Kingdom Hearts II Novel translation

        Episode 7- Some like it cold

Everybody loves Sea-Salt ice-cream!

That person and that person as well, it’s the ice-cream that everyone eats!

Don’t you want to try one too?



While pacing back and forth in the same spot, Scrooge was grumbling about something.

“That flavor…What in the world should I do? Just who was it that made that ice-cream in the first place?!

Using his vast fortune he built a large freezer, but the merchandise that was supposed to be in it was not complete.

He wanted an ice-cream that he ate in a town that he stumbled upon while traveling with the Gummi Ship a long time ago. It was called Sea-Salt ice-cream and now it has become Scrooge’s objective.

“Oh dear, oh dear…”

“Uncle Scrooge!”

Hearing the pitter-patter of footsteps, he turned around to face his 3 nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie. Each one of them were helping out in the shops that Scrooge made in Hollow Bastion.

“What’s troubling ya?!”

“Can we help you?”

“What’s that you’re holding there?”

The three of them kept asking him one question after another. Scrooge knew that all the members of his family are noisy, but these three were no doubt the loudest when they were together.

“Oh! Well this here is a Sea-Salt ice cream.”

“Ice-cream!?”

“I wanna eat!”

“Please give us some!”

With that much racket, Scrooge had no choice and gave to each one an ice-cream.

“Thank you very much!” they said and then took a bite out of it at the same time.

“Bleah!”

“It’s bitter!”

“What is this?!”

With a scowl on their faces, they began to shout:

“Tell us!”

“It’s no good!”

“Don’t sell such a thing!”

The trio’s quick replies of the ice-cream were a little harsh and that made Scrooge feel dismayed.

“…If only Ansem the Wise would have been here, maybe I could have asked him about the secret recipe….” thought Scrooge, sighing as he was looking towards the sky.







Today as well, Ansem the Wise was eating a Sea-Salt ice-cream from the many ones that were stored in a small refrigerator under his large desk. He ate about 2 or 3 ice-creams a day while having various thoughts when writing reports relating to his research.

He didn’t think that he ate too much of it, but even so he wouldn’t give up on it.

“Master Ansem.”

There was a knock on the door and a young man entered the room. It was his apprentice Xehanort.

“Oh, Xehanort, is the research going well?” asked Ansem with a smile towards him. The young researcher was a person who barely showed any emotion.

“What is that, sir?” inquired Xehanort looking at his master’s hand.

“It’s ice-cream and you should eat some from time to time,” replied Ansem while he took one out from the refrigerator under his desk, handing it to Xenahort who didn’t get to speak about the matters concerning the research.

“Oh, no please. I…”

“You can work more efficiently if you have some sugar, so come on, take it.”

Reluctantly, Xehanort took the ice-cream and bit on it and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

There was no way that even he could dislike it. It was sweet yet salty, a curious ice-cream indeed.

One would be astonished just how much the honorable teacher Ansem recommends Sea-Salt at every opportunity.

Amongst the other five apprentices as well, he always offers them ice-cream. Xehanort couldn’t quite understand just what makes it so fascinating.

To Xehanort, Ansem was the one that he who owed his life to. Having lost his memories and wandering aimlessly, the one who saved was none other than Ansem.

Come to think of it, since then, Ansem made him eat Sea-salt ice-cream in one way or another.

                           “Well, ice-cream is good now then.”

“Every time something happened, he would always give out an ice-cream and if he hadn’t continued doing so for such a long time, I would have probably never got to try it,” thought Xehanort, letting out a small chuckle.

“What’s the matter?” asked Ansem curiously after he just finished his ice-cream. It was quite an unusual thing to see Xenahort laughing in such manner.

“I think that Sea-Salt Ice-cream has the ability to make the hearts of people feel at ease,”” is what Ansem thought.





Upon hearing the footsteps of someone running down the hallway, Minnie looked towards the door of her study.

With a bang, the door opened to reveal Daisy who was holding a small box.

“What is the matter Daisy? Why were you in such a hurry?”

“A package from the King has arrived!”

“Oh my!” exclaimed Minnie, rushing over to Daisy’s side and taking the small box wrapped with a ribbon in her hands. After that she tilted her head sideways.

”It feels…cold?”

“Yes, it seems like it,” said Daisy.

Minnie and Daisy looked at each other with a puzzled expression and made their way towards the desk to place the box after which they untied its ribbon.  What they took out from inside it were blue colored popsicles.

“What are these?” asked Daisy.

“Not sure. Let’s just try them out, shall we?”

They took one popsicle each and ate in unison.

“It’s cold!”

“And salty!” they both exclaimed and looked at each other again.”But, it’s delicious!” and both of them started to giggle.

“This flavor feels kind of nostalgic.”

“Now that you mention it, didn’t Mr. Scrooge gave us something like this a long time ago…?

When she heard what Minnie said, Daisy began to wonder if it was true.

“Oh look! There’s a card inside,” Minnie said taking it from the bottom of the box. It read:



            ‘For the two ladies that are watching over the castle’



“Such a wonderful present, don’t you think so Daisy?” said Minnie with a smile and Daisy nodded in agreement.

“I wonder where everyone is right now…” whispered Minnie while she was looking at the ice-cream in her hand.







Sora has been eating Sea-Salt ice-cream whenever he came to Hollow Bastion. The ice-cream that Scrooge achieved in making was really tasty.

“Won’t you get a stomach ache if you keep eating that much?” said Goofy who was also clutching his own ice-cream.

Watching the setting sun from the top of the castle walls, Sora felt that he ate ice-cream together like this with somebody else. He wondered why it seemed so familiar, while he took his ice-cream to his mouth.

Maybe it was because of the times he spent with Kairi and Riku on Destiny Islands, watching the evening sun while eating Paopu fruits.

“I wish that Kairi and Riku would also have some of this ice-cream too…” said Sora in a quiet voice. ”Every time I see something amazing, every time I do something cool, I wish they would be with me so we can do the same things together. I just can’t wait to see them again.”

“I wish the King could have some ice-cream.”

“And I want to give one to Daisy…”, said Donald and Goofy who were sitting next to Sora, watching the setting sun, both of them sharing the same feeling.

“I want to meet up with them as soon as possible. I want us to eat ice-cream together while watching the sea from back home.”

The sun kept setting in Hollow Bastion.





Axel was absentmindedly looking towards sunset while eating an ice-cream. He lost count of the times he ate it here—Twilight Town, the place from his memories.

“How many times have I sat here on top of this clock tower eating ice-cream?”

“As I thought. You were here.”

Upon hearing the voice, Axel turned and was looking at Ansem—no, Riku.

“Naminé was worried. She was wondering where you went by yourself,” said Riku while letting out a small chuckle. He also held in his hand an ice-cream and took a seat next to Axel, looking at the same sunset and they stood in silence for a while.

“So, where are you going next?”

“Who knows…Depends on Sora,” answered Riku and then he took another bite from his ice-cream. “…This flavor is really something.”

Without saying anything further to Riku, Axel continued watching the sunset.

“I wish Sora could have some of this as well,” Riku said, with a small tone of happiness in his voice.

“I want the same thing…Someday I want to eat ice-cream together with Roxas again at this place—if it could happen I would be happy,” thought Axel and then he shook his head.”I guess it’s just a dream that will probably not come true.”

“Naminé feels lonely, you know.”

Hearing Riku’s words, Axel finally lifted his head.

“Nobodies don’t have hearts, so feeling “lonely” is quite unusual. However, what I experienced back then must have been loneliness. What else could it be if now I’m just wishing to see Roxas again…Of course Naminé would feel that way. I mean, when we follow Sora, she stays behind all by herself in that mansion.”

“Guess it’s about time to head back,” said Axel while he was getting up from his spot and Riku nodded in agreement.

“Make sure you properly throw the ice-cream sticks. Got it memorized?” said Axel with a grin as he passed his own stick to Riku.

“Yeah, yeah,” Riku said as he narrowed his eyes at the setting sun.”Shall we?”

“Onwards!”

And the two of them vanished from the top of the Clock Tower.

Thanks for reading :) If you have the time check out these notes and thought I head while reading:

-I agree with Ansem the Wise xD Sugar is good especially when you are studying (o´ω｀o)

-Apparently in Japanese popsicles are called ice candy.

On to another note-this line here-“This flavor is really something.”

Oh boy…the word use there “クセ” can be translated as wrong/improper but also “habit” ( which was the first meaning I went with), thus I adapted that line while thinking about the whole” it’s salty but it’s also sweet” notion. Like, he ate it several times that maybe it became a habit( kind of like Axel) but it’s taste gets him every time?…OK I don’t think I made too much sense xD