Okay, so first off, I did manage to find myself a copy of The World Ends With You! :D:D My parents made fun of my reaction when I found the game. They said I looked like a squirrel who was given sugar. :lol:

Holy cow, the game is amazing! The main character, Neku, swears quite a few times, but I don't mind it at all. I usually count language as a flaw in a game, but.... it's not even a setback for a game THIS good. Rhyme is definitely my favorite character! In order, I like Rhyme, Beat, Shiki, and Neku. I know there's one other character, Josh or something like that, but I haven't met him yet. I'm on Day 5 with Shiki yet. I do hope there's more to play than the last two days....

Maybe my first review will be of this game? I'm certainly not good at that sort of thing, but with a game like this, I'll most definitely give it a try! Nintendo-naut seems to be really good at it, so maybe I will be, too?

Ahem, other than TWEWY, I also picked up another game while we were in Rochester Hills! Oh, Rochester Hills is where we visited on Saturday, but I may have mentioned that last blog. :P We live on the other side of Michigan, so we were visiting for the day. Did I mention my parents like to travel? :lol: We had quite a nice time there, in case you were wondering. :P

So, the other game I picked up was Professor Layton and The Diabolical Box. I haven't touched it yet, since I've been pretty much addicted to The World Ends With You, so I can't say much. :P But I love Legend of Zelda's puzzles, so I'll probably like this, right? I've heard it's good!

Well, that's all I've got to say.... On with my story! :D

Chapter 4

Squirrel lead the way back to the Gummi Ship, being able to see much better in the dark. The streets they took to get back weren't lit with streetlights, like the rest of them, but Squirrel was sure this was a shorter path.

She had been walking ahead of Victor, Jager, and Eric, but stopped at a corner. As her three friends caught up to her, she put her arm out as a signal for them not to continue.

"What is it?" Eric asked, trying to see around the corner.

"Heartless.... More of the Shadow ones from Earth." Squirrel whispered. She took a step back so that her friends could see what the Heartless were doing.

As Jager, Eric, and Victor poked their heads around the corner, they spotted quite a lot of Shadow Heartless around their Gummi Ship.

"What are we going to do?" Victor asked.

"Attack them. Ready, guys?" Jager pulled out his staff.

"Perfect chance for us to see your skills, Victor." Eric nodded, and prepared himself.

Squirrel didn't speak, she simply nodded before racing towards the Heartless creatures. She swung her arm at the first Shadows she saw, having her Keyblade appear just as she was about to connect.

Jager rushed in behind her, casting Fira one the weak little creatures, setting them aflame. Eric and Victor were the slowest to react, and followed. Eric jumped up, casting Aero to boost himself higher in the air. Just as he began falling, he whipped out his sword and stabbed it through the Heartless Shadows below.

Meanwhile, Victor followed Squirrel's technique, and slashed away at the creatures.

Suddenly, Squirrel paused. With perhaps two Shadow Heartless left, she didn't have to worry about being attacked. "What's that.... rumbling sound?" She muttered, and looked around. After a moment, she noticed one Shadow not attacking, and realized it was making the rumbling sound she heard.

Victor, aiming of proving his skills to his new team, was about to defeat the tiny creature. Bringing his sword down from above his head, Squirrel stopped him by blocking his attack with her Reconnect Keybade. Victor said nothing, but had a look of "What are you doing?" on his face.

"Don't kill it." She simply spoke, and turned towards the Heartless. "Why isn't it fighting?" She muttered to herself.

"Is it.... purring?" Jager's puzzled voice came from behind Victor. He and Eric had defeated the other Shadows, and were ready to get to the Gummi Ship.

"It's not attacking, it seems to be purring.... maybe it likes us." Eric smiled, and knelt beside Squirrel to inspect the creature.

"That's impossible." Victor chimed. "If they're called Heartless they don't have a heart, right? So it can't have feelings."

"Oh yeah, this is confusing." Jager closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, he continued, "Look, if it's not attacking, let's take it with us. We have to get to Twilight Town, so maybe it's someone's lost pet or something."

"Doubt it. But whatever." Squirrel picked up the Shadow and shrugged. "Ya know, it doesn't look like the other Heartless we fought. They have yellow eyes, this one has green eyes."

No one said anything as they boarded the Gummi Ship. Eric held the Shadow as Squirrel and Jager piloted the ship towards the normal Twilight Town. It wasn't a very long trip, and by the time they landed in Twilight Town it was morning. The bright colors of the shops and houses looked sort of orange, and Squirrel winced at it's "cheerful" atmosphere.

"So... Where do we go from here?" Victor asked.

"Merlin. You know, the wizard guy. He's bound to know what we're supposed to do, or at least have some information for us." Jager replied. "Will you be staying here, or joining us?"

"Doesn't matter, does it?"

"Yeah, it kinda does." Squirrel rolled her eyes as she joined them. Eric had followed, carrying the Heartless they picked up.

"Well, depends where you're going. I've always wanted to go on an adventure." Victor spoke after a moment.

"I love adventures! We had a ton of them back on Earth!" Eric said cheerfully.

"Ugh, let's just go find Merlin." Squirrel growled.

After a while of walking around town, Jager paused. "Hey, can we just hang out here for a while? It's not like we're in a hurry to find Merlin, right?"

"What'd you have in mind?" Squirrel asked. She liked the idea of wasting some time in the town they had grown up in.

"Let's get some ice cream!" Eric said before Jager had the chance to reply.

Victor decided to join them as they bought Sea-Salt ice cream and walked around town. "Do you guys visit often?" He asked, amazed by how well they knew their way around town.

"Nah, we grew up here." Squirrel answered after taking a bite of her ice cream. "We were visiting Earth once, but there was a ban on Gummi Ships while we were there, and we couldn't get back here."

"Oh." Victor paused to take a bite of his ice cream as well. "I meant to ask you, where'd you guys get your weapons?"

"Erm.... Internet?" Victor didn't seem to believe Squirrel. "Aight, fine. Look, we'll explain once we talk to Merlin, okay?"

"Um, sure.... alright. Fine." Victor shrugged.

Soon enough, the four decided it was time to talk to Merlin. They had never met him before, yet knew where he lived.

"Y-yes?" Merlin answered the door. "What do you want?"

"Merlin the wizard? Can you answer some questions for us?" Jager asked.

"Of course." He motioned for the four of them to come inside. As Eric passed, he noticed the Heartless in his arms. "Is that a Shadow, my boy? Why are you carrying a Heartless like it's your pet?"

"Well, it's not attacking us. We didn't want to leave it in the dark side of Twilight Town...." Eric mumbled.

"You were there? My, this is the first time I've helped people from the dark parts of Twilight Town!" Merlin stroked his beard. "However.... What is it you wanted, kids?"

"Well, um..." Squirrel wasn't sure how to begin, so she simply had her Reconnect Keyblade appear. Merlin had a look of shock on his face for a moment, but it only lasted a few seconds. "Dear, is that, my any chance, the Reconnect Keyblade?"

"Yeah.... I was hoping you could tell me why I have it."

"Well, you were chosen, obviously." Merlin spoke at first, then grabbed one of the many books on his table. He quickly flipped to the page he was looking for, and showed it to Squirrel. As she read, he continued, "The Reconnect Keyblade, like all Keyblades, choose it's own wielder. It reflects the true intentions of it's chosen wielder's heart."

"Mine is dark... What does that mean?" Squirrel asked.

"You have a dark heart. It may become a problem when you seal the worlds."

"Wait wait- Seal the worlds!?" Jager asked.

"Why do you think it's called the "Reconnect" Keyblade?" Merlin paused, "You have to do just that. Reconnect the worlds. If you can clear the Heartless from the infected worlds, they'll be reconnected again."

"How many infected worlds are there?" Victor asked.

"Hm, quite a few...." He grabbed another book, and pulled out a map. He began circling a few things, then held it up to show the four. It was a map of all the worlds, showing lines to connect them. Merlin had circled five worlds in red.

"I've circled the worlds you must visit." He said, folded the map up, and handed it to Jager.

"Can you tell us why we were chosen for our powers?" Jager asked.

"What might be your powers?" Merlin looked over at them.

"I have Magic, and Eric got some kind of abilities." Jager answered.

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Sorry for cutting it off! I wanted to make it longer, and at least tell about Jager and Eric's abilities, but I don't have enough time to write it all, so I stopped there. I'll continue next blog. ;)

Please excuse any mistakes! Hope you enjoyed, and let me know what you think!

~RG~