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"Idiot," she hissed looking from Hotaru's crash site to the Heartless, already starting to stir, "I didn't say you knew how to use that power yet. So do you not like fire, Heartless?" she asked. "Let's see what we can do about that." She began to snap her finger rapidly, sparks flying out. A fireball appeared in her hand and as she brought her other hand to it and then pull it away, the fireball grew bigger and bigger, until it was of massive size.

"Idiot," she muttered again, under her breath. The stranger pushed out her hands and the ball of fire jetted towards the Heartless. As it hit it, the creature moaned and disappeared. The stranger walked to Hotaru. "Oh, what to do with you?" she asked herself. She looked up and down the street and when seeing no one took off her hood. She looked at him softly and walked to him. She slipped off the cape and her outfit bubbled and changed, she once again looked like Anna. She knelt next to Hotaru and stroked his face. "Suppose I should get you to Merlin," she whispered and swung his arm around her shoulders. She dragged him from the rubble all the way to Merlins house and laid him down on a bed as Merlin busied himself with finding healing potions.

"Ya, strange," Anna muttered under her breath, looking at Merlin guilty.

Merlin ignored Anna, simply looking cross as he mixed potions. "Oh, quite. Caught a lucky break, going up against a Heartless like that and surviving, at his level of experience. He'll be out of the game for awhile, but he'll be fine."

"Don't even think about it young man!" Merlin said sharply. "You barely made it back here in one piece! You will rest here and then you can find this chance of yours."

"You should listen to Merlin," Anna said worriedly.

Anna rushed to Hotaru. She wrapped her arms around him in such a way that she was helping support his weight. Anna looked at him concerned and somewhat pleading. "Do you have to go? Right now? Can't you just rest and let Merlin take care of you?"

"But you'll be protected at Merlins, with everyone there to protect you," she whispered half hopefully.

Merlin looked at Leon very seriously, considering this, as he started wrapping up some potions. "Well hang it all!" He blurted. "If I can be one of the most powerful sorcerers ever than why not!"

Anna looked at Hotaru very seriously and confused. She searched over his face, finally landing on his eyes, and muttered "Merlin was never quite there."

Merlin shoved the potions into Leon's hands. "Let the boy go!" Merlin yelled, letting his hands dance passionately in the air as he stormed away, deeper inside his house. "If he want's to die, let him! It's his decision! At least Sora knew when to obey! All the youth today are going around crazy and putting themselves at risk!..." His voice trailed off as he walked further away, yelling the whole time.

"Of course," she whispered, looking ahead of her. "I'm always safe." She helped Hotaru walk to Leon.