A/N: Although I should be working on other things, I read Deathly Musings by ModernDayRapunzel, and I don't think anybody did that kind of thing for Kingdom Hearts characters. If they did, I never heard of it.
This series of ficlets is dedicated to Scribbles I, who totally rocks.
Heart. Soul. Dark. These simplistic thoughts were the only variety that went through a Shadow's mind on its hunt. A hunt for hearts, that is. Even now, on the paved streets, it could smell that spiky-haired boy. His heart smelled so…different.
The Shadow wanted it. So did the others. They melted into the ground and sneaked towards him; silent, deadly. It couldn't hold itself back-popping out of the ground, it attacked the bow with miniature, darkness-lined claws.
It heard the boy let out a cry of surprise, but he was not immobilized for long. With a bright flash of light, his Key was summoned. Slaying each shadow with a quick swipe of the Key, he turned to the last shadow, hesitating.
"What are you, really? Where do you go?" the boy asked. Curiosity, not fear, was in his sky-blue eyes.
The Shadow was feral, surviving only on instinct. And instinct told it to take advantage of the boy's momentary lapse of concentration. Unable to make a sound, it rushed forward…
…straight into the razor-sharp edge of the Key. The boy walked away as it dissolved, disappearing into nothing as the heart it once held was wrenched from its body.
Light, Key, pain…
…gone.