While Hajime checked the sails, natsumi collected a few of chiakis crystals and started fiddling with them. Hajime took notice and gave her some string.
"Thanks" natsumi said.
"I figured you would need it for what you're making" Hajime said.
"I hope she likes it" natsumi said.
"You know she'll love anything you give her" Hajime said," why else would she like your fish udon"
"Remember who you're talking to" natsumi said as she pinched a pressure point on Hajimes side.
"Okay, uncle" Hajime said as he winced in pain.
"Do you think it's possible that chiaki will remember us?" Natsumi asked.
"I don't know" Hajime said.
"Then if you don't know that means there's a chance" natsumi smiled.
"Yeah" Hajime said.
...
Two days passed before Chiaki awoke from her slumber. When she rose from her sleep, natsumi instantly hugged her.
"God, I thought you'd never wake up" natsumi said," what took you so long?"
"I don't know" Chiaki said.
"Well we're glad you're awake now" Hajime said.
"I wonder why I sleep so much" Chiaki said.
"You're probably just tired from fighting" Hajime suggested.
"That could be it" Chiaki said.
"Here, why don't you locate the next world and then we can have lunch" Hajime said.
"Alright" Chiaki nodded.
As always, Chiaki located the direction of the next heart fragment followed by Hajime looking up world they were going to"
"The world of mythical beast" Hajime announced," that's where we're headed"
"Mythical beast?" Natsumi asked," as in unicorns, three headed dogs, and two tailed cats?"
"Yep" Hajime said.
"They sound scary" Chiaki said.
"Don't worry, we'll protect you" natsumi proclaimed.
"Thanks natsumi" Chiaki said.
"Don't thank me yet" natsumi said as she pulled out a gift for Chiaki," I need to give you this"
"Is this a star charm?" Chiaki asked as natsumi placed a charm made of pink crystals into her hands.
"Yep, I made it out of your crystals" natsumi said," is that okay?"
"Of course" Chiaki smiled as she held the charm to her chest," I love it"
Natsumi and Hajime looked in surprise at Chiaki, who was still smiling.
"Chiaki did you just say you loved it?" Natsumi asked.
"Yeah" Chiaki nodded," is that wrong?"
"No, it's just you've never used that word or smiled before" Hajime said.
"I guess it just came to me" Chiaki said," when I received natsumis gift I just felt the urge to smile and say I loved it"
"That's good to hear" natsumi said," right Hajime?"
"Yeah" Hajime said.
...
The trio arrived at the world of mythical beast to see it was full of mountains and thorned vines.
"Is this world supposed to be covered in vines?" Natsumi asked.
"I don't think so" Hajime said," it's probably a hopelesses doing"
"We better stay on our guard" natsumi said.
"Agreed" Chiaki nodded.
Hajime docked the boat before the trio entered the world. While natsumi prepared her spear, Chiaki put her charm around her neck and let if fall over her chest. Fortunately Natsumis spear was strong enough to cut through the vines and path a trail. As they walked through the path of cut vines, they noticed the lack of mythical beast roaming around.
"This hopeless must be pretty powerful if it can create all these vines" natsumi said.
"It could be a stag hopeless" Hajime said.
"Wait, how many hopeless have you defeated so far?" Natsumi asked.
"Fourteen" Hajime said.
"And how many knights did Nanami have?" Natsumi asked.
"Fourteen" Hajime said.
"Then whose hopeless are we facing?" Natsumi asked.
"I don't know" Hajime said.
"Whoever it is, we should still try to defeat them as peacefully as possible" Chiaki said.
Just as chiaki said that, two roars echoed across the sky.
"That doesn't sound like a stag" natsumi said.
The trio continued onward until they reached the bottom of the highest mountain. Natsumi took that moment to drop her spear and rest from cutting vines.
"Looks like we're scaling a mountain" Hajime said.
"Give me a break" natsumi huffed.
"Fine" Hajime said," but make it quick"
"Don't rush me when I'm tired" natsumi growled.
"Do you think the hopeless is at the top?" Chiaki asked.
"It's possible" Hajime said.
Out of the blue, a large object flew down from the mountain and landed before the trio revealing it to be a two headed dragon with silver and gold heart insignias on its chest. The two headed dragon hopeless looked down at the trio before extending one of its legs and digging it into the ground. Following this, fresh vines sprouted from the ground and blocked any hope of escape.
"So you're the one or two who made all those vines" natsumi said," do you know how hard it was to cut them down?". The dragon hopeless ignored natsumi as both heads yawned.
"Hey, I'm talking to you" natsumi shouted as she waved her spear at the dragon hopeless.
The dragon hopeless turned one of its heads to natsumi before swating her away with its tail. Natsumi just barely missed hitting a thorn as she hit it with her spear. The other dragons head lowered its head down to chiaki before sniffing her.
"We mean you no harm, so could I please see your chest?" Chiaki asked.
The dragon hopeless was about to expose its heart insignia when one of the dragon heads spotted Hajime. Soon after, the dragon hopeless bared its teeth and growled. It was about to burn Hajime with its fiery breath when something cut through the air and sliced off the dragon hopelesses heads. The dragon hopeless devolved into shadow releasing several hearts. Chiaki caught two of the hearts in her keyblade as the thorns disintegrated.
"What the hell was that thing?" Natsumi asked.
"Probably a native mythical creature" Hajime said," lets get moving"
As soon as Hajime said that, a heart fragment descended from above like a snowflake. Chiaki caught it in her hands and looked at it curiously.
"Why would it fall from the sky?" Chiaki asked.
"Guess something didn't want us to walk all the way up there" natsumi said.
"You're right" Chiaki nodded and smiled," i'll see you when I wake up"
Chiaki accepted the heart fragment and fainted into Hajimes arms.
"Just one more fragment and then we can fix this hopeless mess" natsumi said.
"I'm sorry" hajime said.
Before natsumi could respond someone knocked her on the back of the head and caused her to faint. That someone was the same figure in the black cloak, but now they held a golden keyblade.
"You sure took you're sweet time" the hooded figure said in a feminine voice,"why Junko was about to have me steal your heart and let Izuru take over.
Hajime remained silent as the figure removed their hood to reveal them as Chisa yukizomes nobody.
"Now let's put an end to this" chisas nobody said as she opened a dark portal," Junko is waiting"
