"I'm going to kill you Saiyoku…"
"It's not my fault!"
"Not your fault? It's all your fault! You got us into this mess! If you hadn't talked to that guy, then we wouldn't be tied up down here!"
The two glared at each other for the longest time.
"I'm sorry, okay?"
"That's two screw ups in two worlds!"
"Hey, but Goofy didn't die! He's okay!"
"You thought you killed him."
"But I didn't!"
"Yes, but now this?"
Riku and Saiyoku had left Hollow Bastion after giving Sora a clue about what to do next… Riku's idea. But unfortunately for him, he had let her pick where to go next…
The sky was strange in the strange world, somewhere where they had never been to nor heard of. It was filled with stars, but not of other worlds. No, this sky was their own, whether an imitation or not. It was a large ship, and it roamed its own sky, where smaller planets awaited its arrival, powered by sails that Saiyoku had never seen before. It was the world called Treasure Planet.
Saiyoku looked around at all the strange creatures on the RLS Legacy. They were so strange and alien-like. A slug with several snout-like things protruding from his back and making weird flatulent noises was pushing a cart while a spider/crab with piercing yellow eyes crawled over the shrouds and up onto the fore mast. Riku grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back behind the barrels, also watching the strange crew.
"What are they?" She whispered, and he shook his head.
"I don't know. Are they friendly?" He wondered, and Saiyoku looked around again, seeing the only other life form that looked human. He was leaning out of the ship on the shrouds, watching the other crew members do all the work.
"Hey, that guy looks okay to talk to. He looks kinda like us. Let's go find out some information." She slid out from behind the barrels and walked straight up to him, Riku saying in protest, "No, wait Saiyoku! Don't just walk out like that! We don't know anything about this place! Dang it…"
She ignored him and tapped the guy's back. He turned around, surprised to see a girl on the ship other than the captain.
"'Scuse me, I was wondering if you could answer a few questions for me."
"Who're you?" He asked, and Saiyoku held out her hand, "Saiyoku, nice to meet you…?"
"Jim. Jim Hawkins from Montressor. I haven't seen you around before. When'd you get here?" He took her hand and hopped down from the ropes.
"Not too long ago. So, I have a question. Could you tell me who the captain is?"
Right before Jim was about to answer, the crab/spider grabbed him by the shoulder, "Well, talking to a little stowaway, are we, boy?"
One of the aliens grabbed Saiyoku from behind, but she shook them off. But more caught her arms before she could draw her Keyblade or get away. They held them behind her back and pushed her to the floor roughly.
"Let me go!" She yelled at them, but the crab/spider lowered his claw to her neck, "I wouldn't be talkin' if I were you."
"Hey! Scroop! We've got another one over here!" A little tiny head on octopus-like legs called to the spider/crab, and a huge four armed alien pulled Riku out, several others holding him down as well. Both Saiyoku and Riku struggled against the strange creatures, but with Saiyoku down on the ground and Riku held by the huge four-arms, they couldn't get free.
They pushed Riku and Saiyoku down to their knees next to each other as a feline-like woman came down the steps with a huge living rock form from the quarter deck. Riku glared at Saiyoku, and she gave a hesitant apologetic smile back, "Heh, heh…" She groaned when Riku wouldn't stop glaring at her, but the aliens forced their faces forward toward the woman.
"Captain Amelia, Mr. Arrow, these two stowaways were found on the deck," Scroop said, and he clicked together his claws threateningly.
The Captain stopped in front of them, her stern face looking over the newcomers. She turned to the rock formation, "Mr. Arrow, I would like you to interrogate these two and then put them in the hold."
"Yes Captain," He said, bowing and then nodding toward the captain's quarters. The aliens dragged them in there, where Mr. Arrow proceeded to interrogate them.
"So, why are you two on RLS Legacy?"
Saiyoku began to answer, but Riku gave her a 'you-say-another-word-and-I-swear-I-will-kill-you' look.
"We ended up here on accident. We were just trying to find out where we were and how we can leave."
"Lies…" Scroop hissed, but Mr. Arrow motioned for him to be silent.
"Who are you?"
"Does it really matter?" Riku countered, but the four-arms pushed his head down in punishment.
"Who are you?" Mr. Arrow asked again and Riku answered through gritted teeth, "My name is Ansem. The girl next to me is Saiyoku."
Saiyoku almost corrected him, but then she remembered that everyone else saw him as Ansem and not the Riku she knew, so she stayed quiet.
"Which planet are you from?" He asked, but Riku couldn't answer this. Planet?
Saiyoku spoke up, "Montressor. We're from Montressor."
"Montressor? And how did you manage to get on our ship?"
"We must have boarded the wrong one." She told him. Mr. Arrow sighed and waved them off, "Take them to the hold and lock them up. We'll see if they'll tell us the truth after a few days of solitude."
There had been a big commotion after that, something about a black hole. Saiyoku and Riku were flung all over the place in the hold, and they heard that Mr. Arrow was the only one lost to the bottomless pit. Now they were still chained up, one chain leading from their arms to the wall on both of them, a lock placed over their arms and their legs chained together. Saiyoku sighed, "Okay, I have an idea."
"I don't care."
"I'm serious! Now, just summon Way to the Dawn."
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
Riku did as he was told. It was hard for him to hold it, but he was able to have a hand on it.
"Point it at the lock on my arms."
"Um…"
"Just do it already!"
He obliged, and the Keyblade began to glow, shooting a beam into the keyhole. There was a small click, and Saiyoku's chains fell off her arms. She drew her own Keyblade and unlocked the ones on her legs. She unlocked Riku's as well.
"Next time, listen to me."
"Listening to you was how we got here in the first place."
"Well, at least I was able to get us out. Now what?"
Just before he was about to speak, several Dusks appeared, spinning out of nowhere.
"Great… here too?"
They both took their stances and took them out, but then, Heartless appeared. Several calls from the Main Deck implied that they were readying for battle, but they didn't know what for. Saiyoku took out the Heartless while Riku lead the way to the main deck. A huge whale-like creature with rows of sharp teeth, two smaller torpedo fish at its sides, yellow eyes, and another mouth on its stomach circled the ship, a huge Heartless crest on its forehead.
"Battle stations! Prepare the laser canons! Tie on your lifelines!" The Captain yelled amidst the chaos, and every crew member was doing something to try and attack the Heartless after they had secured the ropes to their waists. Laser canon balls flew every where, but the whale swallowed them whole using its mouth on its face. It flew above the ship and lowered, almost crushing the masts. Its mouth on its stomach opened and it began to try and suck those on the ship up into its belly.
Saiyoku and Riku struggled to stay on the ship while others where flying in the air, still tied on to the main mast thanks to their lifelines. The suction was too strong though, and Saiyoku was pulled off the ship and heading straight for the stomach of the huge Heartless. She flipped around while she could and tried to hit the side of his mouth. She was successful, and she ran along the side of the whale to its head, planting a huge hit on its emblem. Its stomach's mouth closed and it returned to circling the ship.
Riku looked around the ship and saw Jim running down to the hold. He ran after him and grabbed his shoulder, "How do we get out there?"
"What are you doing here?" Jim asked, and he ran down the steps again. Riku followed him, "Wait, I need to get out there! Saiyoku's on the Heartless and I have to go help!"
Jim sighed, "Alright, fine, come with me," he ran further into the hold and past the kitchen. He led Riku to where the boats were kept. He opened the hatch in the bottom of the ship and began untying one of the smaller boats. Riku helped, and together they dropped down into the sky, flying up to the Heartless' face.
Riku asked him to pull up to the Heartless' eye, and Jim obliged. He attacked the eye until the Heartless stopped and was able to be fired at. Several laser canon balls dug themselves into the Heartless' gut, and the Heartless groaned in pain. Riku hopped up onto its head where he found Saiyoku attacking the head.
"Saiyoku! I have an idea of how to finish it off!"
"Yeah, and what's that?"
"C'mere!" He yelled over the Heartless' moans and the canon's blasts. She ran to his side and he explained his plan. She smiled in approval and they both jumped up into the air, Saiyoku doing a back flip, and put their Keyblades together at the tips. They raised them and a huge Dark ball gathered at the tips. They threw it down onto the Heartless' head. It gave one more moan and withered up, falling into the oblivion below. It dissipated as it collapsed and a huge heart was released, rising up.
They landed in the boat as Jim caught them, taking them back to the ship. The crew pulled them off the boat and pushed them in front of their Captain. She looked at them sternly.
"Heh, hey there…" Saiyoku said nervously, "We can explain about that whole Heartless business…"
"You saved our ship," the Captain said simply.
"Well… I don't know that we were the only ones—"
"We are truly grateful for your help. Well done," she continued, and she ordered the crew to back off, "They helped us with that monster. They are now our allies, part of our crew. If anyone starts a fight with them, they will be punished just they would if they fought with me."
"R-really? Thank you!" Saiyoku said appreciatively. Riku nodded while the Captain turned to talk to one of the crew members.
"See? All better!" Saiyoku said to Riku, but he merely shrugged.
"Okay fine, be that way."
Captain Amelia approached the two of them, "We thank you. Now, about that creature you explained as a 'Heartless'. Could you tell us more?"
Saiyoku and Riku looked at each other before looking back up at the cat like woman.
"Well… as much as we can, that is." Saiyoku explained, and she motioned for them to come into the Captain's Quarters again.
"Dr. Dilbert! Come with us please!" She called, and a dog-man followed them into the room. The Captain locked the door and sat at her desk.
"Now, tell us about that creature Miss…?"
"Saiyoku."
"No last name?"
"No ma'am."
"I see… anyway, will you tell us more about this creature?"
"Okay. So, that was what we call a Heartless and they are formed when…"
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"So, this was one of the larger ones."
"And one of the stupider ones. There are more of them too. Smaller ones. There were some down in the hold while we were there."
"So, we have an infestation on our ship do we? I see… Well, what do you two suggest we should do?"
"Well, we can take care of them for you. May I ask where you are headed?" Saiyoku offered, but Riku was thinking otherwise.
"It's merely an expedition." Captain Amelia explained, twirling the lost Mr. Arrow's hat in her fingers. She set it down on the desk and stood up, her chair scraping the wooden floor with a screech.
The door burst open with a bang. Jim burst into the room, "Captain! Mutiny! The crew—!" He slammed the door shut just as a little pink thing followed him, making tiny squeaky sounds.
"Mutiny!?" She exclaimed, and Jim began to explain.
"Silver! He's a pirate! The whole crew are pirates!"
The Captain unlocked the cupboard across from her desk and pulled out a gun, loading it, "Pirates on my ship! I'll see they all hang!" She tossed the Doctor the gun while Saiyoku and Riku drew their Keyblades, "Doctor, familiar with these?" She asked while pulling out a small golden sphere.
"Oh, these? Well, I um… well, I've seen… um…" He held the thing daintily, but the gun fired a shot at the Captain's globe next to the cupboard.
"Uh, well, nope. No I'm not." He said finally, and she just rolled her eyes. The pink glob looked at the sphere in her hands, laughing at his reflection. The door handle began to glow fiery red; the pirates were trying to get inside.
"Riku, what are we gonna do?" Saiyoku muttered to him, and he frowned, "Well, we could always try and help. But… we could always leave…"
"We can't just leave. Not after we told them we'd help."
"After YOU told them we'd help."
Captain Amelia turned to them, "Quit your jabbering and move!"
She blasted a huge hole in the floor a few seconds after they moved in the exact same spot. In she went, followed by the Doctor and Jim, as well as the pink thing. The door handle flared with red while Saiyoku and Riku looked at each other. They immediately knew what to do. A Dark Portal closed over them, and they disappeared seconds before the pirates burst into the room.