Kingdom Hearts: Warriors of Light
Kingdom Hearts- Chapter 5
Kita sat alone in the Gummi Ship wondering what would happen to Simba and Hercules. She barely knew them, but they had been good to here, helping her fight against the darkness. Now she was alone. She drove the Gummi Ship back to the Magic Kingdom with tears of hopelessness in her eyes.
Upon arrival to King Mickey's castle, Kita was left to unload a mound of scrolls and notebooks without her two companions help. She began stacking the notebooks in piles just right for carrying, but she knew she'd have to make several trips to get them all. All Kita could think about was how much she was missing Hercules super-strength right now.
"Need a hand?" a familiar voice said from behind her.
Kita turned around slowly unable to believe what she had just heard. "Ti-Day!" she shouted when she saw her suspicion was correct. Immediately she dropped the chore of piling notebooks and ran over to Ti-Day to give him a hug so big he was nearly knocked the ground.
"Miss me or something?" Ti-Day asked catching his rugged hat before it fell off his head.
"I thought you were gone forever," Kita said sounding as though she were starting to cry. "How was I suppose to know what was going to happen when you got sucked into the black hole?"
"Well, I will admit it wasn't a pretty site," Ti-Day said seriously. "I've never seen a world so dark. Only the glowing eyes of heartless could be seen. I felt so alone and sad."
"I was there once too. When I was locked away in my father's lab, he had injected me with the heartless blood, and I too was lost in that dark, cold place," Kita explained. "But someone saved me I guess… I don't really know what happened. It seemed so real, but he wasn't really there." Kita turned her head looking as though she was getting lost in her mind. She would sometimes think back to that dream in which the boy with white hair had saved her from drowning in the tank. But why did he vanish? Was he even real at all?
"Well I'm not even sure how I got out of there," Ti-Day said in bewilderment. "I guess I just had a desire to get out. Like the light in my own heart was more powerful than the darkness surrounding me. Not to mention I am a wizard. I was about to cast spells of light to repel the heartless and I guess they just didn't want me there anymore, and I woke up here."
"Wow," Kita said amazed. "But not everyone is a wizard, not everyone knows how to fight darkness, so they are still stuck there. I just lost two friends to the same kind of vortex that got you Ti-Day."
"I'm sorry. King Mickey was telling me about them, but I guess they didn't make it back?" Ti-Day asked feeling doubtful.
"No…" Kita said now letting tears fall from her eyes.
"Most unfortunate," said Ti-Day. "Seems like we're losing a hug battle and even one loss is too much."
Kita didn't say much. She felt bad that she hadn't really treated Hercules well and now she had no idea where he was or if she'd ever see him again. She didn't really want to linger on the subject so she changed it back to the notebooks. "You gonna help me with these or what?" she said pointing to the piles of notebooks.
"Oh yeah," Ti-Day said caught off guard by the change of subject. He cast a hovering charm on the piles and all of them lifted off the ground at once and followed wherever he pointed.
"That works," Kita said completely forgetting that Ti-Day was capable of making draining tasks a breeze. The two walked back to King Mickey's throne room behind the floating stacks.
"Kita, thank goodness you've returned," King Mickey said when Kita and Ti-Day returned to the throne room. "But, where are the others?" he said seeing that there were missing.
Kita looked at the ground. This subject seemed to be coming up a lot more than she would have liked. "Their… gone," Kita said sadly.
"Oh dear," King Mickey said. "This is terrible. So many gone already and now a few more. It looks as though all this information you've brought me came with a price." Kita just stayed silent. She wanted to get the recent loss off her mind so she could concentrate on figuring out how to get everyone back from the darkness. "Let's begin shall we?" King Mickey suggested motioning towards the stacks of notebooks. Ti-Day released the spell and the stacks slammed into the ground and a few notebooks slid from their piles.
As the group started going through the notebooks taking in as much information as they could, something entered the room Kita had never seen before. A pink puff had snuck up behind her and pounced right on top of her head. "AHHHH!" she screamed in shock. She had been suddenly attacked by so many heartless lately, she didn't know what else to think.
Ti-Day started laughing. "Nice one Pom-Pom," Ti-Day said still laughing hysterically. "Kita, this is Pom-Pom the pomu."
Kita was still shaken. "A pomu you say? What is that?" Kita said completely unfamiliar with the species. She looked closer now at the little pink puff that had surprised her. It was definitely pink, in the shape of a cloud with a little tail sticking out its backside and two antennas on its head. It had huge glowing orange eyes that shined like stars. Now that she was sure it wasn't heartless, he seemed rather cute.
"Well I'm not entirely sure about this little guy. He's very smart though. He led me here to King Mickey when I escaped from the darkness." Ti-Day explained. "I don't even know where he came from."
Kita tried to pet Pom-Pom to apologize for screaming at him. He made a chirping, purring noise of affection. Pom-Pom then went floating around bouncing over the pile of notebooks scattered all over the floor. He landed on the one Kita was most familiar with; the one with the princesses. "King Mickey, I think you should look at this." Kita said picking up the notebook from under Pom-Pom who then slid to the floor with a little 'oof.'
Kita handed the notebook to King Mickey. "Hmm, Princesses of Heart huh?" he said. "This sounds dangerous. I have a feeling these princesses are in great danger."
"You mean, my father plans to capture them or something?" Kita asked worriedly.
"Maybe. Or worse," King Mickey said. "He has written here in the notes that the Princesses of Heart when grouped together can open the portal to the darkness from which Heartless come from. And as I've read in a few of these other notebooks, this place he's trying to get to is called Kingdom Hearts, the source of all darkness."
"Kingdom Hearts?" Ti-Day cut in. "It doesn't really sound as bad as it really is. But I guess that's where I was."
"How are these Princesses of Heart supposed to open the portal?" Kita asked.
"That's what I'm not sure about yet," King Mickey said. "My worse fear is that they must be sacrificed." Kita gasped. "I guess we won't find out until we read through every single one of these notebooks," King Mickey claimed.
"That will take forever," Ti-Day said. "You don't know how many more lives are going to be taken by the heartless in the time it will take us to get through all of this."
"I know this Ti-Day," King Mickey said. "You and Kita need to continue on out in the other worlds. There are many worlds that have disappeared, and all that remain are overtaken by heartless. Will you go and fight them?"
"Of course," Kita said making it sound obvious that was her intent all along. "I will do whatever it takes to figure out how to stop the darkness."
"Good. I have another task for you as well," King Mickey stated. "You must find this Ni-Ne Nite." Kita was silent at the name. She had attempted to save Ni-Ne once, before being injected with heartless blood and consumed by darkness. It wasn't really something she wanted to experience again, but she did want to stop her father.
"I'll go," Kita said. "Where shall I start looking?"
"Well, I have information that says she is from Halloween Town," King Mickey explained. "You'll need to make your way there. Here I have prepared a map." Mickey handed Kita the map.
"Halloween Town? That's quite a ways from here," Kita pointed out.
"That's why I need you to start now," King Mickey said. "My friends here in the castle and I will go through these notebooks while you head out."
"Makes sense to me," Ti-Day said.
"That reminds me, I have something for you Ti-Day," King Mickey said snapping his fingers. Goofy appeared carrying a Magician's staff. It had to be as tall as Ti-Day was with a sharp end on the top that resembled the end of a scythe. It contained a large orb that was encrusted into it.
"Oh wow!" Ti-Day said grabbing the staff. "This is definitely the coolest. And I'll bet I'm twice as powerful now."
"Actually it heightens your magic four times what it normally is," King Mickey pointed out. "And it can be used in combat as well as spell casting."
"Thanks," Ti-Day said. "I'm gonna kick some major heartless butt now!"
The next day Kita, Ti-Day and Pom-Pom were ready to go. Queen Minnie had a battle outfit made for Ti-Day. It was an open jacket without sleeves and a pair of poofy pants that were made nicely for running and movement. He had a few belts and some boots to complete his battle attire. Set with his new magic staff in hand, he was ready to ride the Gummi ship for the first time. Kita would be driving because she knew how and she could read King Mickey's map without a problem. And so the two set of into orbit as King Mickey and his royal subjects bid them good-bye.
The next day Queen Minnie was frantically searching the palace for King Mickey. "Donald? Goofy? Have you seen Mickey?"
"No, I'm afraid not," Goofy said wondering what could have happened. Donald too looked puzzled about this news.
"Maybe we should search his library where he was studying those notebooks all night," Donald suggested. And so they all set off for the library where they were left to weave in and out of the stacks of notebooks scattered everywhere.
"I see a note!" Queen Minnie said pointing over to King Mickey's desk. She hurried over to the desk careful not to trip on anything. She picked up the envelope and read "Donald and Goofy. Hmm, must be for you," she said handing it to Donald who had finally caught up to her.
Donald opened the letter and read aloud. "Dear Donald and Goofy, I'm sorry to take off like this but as I was going through the notebooks I knew I couldn't stay here any longer. I'm needed in this fight against the darkness. I read about someone called the Key Blade Master. I need you two to go and find him right away. Wherever you find the Kingdom Key Blade, you'll know it's him. Find him and stick with him! He's the only one who can seal the keyholes that were opened allowing heartless to get into the worlds. We've got to get to him before Ansem does. Please be careful, and good luck. –King Mickey. Oh and tell Minnie I love her for me will ya?"
Queen Minnie had tears in her eyes. King Mickey was gone now too in such a dangerous time. But she knew he only wanted to put a stop to all this madness. She helped Donald and Goofy prepare for their journey and they would now be joining Kita, Ti-Day and King Mickey out among the other worlds. And so by that evening they were ready to go and as they boarded their own Gummi ship, Queen Minnie and Daisy were the only two left in the Magic Kingdom palace.