A Story that Transcends Time

Disclaimer: I in no way claim ownership to the Kingdom Hearts series made by Square Enix and Disney, and since this is a Kingdom Hearts fanfic, it'd involve other stories (like how it is in the video games) and I in no way claim ownership to them either. The only ownership I claim was the idea of putting the story plot the way it is, and any other ideas that claim no ownership to.

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It's been like this as long as I can remember… Ever since I took hold of my Key Blade, I've been fighting one battle after another, seeing so many things.

The Key Blade, a key-shaped weapon of un-imaginable power, each is unique, and each chooses its own master, as if it has a will of its own. It's origins unknown, only that it has the power to lock the heart of each world so that heartless may not enter and corrupt it. Heartless are darkness made real, they are corrupted hearts with neither a body nor soul. Their purposes are still a mystery, only that it takes the hearts of others. An order of people known as Key Blade Masters are chosen ones who wield Key Blade, they battle heartless in each world, maintaining the balance and order between each world.

As far as I know, this all started when a group of Key Blade masters began to stray from their ways, and started to disagree with the others, believing that the Key Blade is meant to bring each world to their knees, for them to bow down to the chosen few, the elite who are worthy of wielding the awesome power of the Key Blade. They began by bending the heartless to do their will, and eventually using them to take control of each world. Eventually, they severed ties with the other Key Blade Masters and formed their own order known as The Scions of the Void, and eventually went into war with the other Key Blade masters.

And so… for so many generations now, as far as anybody could remember, this war had gone on, and at last the war is almost at an end. The armies of light and darkness finally began. In a forgotten city between the light and darkness.

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It's a deserted metropolis filled with sky scrapers, and buildings with neon lights. It's name forgotten, and it was once said that one of the first Key Blade masters fought here to save the world from the creatures who tethered between light and darkness. And so, both sides finally make their last stand. A young man named Asura clad with his brown chained pants with a blue top began barking orders to each teams of Key Blade Masters.

"Okay 2nd battalion, secure the perimeter, and take down any one with the scions, 1st battalion goes to secure their strong hold and 3rd battalion, spread out and eliminate any heartless or anybody in league with the Scions, move!!" Asura barked as each group marched out to carry out their assignment. "Kenji, you know what you have to do… You have to defeat Veil."

He then turned to a young man in his mid-teens wearing a loosened red top and blue pants, his hair brown and disheveled. He looked at him as if this may be the last time that he could.

"Don't worry, I won't let you guys down." Kenji said as he ran off in a path where nobody has taken yet.

Somewhere in the middle of the metropolis, a man in his 40's clad in a black robe looked up at the sky. In the midst of the dark of the night sky, little glitters of light began to gather in one spot, as if being called by something.

"Ah… So it's begun… And it's faster than I originally anticipated." The man said removing his hood slowly, revealing a mix of cerulean and silver hair, and a skin as pale as snow and a sinister grin that spelled doom to those who opposed him. "Come, Kenji, it's time we had our last duel…"

The young Key Blade Master ran through the city, it felt as though the darkness was ever present. Then, a group of 3 Heartless wielding swords appeared from the ground, ready for battle, and surrounded the Key Blade Master.

"Alright you guys have it your way then…" Kenji grinned as he summoned his Key Blade in a flash of light. Its hilt was crimson red, the handle jet black, its blade sterling silver and it's silver key chain was shaped with a pair of crossed swords.

The Key Blade Master took a stance immediately after he drew his weapon. Seemingly provoked, a trio of Heartless rushed the Key wielder, but the boy jumped faster than they could charge in. While in mid-air, the boy shifted his body horizontally, and slammed his Key Blade at the back of the middle one's head, and with that, vanquished the demonic heartless away. As he landed on the ground, Kenji leaped toward another heartless and slammed his Key Blade through its spine. And as it too vanished the last one arched his sword downwards hoping to finish him off in one blow, but that didn't happen as even before it could swing down half way, the boy parried the blade away and slammed his Key Blade into its chest. Then, as if on cue, several more heartless took their place, at least 5 for each defeated.

"Crap… I don't have time for this…!" Kenji cursed under his breath readying for a second round. The boy hoped that he wouldn't have to waste his energy like this, but it seemed unavoidable, he'll have to run the risk of fighting them and getting some injuries in the process.

"Don't worry Kenji, I've got them!" a familiar voice called out from atop of a tall building.

Then, seemingly from nowhere, a brown-haired young woman leaped in the middle of the crowd of heartless and vanquished 5 of them in one swing before landing on her feet. She had a rather comfortable looking overall mixed with pink and purple, and her Key Blade had a yellow hilt, blue handle, a pink blade and a flowery tip. She also took a stance, readying herself to battle against the creatures of darkness. The two found themselves back to back against a crowd of heartless.

"Iris! You're late again!" Kenji scowled.

"Well, you know me; I like to take my time." Iris giggled. "But you don't have the time and energy to waste here, you have to go and beat Veil. He's at the heart of this place. I don't know what he's planning, but I don't like it. You've got to hurry up and get to him already!"

"What are you saying?! I can't leave you behind!" Kenji protested to the girl behind him thinking that she's probably gone crazy or something.

"Yes you can and you will!" Iris shouted. "Listen, I can take care of myself! So don't worry about me!"

"But I can't! I care too much about you to see you get hurt." Kenji said feeling his heart finally speaking the truth about his feelings.

"Kenji, trust me! I'll be fine! They won't be able to get me, I promise." Iris said with a comforting smile.

Feeling relieved, the young Key Blade Master leaped atop a nearby building, and looked back, pondering whether or not he made the right choice as Iris finally shifted to an offensive stance. The boy then leaped away hoping for the best, that she would stay alive, and that finally everything would turn out for the better.

'Iris! You'd better stay alive! Because… I still haven't told you that… That I love you…' Kenji thought as he could think of nothing else but her safety. 'But I can't worry about that right now… Veil is close… really close.'

'I can feel you, Kenji, you're close…' the jet-black cloaked man thought. 'It's almost time then… If only you knew what I was up to, you and your friends would never have stepped foot in this place…'

"Veil!" Kenji shouted as he landed on the concrete floor on his feet.

"I've been expecting you, brat…" Veil sneered as he faced the Key Blade Master. "Have you come to witness the truly worthy to receive the power that they deserve?"

"No! Veil, the Key Blade is meant to seal away the heart of each world! What you're doing is wrong!" Kenji protested. "Think of how many people you're going to hurt with this stunt of yours!"

"Like I care… I couldn't even care less about those worlds and their petty little inhabitants." The dark master scoffed. "We Key Blade masters are chosen to heralds of a new empire where the strong rule and the weak serve!"

"No! I refuse to let the worlds fall into that kind tyranny!" Kenji shouted drawing his Key Blade.

The Dark Key Blade master then removed his robes only to reveal himself being covered with an obsidian colored armor from the neck down. Then, with a swing of his arms, Veil drew his a Key Blade with a hilt constructed from bones of origins unknown, a crimson red hilt, a blade wrapped with some bandages, a sharpened tip with no other purpose but to kill and had a jet-black colored skull as it's key chain. It also emitted an ominous aura that would send chills down the spine of any weak hearted person.

"The Key Blades chose us to be the rulers of the worlds! They chose us because we have power and we deserve power!" Veil professed. "We are the heralds of the future! We are the Sheppard, and everyone else are nothing more than sheep in a flock whose destiny is to submit to our rule!"

"You're wrong, Veil, true strength emerges from the heart when somebody protects another. It's what ties us as a whole to make us stronger." Kenji said as though he had rehearsed those words his whole life only for that moment. "Freedom is the right of all! And that's something you can't take away!"

"You are as pathetic as the rest, what a waste! You don't know the power that you have! And for that, you will die!"

Both Key Blade masters rushed each other with blinding speed, and the clash of their Key Blades was so loud that it could've been heard from miles away. Veil leaped back and aimed his Key Blade for Kenji, it's tip began to glow a red flare.

"Fire!" with that command, fire shots came out from it's tip in rapid succession.

Kenji continued to rush his foe as he parried each fire spell and leaped into the air and raised his Key Blade into the air. It began glowing yellow and started to emit violent yellow sparks. It was as if the Key Blade itself was commanding nature.

"Thunder!" Kenji command caused violent bolts of lightning to come crashing into the ground, blasting the Dark Key Blade master along with the pavement which he stood.

"Heh, not bad kid!" Veil sneered as he rushed Kenji once more.

The two Key Blades continued to clash with one another in unimaginable speed. Each swing was with the intent to kill, whether it was attacking or defending. They clashed continually up to the point when sparks began to fly as each time Key Blades collided. Caught while both had the intention to attack, they found each other locked where they were forced to push against each other. Moments seemed like hours as they continued to struggle against each other's push. Feeling the pressure both fighters leaped backwards struggling to catch their breath, and trying to relieve themselves of the pressure built up from the clash. Kenji seemed so focused in the battle he had now, but his concentration was broken when the sky began to glow purple, and the clouds began to clear revealing a huge heart shaped moon just beyond one's reach.

"Ah… Finally… It's here… Kingdom Hearts!" Veil said with glee. "Did you know Kenji that there was once an ancient battle that took place here? It was a long time ago when creatures known as nobodies tried to create the impossible… Kingdom Hearts…"

"What?! That's Kingdom Hearts?!" Kenji said in disbelief as he stared at an old legend of what was thought to have been lost centuries ago.

"Unfortunately, some of the first known Key Blade masters intervened and it resulted in a fraction of it's power to be lost. But even if that's the case, it's power is still great…" Veil explained. "And did you know, that those who rule Kingdom Hearts rule everything? All would bow before them, but the beings of each world would be subject to it's master's rule… But did you know, that it wasn't just limited to that?"

"What are you talking about?!" Kenji said readying his stance once more.

"I'm saying that EVERYTHING is subject to it's rule… Including time…" Veil said with a sinister grin as he raised his Key Blade into the air and it began to glow a malicious aura. "And with it, I'll become… a God…"

"No…!" Kenji said in horror realizing what would happen if he became the ruler or even worst god of all worlds, it would mean eternal tyranny. "I won't let that happen!"

"But you're already too late! All I need to do is corrupt the energy that I absorb from Kingdom Hearts and I'll be invincible!" Veil shouted

The dark master then began absorbing the energy of Kingdom Hearts, it's energy slowly transferring to his Key Blade and back to him as dark energy. The world began to shake violently as his strength grew exponentially. He was soon surrounded by an evil aura that grew larger and larger.

"No! I won't let you!" Kenji shouted as he rushed the Dark Key Blade master, but it was no good, the aura was so dense, that his strike couldn't go through, and instead flung him back yards away.

Soon, the aura stopped growing, even though it was already huge enough as it was. Veil fell on his knees breathing hard and laughing hard.

"So this is it…! True power!" Veil shouted. "Even though I've only absorbed a fraction of it, it still feels incredible! Now I really can't wait until I fully absorbed it all!"

"No! This stops here!" Kenji shouted.

"You're still here, I see…" Veil snickered. "It's great, now I have somebody to test my powers on, so be sure not to die too quickly…"

The dark key blade master then disappeared into thin air, to the naked eye, he may have gone off somewhere, but Kenji knew better, Veil was moving around in the speed of light, avoiding and evading, just waiting for an opening. And he did, Kenji felt something slam him from behind, it was metallic and it flung him back yards away and forced him to land on his face. Though he quickly recovered, Veil wouldn't let up, he charged in and his slashes were at blinding speed, Kenji could barely defend. Though he blocked away, some more penetrated his defense. Veil arched his blade downwards, Kenji raised his Key Blade to defend, but it was a fake, the dark master quickly took back the stroke, and swiped his Key Blade across Kenji's abdomen. Not only did he lose his breath, but he was also flung several ways back.

"Had enough, boy?" Veil sneered.

It was a hopeless battle, he was an opponent who was superior to you in speed and strength, and his attacks came down faster than bolts of lightning. Kenji clung to his Key Blade for support as he tried to raise himself up higher, and on his feet as he struggled to merely stay conscious. The boy's hands were shaking, and his arms eyes were bluring. At that moment, he had a swift vision of everything he's done in his life, all the good, and what had it gotten him? A fate that certainly spelled doom for him. It was an agonizing feeling of regret, his mind had this feeling that he was going to die right there and then, but yet his heart told him that it wasn't the end, it was only the beginning...

"Never!" Kenji shouted as he took his stance, though shaky.

"I've had enough fun, now, I'll send you to a fate worst than death…" Veil said with an evil smirk. "Now, I'll send you to a fate where in all you hold most dear is taken away from you… Where and when my minions have wiped all those you care for!!!"

The dark key blade master then raised his Key Blade into the sky and arched it down wards. There was a ripping sound as if he'd torn something. Moments later, out of nowhere a vortex leading nowhere ripped open right before Kenji's eyes. It began to suck everything including Kenji to its uninviting darkness. It was no use, he held on to his Key Blade for stability, but it was no good, he could feel himself slowly losing his grip of not only his Key Blade, but also reality itself.

"Drown in everlasting darkness!" Veil howled in laughter as Kenji did lose consciousness and was sucked into the vortex along with his Key Blade.

He drifted off in the unending dimensions of the vortex, wandering off from one point to another, with no destination… Starting to wake slowly, his mind began racing.

'It's funny...' Kenji thought. 'I thought that I'd never get the chance to tell Iris how I felt, but I guess that somehow I'll get my chance to do that...'

With that, he slowly lost consciousness of everything around him...

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