Chapter 3: Why is My Heartless Such a Bitch?!

Time of Day: ?
Weather: Foggy
Place: The Velvet Room

"Hello… And welcome to the Velvet Room…" Igor greets me. "The abilities of one's Persona are driven by the power of your heart, which can only be sated by your bonds with others…"

"It was only through your personal interactions and the subsequent bond that formed that you were able to obtain the Magician Arcana," Margaret informs me.

The Magician Tarot card appears in blue light and lands in the closed book she has in her hand. Margaret opens the book and I see a picture of the card and Roxas. "And as your bond deepens, your powers will continue to grow." Margaret turns to me. "I urge you to remember what you have learned today."

"Now then," Igor starts to speak, "it is time for us to bid farewell… until we meet again…"

Everything around me melts into the fog outside.

April 14, 2015
Time of Day: Noon
Weather: Rainy
Place: Destiny High- Class 2-2

"You saw it, right?"

"Yeah, I did." Roxas and I are in the classroom talking about the Midnight Reflection.

Yuffie runs in, breathing heavily. "Have you seen Namine?"

"Sorry, we haven't," Roxas tells her. "She hasn't shown up yet."

"Oh man… What do I do?" Yuffie's distraught voice cracks.

"What's the matter?" I ask Yuffie.

"I was watching the Midnight Reflection last night and-"

"We were just talking about that!" Roxas, be careful about who you cut off. This is Yuffie we're talking to.

"I think… I think I saw Namine last night!" Oh God… if Yuffie says she saw that, this could turn out badly. "She had on a Kimono, and I've seen her wear it before! She had it on during an interview about her inn and Ms. Yamano! I've sent her a bunch of texts, but she hasn't replied to any."

"Have you tried calling?" I ask her.

"Yeah, but it goes straight to voicemail."

"Do you think she could have-"

"Don't go there!" Once Yuffie cut Roxas off, everyone in the room stopped for a moment to see what had happened, then went back to what they were doing. Thanks a lot Roxas, you made her cause a scene.

"Sorry…" Yuffie apologized to everyone. A phone's jingle cut through the room's silence, prompting side conversations to return. Was that a Kim Possible ringtone? Cool. I'll ask where she got that later.

Yuffie pulls out her phone. Her expression turns from fear to relief. "Oh thank God! Namine was busy at the inn because a large group showed up without a reservation!"

"So if that wasn't Namine, who was it in the Reflection?" As of now, we sound like Scooby and the gang trying to find a culprit in a mask. Except we're trying to find a killer.

The bell rings and we leave the classroom for our next class.

Time of Day: Afternoon
Weather: Rainy
Place: Destiny High- Lockers/Entrance

Yuffie and I are walking down to the school entrance. We're going to Moogle Co. to see if we can ask Donald if he saw a girl. Yuffie is going through her notebook, looking over each page.

"Are those notes for Namine?" I ask Yuffie.

She turns to me. "Yeah, considering she missed class today, and we have a quiz next week, I thought I might help her out."

"Aww, what a good friend you are." I tease.

Yuffie holds up her thumb. "Yup, I'm the greatest!"

I look to my right and see a couple posters. Let's see… Drama, Band, Struggle, Blitzball… Not much variety, huh. As I'm looking for more clubs to join, two guys walk up to me. One guy has long blond hair that makes him looks like a surfer and his holding a blue and white ball with bumps on it. He has tanned muscles and a grin you could never forget. The other spiky blond hair and is holding a blue bat. He's not as tan or toned as the person next to him, but he looks like he can pack a punch. the look on his face tells me he's trying to see if I'd be a good team member.

"So, you interested in playing Blitzball?" The blond one asks me. "The name's Tidus Nagase, Captain of the Blitzball Team." He extends his fist. I gave him a fist bump back.

"My name's Hayner Ichijo, Captain of of the Struggle Team." Hayner shows me his hand. I shake it firmly. "You play much Struggle?"

"No not really." I never really got into sports because I was tired hearing guys talk about protein shakes and the age-old question "Which cheerleader did you do this time bruh?

"Heeey! Are we going or what?" Yuffie is screaming across the hallway.

"See ya." I wave bye to the jocks and head toward the exit.

Time of Day: Noon
Weather: Rainy
Place: Moogle Co.- Home Decor

Yuffie, Roxas, and I are by the mirror we first entered through. Roxas caught up with me and Yuffie once we got to the entrance of the store.

"It's really crowded here today. Hey Sora, see if you can put your hand in the mirror to signal Donald!"

"Got it, Yuffie," I put my hand through the mirror while Yuffie and Roxas make sure no one is watching. I put my hand through and FUCK THAT HURT! I pull my hand out, and there's a bite mark on it. "Fuck!" I curse underneath my breath.

"What happened?" Roxas asks.

"Something bit me!"

"Woah, it even left teeth marks! Are you ok, Sora?" Yuffie asks.

"I might be dying."

"No you're not." Yuffie looks at me with an annoyed face. Can you take a joke?

"Is that Yuffie I hear? What's up is this some sort of new game?" We look toward the mirror. In it there's a light reflection of Donald. How we hear him, we'll probably never know, but that's not what we need to know right now!

"Donald, does it seem like anyone is there with you right now?" Roxas asks Donald.

"Hm? Of course not. I'm all alone right now!" Donald answers.

"Are you sure?" Yuffie asks.

"Yeah, I'm sure! I can use my wand to see if anyone else is here besides me!"

"Ok, this is weird. We saw someone, but they haven't shown up yet! What you you think that means?" Roxas asks me.

"I think it means we need to check the Midnight Reflection again. Tonight."

Time of Day: Nighttime
Weather: Rainy
Place: Dojima Residence

We left Moogle Co. a couple hours ago. As of now it's a minute till midnight. Everyone is asleep except me. I turn off the TV in my room and stare into the mirror. 5 seconds. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1.

A pale yellow light emits from the mirror. In it, the first thing I see is a pair of lips making a kiss. The lips retreat from each other and reveal that it's Namine. She's in a white princess dress and has a silver tiara with rubies on it. I don't like the look of this at all.

"Hm? Oh hello there! My name is Namine Amagi, and todaaaay, Imma be goin' on some stud-hunting!" How the hell can I hear this? It's a mirror, not a TV!

"Are you ready? C'mon, saddle up, and bring up the studs! It's Namine's Hunt for Prince Charming!" Oh God… What the hell is this?!

"And I'm prepared! My lacy unmentionables are ready to go and so is my heart!" At this point I'm both horrified and aroused. Ha-roused you might say. But this is the complete opposite of Namine! She's supposed to be air headed and polite, not this!

"See, I'm out to tame me the best pack of studs there are! Let's- Oh my. Looks like it's time to go now. Well in that case, see you all soon!" Reflection Namine turns around and run into the castle behind her, ending the reflection.

My phone rings next to me. It's Roxas.

Roxas starts to talk. "Dude, did you-"

"Yeah. I kind of wished that I recorded it."

April 15, 2015
Time of Day: Noon
Weather: Sunny
Place: Dojima Residence

I walk into the living room to see Usagi watching TV. I dressed a blue t-shirt under a black hoodie with t-shirt length sleeves, and baggy black pants with two large red pockets on the side. Why the pockets? Because huge pockets are cool, like bowties and fezes. I planned to meet up with Roxas at the Moogle Co. Food Court.

"Morning Usagi."

"Hm. Oh, good morning." I look at the weather report. It'll be sunny and no rain at all. That means no Midnight Reflection tonight.

"Are you going out?" Usagi asks me.

"Yeah, I was going to meet a friend. Do you need me to stay here to help you with stuff?"

Usagi starts to smile when I ask that. "Nah, I'm ok. I know how to hold down the fort."

"Where's Zack? Did he leave for the police station?"

"Yeah, he did. He said he won't come back until later tonight." How busy does this guy get?

"Ok then. See you later."

"Bye!" Usagi replied.

Time of Day: Noon
Weather: Sunny
Place: Moogle Co.- Food Court

I'm sitting down at a table, waiting for Roxas. I'm making an origami crane while waiting. Since it takes me around 1 minute to make a single crane, and I've made about 30, I've been waiting for Roxas for about 30 minutes.

"Hey Sora!" Roxas comes toward me with his hands behind his back.

"What kept you?"

"That doesn't matter! Look what I found!" Roxas pulls out a katana and a pair of kunai.

"Roxas! Put those away before we get arrested!"

"Don't worry they're-" At that exact moment two cops showed up and handcuffed Roxas.

"Do you know this young man?" one of the cop asked me.

Lie and say you don't know this guy, or say you do and possibly get arrested… Hard decision. Yeah, not really. "Nope, I've never seen him before." Roxas looks at me with a face of pure shock. He was brought into a police car and was driven off to the police station.

At that exact moment, Yuffie showed up. "Why was Roxas just arrested?"

"For being an idiot."

Time of Day: Afternoon
Weather: Sunny
Place: Destiny Islands Police Dept.

So Yuffie and I went to the police department to get Roxas. Once they found out everything was a misunderstanding, and that Roxas was an idiot, they let him go. While there we saw Zack and he also told to let them go.

"Geez Sora, you're friend is a complete moron!" Tell me something I don't know. Also, I'm talking to Zack's partner Terra Adachi. "If Zack didn't put his word in on what had happened, Roxas might have actually been arrested!"

"Sorry about that, Terra. I'm also sorry my friend is an idiot," I apologize.

"Can you guys stop calling me that… It's a word I've been hearing every other sentence!" Who cares about what you want Roxas?

"Roxas!" Yuffie lightly yells across the hall. "It's Namine! She's gone missing!"

"Did she tell you this Sora?" Roxas asks me

"Yeah, she told me on the way here."

"Oh, we already know about Namine's disappearance. The Amagi family already told us to go looking for her. Is she your friend?" Terras asks us. Considering he's Zack's partner, of course he would know about this. It is Zack's case. "Do you remember her acting strange before she disappeared? Did she seemed bothered by anything?"

"Yeah, Namine's my best friend." Yuffie answers. "And what do you mean acting strange?"

"Like about the murder at the inn, at the room where Ms. Yamano was murdered." Terra brings up. "She was such a high maintenance woman Namine's mom collapsed from all of the stress from keeping her happy. So, there's that." Terra looks around and puts his head closer to ours, as if he's making sure no one hears. "Listen, some of the guys think she tried to get back at Ms. Yamano to avenge her mom."

"Oh c'mon you guys think Nami's the killer?!" Yuffie interjects

"Woah, relax, it's just a theory!" Terra put his hands up like he's going to stop Yuffie from beating him up. She probably would if they weren't in a police station. "It's just a theory floating around, not made official by the higher ups!"

"Well it's a stupid theory!" Yuffie raises her arms and goes for Terra's neck.

"Yuffie! Now's not the time!" Roxas and I restrain her so she doesn't do anything rash.

We pull her out of the station to make sure another scene doesn't happen.

"Guys. We have to go save Namine." Yuffie says this like she won't do anything else until it's done.

Time of Day: ?
Weather: Foggy
Place: Mirror World- Princes Namine's Castle of Dreamyness/Stud-Hunting HQ

Princess Namine's Castle of Dreamyness/Stud-Hunting HQ

Out of all the things to name the place, it had to be called that. We enter the Mirror World to look for Namine. We got Donald to find out where a human was, and bring us to that place.

"This place was on the Midnight Reflection, the one Namine ran into. Just why did it have to be named this?" I couldn't agree with you more Yuffie.

We entered the castle. We warned Yuffie not to follow us in, but she wouldn't listen. She really has a one-track mind, doesn't she?

"Donald, is Namine really in there?" I ask him.

"There is no doubt about it, your friend is in there!" Donald says triumphantly.

"Well then, come on!" Yuffie starts to run to the entrance of the castle, and we follow her.

For a while we were just chasing after Yuffie, killing any Heartless that came across us. Roxas seems to enjoy being useful now that he has his own Persona, but even he makes himself look like an idiot using it sometimes. Like for example, whenever he summons his Persona, he jumps, spins, and punches his tarot card. One time, right before he landed, a small red Heartless with a yellow wizard hat and a cylindrical body hit him with a blast of fire, making him fly back a couple feet.

"She doesn't see them does she?" Roxas asks. "She can't see without her own pair of glasses." At that moment, more Heartless show up. Some are the small black ones I first encountered, but some are like purple pieces of armor, like armored boots and gauntlets with claws on them.

"PERSONA!" Roxas and I yell in unison

Izanagi attacks the small ones with lightning, destroying them instantly.

"Great job Sorai!" Donald applauds me.

Roxas' Twilight Thorn attacks the purple boot and gauntlets with its black and white thorns. It causes them to stagger and Izanagi come in for the kill.

"Roxas, you still have a lot to learn." Donald critiques.

"Man, all you give me is crap!" Roxas it's true, so shut up.

We reach the end of a hall, which has a giant door at the end. The door is designed like ones you'd see in old fashioned castles, really big and really well designed. Behind the door was a ballroom like in Beauty and the Beast. There was a balcony up top, pillars underneath it, a really large and ornate window, and a polished floor with round stain glass design of... Namine?

Her eyes are closed and she's in a simple white dress. She's surrounded by circles with pictures in them of what seem to be Paopu Fruits, drawings in her sketchbook, and scenes with her and Yuffie. But it wasn't the beauty of the room that shocked us. What shocked us was that there were two Yuffies! It's not hard to tell which one her Heartless was, as it had pulsing yellow pupils.

"Who the… Who the hell are you?!" Yuffie screams at her copy.

"Yuffie Satonaka of course." The Heartless laughs evilly

"Cut the crap, I'm Yuffie Satonaka you-"

"And I'm Yuffie Satonaka too."

"No way, this is totally nuts!"

"Did you actually hear what Nami said?" Roxas and I must have missed something important if she brought something like that up. "Actually, I don't know if she did. I don't speak skanky whore!" Ouch. That was one tough burn.

"Hey shut up! My best friend's no whore! And why are you such a bitch?" Yuffie screams at her Heartless.

"She also thinks she's absolutely hopeless! Man, that's just awesome. And how I find out she thinks I'm so great, even better!"

"What are you even talking about?" Yuffie has a face of distraught.

"Namine's so hot and all the guys go after her. They love her. But when I heard Namine is actually jealous of me, HA! I sure do get a kick out of that! Poor old Nami can't do anything without me. She's nothing without me. Because she's nothing more than my personal bitch!" The Heartless starts to laugh maniacally.

"No! Just shut up! You're a liar!" Yuffie falls onto her hands and knees. "Stop saying all this! I'M NOTHING LIKE THAT" Oh God. Yuffie just spoke the trigger words.

More maniacal laughter comes from the Heartless. Darkness starts to surround the dark being, engulfing it entirely. From that darkness comes the true form of Yuffie's Heartless. Under it are shadowed female bodies, carrying a golden throne. On top it was a… Dominatrix with a Banana Head? It had a pointy yellow hood on with two eye holes. It had on long yellow gloves and boots, had grey skin, and was wearing a yellow bikini. In it's hand was a long spiked whip and had a long black and tattered cape.

"I am a Heartless, one's true inner self, the darkness that resides in everyone's souls."

"PERSONA!"

Izanagi attacks with the Keyblade and Twilight Thorn uses his thorn vines to attack from a distance. Yuffie's Heartless attacks us with its whip, but Izanagi blocks it. He was staggered by the attack, so Thorn comes in and uses his thorns to block a second whip attack. The whip goes through the wall of thorns used to block the attack, sending Thorn and Roxas flying back. This is probably because we share the same pain our Personas do.

The Heartless grabs Roxas and Twilight Thorn using its cape and wraps it around them. The Heartless then starts to laugh maniacally. "I can't believe you guys are still here! I really wish you'd die already. I promise to treat Namine like my little toy doll, one that I can make or believe anything I say!"

"Let… Let her be…" Yuffie is on the floor, shaking in anxiety and fear.

"Yuffie! Don't let her trick you!" I scream at her.

"Trick? Why would I trick myself?" Once she says that she cracks her whip, making all of us fly back.

"You're the pathetic part of me, aren't you?" Yuffie get up from the ground. "But, that's a part of me too. Isn't that right?" Wait, did Yuffie just resolve her own Heartless?

What are things Roxas and I missing out on? Neither of us gave her a "Just accept it's you" or "Stop being stupid and accept her!" Good job. You're not on Roxas' level.

Once Yuffie stops talking, Yuffie's Heartless clutches its head. "CUT THE CRAP BITCH! ARE YOU REALLY JUST GOING TO ACCEPT MY EXISTENCE NOW?!"

The Heartless' grip on Roxas becomes tighter, and it knocks Izanagi backwards. In doing so, I am too.

"SORA!" Yuffie screams.

At that moment when I'm on the ground, I hear Margaret's voice. "You have obtained a new arcana." My vision then flashes to her in the Velvet Room. "You have the power to wield multiple Personas. It is the Wildcard, O Chosen One"

I blink and I'm back in Namine's castle. "Switch!" Izanagi disappears. "Red Nocturne!" A small red creature appears floating in the air. It has a cone shaped body, yellow eyes, and a crooked yellow hat.

"Hey what the hell! How come you have another Persona! I want a second one!" You don't get a second one because you weren't the Chosen One. Everyone knows a person with that title get cool perks.

"Incinerate her Red!" At my call, Red Nocturne spins, turns, and then forms a large stream of fire directed toward the cape holding Roxas, burning it instantaneously.

"Roxas!" I yell at him.

"On it Sora!" Roxas calls back.

Thorn then uses its thorn vines to attack the Heartless. The thorns headed toward Yuffie's Heartless are surrounded by Red Nocturne's fire, intensifying the attack's power. With the Heartless in its weakened state, and the thorns and flames working together in unison, the Heartless is defeated, turned into nothing but dark matter. From it, the human form of Heartless Yuffie appeared.

Yuffie hobbles up to her dark doppelganger. "It's true. You're me," Yuffie says. "Even I don't like that part of me, I'm gonna have to accept it in order to save my friend." Yuffie's Heartless flashes a tired grin at her. At that moment blue light surrounds the Heartless. It turns back into its monstrous form, but then is engulfed in even more blue light.

From the light come a large female ninja in yellow garments, it has a black belt on and has black stripes running down its arms. It has black sneakers on, black bronze knuckles, and has a black biker's helmet on. In its hand is a giant shuriken. It looks like the kunai Roxas had earlier, but four of them attached to the same base.

"It's name it Tomoe Gozen. That's my Persona's name." Once she says that Tomoe disappears, and turns into a tarot card. Yuffie turns to us and smiles.

Time of Day: Afternoon
Weather: Sunny
Place: Moogle Co.- Food Court

We decided we would go back tomorrow to save Namine because Yuffie lost all of her energy during the fight with her Heartless.

"I'm useless. I can't believe we had to go back on my sake and stopped trying to get to Namine." Tears were falling from Yuffie's eyes

"You're far from useless." I tell her. "I know that when we go to save Namine, we'll need your help."

"Thanks Sora." Yuffie starts to smile again. "As a token of gratitude, let me show you my pet dog!" Yuffie shows a pic of her and a giant white dog with brown ears. "He eats way too much, and he stinks like shit when you give him a bath but… He's the reason I met Namine. He's the one who made our friendship possible." Yuffie smiles into her phone and then starts to look serious.

"Namine… We will save you!"

Don't worry, Yuffie will be back to her regular self next chapter, kicking ass and taking names!

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