Kingdom Hearts Legacy chapter 38

Chapter 38

'no way!' Selina said in awe.


'that's a spaceport?!' Anne asked in disbelief.


'indeed it is' the doctor said proudly.


'incredible' added Deker in awe as well.


Zephyr smiled, 'by the looks on your faces I’m guessing you've never seen the montresser spaceport before?' he asked but got no answer, not that he was expecting them to say anything but the looks on their faces said it all.


It had been three days since the benbow inn had burned down and the others were stareing out the window of the solar ferry to get a site of the montresser spaceport. At first the keyblade wielders had thought it was a moon until the ferry got closer and saw it was actually an artificially made spaceport in the shape of a crescent moon. They could see everything from the ports the ships were kept to the town within.


'wonder how long this took to make?' Anne asked curiously 'who made it?'


zephyr shrugged 'the royal empire commissioned to have this made so it's a good guess that they employed workers to make it. It's one of the largest spaceports in the system but it would have to be, a lot of trade comes through here.'


Jim raised an eyebrow at his blonde friend, 'you know a lot about this place?'


'have you been here before zephyr?' the doctor asked.


'I was here before I got to montresser, plus my parents told me about this place before I left. It helps to know important areas to stop by when your travelling'


'true' deker said, overhearing the conversation 'whether it be information on where to go or things you need to get. But what were you here for zephyr?'


'it's the port I arrived at from a passenger ship before going to montresser, my home is a bit far away from here' he answered before gesturing deker away from the window 'could we talk . . .' and nudged Jim 'you to mate'.


Anne raised an eyebrow, 'where are you three off to?' she asked, gaining selina's attention too.


'no where, just want to explain to these two how to avoid trouble'


'hey!' deker and Jim protested.


'your welcome to join us but something tells me you fine ladies will be fine. Unless you want to take your eyes from the view of course' zephyr finished with a smirk. “oh and I’m sure doc you'll be okay too'


'heh, silver tongue.' Anne replied and returned her attention back to the view, selina smiled, rolled her eyes and went back to admiring the view as well.


'don't be too long, we will be docking soon” the doctor added.


Once the boys were far enough from earshot by anyone, zephyr turned to deker and spoke. 'okay so deker, we know you and selina can beat those heartless bastards, I’ve seen that my self, but what about me, Jim and Anne? We're not exactly equipped to fight them like you guys.


Deker had thought about that, especially after the surprise they all got after they all agreed to set out for treasure planet.




'hey deker' zephyr said, gaining said persons attention. 'about that weapon of yours, the keyblade?'


deker nodded 'yeah, what about it?'


'you said before that it chooses it's wielder but I’ve never heard of weapons that can do that? Is that part of some magic as well?'


deker shrugged 'not sure, no one really knows the true extent of the keyblades power. That sought of info was lost a long long time ago, we know the basics and advanced abilities of it but from what I know it has far more abilities than just what I know.'


'well then why not just share the ability to use one to everyone? Or is their some rule that says you can't let just anyone use it?'


'what do you mean' deker asked confused.


Zephyr smirked 'mate your gonna have to come up with a better excuse than what you gave me. You told me that if someone who isn't chosen by the keyblade picks on up, it'll return to it's wielder right?'


'yeah'


'heh, well for your information mate, I picked up your sword back when you guys helped me fight off those heartless buggers' zephyr crossed arms and smiled cheekily 'so then if that were the case, how come the keyblade didn't return to you instead of letting me swing it about, hmm?'


deker's eyes widened, 'w-what did you say?' deker managed to reply in shock.


'hey, what’s going on?' Jim asked as he walked up to them along with selina and Anne.


'hey mate, looks like we might be able to get ourselves something to help fight off those heartless' zephyr brought deker into a headlock 'courtesy of our new friends here'


'what are you talking about?'


'deker, what's going on?' selina asked confused.


'hang on!' replied as he broke out of the head lock 'zephyr, did you say you got a hold of the keyblade during that fight?'


'what?!' selina said in disbelief.


'keyblade?' came Jim’s confused voice and Anne stayed silent but selina could have sworn for a moment she saw a look of surprise for a moment.


'uh yeah I did . . .'zephyr answered 'why? Is that bad?'


deker summoned his keyblade, surprising Jim, before holding it out to zephyr, 'show me'.


Zephyr hesitated a bit before taking hold of the keyblade and to deker and selina's surprise, it didn't return straight to deker.


'He's telling the truth . . . he can wield the keyblade' selina said as deker held out his hand and the keyblade returned to it.


'no way . . .' Anne said quietly to herself.


'h-how . . . how did you do that? Jim asked in shock 'who are you guys?'


deker looked at Jim, only now realising he and the others were there and smiled sheepishly, 'um yeah, that's going to take a while to explain.'


'eh, just explain it the way you explained it to me' zephyr replied.


'wait! You already know?!' Jim looked at Zephyr surprised.


'yeah, they just explained it to me before you opened the map' zephyr nodded sheepishly.


deker and selina explained themselves to Jim and Anne as they did with zephyr, 'that’s . . . kinda hard to believe' Jim managed to reply from what he heard.


'I know the feeling' zephyr added 'I would have said the same thing if I hadn't seen it myself'


'you sure they can be trusted?'


'the saved my life this morning, saved your mom, doc, Anne, yourself and me . . . again . . . and then told us whose responsible for those people disappearing and want to help us find treasure planet. I got more reason to trust them then not, besides miss selina here held back from that snide comment about her not being able to defend herself'


'how?' Jim looked at him confused.


selina summoned her keyblade and pointed it at a large pile of books at the tip glowed light green, 'aerora!' she spoke and a sphere of wind shot from the keyblades tip and sent the books flying about the room, one of the almost hitting Jim’s head had deker not caught it. 'I’ll let that remark slide because of today . . .' she said to Jim calmly before giving a glare 'but if you make another remark like that again and I’ll aim next one at you, got it?'


Jim nodded nervously 'got it'.


Anne smiled, 'she's got spunk, I’ll give her that' she thought.


'well if I can wield one as you say, then why not try Jim here or Anne?' zephyr asked cheerfully 'the more the merrier!'


deker looked at selina who shrugged, 'it's worth a shot' she replied.


'umm excuse me?' asked Anne nervously 'but could I not, this all seems a bit too much for me'


'really? You want to pass this up?' zephyr asked in surprised disbelief 'I’m sure with your moves you'd send those heartless running”


Anne fidgeted nervously and before she could come up with a response, selina spoke up. 'it's alright if you don't want to. it can be a bit much to take in, believe me I was the same' she gave Anne a friendly smile.


'there's also the risks that come with it' deker added as he looked at zephyr 'sad to say this, but you've just become a target like us'


'so those . . . heartless? Those ones that came to the inn, were following you?' Jim asked.


'no' selina answered immediately 'as soon as the inn was clear I cast a spell to hide our presence in the inn, they shouldn't have been able to find us there . . . unless they were being lead there by someone else.'


'those pirates?' zephyr asked 'they could have been with them when they attacked, finding you guys must have been a coincidence.'


'heh, I hope it's just that' deker replied, getting everyone's attention 'one thing I learned while being a keyblade wielder is this; rarely anything is just a coincidence'. He then looked over at Jim, “so . . . did you want to try?” he asked as he held out his keyblade.


Jim nodded and took the keyblade in hand. Before it immediately returned to deker's hand, surprising Jim.


'give it another go, might be just a first try miss' zephyr said and deker allowed Jim to try again, ending in the same result.


'sorry Jim' deker apologised 'but it looks like the keyblade won't choose you'


zephyr could see a brief frustrated look on Jim’s face before he spoke, 'I don't get it, why won't it stay for Jim but will for me?'


deker shrugged, 'I’d like to know too but I’m afraid I don't, my master once told me it's very picky. Doesn't matter if your rich or poor, human or not, it chooses those with strong hearts that can use it. Even then I couldn't understand.'


zephyr scratched the back of his head sadly before looking at Jim, 'sorry mate, I don't understand why . . .”


Jim sighed with small smile, 'eh it's ok, guess I just wasn't lucky' he replied.


“lucky? Hey at least your not a target from what deker and selina said. How do I fight with a keyblade?”


“well first it would be a good idea to learn how to summon your keyblade” deker answered “just think about it in your mind, hold you hand out for it and the rest will come natural”


zephyr nodded and did just that, waiting for it to appear.


Moments past and it did not appear.


“huh? I don't get it” zephyr said confused “nothing happening”


deker's brow furrowed “are you sure?” he asked and zephyr nodded before looking a selina, “he can wield the keyblade . . .”


“but can't summon it?” selina finished.




'so have you got an idea of how to defend ourselves?' Jim asked.


'I got one . . .' deker replied and turned back to zephyr 'I think until you are able to summon your own keyblade, you'll have to borrow mine to defend yourself with.'


'you sure that’s a good idea?' zephyr asked concerned 'I mean, how are you gonna defend yourself when they attack?'


'don't worry about me, me and mogu have been working on something to help me' deker replied before he turned to Jim 'I’m afraid Jim I haven't been able to find anything you can use to fight with. unless we can find you a weapon that mogu could enchant , the best bet is to avoid fighting the heartless or anything else that might attack.'


'seriously? You asking me to run?!' Jim replied feeling insulted.


'no, I’m asking you to do what you can to avoid getting turned into a heartless or worse dead. At least till we can find something you can use to fight back with'


'there's another problem with that though . . .'zephyr said in an effort to keep the tension down 'when you get on a ship you've got to leave your weapons in storage till there needed, we ain't sailin' on a pirate ship. How are you going to explain about the keyblade to the captain?'. He looked over to selina to see if she was listening before he spoke again, 'me and Jim might be alright with you two using magic, but we can't say the same about who ever this captain it is we'll get'


deker thought for a moment before he answered 'guess I’ll just have to tell the truth, it won't do us any good if they find out during a heartless attack. Hopefully they'll be accepting as you guys.


Jim chuckled 'I still can't believe you can use magic, wish I could learn it. I'd be able to fight back then'


'yeah sorry Jim, you can even ask selina and she'll tell you the same thing, unless you have an affinity for magic you won't learn it quickly. I promise Jim, as soon as we can get you something to fight with you can have it. I know you want to fight with zephyr and not be left on the sidelines but you got to remember, now that zephyr has become a keyblade wielder, the heartless will be aiming mostly at us and zephyr.


'all the more reason for me the fight, to help you out!'


'he's not saying you can't!' zephyr got Jim’s attention 'your smart Jim so think, these heartless aren't like drunk troublemakers. We promised you mom we'd watch out for each other, if you died or got turned I’d never forgive myself and you mom would be much worse.' the look on Jim’s face changed to one of guilt and  zephyr knew he hit the nail on the head and tuned to deker 'you said mogu could 'tune' a weapon to help Jim right?' he asked and deker nodded 'well that settles it then . . .' he placed a a hand on Jim’s shoulder and smiled a toothy grin 'once we get to port, I’ll give you something to fight with'