Kingdom Hearts: Teridax Rising

Chapter I

Where am I?

A heart has awoken. The heart looks around, but all it sees is a blur.

Wait, how I can look without eyes? Oh…..

He has almost forgotten that he was one of the strongest beings of his universe. He was a god of power. A schemer who finally took that was finally his. A shadow who can engulf anything in his path. A tyrant who took over a universe with an iron fist. But now, he's reduced to a heart. His name is Makuta Teridax.

How he got here you ask? It's started back 100,000 years when his creator and brother, Mata Nui, gave Teridax and his kind life. Led by Makuta Miserix, the Makuta had created rahi and enforced peace in the Matoran universe for many years. After squashing a mere rebellion caused by a group of warlords known as the Barraki, Teridax begins to ponder when it is possible to conquer a whole universe and with the conformation by one of his brethren, it can be possible. After overthrowing Makuta Miserix and killing all Makuta that were opposed to him, he and the remaining Makuta began to work on overthrowing Mata Nui. As time passes their organics turn into pure antidermis gas. This grant the Makuta to take over empty husks of armor or beings.

Teridax's plan caused a disturbance within the universe as he infected his brother with a virus that made Mata Nui sleep for eternity. After that, it was multiple defeats by the Toa teams of Toa Metru and Toa Mata/Nuva for the next thousand years. But they never saw what Teridax had planned. No, they have just delayed what just to happen. Later after his defeat by the Toa of light, he was left bodiless until a group of power hungry ex dark hunters came. Teridax knew that Mata Nui started to die because of his thousand year slumber. No Mata Nui, no universe to claim after the plan to finish. So He planted a thought into them about a mask of power known as the Mask of Life in order for the plan to move forward. He followed these Piraka, as the ex-dark hunters called themselves, to the island that held the mask. After a scuffle between the Piraka and a new group of toa, the Mask of Life is lost to the sea.

He venture himself down under and took over a sentry bot's robotic body just as he encountered the barraki once more, the ones who inspired him to go down this path of darkness and power. After a battle that left his current body inhabitable, he left the waters and return to Metru Nui. He already sent his top Makuta lieutenants down to the heart of the universe. He needed to eliminate possible Makuta that can stand to him when the storm hits. The power will belong to him. After getting to Mata Nui's brain hub before Mata Nui return to it himself, all Teridax needed to do is to wait for the Toa to awaken him.

As he controls the universe he also knew he would take control a body full of the universe's inhabitants. Once he took control, he put Mata Nui's mind in the Mask of Life and sent it out of the body. He thought Mata Nui was gone and all he needs to worry about is the rebellion in the body, but he sense his brother is alive and ready to retake what is his. So Teridax left the world that he was on and arrived to where Mata is at, Bara Magna. Mata Nui also took in a robotic body but shorter and inferior to his robotic body. Teridax was about to offer Mata Nui partnership of ruling the cosmos. Why does he had to refuse? Mata Nui told Teridax of his true destiny to fix Bara Magna to its true form, Spherus Magna. The Makuta thought of it as a joke and blasted his brother for refusing his proposal. A fight ensues between the giants while Teridax's forces fought with Mata Nui's. Teridax decided to kill his brother and destroy Bara Magna with a single blast of his gravitational power. Mata Nui, instead of giving up, push him back diverting his intended target to the world's two moons. As the moons come closer, Teridax would have notice them but a change of tide beneath him says otherwise. Thousands of servants were killed and Teridax can feel each one them. Just then, Mata Nui pushed Teridax into the path of one of the moons and hits him on the head; killing him instantly. The Makuta's sight has gone blurred as the he felt the chill of death; Teridax thought of it as the end. Then he is where he is now, a heart.

Strike down and killed by a moon. How something so plain can kill a being of power like me? Teridax thought as his vision returned. The heart looks around to see he was in a lab of some sort. There were many heart in jars and were numbered in the order in a strange markings that Teridax didn't recognize.

A lab full of hearts. Teridax thought, How ironic, I use to create rahi and test them against many circumstances. Now I might be in an experiment.

As he thought of the possibilities he could be in, a door opens to reveal two beings. Teridax looks at them as they walk in. It never strikes him throughout his life that something looks strange from him besides his kind but the beings look very different and strange. They are completely organic but covered in long, white light weight armor. One has long blonde hair and white skinned while the other has gray hair going down behind his back and darker skin.

"You know what happens if Ansem finds out this?" The being with the blonde hair said, "If Ansem finds out about this, we might get sent to the dungeon, Xehanort!"

"Don't worry, Even." Xehanort calmly said, "Ansem will have no power over us. There's only one of them and many of us."

Even started to talk to Xehanort again, "This machine you used to gather the hearts before…."

"The Gatherer." Xehanort interrupted, "A powerful machine though its use is short lived. It gathers hearts that are about to be cease to exist or deceased at the certain time its activated. Like I said, Ansem will not interfere with our research."

Teridax amuse himself hearing this conversation. He knows this will lead to. He was on that seat before. This "Xehanort" proposes almost the same thing that he did to his former Matuka brethren to overthrow Miserix. A takeover. Those were simpler times for him but now in a closed jar, it might go to the other end.

"If we play this right, Ansem will not notice us." Xehanort said, "If he does, you and the other apprentices know what to do."

"Of course." Even said as he look at the collected hearts. When he notices Teridax's heart and says, "This heart seems interesting."

Xehanort walks to where Even is. "Oh yeah that heart." Xehanort said, "This one seems has no light in it but still exists in this plain of existence. I'm going to observe it today."

"Well, I'm going to leave you to it. I'm going to make sure his majesty doesn't get suspicious of us." Even said as he left Xehanort to his work.

Xehanort looks at the hearts like it was his own professional zoo. He picked the jar with Teridax's heart and examines it very carefully, admiring the lack of light in it.

"Just pure darkness." Xehanort said, "What are you before your fallen fate?"

Same thing I want to ask about you, my "friend". Teridax thought. He may be reduced to a heart but can he still access to some of his powers? Theres only one way to find out. He tried to access his mind reading powers and strangely, despite of his state, works. He read Xehanort's mind. Nothing about him except being a very curious, serious thing. Teridax thought to himself as he scanned Xehanort's head, Wait? What are these lock thought? Teridax scanned the thoughts and receives a jolt of memories of the young man strangling a female of blue hair as well of his fight with her. Not only that, there were more.

Knowledge is a powerful thing. Teridax thought. The Keyblade War. Keyblades . The Seven Princesses of Heart. The powerful χ-blade. And…

Kingdom Hearts.

Teridax goes through all of these terms in his head and thought he will take advantage of this information. A comeback that could spell disaster to Mata Nui's destiny and rerise him into power. But the Makuta needed to get out of his predicament. You help me Xehanort, now let me return the favor. Teridax thought as he sent these memories straight into the young scientist. Xehanort felt them instantly as he start to feel the realization of memories are his. As he does, he accidently drops Teridax's jar. The jar was shattered releasing Teridax's heart. As his heart travels upward it reverts to a certain gas substance that is greenish black. Xehanort falls to the ground as the surge of lock memories come back to him.

I can't last long in my antidermis state. Teridax telepathically says, I need a body. He left the lab through the crack under the door. Teridax flow in in his antidermis form for a while in the dark hallways until he sees a door. Teridax goes under the door and enters the room to see a stockpile of weapons and armor. This look promising but I need to get a full body armor and a few weapons to make it less noticeable. Teridax thought as he choose his selection.

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Xehanort had regain his conciseness as he is awoken by Even and a man wearing a blue uniform and an eyepatch over his right eye as well as a scar over his left cheek.

"Xehanort, what happened?" Even said.

Xehanort try to remember what happened and was shaken but stern by the thoughts running in his head."I was suffering from a lack of sleep due to too many experiments."

"Are you sure, Xehanort? There's nothing like sleep deprivation keeps you down." The man with the eye patch taunted.

Xehanort gets up and eyed at the eye patched man. "Keep your nose out of it, Braig!" Then he left the room.

"Well, that's a wrap." Braig said, "Made a little mess and a quick snoozer. Something must have happened."

"Yes." Even said as he picks up the shattered glass, "Something happened."

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Unknown to Even and Braig, a suit of armor with a couple of broad swords one each of his sides exited the armory room and leaves. This armor is colored in a very dark shade of purple and the design of it makes it look sinister. The consciousness within the suit grins despite of it's temporarily use. The armor may serve as a stepping stone to my true reincarnation. Teridax thought as he moves within the armor.

Teridax exited the building and as he does turns his back to it. The building is a glorious castle with all of its glory overlooking the town and gardens. Teridax does nothing but smirk as he turns and goes down the stairs.

"Something with beauty in the outside might have some dark secrets within its walls." Teridax said referring to Xehanort.

Teridax enters the town and discovers more beings, or humans, walking around minding their own business, not noticing him. He walk by himself to a nearby garden. By lifting his arm the flower's petals close onto the buds and by taking his arm down the flower petals open. Teridax smiled to himself. His powers are still intact. All he need to do is use the information he acquired from Xenahnort and he will rule once more. But he needs a little more power in order to achieve it. He never knew this world of Radiant Garden or the worlds beyond it. All he knew is the right pieces and time to achieve it even it takes another 1000 years to achieve it.

As the Makuta start to walk by himself, a young girl with auburn hair walk past him. Teridax stopped. This presence of light. He never felt this amount of light, not let alone all of the light from the Mask of Light. Teridax turns to see the presence of light and sees the same auburn haired girl he past. The girl was picking flowers. Can she be… He then read her to know information about her.

Kairi….Princess of Heart…..You and the other six light will be part of my uprising. Makuta Teridax thought as he watch Kiari gathers a group of flowers and runs off to a different direction, And Kingdom Heart's conquest.