I'll Protect You No Matter What(Pokémon ver.)

Unlocking Your Power

My Pov

We went back to Land of Dragons and arrived in the ruined village. I wonder what was wrong? Since catching it, Mew decided to stay outside its ball, which I didn't mind.

"I wonder how everybody's doin'?" Goofy asked.

"Look!" Donald said. We looked in the direction he pointed and saw a member of Organization XIII. Whoever it was saw us and took off further into the mountains. I noticed a Glaceon and Lycanroc peeking behind a rock before they disappeared.

"Wait!" Sora shouted. We went to run after him, but Mulan's voice.

"Sora! Hikari!" We saw Mulan running up to us and kneeling over, out of breath. Her Mienfoo was next to her, just as exhausted.

"Mulan!" I said.

"Mulan, hey. No time to talk. We gotta catch that guy!" Sora said. Mulan regained her composure.

"I'm following him, too!" Mulan said.

"Then let's go!" Donald said. We followed the man back to the clearing in the mountains where we had taken on the army Shan-Yu had controlled. We didn't see the guy anywhere.

"Looks like he got away." Mulan said.

"How come you're after somebody from Organization XIII?" Goofy asked.

"What is that?" Mulan asked.

"The guy in black." Sora said.

"One of the bad guys!" Donald said.

"I knew it!" Mulan said.

"You must think something's up if you're chasing one of them." I said.

"There's a rumor in the Imperial City about a spy in black, lurking in the mountains. I've been up here tracking him, but when you arrived, I lost him." Mulan said. If we showed up a little later, we won't have scared him off.

"Sorry!" Goofy said.

"Don't apologize. But I do wonder where he went." Mulan said. We looked around but didn't see anyone. That's when we look up and saw Heartless lining the top of the hill.

"Again?" Donald asked. The Heartless swarmed toward us.

"Okay, first things first!" Sora said. The others ran forward, but I didn't. I felt a familiar presence behind me. I turned and saw the same hooded man. It looked like he was shaking his head. The Lycanroc and Glaceon I had seen before were next to him.

"Hey! Quit sneaking around!" I yelled.

"Sylveon!" Eve exclaimed. He summoned his weapon and lunged toward me with so much speed, I couldn't bring myself to dodge. That's when I realized he attacked a Heartless that almost attacked me. I jumped back and put distance between me and the man. I had to focus on beating the Heartless more than him. That's when I noticed his weapon, battling pose and style. Riku! That's when something in my pocket started glowing. I took out the tiara my mom had left for me. I had almost forgot about it.

'Place it on your head.' a voice said. What? 'Place it on your head and new power and abilities will become yours. Trust me, Hikari.' That was my mom's voice!

"Okay, Mom. I trust you." I said. I placed the tiara on my head and a bubble forms around me and Eve. When the bubble vanishes, I see my clothes have drastically changed. I now wore a split top that was pink with fuchsia lining on the right, and red with gold lining on the left. A red and white flower can be seen on the left side, while going around the bottom was a gold lined section with blue in the center, underneath a row of various green, indigo, and gold beads. On the right frontal corner was a pink bow with gold designs. Attached to the right shoulder was a single ruffled sleeve of peach, while on the left was one of pale green and pale orange-gold. At the center of the chest is a small piece of dark blue material. It came with a single red sleeve with white ruffles and gold lining for the right arm, a simple necklace, the Kingdom Hearts emblem tattoo for the left arm, and a dark blue cuff lined with white ruffles and a gold bow for the left wrist. A two piece skirt that consisted of a simple, plain blue skirt underneath pink folded material lined with gold. On this pink material were fancy floral designs of white and red flowers, and colorful birds, along with the romance story emblem. The band was a cloth of pale green, red, and yellow. On my feet were crystal-blue sandals with orange straps over the foot, each with a single little bow. Worn with toed-socks that had gold pieces adorned with purple gems on each ankle. They came with indigo, lilac, and white gradient stockings with a small amount of glitter applied. On the side was a red design with gold lining, and further down was the icon for Kingdom Hearts. The stockings were held up with gold straps. My tiara became a hairpiece composed of two big flowers, one purple, and the other white with a pale yellow center. It came with gold pearl earrings with tiny purple hearts and a single chibi-wing attached to each one. (Look at Aikatsu; Peony Pattern Heavenly Coord). On Eve's right ear and around Mew's neck were the same hairpiece I had. I raised my Keyblade up to the spiral of Heartless that formed around me. "Eve, Mew, use Dazzling Gleam with me. Flower Blizzard!" A cyclone of pink flower petals formed around us. Eve and Mew's bodies became surrounded in a rainbow colored shine. The shine got brighter and infused with my attack, causing the flower petals to all shine. It sucked up all the Heartless and destroyed them. I looked back to Riku. "Riku..." The second I said his name he, Glaceon and Lycanroc took off. "Wait!" He was gone before I could chase after him.

"Hikari!" I looked to see everyone coming toward me. "Whoa! What happened to your clothes?" Sora asked.

"Leaf..." Leafeon said.

"Raichu..." Raichu said.

"I'll explain that later." I said.

"Where's the guy at?" Sora asked.

"I... lost him." I said.

"You weren't hurt were you?" Mulan asked. I shook my head.

"Where'd he go?" Donald asked.

"He ran off that way." I said.

"Maybe he knew he couldn't fight you." Mulan said.

"Maybe." I said.

"Anyway... What now?" Sora asked.

"I think that we better get rid of all the Heartless first." Goofy said. Almost as if the word 'Heartless' was some kind of trigger, the whole mountain began to shake.

"What was that? Come on, we better get off the mountain." Mulan said.

"Okay." Sora said. Just as we headed down, another quake shook the mountain. This time a giant, dragon-like Heartless appeared from under the snow. Instead of attacking us, it flew over us and headed toward the city.

"It's going toward the city! We've got to warn the Captain and Emperor so they an evacuate the city." I said.

No one's Pov

Unknown to the group, the hooded man was at the city, warning the Emperor of the Heartless and advising him to evacuate the city.

My Pov

When we reached the city, I noticed that it looked abandoned. Where were the villagers?

"Huh? Everything's fine." Sora said. That's when I saw Ling, Yao and Chien-Po.

"What's going on? Where is everyone? Are they somewhere safe?" I asked.

"If it's the giant creature hurting them, don't sweat it." Yao said.

"It's true, Your Highness. We've already evacuated the city." Chien-Po said. How did they already know about the Heartless?

"How do you know about the creature?" Mulan asked.

"The man in the black coat just told us to evacuate the city and then went to the palace." Ling said. We hurried to the palace only to find the doors locked.

"Open up!" Sora demanded. There had to be another way in.

"Over here!" Mulan said. She ran over to a pillar. I realized what we need to do. We had to climb up the pillar which had a small opening at the top, which would lead us inside the palace. Me and Sora temporarily returned Leafeon and Eve, as Raichu and Mew could just float to the top. Goofy and Donald climbed up first. Then me and then Sora. Mulan followed behind us. I looked down to see Mulan's footing slip.

"Mulan!" I cried. Sora reached out to grab her, but she managed to regain her footing and resumed climbing. We got into the palace and looked around. Me and Sora sent out Leafeon and Eve. I looked toward the throne room doors and saw someone from the Organization standing in front of them. We jumped down to the ground and slowly walked up behind the man.

"Wait!" Mulan yelled. The man cringed and turned around to face us. I took a few more steps toward him. I needed to know if it was him.

"...Riku?" I asked. I could feel Sora, Donald and Goofy looking at me weird. The man removed his hood and it wasn't Riku. It was Braig!

"No. Never heard of him. The name's Xigbar." the Nobody said. Just then, several Nobodies surrounded us. I looked back to the doors to see Xigbar was gone. I heard a noise behind me and saw him going to the front doors. We took care of the Nobodies without much difficultly.

"Guess it wasn't Riku." Goofy said. I wish it had been. I really wanted to see him again.

"Forgive me, Your Majesty." I looked at Mulan who was worried. "I can't stay. I'm worried about Shang." Mulan said. I understood.

"Let's go." I said.