Recap: Sora, after finding out the Heartless have returned, found a way off of the world he was on, by jumping into the dark void. Kairi has just met with a stranger who knows more about her than she knows about him. That can't be good. Is he friend or foe? Let's go to them now...
The hooded stranger and Kairi materialized in the middle of a city. The man released Kairi and looked around. "Man, this place sure has changed." They were standing in a dark street. Stores were on either side of it, indicated by the flashing neon lights.
"Where are we?" Kairi asked. But the man was already walking away. "Hey! Wait up!" Kairi chased after him. She was hesitant to trust him, but she didn't trust this place either.
They turned a corner into an alley. There was a man holding onto a bottle in a paper bag. He was mumbling incoherently. The hooded man stooped down and checked the guy over. He shook his head. "Well this idiot here proves that we're in the right place."
Kairi looked shocked. "You know him?"
"Yeah. He goes by the name of Cid Highwind. And apparently...Dude! Are you drunk?!" The hood kicked Cid in the shin.
"Ow! Hey whaddaya tink you (hic) doin'?!" Cid said angrily. The hooded man shook his head laughing. "C'mon old man" He said, sling Cid's arm over his neck. "Let's get you inside. Its cold out here."
Cid and the hood hobbled back out of the alley and into Cid's shop which was around the corner. The hood dropped him in a chair. "You alright there Gramps?"
Cid looked up at the hood angry again. "Don't call me that."
"Whatever Gramps. Until you can stand up with out wobbeling and you can catch me, I'll call you what I want." There was laughter in his voice.
"What are you doing here anyway kid? Looking for somebody?" Cid asked, beginning to gather his wits again.
"Actually yeah." The laughter was gone. The hood was serious now. "His name is Sora." Kairi instantly looked up at the stranger, but behind that hood she couldn't tell anything. "You wouldn't happen to know where he is would you?"
Cid looked up at the hood as well. "What you say your name was again?"
"I didn't. But you both can call me BHK."
Cid grunted. "Well, BHK. I haven't seen that little runt for two years, if he is the same kid your talkin' about."
BHK nodded. "Yeah. I doubted you'd know where he was. But I'll find him eventually. However I can't do it without a..." BHK trailed off.
"What?" Kairi asked. "Something's wrong." BHK replied. "Wait here."
BHK walked out of the front door. Cid and Kairi followed. It had begun to rain lightly. BHK was looking around underneath his hood. There were dark spots moving all around him. He was not surprised when Shadows began to take shape.
"Holy-" Cid said. "Get back inside!" BHK yelled. Cid didn't need to be told twice. He knew what Heartless could do. But Kairi was watching BHK.
BHK whipped out twin keyblades. An Oblivion and an Oathkeeper. A blue flaming heart formed around him. "Where's Sora?" BHK asked. Apparently he was trying to talk to the Heartless. "It doesn't matter, we'll find him. You Heartless won't ruin this realm. The Door will be opened soon enough."
The Heartless seemed to make a hissing noise, but they didn't seem to be able to cross the blue heart's line. "Stalemate." BHK said. "Go back to your masters, who ever they are. Tell them that Light will always cut down the darkness."
BHK slashed with the Oblivion cutting down two Shadows. "GO!" The Heartless had no choice but to leave. Neither of them could really attack. They returned to their shadow form and disappeared.
BHK sheathed the Keyblades and made his way back to the shop. "That was dangerous." He said to Kairi. "You should have stayed inside. Didn't I just finish telling you how important you are?" BHK ushered Kairi back inside and then stood in front of Cid.
BHK unzipped his coat, revealing a white shirt and light blue, bordering white pants. "Cid. We need to find Sora before the Heartless overrun everything. We need a Gummi Ship."
Cid nodded. "How much Munny you got?"
BHK threw his hand up in the air. "Dude! I just saved your life!"
Cid flinched. "All right, all right, sheesh. I'll get you a ship. Let me check what I've got back in the Garage..." Cid disappeared into a back room.
"Do you know him?" Kairi asked.
"Know who?" BHK asked back.
"Sora."
"We've never met face to face. But I need to find him. Actually its more like he needs me, than I need him. But if we don't meet, the Door can't be opened." BHK said.
"What door?"
"The Door to the Light."
Kairi was silent after this. This guy, BHK, could wield a Keyblade. No Heartless could do that. So he must be telling the truth about wanting to protect me. Kairi would deal with this train of thought later, she couldn't handle it right now. Time to change the subject. "Why do we need a ship?"
"Hmm?"
"A ship. Why do we need one? Couldn't you just teleport again?"
"If I was at full power, maybe I could teleport us again, but I'm not. And I won't be until we find Sora." BHK suddenly reached up and pulled down his hood. "God that thing gets hot..." He muttered.
Kairi sucked in her breath. "Oh my god. He looks just like you..." She whispered.
"Hmm?" Asked BHK, his blue eyes staring at her.
"Sora. He looks just like you."
"Its true, we do look similar, but I'm not him. Sorry."
Cid came back. "Alright. I got a standard ship that'll work out pretty well. It'll take two days to fix it up a little bit though. You guys can stay here until then if you want."
BHK stood an stretched. "That'll be great. Thanks Cid. Where do we sleep?"
"Upstairs, the Kupos moved out a little while back. Here, I'll get you the key...."
BHK smiled. "No need Cid." BHK extended his right hand and Oblivion reappeared. He pointed it at the trapdoor and the door burst open, the ladder sliding down. He put the blade away. "Thanks again Cid." He started climbing the ladder.
Kairi followed him up. There were four beds up there and BHK chose one in between the upstairs door and the trap one. He threw his trench coat to another bed and laid down, hands behind his head.
"Get some sleep Kairi. We may be in a hurry, but nothing we do will make two days any shorter. You'll need the energy. Don't be afraid to sleep in...." BHK stopped talking and rolled over onto his side, asleep already.
Those spells must really take it out of him. Kairi thought, remembering the blue heart barrier. But she found herself yawning too. That's funny. I'm tired but back at the Islands I just woke up... She too laid down and went to sleep.
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