Kingdom Hearts: Intertwined Souls
By AnimeDutchess
Chapter 18: The Hero of Time
A/N: OMG, KH2 comes out today…who got it, huh? If you did get it, please tell me how it is so far! I probably won't be able to get it until I get some Easter money or something…or maybe I'll get it for Easter…I dunno…all I know is that I really want it! And I have to wait for it! ToT
Well, there's certainly no reason to keep you all waiting! Enjoy! Oh, and P.S.: The version of Heaven I present in this chapter is just made up, and it isn't even my version of heaven! I'm NOT forcing religion on you, for all you people who think that, if there are any!
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"Hey, Helena?"
"Hmm?"
"What's it like in Heaven?" Lilith and Helena were hanging out in their favorite spot in the garden. They had just left the hideout of the Mistress Assassins, and Helena had to leave for home in a couple hours, so they spent this time together and alone. Helena raised an eyebrow at Lilith's question.
"You wanna know what it's like there?" She asked, "It's so boring! It's cooler here."
"Well, to me it's boring here and cool in Heaven! Please tell me!" Lilith then pouted. Helena sighed; she regretted teaching Lilith how to pout so she could get whatever she wanted. She rarely used it, but it never failed.
"Alright," Helena started, "It's really pretty up there, you know. Lots of light, the ground is clouds, and there are a lot of simply beautiful plants. All the buildings are made of this pearly white material; I have no idea what it is, but it's beautiful. Everyone loves everyone else, and no one thinks to change how things are because they're happy with everything. Everyone's always smiling, too. It's just a happy place to-" Helena stopped when she noticed Lilith's sad face. "What's wrong, Lil?" The demon girl sniffed as she held back tears.
"It just…sounds so much nicer that here…" Lilith said sadly, "I wish I could see it…"
"Maybe you can!" Helena said, springing up from her spot and pulling Lilith up with her, "Let's go through the portal and I'll show you how nice it is up there!" Helena then sprouted her angel wings, and Lilith sprouted her demon wings, and off they flew. Unbeknownst to them, Lucifer had heard their conversation as he was walking through the garden, sprouted his fully red demon wings, and flew after them, undetected.
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Lilith gulped as she faced the portal. Every time I see this thing, she thought, I remember Mother…Why can't I just forget?
"Hey, you alright, Lil?" Helena asked.
"Yeah, I-I'm fine," She lied, trying to put on a confident face. Helena stared at her for a minute, and then shrugged it off, dismissing it as nothing. She then grabbed Lilith's hand.
"You ready to do this?" the angel asked. Lilith nodded. They walked slowly to the portal together. Just as Helena was about to guide them through, she and Lilith were tackled to the ground by Lilith's father, Lucifer.
"What were you two thinking?" He bellowed, causing Lilith to shrink back in fear and for Helena to wince even more; Lucifer had come into slight contact with Helena, and she was covering up a small but painful burn on her arm. He too seemed to have been burned, and he quickly took a pill from his pocket and popped it into his mouth, swallowing it in one gulp.
"I-I am s-sorry, Father," Lilith said, shaking, "I…I just w-wanted to see what H-Heaven was like…" His facial features then softened slightly.
"Lilith Ann," He said, always addressing the girl with her first and middle name, and the hardness in his voice lessened from before but still held authority, "You remember when I told you of this portal's existence, did I not? I specifically remember telling you that if you go through there, there is no way to bring you back." Lilith hung her head in shame; she had forgotten that demons could not travel freely between worlds.
"I am sorry, Father," She repeated, "I forgot."
"It's okay, dear, it's to be expected."
"No, it's not okay!" Lilith and Lucifer turned and faced Helena, her hands clenched together. "I was the one who wanted to bring her there, sir! Please, let me take the blame! Punish me!" Lucifer sighed.
"Miss Helena," He started, "You know that if I had any power over you that you would be punished, but since you are not a demon nor demonic in any way excluding your usually smart mouth, I have no decision about your punishment. No one will be punished, then, since I have no control over you, and Lilith Ann made an honest mistake." He then turned on his heel and sprouted his wings.
"Lilith Ann, if Helena is leaving now, please return to the castle at once. Helena, you are welcome to stay or go, and come back, if you wish. I will not deny my daughter the presence of her only civil friend." He then took off, and was quickly nothing more that a speck in the sky. Lilith shuddered.
"I really HATE it when he calls me that!" she complained, folding her arms in a 'Harrumph'-ish way. Helena giggled.
"Yeah, but how'd he know about all that cursing I do?" The angel asked, "That's pretty damn creepy, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess it is…"
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Lilith opened her eyes quickly. Why'd I dream about that day? She thought, thinking back about her dream about the portal. She then shook it off as nothing, and looked around. The Gummi Ship must have ejected everyone out, for she could feel the hull against her back, its coolness seeping through her shirt. She yelped in surprise and pushed away from the Gummi Ship and toppled over to find herself face-first in what felt like something warm and gooey and fleshy, kind of like her tongue…and that's when she realized that she was inside the whale that had eaten the Gummi Ship with her and her friends in it.
She pushed off of that and squealed in fear. She then looked around. She seemed to still be in the whale's mouth with the Gummi Ship.
Wait…where's everybody else? Wouldn't they have been ejected out, too? And why aren't I with them? As these questions raced through Lilith's mind, she got up and looked around for a sign of her friends, but she saw no sign of life, not even a…Oops, too late; there were quite a few Shadow Heartless wandering around, but from Lilith's yelping, they had noticed she was here, and ran towards her to attack. Lilith smirked and held out her right hand, the Key Staff appearing in it.
"Ah, so I see we weren't the only ones swallowed," she said as she got into an offensive position, the Heartless just stopping a couple yards away from her, "Well, then…There's always time for some fun, right boys?"
Upon hearing this, the Heartless leapt at Lilith. She waited until the time was just right, inconspicuously channeling magic into her staff. Once the Heartless were close enough, she let out a battle cry and spun around really fast, holding the Key Staff the long way with both hands.
She had been chanting "Fire" under her breath to channel magic into her staff, and upon spinning, the staff was almost completely covered in magic flames. The Heartless were thrown back; most disappeared in a puff of black smoke and freed their stolen hearts, but a few battered Heartless bounded right back up and came in for the attack again.
"So, you guys still have some fight in you?" She asked, in a playful mood, "Alright, then…HYAA!" Lilith then pounced upon the remaining Heartless and beat then senseless with her staff until none remained. She wiped her forehead with the back of her hand, panting.
"Well…huh…that was…huh…a good…huh…workout…" She then leaned down, placing her hands on her knees for support, and breathed deeply. She really didn't get as much sleep on the Gummi Ship as she thought, and this made it harder for her to fight and use magic. Plus, being knocked out for who knows how long inside of a whale wasn't exactly a refreshing experience. She was about to go off in search of her friends when she heard something…something that sounded like…rustling…
"Who's there?" Lilith said, turning her head sharply in the direction of the sound. She heard a 'meep!' of surprise and out from behind one of the many raised bumps on the whales' tongue came a strange-looking girl. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a pink dress with pricey-looking jewelry and a few regal-looking garments on as well. She looked to be about sixteen or seventeen. The most thing strange about her was the pointy elf ears that stuck out from under her well-kept blonde hair.
"Er…o-kay…" Lilith said when she saw the girl, "Uhm, excuse me, but did you happen to see anyone nearby here? A boy with brown hair, or a girl with short red hair?" The girl looked at her blankly. "Er, okay, have you seen anybody that looks remotely like an animal? A dog, perhaps, or a duck?" The girl looked at Lilith like she was off her rocker. She then spoke…in a language that Lilith couldn't understand. Lilith gave her a blank look.
"Uh…what did you say?" The girl gave her a look and repeated what she said in a slightly demanding way. Lilith backed away a few steps, a little frightened.
"Whoa, easy!" She exclaimed, "I don't understand you! Please, do you understand me? Because if you can, could you please speak in a way I can understand?" The girl looked shocked and appalled and went off yelling in her strange language, clearly pissed that Lilith wasn't doing what the girl was telling her to do. Lilith was slightly offended; after all, she hadn't done anything but ask the girl a few questions, and she hadn't understood what the girl had said. Was it her fault? No way in Hell!
"Please, I'm sorry, okay?" Lilith said, trying to calm the girl. It didn't help; the girl seemed to become even more offended and she then started talking about something else. Lilith groaned and placed her head in her hands. This wasn't working; she needed a new plan. She then heard a strangely familiar voice yell out in that strange language. She looked up…and saw Navi flying towards them!
"Navi!" Lilith exclaimed, clearly happy to see a familiar face. "Navi, can you help me? She's really pissed!" Lilith exclaimed, pointing to the blonde elf-girl. If Navi could have smirked, she would have as she arrived by the girls.
"Don't worry, I'll smooth it out for you," Navi said, a slight hint of happiness in her voice now that she was finally useful. She quickly explained the whole predicament to the girl in that strange language, the gibberish sounding like beautiful music when Navi said anything.
Navi must be really good with languages, Lilith thought, staring at the fairy and the elf in fascination. After Navi was done explaining, the girl looked very sorry. She seemed to ask Navi a question and pointed to Lilith to emphasize it. Navi turned to Lilith.
"Okay Lilith ,first let me explain that this is one of my very good friends. Her name's Zelda, and she's the princess of my world called Hyrule. She's really sorry for yelling at you, but she was frustrated that she couldn't understand you. She was asking you why you wouldn't speak in Hylan, which was the language we were speaking. She also wants to know your name and if you would help her." Lilith looked surprised. Had Navi actually become useful?
"Uh, okay," Lilith said, still a little surprised, "Tell her my name is Lilith and that I will certainly help her, but I ask for two things: for her to help me find everyone else in our group, and to tell me what her problem is." Navi nodded and acted as a translator would: hearing something in one language and saying it in another. Zelda laughed a bit when Navi was finished talking and went into her own dialogue. Navi nodded, and once Zelda had finished, she relayed it to Lilith.
"She says it's very nice to meet you and that you have a cute sense of humor-"
"Really? I don't see what's funny, but please thank her for me!"
"Sure, no problem. Anyway, she says that she will help us find the others because it works well with her problem." Navi then looked a bit uneasy.
"…Well? What's her problem?"
"…Well…it seems…that…well, all the other people I'm friends with are stuck in this stupid whale as well, and she wants you to help her find them, since it helps both of you and she saw you fight. She said you fought a few…she said black creatures, but I think she means Heartless…anyway, she saw you fight them and thinks you fought very well, and she can't fight very well herself, so she can't exactly walk around unprotected in this stupid, confusing…" Navi shook her head. "Sorry, I'm putting my own thoughts into this. Anyway, she needs protection…man that was long…" Lilith giggled.
"Well, tell her I'd be more than happy to help her find these friends of yours."
Navi did. And with that, they set off into the unknown dangers of the mighty whale Jabu-Jabu, while two figures were watching them from the distant shadows, and then melted back into the shadows and continued to follow them.
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Ganondorf huffed as he walked briskly ahead of Nympha into the dark unknown of Jabu-Jabu.
"Geez, the Sagi is clueless, isn't she?" He said more than asked. Nympha ignored him. "I mean, she's the Key Staff Wielder, isn't she? Shouldn't she know stuff like this?" Still no answer. Ganondorf stopped short and turned around to face Nympha. "Hey, are you listening to me?" Nympha, finally shaken from her thoughts, looked at Ganondorf.
"Huh? You say something? I wasn't paying attention," She said, distracted. Ganondorf just sighed and turned back around and started walking again, ranting on about how disrespectful Nympha was. She, however, lagged behind and walked slowly, still thinking and not listening to Ganondorf's ridiculous ranting.
That girl that My Lady said was the Sagi, She thought, She looked so familiar…now what did that little fairy call her? Leanne…no… Lilly…no… She then gasped. Holy…
"Sorry, Ganondorf, but I gotta go!" She said, turning on her heeland running off in the direction she came from. Ganondorf, however, didn't notice and kept ranting.
"And even though I'm supposed to listen to you, I'd really appreciate a little respect! And another thing - Nympha, are you…oh, hell."
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"Eek!" Kairi exclaimed as she woke up after realizing that her face was on something very gross and slimy. She jerked up and looked around. She seemed to be inside of something…she then remembered how that whale swallowed the Gummi Ship whole, and started to get nervous. Where were her friends, or the Gummi ship for that matter? Shouldn't she have stayed inside the ship? Kairi sighed as she got up, dusting off her skirt and looking around some more. All she could get from looking around is more and more grossed out. She sighed, and just decided to stay put and wait for her friends to find her. That always worked, right?
Kairi then frowned at her own cowardice. Hadn't Donald taught her some magic? She even had the staff-wand thing he gave her! Getting mad at herself, she whipped out the staff-wand thing and decided to explore, but as she took a few steps forward, she heard a voice call out to her in a language she swore she heard before. She turned around and faced a girl who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen. She had long, red hair and striking blue eyes, and her skin looked slightly tanned from a lifetime of working outdoors. She wore simple brown work boots and a simple white dress with no patterns or anything accenting it, except for the blue X-stitching in the edges. The girl was talking quickly and panicked, and it almost seemed like she had a slight southern draw (no offense to those living in the South, of course) as she ran up to Kairi.
"Um, excuse me?" Kairi said, confused. The strange girl blinked, and then slowly repeated what she said. Kairi listened carefully to the girl, and amazingly, she understood what the girl said!
"I was sayin', miss, that if you could help me I'd be much obliged. Name's Malon, what's your name?" Kairi was stunned; this girl was speaking something that sounded like French! Kairi was lucky enough to have been the top student in her French Class, and even though the accent made it hard to understand, Kairi was sure that she could communicate.
"I'm sorry," Kairi said slowly, hoping that it WAS french the girl was speaking, "I just couldn't understand you for a second. My name's Kairi and I'll help you. What's wrong?" The girl looked overjoyed, and seemed to understand what Kairi said, since she responded.
"Well, Miss Kairi," Malon said, "I got swallowed up by this here whale along with my friends, and we're all separated now, so if you could help me find them, I'd really appreciate it," Kairi nodded.
"Yeah, sure, okay, but can you help me find my friends? We got separated, too." Malon gasped.
"That whale gone and swallowed up you and your friends, too, eh?" Kairi nodded. "Well, paint me gold and call me the Triforce! This danged whale's gonna get his; how dare he go swallowing up more passers-by! I swear, I'm gonna-" Kairi then put her hands on Malon's shoulders.
"Malon, calm down!" Kairi exclaimed, "We aren't going to find our friends if we just go around getting mad!" Malon sighed and nodded.
"Yeah, you're right, Miss Kairi."
"Oh, um, and one more thing…"
"Yeah, Miss Kairi?"
"Please just call me Kairi."
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Sora slashed through the last of a huge group of Heartless that had mobbed him as soon as he had woken up. Seeing no more foes, he sighed and, despite being inside a whale, plopped onto the ground, trying to catch his breath.
"Damn…huh…those things…huh…are so…huh…damn relentless…" he managed to say, huffing and puffing. He sat there for a few minutes until he felt a little better, and then used the Keyblade to help him stand up. His legs were slightly shaking from exhaustion; the Heartless were getting stronger with each new world they visited. He then heard a splashing sound from behind him. He turned around quickly (a little too quickly; he got a little dizzy for a second) and spotted a strange monster. It was magenta, and looked like an octopus with a modified face; the eyes were a lamplight yellow, surrounded by a ring of black, and the mouth was a round, cylindrical snout with a hole for an opening at the end – a rather big hole. Sora raised an eyebrow at the strange creature.
"What the hell?" He said aloud. The creature gave no sign of being affected by Sora's slightly foul mouth, and instead reared its head back and launched a round yellow…thing…at Sora. Sora, being a moron, let himself be hit by the strange projectile. Hard. It pushed him back into the slimy wall of wherever they were, and knocked the wind right out of him. He grimaced in pain; that really hurt! He heard the creature launch another one, and he rolled out of the way just in time, as the strange thing exploded into tiny, nonexistent fragments. He watched the creature carefully, easily evading anything it spat at him. He then saw his chance; he ran towards the creature, jumped up and over a projectile, and came down slashing…and busted his ass falling into the water the creature inhabited, coming up empty. He blinked and looked around stupidly.
"Where'd it go?" He asked aloud in spite of himself. He was then flung out of the water by the creature, which had slipped underneath him. He went flying into the wall again, and almost screamed in pain. This thing was tough to beat.
Is this some new Heartless? He thought, looking at the creature. The thing then reared back its head again, ready to launch another yellow thing at him. Sora was so exhausted and in so much pain already, all he could do was shut his eyes tightly and wait for the impact, which he did…but the impact never came. Instead, the creature let out a pained shriek. Sora cautiously opened his eyes and saw that someone had shot an arrow into the creature, and it was writhing in pain. A tall, dark figure then jumped out from a ledge nearby and, with a quickness that astounded even the speedy Sora, moved forward and slashed the creature. Said creature let out a cry of defeat before disintegrating rapidly, never to be seen again. Sora was shocked at how effortlessly this person had destroyed the creature, while he couldn't make a scratch. Unfortunately, he didn't have much time to think about it, for his exhaustion and injuries were starting to get to him, and right before he could see the strange person's face, he fell unconscious.
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Sora slowly slipped into consciousness, but kept his eyes closed. He felt like twelve trucks had slammed into his head while going 70 mph, and his whole body ached. He then felt something cold and wet on his forehead, and he slowly opened his eyes, their gaze locking with eyes of a similar brilliant blue. Both Sora and the owner of these eyes jumped back in surprise (well, the other person jumped back; Sora just jumped). Sora then sat up slowly and got a good look at this person, who he immediately thought as rather peculiar. The person was male, looked to be about sixteen or seventeen, and was slightly muscular. His skin was slightly tanned, and his hair was almost a golden blonde. What was odd about him was his strange green tunic separated with a belt, his brown boots, brown fingerless gloves, green hat that had a point that hung behind him, white stockings (that had freaked Sora out a bit), and two long, pointy ears that protruded from under his hat and pierced with small blue hoop earrings. He looked like a battle-scarred teen, but his eyes looked like that of an innocent child, which was odd. The person blinked. Sora blinked back. This blinking thing went on for a few seconds until the strange person spoke; oddly enough, Sora could understand him, but his voice didn't match up with the movement of his mouth, like some badly dubbed anime.
"Hey, you okay?" The person asked. Sora nodded, still a little confused about the person's mouth.
"Yeah, I-I'm alright…what was that thing, a Heartless?"
"Heartless? What's a Heartless?"
"I guess not…so then, what was it?"
"Oh, that was just some monster. Honestly, I thought you could take it…I mean, I saw you fight the black creatures, and they're way harder to beat than the monsters."
"The black creatures? Oh, you mean the Heartless!"
"Oh, so they're called Heartless? I've never heard of them. Are they monsters from your land?"
"Uh, yeah, my land…" Sora said warily. The strange person nodded in understanding. "So, uh, anyway, who are you?" The strange person perked up at Sora's question.
"I'm Link," he said, holding out his hand. Sora shook it.
"I'm Sora; it's nice to meet you. How'd you get here anyways?" Link sighed, and told Sora that it was a long story.
"Basically, I was with my friends by the ocean when Jabu-Jabu, this stupid whale, swallowed us! I know where I'm going, since I was in here before looking for a friend, but I can't find anyone except monsters, and now you." Sora nodded in understanding.
"Yeah, me and my friends got swallowed, too!"
"Hmm…I don't think that's a mere coincidence."
"It probably is, Link."
"Yeah…say, I've got an idea!" Sora looked at Link questioningly.
"Yeah, what?"
"How about we look for our friends together? Besides, you're in no condition to look alone, and I'd give you a potion or something, but I don't have any!" Sora raised an eyebrow when he heard 'potion', but agreed with Link since he knew when he was beat up. Besides, he was sure that Donald could use Cure on him later, and so then he and Link set off to find the others.
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Donald and Goofy were in a really tight pinch. Not only were they lost in a giant whale, separated from their friends, and they kept running into Heartless, but now they had a blubbering, whiney fish-girl following them. She was white with blue spots, and would have looked human if she was wearing clothes, didn't have fins sticking out of her arms, had hair, and had a normal sized head (it was like an upside-down triangle with rounded edges). Aw, who am I kidding…there's no was she could look human. She kept on complaining in some strange language that neither the duck nor the dog could understand, and it was driving Donald up the wall.
"ARG, SHUT UP YOU FREAK!" Donald yelled at the top of his lungs. This only made the girl cry harder. Goofy rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, that helps," He said in a sarcastic tone, "Why don't you try hitting her, too? I bet that works wonders." Donald stopped in his tracks and slowly turned to Goofy, his eye twitching.
"Oh, you think you can do better?" he retorted in a creepy tone. Goofy cowered slightly, but managed to mutter out a "Well, yeah…"
"Well then, you try!" Donald exclaimed, pushing Goofy towards the girl and plopping down on the floor. Goofy looked back at Donald, and then at the girl, and then sighed and walked over to the girl and put a comforting arm around her shoulder.
"Aww, it's okay miss," Goofy said, patting the girl on the shoulder, "Donald didn't mean any harm by yellin', he was just frustrated is all." The girl's cries dwindled down to hiccups, and she looked at Goofy; she couldn't understand him, but there was sincerity in his voice, so she nodded. She then pointed to herself.
"Je m'appelle Ruto," She said. Goofy and Donald gave her a funny look.
"What'd she say?" Donald asked, walking over to the girl and eyeing her strangely. Goofy shrugged.
"I dunno, but she pointed to herself…maybe 'Gem Apple Ruto' is her name," Goofy said, mispronouncing the words. The girl then gave them a funny look and shook her head. She pointed to herself.
"Ruto," She said, "Ruto. Je m'appelle Ruto." It then clicked in Goofy's head.
"Oho, her name is Ruto!" He exclaimed excitedly, "Uh, hola, Ruto! Gem apple Goofy!"
"Goofy, 'hola' is Spanish."
"Well, maybe she's speaking Spanish!"
"No, 'My name is' in Spanish is 'Commo me llamas' or something, and she said 'Gem apple'." Donald then turned to Ruto. "Gem apple Donald." The girl nodded.
"Goofy…Donald…" She said, pointing to each when she said their name.
"Yes, that's it!" Donald said, nodding.
"You've got it!" Goofy said, jumping for joy. The girl giggled and clapped her hands.
"Ahah! Vous etes tres drole!" She then turned to Goofy. "Monsieur Goofy, Qu-est que ce porte-moi?" She then sat down with her legs crossed and held her arms out. Donald and Goofy gave her a look.
"Eh, excuse me?" Goofy and Donald asked at the same time. The girl frowned.
"Vous n'ecoutez pas? Porte-moi! Je demande vous porte-moi!" She said in a nasty tone.
"I think she wants you to carry her," Donald said, backing away slowly. Goofy gulped and nodded.
"Uhm, okie dokie miss, I'll carry ya," He said. He lifted Ruto up on his shoulders, but not without some difficulty, since she was a heavy little bitch of a fish girl. Donald sighed.
"I feel for you man, I really do…"
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Helena yawned, walking through the whale. She was bored, and not really bothered by the fact that a whale had swallowed her. In fact, all she wanted to do was find the Gummi Ship and go to sleep. She knew that everyone would eventually find each other and go to the Gummi Ship, so why look for them? It sounded mean, but she was still feeling the affects of her hangover, so it wasn't her fault. She then heard someone scream from the next chamber, and ran off to it to find out who was in trouble.
It turned out to be a small girl, looking about ten years old, who was cowering in the corner of the room from a Heartless, but Helena had yet to see this kind of Heartless. It looked like a Soldier Heartless had swallowed a hot air balloon, and it was considerably taller than both Helena and the little girl, but it seemed like more of a big lug than a big threat. Still, the girl looked pretty scared, and screamed again as the creature got closer. Helena unsheathed both her swords.
"Hey, tubby!" She shouted. The freaky Heartless turned to face her, and then charged. Helena jumped over it, and with a few well-aimed slashes to the back, it disappeared. The girl looked at Helena, shocked, and then asked her something in a language Helena couldn't understand.
"Hmm?" Helena said, facing the girl. She could now get a better look at her; the girl was short, and wore a green sweater, a brown belt, a green skirt, and green pointy elf shoes. Her hair was green and up to her shoulders, and adorned with a yellow headband. The girl repeated what she had said, but Helena still didn't understand. She cursed under her breath and walked towards the girl.
"Look," Helena said, "I have no idea what you're saying, but you're not hurt, are you?" The girl gave her a strange look. Helena sighed in frustration, and then pointed to herself.
"Helena," She said, "My name is Helena. Do you understand?" The girl looked confused for a second, but then stood on her tiptoes and managed to reach Helena's shoulder.
"Helena…Tu t'appelle Helena," She said, and then pointed to herself. "Saria. Je m'appelle Saria." Helena nodded.
"Saria? Okay, that's cool," Helena said. Saria giggled and nodded, but was surprised when Helena picked her up and started to carry her piggyback style.
"C'mon, I can't leave you," Helena said, despite the fact that she knew Saria could not understand her, "My friends are lost in here somewhere, and once we all meet up, we'll take you to a safe place." Saria nodded, even though she didn't understand. Helena laughed at the oddness of it all as they went to another chamber.
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The chambers in Jabu-Jabu are complex and confusing, but eventually, they all meet in one place, as everyone found out when they entered a large main chamber.
"Guys? Is everyone alright?" Lilith asked. Navi appeared over her shoulder, Zelda not far behind.
"Yeah, we're okay, what about you guys?" The fairy said, and then she repeated it in the strange language.
"Eh, I'm beat up, but I'll live," Sora said, Link supporting him.
"Yeah, we're fine," Kairi said, motioning to herself and Malon.
"Did we all run into people?" Helena said, Saria peeking over her shoulder from her back.
"SAVE US!" Goofy and Donald shouted, running from Ruto, who was not far behind. Unfortunately, the three crazies did not make it to the other side of the room, for they fell through a hidden hole in the ground. Everyone gasped and started to run to where the three had fallen, but they all fell though the hole and landed in a large pit-like room, with no exit in sight. Lilith looked around, panicked.
"Oh crap, what happened?" She said, but since everyone else was saying the exact thing, it really didn't make a difference.
"What happened, Lil?" Does it really matter?" Lilith gasped and looked up, and she couldn't believe her eyes. It was Nympha, standing on a ledge!
"NYMPHA-CHAN!" Lilith shouted in surprise, "I-I didn't know you were still around! How've you been?" Lilith's face glowed with joy, but Nympha frowned at her.
"Well, I WAS doing fine until I found out that you replaced me with that stupid angel and those weakling humans!" Nympha yelled, tears welling up in her eyes. "I thought I was your best friend! How could you betray me like that?" Nympha growled. "Why, huh? Why?" Lilith looked confused. Betray Nympha? That was unthinkable! Nympha had been the one to teach her everything about the world outside the castle; why would she betray someone who she thought was one of the nicest demons she'd ever met.
"Nympha…what's happened to you? What're you talking about? I didn't-"
"LIAR!" Nympha yelled, making a black staff with a sharp, silver blade at the top appear in her hand, "You're gonna pay for what you did, bitch!"
"But I didn't do anything to you, Nym-" But Lilith was cut off by Nympha jumping off the ledge and striking. Everyone else was confused. What was going on?
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A/N: Crap, that was too long of a wait for an update! I'm SOOOOOOOOO sorry! Please, please, PLEASE forgive me! I seriously have had lots to do, I did procrastinate quite a bit, AND I've been sick since Sunday! But…I'm glad this chapter's done, despite the long wait. I think the ending's kinda weak, though…
Well, I'll try harder to get the next chapter in faster! Ja Ne, guys! -AnimeDutchess