AUTHOR'S NOTE: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING. ALL CHARACTERS AND THEMES BELONG TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS
I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF WRITING RIKU'S SIDE OF FATE-BOUNDED SOULS BUT COULD NEVER GET ANY IDEAS AND HAD TO SUMMARIZE IT THROUGH HIS LOGS. THIS STORY WILL ACT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO REVERSE/REBIRTH IN CHAIN OF MEMORIES.
THIS STORY TAKES PLACE ALONGSIDE FATE-BOUNDED SOULS.
CHAPTER 1: TIME TO INVESTIGATE
The sun shines down on Mitakahira Town, a large city known for its technological advances. A fact that is recently known to a certain person. A young man, approximately 16 years old, is leaning against the wall of a building in an alley near a main sidewalk with his arms crossed in front of his torso. He has short silver hair, wearing a white sleeveless, unzipped vest with yellow trimmings at the hems of the collar and the bottom, over a black zipped, sleeveless shirt. He sports blue long jeans, with a black belt around the waist and white and gray shoes. His left wrist is wrapped by bandages. He looks towards the ground with his eyes closed. He slowly raises his head slightly as he opens his eyes, revealing them to be blue as the sky. "There's definitely a strong darkness here," he says solemnly before he closes his eyes as he remembers his reason for coming to this world.
*FUTURE MASTERS*
Sparks fly as key-shaped weapons clash. One appears as a wing of a demon with a blue, serpent eye near the hilt and a small angel wing protruding from the tip. The other is a gold key wrapped in vines with flowers protruding off the tip as the teeth. The weapons clash ten more times before their wielders break from each other. These weapons are known as Keyblades. The Keyblade with the demonic wing belongs to the boy, who has recently passed his Mark of Mastery and is recognized as a Keyblade Master.
The other belongs to his long time friend, who is being trained to wield her awakening powers. She has long auburn hair and is currently wearing her training outfit. Her outfit consists of a pink, sleeveless mandarin gown, with a black collar, that ends just above her knees with a slight slit on the right side. She wears a large violet ribbon around her waist and is tied in a bow at the back, with two laces going down to the back of her knees. She wears black leggings that cover her entire legs and ends at violet jump boots with a lighter shade than the ribbon. She wears black, skin tight wristbands, a black choker collar around her neck, and below it is a small necklace with a white stone.
The two are inside an enclosed cavern; there are no entrances or exits. Despite the closed space there is still enough light for them to see each other. The girl pants as she tries to catch her breath. The boy makes a sound of amusement. "Giving up already? Don't tell that's all you got, Kairi?"
The girl defiantly smirks, "Not even close." She jumps towards the boy and they clash swords once again. After a minute of parrying and deflect each others' attacks like a dance, Kairi backflips as Riku does a horizontal slash. The moment she lands she points her Keyblade at Riku, she fires several fireballs. Riku raises his hand and creates a barrier. The fireballs impact the shield but could not get through. Kairi fires several blizzard spells at the boy. Riku keeps his shield up, but is surprised that Kairi has actually mastered an advanced version of the spell. The shards of ice continue to go back and forth. Riku's eyes widen as he feels a surge from his friend. Kairi is surrounded by light as she crouches back, her Keyblade extended behind her. She leaps forward and slams the Keyblade on the ground next to the Keyblade Master; creating an explosion of light. It was just enough to break through Riku's shield.
Though he feels some pain, it's not enough to make him flinch as he jumps back as Kairi gives chase. Riku waits for her and the two goes into another dance of clashing Keyblades. After ten seconds however, Riku swings hard enough to send Kairi's weapon spinning in the air. Riku points his Keyblade at the girl's forehead, who is also taken a step back as a reflex of losing her weapon, which bounces twice on the ground before disappearing in a flash of light.
Nothing is said for a few moments. Riku smirks with a sound of amusement. "You're definitely getting better, Kairi."
The girl gives a contented sigh, with a smile, "It's thanks to you and Master Yen Sid." After she said this, the cavern fades away and the two are surrounded by darkness for a few seconds. Riku dismisses his weapon in this frame of time.
*MAGICAL MYSTERY*
They soon find themselves in the study of the Mysterious Tower. Master Yen Sid, sitting in his chair behind a wooden table with a lone, unlit candle on his left, smiles at the two. Riku and Kairi turns to the sorcerer before walking towards him. Kairi stands at Riku's left after stopping in front of the table. Yen Sid turns head to Riku then to Kairi, "A marvelous display of strength and magic. Your progress astounds me once again Kairi." Kairi bows for a few seconds, thanking Yen Sid for his praise. He then turns to Riku, "Riku, I have a task for you."
"A task?" Riku responds.
Yen Sid nods his head. "I have felt a strange disturbance. I managed to trace it to a world that we have yet to encounter."
"What sort of world is it?"
"Allow me to show you." The sorcerer waves his hands above the table summoning a white cloud. The cloud then reveals a large city, one that neither Kairi nor Riku have seen. As Riku looks at the scene before him, he could not ignore the feeling that despite its peaceful appearance, something sinister lurks within it. The scene dissipates along with the cloud. Yen Sid looks up at the newest Keyblade Master. "Riku, I want you to investigate this disturbance." He waves his hand in front of him and in a puff of smoke; a white orb appears on the table. "Use this to report to me anything that you find."
"How does it work?" Riku asks.
"Focus your magic on it." Yen Sid simply states.
Riku takes the orb before turning around as Kairi turns sideways. The orb glows as he uses his magic on it. The orb becomes light and scatters before recombining a foot away from him, after the lights have gathered they transform into a gold, framed mirror that is just above Riku's height.
"Then all you have to do is focus your thoughts on me and the mirror will allow us to communicate with one another."
"Got it," said Riku before raising his hand, focusing his magic again. The mirror bursts into light. The sparks come towards his hand and reform back into the white orb. Both Riku and Kairi turn back to Yen Sid.
"This is all that I can tell you for now."
"Alright," Riku says with a nod.
"Wait," says Kairi. The two males looks at her. "How will Riku find this world?"
"Don't worry about that," said Riku. "I sensed something unique in that vision. All I have to do is get that feeling again, and follow it to where it originated."
Yen Sid nods head. "You must follow where heart leads you. There you will surely find the world that bears this great disturbance."
Riku nods, "Well, I'm off." He turns to his friend, "Kairi," he turns to the sorcerer, "Master Yen Sid." Riku turns around and heads for the door.
Riku focuses his mind on the present. He looks up at the wall in front of him. He turns his head toward the street. After seeing that no one is coming by he jumps on the wall in front of him. He jumps back to the wall behind him. He wall jumps several times before landing on the building he was leaning on. After a few seconds, he kneels down on one knee and puts a hand on the roof. He closes his eyes. "Now…Let's see where this darkness is coming from." After a minute, he stands up. "I see, it's not just a single source. "There are multiple places where the darkness is more concentrated at." Riku pauses for a moment. "Alright," he says before turning to the right. "Time to investigate."
After an hour, he is walking alongside a main street. Walking towards him in the opposite direction are three girls. The girls wear the same school uniform; a white shirt with black rectangle surrounding the collar area of the shirt. It is obscured by a red bow tie with two laces sprouting from the center point. The wrists and bottom trim are outlined by a red line. The shirt covers the top part of a black, plaid skirt. One has blond hair with ponytails shaped like drills. One has short blue hair and the last has pink hair which is tied into two small pony tails by thin, red ribbons. What catches Riku's eye is a white creature perched on the pinkette's shoulder. The creature is looking at the pinkette so it didn't notice Riku looking at it. He takes in these details in a few seconds before the girls pass by Riku, who looks straight towards the road ahead of him.
Ten minutes later, Riku stops in front of an abandoned building. He turns towards it, narrowing his eyes. "This is it," he says before walking up to the door. The door creeks as he opens it. After taking a few steps, he looks around trying to pinpoint the source. In one of the rooms, he finds a book along with a pen next to it sitting on a table. An idea occurs to Riku and decides to take them. After looking around the first floor for about five minutes he finds the stairs and proceeds to the upper floors.
After checking out the second and third floors, he heads to the fourth floor. Riku walks into a hallway. After walking past a few doors, he feels the power of darkness multiplying at this moment. The scenery around him morphs as he notices strange runes appearing out of thin air.
The scenery finally settles and Riku finds himself in a maze made out of dry vines, including the floor and ceiling. "This is new," he simply states. Riku walks forward. Ahead of him is another corridor on the right. From that corridor, a small blue bird walks from it. Riku stops as he assesses it. It is not a real blue bird. Rather, it looks like a child's drawing of a blue bird. It looks at the Keyblade Master with the one on its eyes. The bird suddenly crows like a raven before leaping at Riku. Riku summons his Keyblade, Way of the Dawn, and slices through it. "That was easy," he comments before heading towards the corridor where it came from. After turning towards it, he stops. He sighs with a shake of his head, "I should really stop making that type of comment." In front of him, is a horde of those strange birds; covering the entire corridor from top to bottom.
#VENARI STRIGAS#
The horde charges at him. At first, their numbers seem to swallow the Keyblade Master whole. After a small spark emanating from within the horde, the birds are completely scattered in every direction. Riku stands at the epicenter, his weapon extended to the side, his eyes closed. He opens them up and the birds charge at him once again. Riku dashes forward slashing through all the strange creatures attacking him. Riku can tell that these creatures have the same vibe of darkness as the source but dramatically weaker. Riku stops as another horde rushes towards him. Riku takes a step back, bringing back his Keyblade as if it is in a sheath. The next moment he disappears. Streaks of light cut through them. Riku appears in a blur on the other side of the horde. He slowly raises his sword in a dramatic flair before flicking it to the side at that. Large holes appear in the monster-constructed wave. The monsters tumble onto the ground. Riku decides to charge ahead, his sights set on the source of darkness that he concludes is the master and creator of this bizarre space.
After several skirmishes with more of these blue birds, Riku is running in another vine-filled corridor. He stops and drops to his battle stance as more of these creatures appear from the ceiling and walls; surrounding him. Riku counts their numbers at approximately twenty. The birds make their charge. Riku raises Keyblade; casting Thunder on the nearby creatures. The attack stuns them before Riku quickly dispatches ten of them. Two charge at him from behind. Riku turns around, slashing through them, before firing a fireball at another bird in that direction. Riku pivots again before charging at three more. He fells them with one strike, one by one. Now there are four left; surrounding him. They jump at him. Riku smirks before disappearing in a blur. The birds smack into each before dropping onto the ground. Before they can straighten out, they are consumed by an explosion of fire. Riku, his weapon pointing at the explosion,
sighs. He dismisses his weapon before turning around and walks forward.
After navigating his way through the maze for another ten minutes, he finds himself in a large space with the same interior. After taking ten steps he stops with a slight gasp. "What the- What is that?" At about five yards in front of him, hovering in the air is a giant bird's nest. Floating next to it are two white gloves. Riku can sense without a doubt that this is the source of the darkness. Riku takes his stance, summoning his Keyblade to his right hand.
*SQUIRMING EVIL*
The gloves pass each other in front of the nest, like an illusionist performing a magic trick. After they pass each other a second time, white eggs appear on the nest. The nest portion of the monster flips upside down; the eggs falling to the ground. The moment the eggs impact the viny surface, the bird-like creatures pop out of the broken shell. They look around to get their surroundings but Riku will not give them a chance to attack. He leaps towards them before slaying them quickly. Riku looks up and sees the monster's hands are about to slam him into the ground. Riku rolls out of harm's way. Before he can counterattack, the nest portion fires off several vines; forcing the Keyblade Master to move back as the vines pierce the ground where he once was.
Riku fires off a fire spell. The fireball impacts the nest but there no response. Riku makes a sound of annoyance; he thought that it is weak against fire but is proven wrong. Riku charges ahead; one of the gloves goes straight for him as a response. Riku slashes at the glove, only for it to recoil. Riku takes a step back as a dark aura surrounds his left hand. He thrusts the hand; firing a dark fireball at the exposed hand. The explosion from the impact creates a cloud of smoke. Riku stands firm. His eyes suddenly registers the other hand coming in for a punch. Riku instinctively raises his Keyblade to guard and is knocked into the air by the monster's attack.
After a few seconds, he flips backwards before skidding on the ground. The moment he stops, he propels himself forward. The creature launches more vines from its nest. Riku jumps as the vines hit the ground. Riku lands on one of them before rushing up to it. It doesn't take long for Riku to reach the main body before jumping in the air. The monster suddenly claps its hands; with Riku in the center. Nothing happens for a few short moments. Several streaks cut through the gloves before they are torn apart. Riku now has a dark blue aura surrounding him. He dashes to the nest; the remaining part of the monster. His Keyblade turns into an energy blade which is a black with a violet line in the middle and manifests a similar blade in his left hand. He spins at an angle, cutting into the monster. Riku combines the two energy swords into one before delivering an upward strike. After the attack, the energy sword reverts back into his Keyblade before landing. The nest gives off a strangled cry before being consumed by black flames.
After the flames dissipate for a few seconds, the scenery disappears after warping. Riku finds himself at the top of the abandoned building. Riku looks around as he gets his bearings. He notices something on the floor. Riku takes three steps towards it before picking it up. The item in question appears black, has a spherical shape and a needle pointing out from the bottom. Riku senses something from this and focuses on it with closed eyes. He snaps them open, "This is… It's very faint, but there's no doubt about it. It's the same type of darkness that monster had."
Riku heads for the roof entrance. He stops for a second before turning around. His eyes gaze at the view in front of him. "I can feel it. Another one of those sources of darkness…disappeared. I guess there is someone here that recognizes these things after all. But are they local or from another world? It's best that I don't make contact with anyone until I know what I'm dealing with exactly." Riku heads for the door.
Thirty minutes later, on the third floor inside a room with no windows. Riku is just finishing writing with the pen and book he found earlier. After he is done, he put the objects away. Riku looks around; making sure no one is in the vicinity. He takes out the orb Yen Sid gave him. He focuses his magic on it, transforming it into the communication mirror. After focusing his thoughts towards the mirror, the mirror flashes before revealing Yen Sid in his study. "Master Yen Sid. I think I have found something."
*ORGANIZATION XIII*
In a chamber known as Where Nothing Gathers, thirteen, extremely tall chairs stand in a circle. On a platform within the circle, is the emblem of a race of beings known as Nobodies. In the chair to the right of the tallest one in the room, is Xemnas, leader of the original Organization XIII. The chair to the left of the tallest one is occupied by Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, wearing the same black coat as his Nobody counterpart. In the fifth chair to Xemnas's right, is the youngest version of Xehanort . Nothing is said between the three Seekers of Darkness.
A plume of darkness sprouts from below the seat of the chair to Xemans's right. The plum quickly fades away, revealing a man with an eye patch over his scarred right eye and another scar on his left check, his hair black with silver streaks tied in a ponytail. He also wears the same black coat as the rest of the present members.
Xemnas directs his attention to the man, "What do you have to report?" he says in a slow, emotionless tone.
The man, Xigbar, speaks, waving his right arm, "You know, it's not easy spying on the new Keyblade Master. I trailed him, just like you wanted to me to. After he went into the building, I quietly followed. He was so focused that he didn't even pick up on my presence. I was following him just fine until he just disappeared." Xigbar raises his hands in the air, "He just vanished into thin air," he lowers his arms. "And I can tell that it was not his doing. The space surrounded him felt unnatural. So I was left with two choices. Follow him and get caught. Or just sit back and wait for him to show up."
Ansem makes a hum of annoyance, "So we do not know what transpired?"
"Perhaps I can enlighten the rest of you," a deep, emotionless voice echoes. A plume of darkness covers the second seat to Ansem's left. Appearing from it is a man with an x-shaped scar on his head with blue, long hair, with long sideburns.
Xigbar makes a sound of amused annoyance. "Where did you go, Saïx? You just up and left me all of a sudden."
"My apologies. I became interested in a peculiar group. Three girls and among them, a white creature. I followed them out of curiosity. They ventured into the backstreets and I noticed that one of them was using a unique object. With it, this girl opened a portal and they ventured forth. I followed them discreetly. Once there, I came across an unusual space. Eventually, I observed a battle between the one that opened the door and a unique creature. Its power stemming from darkness. The moment the creature was defeated the space surrounding us faded away."
"Interesting," said the youngest of the group. He turns his head to the blue-haired man. "By any chance, have you determined what it is?"
"Yes, it appears to a type of being that is common to that world."
"Well, don't leave us hanging," Xigbar states with a wave of his right arm, "what did they call it?"
Saïx close his eyes before he slowly opens them. "It is known as…"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: That's the first chapter. I do not know when I'll update this. The latest would probably in a month.
As for previews, I do not have quotes or keywords so the only thing you'll know is the next chapter's title.
I also set up a poll on my profile to see if you would like to see a sequel to Fate-Bounded Souls.
Until next time.
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