Kairi threw up her hands and decided to stop sitting around doing nothing at all with herself.
It had only been an hour or so, but she couldn't handle just sitting there doing nothing.
So she got up, and she walked up the stairs. She went past the Accessories Shop, on down the alley. She pushed open the doors to Second District, stepping through into the familiar sight.
The wide, rectangular plaza, the raised stone walkway ringing its outer edge. The shops. The hotel.
The back alley, with the waterway and sewer.
It really was bringing back memories. Good ones, mostly.
This was where it had all began. Where she'd met and made friends.
Where she'd fought some pretty important battles, too...
Unlocked her true Princess powers - took a stand.
It was only months ago, but it felt like a lot longer.
Kairi smiled to herself as she walked past the Suits And Dresses store, turning and heading down the stairs into the plaza proper. She strode over to the fountain, standing before it, gazing at the image on the stone slab.
She turned away, going to sit on one of the wooden benches.
Then she got up again, as strange things started popping up around her! They were floating purple diamonds, ringed by purple Heart symbols, that all then shrank in on the gem, causing a flash of light and a puff of smoke...
And then there were creatures standing around in the plaza with her.
They were...two-toned, black and pink, fat cats with cute ears and tails and they were bouncing left and right and-
Oh god they have terrifying red eyes!
Kairi stepped back, raising a hand to summon her Keyblade.
But maybe the red eyes didn't necessarily mean anything? Tifa had red eyes, but she was one of the sweetest, kindest people Kairi had ever-
One of the bouncy adorable cat creatures did a backflip and then flew at her, shrouded in orange energy!
Noooo! Why couldn't you just be cute and harmless?!
Kairi easily rolled out of the way, turning back to the creature. She frowned, raising a hand - and stopped as she felt a familiar feeling shoot through her.
These creatures, she realized, were darkness.
But...they weren't Heartless? She'd never-
She gasped as she finally noticed a strange symbol on the fronts of the creatures.
She'd seen it before, just recently, in fact: it was the same emblem that had been on those knife-happy girl monsters that had come out of Alice's Heart!
What...were these things?
Kairi flipped up high into the air as two other creatures lunged at her from the sides. She landed deftly atop the stone railing, staring down at them.
She sighed.
Darkness or not...
It was a real shame she'd have to blast something so darn cute...
Kairi thrust out her hand, sending out a full powered Firaga sphere. It struck the ground in the middle of the creatures and exploded brilliantly - wiping them all away in one go.
She lowered her hand and stepped down off the railing, looking at the ground with regret.
Darkness was a really twisted bitch, wasn't she? Who designed such adorable creatures and then only used them for evil?!
Who?!
Kairi would have to keep on her guard, then.
She wasn't alone here, not at all - and she wasn't safe.
