Kingdom Hearts: SfE Part 2 - The Final Keyhole and the Mark of Mastery

"Uh, oops..." Kairi could feel her face turn red in embarrassment.

"We're finally going to other worlds!" Jeffrey stretched out his arms. He suddenly let out a yawn. Walking over to the rest area, he plopped himself on a couch. "But first a nap would be nice..."

 

Valerie decided to nap in her chair, resting with Chester in her lap. Riku had his share of sleep being in edens body, deciding to talk with Kairi. "So...We're going back home..."his voice was a mix of happiness and sadness.

 

"Yep," Kairi replied smiling. "It's been so long since we were last there. It'll be great to see everyone - Tidus, Wakka, Selphie, the mayor, your and Sora's parents... And of course, the baby will be able to see the Islands as its first sight."

 

"Don't forget Lu and Irvine. Neither of them would forgive us."Riku chuckled. He wasn't looking foward to seeing his father, but his mother.... Suddenly a loud scream caught everyone on the gummi off gaurd, Valerie falling out of her chair. Riku covered his ears, groaning at the scream. "Holy Luna, what was that?!"Valerie was wide awake at the scream. Chester was tugging at its antannae at the scream.

 

Jeffrey quickly sat up, his nap cut short. "What in the...?" "Well..." Kairi began. "If it wasn't us, and it wasn't either of you, then it must hav been.... Sora?"

 

Sora rushed out, his body pale and his eyes wide in shock and fear. "Riku, Riku, Riku, Riku, Riiikuuuu!"He clamped onto Riku whimpering. "Sora, what the hell? You scared the crap out of us!"Valerie said. "What happened?"Riku asked. "Well I was checking my body out since it felt weird and I thought everything was normal until I got to my chest and I realized that I had..."Sora trailed off, blushing.

"But thats not the worst part! I had to use the bathroom because the baby was pressing on my bladder but... but..."Sora was trying to think of a girl friendly way to put it. Riku looked at Sora like the brunette was crazy. Valerie tolted her head, confused. "Well out with it then! Whats wrong with you?"she asked. Sora felt his face turn a tomato red.

 

"Ah," Jeffrey said, understanding what Sora was implying. He walked over Valerie. "I think he's trying to say that..." He whispered something into her ear.

 

Valerie giggled, her face a light red. "Sora, whats wrong again?"Riku didn't quite understand. Sora whispered it into Rikus ear, not wanting Kairi to know. "ah... well I think thats the work of the pregnancy hormones..."Riku coughed, acting like it wasn't a big deal. "But Riku, this is serious! A guy shouldn't be missing something like that and having something girls should have!"Sora whined. "Whoa wait, what?"Valerie gave a devilish smirk.

Sora was about to just leave it there when he realized... someone was missing. "Where's Eden?"Sora asked. "Eden became a heartless... again. Instead of Riku letting us try and get her heart back the heartless Eden made an alliance with Gexln and they both tried to kill us!"Valerie summarized, glaring at Riku. "It was best to just leave them there. We sealed the keyholes, we had no further business on Eath."Riku said.

 

Kairi was still trying to figure out exactly what Sora was talking about. But her mind shifted at the mention of Eden. I didn't do anything to try and stop her... she thought guiltily. "So she turned into a Heartless again," Jeffrey said grimly. "Well, I knew she wouldn't betray us on her own..."

 

"Riku, you are such a liar."Valerie was still death glaring at Riku. "Well they still betrayed us so tecnically it wasn't lying, miss looks like a cat attacked her with claws."Riku huffed. "Oh, please don't start fighting..."Sora could feel the baby give a rough kick at the drama going on.

 

"Both of you calm down," Kairi tried to stop the two from fighting. "Arguing isn't going to do any good right now. We should just focus on getting to the Islands and try to find a way to get Eden back afterwards."

 

"Fine..."Valerie said. Riku said nothing, just got back in the captains chair. Sora was stiff, his body going through false contractions. "Sora, you okay?"Valerie realized Sora staying still. Sora nodded, biting his lip to hide any expression of pain. Riku saw through Sora's act though, frowning in concern.

 

"Master wishes to see the keybearers' have their hearts eaten, so that they may be freed of this delusion they call humanity" Gexln said, staring at the sky as he wondered where the keybearers were.

 

The NeoShadow bowed to the respect of Gexln's wishes, and hurried off into the darkness, going to locate the Keybearers as told. Within the world of darkness, all shadows were available, and the gummi was no exception. Staying within the ground, peering through the shadows, it heard all.

 

"That Neoshadow gives off a unique darkness...probably due to the fierce nature of itself..i should be able to track it somewhat easily" Gexln said, thinking out loud.

 

The NeoShadow found little to go report to Master about, but found something else. A little Shadow, fresh and unprotected, and so she hummed the language of the Heartless, calling the fledgling to it. "Hush little darkling, come to me..."

 

Chester noticed the Neoshadow, trudging to it. "Chester, where are you going? You're not going to steal any food, are you?"Valerie picked up the Shadow, chuckling. Chester looked in the direction it heard the Neoshadow. Sora's pain soon went away, the brunette giving a small shiver. "Well, that was unpleasant..."he said.

 

"I can't wait to get to the Islands," Jeffrey told Valerie, petting Chester's head. "The closest I've been to somewhere tropical is Florida. And it'll be great to meet everyone there."

 

"Definately. To feel a nice warm breeze and get to play in the ocean.."Valerie giggled at the thought. "Well you certainly can't see the others with your hair like that!"Sora chuckled. "Oh, and your porcupine hair is acceptable?"Valerie smirked. Riku held in a chuckle at the comic. "She has a point Sora. Maybe its time to try something-"he paused, thinking. "Try something what?"Sora asked. "Nothing, nothing... I'll be right back."Riku went into the rest area.

"I'd fix it myself but I can't really see how bad it is from back there."Valerie said. Sora tugged at his spiky hair, getting an idea. "Hey, Kai- Think you can fix Val's hair up? I wanna do something really quick."He headed to the rest area as well.

 

"Okay," Kairi replied, wondering what Riku and Sora had gone into the rest area for. She grabbed a pair of scissors and began to trim Valerie's hair, making sure that the longer locks ended up even. Once she was done, there were locks of brown hair lying on the floor of the ship. "I made it as long as I could without everything being uneven. There's a mirror in the bathroom." She smiled and pointed towards a door. "I'm sure you'll want to be the one to decided if it's good or not."