I've finally fixed the computer, however in the process, I had to erase this entire chapter. I couldn't save it anywhere, because the computer had been acting up, and it wasn't written down either. I'm just glad its over now... Here goes, let's hope this thing doesn't die on me...
Tarzan led the group to a small area surrounded by cliffs and vines. There were moss-covered boulders that laid on the forest floor. They looked as if they had been broken off of a larger rock. There was also a tall ledge embedded in the rock.
When standing on top, anybody could see the beautiful waterfall that laid beyond. There was a constant mist at the bottom, where the falling water met the rest of the river. A small rainbow hovered close to that mist.
"The creatures were mostly around here." Tarzan said. "It looked as if they were just appearing." BHK frowned at this. He had no doubt that these creatures were Heartless. But why would they appear? A Keyhole shouldn't be able to be found again after it was locked, and if everything is how it should be, the Heartless wouldn't be able to find it either.
BHK nodded, looking carefully at Kairi. "It's the only explanation..." BHK muttered under his breath. Nobody else heard him, Jane and Tarzan were talking, Kairi was staring out at the waterfall.
BHK thought. The Heartless really are after her heart. It was lucky that I found her then. But the Heartless shouldn't have appeared so quickly. I thought I had masked her heart perfectly. I must be losing power. The spell is weakening too fast. And now the Heartless know where we are. Nobody on this world will be safe until we leave. But the ship won't be ready for days....
BHK pushed these thoughts aside for the moment. He could review them later. "Hey Tarzan!" The Jungle man looked over. "Could you take us to the waterfall's cave?" Tarzan's eyes widened. He obviously hadn't expected BHK to know about the cave. But he nodded anyway and started off.
Before long, they were all standing before an immense tree. Neon blue butterflies flapped all over the trunk. BHK stepped forward toward the tree and the butterflies fluttered around everyone. BHK took a moment to take in the scene, but then turned back to what he was doing, inspecting the tree.
There was a small engraving in the tree. It resembled an old keyhole, although there was no hole left about it. Just wood. BHK nodded smiling. "Sealed and locked." BHK said running his hand over the bark, at least on this end things were going right. Behind him Tarzan let loose a low gruff mumbling.
Jane turned to look at the Jungle man. "Heart Tarzan. Don't you remember? The word is heart."
Tarzan repeated the previous sound, but then looked back at Jane. "Heart. Yes Jane. I remember."
BHK and Kairi had decided to spend the night with Tarzan and Jane. They borrowed an extra tent to sleep in and when BHK awoke, the sun was high overhead, obviously shining full blast. But the rest of the world seemed a little too dark for sometime around high noon.
BHK shrugged on his shirt, (he usually slept topless) and cautiously poked his head outside. There were 5 Heartless wandering about, searching for something. No matter how hard the Heartless tried to blend in with the rest of the world, even after going as far as to take monkey-like forms, they still stood out easily. It must have been the blue fur.
BHK ducked back inside the tent and carefully shook Kairi awake. Drowsily, she opened her eyes. BHK did a silent thank you to the general universe. Kairi apparently wasn't the type to jump up and start screaming in fright when woken.
"There are Heartless outside. Stay quiet. Don't make yourself known. I'll go deal with them." BHK waited until Kairi nodded her understanding, and then stepped outside fully, already holding both the Oblivion and Oathkeeper. Now, BHK had a few options. The main two being to take them all out from long range with a magic attack, or to fight them up close. With his fluctuating power levels at the moment, BHK chose the latter.
Three of the Heartless immediately took notice of him and stopped their search, the other two ignored him, continuing their business. The Heartless didn't wait, a Powerwild from the group leapt toward him, scratching with its razor-sharp claws. BHK parried, and did a spinning swipe with Oblivion. The Heartless was thrown back into a pile of crates.
The other two were slowly making their way toward him. The trickiest of the two powerwilds tried a strange sliding attack, attempting to throw off BHK's guard. BHK did a small jump backward, effectively dodging the attack and countered with a heavy overhead smash with both Keyblades. The Heartless evaporated, releasing the stolen heart.
By now the searching Heartless had stopped and were now warily eyeing BHK. The third of the original offensive team rushed forward swiping with its claws. BHK's reflexes were a little off this time, the Heartless managed to score three painful cuts along BHK's leg. BHK gave a small cry of surprise and pain and, in retaliation, ran Oblivion through the blue monkey. BHK then ripped the blade out through a side of the powewild. It relinquished its heart and returned to wherever it came from.
Three left still. The first powerwild had picked itself out of the crates and joined the other two. BHK decided to try his luck with an old favorite technique. "Sonic!" BHK yelled, power collecting within his twin blades. The world dimmed further and BHK rushed toward, past, and through the three Heartless, slashing the whole time.
On his third pass, BHK suddenly returned to normal speed. The Heartless he was aiming for took his momentary confusion to rake its claws across his cheek. BHK returned by slashing through it with Oathkeeper.
All of the Heartless had been defeated, and BHK took a moment to wonder why he had dropped out of the Sonic Blade so suddenly. However, before he could pursue this train of thought any further, the horrible stinging in his cheek brought him back to reality. Frowning, BHK raised Oathkeeper above his head. "Heal" He breathed. His body glowed green for a second, and then it died down. His cuts were all healed, on his face and on his leg.
Jane hurried out of her tent. "I heard a yell. Is something wrong?" She asked looking at BHK worriedly. He shook his head. "Nothing wrong Jane." BHK did not want to get the woman all worried. "Where's Tarzan?"
Jane, looking much less worried answered, "He goes for a morning swing every day, really early in the morning. He thinks it keeps him fit." Jane sounded a little skeptical at that last part and BHK grinned.
"Well, Kairi and I are going back to our ship, to see if we can salvage anything." As if on cue, Kairi stepped out of the tent, fully dressed and ready to go. Jane looked convinced. "Do you need any help, dear?"
Again, BHK shook his head. "Nah. I don't think that there will be much to bring back anyway."
"Well if you're sure.... Just be careful. There are many dangers out in that forest. I don't even think Tarzan knows them all."
BHK smiled warmly at her. "Don't worry. We will." BHK set off back through the forest. Kairi said goodbye to Jane and followed.
After getting far enough from the camp, Kairi posed a question to BHK. "Do you think that we should talk so easily about the ship in front of Jane? After all they aren't supposed to know about other worlds if they don't know already."
BHK shrugged in response. "Its no problem really. She thinks that by ship we mean an actual boat. There's no reason to make her think otherwise. Besides, we needed an excuse to get out of there."
Kairi looked at him with her eyebrow raised. "Why's that?" BHK looked back and in all seriousness said:
"We left the Doritos."
This was a bit of a slow chapter I think, and if you think so too, my bad. But the story should pick up again real soon. Just hold on.