HELLO READERS!

This is Red Renegade here, first off I would like to thank everyone who has read so far and have graciously left comments and reviews!

Second I want to apologize to you all because as of recently I have been slacking off with writing/publishing these chapters, but hey its only been what...4 months! No biggie right... (looks out window and sees torches and pitchforks in background)

Well now I am back in business and I hope that you all enjoy the coming tales of adventure and heart crushing. Thanks again to my Beta reader Atma Stand for looking over this, and enjoy!

Kingdom hearts is not owned by me in any way shape or form, I only own characters I have created myself, blah blah blah

ONTO THE SHOW!

Chapter 2

Chorus in the Dark

The room was as quiet as a crypt; no one in the office could form a string of coherent words after what Yen-Sid had just said. Thankfully for Riku words were never really his strong suit…

Riku had crossed the room and jumped on the desk faster than anyone had ever seen before and with a flash of light Way to the Dawn was in his hand the blade shoved against Yen-Sid's throat.

"You son of a bitch!" he shouted at the old master "You expect me to believe that after all Sora's done, all the shit he had to go through for us, that you can just go and say "let's kill him" without a second thought!"

"Riku that's enough let him go." Mickey tried to move forward but was quickly blocked by both Donald and Goofy. It didn't take much to see that both of his closest friends were angry at Yen-Sid's proposed 'solution' so he stopped moving towards the angry teen. "I understand that you're upset Riku but we don't have another choice."

Riku forced Way to the Dawn closer towards Yen-Sid's neck to the point where he was beginning to cut through his beard, little droplets of red began to fall after a few seconds as Riku began trembling with rage. "That is bullshit and you know it! I'm not going to sit here talking about how we are going to kill my best friend like we're swapping dinner recipes!"

The small interaction between them had distracted Riku long enough for Yen-Sid to blast Riku off of him and toss him into the wall as if he were a rag doll. A sickening crunch echoed throughout the room as Riku made impact with the wall, his Keyblade fell from his hand and disappeared in a shower of light.

"You of all people should understand this better than any one Riku." "Do you remember how little control you had over your own body after you accepted Ansem's darkness? Do you remember how many worlds, how many lives you put in danger because of your selfish desires?!" Yen-Sid shouted at his broken form, angrily waving his hand about pulling Riku off the floor and against the wall with an unseen force.

Riku's head was spinning and judging by the surge of pain when he was propped up against the wall his sword arm was probably broken. The geezer wasn't called a Master for nothing. "Don't compare me and my mistakes to Sora." He replied through gritted teeth as he tried to stand, it wasn't until Goofy helped him that he was able to get back on his feet. "He's got more light in his heart than anyone else here. That idiot would rather fight tooth and nail than even think about turning to the darkness!"

Yen-Sid leaned forward scowling at the silver haired wielder, "Xeahanort has corrupted hearts in order to attain a vessel before, now he has set his sights on Sora and he will not stop until he has won." "Once darkness sinks its fangs into a person it will never let go. Or did you forget your little makeover you had two years ago."

Riku's eyes widened in shock before narrowing in rage, the memories of having to see his biggest mistake reflected in the mirror every day still bothered him but having it be used against him was one of the worst insults he could imagine. "Can you even hear yourself talk right now?" "We are talking about Sora S-O-R-A! He's a warrior of light not one of Xeahanort's little pawns am I the only one here who can see that!"

"It is for the greater good Riku, if you could calm down you would understand what I'm talking ab-"

"You're talking about MURDER!" Riku shot forward yelling at the old wizard...

"I'M TALKING ABOUT PREVENTING GENOCIDE!" Yen-Sid shouted as he stood, slamming his desk with such a force that it began to crack apart.

After taking a deep breath to calm himself Yen-Sid sat back down in his chair and with a sigh he spoke, this time with a hint of anger in his monotone. "Do not think that I've taken this decision lightly Riku…"

"Heartless and nobodies alike are swarming the World that Never Was as well as around Maleficent's castle on Radiant Garden. Not only that but for every world that gets restored we lose two more in their place." "The Grid, Toon Town, Motor City, Camelot, The Land of Dragons, Bricksburg, not to mention all the uncharted worlds… *sigh*…the list goes on."

Yen-Sid removed his hat from his head and placed it onto the desk, all eyes in the room on him as he did so. Without the continuous flow of magic coursing through him Yen-Sid appeared to age before them. (Not by much, he was still the same grumpy looking wizard but with a few more wrinkles here and there.) The sight reminded Riku of the old fishermen who would sit at the docks watching ships go by to remind them of the adventures or the mistakes of their youth. The glazed over look in his eyes told Riku that it was the latter for Yen-Sid.

"I'm sorry…To all of you I am truly sorry but at the current rate things are going there truly is no other choice." Yen-Sid turned to look at Mickey pausing a moment before he continued "The last time Xeahanort went after a Keyblade wielder I was hesitant to act and as a result I lost an old friend…Master Mickey had lost three as well." "After that his vessel split and created the fake Ansem and Xemnas. Their crimes are also a result of my hesitation…"

"I'm not asking for your forgiveness Riku or for anyone's on this matter, but there is no other way… for any of us."

"Alright."

All eyes snapped away from Yen-Sid to Riku faster than a whip breaking the sound barrier, the fairies were speechless, Donald and Goofy fell over in shock and Mickey could only gasp at what had just been uttered by the Silver haired teen.

"Riku?" the mouse said quietly, either from shock or fear he did not know, "Are you really agreeing to this?"

Riku clenched his fists so hard that blood was starting to seep through his grasp, his body was trembling with rage and his head was tilted towards the floor, his long hair shielding his eyes from the rest of the room. Small droplets of water began to fall to the floor but nobody acknowledged it, after they stopped Riku tried to speak. It took him a few tries but he managed to choke down his sobs and return to his normal tone.

"I will never forgive any of you for doing this let me make that clear. As soon as this is all over I am going to kill that bald bastard and anyone of his damn vessels that gets in my way."

"After that I'm gone…No more Keyblades no more saving the world from darkness, none of that bull shit that is strictly your problem now."

"Same goes for Kairi and before you get off thinking you've been let off easy you're going to tell every last world that smiling idiot has saved from destruction exactly what you did to stop Xeahanort."

Riku lifted his head and stared straight through Yen-Sid, that blank emotionless stare combined with his statement sent chills down everyone's spines "I might not be strong enough to kill you Master Yen-Sid, but I'm pretty sure a few pissed off worlds can do the trick."

Surprisingly it was Donald who asked the question that was on everybody's mind "Master Yen-Sid" he squawked "How exactly are you going to…um…remove Sora?"

Yen-Sid turned his hat over and plunged his arm into the enchanted void. It took a few moments of shuffling around to find what he was looking for and once he found it he retracted his arm, an old roll of parchment in hand. "There is a spell" he said laying the parchment on his desk for all to see "That has been passed down to the guardian of this hat since it was first crafted long ago. When activated it will use up the magic it has absorbed throughout the ages and direct it to one location, destroying the target in an instant."

"He won't feel a thing, this I can promise…

"But what about the world he's on?" Goofy questioned worriedly "If it's gonna destroy him wouldn't it wipe out the world he's on too?"

"Yeah," Donald excitedly replied waving his staff around his head "If we can't track what world he's on then we can't use the spell, see Goofy problem solved. Looks like we won't be hurting Sora after all!"

Yen-Sid remained silent as he continued to ready his spell completely ignoring Donald and Goofy's idiotic laughter. "I'm sorry to disappoint you two but I've already found a solution to this problem."

Their laughter died instantly and a look of dread quickly returned to their faces as they turned to each other and slowly backed up towards the door while their king stepped forward. "What do you mean Master Yen-Sid?" "We haven't heard from Sora since he last checked in at Traverse Town, what world is he own now?"

"My dear Mickey what made you think that Sora even left?" Yen-Sid said as he quietly laughed to himself.

Mickey and Riku's eyes went wide at the revelation that Sora was right under their noses the entire time. "Wait a minute…Are you telling us that you're planning to wipe out Traverse Town along with Sora?" Riku asked in disbelief "what about all the people living there? Their worlds were destroyed by the darkness, are you telling me you're okay with killing everyone else there?!"

"Everyone else on the world will be fine Riku…" Riku turned to the king ready to argue with the small ruler before he raised his hand and silenced him. "Traverse Town isn't a true world, granted it still has a heart and a keyhole but unlike the other worlds we've come across this Traverse Town wasn't created after the Keyblade war."

"The Traverse Town you visited in the sleeping realm was bigger than the world we've come to know here and now." "Haven't you ever wondered why there are so many doors that can't be opened? Why there are so many districts that you can't access? That's because this Traverse Town is just a shadow of the real deal."

"Our Traverse Town has always been a world created out of necessity; it's a place where people who've survived the destruction of their homes are transported." "That means even if it is destroyed those who lose their homes would just appear in whatever world takes its place."

"You still haven't answered my question your majesty." Riku said a ting of malice in his voice "What about the people? What would happen to them if Traverse Town vanished out from under them?" Riku asked angrily.

"Everyone would be transported to another version of Traverse Town and like always would only be able to leave if they left by gummi ship, dark portal, or their world was restored…everyone except Sora that is because his world still exists." "If it were anywhere else we couldn't attempt using such a spell but now…"

"Not that it would matter anyway" Yen-Sid said interrupting mickey as he summoned a crystal ball and moved it towards them bringing up an image of an empty town. "The number of Heartless in Traverse Town has recently grown to such a level that the other worlds in the vicinity have severed their connections in order to avoid a heartless invasion."

"Another thing to consider is that the population of Traverse town was relatively small to begin with and even with Sora's presence the heartless have killed off most of the population." "So as it stands Sora is on an isolated world with no means of communication or available transport and is currently occupied with defending an entire world from a heartless incursion by himself…"

"We will never have another opportunity like this again. We must act now or else the war will be lost before it even begins."

A small ball of light appeared in between Yen-Sid's hands and floated in the air in front of him, with several more appearing around the room. Suddenly the balls of light rushed towards the one in front of Yen-Sid and with each new piece the ball of light grew until it was the size of a globe. If one listened carefully one could swear they could hear a chorus of angels emanating from the light itself.

"This is the ultimate light magic Holy… no power in all the worlds can rival its might, nor can any power escape its judgement." "Once I begin the spell I won't be able to stop, if you do not wish to be a part of this I suggest you leave now."

Neither Riku nor Mickey made any movements to leave. Instead they silently nodded towards each other then, albeit painfully slow, nodded towards Yen-Sid as well.

"So be it…Well then let us begin." The room went dark as a bone chilling gust of wind rushed by them blowing out the candles keeping the room alight. Yen-Sid seemed transfixed on the golden orb as he started reciting (more like chanting) the archaic words on the parchment and with each syllable uttered the light faded from the room and the orb shook and trembled violently.

Shivers began to run down Riku and Mickey's backs as the incantation began, suddenly a feeling of unease filled the Rack of Riku's mind. It was a feeling he had grown accustomed to while on the path of darkness…regret. He tried to push it away like he had done before but he knew that it would never go away, not after today.

They had made their choice; not only had they placed Sora's life on this gamble but also the fate of the universe. But any seasoned gambler should remember the golden rule of games of chance…

The door was suddenly thrown open knocking Donald and Goofy to the ground. Standing in the door way using his magic to light the dark room was a bruised and out of breath Lea. "Hey guys what I'd miss?"

"Lea?" Riku said surprised at his unexpected appearance, quickly his gaze traveled to the many bruises covering his face "What the hell's the matter with you? And what's with the shiner, you try spying on Tifa while she was changing again?"

"What this?" he said pointing to his bruises "I was on my way up here when I ran into Kairi. She knocked me clean on my ass… and down a flight of stairs." Lea propped himself up against the doorway hands behind his head as he continued "She looked pretty upset so I figured that another world got attacked or something…um guys…what's with the 'I just killed your puppy' look?"

"Where are the fairies?" Mickey said as he searched the room for the three sisters. The three fairies were gone which could only mean one thing.

"Ah shit…" was Riku's only response as he started running out the door and down the hall as fast as he could to find Kairi.

But any seasoned gambler should remember the golden rule of games of chance…

No matter what you do the house always wins…

Chapter 2 end

Dun Dun DUNNNNN!

I know this chapter is short but there is a reason, this used to be part of another chapter but I just couldn't find a way to transition the two correctly without causing some major confusion so I broke it up.

Until next time Renegades RIOT peace I'm OUT!