Musical Feline... you're a review hog... That's all that needs to be said... Well anyway, I haven't been posting on this fanfiction in a while. I've been busy and too focused on my other one... Well, I've posted this chapter so, READ IT AND SMILE!

My Hikari

Chapter 4: Understanding

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After hearing my emotional speech, Ienzo looked up at me and smiled.

"Thanks," he said.

"For what?" I asked.

"For understanding and being open minded to problems that seem like a fantasy at first…" Ienzo then looked at the floor again. "C'mon, I have to show you something before we head out."

Ienzo got up and walked over to the castle gates. I hurried to follow him and the enormous doors opened up. I shielded my eyes from the immense amount of sunlight outside gleaming on the castle.

"Wow!" I gasped.

The view was absolutely amazing! We were way up top this platform that looked old and ancient. I turned around and looked at the structure of the castle. There were many pipes and iron bars from various places. I guess they were reconstructing the whole thing. Then I came across this large emblem that looked like a heart with an "X" through it.

"There," Ienzo said as he pointed to the symbol. "That's the sign of the Heartless. The symbol for the Nobodies looks similar to that symbol but upside down and silver."

"Oh…" I sighed finally starting to understand.

"Now. I wanted to show you a bit of tips on fighting these enemies. Have you ever been in a fight before?" Ienzo asked me.

"Um… back there when those-" I started to say naively.

"Other than those Heartless." He said with a washed look.

"Oh… No. I haven't been in a fight before," I shyly told him.

"This will be harder than I thought" Ienzo said to himself.

"Well… I don't like to get involved… I guess I have to start learning how to be more assertive, especially now ," I said looking down at my shoes. I never really liked too much trouble. I always wished that people could smile more and lend a hand out to others rather than watch them suffer and fight.

I noticed that Ienzo didn't say anything for a while. Then he took out his whip from his back pocket and held it in his hand.

"Call your weapon out," he looked at me and said.

"Um…okay."

I tried remembering how I did this before to do it again.

"Okay, so how did I do it the first time? I think I focused really hard on it and extended my hand out like this…"

Then suddenly, the same white light shone out from my palm and formed the keyblade's shape.

"First you should learn how to do that quicker. You always have to be alert and ready to summon your keyblade with no problem. Expect the unexpected," Ienzo told me.

"Okay. From all the research I've done on the keyblade, I learned that it also gives it's master some enhancement when it comes to fighting. Lucky for you."

I didn't understand what he meant.

"What do you mean by enhancement ?" I asked.

"Well, two things. One. The keyblade has the ability to enhance it's master's jump height and landing speed. So in other words, when wielding it, you can jump much higher than you normally can and take a longer time to land, allowing you to perform a better style when fighting through the air with the keyblade."

"Oh. So I can do those awesome moves and fight like the guys in action movies?!" I just loved seeing all that action and skill going on all at once. Sometimes when I was bored in the house, my little brother, sister, and I would run from down the hallway to the couch in the living room flipping over the arm rest and jumping over the pillows pretending we could do those awesome moves and were invincible. But the fun didn't last long because my mom used to yell at us to fix the couch and act normal.

"Don't get all too excited and cocky now. Wielding the keyblade comes with a lot of work and responsibility. You always have to know when and how to use it at the right time. That's another reason what I mean when I said before that the keyblade can bring chaos and peace. It all depends on who wields it and how they use it, for good and prosperity or for evil and power."

I didn't want to think of using the keyblade for power and destruction. I just wanted to save the worlds with it and bring them peace.

"Oh, and two. They keyblade comes with a set of basic elemental skills. Meaning that you can create fire, ice, and lighting for now through the keyblade by focusing on it. Eventually the keyblade becomes more compatible with other elements but you would have to encounter and understand them first, for these elements are more difficult and harder to control and use. You know, like gravity, wind, reflect, time, and so on."

"Oh… so when do we start training to use the keyblade?" I wondered and asked.

"Right now."

Ienzo flipped his whip and was ready to fight! Now what?! I thought we were training not fighting just yet!

"First, what do you want to start with? Psychical training or Element training?"

"Umm… psychical," I blurted.

"Okay then. Start dodging my attacks. Don't let the whip hit you."

Ienzo started running towards me with much speed. Then he reached his arm out with his whip and slammed it to the ground in front of me. I dodged it by jumping back in the air and he was right! The keyblade really did enhance my skills! I jumped really high but not as high as Ienzo could like from before when I first met him. Then I did a back flip and landed lightly on the ground in front of Ienzo.

"Woah… that was SO COOL!!! Oh my goodness! Did you see what I just did! I can't believe I did that! Awesome!!!" I screamed out in excitement after pulling that amazing stunt. I always wished I could do stunts and flips in the air but I was afraid that I would hurt myself and land really hard.

"Well…then try to block these."

This time, Ienzo went ballistic and threw his whip everywhere.

"HEY!" I yelled as I did all kinds of flips, rolls, spins, and turns threw the air dodging all of Ienzo's attacks. Then he calmed down to catch his breath.

"You're…a lot faster than I thought…" Ienzo said gasping for air.

"Um… Looks are deceiving?" I commented.

"Well. Now that you have that pretty much mastered, let's try the element skills. This is a bit harder. It requires much accuracy and right timing," Ienzo said. "Now, let's start on fire. Try to burn me with it. You remember what I told you on how to use it right?"

I was really surprised that he said that!
"But I don't want to burn you!" I cried out.

"Don't worry. I won't get hurt. Now focus and try to attack me with fire." He said sternly.

"Um. Okay. If you insist…"

I held up the keyblade to Ienzo and focused my hardest on fire, taking Ienzo's word on that he wasn't going to get hurt. I closed my eyes and imagined volcanoes, lava, forest fires, and red hot flames in my mind. Soon, I felt the keyblade getting really and then I yelled "Fire!" I opened my eyes and saw that the tip of the keyblade engulfed in flames and shot out at Ienzo with fierce rage.

"Wait!" I yelled as I saw Ienzo struggling with the fire.

Ienzo flipped his whip and spun the tip like a fan blocking the flames from hurting him. But there was too much fire at a very high speed being tossed at Ienzo that he couldn't keep up with it. Some of the fire snuck through his whip and burned his shirt.

"I AM SOOO SORRY!!!" I yelled out.

Then quickly I imagined ragging blizzards, blistering ice storms, pure white snow, icicles, and even ice cream, and yelled "Deep Freeze!" Luckily, the keyblade started getting icy cold and blasts of ice crystals sprayed on Ienzo's shirt and the rest of his side.

Then there was silence until it was broken by Ienzo saying "Okay… Maybe you don't need my help after all."

"Do you think you can get me out of this?" Ienzo continued as he looked at the frozen ice crystals around him.

"But what if I burn you again?" I asked in worry.

"Hey!" I yelled out as a felt the keyblade start to shake. "What now?" I heard myself say as I lifted the keyblade to Ienzo. Then this bluish-white beam of light came out from the tip and aimed for Ienzo. I watched the beam as it melted the ice away from Ienzo letting him free.

"According to what I know, that's the same way you seal the keyholes of the worlds. With that light," Ienzo said.

"Sorry about your shirt and freezing you like that," I said when I looked at his burnt sleeve.

"It's okay. Just save your skills when real battles come up so you won't become exhausted." Ienzo then smiled at me and I knew he wasn't angry at me.

"So what now?" I asked him.

"We search for the world's keyhole and seal it," Ienzo said.

"Well then let's go find it!" I said anxiously.

"Alright. I sure does look like you're starting to like this adventure after all," Ienzo said.
I looked up to his eyes and he smiled at me again. I couldn't lie to him. Honestly, I was starting to like this adventure. And maybe it wasn't so bad after all. I mean, I ended up in the worlds in my dreams, not to mention with the awesome guy from them! And I get to save the different worlds with this amazing key! How cool is that! I just hope this isn't really a dream because then, I would officially call myself insane because this sure feels like a reality. Things seem, look, and even feel real. Imagine if I am dreaming and Ienzo wasn't real after all, like he doesn't or is not supposed to exist? That would be just, heartbreaking…

Cliffhangers are great. Aren't they?