A/N: And here comes the Kingdom Hearts portion!
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Chapter Three: The Boy With The Blindfold
This was a strange world. It was much different from the other worlds he had ever visited. The buildings soared overhead, and numerous cars raced by. Not too many people took notice of the young boy who easily weaved through them, wearing a black trench coat. His silver-purplish hair fell in his face, nearly hiding his blindfold from view.
The hustle and bustle was too much for the boy, however, and he ducked into a Gordy Park for a moment of peace.
"I don't think I'll find anything here that will help him," he said softly to himself. Despite his mostly calm exterior, his hand still curled into a fist.
Suddenly, something caught his attention. His head snapped up, and he turned towards a couple.
The man was… questionable at best. He wore a black dress shirt and white tie under an orange jacket that was covered in pink hearts with arrows. His brown hair stood straight, nearly knocking the dark pink barrette off of his head, and a small tuft of hair on his chin completed his look.
In his arms was a beautiful woman with long, wavy blond hair, and a slim figure. She had a frown, though, as the two seemed to be arguing, despite his pleading and holding her.
That's not what caught the boy's attention. Instead, the twitching, moving shadow behind the woman did.
"No!" he growled, rushing forward.
He wasn't fast enough.
The shadow suddenly lunged forward, landed on the woman's back, then vanished, all in the blink of an eye. The woman gasped in surprise, before suddenly turning into black smoke, vanishing.
"Whoa!" the man gasped, jumping back, his eyes wide. People started screaming, and someone jumped on the man, who looked like he was in shock. The boy cursed and chased after the shadow, only for its presence to quickly vanish.
With a deep sigh, he turned back to the center of the park, only to spot the man from earlier in handcuffs and being restrained by a bigger man, in a green trench coat.
Curiously, he moved closer.
"Larry Butz, you are under arrest for the murder of your girlfriend, Lucy Hart," the bigger man said.
"But I didn't do it! Oh god, my life is over!" the man, Larry, wailed. The boy ran closer.
"Excuse me," he said. The big man looked over.
"Yeah, kid?" he asked.
"Lucy Hart. Was that the woman who… turned into smoke?" he asked.
"OH MY SWEET, PRECIOUS LUCY!" Larry sobbed.
"Unfortunately, kid. Wait, did you witness it?" he asked, his breathing picking up in excitement.
"Er, yeah. I… something jump on her back, then run into the woods. I chased it, but it got away," the boy explained.
"Oh… really?"
"You mean you know I didn't do it? Can you go get my buddy, Nick to defend me?" Larry pleaded, leaning towards the boy.
"Ah… excuse me?" the boy asked, crossing his arms and tipping his head slightly to the side, confused.
"He means in court. He has a friend who's a Defense Attorney at the Wright Anything Agency. And, I guess, if anything, you'd be the defense's witness, even if we have video footage of the crime…" the man trailed off, before shrugging, passing the sobbing Larry to another officer to put in a car. "I'll contact his attorney. Let me get your name and address, in case the attorney needs to talk to you," he said.
"Riku. I was just passing through," the boy said, crossing his arms.
"Okay, Riku. I'm Detective Gumshoe. You got a last name, pal?"
"Hikaru," he said. Gumshoe nodded, writing that down.
"Alright! Hm… well, I guess the police can set you up in the Gatewater Hotel while we deal with this case. How's that sound?"
"Alright? I guess?" Riku replied. (At least this will give me time to take out that heartless, if anything. I… can't let that guy take the blame for something the heartless did. It's not right.)
Riku looked away slightly, putting a hand over his heart in surprise.
(Heh. Wow. Even asleep, it seems like you're rubbing off on me, Sora…)
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A/N: Riku! Gumshoe! LARRY! Larry really needs to stop dating. He has Maggey's luck when it comes to dating…