I'll Protect You No Matter What

Proving One's Worth

My Pov

After getting rid of the Heartless, the Captain(Li Shang), came up to us.

Captain: "You 4. What are your names?"

Sora: "Sora."

Donald: "Donald."

Goofy: "Goofy."

Me: "Hikaru."

Captain: "You are welcome to my troop. Your battle skills are encouraging."

Ping: "I am the son of Fa Zhou-"

Captain: "You should return home."

Ping: "B-but... That would dishonor my family!"

Captain: "You'd rather dishonor my troops?" What was with this guy? Ping had shown just as much potential as the rest of us.

Ping: "Don't make me-!" We all looked at Ping.

Me: "Captain, I assure you Ping is just as much a soldier as anyone else here." He seemed to take what I said into consideration.

Captain: "Alright. I've received intel of enemies lurking in several areas. I want the 5 of you to deal with them. If Ping shows improvement after finishing these missions, I'll reconsider letting him join the army." We went on the 3 missions the Captain assigned and completed them without much difficultly. He told us he heard that Shan-Yu's army was heading toward the city through the mountains. He headed that way. I looked toward Sora and sighed. Every time I looked at Sora, I did a double take. The first time I'd look at him, I'd see Van or Ven instead. I felt a growing pain spreading in my chest. I missed them.

Sora: "Hikaru?" I snapped out of my daze.

Me: "Nothing. You're too much of a worrywart, Sora."

Sora: "You even talk like Riku, Hikari." I thought about it and I did. Soon, we came to the village that was set near the mountain. The Captain followed close behind.

Goofy: "Ping sure did great!"

Donald: "You bet he did!"

Captain: "Hmm... Fine. I'll let you join my troops... But I'm still not convinced you have what it takes to be a worthy soldier."

Me: "You've got to be kidding!"

Sora: "Why not!?"

Ping: "Sora, Hikaru, it's all right. I'll find a way to show him what I'm made of. Just give me a chance."

Captain: "That's the spirit, Ping." I noticed a cave just outside the village.

Me: "Maybe Shan-Yu is hiding in there." We decided to check it out, but found nothing. We went to leave, but as soon as Donald and Goofy were on the other side of cave a barrier separated them from me, Sora and Ping.

Donald: "Sora! Hikaru!"

Goofy: "Ping!" Then Heartless showed up. Shan-Yu may not have been here, but he did set up a trap. We manage to get rid of the Heartless and the barrier separating us from Donald and Goody dropped.

Me: "Come on! We need to hurry." We hurried outside to see that the village had been destroyed. Smoke was still rising from the burnt remains of the houses. This had just happened. Shan-Yu had to have attacked while the rest of us were in the cave.

Ping: "Captain!" We hurried over the Captain Li, who was obviously badly wounded.

Sora: "Don't overdo it, Captain!"

Captain: "It's just a scratch." He fell to his knees in pain.

Me: "No. You're seriously hurt. Don't push yourself."

Ping: "Captain, the enemy! Where did they go?"

Captain: "They went toward the summit..."

Ping: "We'll stop them!"

Goofy: "It is kind of our fault..."

Mushu: "You mean my fault." Mushu had been the one to tell me about the possibly of Shan-Yu hiding out in the cave.

Me: "Mushu, Shan-Yu did this. You were trying to help Ping. That's what a family guardian is suppose to do." We hurried toward the summit and spotted Shan-Yu at the very top. Soon dozen of Heartless came up from behind them and started to charge toward us. There were so many of them that it took forever to get rid of them all. I started feeling dizzy.

Ping: "Hikaru, are you alright?" I simply nodded. My body was feeling heavy for some reason. Shan-Yu started charging at us with 2 rows of Heartless following close behind him. The 3 soldiers we met a couple days ago(Ling, Yao and Chien-Po)showed up with a cannon. Yao pointed the cannon at Shan-Yu. Then Ping did the craziest thing. He elbowed Yao, grabbed the cannon and ran toward the enemy.

Me: "Ping, stop!" He knelt down and instead of pointing the cannon at Shan-Yu, he pointed it toward the mountain. Why was he...? That's when it hit me. He would cause an avalanche to bury the Heartless and Shan-Yu. Ping used Mushu to light the cannon. Unfortunately, the poor dragon jumped on the cannon and launched into the air with it.

Mushu: "You're going the wrong way!" The cannon made contact with the mountain causing the ice and snow that had coated the mountain to fall, creating a tsunami of white.

Sora: "Run!" We all hurried to the safety of the rock foundations that were to the side. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw one of the Rapid Thruster Heartless was charging toward Sora.

Me: "Sora, look out!" He turned to look at me just as I pushed him out of the way. He was out of harm's way, but I had just put myself right in it's path. The Heartless rammed into me and knocked me off the cliff just as the avalanche washed over the area. 'Figures. I wasn't able to help for long. I wanted to at least find Riku and tell him about our son. I guess that was just an impossible idea. Riku... I wish I could have seen you one last time. I love you.' I closed my eyes as I fell toward the bed of jagged rocks below.

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I'm sorry if this sucks, but take easy if you're gonna criticize.