Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Legend of Zelda, Simple and Clean, or some other stuff. Our nice friend, horsie890 owns Laska and Elleinad.

A/N: Yes, the A/N's have returned! This will be a shorter chapter than the others lately. This is a songfic chapter on "Simple and Clean" by Utada Hikaru.
Crystal's POV: Everything was in slower motion, until time seemed to stop. I felt that I was slowing down too, but only I could realize the change in motion. I heard a sound… like singing. It became louder. Yes, it seemed to be singing. Hundreds of voices, each clear and able to be distinguished and each voice was a very kind voice. They seemed to be singing a riddle… but not rhyming. It went like this:

"Master of the Card Crystals, one of failing strength.

Do not falter, all is not lost. Believing is all you need to do.

Believe, nestling, and you will take flight.

To unlock the true power of the Crystal Angel Knights, all you need to do is this:

Sing. Sing the song of the land where the wish of Lat-Reia came from.

It is the song of your liking, the one that soothes you through.

Sing this, and the Card Crystal's destinies will be fulfilled."

That was the easiest thing I've ever heard. KH song, my favorite song: "Simple and Clean." I felt my body be normal-paced in this slow-paced environment. I rolled well out of the way and hoisted both crystal Blade's up.

"I believe!" I said. "I believe that I can do as the song said. I believe I can make the Card Crystals go back to normal. I believe I'll save my friends and the world, and I believe I can defeat Blackheart!" With that, I felt the Card Crystals getting purged of the unneeded darkness and everything became normal-paced again. Blackheart's sword hit empty air and cracked the ground below.

"What?" Blackheat yelled, dumbfounded. I took a deep breath. I wasn't much of a singer, but it had to be done.

"When you walk away, you don't hear me say please, oh baby, don't go." Blackheart looked at me as if I were some lunatic.

"You know, I don't think this is a good time for that. How… How did you get out of the way?"

I smiled and kept on singing, "Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight. It's hard to let it go." Blackheart ran and swung at me with no mercy. I blocked it with both Crystal Blades crossed.

"How can you use those so easily?"

"You're giving me too many things, lately you're all I need. You smiled at me and said, don't get me wrong I love you but does that mean I have to meet your father?" We fought and fought, Blackheart getting more agitated.

"When we are older you'll understand what I meant when I said, 'No, I don't think life is quite that simple.'"

"Will you shut up already?" Blackheart swung hard to prove her point. I swooped down and hit her stomach with the flat of one of my swords

"Ouch!"

"When you walk away, you don't hear me say please, oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight, it's hard to let it go."At this point I could somehow ear Alysia and Laska singing with me. Blackheart did a quick high horizontal stroke that I couldn't block with my swords in time. I ducked, but it grazed my forehead. I grunted and felt a drop of blood running down my face.

"The daily things that keep us all busy are confusing me. That's when you came to me and said, wish I could prove I love you, but does that mean I have to walk on water?" I could hear Alex singing now, accompanied with music from two ocarinas. I was sure I knew who the owners were. Suddenly,Blackheart did a huge vertical strike, which I rolled out of the way and swung one blade out. It nicked Blackheart's hip. She gasped and swung her sword with such fury that I had to roll and block with swords at the same time.

"When we are older you'll understand it's enough when I say so, and maybe some things are that simple." I jumped up and did a huge strike with both swords. She blocked it with her sword horizontally. The impact sent white, purple, and black sparks flying. We broke away and continued exchanging blows.

"When you walk away, you don't hear me say please, oh baby, don't go. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight it's hard to let it go." Blackheart was quite annoyed with me now. She tried to get my throat, but I managed to block that and snaked the other up to nick her check. I jumped backwards before she could counterattack.

"Hold me, whatever lies before this morning is a little later on." But that darned sword was long. It got the top of my hand. I flinched, but didn't drop the sword in that hand.

"Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all. Nothing's like before." Blackheart and I fought hard; each of us got more cuts. Neither of us was faltering. It was quite a struggle at some points.

"When you walk away, you don't hear me say please, oh baby, don't go." Blackheart kicked me in the shin, which made me kneel down. I ducked right before she could behead me, but the dark sword dug deep into my arm. I screamed and barely stood, but I still continued.

"Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight. It's hard to let it go." She tried to kick me again, but I stumbled out of the way and sliced her raised leg. The feeling of blade going through flesh felt sickening. Blackheart yelled and swung at me. I quickly pulled my bloody sword away and ducked. Now she couldn't walk so well. She ignored the pain and we continued fighting.

"Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on." We were fighting as we never did before, now for survival equally as the actual defeating of the other. Blackheart jumped back and hurled her sword at me. I blocked it by hitting it back with one sword like a baseball bat.

Not a good choice. The sword was coming so fast and my arm was at a weird angle. Sure, I hit it back at her, but the impact sent my arm back… much too far. I felt my shoulder go out of place. That was very painful. I yelled and stumbled back. Blackheart picked up her sword and grinned evilly.

"Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all. Nothing's like before." I turned the Aier-Tal Crystal Blade back into the crystal with that hand I held it to my shoulder. Blackheart ran up and stuck, but I blocked with the other. When my arm was strong enough again, I turned it into the sword again.

"Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on." Blackheart swung at me, but I tried to block it with crossed swords. Unfortunately, it was a feint and she snaked her sword up under the crossed swords before I got an idea of what was happening. When I did I hit both swords down hard. The dark blade had grazed my throat lightly, but I had landed a really nasty cut on either of her hands.

"Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all." She kneeled over and looked up at me expectantly. I pulled my swords out and jumped backwards. I could've killed her, but she was still my friend inside, or at least, I believed she was. I finished the song.

"Nothing's like before." I heard my voice echo through what seemed like everything. Suddenly, everything was covered in a soft light.