Sora: Hi everyone!
WWEGirl: Welcome back to Kingdom Hearts: The Immortal Saga: Book One!
Riku: Well it seems like you two aren't trying to kill each other anymore.
Sora: Oh, yeah we're fine now. I got her back.
WWEGirl: *glares at Sora* Yes you did. Now can you please just do the disclaimer?
Sora: Can I tell them what I did first?
WWEGirl: No. Chance. In. Hell.
Sora: Ok then. I'll just tell them. Well I placed plastic wrap on her door and covered it in ketchup and mustard. Then I called her out of her room and she got caught in it fell to the floor covered in the ketchup and mustard. *falls on the floor laughing*
WWEGirl: This actually happened. (In real life. My brother did it to me on Christmas Morning.) *Sighs* Riku can you do the dis- *Sees Riku also on the floor laughing* Well, guess I'm going to have to the disclaimer. I, JohnCenaWWEGirl, do not own any of the Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Disney or any other game characters, plots, or abilities that are in my story. I only own my OC's and the plot for my story. Ok there are a few things that you might want to know. Zarya Michiko (Will be explained later on) is pounced Zar-ya and last name is pounced Mi-chi-ok. NOW ON TO CHAPTER TWO! Which is called…..
Return of a Guardian: Part I
As Sora came into view of the Gummi Ship he could see Riku, Mickey and Kairi waiting by the entrance of the ship. His face reddened slightly as he saw the sunlight hit Kairi, making her seem more beautiful. Sora sighed to himself.
'Why can't I just tell her how I feel?' he thought to himself as he continued walking, picking up his speed a little.
'Because, you're too scared of her saying she doesn't feel the same way.' said a voice, not his own, suddenly. The suddenness of the voice startled Sora a bit before he recognized it.
'Damn it Roxas! You scared me.' said Sora, mad that his Nobody would do that to him.
Roxas laughed. 'Hey you should know that I'm here. I've been able to talk to you ever since you got back.' And this was true. Somehow Roxas was able to talk to Sora, he could even appear for short amounts of time, but only he and Sora knew about this.
'I know, but I'm not quite used to you popping up in my thoughts. And I am not scared of her saying that! I j-just don't know what to say and when to say it.' Sora tried to reason; however, Roxas wasn't buying it.
'Yeah right. You're just scared! Just tell her! You and I both know she will say yes!' Roxas resorted. Sora was quite for a few moments.
'Roxas?' Sora finally said.
'Yeah?'
'Shut up.' With that Sora ignored anything Roxas said after that, knowing he was most likely pissed at him. As he looked around he say that he was just few steps away from the ship and his friends.
"Well, look who showed up." said Riku as he saw Sora approaching.
"Ha, ha, ha. Very funny." Sora said as he stopped in front of his friends.
"Is everyone ready to go?" Mickey asked as he looked at the trio of friends. They all nodded. "Great. Sora, I have a surprise for you. It's in the ship, so come on!" With that Mickey walked on to the large Gummi Ship. Sora stood there, curious about the surprise that awaited him.
"Well, are you going to stand there all day or what? Lazy bum." Kairi said, starling Sora from his thoughts.
Sora smiled and walked into the ship. Riku just shook his head and smirked at his friends. 'Will they tell each other their feelings or will it always be like this?' He followed behind Sora, closing the loading ramp on his way in. As he and Sora entered the Gummi Ship they saw how huge it was on the inside. It had about eight seats toward the back of the ship; the main controls were in the front and off to the side with a few seats in front of them also. The thing that surprised Sora the most were the two people or animals (1), coming straight for him.
"SORA!" shouted the two as they tackled him. Sora laughed as they fell to the floor, glad to be able to see his friends again.
"Donald! Goofy!" Sora said as they had a group hug. "It's great to see you guys!" When they finally let go of Sora, he saw something else that surprised him. When Donald and Goofy had jumped on him, they had also taken Riku down with them. As Sora sat up he looked at Riku, smiled sheepishly and started to rub his neck. "Sorry?" Riku rolled his eyes and smiled, and then he pushed Sora off of him and stood up.
"You should be." Riku said playfully, as he offered his hand to Sora, who took it, and pulled him off the ground. Sora brushed himself off and smiled at Riku. "So we're going to Traverse Town first?"
"Yep!" replied Mickey while he was fixing some of the controls. "There have been some heartless readings there as of late. I should show guys how to work this." Mickey waved them over to the machine to his right. "This right here we like to call 'The Darkness Monitor'. It shows us where the big trouble spots are at." he explained. It was a small 4-by- 8 box sitting on a pedestal, with a small projector that could so a virtual diagram of any given world. He zoomed in on Traverse Town and his eyes went wide in shock. "That can't be possible!"
"Your Majesty, what wrong?" asked Sora, who was uneasy about what he was seeing. The virtual Travers Town was partially covered with darkness.
"The last time I checked this, which was about two hours ago, it only covered about 5% of the town. But now it's covering half of the town." he explained. Riku and Sora looked at each other, floored by what they had heard. Usually it takes the hearts at least a day to get that far, but move so quickly in only 2 hours? It doesn't seem possible. Kairi was still slightly confused by what that meant. She voiced this out to the rest of the group.
"Welp, Kairi what this means is that the heartless are spreading faster than normal and I think I know why. They have a strong leader, someone telling them what to do or what to look for and is able to produce large amount of them quickly."
"That means we have to get there as fast as we can." said Donald as he set the quickest course to Traverse Town. Mickey nodded at his words and then turned back to the rest of the group.
"Goofy, you can help Donald, while I show them the rest of the ship." Goofy nodded and smiled at his friend and went over to where Donald was at, seeing if he could help in anyway. "Alright guys, I'll show you where your rooms are." With that Mickey headed down the hallway on the left side of the large ship, the three friends were surprised that none of them had notice this. They followed the mouse king as he showed them to their rooms. Riku and Sora shared a room while Kairi had one to herself, seeing as she was the only girl on the ship. Her room had one bed in it and the walls were panted the same pink as her bedroom on the islands. Most of her furniture was white, but her bed spread was a slightly brighter pink then the walls. She had a desk, a dresser, a mirror, and also a small couch.
As for Riku's and Sora's, well it wasn't pink, that for sure. The walls were panted a blue that match the waters of Destiny Islands. There were two beds both white but one was a soft blue bed spread and the other a dark red. There were also two dressers, two desks, but only one mirror and a larger couch.
"Wow, this sure is nice." said Sora as he placed his bag on the bed with the soft blue cover.
"Yeah, it sure is. There's enough room for all of our stuff." said Riku as he placed his bag on the other bed. They both started to unpack. Soon Donald's voice came over the announcing system.
"Can everyone please on to the main part of the ship? We are getting ready for takeoff." With that the system shut off. Sora looked at Riku, who having heard the heard the announcement also (2), had abandoned putting his things away and looked at Sora.
"Well, I guess unpacking will have to wait. We better head that way." said Riku as he headed to the door. Sora nodded.
"I guess your-"suddenly, Sora felt a sharp pain go through his heart, making him stop short, and it wouldn't stop. Sora let out a sharp grasp, falling to his knees as the pain grew. Riku, hearing his friend stop and gasped turned to see what had happened. His eyes widened in shock in seeing his friend kneeling on the ground in pain.
"Sora!" he said worriedly as he ran over to his friend. "Sora, what's wrong? What happened?" Sora looked up at Riku, his blue eyes showing the pain he was feeling.
"I-I don't-t know..." he said quietly. "The p-pain it just-t came o-out of nowher-re." Sora winced and brought his hands up to his chest as the pain grew worse. He started to sway, almost falling over but Riku placed a hand on his shoulder to steady him. As soon as Riku touched him, the same pain attacked his heart. He slid to his knees, the pain at the same intensity Sora was feeling.
'What's happening?' both boys questioned. Suddenly the pain grew so bad that it caused both of them to pass out from how extreme it was. Just as they both hit the floor Mickey opened the door to see what was taking them so long. As he walked in he saw both boys unconscious. He gasped and ran over to them and looked to see what had happened.
"Oh no! Sora, Riku wake up." he said quickly, trying to get them to come to. He got nothing from the two.
"Your Majesty, is there something wrong?" Kairi asked as she came into the room, having heard Mickey's shout. Once she saw her friends on the ground, her curiosity went away and worry replaced it. She quickly rushed to their sides. "What happened?"
"I don't know. They were like this when I came in. Kairi, I need you stay here while I get Goofy. We're going to move them to the infirmary." Mickey said as he walked to the door. Kairi nodded. She watched as Mickey sprinted out of the room, she looked down at her friends.
'We just started our adventure and you two are already in trouble.' Unknown to her and the rest of people on board the ship, Sora and Riku where feeling the pain of someone that would become very important to them, oh so very soon.
Sora and Riku's Vision
It seemed as they fell to the ground, that they also fell into a vision. As they opened their eyes they found themselves in a dark, stoned alley. There were a few shops that seemed to come out of the walls. Both looked around for a few moments before the heard what sounded like a roar coming from behind them. They both turned around and at first they only saw the huge heartless coming their way, but then they saw the thing or someone it was chasing. It was the girl; the very same one, just more beat up from when he last saw her, that Sora had seen in his dream. His eyes widened, seeing how badly she was now beaten up.
She had large gashes on her sides and thighs; she was bleeding from a large scratch just over her right eye, causing blood to roll down her face. She had scratches and bruises all over her body. But even if her injures were more severe than when he had last seen her, she still had her keyblade tight in her grip.
"Riku… that's her." he said quietly. Riku understood, even if it was so short, what he had meant. This is the girl that his dream had been about. Riku nodded. Riku looked back at the girl and realized she was about to run into them, as if they weren't even there.
"Wait! Stop!" he yelled, try to make her stop so they could help her, but she didn't stop. Both boys started to try and stop her but just as it seemed she would slam right into them, she passed right through them. Both boys were shocked.
"S-she passed right through us?" Sora questioned. They were quite for a while, looking over themselves. They realized that they were almost transparent, like they were ghost.
"Sora," Riku said, getting Sora's attention. "I don't think we're really here. I think we're watching what's happening to her." Sora thought this over for a few moments before he finally said something.
"Let's follow her. Maybe we can find out where we are, so when we wake up, we can find her."
Riku nodded. "That's a pretty good plan. Really good if it's coming from you." He smirked at the end, wanting to see if Sora would catch on. Sora smiled at his silver hair friend.
"Tha- Hey wait a minute!" Sora said a little upset by what his friend had said. Riku shook his head, smiling.
"Come on. We better catch up to her." With that he took off in the direction the girl had gone. Sora just smiled, forgetting what was said, and took off after his friend. When he caught up, it wasn't much farther from where he had come from. Riku had stopped next to the girl, who was leaning up against a wall, and was looking her over. Now that she had stopped, Sora was able to get a chance to see what she looked like. She was about Riku's age, but was probably a head shorter than him; she had long blond hair that was dirty with her own blood and sweat. Her eyes, he realized, were almost as blue as his own. She looked extremely fit for someone her age. Her clothes were torn and ruined but he could tell that they were supposed to be a pair of skinny jeans and a blue tank top. The large gashes looked somewhat old but were still bleeding slightly. Her Keyblade was by her side. It had a royal blue handle, with gold wings carved into it. The shaft was just like the Kingdom Key, except the teeth were more pointed. She looked like she was about to fall over, Sora wouldn't blame her if she did. The more he looked at her the more it felt like that he had seen her somewhere else besides his dreams.
"Damn it! I wish we could help her now!" Riku said, clenching his hands. "She won't last much longer like this." As he looked at her, he was feeling the same thing Sora was. He thought they had met before, but couldn't figure out where. It was almost like a lost memory. He could also feel the pull on his heart become harder as if it wanted to be with the girl as well.
Sora looked at his friend; he was also angry they could only watch, unable help her. "Hopefully we can find out where we are soon. Then we just need to wake up and get here." Just as he had finished speaking, another roar bellowed through the air. The girl's head snapped up in the direction it had come from, pushed herself off the wall and headed away from it.
"Just need to find some place safe…" she said to herself, as she ran. Riku and Sora weren't that far behind her. Soon they all came to the end of the alley, and ran into some sort of market. It was full of people… and heartless. Riku and Sora were shocked, but for different reasons. Sora had finally realized where they were at. They were in Traverse Town, the same place he and his friends were heading. Riku was shocked that his many people were being attacked and it looked like many would not survive. All three teenagers heard a voice of a man that was running from the horrid creatures.
"What are the heartless doing back here?" he exclaimed. "I thought they were gone for good!" Just as he finished speaking, the heartless chasing him, attacked and took his heart for themselves. The blonde girl gasped in surprise, which quickly changed to anger at what these creatures were doing.
They looked at the girl. She had anger written all over her face. Just as she was about to try and help the defenseless people, a voice came from the shadows.
"Well, well, well. Look what I found here. The little prisoner that escaped. How you did it I will never know but it's time to come back now… Zarya." The blonde slowly turned around just as the owner of the voice came out of the shadows. He had what looked like an Organization XIII coat on, but instead of it being black, it was white. He had the hood of the long coat on, not allowing any one to see his face. The girl, now known as Zarya, glared at him, and then spoke.
"Who are you? Where am I? Are you the one causing these 'heartless' to attack these innocent people?" she asked, her eyes never leaving the man.
"You don't need to know any of that," he said, moving toward Zarya slightly. "Now, come with me and won't get hurt. Well, more hurt then you already are." The man took another step toward her. Zarya saw this and backed away slightly, dropping into a defensive position.
"There is no way in hell I'm going with you." she growled at the man. She aimed her Keyblade him. "Thundga!" The attack came quickly and went right at the man, who just stood there, letting it hit him. The power of the attack caused dust from the street to fly in the air, blinding Sora's and Riku's vision for a few moments. Once the dust had cleared, they looked toward were they thought Zarya and the man would be, but only the man had remained. Both were looking for the blonde haired girl when they heard the man chuckle.
"She wants to try and make is hard, huh? Well, at least I'll get some fun out of it." he said quietly. He turned slightly toward the large group of creatures. "Heartless! Look for the young girl with the Keyblade! She couldn't have gotten far. When you find her, do not steal her heart! Bring her to me. Now go, find her!" With that, the two of them watched as the heartless spread out and the mysterious man disappeared. Sora and Riku just stood there, not knowing what to do.
"I know where we are at." Sora said, finally breaking the silence. "This is Traverse Town." Riku looked at him.
"Are you sure?" he asked. Sora nodded. "Well, that one mystery solved. But where did she go?" As if it was an answer, a bright light suddenly appeared and clouded their vision. As the light went way and they could see again. They were no longer in the market, but in another alley.
"How did we get here?" asked Sora. Riku shrugged his shoulders. Suddenly the silence that had come over them was broken by the sound of metal hitting stone. It seemed like that bright light had lead them back to who they were looking for. It was Zarya, she had crashed into what looked like trash cans and collapsed on to the ground, her keyblade still by her side. She didn't make any attempt to get up, as if the pain had finally gotten to her. They walked over to her, worried that she might have lost consciousness. Just as they made it to her side, she started to move and get up. She used her Keyblade as crutch to hold herself up. She was leaning back against the wall, trying to use the shadows to her advantage. She was breathing heavily, her head hung low, letting her hair cover her face. Suddenly the scene in front of them stopped, as if someone had it a pause button.
'You must save her…' said the soft voice of woman. It sounded like it was coming from every direction, but they couldn't find the person.
"Who's there?" Sora asked looking around.
'She is the last of her kind. She is a Guardian of Keyblade Masters. She is someone that will help both you... She is your Guardian.' The voice seemed to echo at the end, fading way slowly. Both stood in shock over what they had heard. But they didn't have time to think it over because they realized that the frozen scene in front of them was starting again, but it was fading away also. Sora looked at Zarya, worried that they wouldn't be able to help her like the voice had instructed. An idea popped into his head. He knew it was crazy to try, but it was all he could think of in a short amount of time.
"We will come back for you!" Sora shouted quickly, hoping that she may be able to hear him. Riku looked at him like he was crazy. They weren't really there; both he and Sora knew this, so Zarya wouldn't be able to hear them. But sure enough, to their surprise, she raised her head to look where they were standing, letting them see her eyes. Through the pain, there was look of hope and joy. Knowing that she had heard his best friend, Riku also yelled at her, hoping she would hear him too.
"You have to hold on just a little longer! We will be there soon." he told her. She nodded her head, showing that she had heard them.
"I'll wait for you. But… please hurry." she said quietly. Just as she was about to fade away they said one last thing to her.
"We will!" With that, she faded away and they woke up.
On the Gummi Ship (During Sora's and Riku's Vision)
After Mickey returned with Goofy, they moved the two into the infirmary to see if they could find out what was wrong with them. But after looking over them, they couldn't figure out what was wrong so they let them rest.
Mickey walked out of the infirmary while Kairi and Goofy stayed by their sides and they weren't about to leave them either. Mickey understood, and wished he could stay, seeing as the all had practically become one big family, but he had to check on Donald and see how long it would take them to get to Traverse Town.
"Donald," he said, as he walked in to the cockpit, getting his duck friend attention. "How long until we get to Traverse Town?"
"Well, I found the fastest way there," he said, his voice its normal, raspy tone, "but it will probably be another hour and a half till we get there…" it seemed like he like he let the end fade, letting Mickey think over it before he asked what was on really his mind. "Mickey? Are they alright?" Mickey sighed, knowing the 'they' he meant.
"It's seems like it. They have no wounds, so they weren't attacked. It seems like they just collapsed. Right now their resting. Hopefully they will wake up soon." Mickey smiled at his longtime friend, trying to reassure him the best he could. Donald returned the smile back before turning back to the controls. Mickey took a seat in one of the many empty seats and closed his eyes, trying to rest just a little. He let out a small sigh, letting himself relax, if only a little.
'What have you two gotten yourselves into? We haven't even started our adventure yet and you are already in danger!' Mickey thought to himself. He sat there for a half an hour, just thinking to himself. He was so relaxed that he had completely missed hearing Goofy running into the room.
"Donald! Mickey! Their waking up!" Goofy shouted as he came to a stop in the room. Mickey was startled so bad he practically fell out of his chair. Donald had also be shocked by his dog friend's entrance that he jumped about three feet in the air and squawked loudly. He turned to Goofy and walked over to him and hit him in the head with this staff, which had appeared suddenly.
"What was that for?" Donald questioned angrily.
"Sora and Riku are waking up!" Donald's eyes widened, finally realizing what that meant. Before either of them could turn around and head to the infirmary, Mickey was up and running to it first.
"Wait for us, Your Majesty!" Goofy and Donald exclaimed, running after the mouse king. Just as he made it into the room, both Sora and Riku woke up. They bolted straight up into a sitting position, breathing heavily and slowly looked at each other.
"Sora! Riku, you're alright." said Kairi, happy both of her friends were ok. "You scared all of us." Sora looked at her and gave her a small smile. It was silent in the room, waiting for the boys to get their breath back to speak. Riku looked at Mickey.
"Mickey, how much longer till we're at Traverse Town?" he asked, getting straight to the point as he slowly made it out of the bed he was in. Mickey was just about to answer when Donald spoke for him. Mickey hadn't even heard him and Goofy come in.
"We're about an hour away." he said.
"How long have we been out?" Sora asked, also getting out of the bed he was in.
"Well, it's probably been an hour." Mickey said. "What happened to you guys? I found you unconscious on your bedroom floor." Sora and Riku looked at each other, wondering if they should tell them about the dream or not. Riku was the first to speak.
"We need to get to Traverse Town as fast as we can. There is someone there who needs our help." Mickey looked at him, confused at what he was saying.
"Riku what do you mean there is someone needs our help?" he asked.
"I think we need to start at the beginning." Sora said. Riku nodded at him. At that they started from the very start of their shared dream till the very end. As they explained everything they felt like they had forgotten something.
"Do you guys know her name?" Kairi asked.
"We did, but I can't remember it. Can you Riku?" Sora said.
"No I can't. That's wired."
"Well now that we know all this we need to get to Travers Town and fast." said Mickey. He looked serious, as if he was thinking about something. Everyone nodded and headed out of the room besides Mickey.
'This girl… She sounds so familiar. Have I met her before? And who is this guy in an Organization XIII coat? So many different questions but so little answers.' With that he also headed out of the room, waiting to land and help this girl.
Zarya's POV…
As soon as the dust was in the air I ran as fast as could. I made it to an alley and turned a corner and ran right into some trash cans. I fell to the ground, my whole body in pain. I just lay there; it hurt to move, to breathe even. I didn't want to get up; I just wanted all this to end. To be able to go back home, to Aqua, Terra, and Master Eraqus. I wanted to see my brother Ven again. But right now I need to get over myself. I need to get up and get away from this mad man and his creatures. I slowly pushed myself up using my Keyblade for help. As I straightened up I fell back against the wall, using it for support. I just let my head hang, trying to build up my strength. Suddenly I heard a voice in front of me.
"We will be back for you!" It sound young but had a tone to it that made it sound a little older, like a teenager. I raised my head a little to see if there was someone in front of me. There was, actually there were two people. Both were teenagers but one had brown spiky hair that went in different directions and bright blue eyes and the other had long silver hair with turquoise eyes. It was almost as if they weren't there but I had a feeling that I wasn't imaging this. I felt hope and joy rise in me, as if I knew them as good friends but it seemed like this was our first meeting.
"You have to hold on just a little longer!" The silver haired boy said. "We will be there soon!" I nodded at them, letting them know I had heard them. Before I even knew what I was doing I replied to them.
"I'll wait for you. But… please hurry." I don't know why I said this, but I felt like I could trust these two with my life. Just as they were almost gone from my sight they said one a last thing.
"We will!" With that they were gone. I stayed there for a few moments before I started to stand with a renewed will. It seemed as if the words the two boys had said to me gave me the strength to go on. As I got to my feet I could see the heartless looking around, most likely looking for me. Well I will save them the trouble of looking then. I pushed myself off the wall and walked to the end of the alley. There weren't many, just about twenty or thirty but in my state it would be a little harder to fight them but I would do it.
"Hey Heartless!" I shouted. They all focused on me. "Come and get me." With that I ran to the group and impaled a heartless close to me. After that they all came at me. Well I just got myself into trouble didn't I? Those two better get here soon.
With the Group…
Everyone was tense. They all wanted to get to Traverse Town to find the girl but it seemed like it would take forever. Sora was alone in a small area where you could see out in to the open space. He looked out to the stars that were moving by them. He had lost himself in his own thoughts not listening to anything else around him so he didn't notice Kairi standing in the doorway, looking at him.
Suddenly, Kairi heard a voice in her head.
'You should tell him.' (3) Kairi knew who it was talking to her.
'Oh Namine! You scared me. I should tell him what?' Namine giggled a little, confusing Kairi.
'That you like him, silly.' Kairi was at a loss for words, but Namine started talking before she could. 'Don't deny that you like him. I can feel your emotions for him all the time.'
'I know, but what if he doesn't feel the same way? It would ruin our friendship!'
Namine sighed, is Kairi really as blind as Sora during this? She thought to herself. 'Kairi, he feels the same way you do. He always has. I should know.'
'Really? Wait how do you know?'
'Oh never mind. Go talk to him. Roxas is worried.'
'Alright I will talk to him. How can you talk to Roxas?'
'It's because of your connection to Sora. Now go.' With that Namine cut off their talk, for now. Kairi sighed quietly and walked toward Sora. Even as she made it to his side he still hadn't noticed her. Kairi place her hand on his shoulder, which bought him out of his thoughts.
"Kairi? Sorry, I didn't hear you come in." he said looking at her, a smile on his face. But it didn't seem like it was genuine.
"Sora, are you alright?" Kairi asked seeing that something was wrong with her best friend. Sora sighed and looked down at the floor.
"I'm just worried, I guess. This girl we are supposed to save is in trouble and I can't do anything to help her." he said, his voice full of sadness. "She's one of the people that I need to save but I'm stuck here and she's alone facing against some weird guy in a white Organization XIII suit."
"Sora, we will get there soon. She will be just fine."
"I hope so. That warning that voice gave us… About her being mine and Riku's Guardian… it seems like there is a bigger connection to her than what I have now."
"Well figure everything out when the time comes." Kairi said, trying to calm Sora down. "You can't face this on your own. She has a connection to not only you but Riku. Talk to him about and maybe you guys can figure out her name together." Before Sora could reply to her Donald's voice was heard.
'Everyone to the cockpit! We are starting to land in Traverse Town!'
Sora looked at Kairi, his true smile coming to his face.
"Come on!" He grabbed her hand and they flew out of the room together. They made it to the cockpit in record time. When they came to a stop they were both still holding hands. Riku noticed and smiled at them. Sora saw this and looked down at Kairi and his hands still intertwined together. His face turned as red as Kairi's in less than 10 seconds and Kairi and everyone else noticed to. Kairi looked down and saw what Riku was smiling at and quickly let go of his hand but her face still turned the same color as Sora's. Everyone just smiled at them before they turned back to what they were doing. No one talked while they were landing; they were all worried about what they would find once they were out of the ship. Once they had landed in a safe part of Second District, they all hurried out if the ship and toward the main part of town. They were shocked to see what was there.
Nothing. Nothing at all.
The whole square was completely empty of people and heartless. Then suddenly a man came running from one of the dark allies.
"Hey!" shouted Sora, trying to get the man to stop and that's exactly what happened. The man stopped and turned toward them. The group ran up to him. "What's going on around here?"
The man was still slightly out of breath but was able to talk. "There's a huge hoard of heartless! There attacking someone but she's putting up a good fight. I tried to help but she just told me to get to safety."
Riku and Sora looked at each other.
"That's got to be her." said Riku. He looked back at the man. "She's right. You should get to safety. We'll go help her." The man gave him a skeptical look but shrugged at him.
"I don't know how you will help her but you don't need to tell me twice." With that the man ran off into one of the buildings for safety. The large group then headed toward the alley that the man had come from. Just as they entered it, Riku noticed something that shouldn't have been there. Blood. He stopped.
"Guys… We have a problem." They all stopped and looked at him.
"What do you mean Riku?" asked Mickey. Riku kneeled down and looked at the ground.
"There's a trail of blood. I think she hurt worse from when we last saw her." Mickey and Sora's eyes went wide while the rest gasped in shocked. Sora was the first to get over it.
"Then let's go save her." His eyes were filled with determination. Everyone nodded and took off running deeper into the dark alley, following the trail of blood.
Zarya's POV…
'Dang these heartless won't stop coming.' I thought to myself as I cut threw one of the larger heartless. It had gotten a lot darker from when I had first started fighting making harder to find and fight the heartless. They had gotten a couple of hits on me but not enough to take me down. But I could feel my body could not hold much longer. I knew I had lost a lot of blood and that wasn't helping me at all. I was just hoping time would be on my side this time.
"Finally, I found you, Zarya Michiko." I turned around quickly and saw him. The man that was after me. Dang, I was hoping to avoid him for as long as I could.
"Heartless restrain her." Suddenly these black tentacles shot out from the darkness around me and wrapped around my arms and pulled them behind me. Another hit the back of my knees which caused me to crash to the ground. I screamed in pain as wounds that had started to close have been reopened and bleeding once again. I tried to get up again but it seemed as if the darkness was making my body weigh a ton. "Very good. I wouldn't try and get up Zarya. Because of your… weakened condition the darkness will keep you restrained." I looked at him he came closer, coming out of the shadows.
"What do you want from me?" I asked as he came to a stop a few feet in front of me. "I have never met you before now. I don't even know what's going on or even where I am!" I yelled in frustration. The man just started to chuckle at me. This just made my anger start to rise even faster.
"We've never met before? So you don't remember your old friend?" I watched as he pulled his hood off revealing someone that I thought I would never see again. I was speechless and shocked all rolled into one.
"Tai? Is that really you?" He looked the same from the last time I had seen him. His short black hair, simple features, boyish smirk and deep, dark purple eyes. But they didn't hold the kindness that I once knew. Now, they only hold an evil hatred. His smiling face turned hard and uncaring. Suddenly, so sudden that I didn't even see him move, he reached out and grabbed me around my neck, choking me.
"He died a long time ago. Back then, he was a weak man, sacrificing himself to save… you." He squeezed harder, entirely cutting air from me. I tried to bring my hands to my neck, hoping to try and free myself. But I quickly realized that I couldn't move. I could feel myself start to fade quickly and it seemed like Tai noticed to. He finally let me free, letting much needed air come back to me.
"It's Ixta now."
"Fine." I said once my breathing was back to where I needed to be. "But what do you want from me then, Ixta?" His smirk at me again. I used to love that smirk, but now it just didn't seem right. It wasn't the smirk of the boy I once knew; it now was one of an evil man.
"Oh, it's not just me. The Shadow doesn't need the only surviving Guardian to find the Keyblade Masters she needs to protect, now do we?" My eyes were wide in shock. I never, never told him or anybody about the whole Guardian thing besides Ven and Master Eraqus. I quickly came from being shocked to totally pissed.
"How in the hell do you know that?" I said, my anger rising quickly. He just shook his head at me, his smirk still present. "Answer me!" I pulled as hard as I could to free myself, wanting to wipe that smirk off his face. Soon enough there was a blade aimed right at my throat, halting my actions.
"That's right, you didn't even know then... But let's just say breaking you master took forever, but after telling him that you and your friends had died, it was like taking candy from a baby."
It felt like someone had sent ice all through my body. I couldn't believe that they actually broke Eraqus. The one person that I truly trusted. I felt my tears start to run down my face.
"Oh don't cry, Mich. You'll be joining him soon enough."
'Be joining him soon?'
No… NO! He can't mean that Master Eraqus… It took all my will power not to start crying again right then and there.
"My master want me to bring you in alive, but it seems that I will have to disobey him this one time." His face softened, showing me the real Tai. Not the evil or hatred that Ixta had. Just the boy that I fallen in love with. "Goodbye, Zarya. If only things were different." With that he raised his sword above my head, preparing for the final strike. I closed my eyes and let my head fall, not wanting to see my end coming. I saw all my friends, my master and Ven. Then the two boys that had told me to wait for them came to me. I suddenly realized we had met before. Sora and Riku. But they were so much younger when Ven and I met them.
'I'm sorry I couldn't hold on for you two.'
I waited for the blade but it never reached me, instead in was stopped by someone I haven't seen in what felt like days.
"Mickey?"
End Chapter 2
WWEGirl: Sorry for such the long wait for this one! I will try to update more but my life is crazy right now. So I hope you like this chapter, because it haunted me for such a long time. I could not figure out how I wanted it to go, how to bring Zarya closer to Riku and Sora, the identity of the mysterious man or now known as Tai or Ixta, and yes I got that name from digimon.
1) I don't what they are so I just put that there.
2) Duh!
3) The same thing that happens with Sora and Roxas happened with Kairi and Namine.
Well I hope you all enjoyed that, I will have the next one out as quick as I can and sorry for the cliffhanger!
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