"Wish You Were Here"
Chapter One: Requiem For A Legend
Softly, the wind caressed the man's cheek. He decided to take one more drink from the flask that was in the crumpled paper bag. It burned his throat and took pain away at the same time, which was ironic to him. His long brown hair, which used to be so spiky when he was young, now hung down beside his face, straightened more orderly than he wanted, but then again, he was going to die soon anyway.
The Heartless were closing in. The man smiled softly, knowing he could die with honor.
Sora…
"I'm right here," the man said. He no longer smiled.
A Neoshadow jumped into the air, lunging after Sora. A flash of light erupted and the Kingdom Key appeared in Sora's hands. He jumped after the Neoshadow, blocking the claws, then flipped and landed on the ground.
"You're gonna have to do better than that," Sora whispered. He suddenly stuck the Keyblade into the Neoshadow. Instead of fading into a pinkish heart like the other Heartless would have, it writhed in pain, obviously still alive, but impaled by the Keyblade. It wasn't moving without a very strong force.
A group of Neoshadows started to run towards Sora. He pointed his Keyblade towards the Heartless and shouted, "Firaga!" A huge ball of fire engulfed the Neoshadow that was impaled on the Keyblade, shooting it and the fire at the group of Neoshadows. The ball hit the group of Neoshadows in an amazing display. They were all incinerated and pink hearts rose to the air.
A huge group of Shadows rose from the ground. Sora held his hand above his head and shouted, "Hastega!" He was surrounded by a red circle that suddenly started to speed up very quickly and filled him with energy to move faster than the speed of sound.
"Oh, how silly of me," he said. He plugged in earphones to an MP3 player that dangled from his neck and stuck them in his ears. The music began to play a haunting tune on piano. Sora recognized it as the beginning of "The Last Night" by Skillet.
As the electric guitar began to play, Sora dashed at a supersonic speed toward the Heartless, mercilessly hacking away at them, making dark matter gush from their bodies. More hearts rose to the sky.
You come to me with scars on your wrists.
You tell me this will be the last night feeling like this.
Fortuneteller Heartless started to come, floating on their balls of crystallized ice. One cast a Blizzard spell and shot ice at Sora. "Reflega!" he shouted. A magical shield rose around Sora and deflected the ice, shooting it back at the Fortuneteller, destroying it. The other Heartless all started to cast Blizzard as well, but Sora threw his Keyblade at the group, obliterating them. More hearts rose as the Keyblade came back to its master.
I just came to say goodbye.
Didn't want you to see me cry.
I'm fine,
But I know it's a lie!
Tears started to stream down Sora's face as Dusks started to come. He knew time was running out… He whispered a word that was scarcely heard by anyone but himself. "Kairi…"
This is the last night you'll spend alone.
Look me in the eyes so I'll know you know.
I'm everywhere you want me to be.
A Dusk jumped fluidly across the barren wasteland of a city. Riku had lost his heart in the exact same world. This memory filled Sora with rage. The Dusk was immediately slashed to pieces by an enraged Sora. He hadn't lost his temper in twenty eight years and he surprised himself when his clothes turned white and his Keyblade started to levitate in front of his hand. Final form had begun its process. Another Keyblade popped out of the air, but he had never seen this Keyblade before. It was solid and thick. It had two holes at the top of the blade. The top was red and it slid down the blade weaving in and out as the blade was waved. The bottom half was blacker than coal and slid down the blade straight instead of curving.
This is the last night you'll spend alone.
I'll hold you close and I won't let go.
I'm everything you want me to be.
The two Keyblades ripped into the Dusks as Sora cast them out and they remotely controlled themselves. Sora was mad with power but he didn't care. They would pay for what they had done to Kairi and Riku.
And his son.
When they Dusks had faded, applause filled Sora's ears and he turned to see a figure standing next to a ruined skyscraper. It was Lennyx.
Lennyx had snow white hair and black eyes. He was about as tall as Sora was, and had about as much muscle. He looked like Riku almost.
It was because it was Riku's Nobody.
"Very good, Sora. Very good," he said.
Suddenly, the ground moved up, engulfing Sora's feet so he couldn't move. He started to cry softly.
"What do you want?"
"Your heart and your Nobody, of course," Lennyx replied. "What else could I want?
"Roxas will never come willingly," Sora retorted.
"I'm not talking about your Nobody," Lennyx said with an evil smile on his face.
Sora gasped in horror. He was talking about his son.
"No, silly. Not your son." Sora jumped. Was Lennyx reading his thoughts?
"Yes, I can read your thoughts. Don't be too surprised."
"Then what do you want?"
Lennyx smiled. "Someone more powerful than you will ever be. Your great-grandson…"
Sora became relentless. "NO! I WON'T LET YOU!!!"
"You have little choice," Lennyx said and summoned an army of Sorcerer Nobodies and disappeared.
Sora suddenly rose out of the ground that bound him. Fire raged in his eyes and he became intensely angry. He was suddenly surrounded by fire. It started emanating from him.
"FIRAJA!" he exclaimed. A huge burst of inferno obliterated the city completely. The heat was hotter than that of a star. Sora screamed as it burned his body. Sorcerers burst into flames and faded into puffs of darkness.
The last night away from me…
The tears that flowed from Sora's eyes evaporated as he fell to a piece of charred earth. His thoughts revolved around what would happen to his grandchild.
But he couldn't worry about it now, because he was dead…