Chapter 3: Death To Our Hearts

Ever since the Keyblade incident, Ienzo never acted the same. He got into Dark Magic, cursing every poor animal he caught. I would look on in horror sometimes, but other times I would run away. Then there was one day that Ienzo walked up to me and asked me to promise him something...

"Riku, promise me that you'll never forget me and that when we are older I will be your first!" he had said. I didn't understand what exactly he meant at the time, so of course I agreed. Ienzo smiled at me... And kissed me. I was surprised by this sudden gesture. I remember pushing him away and running out of the house, appalled that I had actually enjoyed the kiss.

Zexion had seen what had happened apparently and confronted me about an hour later. "He kissed you. Why'd you run away?"

"I... I enjoyed the kiss. Why did he...?" I couldn't even finish the question.

"When he kissed you, he binded your promise to him. It's like the pinky promise thing... Do you really want him to be your first?"

"No... Not really..."

"Yet you promised him that. The only way out of a promise like this is death."

"You mean I have to kill him?"

"Yes. That's the only way out of it... You saw how much damage that key-sword thing did to him. It only does that magnitude of damage to Evil with a capital E. Would you kill him?"

"Y-yes...?" I was in tears at this point. I didn't want to kill my friend... Who would? It's just... I don't know. Inhumane? Yes... That's it.

Zexion hugged me and wiped away my tears. "You know this has to be done right?" I remember being too depressed to say anything, so I'm pretty sure I simply nodded.

Little did we know, that Ienzo was listening to our conversation.