Heart and Soul
Don't own Naruto or Bleach, Kingdom Hearts
Chapter Four-Rukia's Darkness
Soul Society
The day of Rukia's finals days grew fewer and fewer every day until one day, Rukia's execution was pushed early.
Naruto Uzumaki the seeker of darkness slept in Rukia's shadow, feeding off her darkness, feeling the darkness within her heart grow stronger and stronger. There was fear and sadness within her heart.
Naruto was at the core of the darkness within her heart. Within the days of Rukia's execution, Naruto waited in Rukia's shadow inside the darkest core of her heart, watching over and over the day that changed Rukia's life.
In order to save a friend who trusted her the most, she killed him. She killed her 'Kaien Shiba', the lieutenant of Squad 13.
Watching this made the darkness in Rukia's heart grow more and more. It grew bigger and stronger and not only that, but a memory. A very special memory that of one night a good friend of Rukia's, a boy named Ichigo Kurosaki, who was strong headed but brave and had a good heart like Naruto had. The memories of leaving the living world. The memories of those who became her friends; those who gave her a home a normal life as a living human being to Rukia that was her family.
And now, her friends came here to save her, something only a true friend would do for a friend.
Naruto smiled. He left Rukia's heart. He have seen enough and decided to do something. He would help Rukia's friends save her. With that, Naruto got two things. One: Rukia's heart. Two: having fun in a very long time.
Kingdom hearts:
Naruto return to his castle in the darkness. There he sat on his throne with Kyuubi at his side, watching from the living world to Rukia's world in the Soul Society. Naruto was in a pissed off mood watching how Rukia's big brother wasn't even going to lift a finger to help save his little sister.
Something was deeply bothering him. Family was supposed to help one another, no matter what the costs. Rukia's older brother Byakuya Kuchiki seemed heartless toward Rukia and her friends.
Then out from the shadows, Ansem appeared before Naruto, watching what the boy was looking at.
"This world troubles you, yes?" Ansem said with a smirk.
"Yes. I have chosen my Queen, but in order to have her, I have to make her a heartless. Her darkness is enough to turn her into one, but also her light is greater as well. I just need to give one little push and she's all mine." Naruto said with a bored looked on his face. The suddenly Ansem broke into laughter. "What's so funny, Ansem?"
"A heartless in love, truly this world is already fallen into the darkness. However, you have to find the keyhole to turn this world in the abyss of darkness," Ansem smiled.
"What will happen to the people of the world then?" Naruto asked Ansem.
"All shall return to the abyss and be reborn as heartless. Some say that heartless are trying to rebuild something very special in kingdom of heartless." Ansem said with a smirk.
"That would be?" Naruto asked.
"A home that was destroyed by the light long ago." Ansem chuckled.
"Are you saying that the heartless seek kingdom hearts to return to their home?"
Ansem nodded his head. "All worlds are born in darkness and also end." Ansem simply said.
"The heart is different, right? I know…what do you think of Rukia?" Naruto asked Ansem.
"She's very beautiful. She will become even more beautiful once she becomes a Heartless. Her true power will be awaken and she will no longer be weak. With the power DARKNESS, your darkness, Rukia's eyes will open. She will find the truth. She will find a new destiny with you." Ansem laughed as he vanished into darkness, leaving the young heartless prince along with his pet to think his next move to make.
"A new destiny…I like the sound of that," Naruto grinned and his eyes flashed from malice red back to crystal blue. Naruto chuckled. "Rukia, my little bunny, don't worry your big head. Everything's gonna be just fine…my Queen." Naruto started to laugh and from that laugh, his laugh grew into an insane laughter.
Rukia's dream:
Rukia was walking down a long path way, an endless hallway filled with doors. Rukia tried each door one by one, but each time she opened the door, there was nothing at all.
"Where am I?" She asked herself.
"Your heart." A voice spoke. "Try and try all you like. Finding the way to the light is a difficult challenge. Your heart is so deep in the darkness, you don't know."
"Who are you?" Rukia opened door after door, but she couldn't find her way out of this place.
"Don't be afraid of the dark, little one. The more you become afraid, the more the stronger darkness will grow. Don't be afraid of the darkness. Become it. Become a part of what you are. Become a part of the darkness."
"No…get out of my head…no, not again! The memories!" Rukia's memories of her past start to appeared in her head. The memories that had haunted her all her life, the memories didn't stop that came back again and again, growing stronger and stronger.
Rukia screamed in horror as everything around her faded into darkness. Rukia was left alone in the dark, all by herself, alone, crying. The hope that had filled her heart had faded. The darkness consumed her light.
And every soon she would become a heartless, but then the sound of footsteps were heard.
Rukia stopped crying and looked around to where the footsteps were coming from. But then, she looked behind her to see Naruto was there. The boy was smiling at Rukia as Naruto offered Rukia a choice. "Come with me or stay in the dark." He said.
Rukia grabbed Naruto's left hand. Rukia hugged Naruto, crying on his left shoulder. "Shhh, it's okay, Rukia. You've been through so much like I have. I know what it's like to have that guilt; that darkness trapped inside your heart. No matter what you do, it won't go away." Naruto whispered in Rukia's left ear. "Awaken, Rukia."
Soul Society:
The day of Rukia's execution was taking place. Almost all the captains were there at the Sokyoku Hill. There Rukia asked Captain Yamamoto that once her execution was over, that they will let her friends leave the soul society alive.
Yamamoto told Rukia he would honor her final wish, even though he lied to her to comfort her before her death. She had no regrets, nothing she to feel guilty about in her lifetime.
"Do you have anything to regrets?" A dark voice spoke in Rukia's mind.
"No…I don't." She told the voice.
"You accept darkness."
"Yes, I accept who I am and what I am. I have no regrets. I'm glad my friends came here to do their best. My heart will never forget those wonderful times I had with you guys…Orihime, Uryu, Chad, Ichigo." Tears came down Rukia's face.
Rukia's tears dropped down to the ground as the last remains of hope, her hope, her dreams, her goals, and her light shattered. The darkness within Rukia's heart consumed every shard light that was left within her. Rukia felt an overpowering pain in her chest.
Once the Sokyoku took the form of a phoenix, the bird flew towards Rukia to burn her until there was nothing left. Rukia screamed in agony, feeling her flesh burned by the phoenix flames, a heartless symbol appearing on her forehead.
Rukia's eyes widened from her black color and changed to the lavender color of her eyes. Her hair grew longer as darkness formed around her like a shield. When Sokyoku was done, everyone who was there was surprised to see a dark shield that looked like a giant dark egg was floating in the air.
The dark egg cracked. Floating in midair was a newly reborn Rukia. She looked older. She was about 5'7 now, wearing a torn version of her execution clothing. Rukia raised her right hand in the air and a bolt of a black lighting came down into Rukia's hand.
The bolt of black lighting took the form of a long, gigantic, double-edged scythe that she could easily wield with one hand. Rukia's sudden changes shocked everyone. She no longer looked like the Rukia they once knew.
Rukia said with a cold look in her eyes, "Black Thunder." From the heavens, serious numbers of black colored lighting came down to the ground, which destroyed the Sokyoku and everything around her.
Out from Rukia's shadow was Naruto in a new outfit, wearing a black and red bodysuit with a silver helmet which hid his face from the view. His appearance was quite similar to Ruku's darkness form from Kingdom hearts. Naruto's weapon of choice was a black steel katana sword, but had a Konoha key chain at the end of sword's handle.
Rukia looked behind her to see Naruto was there. Rukia got one knee. "King," she said.
"Rise, Queen," Naruto replied.
"Who are you and what have you're done?" Yamamoto spoke to Naruto.
"This world has been connected, tied to the darkness…soon to be completely eclipsed." Naruto told Yamamoto. He put his right hand around Rukia's left side, holding her close to him.
"Rukia?" A voice spoke.
Rukia looked. In the distance, she saw Ichigo, one of her closest friends along side another close friend of hers, Renji. Ichigo was in shock to see she had changed and who was the man in red? Was Ichigo too late? This man saved Rukia?
Rukia disappeared in a flash. She quickly rushed over to Ichigo, grabbing Ichigo by the hair. "Go…leave." She told Ichigo "Rukia, let go of my hair. We came here to save you. We're not leaving without you." Ichigo told Rukia. Rukia grab Renji by the hair also and she dragged the boys by the hair.
Rukia dashed off somewhere as Yamamoto told soul reapers to chase after Rukia and deal with this new enemy. Naruto laughed "You cannot defeat me."
"Well, aren't you full of surprises," Captain Shunsui said.
"Indeed." Said Captain Jushiro.
Naruto melted into the ground while he said, "I'm not your true enemy. The true enemy hides within your ranks. I was only doing those two a favor, right, Captain Jushiro? Captain Shunsui? Rukia-chan doesn't have the right to died like this. Farewell, everyone. We will meet again."
Yamamoto turned, looking at the two captains as Shunsui quickly grabbed Jushiro and took off doing down the cliff away from the angry captain Yamamoto.
With Rukia:
Rukia was in the soul society of the squad seven HQ.
Rukia stopped and released Ichigo's and Renji's hair.
"Damn it, you didn't have to drag us all the way here, Rukia!" Renji said
"Rukia, what happen to you? You look older," Ichigo said, staring at her.
"I'm better…" She said coldly.
"Rukia, who was that guy? Did he do this to you?" Ichigo said.
"…" Rukia didn't say. She only closed her eyes. "I lost my light."
"Your light?" Renji said "What are you talking about, Rukia?"
"I lost my light…Na…that guy helped me…he saved me. I'm able to keep my body, but I can no longer live as a member of the soul society or in the world of the living." Rukia spoke with sadness in her voice.
"Rukia, you always have a home with us. That's why Chad, Uryu, Orihime and me, we all came here to save you," Ichigo told her.
"I know…I want to say this…thank you, Ichigo." Rukia smiled.
"Rukia." Ichigo frowned.
"Tell my brother I don't hate him. Please tell him it's not his fault I became this." Rukia looked at her own two hands. "Ichigo, don't worry about me. We will meet again."
"Rukia, what did that guy do to you?" Ichigo said.
Rukia stared into Ichigo's eyes and only found guilt and sadness in them. "He saved me. Now, Ichigo, remember me by this: my light is a part of you. As long you keep that light alive, you always be able to see me through the darkness."
"Let's go." Rukia said.
"To where?" Renji asked.
"Where King is." Rukia summoned her scythe and slashed the air open into a rip. Using this was a short-cut to go back where Naruto's last location was.
There Ichigo was surprise attacked by Byakuya Kuchiki who took their battle across the soul society.
Rukia tapped her scythe on the ground twice. From the ground, a small shadow heartless appeared, however, this one was different from the other shadows. This one had large soft bunny ears. The small bunny shadow sat in Rukia's lap.
Rukia pet her heartless. "What's that?" Renji asked Rukia.
"A heartless, I call this Bunny." Rukia said while Renji sweat dropped.
"Even when you're changed, you still have a thing for rabbits. Rukia, what made you change? What made you give up…your light?" Renji asked.
"I was lost in my own darkness. I couldn't find a way out. I was trapped. Each time I opened a door filled with darkness…I saw his face. I saw Kaien's face…the night it happened." Rukia frowned even more. Renji felt the dark aura around Rukia glow bright.
"Fear of the past, that's how this heartless got you, Rukia?" Renji frowned.
Rukia looked at her former friend. "So much pain, it hurt so bad…I couldn't take it. Then…Naruto found me…he saved me."
"Rukia, whoever this Naruto guy is, he didn't save you. He used your darkness to turn you into that!" Renji pointed at the bunny shadow.
"I really don't care, Renji…I was weak. I was alone. I was scared. Naruto, he helped me. He opened my eyes as well as my heart. I gave into the darkness. I no longer fear it. In fact, I don't fear anything. Being hurt, being afraid of dying, but is there one thing missing."
"Rukia."
"I still feel it right here in my chest. I can still feel it. Feel my heart." Rukia said.
"No matter what happened, Rukia, your light will never fade. I know it won't. You're strong, Rukia."
"Thank you, Renji." Rukia smiled.
Then suddenly, Rukia gasped in pain as Rukia's heartless faded away. Behind Rukia was Sosuke Aizen, captain of Squad five. He reached with his right hand into the back of Rukia, taking out a silver colored jewel and leaving Rukia's body where it fell.
"Thank you, Rukia." Aizen said with an evil smile.
"Aizen, you bastard!" Renji attacked with his sword, but Aizen overpowered Renji in seconds.
"No ever saw this coming at all," Gin said with his foxy smile.
"Rukia!" A wounded Ichigo came from behind Aizen to strike him down his sword, but Gin easily disposed of Ichigo without even using his sword.
As half of everyone in the soul society came to help Ichigo and the rest, Aizen, Gin and Tosen escaped from the soul society and told everyone there he would become a new god and he would crash the soul society with the power of the hollows and the Hogyoku.
Later, after the event everyone had been through today, Ichigo and his friends were no longer the enemy. Now Aizen, the former captain of squad five, was the true enemy.
Everyone was been healed after today's event. Ichigo was being healed by Orihime while Rukia's body was still where she fell, untouched by anyone at all. From the shadows of Rukia, Naruto came forth for his Queen. Naruto grabbed Rukia, carrying her in his arms.
Naruto turned to Ichigo and spoke to his mind. 'Don't worry. She's safe with me. You will see her again.'
'Protect her or you'll be sorry.' Ichigo spoke to Naruto through his thoughts.
'Don't worry. I won't let them lay a finger on Rukia.'
With that said and done, Naruto disappeared in a black husk of mist.
Kingdom hearts:
Naruto put Rukia down on a very large bed. Naruto ordered the heartless to find some fresh hearts to heal Rukia's wound. The heartless obeyed their king and did as they were told, finding hearts that will heal their queen.
Naruto returned to his throne. He sat there with a displeased look on his face. Naruto said with his eyes changing to malice red, "I need strong hearts, but who has a strong heart in this world beside that Ichigo Kurosaki? I wonder if this world has a heartless of its own."
Next time-The Hollow Heart
Who shall become transform into the next Heartless?
Nell
Ulquiorra
Orihime
