I'll Protect You No Matter What

Hollow Bastion & Shocking Discovery

Okay, the pictures for Hikari's forms are on my Photobucket account; rikusprincess16. Also, I don't take credit for them, I give full credit to the original artist as the pictures are of Kairi. Also, if anyone makes one negative comment on this chapter, I'm stopping the entire story all together and moving on! GOT IT!? If you're gonna review negatively, do it in your head!

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My Pov

After leaving the Mysterious Tower and Twilight Town, we found there was only one world that was accessible. Hollow Bastion. We landed into the world. I was happy to be here, because I would be able to see Leon and the others. They probably thought I was lost for good. I couldn't wait to see them. I looked around and noticed how different the world looked now.

Goofy: "Uh-oh. Looks like we're gonna have to do some fightin'." I looked in the distance to see 2 Solider Heartless just has they vanished. Great. We traveled through the town and ran into Donald's uncle, Scrooge McDuck.

Me: "Oh, Uncle Scrooge!" He turned around and gapped at me.

Scrooge: "My, my! Little Hikari, is that you?" I nodded. "What a beautiful young lady you've become! I can't believe it's been 10 years since I last saw you."

Donald: "Uncle Scrooge, what are you doing here?"

Scrooge: "I'm tryin' to recreate my favorite old-time ice cream. I'd make millions if I just got it right..." He took a taste of the ice cream bar he had in his hand, but grimaced at the flavor. "Terrible...!"

Me: "Don't worry, you'll get it right."

Scrooge: "Thank ya, lass. I think you should being headin' over to Merlin's house. That's where Leon and the others are at. I'm sure that they'll be overjoyed to see ya!" I nodded. We headed toward Merlin's house. We came close to it when some strange sphere started popping up out of the ground.

Sora: "Hey, what's going on?"

Voice: "That's the town's defense mechanism." Who was that? I looked around and happened to look up. It was Yuffie!

Me: "Yuffie!" She saw me and gasped.

Yuffie: "Hikari...? Hikari, is that really you?!" I nodded. Her joy turned to fear in second. "Look out!" I turned just in time to slash at a Dusk the charged for me. Several more appeared. I actually had to switch into my Valor Form to get rid of them. I reverted after all of them had been dealt with. Yuffie jumped for where she was and tackled me in a hug. "I can't believe you're okay!"

Me: "I'm sorry for worrying everyone."

Yuffie: "Don't worry about. Everyone will be so happy to see you. I see you guys are still in top form."

Sora: "What'd you expect? Looks like you're doing okay."

Yuffie: "Well, what did YOU expect?"

Donald: "How are the others?"

Yuffie: "Great!"

Me: "Yuffie, have Riku or Mickey been here?" She turned and started walking.

Yuffie: "Nope." I knew it. "But I had a feeling I'd see you guys again. Including Hikari."

Sora: "'We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other.'" Who was he quoting?

Yuffie: "Is that suppose to be Leon?"

Me: "Leon said that?"

Sora: "Yep."

Yuffie: "Everyone's working on stuff at Merlin's house." We followed Yuffie to where Merlin's house was now since Hollow Bastion was so different now. We got to the house, but Sora stopped me.