The next morning, Chiaki and Hajime planned where to go next.
"Let's see, the closest island now would be this one" Hajime said,"do you think there's a way to better track down your heart fragments?"
"I don't know?" Chiaki said.
As she said that, chiakis Keyblade suddenly appeared in her hand. Before she could ask, the keyblade moved forward and flashed a line of light over the sea and past the horizon.
"It looks like your keyblade knows a way" Hajime said
"Then we should probably follow it...I think" Chiaki said.
"I thought you said you felt confident" Hajime said.
"I am...I think" Chiaki said.
...
They followed the light for about an hour or two until they reached a really tiny island surrounded by a water like barrier. Now the light from the keyblade shot down into the water.
"Looks like we're going for a swim" Hajime said," can you swim?"
"I don't know" Chiaki said.
"Then I'll go first" Hajime said," wish me luck"
Hajime stretched a bit before jumping into the barrier. However, when he jumped into the barrier he transformed into a brown sea lion. Chiaki looked unsurprised compared to Hajime who was swimming frantically out of panic. For some reason, Chiaki didn't like seeing Hajime so panicked so she decided to jump into the barrier after Hajime. When chiaki jumped in, she transformed into a mermaid with a pink tail.
Once in the water, Chiaki swum up to the Hajime sea lion. Hajime could no longer speak due to his new form, but he seemed to calm down thanks to chiakis presence.
Together, the two practiced swimming in their new forms. As they swam, they noticed the lack of fish and other marine life. It was odd considering the large amounts of coral and sea plants. Despite the lack of fish, Chiaki still liked looking at the colorful coral.
Just then a loud shriek echoed through the water. Chiaki and Hajime turned to the sounds origin to find a large dolphin hopeless. The dolphin hopeless was mostly black with white stripes and horns on its head. Meanwhile its tail and dorsal fin were pink with a blue stripe. Just like the chameleon hopeless, the dolphin hopeless had red eyes and a heart insignia.
Once again, the dolphin hopeless screeched a horrible ear piercing screech. The screech echoed through the ocean making it sound even worse. Chiaki tried to cover her ears, but it had little effect. Then the dolphin hopeless swam past her and towards Hajime. Hajime was helpless against the dolphin hopeless as it swam circles around him. Chiaki tried to hit the dolphin hopeless with her keyblade, but it was too fast.
'I need to save him' Chiaki thought as she looked around frantically.
Then she spotted the small island above the water. She signaled Hajime to swim to shore before trying and failing to attack the dolphin hopeless. Once Hajime had swum to the safety of the land, Chiaki followed.
Unfortunately, the two stayed in their new forms even on land. The two watched as the dolphin hopeless circled around the island like a shark. At least they were safe, but now Chiaki and Hajime were stuck on a small island.
Then the keyblade started to glow and move towards the water. When the tip of the keyblade touched the water it shot out a stream of electricity into the water. Once the electricity reached the dolphin hopeless it screeched before fainting. Without hesitation, Chiaki shot a beam of light from her keyblade and onto the dolphins heart insignia. Just like before, the hopeless burst into a puff of black smoke full of hearts. Among the hearts, on bigger heart stood out and floated towards Chiaki before going into her keyblade.
...
After the battle, Chiaki and Hajime jumped back into the water to find the heart fragment. They searched through the coral reef, now teeming with fish. Finally they found a shrine carved into the island and decorated with coral. On the shrine pedestal rested a heart fragment. It shined as bright as a pearl in the water. Chiaki swam forward causing to heart fragment to gravitate towards her. Once the heart fragment fitted into place, Chiaki was overcome with sleep and fainted.
...
'How was your day?'
"Great, me and ibuki started practicing a song together"
'Aww that's so sweet, but I didn't know you could play an instrument'
"I didn't either, but then ibuki found this instrument I could play called a triangle"
'You're as precious as a pearl. Why don't you sing too?'
"I guess I could, but I don't want to steal the attention from ibuki"
' Then go see if you can sing together, knowing ibuki she'll be super excited'
"Okay, I'll do it. Thanks mom"
'Anytime dear'
...
Chiaki woke up from her dream still a bit dazed. She was back to being human on the ship with Hajime. Hajime took notice and walked over to her.
"Glad to see you're awake" Hajime said," how are you feeling?"
"Proud" Chiaki said.
"That's peculiar" Hajime said," still I'm glad I'm not a sea lion anymore"
"I thought you were cute as a sea lion" Chiaki said
"You did?" Hajime asked with his face full of blush.
"What's wrong Hajime?" Chiaki asked," you're face is bright red"
"It's nothing" Hajime lied.
To be continued...
A/N For visual reference to what the hopeless and keyblades look like, check out danganhearts24 on tumblr.
