New Worlds Abound
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
"This is an extremely powerful weapon…" Leon said, gazing at the weapon, "Sora once wielded that key blade…" This caught Zashi's attention, "Sora had this key blade too?" Leon nodded and said, "I had to fight against Sora when he had that key blade…it's power is amazing, and now its been purified of the darkness within it…" Zashi set the weapon on the table and looked to Melanie saying, "I wonder why it changed into this one…" She simply shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know…" Leon sat down at the table looking at Zashi and Melanie, "Whatever the cause, we have a powerful weapon on our side, and it should be used wisely." He motioned for Zashi and Melanie to sit down at the table, "I need to tell you what Marlena has told us."
Perking Zashi's attention he turned to Leon who continued, "all she told us was that she is looking for DiZ." Both Zashi and Melanie became confused, "Who is DiZ?" Zashi asked, but Leon shook his head, "That's the problem, no one knows anything about him. There is not even a page about him in the library inside Hollow Bastion." Zashi put a hand to his chin in thought when Melanie spoke, "There must be someone who knows about this guy…" Leon turned to look out the window saying, "People might know about him on other worlds…" He turned back and said, "Cid came across a Gummi block for your ship, it might take you to other worlds, go to the first district and talk to him about it…" Getting up from the table, Zashi grabbed the key blade and started to the door, with Melanie right behind him, he stopped and turned, "Thanks for everything Aerith and Leon." With that, they walked out the door and shut it behind them, and started down the street.
Finding the first district, they wandered around, watching all the people running around with their errands, suddenly Melanie just stopped. Zashi turned to her, "What's wrong Melanie?" She didn't respond; he walked in front of her and snapped his fingers in her face, "Melanie!" Blinking twice, she looked at Zashi, "Sorry…I got lost in thought…" Zashi took her hand, "don't scare me like that…" Melanie nodded and they wandered, when they decided to check in the accessory shop. They opened the door and saw a man with blonde hair, wearing a white shirt and a blue pair of pants, along with a single piece of straw he was chewing on. Melanie walked to the counter and said, "Hello…" The man turned his attention from what he was doing and walked to the counter, "Hello. What—Aw. You are just kids." Zashi stood beside Melanie and said, "We are not kids. My name is Zashi and this is Melanie. We are looking for a guy named Cid." The man put a hand to his chin and said, "My name is Cid. What can I do for you?" Melanie's eyes lit up, "Leon told us that you found a Gummi block for a ship." A gleam along with a grin came from Cid, "Ah. It looks like you need my help. I love working on machines, so I'll do the work for free. Just wait here in the shop until its finished." With that, Cid climbed over the counter and walked out the door.
The shop had a fireplace in the corner and two love seats and a table in between them; Melanie sat on the right while Zashi sat on the left. "Zashi what was your world like?" Zashi put his attention to Melanie and said, "It's was a lot like yours. I lived near the ocean, and my friends and I would always get together on a little bench that over looks the sea." Melanie put her elbows on the table with her head resting on her hands. "Tell me more." She said with a smile; Zashi swallowed a lump in his throat and continued, "Well…There was not much to do in my town, so we had to entertain ourselves, by swimming, playing video games and what not…" While he had been speaking, Melanie inched toward him, and he let his voice trail off. Zashi found himself starring into Melanie's eyes; she was doing the same as well. Suddenly the door swung open, "It's all done, you guys can leave anytime." Cid's voice boomed over the silence, both of them got up from the sofas, "Thanks Cid." Zashi walked to him and held out his right hand, which Cid shook, and the pair left the shop. Walking to the massive wooden door, Zashi and Melanie grabbed the doors and pulled it open, showing the Gummi ship; Melanie walked to it and climbed on the wing and sat in the back, Zashi also climbed onto the wing and into the front seat. Looking back at her he asked, "Are you ready Melanie?" With that she gave a nod, and he pulled on a knob and pushed a lever and said, "All right! We are leaving Traverse Town." The ship flew high into the sky, and left the tiny world; while flying Zashi pushed another knob and turned around to Melanie, "uh…What happened in the shop…" He let his voice trail, she just smiled, and said "Its all right. You were doing it too." Zashi felt his cheeks start to heat up, showing that he was blushing at the comment.
Lights and sharp beeps started coming from the ship, Zashi turned to see what was wrong, and saw a few dozen other ships flying toward them. "It's the Heartless! Quick, get your seatbelt on!" Zashi shouted to Melanie, who quickly did as she was told. The ship performed a barrel roll to evade the shots from the heartless ships, and returned fire, only destroying two of the ships. "We will never win like this…" Zashi thought to himself as he maneuvered the ship out of harm's way; however other heartless ships were firing, all of them hitting the Gummi ship. "Zashi…I don't feel too good…" Melanie said, holding her mouth, "What do you mean?" He turned to look at her and realized: she was motion sick. Zashi frantically looked for a bag, and knocked a lever with his foot causing the Gummi ship to accelerate, throwing Zashi over the chair and onto the floor, hitting his head. "Zashi! Wake up!" Melanie shouted, but there was no response she looked at the console, which had commands to jump into hyperspace. Suddenly there was a brilliant flash of light, and the Gummi ship was no where to be found…
