I got separated from Kairi. She didn't know exactly how I felt about her. But everything ended up okay, and I was able to tell her how I felt. You'll get your chance." Sora said. They looked up to see a huge neon sign marked 'Crab Shack'.
"This is it!" Lilo said. "Thanks for walking me home!"
"No prob." Sora said. "See you later!"
Sora and Mesna walked home in silence, thinking to themselves about their loves. They came to the ship door, but Mesna stood outside it, looking up at the stars. "Coming in?" Sora asked.
"Not now." Mesna said, unmoved.
"Just don't stay out too long. Stay safe." Sora said, closing the door behind him.
"Where are you Jahu?" Mesna said out loud. "I need you..." What? You don't need her. What you need is me. You see, you've become too soft. You care too much. And you didn't care enough. Well, what're you going to do. I had my priorities. It's time you had some of your own. What're you talking about? If you think I'm gonna hurt Sora, I'm not. He's my friend now. Of course, he is...whatever you say. By the way, I liked that story you told. It really livened my spirits to hear my name spoken. But come now, why did you have to go and change your name? I didn't like it. Big whoop. I thought you didn't care.Well, I care about that. At least my name is in your name. Now, come on. How am I going to get you to carry out my plan... What plan?! Just leave me alone! I'm not like you, okay?!!! Oh, but you will be...
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"What is this place?" Wakka said out loud. The world was so gloomy, and no one was to be found. The place was pitch black, except for a small glimmer of light, coming from a big, white door.
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"When are we gonna find a world?! It's taking so long!" Kairi said impatiently.
"We've only been on the ship for 5 minutes!" Tidus exclaimed.
"I know, but I just want to find everyone." she answered back.
"Don't worry." Mickey said, full of assurance. "We'll find them safe and sound."
"Riku's got a Keyblade now." Selphie informed Mickey, trying to use the new lingo.
"I see. He got it back once he came to the good side. Well, let's hope he's with the others to protect them." Mickey said.
"There's a world coming up ahead!" Goofy announced, steering the gummi ship for the world. Donald usually steered the ship on their other adventures, but he had seen him do it so many times that he eventually picked up how to maneuver it.
"Alright!" Kairi said, jumping up and down. Kairi wasn't the only one excited. Everyone wanted to see what was in store for them, and hopefully it would be good. They stepped out of the ship, and the first thing they noticed was that they were in a forest. And the second thing they noticed was that they landed right next to another gummi ship.
"Oh my goodness!" Kairi yelled. "Sora could be in there!" Without even thinking, she ran right into the ship, looking for him.
"Stop Kairi! There could be danger!" Mickey exclaimed, but Kairi couldn't hear him. They ran after her into the ship. Kairi stood in one of the doorways, her back towards them.
"No one's here..." she muttered.
"Maybe they went out and they're coming back." Tidus said, trying to cheer Kairi up. He knew how it felt to wonder where someone was. He wondered where Vern was. Not that he cared about her after what she did, but still deep inside he cared.
"Let's stay here until they come back." Selphie said.
"No, I don't think that's a good idea." King Mickey disagreed. "Many people have gummi ships. They might think that we are bad and attack us. I think it would be better to go in our gummi ship and wait awhile to see whose ship it is." Everyone decided that Mickey's plan would be best. They went back into their own ship and waited.
It was quite dull to just look out the window and stare at the other ship. "I need to get some fresh air. I can't stand being in here." Kairi whined.
"Well, I want to explore, so I'll go with you." Tidus said.
King Mickey was always looking out for people. "You'll need some kind of protection, just in case. You never know, Heartless could be here too."
"You're right." Kairi said. She looked around the ship, and she managed to find two sharp knives. "I got us covered." They exited out of the ship and explored the forest. It was big and lush and had every type of plant and flower imaginable. The trees seemed to loom overhead for miles, and the smell was of a fresh spring. Finally they came to a small cave along a brook. There they stopped to get a drink and rest.
"This forest is beautiful." Kairi said as she washed her face in the stream.
"Yah, it's pretty cool." Tidus agreed.
"I just hope a big Heartless butterfly doesn't come out and kill us." Kairi joked.
"Hey, there's something in here." Tidus said, poking his head in the cave.
"What is it? A Heartless? Sora? Who, who, who?" Kairi exclaimed, hyperventilating.
"No, no, nothing like that. It's a little pixie thing."
"What?" Kairi asked.
"It's a green fairy. I don't know, I've never seen anything like it."
Kairi had to see for herself what this small thing was. She looked into the cave and found out what Tidus was talking about. "That's weird, it is like a pixie or something." That's when they heard a noise. Not very loud, but very stealthy. But suddenly the steps were loud as they drew nearer. They felt a hot breath on their necks. Slowly, Tidus and Kairi turned around. What they saw was a buck!
"Is this a Heartless?" Tidus whispered, not really knowing what they could look like.
"I don't think so. This one seems kind of nice." Only it was angry because it thought they were hurting the little pixie inside. Kairi and Tidus quickly parted away so the buck could see that they meant no harm. The buck went into the cave, and when it came out, perched on its head was the green pixie.
"Okay, this is getting really weird." Tidus said.
"Um, can you talk? Who are you?" Kairi asked, trying to make some sense of the situation.
"They can't talk." came a voice from behind them. Kairi immediately recognized the voice even before she turned around.
"Leon?!" she exclaimed. She whirled around to find that it was Leon, and Yuffie was with him too. Kairi remembered how after her heart was set free by Sora and she was returned to Traverse Town, they took care of her. She was especially glad that they were there because they knew how to fight. Two small knives alone are definitely no match for a Heartless. Kairi ran up and hugged the two. "Leon, Yuffie, this is Tidus."
"Nice to meet you." Tidus said.
"It's no use trying to get the buck to talk, let alone Spring." Yuffie explained.
"Spring?" Kairi asked. "You mean she's really-"
"Yep. And you'd have more luck getting a buck to talk than you can Spring. As you can see by the forest, she has already arrived." Leon said.
"I can see. This place is beautiful!" Kairi admired.
"Yah, but she's not done with the whole forest. But she'll finish today." Yuffie said.
Tidus was confused. "You mean that little thing is going to turn the whole forest to spring? Wouldn't that take weeks?"
"She grows and expands as she spreads the life of spring. So trust me, she'll be done." Leon said. "We just came by to see her in action."
"Wait a minute, so that's your ship?" Kairi asked.
"Exactly."
"Well, we're here with King Mickey, Goofy, and my other friend Selphie. Oh, by the way, she turned into a Heartless as a red nocturne, but she's good. She can talk too. It's a long story, so let's just leave it at that." Kairi explained.
"We have to go tell them they can leave the ship. We've been waiting forever to see who the ship belonged to." Tidus said.
"Well, alright." Leon said. "But Spring will have to follow us there. Then, if you want to come along and watch, you're welcome to come."
"Sounds good." Kairi said. The whole group made their way back to the ships. It was a very happy reunion.
"I thought you guys would never come!" Mickey said.
"Garsh Kairi, sorry it wasn't Sora." Goofy said.
"I wish it was him." Kairi daydreamed. "Well, he's out there somewhere."
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Oh yah, I posted up an FFX-2 poem. It's kinda cheap, but I dunno, it just came to me. If you guys could R&R it that'd be great.