Dinner with Leon, Yuffie and Aerith was actually very satisfying. Steak, potatoes, carrots, and sea-salt ice cream for dessert. It almost took Atsu's mind off Destiny Island. Almost. But the depression at the loss of his home was still there, and Atsu had to do something to see if there were other survivors. Then three, um, odd characters came into the restaurant. All of them were pretty short in stature, but they seemed to subconsciously carry a power that Atsu couldn't hope to carry with them. They came over to his and Master Ven's table and sat down. One was a mouse with huge ears that stuck out above his head. He was wearing a black vest with red pants and shirt with big yellow shoes. To this guy's left was a duck who was dressed like a wizard of sorts. On his back was a staff that had a similar hat on the tip to the one that he was wearing. To the mouse's right was a dog that looked a little… untrustworthy, not because he tried to steal things, but because he looked more undependable. He wore a green vest with a black shirt orange pants and a green hat.
"Mickey… thanks for meeting us here," Master Ven said.
"So this is Sora's son?" Mickey asked. "His spitting image, except for the hair, of course, that's his mother's hair."
"You know my Father?" Atsu asked. Mickey looked down.
"Correction… I knew your father… his heart was released for the second time…. He never came back, now all that's left of him is Roxas."
"Roxas…" The name had a familiar Ring as it rolled off Atsu's tongue.
"These two knew your father better than I did; they shared three journeys with him… Donald Duck and Goofy were his best friends after Riku and your mother."
"Do you know where they are?" Atsu asked.
"Searching for Roxas," The Duck, Donald, said. "He wanted to find a way to give his existence back to Sora."
"So… do you have a Keyblade?" Goofy asked. Atsu looked at Master Ven and with a nod from him confirmed that he did have a Keyblade. "Just like King Mickey…"
"What's the name of yours, your Majesty?" Atsu asked. "Not to be rude or anything."
"Wishing Star. I'll show you when the Renames pop up later." Master Ven pushed himself away from the table and stood up.
"But first, we need to get you to summon your key first, Shall we?" Atsu nodded.
Another Sputter of light later and Atsu found himself on the ground staring up at the starry sky of Traverse Town.
"Focus!" Master Ven said. "Keep your mind and heart on the Keyblade and it'll come to you!" Atsu stood up, brushed the dust off of himself, and tried again. Another Explosion, another attempt down the drain. Master Ven was starting to look worried. He grabbed Atsu lifted him up onto his feet and put his thumbs on his forehead and chest.
"Let's try something deeper."
He was back to the place in Atsu's Dreams, the pillar and the key. But this time there were six Keyblades, each one similar in appearance to the others, but bathed in a different colored light, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
"This is where the Keyblade's power is given form." Master Ven's voice reverberated throughout the small space. "Take one key first, that one represents the element of Light that you choose to represent." Atsu picked up each key first to see which element it represented. Fire, Earth, Sunshine, Wind, Water, and Shadow, in the order of the lights of the rainbow. Pondering it for a second he decided to take the Shadow key again. In his hands it became more sinister to look at.
"Oblivion," A Voice said. It wasn't Master Ven's. "The shadow closest to justice… is this the power you choose?" Atsu pulled the key away from the pedestal it was on, and Oblivion disappeared. "You're path is set," The Voice said. "Now which do you give in exchange?"
Atsu went to the most destructive of the elements, Fire. It transformed in his hand to look like a fire poker, with a flame coming off the side tip.
"Flambaite," The voice said. "The source of light and life… is this the power you exchange?" Atsu took it away from the Pedestal and it disappeared. The rest of the keys faded into the darkness and Atsu woke up with Master Key in his hand.