Chapter 4: The Intruder
A/N: Here's the next installment! I'm so happy that people are reviewing and making this story one of their favorites. That must mean that I'm doing my job. This is where things take a drastic turn. Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Riku (still sexy!) But I do own Hikari
"Talking"
"Thinking"
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She spent the rest of her night packing everything that she would need for the trip.
"Let's see. I got my swimsuit, towel, sunscreen, protein bars, water bottle, extra clothes. That should do it"
She placed her backpack by her bed and looked out her bedroom window.
It had really gotten dark since got home.
She was terrified of the dark and always had to have lights on in the house.
She couldn't even sleep without a night light on, she was that scared.
She shivered when she looked out at the blackened sky.
Not a single star was visible.
"There must be a storm coming" she thought.
To prove her point, the wind started to pick up.
"That's not good"
She thought whether or not she should go over to the island and check on their raft.
She knew it would be scary going by the island alone and in the dark, but it was either she went or she would have to build a new raft.
"I must be out of my mind"
She put on her black combat boots and grabbed the flash light next to her bed stand.
"They better appreciate what I'm doing"
She jumped out of the window and ran to the docks where she kept her boat.
The wind picked up when she got to the island.
Hikari shivered and rubbed her arms.
"I should have brought a jacket"
She flipped on her flashlight and scanned the area.
She spotted 3 other boats tied to the dock.
"Those are Sora, Riku and Kairi's boats" She said.
"I guess I'm not the only one here then"
She jumped on the dock and ran to the beach.
She held her flashlight out to show where she was going.
"I hope the raft is ok"
She ran across the sand with her flashlight as her only guide.
As she was running, her flashlight flickered a bit then died out.
"That's not good" she whimpered.
She saw movement up ahead and thought that it was one of her friends, but what she saw totally threw her off guard.
Little black creatures with yellow eyes suddenly appeared out from the ground.
They scampered around like little bugs across the floor.
She took a step back in fear.
Images flashed through her head as she looked at these creature.
"These things…I've…I think I've seen them before"
"Ni-san! They're coming!"
Hikari and her brother were running down a dark hallway as these black creatures chased after them.
Her now teenage brother pulled out his sword that was shaped like a gun and swung at the nearest creatures.
One of them managed to get past his attack and swiped at his face.
"Ni-san!"
Her brother's face was bleeding from the injury, but he just ignored it.
He put his weapon away and picked her up.
He ran as fast as he could while he held on to his sister tightly.
She whimpered into his shirt as she held on tightly.
Now she remembered!
These were the monsters that were from her home world.
She knew that, but she didn't know what they were.
"I know they have a name, but I can't think of what it is"
"Hikari!"
Sora ran towards her.
"Sora!"
He reached her and breathed heavily as if he was running for a while.
"Have you seen Riku or Kairi?"
"No. I just got here. I wanted to check on the raft since a storm was coming, and then all of a sudden I find these creatures"
She motioned to the black blobs.
"They don't seem like they're going to attack. It's like they're waiting for something"
"I wonder what?"
"There's no time to find out. Let's go find Riku and Kairi"
Hikari nodded and followed Sora.
"At least I don't have to search in the dark by myself anymore"
She followed Sora towards the small island where the Paopu tree stood.
Riku stood in the middle of the little island with his back facing them.
"Riku! Is Kairi with you?!" Sora asked.
As Riku turned around, black smoke emitted around him and he had a creepy smile on his face.
Hikari backed up a bit.
"R-Riku?" She asked nervously.
Riku held his hand out to them.
"Hikari…Sora…come with me"
By this time, the darkness nearly surrounded them and the dark creatures were coming closer.
"Don't worry, Kairi is coming too" Riku said to Sora.
Hikari began to panic as everything grew darker and darker.
"I hate the dark! I hate the dark! I hate the dark!" she thought frantically.
"Don't fear the darkness, Hikari" Riku said gentility.
Hikari looked at his out stretched hand and reached for it.
The darkness enveloped Riku.
"Riku!" She cried.
She looked around and saw nothing but darkness.
She started to tremble in fear.
"Its pitch dark…there's nothing…I'm sacred! Somebody please help me!"
Suddenly, a bright light enveloped her.
"Don't be scared" A voice said.
Hikari gasped.
"That voice!...it sounds so familiar…but from where?"
The light began to morph into a giant key and was placed into her hand.
"You possess one of the most strongest weapons in the world" the voice said.
Hikari looked into her hands to see a giant white key.
"What is this? IS it a key? Or is it a sword?"
"The Keyblade" the voice said.
"The power within you"
"Keyblade" she said.
The darkness around her suddenly vanished.
She saw Sora not far from her, holding a keyblade himself.
"Sora!" Hikari yelled.
She ran to him.
Sora turned to her.
"Hikari! You're ok!" he said relieved.
He spotted the keyblade in her hand.
"You got a weird looking sword too?"
She was about to respond when suddenly a black creature appeared.
Something suddenly flashed through Hikari's mind as she saw the huge creature.
Hikari whimpered as she buried her face into her brother's shirt.
A giant creature was going after them and reached its hand out to them.
Her brother held Hikari tighter to him.
He was reached a dead end and was backed up into a wall.
The creature nearly wrapped its fingers around the two of them.
Just then, a burst of light came out of nowhere and pushed the creature away from them.
When the light disappeared, Taiyouko was standing before them.
"Mommy!"
"Mom!"
Taiyouko turned to her children.
Her usual carefree expression was replaced with a serious one.
"You two get out of here! It's dangerous here! Run!"
Hikari's brother hesitated for a moment, but when his mother urged him, he ran off.
Hikari looked over his shoulder with tears in her eyes.
"Mommy!"
A white light surrounded Taiyouko's body.
The whole area was blinded with light.
Hikari had to cover her eyes from the light.
All she could do was cry as her brother ran.
She ground her teeth in frustration.
"This thing attacked my mother!"
The creature went to whack it's hand at them.
Hikari dodged it and pushed Sora out of the way.
It went to strike again, but Sora managed to hit it instead.
"Don't underestimate me! I've been sword fighting with Riku for ages!"
Hikari dodged most of the attacks, but she got a few hits on her own.
"I may be a girl, but I have a lot of fight in me!"
She charged at the creature and slammed her keyblade into its arm.
She kept hacking and slicing at the thing until it couldn't move it's arm.
"I'm so glad that I had Sora and Riku teach me how to fight"
She flipped back and ran towards the other hand.
The two of them kept fighting for a few minutes.
The creature finally went down for the count after it was hit in the head by Sora's keyblade.
"Oh yeah! Who's the man!" Sora cheered.
Hikari was about to say something when the ground suddenly shook.
Suddenly, a black hole appeared in the sky and sucked everything up.
Sora grabbed Hikari's hand while he held onto a log with his other.
His hand slipped and they were both swallowed up by the black hole.
The last thing that Hikari heard before she blacked out was that voice again.
"You shall be the one who brings light within the darkness"
A/N: I guess the action scene didn't turn out as well as I thought it would be. Sorry about that.
Anyway, please send your reviews and tell me what you think. I'll try to update as soon as possible.
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