Chapter 20
Kira's excitement over her newly fitted fighting outfit was short lived. Upon entering the large room with the desk, five Shadow Heartless were waiting on her. She growled and gritted her teeth together as the Kingdom Key appeared in her hand in a spark of light. She assumed her battle position and yelled, "Seriously, you guys again! I'm really beginning to get annoyed seeing your faces!"
The group of Heartless seperated onto different pieces of furniture. Two scaled the bookshelves, one was glued to a moon window, another one on the large chair with the final Shadow dancing on the desk. She clutched the handle tightly as she lunged at the ones on the bookshelves. Books and pages flew in every direction as she wiped the beasts off of existence. She shattered the window destroyed the next Heartless, glass cutting tiny marks onto her arms. The seat of the chair was demolished from killing the fourth Heartless. The final Shadow's defeat lead the desk to be smashed in half.
Once the battle was over, Kira examined the damage and gasped in horror. The room was a complete and utter mess. Who knew a giant key could rip through solid wood like a hot knife to butter? Not to mention her arms now had small streams of blood trickling down them. She bolted for the door, wanting not to stick around.
"Now young lady, where do you think you're going?" a powerful elderly voice called to her.
She gulped in fear. Whoever that voice belonged to most likely owned this office. And she had just ripped it to shreds. She shakily turned around and stared at the man who now stood in front of the broken desk. He was a rather severe-looking old man with long, grey hair, bushy eyebrows, and a long, grey beard that parted down the middle. He wore a conical sorcerer's hat on his head. It wasblue and decorated with several yellow stars and a yellow crescent moon. He wore long, billowing blue robes with sky blue lining. The insides of his robes were dark red. The whites of his eyes were quite large in comparison to his small pupils.
She pulled her mask over her eyes and hung her head in shame. "I'm sorry about your office, Mister Whoever You Are. I kind of destroyed it killing weird black creatures with huge glowing yellow eyes. If you like, I can make it up to you by mopping your floors for eternity."
He gave a dry laugh and pulled down the mask, her face completing showing. "Relax child, I'm not angry. Although, I am slightly upset about losing the desk. It was mahogany. I know who you are and about the Heartless."
A sigh of relief escaped her lips. "Well, that's good to know! So, who are you?"
He placed a hand on his chest. "I am Master Yen Sid."
Memories instantly clicked into her head of Sora meeting him. She bowed in respect. "Master Yen Sid, it's a honor to be in the presence of the man who trained King Mickey."
He laughed again. "You certainly have more respect than your other counterpart. I suggest you keep that quality with you."
She lifted herself back up and smiled. "Thank you so much, Master."
"You're welcome." He pointed to a crystal ball in the corner of the room. It was the only thing in the room Kira didn't reduce to dust. He slowly walked over to it, lifted in with his long, bony hands, and brought it over to Kira. "Come Kira, look inside."
Her aquamarine irises stared into the cloudy glass. Immediately, an image of Luna in her school uniform standing beside Maleficent formed. Tears formed in her eyes seeing the betrayal of her best friend. "Why are you showing me this, Master?"
He pointed at her heart. "I know she was your friend and that you two were very close. Luna chose to taint her heart with the unspeakable evils of darkness. But you, you can save her. Your heart will save her. Because of your destiny, you will do it."
She glazed at the image again. "My destiny... I don't know if I can really accept it. I'm afraid I will fail everyone. Cause both worlds to plummet into neverending darkness and despair. I'm not strong enough to do this."
"Child, that is where you are wrong. The Keyblade never chooses someone weak of heart. And you have one of the strongest hearts I have ever seen. So, don't doubt yourself. We all believe you have what it takes to fufill your destiny." He placed the crystal ball on what was left of the desk. "Hold out your hand." She did and Yen Sid placed two objects in her hand. One was Luna's moon hairpin. The other was a hairpin of the sun, a gift from Luna to Kira. Kira's name meant sun in Russian, which brought the idea of the pin and Luna's nickname for her of Sunshine. She grasped them tightly. "You are the sun that will shine through the darkness. Believe in that and you will never fail. Understand?"
She clipped her hairpin into her hair and stuffed Luna's in her jacket pocket. "I do, Master. Thank you for this talk. I really needed it."
Yen Sid gave a half smile. "My pleasure. Now, off with you and eradicate the rest of the Heartless in my tower. I sense a powerful enemy in the tower and Sora could be in danger."
Sora! She had completely forgotten about him! She had to go help him. "Yes Master. Thank you again." She saluted him and charged out the office doors.
Yen Sid quietly said to himself, "She'll be just fine."