The Curse of Darkness
Disclaimers: All Kingdom Hearts characters are owned by Disney and square Enix and are all copied without permission. I have made this story for fun and not profit.
Writer's Note: This was an idea that came to me while working on my story 'Strong Enough'.. This story might seem kinda weird but I hope you like it anyway.
Prologue
Heavy rain pounded against the mostly deserted streets of Twilight Town. Small rivers snaked down alone the sloping pathways, only to collect in many of the large, rippling puddles that obscured the walkways. The puddles were disturbed as a pair of black boots crashed upon them, sending water everywhere. The slender cloaked figure hurried through the night, his spiky red hair becoming soaked by the rain as he ran through the downpour. His feet thudded on the flagstone path, occasionally being muffled by the splash of a puddle. Axel tried his best to ignore the rain as it pelted his face. He increased his pace as he ran, his eyes adjusting to both the darkness and the rain in his face.
He knew he should've been back at the old mansion by now, but he had become too caught up with watching the sunset that he had lost track of the time. Axel rounded a corner a bit too fast and skidded on the rain-slicked surface. Thankfully, he avoided falling into a rather large puddle and getting more soaked than he already was. After regaining his balance, he took off down a nearby alleyway.
High above, lightning streaked across the blackened sky with a blinding flash, momentarily distracting Axel's attention, causing him to skid to a halt and look up at the sky. As he took a moment to catch his breath, Axel rubbed at his face with the sleeve of his cloak only to smear the water even more. He figured as much, considering how hard it was raining.
"Axel!"
The spiky red head turned in the direction of the voice, soon relaxing as he saw who it was.
"Oh hey, Sora." Axel grinned.
"Axel, what're you doing out here?"
"What? Can't a guy go out for a walk in town?"
"Out in the pouring rain?"
"Hey, it's better than being in that stuffy old mansio-"
He suddenly froze as he felt a pain in his arm and shoulder.
"Uh.. Axel?"
Axel cussed under his breath as he gripped his arm. Sora moved closer, getting out of cover from the rain.
"Axel-"
"I'm FINE!" Axel snapped.
Sora took a startled step back at Axel's tone. Axel let out a loud breath as he relaxed a bit.
"Sorry.."
"It's getting worse, huh?" Sora asked, frowning a bit. "I've kinda noticed that too.."
Sora rolled up his left sleeve, revealing deep red welts that had begun to cover his entire upper arm. Axel stared at the marks in shock.
"You have it too.."
Sora nodded.
"Riku does too and Kairi.." he said.
Axel was in shock but soon let out a breath and he straightened himself up.
"We should probably get back to the mansion.." Axel muttered, soon making his way down the alleyway.
Sora nodded and soon began to follow behind him. As the duo headed toward the old mansion in the woods, Axel spoke up.
"So.. How's everybody else?" he asked as they walked along the trail.
"They're.. Uh.."
Sora trailed off.
"That bad huh?"
"You could say that.. Riku's been trying to use Ansem's old research to find a cure."
"And how's that goin?'"
Sora looked at the ground as they walked.
"Oh I see.." Axel muttered softly.
"Axel, I'm really worried.. What if this gets worse?"
"Hey don't worry about it," Axel replied. "I'm sure it's gonna be fine.."
"Y-yeah.."
As the duo continued on, they soon quickened their pace as the rain became worse. Sora winced as he felt a pain in his arm and slowed to a stop. Axel turned around to look at him and was shocked to see the red had begun to spread along Sora's arm and up the side of his neck.
"That doesn't look too good.." Axel stated, walking over to his friend.
"You're probably the worst off though.." Sora commented.
"Maybe.. But that's not gonna stop me, now is it?"
Sora smiled a little, regardless of the pain.
"Yeah."
Axel nodded and just as he was about to speak again, he was cut off by an ear-splitting crack of thunder that shook the ground. The duo turned toward the sky as the rain had begun to get worse.
"C'mon! We gotta go!" Sora shouted over the din.
Axel nodded and soon the duo hurried along the trail toward the mansion.
Author's Note: Iwill try to get more up soon..