Hello Everyone! Hope everyone likes the new chapter. This story might get a little dark. So young ones watch out. Anyways, this chapter is mostly learning about Kairi and Namine. Enjoy! Thanks and God Bless!

Key of Twins

Chapter One

(A New Breed)

I jumped from the black creature with glowing eyes. My knife was knocked out of my hand. The shadow snatched at me and tried to grab a hold to my leg. I kicked it's head with my boot and crawled towards my abandoned knife. Soon it was crawling towards me with six others behind it. Let's see…seven shadows and one me. It seemed fair enough. I held my knife up and started my fighting stance as the shadow's pace quickened. The one to my right was the first to jump. Their moves had gotten pretty predictable over the last few months of my survival. I tightened my grip on my bowie knife and slashed at its rather large head. It was in the middle of a transformation. now it would recycle it's life and start from scratch.

The six others soon became angrier when their partner fell to the pavement and faded into the darkness. They hissed in frustration and soon two sprung towards me. With my knife still in hand I plunged it into one of their stomachs and punched the other off me so I could get my knife out of the other. These creatures were just too easy. It was the bigger, more evolved ones that worried me.

"Need some help Kairi?" I heard as I turned to see my twin sister Naminè at my side.

"That would be nice…thank you" I said smiling at her.

We stayed by each other's side as the remaining four sprang at us all at once. I held tight to my knife as Naminè grabbed her two small pistols that she carried around with her. I had faster reflexes than her and I could fight better with a knife. But Naminè had good aim. We worked together until seven shadows fell on top of each other. Soon they faded and fell back into darkness.

"Nice work sis" Naminè said sutting her guns back int the holsters around her waist.

"Same to you" I said putting my knife back into the band around my thigh.

Naminè carried her bow and arrows around her shoulders. I had my small axe in my holder that strapped around my back. My few grenades were strapped around my waist. They were only in emergences though. Naminè's shotgun strapped around her back as well. It seemed so odd that eight six months ago we were average girls wondering what we were going to wear to school. Now are wondering how to eat and how to survive. We had found weapons in abandoned houses and stores. Food was becoming scarce.

"What's the plan for tonight?" Nami asked pulling her shoe laces so that her boots were tighter. We had grabbed leather boots and jackets for the cold weather. Our outfits didn't matter anymore. Only the shadow creature saw us anyway.

"I guess we'll head to the usual spot for sleep. But do you want to go looking for food?" I asked shecking my boots as well. It's always good to make sure your ready for a fight because you will never know when you'll be in one. If you lose you die. We know that too well.

"Sounds like a good plan to me" She said. She checked and counted her bullets. We still had some left in our hideout called the usual spot.

We started to climb the ladder to get to the top of the buildings of Twilight Town. It was our best attempt to stay away from the shadows. The darker the place is the more likely it is to house a shadow. Our usual spot was on top of where we use to go to high school. We could no longer stay in our beaten down home. It was no longer safe to go home. Life had become so intense in such a short time. I would have died on many occasions had it not been for Naminè. We were what kept the other alive.

"Come on…there might be some animals in the woods. Anything is better than nothing" Naminè said as we jumped from roof top to roof top. We had always been fit. But now it was a need, you had to outrun, out think, and beat your enemy. Being strong was a major factor in that.

"Should we stop and get ammo first? There may be shadows already in the woods by now. It's four o'clock" I said checking my new watch that I had gotten from the abandoned good store.

"Good Idea…it's on our way anyway…come on!" Naminè smiled at me and jumped ahead. That was something wonderful about her.

No matter how terrible and crappy our life had become, Naminè always tried to make it fun. I jumped after her and landed roughly on top of the Goods Store. She was already on the other side of the building. She was fast and sharp. I was tough and grounded. We completed each other. I tightened my belt of weapons and continued to walk over the buildings. I would need my strength for fighting.

"We got company" Naminè said standing on the roof's edge. She looked over towards the entrance of the school. We couldn't jump to where they wouldn't see us. They couldn't get to our hide out now because of the sun. That's why we liked our usual spot. It was soaked with sun about twelve hours of the day.

"They could come back later if we don't finish 'em off now" I said already reaching for my foot long bowie knife.

"My thoughts exactly dear sister" Naminè smiled sweetly at me as she grabbed for her hand guns.

We waited for me to count to three before jumping to the front of the school. I started to run towards the right as Naminè shot to her left. There were about thirteen shadows. I cut through two of them before they even noticed. That was the good thing about the little shadows. They could be pretty stupid. But the bigger shadows, that Nami and I called Darkies were smarter. I slid through five more as Nami shot down three. The eight left grew fiercer as they started to separate to either Nami or me. I grabbed my axe from my back strap and began to swing both axe and knife. That took care of four while Nami took care of the other four.

"Good job sis…let's go get that ammo" Naminè said as we walked towards the back. Our handmade ladder awaited us. It was easier to carve things out of wood that we needed. I had a few wooden knifes in the usual spot that I could use if I ever needed them.

"You know who I miss Kai?" Naminè asked as she pulled me to the roof.

"Anyone and everyone" I said as we walked towards the green tarp that hid our door. A wooden door that we made from the woods.

"Demyx" Naminè said sadly pulling the tarp up so I could open the door.

"Me too" I said holding it up for her to enter our little hut.

Demyx had been our best friend. He vanished before our father did. It was one of the only disappearances that really affected us. Namine and I were really stay at home kind of girls. We were each other's best friend. But Demyx was our best guy friend. He came and played video games. Often violent ones, we had no clue that soon we would be living in one. Naminè had been really shaken when we found out that he had disappeared. They had a really close bond.

"I wish we could have said goodbye" Naminè said walking over to her little cot.

Our usual spot was actually pretty well made. We had spent months trying to fix it. We knew what that we needed something better than our busted down house. So we started to gather supplies. Cots were one of the first priorities. It's not like we had anything else to do with our lives. No one else was alive in this small town. It was only us and the shadows.

"I know…" I said sitting on my cot. Resting was something that we normally never get to do. Naminè always like to look around our town. Somehow it brought back good memories for her. But it only brought more heartache and aloneness to me.

"Do you think we'll ever get to see him or Daddy again?" She asked suddenly.

"I…don't know" I said honestly hoping that it would happen. "Maybe"

"Well at least we have each other" Naminè said stepped off her cot to sit beside me.

"I love you Naminè" I said laying my head on her shoulder.

"I love you too Kairi" She said taking her hand and smoothing my hair. We stayed like that for what seemed like hours.

"Let's go get something to eat…I'm starving" I said after a while.

"Same here…make sure to get ropes for the traps…the last thing we need is to waist bullets on food" Namine said standing up and tightening her dirty t shirt.

"We need to go to the river soon too…we reek" Naminè said holding her nose at me.

"Hey you're worse than me" I said grabbing some ropes from under my bed.

We managed to enter the wood with no attack from the shadows. I set up some traps asNaminè started a fire a little ways away. I grabbed a sharp rock and started to sharpen my knife and axe. It started to get dark at six. I jumped at screeching and clawing nosies as we were surrounded by darkness. Only the illumination of fire was our saving grace. Shadows didn't like light, and wouldn't go anywhere near it. I jumped when I heard the bell sound from one of my traps.

"I'll go get it" I said attaching my axe to my back strap.

I stepped quietly through the darkness as my senses started to quicken. I was much better in light than darkness. I felt the cold breath of the wind blow over me as I retraced my steps. I leaned down to get a better look at the animal caught inside. A small rabbit had gotten caught. I grabbed my knife and finished it. A rabbit would be good enough for now.

"Ohh yummy" Naminè mocked as I tossed it on the ground beside her.

"I miss hamburgers…and chicken nuggets…with French fries. Oh and remember the ribs Dad use to fix?" Naminè said poking at the dead rabbit with a stick.

"It's best not to think about it" I said sitting on the log beside her.

"Do you really believe that we are the only ones left?" Naminè asked as I turned the meat over the fire.

"I'm not sure what to think anymore" I said watching the flames dance. I would have never thought this would have happened. What's there to live for anymore? What is there to do?

We jumped as another bell rang through the air. We were so lost in thought that it had surprised us. I jumped up and grabbed the next one, which had been another rabbit. Two rabbits in one night. It was our lucky day.

"You know what I miss most?" I asked entering the little clearing.

"What's that?" Naminè asked.

"Electricity, I feel like we're living in the middle ages" I wished sitting beside her.

"Here here" Naminè said taking her stick and stomping the ground with it.

Dinner was easier than most. Soon we were full enough to travel back to the usual spot. The clearing to the forest was unusually clear. Maybe it had been so because we lit a fire. I helped Nami up the latter first before climbing up after her. Once we were in our "home" we relaxed.

"Hey Kairi? Do you think that there is more life outside of Twilight Town?" Naminè asked.

"We've checked the outskirts. There was nothing. We've checked every little part of Twilight Town and nothing. I just wouldn't see how we haven't found anyone if there were others." I said staring up at the ceiling from my cot.

"But it's only been six months…There has to be someone somewhere…" Naminè said wistfully.

"Six months is a long time in the hell we're living in" I said never taking my eyes from the ceiling.

"I'm glad I have you" Naminè whispered before turning her back to me to sleep.

"Same here sister dear" I whispered before blowing my candle out.