"Who is he?" Riku asked.
"Mickey Mouse," I answered.
"Who?"
"Long story. What are you doing here?" I asked Mickey.
"I'm here to help you and Riku. If you ever need anything, you can always ask me!" He said. I smiled at him.
"Thank you, but I think we can handle ourselves. Just one thing. What is going on?" Mickey took a deep breath.
"Mikaila, you are keyblade master. As of now, there are four. You, Riku, Sora and myself. The keyblade masters posess the strongest weapon in the world, the keyblade. Not even I, the king, can harness all of it's true power. Every heartless you defeat makes you stronger and soon enough gives you abilities. Maleficent and the people of darkness only want one thing. To open a world. Kingdom Hearts is their goal. They need all seven princess to open the door. Kairi is one of those princesses..."
"Wait a minute, Kairi's a princess?" Riku interrupted. Mickey nodded.
"Her and the other 6 princesses can open the door and do special things with their powers of light."
Kairi... a princess. I figured as much. If anyone could tackle the job of being princess, it would be Kairi. Strong-willed, funny, cute, and of course, pure light.
"The princesses of light hold no darkness in their heart," Mickey continued, "The fact that there is no darkness what-so-ever in their heart is what makes them pure light."
"Hikari," I said.
"How do you know that word?" Mickey asked.
"It just came to me, along with a song," I replied.
"That is a secret code from a princess that nothing is wrong. I wonder who sent it to you?"
"When you walk away you don't hear me say, 'Please, oh baby, don't go'. Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight. It's hard to let it go," I sang. It reminded me of Riku. It reminded me of how I felt about him. That song forced a weak smile on my face. I was holding back the urge to look at Riku.
"Now, you have two choices of what you can do. The first is to go back to Traverse Town and think through your next step. The second choice is to head back into the Hollow Bastion castle and figure out which princess telepathically sent you that message and why." King Mickey was very smart and wise.
"I don't know about you, Mikaila, but I want to think through my next step," Riku said. I nodded in agreement.
"Can you get us there, Mickey?" I asked.
"I can take you just about anywhere in this gummi ship!" He exclaimed. "Why, I'd be happy to!"
"Thanks!" Riku said. Me and Riku sat in the very back of the large gummi ship with Mickey was driving in the very front.
"Thank you, Riku," I said.
"For what?" He asked.
"For sticking with me, saving me, and caring about me so much,"
He looked away. "I should be the one thanking you," he said.
"And why is that?" I asked him.
"You saved me from darkness," He answered. "If it wasn't for you, darkness would probably have taken over me." I blushed. I wanted to know so bad. Did he like me like I liked him? That was the biggest thing on my mind right then. I wanted to just ask him. But what if he said no? Would that make things awkward between us? I was silent for a long time, though my brain was fighting with another part of my brain. An imaginary conversation was helping me decide.
Brain 1: "You like him, just ask him!"
Brain 2:"No! That could ruin everything!"
My brain was hurting my brain. I was torn between two thoughts. To ask, or not to ask. I wont ask just yet. Brain 2 won the fight for now. Way to go, Brain 2. Congrats.
"Where should we go from here, Riku?" I asked.
"We'll have a while to decide in Traverse Town. We're in no hurry, right?"
"Yeah, okay." I took a deep breath.
"Hold me. Whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on. Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all. Nothing's like before."
"You have a nice singing voice," Riku complimented.
"Thank you,"
"You're giving me too many things. Lately, you're all I need. You smiled at me and said.." I sang that song the whole way there. It was a beautiful song. Riku sat there listening. I think he liked it. I hope so, I was singing it for him.