Akurei-Shinzo: Hi! This is my first Kingdom Hearts fic so go easy on me! Also I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any other anime/manga that appear in here, except for a few characters from some of my own series which I hope to get published! So please R&R!

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Kingdom Hearts II: Shadow of Hearts

Prologue to Darkness

A brown, spiky haired boy stood alone in the darkness. It seemed as though he was alone and was stuck on a floating island shaped as an x. His name was Sora, he stared up into the dark sky, more stars began to fall from it.

"What's going on?" he asked the shadows. Realizing that he was alone he began to observe his surroundings. "Donald? Goofy?"

The shadows began to grow darker, the wind howled and moaned, and Sora was blown backwards into the shadows of darkness.

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"Riku! Get out of here now!" shouted King Mickey. The mouse was fighting off massive swarms of little black shadow Heartless that began to multiply by the hundreds! A boy about the age of sixteen with silver hair and sea blue/green eyes wearing a gray raincoat turned and looked back at the king.

"But, what about you?" Riku asked the mouse. There was no answer, Kingdom Hearts was almost completely swallowed in darkness. Riku had no choice and fled from the oncoming shadows.

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He had been running for some time now, trying to outrun the shadows that followed him. It seem that Riku would be consumed once again by the darkness. But before the shadows got to him a bright light filled the area. Riku put his hand up to block the light from blinding him. When the light faded he looked around his surroundings, it was a sandy island surrounded by an ocean, like Destiny Islands, but a lot darker and more mysterious. This was defiantly not, Kingdom Hearts.

Upon closer inspection of the island, it's trees looked like whale-rib-bones, with no leaves whatsoever. The moon was the only source of light, and it's reflection on the water made it seem brighter than it really was. There was an eerie feeling in this area, Riku turned his attention from the moon to the figure near the dark waters. That guy wasn't there before, he had pale white cat ears and a tail so that meant he wasn't a human.

When Riku approached him, the guy turned around to face him, his white hair was blown carelessly in the wind, causing his face to be partly covered. The only feature of his face Riku remembered seeing was the brightly flashing amber eyes, which glistened in the moonlight. Judging from his looks he appeared to be seventeen.

The island began to shake, and the trees came crashing down. Riku could hardly stand up and the guy before him was standing still as though nothing had happened! Riku looked directly into the flashing eyes of the boy before him. Something about them made him think that they held a sad memory or a terrible knowledge, like that boy was the cause of some great disaster. A gigantic tidal wave was about to wash down upon them, and still the boy didn't budge! Before the waters crashed down upon them Riku heard him say,

"Remember this advice, Keybearer. Sometimes to find the light, you must look within the deepest part of the darkness…"

After that the wave came down to the ground, swallowing everything in it's path. Riku fought against the currents, but was swept away into the darkness. Then, out of nowhere, two Keyblades appeared in his hands, one metallic black, the other a metallic silver. Their light swallowed the darkness, but then darkness returned swallowed the light once more.

Remember this advice, Keybearer. Sometimes to find the light, you must look within the deepest part of the darkness…

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Akurei-Shinzo: So what do you think so far? Again please R&R! I hoped you enjoyed it! More soon to come! (If you want you can suggest some anime/manga to be in this fic)

Note: That mystery person is my favorite character from one of my series, you'll hear more about him as the story progresses.