I know, I know, I'm late. Sorry this has taken so long I just had a little bit of writer's block lately, due to school-related stress. But the only thing that matters is that I'm back.
The Gummi ship had recovered to 50 percent power by the BHK and Kairi had got there, but the actual hull was still pretty damaged. It would be unsafe to travel under those conditions with so many Heartless looking for Kairi, but the computer reported that they should be ready to fly by later that night. They were prepared to wait. Kairi and BHK spent most of the afternoon eating and making small conversation.
However, around 4 o'clock the sky began to darken and the winds bore the smell of rain. Within 30 minutes, it was a full downpour. "I don't like it...." BHK said frowning at the window. "Something bad is going to happen, I can feel it."
Kairi shot BHK a playful frown and crunched on her chips. "Don't be so miserable BHK. We're in the ship, you've got the Keyblades, and were going to be leaving soon. What could happen?"
But BHK was still shaking his head. Before long, he had his old trenchcoat back on with the hood propped over his head, again hiding his face. He dropped down to the ground, and called back up to Kairi, warning her to stay in the ship until he got back. Kairi watched BHK fade out of sight under the sheets of rain and wondered how long he could stand the outside.
Two hours later, Kairi was beginning to get worried. Her inner bet of 10 minutes had long since passed and with the Heartless around, something may have happened. "Maybe I should go look for him..." Kairi thought out loud, and of course the other voice in her head instantly flared up to argue. 'He said stay here' The obedient voice said.
'But what if something 's gone wrong? He may need my help.'
'Your help? Kairi get serious. He can handle himself.'
Kairi bit her lip, but finally agreed to wait for a little while longer. After another thirty minutes without result Kairi slowly descended from the gummi ship and unfurled her umbrella. She squinted hard through the rain and fought to remember which way he had went at first.
It turns out that she didn't have to guess. At the same instant she was about to start off, BHK returned, his hood up and his cloak flowing around him. Kairi pursed her lips and walked right up to him, annoyed with herself for worrying and get wet for no reason.
"Where have you been?" Kairi demanded. "It has been over two hours you go t me all worked up for nothing." BHK was silent underneath his hood. "Well? Aren't you going to explain yourself?" She asked.
With a tone of slight annoyance BHK said, "This is the girl? What the hell do we need her for?" Kairi looked at him with her eyebrow raised. "Excuse me?"
"Do you ever shut up?" He said back with a growl. This Kairi understood. She also understood that she was in deep trouble. Her hand flew to her watch, fumbling with the buttons. "BHK! Help!" She screamed. Her plea could go no longer though as the hooded figure caught her arm and maneuvered it away from the watch. Without thinking, Kairi used the extra leverage to back hand the figure. The hood fell back to reveal tan skin and flaming red hair.
She tried to slap him again but he caught her other wrist as well and threw her to the ground. No matter who he was, he was strong. Her umbrella was lifted off of the ground and blown away by a strong gust of wind but Kairi didn't notice. Even the rain streaming down her face didn't matter at the moment, she couldn't take her eyes away from this red-haired stranger.
"Who are you?" she asked, her voice trembling. "The name's Axel. And you are coming with me." Axel stepped forward, but a blur crashed into him from within the trees. Axel fell and skidded along the muddy forest floor.
Kairi looked up to see not BHK, but Tarzan standing over her, brandishing a large spear. Axel was slipping on his way back to his feet and a portion of his face was splattered with mud. "You're going to regret that." Axel didn't even yell this, he just sounded slightly annoyed.
Tarzan didn't respond, but he crouched down and charged again, swinging his spear. Axel spun and lashed out with his boot. The kick caught Tarzan across the chin and sent him into a slight daze. Axel brought his knee up quickly, mashing into Tarzan's abdomen. Tarzan doubled over and gasped for breath. But Axel didn't let up. He brought his hands above his head and crashed them down in an overhead smash. It connected soundly with Tarzan's lower cranium and neck.
Tarzan dropped to the ground, unconscious, and Axel straightened up. He shrugged his shoulders and returned to Kairi who was still lying on the ground. Axel hauled her to her feet. "Here we go." He said in a bored tone of voice. Kairi thought frantically for help, but nobody was around. Where was her savior? Where was her knight?
The world around her started to ripple and slide out of focus. As if from a great distance away she saw somebody running toward them. His hood fell down and his blue eyes, the same as the other's, so filled with worry, with alarm. But he couldn't help her now, the world was disappearing before her eyes, fading into the dark.
She sent out a final futile call. "Help me....Sora...."
A galaxy away, Sora's heart wrenched at him. He clutched at his chest, the pain already passing, but leaving him out of breath. "What's wrong Sora?" Goofy lazily asked, falling into a doze.
Sora looked out of the ship's window at the stars that all looked alike. "Donald. Turn around."
"Why?" Donald asked, looking back at Sora.
"We're going the wrong way."