Kingdom Hearts: Warriors of Light

Love With All Thy Heart -Chapter 14

"Rise and shine sleepy heads!" Hercules yelled aloud, entering the tent room where Kita, Ti-Day and Ni-Ne were resting. Kita secretly grabbed her key blade that was leaning against the head of her bed and as she bolted up, chucked the blade at Hercules. It hit him directly in the head. "Ouch! What was that for?"

"For waking me from my beauty sleep," Kita said laying back down again.

"Yikes," Hercules said rubbing his head.

"It's ok, she's just like that when people wake her up," Ti-Day said. "I can't even count the number of alarm clocks she's murdered…" He seemed more welcoming to the idea of getting up. "My legs feel fantastic. That was some great potion Donald made."

"Yeah, good thing he's here," Hercules said coming over to sit and talk with Ti-Day.

"That reminds me," Ti-Day began. "Where were you yesterday in the cave? I didn't see you anywhere."

"Oh, um…" Hercules looked as though he could have blushed. "Donald kinda put me in charge of finding the ships and getting them all gathered together again. And while I was doing this I noticed I'd been left alone. It wasn't until a few hours ago I stumbled upon this camp to find everyone was already here."

"Are you saying Donald, Goofy and Sora ditched you?" Ti-Day asked, looking shocked.

"Well…" Hercules said, not about to admit it.

"BWAHAHAHAHA!" Kita started to laugh as she shot up from her bed again. She was laughing so hard she was struggling to breathe. "That is TOO FUNNY!"

"Hey!" Hercules said looking offended. "I'm sure it was a mistake. Stop laughing!"

"Kita…" Ti-Day said, for the first time being the more mature of the two. Kita now had tears coming out of her eyes and she tried so hard to stop laughing.

"Ahh, that really is something," Kita said now wiping her eyes. Her face was beat red and a smile remained glued to her face. "I'm sorry."

Hercules kept silent even though he would have much preferred to yell, 'You better be!' Ti-Day was shaking his head in disapproval of Kita's laughter. He knew she didn't like the guy, but it was no reason to drag him through the mud. Ti-Day looked over to Ni-Ne's bed to see that she still looked as lifeless as before. "Man, I would have thought she'd have been awake by now."

Kita seemed to regain her composure and looked Ni-Ne's way as well. What had happened to her? Even though Kita's blood seemed to be bonded to Ni-Ne's, she wasn't having any sensation or feeling as to what Ni-Ne was going through. Kita stared down at her motionless body. Was there a chance Ni-Ne was lost in the shadows right now?

"Hey, do you want something to eat or not?" Hercules asked breaking Kita's concentration.

"Yeah, I guess," she said in an entirely different tone than before when she was laughing her head off. She took some food from Hercules and slowly ate it, looking as though it was hard to eat because she was sick or something. "Well, I think I'm gonna go talk to Tarzan and Jane," Kita said. "Wanna come with?"

"Sure," Hercules said, looking excited.

"Well, I wasn't talking to you, but whatever," Kita said coldly. Hercules looked both confused and shocked.

"I think I'll stay here," Ti-Day said. "Incase Ni-Ne wakes up."

"Ok, come on… Herc," Kita said looking extremely sarcastic. She and Hercules left the separate room. Ti-Day, now with fully healed legs, jumped out of bed and walked over to Ni-Ne. He stared down at her, admiring her face.

"What happened?" he asked her, not really expecting any kind of answer from her since she was unconscious. Ti-Day looked down at her hand. He grasped it in his own and lifted it. He bent down and kissed it gently before placing it next to her side once more. He kept hold of her hand as he closed his eyes and sighed.

"Ti-Day?" said a small, weak voice. Ti-Day opened his eyes. It was Ni-Ne. She had awakened.

"Ni-Ne!" Ti-Day said in relief. He still refused to let go of her hand. He knelt down closer to her. "Feeling alright?"

"Yeah," Ni-Ne said smiling. Ti-Day thought she was so pretty lying there, having just woken up. There was something calm and relaxed about her now that she was safely Ni-Ne again. "Thank you for watching out for me."

"I should be thanking you for saving my life," Ti-Day said. "I was almost a goner."

"What are you talking about?" Ni-Ne asked. She looked confused.

"You don't remember?" Ti-Day asked. "You saved me… You defeated Clayton to save me."

Ni-Ne stared up looking worried. "I did?" she said. "I only remember seeing you get captured by the Sneak. Nothing after that." Ti-Day looked into Ni-Ne's eyes. Was she really possessed before? How else would she not remember saving him? It wasn't really something that Ti-Day wanted to think about. Ni-Ne was ok now, and that was the only thing in the world that mattered to him.

Kita and Hercules walked through the tent to see that everyone else was sitting around having tea. "Good to see you up," Jane said with a smile. Kita walked passed Riku. She stopped and took a few steps back until she was right behind his back.

WACK! Kita punched Riku in the back of the head causing him to lean forward and spill his tea. "What the heck was that for?" Riku asked rubbing the new bump on his head.

"That was for calling me Babe," Kita said just before continuing on her way.

"Oh my. You two don't seem to get along very well do you?" Jane asked.

"Apparently not," Riku said. Kita took special care in seating herself across the room from Riku.

"Don't wake her up either," Hercules whispered to Riku as he sat beside him. "Not a smart move."

"I'll try to keep that in mind," Riku said.

"Anyway, Sora, you were saying you were looking for the keyhole to this world?" Jane asked trying to get back to subject before Kita and Hercules had returned.

"Yeah, my key can seal it so the heartless will stop coming," Sora explained. "Any idea where it might be?"

"Yes," Tarzan said. Jane looked at him. "I will take you."

"Kita, are Ti-Day and Ni-Ne all right to stay here by themselves?" Jane asked. "We have to get to this keyhole at once."

"Well Ni-Ne should be ok, but you might want to get a babysitter for Ti-Day," Kita said thinking of how Ti-Day was always acting like such an immature kid.

"I heard that," Ti-Day called through the canvas wall. "I'll be good. I promise."

"Whatever," Kita said, thinking it couldn't possibly be true. "Well I suppose we should get moving. Hercules, you want to go gather the rest of the Gummi Ships?" Kita said jokingly. "I was kidding!" she said seeing the livid face Hercules was making.

Everyone except Ni-Ne and Ti-Day left to go find the keyhole to the jungle world. Ti-Day had jumped up onto Ni-Ne's bed to sit at her feet while she remained comfortably in bed. "So, tell me again why you won't go out with me?"

"You never give up do you?" Ni-Ne asked with a little laugh. Ti-Day just smiled like a kid waiting for his answer. "I guess I'm just afraid I'll end up hurting you," Ni-Ne explained.

"You saved my life!" Ti-Day pointed out enthusiastically. "I can't imagine you hurting me."

"I'm scared of myself sometimes," Ni-Ne said looking a little unsure. "I don't even remember saving you. Like I wasn't myself or something." Ni-Ne looked a little upset and so Ti-Day remembered something from his past he felt now would be a good time to share.

"One thing I'll always remember my mom telling me before she died, was her telling me to always love with all my heart," he said beginning his story. "She said if you don't let yourself love, then you'll never know the true happiness to be found in life. Unfortunately I don't think Kita's quite got the idea yet, and you've seen how she is. But I never forgot what my mom said, and you know… I'm happy. No matter what. Sure everything's been a mess lately, but there are still people in the world who care about people and love them enough to fight for them." Ti-Day looked as though he were getting lost in his thoughts. "I escaped the darkness because I knew there were people who needed me outside of it."

Ni-Ne had a few tears fall from her eyes. She had never really known love outside of the fatherly protection of Jack. Ti-Day never seemed scared by her and he persisted in getting closer and closer, no matter what happened. Was it true that someone in her life could care for her so much? Ni-Ne covered her eyes with her hands. "Would you be patient? Would you forgive me for what I may do because of what I am? Would you protect me from everyone who is after me? Would you really love someone… who's heartless?" Ni-Ne was now crying, her hands catching her own tears.

Ti-Day crawled up next to Ni-Ne and slowly pried her hands away from her face. Her watery, red eyes were revealed. She looked up into Ti-Day's eyes, a bit embarrassed by the tears. "Yes. I promise," Ti-Day said softly, looking truly and deeply into Ni-Ne's eyes. He wrapped one of his arms around her and placed the other on her wet cheek. He leaned in slowly and closed his eyes and kissed Ni-Ne tenderly on her lips.

Ni-Ne closed her eyes and kissed him back. Not pulling away, but embracing his affection.

"Sora, watch out!" Kita shouted as Sora was nearly squashed by some falling boulders. The group was climbing a rock wall behind a waterfall to reach the place Tarzan was leading them to. Tarzan had carried Jane to the top already leaving everyone else to fend for themselves. Kita, as stubborn as she always was, claimed she was heading up last so that none of the boys would look up her skirt.

"You know, I would have carried you," Riku said looking down at Kita who was having a hard time keeping up,

"Not in my lifetime you wouldn't," Kita said. Riku rolled his eyes and headed up again. Donald having feathers for hands was having a hard time climbing too.

"Forget this," Donald said pulling out his staff. "Fly!" Soon Donald was rising into the air with fairy dust behind him.

"That ain't even fair…" Kita said watching Donald glide to the top without effort. Donald had cast the spell on Goofy on his way up, and so only Sora, Riku, Hercules and Kita were left climbing.

Hercules seemed to be making it his duty to stay close to Kita for whatever reason. He kept looking down at her. "You know, we could catch up really fast if you let me help you," Hercules said.

"I remember you telling me you were really strong once," Kita said. "If that's true, then why the heck are you still down here with me?" Hercules just stared at her not answering the question. Kita slipped on a stone and barely caught herself before slipping off the wall. Hercules extended his arm out to her. Kita looked up to see him. She gave a look as to say 'you've got to be kidding me.' She thought for a moment, but finally decided to take Hercules's hand as he stared her down. Kita and Hercules finally got to the top much faster than it would have taken Kita to reach it alone.

"I see how it is. You just like Greek guys," Riku said jokingly. Kita however shoved Riku to the ground. "Is that all you got?" he taunted.

"Shut that annoying face of yours," Kita said following Tarzan and Jane to a cave in the wall.

"You guys should really stop fighting so much," Sora put in his words.

"It's her!" Riku said to Sora. "She's… crazy," he whispered.

"EERRRRR!" Kita shouted charging at Riku. But this time, Riku ran for it, into the cave, more afraid of what Kita was planning to do to him then what could possibly lay ahead. Everyone else had to jog to keep up with them. Riku ran full speed into the dark cave. Suddenly he was knocked to his feet by an unseen force. Kita had to slow herself down before trampling Riku and hitting the same thing. There was a cheerful little squeaky noise. "Pom-Pom!" Kita said. "I was wondering where you got to. Nice one knocking the dumb butt down."

Pom-Pom was pointing with his little feet to a glowing spot on the wall of the cave. There were a bunch of blue butterflies entwined in some vines covering a tree. They were steadily growing brighter and brighter.

"Hey, is that what I think it is?" Sora said entering the cave. He too had his eyes on the butterflies, failing to notice Riku who had temporarily been knocked out from his collision with Pom-Pom.

"Sora, seal it fast!" Donald said. The glow was growing brighter. Sora's Key Blade seemed to be drawn to the tree. He walked over to it holding the key up. A glowing keyhole finally revealed itself on the tree. Everyone, now glowing blue, watched the event. A bright stream of light came from Sora's Key Blade and connected the key and the lock. A little locking noise was heard coming from the tree. The glowing stream broke and the butterflies stopped glowing entirely.

"Fire!" Donald shouted, lighting his staff. Now everyone could see each other again.

"Aww, is this a friend of yours?" Jane said walking over to Pom-Pom. She pat him on the head. Two metal trinkets fell when she did so. "Oh, I was wondering where these got to," Jane said picking them up.

"Sorry," Kita said. "Pom-Pom, you should know better than to steal other people's things!"

"Actually these are for you," Jane said. "This one is for you Kita, and the other for Sora." Jane handed Kita a little silver flower keychain. And for Sora she had a little blue butterfly keychain. "The King gave them too me on his way through here. He said they were for your key blades."

"The King was here?" Goofy asked. "We've sorta been looking for him."

"Sorry Goofy. He didn't tell me where he was going," Jane explained. "He only said that some people would probably be coming through later on and that I was suppose to give them the key chains."

Sora attached his and immediately the Kingdom Key Blade transformed into a jungle styled one. It was made of bones and tropical tree bark. Now it was longer and more powerful than before. "Awesome," Sora said examining it.

Kita did the same with her silver flower. Her key didn't change completely. It remained silver with the same pink handle, but now the end of it had morphed into stainless steal passionflower. Kita already knew her key blade had no magic power, but could this be the special power that King Mickey had told her about? It was able to transform into a greater and stronger weapon. "They should help you fight the heartless wherever you may go," Jane said.

"Thanks," Sora said. "I guess we should get going since so many other worlds need our help."

"He's right," Riku said. "We're still looking for a friend of ours and staying around here won't get her found."

"Well if you ever need anything, you know where to find us," Jane said with a smile. "Good luck, and thank you for stopping the heartless from entering this world." Tarzan smiled and bowed his head in appreciation as well.

"We should go pick up Ti-Day and Ni-Ne right away," Kita said making her way back to the rock wall. "If Ni-Ne's awake by now, I wouldn't be surprised if Ti-Day's been harassing her about dating the entire time. So the sooner we get back the better." And so everyone slowly made their way back to camp.

GO TI-DAY! Putting the moves on Ni-Ne, lol. It was cute though. I think after three chapters the Warriors of Light will finally be moving on to another world. But which one? Riku's a dumb butt, lol! XD Now Kita won't have to complain about bugs and trees anymore, lol. Reviews?