Chapter 3. The end, yet the beginning. Okay, know I know…. And why are you stalking me Jay!? Farewell Rick.

Key:

"Talking"

'Thinking."

'Book or something read able, or important that was said..'

Memory, flashback.

Important event. Slowed time, or time freeze.

The Voice, villains, or an exclamation/shout.Important sayings.

Normal P.O.V

Shiva sighed. She looked at the teacher that was talking. She hadn't been able to pay attention today. Not that she ever did. Even though she had tried. But since couldn't she figured she would zone out as usual. No such luck. She couldn't even do that.

Shiva's P.O.V

'All I can do is think about last night. When we got home Aysa explained what a Heartless was, and Selate explained their swords. Selate's is a sword with the element of Wind and slight Water. Aysa's sword has the element of Earth and Electricity/Thunder.' I sigh again turning back to the window. I was in an Advanced Class. Aysa and the others were waiting at the restaurant in town. Cloe and Selate are practically joined at the hip, so she was with them. She now lived with me and had been told everything. 'At least she's not trying to be Gothic now. Not that I'm Gothic... ...Whatever.' ... ...' God even my thoughts are confusing.' I sigh again. A few seconds later I blink. 'What's this Advanced Class of anyway? Hmmmm...'

Normal P.O.V

"That wraps up today's class. We will meet tomorrow as well." The teacher said dismissing the class

Shiva stood and swiftly left before anyone could try to talk to her. She walked out of the building and started down the street. The car she had 'found' she had changed a bit. It was still Onyx but now had White flames on the side. On the hood was an Icy Blue Phoenix and a Silver Wolf. Both in fighting stances the Phoenix above the Wolf. The others had taken the car though. Shiva looked around as she walked. She looked at the sky. Blinking she suddenly shivered. 'But it's rather warm, why am I shivering?' She looked at her carrying bag. For some reason when she woke-up she had saved all the information from her main computer at home into her laptop. She had also packed two of her normal outfits and all of her expensive, although there wasn't that many, Hot Topic outfits. She had also put all of her jewelry, for she wasn't wearing any today, in i Along with 3hree pairs of combat boots and 5ive or 6ix pairs of boots in it as well. And it all had fit in a simple knapsack. Although the shoes took up the most space. In her carrying bag she had both of her Vans and a pair of combat boots. That was all of her shoes. She had also got most of her money, which strangely was a lot she had a medium sized fortune, and carried it in her carrying bag. She didn't even know why. Although she knew to trust her instincts. She also had forced Rick to do the same. She sighed again. Both of their packs were at the school. Shiva looked at the birds as they flew by.

She blinked. "Huh?" 'I swear they froze for a second.' shrugging it off she kept going. She walked past the city fountain. She paused to watch a Teenager and what looked like his little sister play with the water. As she watched the people changed.

Instead she saw a grown man with Icy Blue hair and Silver eyes. He had Golden streaks. The girl was replaced with a girl with Black/Purple hair and Icy Blue streaks. Her eyes are Metallic Midnight Blue with streaks of Purple. She watched mesmerized as the two played.

'A far off memory... ...'

The image started to crackle like an old T.V would. The images going back and forth between the real one and the other. In the images a woman appeared. In the one seemingly like the boys boyfriend. The other one it was a grown woman. The woman had Black/Purple hair. She has Midnight Blue bangs and tips. She also has Lime Green streaks. Her eyes are Midnight Blue with Lime Green streaks. She laughs at the two and kiss's the man on the cheek.

'Memory... ...that's.'

The image starts to scatter and crack more.

'That's ... ...like a scattered dream.'

The image finally cracked causing Shiva to blink. When she looks again it's the two teenagers and the little girl.

Shiva blinks a few more times than shakes her head sighing as she pulled her hand over her face. "Now I'm seeing things." she mutters. She turns and continues in the direction of the restaurant. She smiles as two doves fly overhead. She watches until they stop.

Shiva pauses. "...Huh?"

She looks around. Everything and everyone are frozen. She blinks. 'What's going on?' She takes a couple steps forward. Suddenly something starts to materialize in front of her. "Is that... ...a white Heartless?" six more appear. Shiva bites her lip. 'I don't have anything to fight them with.' Just then first one slinks over and tries to smash into her. She dodges and uses the opening it made. She takes off down the street but they cut her off. Eventually she finds herself in an alley backed up against a dead end. 'Grrr great.' two go to leap at her, she braces herself and clenches her teeth. Two inches from her they are destroyed. She waits to see the heart float up, but they never come. 'So... ...there not Heartless.'

"Well it's a good thing I chose to check up on you." A cocky voice says.

'Wait I know that voice.'

Then a cloaked figure with two strange circular weapons steeps forward. (Think Axel's weapons only Black and Silver.)

Shiva pauses. "Jay?"

He pulls his hood back (still has his glasses on.) and smiles. "Bingo. Nice to see you Little Ice." He turns and takes care of the remaining four, then turns back to her. "Let's hope you get a weapon soon." He then grabs her arm gently. "We should go." She nods ripping her arm out of his grip. They then set off toward the restaurant.

"What were those things?" She asks.

"Nobodies... ...you see--"

--15 minutes later--

They stepped up to the restaurant and time starts again.

"Thanks...I guess."

Jay smirks. "Any time Kitten."

Shiva raises an eyebrow at him.

He grins and shrugs, then vanishes. 'Kitten? God what's next?' Shiva walks into the restaurant and walks over to the others.

Rick notices a small scratch on her arm. "What happened?" he asked.

Shiva sighs. "A really weird day." And she explains everything that happened, only leaving out the scene at the water fountain.

Later

Murderer! Killer! Beast!

Running. I'm always running. You-I can't trust. I can't be trusted I'll just hurt again. I'm so tired. So, so, tired. I remember how it all began. How it began.

The small girl sighed staring at her reflection. She missed her siblings, but they had been sent away for training. Even her twin had been sent. She would have gone as well but her father had ordered her to stay. Her parents had no time for her though. Her mommy is too busy with her new baby. Another girl. And daddy was busy arguing with Uncle Ansem. She sighed sadly. She heard a Gummi ship take off. She sighed again. 'Looks like Uncle's gone too.' The girl hears her parents calling for her. She goes to the front doors. She sees her parents dressed in their Ceremony Robes. 'What's going on?'

-- Kill, kill, and kill. Tear, rip apart, and bathe in all of the Crimson glory. Burn. Pain. Suffer. Kill, kill, kill, and kill. Beg, grovel. Coat yourself in your Crimson salvation. Anger. Hatred. Betrayal. Make them pay. They are useless. Massacre. Murder. Kill them all. Slit their throats. Rip out their insides.

"No."

Murderer! Monster! Demon! Kill her!

"No stop it!"

Drink from them. Torture them. Crimson. Death. Nothingness. Nothing is meant to exist. Nothing is everything, and everything is nothing. All must end. Why not finish it early for them. Crimson, blood, crimson. Drink it! Savor it! Empty them. Drain them.

"Shut up!"

Demon! Betrayer! Liar! Satin's spawn! None-human! Bitch!

"Please, no."

Stop fighting it. Stop fighting me. Stop fighting yourself. Stop protecting those worthless creatures. Ecstasy. Drink in their hatred. Their anger. Their pain. Their fear. So delicious. Even sweeter at their last drop. More wonderful at their last breath.

"Stop, Shut up! Leave me alone!"

Bastard! Demonic child! Betrayer! Die Demon! Be gone beast! Worthless beast!

"Please stop!"

Worthless human scum. Crawl and beg and suffer and sin. Why protect something so pride less. So spineless. They would give anything to save their own skin. They used you used us. Sacrificed us. Something so Heartless! They used you for themselves. They used you as a sacrifice, as a trade, as a prize. They always do. No exception. Make them pay! Make them suffer!

"No it's... not true. It's..."

Murderer! Monster! Demon! Betrayer! Liar! Bitch! Beast! Satin's spawn! Be gone beast! Kill her! Worthless beast! None-human! Traitor! Demonic child! Die Demon!

"It's not true! It's not true!"

--Normal P.O.V

"It's not true! It's not true!" Shiva shot out of bed sweat soaked and trembling. Gasping for air she tried to calm her racing heart, taking deep shuttering breaths. It took her 20 minutes to realize the silent tears streaming down her face.

'A shattered dream, that's like a far off memory.'

"Do you always wake up like that?"

Shiva snapped around to face the voice at her door. There stood Aysa and another girl. The other just sneers at her then leaves.

"No." Shiva grimaces as her voice cracks. She takes a breath and tries again. "No. Only for about two weeks. I think I'm getting my memory back," she says swiping the tears away.

Aysa nods and sits on the edge of the bed. "And does Rick always go crazy?" She asks with an evil grin.

Shiva smirks. "Rick has developed a crush on me. It's not hard to see."

Aysa nods. "The girl's name was Crimson. She is my... ...well not boss. I guess leader." Shiva nods. "We were about to wake you up anyway. It seems your world is about to disappear. I sent Selate to get both your and Rick's stuff that you left at the school. And seeing how you love that car, we found a way to take it. You get dressed and get your bag. We have to go."

Shiva nods and Aysa leaves. Shiva gets up and puts on the outfit she wore the first day. She then makes sure everything's still in her carrying bag and slings it over her neck. She walks out to see Rick and Aysa.

"Selate, Cloe, and Crimson are already on the Gummi ship, which by the way is called Darkstar." Aysa says.

All three walk out of the house. Just as they step outside, the house explodes. Rick grabs hold of Shiva. All three go flying. Pushing rubble off of themselves they see a huge Heartless where the house was.

'I want to line the pieces up.'

Nobodies and shadows surround them.

"We have to get to the ship!" Aysa shouts.

They take off dodging most of the attacks. Half an hour later they become completely surrounded.

"Damn!" Rick shouts.

Aysa is taking on as many as she can. Shiva watch's her to make sure she's okay. Aysa clears a path and they take off through it. Half way through though Shiva feels herself get pushed. She stumbles. She and Aysa turn. And they see Rick bleeding. Time slows down as he falls and the Nobodies jump for Shiva. At the last moment, Aysa destroys it. Shiva goes over to Rick. She looks him over. 'He won't make it.' Shiva locks eyes with Aysa and shakes her head. Aysa glares and growls turning back around to fight.

"Sh...Shiva?"

Shiva looks down to Rick. Blood running out of his mouth. He grins. She smiles slightly.

"Ha... ...Happy Bir... ...Birthday."

Shiva chuckles dryly and nods. "Yeah."

He smiles. "In...m... ...my...po... ...po... ...poc... ...ck... ...et."

Shiva puts her hand in his pocket and pulls out a Black box with White ribbon. She half smiles.

"Thank you." She says and kisses his bloody lips softly. She feels him gasp and smile, with the last of his strength pushes back then... he's gone. She pulls back and looks down to see a smile on his lips and tears running down his face. Shiva chuckles slightly and looks at the box in her hand, after a few moments she puts it in her pocket. She then stands and looks at him once more.

"Good bye Rick."

Aysa shouts her name and they take off running. They get there to see the Gummi ship surrounded by Heartless and Nobodies. They start running until Shiva suddenly stops.

"Shiva?" Aysa asks hesitantly.

Shiva locks eyes with her.

Aysa sighs and nods."I understand."

Shiva smirks and Aysa smirks back. "You better live." She states.

Shiva nods. "I won't run away anymore. And there's someone here who will make sure I live. He'll take me where I have to go. And I still have to meet that person you mentioned." Shiva says looking at the sky.

Aysa smiles sadly. She then pulls out a second sword and throws it at Shiva. She catches it and smirks. "You need a weapon. I want it back though."

Shiva nods and pulls a necklace that she had hidden from around her neck. It has glass on both sides like a mirror and thick Gold surrounding it. She then tosses it to Aysa. She catches it and looks at the design.

"This is all I have of my past. It will stay the perfect temperature and heat up or cool down if you need it too. It's important to me so i'll need it back. No matter what."

Aysa nods. "How will we recognize each other?" Aysa asks.

Shiva pulls out Rick's gift. She opens it to show a necklace and a pair of earrings. "You keep one of the earrings." She states handing one to Aysa and putting one in.

The earrings are miniature Onyx Egyptian crosses outlined in Sapphires and Rubies. The necklace is an Onyx opal outlined with diamonds and has the cross etched into it. She snaps the pendent in half. At Aysa's astonished look she smirks.

"Enchanted Onyx. When we put the pieces together it will seal as if nothing happened. It can only be done twice though. Then it won't be able to break." She handed a piece to Aysa.

"Give that to who I was going to meet. That way in case I see that person first."

Aysa nodded. "You were a good team mate... ...at least I could have a serious talk with you."

Shiva smirks. "Same here."

They nod.

Shiva takes off clearing a way for the Gummi Ship to take off. Aysa takes off toward the Ship. Shiva turns toward the ship and watches it leave. 'I'm worried for you Aysa.' She smirks and turn's back to the Heartless and Nobodies.

--With the others--

'I'm worried for you Aysa.' Aysa smirks. 'I worry for you as well, Shiva. I worry for you as well.' As soon as there a safe distance from the world a blinding light occurs. When they all open their eyes the world is gone.

--Elsewhere--

A boy in a black cloak is walking down the street; he walks past another cloaked guy with red hair. They have a short conversation and the Sapphire eyed boy leaves. "Roxas...I would miss you." Axel says as he slumps over in a defeated way.

-- As the ship left.--

Shiva paused for a moment, and watched as the ship left, the wind whipping her hair, and blowing heartless away. She smiled faintly as Aysa's thought came to her. 'I worry for you as well, Shiva. I worry for you as well.' She chuckled slightly, and turned back to see Rick's body was now gone. She frowns lightly, but it fades, as a heartless jump's on her back, digging its claws in, and a Nobody slips her legs from under herself. She rolls, over slinging the Heartless off, and slashing her sword through the Nobody. It vanishes in a bit of White smoke. She frowns realizing that there is no way she could defeat all of them.

Suddenly a bright light appears, she looked around to see, and that time seemed to have slowed down. There was now a black hole in the sky and all the Heartless and Nobodies had been sucked in. The hole seemed to lose suction after that. She blinked, and when she looked down, she saw her shadow, had become bigger. She looked in the direction, as it seemed to spread following it with her eyes. Suddenly it reached a spot and a Grey thing appeared on the ground. It was similar to a puddle, with swirls of Black and White, inside. Making it appear more like a warp hole or something.

Shiva's eyes widened as a hand came from it slamming into the ground, causing her to stumble slightly. When she regained her balance, she glanced up to see a huge Grey creature before her.

It was hunched over slightly, although its figure seemed almost human. It had long muscular arms, which ended in sharp claws. Its legs were muscular and bent, yet looked nimble and athletic. Its body was rather straight, yet spikes came from it. It had Black and White symbols on it. Its head almost looked similar to a helmet, yet it had these huge ears, similar to the heartless, the others had called Shadows. From its back, however, were Dark Purple wings. One side was leather like, similar to a demons, the other had feathers, like an angels.

She jumped back as the hand came slamming down near her, the ground around it turning into the grey matter that it had formed from. Out of it came a heartless, which looked like a taller more muscular version of a Shadow. Although it's hands and feet ended the same as a dusk's. It charged at her, and she jumped over the slide dodge. She slashed at it twice, before sliding sideways to avoid its front attack. She brought the sword horizontally and watched as it faded into a Grey mist half of a heat fading after. She frowned slightly wondering why it held only half a heart.

The bigger creature brought itself to her attention, by slashing at her; she dodged but was caught on the shoulder. She frowned and brought the sword vertically downward; slashing at its hand then did a few more slashes, after changing back to horizontally. It pulled back and seemed to roar in anger. It attacked with both hands, and did some sliding motions catching her off guard; a few more slices joined her shoulders. She eventually jumped on the creature's head and attacked it; she jumped into the air as it through its head back in anger. She then jumped on its back, stabbing it, before slashing at its head once more. She was thrown into the air, the creature coming after her. She ducked under its arms and slashed at its face. She then sent a powerful thrust horizontally.

The creature fell to the ground and so did she. She landed harshly on her back, but jumped back up, attacking as many times as she could, she did a final vertical slash, followed by a spinning horizontal. The creature stood back up, slamming its hand back into the ground once more. A few more of those creatures appearing. She finished them off, and redid the strategy she had done a few moments ago. (Yes, I got it from Roxas's fight, but I changed it around so it was my own… So… No law suit! )

After redoing it three more times, she jumped after it as it stood back up from the ground. She used her weight and herself and the sword and her momentum, to spin in the air head over feet. She brought a foot down smashing it into the creatures head, and finished the spin my bringing the sword down as well. As it slashed through the creatures head, time slowed down even more. As she spun one, last time. A Gold glow surrounds the creature.

She landed on her feet, as it shook its head in anger and agony. Suddenly it erupted in Grey smoke, with Gold streaks. Shiva sighed, but it was sucked from her lungs, when she found Darkness crawling up her legs. She was able to kick it off, but it returned. She frowned trying harder. She reached out her hand to grab onto something, so she could pull herself out when her hand was grabbed. The Darkness vanished. She blinks tiredly and looked at Jay, who held her hand. He pulled her to himself, as she felt her consciousness drift away. The last thing she noticed was they were being sucked into the hole and a blinding flash of light.