Disclaimer: Don't own Kingdom Hearts.
Note: The line 'she felt like a stupid character from a bad fanfiction who'd squirmed her way into their ranks, much to the chagrin of the readers' from the story 'Eclipse of the Heart' by FadedPhantom inspired this story along with rinsegaku's story 'Wanderer'.
*grins nervously* "Hopefully this self-insert will not be too cliché…"
Ep.1. Weirdoes in black
The young boy slowly opened his eyes. He was floating? In green water?
Strange… Last thing I remember is getting electrocuted by a thunderbolt.
He squinted, trying to see better. Unfortunately, everything was still blurry. The teen placed his hands on the glass in front of him, glancing around only to realize he was inside a cylinder-shaped tank of some sort. What the hell is going on?
The 15-year-old tried to push against the glass, but it didn't budge. He then saw a black blob approaching.
The liquid was suddenly drained away, causing the boy to feel warmed metal underneath his feet. It was only then that he noticed a crucial little fact.
He was naked.
Any obscenities that were sure to come out of his mouth, however, were cut off from the start by that black blob. Which turned out to be a creepy guy with long, pale brown hair. "I am pleased with this success. Wonderful to see you awake, my Replica experiment."
What?! Experiment? That's a load of crap; I'm a person! But… the best way to find out what's happened to me is to play along, for now.
The teenager looked up at the man, who was probably in his late fifties and unfortunately almost a head taller than him. He put on a blank expression.
"Get dressed. I need to do more tests on you. Compared to No. i, you show even more promise. Probably because of the data…" Creepy Guy gestured to nearby clothes folded onto a desktop, then turned away first looking at the teen before his focus went elsewhere while muttering to himself.
The boy scowled at the man's retreating back, then remembered he was not wearing anything. Quickly dressing in the boxers, a yellow and black formfitting sleeveless shirt with a turtleneck collar and two black straps, indigo jeans, two blue overall-like bits of clothing over the legs, and black gloves that left the wrist exposed, he noted that Creepy Guy must be obsessed with the Playstation 2 videogame 'Kingdom Hearts'. He ran a hand through his bangs, scratching.
Did that weirdo dye my hair silver? What's he expecting me to do, prance around pretending I'm Riku? Annoyed, the boy crossed lean yet muscular arms as he frowned in thought. I gotta get outta this place.
To his alarm, a round, purple-black mass appeared underneath his feet. He fell through with a yell, Creepy Guy whirling around with eyes widening at losing his only other successful Replica. At that same moment, a young man in his early twenties came in.
"Vexen, what happened?" he asked, though his tone was slightly monotone. It was clear he did not actually care and was only mildly curious.
"Zexion, my Riku Replica fell into a Corridor of Darkness!" Creepy Guy, now identified as Vexen, complained.
His younger colleague tilted his head, gloved fist resting against a cheek. "Interesting... It learned fast."
Meanwhile, the boy known to the black-coat people as Riku Replica was in a stranger place. It was mostly purple-black but had bright swirls of colour lighting it up. "Maybe I shouldn't have done whatever it is I did… Talk about from the frying pan into the fire. Nice going. …Maybe I should try again?"
He clenched his fists, face set in determination. "I want OUT!"
Suddenly, a hole rimmed with purple-black swirls appeared in front of him. The teen shrugged and entered.
He found himself in a spacious white room. Cyan eyes took it all in, narrowing in an attempt to lessen the glare from such brightness. The silverette scowled.
"Now where am I?"
To be continued…
AN: I have a bizarre obsession with wanting to die ala lightning. And I started this fic when I thought: What would I do if I woke up as Roxas? Only, figured using Riku Replica would be easier seeing as Roxas had Ventus' heart in him.