A/N yes, this is the redone version of "New Light, Same Darkness". The first three chapters will be the same, due to the fact that they stay in the alternate galaxy. However, once I moved Kaji into the other galaxy, I just began to lose interest in writing this story. Sorry if you liked the older version of this, but I didn't, I got away from what made it unique. Also, the first part of this chapter will be a lot like chapter 4 of the previous story.
DISCLAIMER all OCs are mine, and they rule this story HAHAHAHAHA!! But anything from Kingdom Hearts belongs to their original owners.
Maleficent raised her staff over her head and slammed it down onto the ground. A large chunk of earth appeared underneath her, and she floated up a foot into the air. She raised her staff up again, and a dark energy began to cackle around it. She pointed the staff right at Kaji, and a blast of energy shot right at him. Kaji rolled out of the way just in time to dodge the blast. Some fragments of rock cut his cheek though. Kaji looked over at where the blast had hit, and his eyes widened.
"This isn't good. Was there really that much power in that one attack?" he asked himself. The hole was just over two feet wide, but it had shot down almost five stories. Kaji looked back at Maleficent and tried to figure out how he could beat her. "Physical attacks aren't good, and its not like I can use magic. There has to be something..." Kaji pondered. He looked around the top of the building for something.
"Just give up you fool" Maleficent boomed at Kaji.
"Sorry, giving up isn't really something I do that often" Kaji explained. Maleficent snarled and pointed her staff at Kaji again. This time, what looked like thorns made of darkness poured out of her staff. Kaji ran away from the spell, but when he looked behind him, he saw the thorns followed him. Turning around cost Kaji some of his speed, and the thorns caught him. Kaji screamed when the thorns grabbed him and lifted him up into the air. They were constantly pumping more and more energy into him, and he kept on screaming in pain.
"You have to strong of a heart to let you live. I'll grant you a slow and painful death for refusing to give up when I gave you the chance" Maleficent said. Kaji kept on screaming in pain. He opened up his eyes and looked right at Maleficent.
"I'm...not about...to die. I made...a promise to go back...and I'm not one to break...a promise to Mira" Kaji said panting. Suddenly, a bright light appeared quickly around Kaji, but the thorns were still there. A flame suddenly erupted around Kaji, destroying all the thorns with ease. Kaji fell the ground panting hard. "What...what was that?" he asked.
"How did you gain magic? No matter, now you die" Maleficent said as she pointed her staff at Kaji again. It seemed to gather a large amount of darkness. A large beam then shot out of the tip of the staff. Kaji raised his hand in front of him out of instinct. A stream of fire shot out of his hand and connected with the beam of darkness. Kaji looked shocked at what he was doing without even thinking. Eventually both beams died down due to lack of energy.
"This...is the best day of my life" Kaji said looking down at his hand. There were no burn marks or smoke coming off of it.
"Enough of this playing around!" Maleficent shouted. She banged her staff on her makeshift platform and tendrils of darkness began to ooze out. The tendrils then shot out and headed right towards Kaji. Kaji ran as fast as he could, but one of the tendrils caught his ankle. The tendril that had caught him began to slam him down onto the concrete several times. After a minute Kaji's face was bloody with cuts everywhere. Kaji was just barely conscious. "Goodbye fool" Maleficent shouted as she pointed her staff at him. A dark portal opened up beneath Kaji's body. Kaji fell into the portal.
"Mira...I'm sorry" Kaji said before losing consciousness in the darkness.
-| In a strange house |-
A young girl was walking home, a basket in her arms. The girl was wearing a simple white dress and she had long blond hair. As she walked inside, she saw an older man hunched over a bed. On the bed was a young boy with brown hair with red streaks. The boy had suddenly fallen into their small little village about a month ago. "How is he Grandpa?" she asked the old man.
"I can't say for sure. His injuries have healed, but something else seems to be keeping him from waking up" the man said. The man was in a brown jacket with a white shirt on underneath. "Did you get the herbs that I asked for?" he asked.
"Yes, here they are Grandpa" the young girl said as she handed the basket to her Grandpa. "I had to go outside the walls for them" she said.
"I told you not to. Those creatures seem to litter the countryside now. The animals that are outside the walls are almost all gone, and from what I've heard, other towns are suffering too" the man said.
"I'm sorry Grandpa, but I didn't have a choice. Nobody had any, and I only had to walk for five minutes to get the herbs" she said lowering her head. The man placed a hand on her head.
"It's okay, don't worry about it" the man said as he slowly got up. He ground up the herbs and mixed them with some water. He walked over to the boy on the bed and opened up his mouth and poured the mixture into his mouth. The boy automatically swallowed the mixture on instinct.
"Will this help him?" the girl asked.
"I'm not sure. Without the doctors from Yashiko able to come here with their technology, we have to rely on much cruder methods. For all we know, he may never be able to wake up" the man said sadly. Suddenly, a groan caught their attention. They looked over and saw the boy slowly opening his eyes.
"Wh...where am I?" he asked.
"You're in my house in Minek Village. My name is Russel and this is my Granddaughter Eliza" he said pointing at the young girl. "Whats your name?" Russel asked.
"Kaji" he replied slowly.
"Kaji, that's an interesting name. Where are you from?" Russel asked.
"Hiroku City" Kaji said as he began to get up.
"Whoa there, don't push yourself" Russel said calmly. "Hiroku City you say, hmm, if I remember correctly that's the first place that got hit" Russel said.
"Got hit, by what?" Kaji asked. Eliza walked over and handed Kaji a glass of water. Kaji took it and thanked her.
"Well, you have been out of it for a month. Ever since you got here, strange creatures that seem to be made of shadows have appeared. We've managed to defend ourselves by building a wall and with some weapons we've been able to make. However, some of the more advanced cities such as Hiroku and Yashiko have been virtually wiped out" Russel explained. Kaji sat for a long while thinking about what happened before he woke up, about his one sided fight with Maleficent.
"So, the world is in chaos, boy, this sounds like something right out of a book" Kaji commented. Russel laughed a bit.
"Yeah, now we wait for a couple hundred years and maybe a legendary hero will show up and destroy all of these things with a sacred weapon" Russel said.
"Maybe we won't have to wait that long" Eliza said.
"Oh come on, it always happens in the book. The world has been ravaged for hundreds of years by an invincible enemy. Suddenly, a lone hero rises up and destroys them all" Kaji said, deepening his voice for the last part. Eliza laughed a little bit.
"Yeah, I guess your right" she said.
"Do you guys get cell phone reception here?" Kaji asked.
"We used to before the creatures came but now..." Russel started to say. Suddenly a loud bell began to ring, echoing throughout the town. Russel got up quickly and looked outside. Panic was spreading as people ran, some running inside in fear, others with crude weapons, mostly comprised of rakes and scythes. "They're here" he said grimly. He went to the door and picked up a wood cutting ax and began to head out the door.
"Wait, let me help" Kaji said as he hopped up.
"No, you stay here. Get down to the basement with Eliza" Russel said.
"I came here with a sword, right?" Kaji asked. Russel nodded his head. "In Hiroku, I had some experience fighting these things, as long as they're the same things" Kaji said.
"How would you have experience?" Russel asked skeptically.
"Lets just say its a long story" Kaji said. Russel looked at Kaji for a while longer before nodding.
"Fine, you'll find your sword and the clothes you came in by your bed. Come out here when your ready" Russel said as he left. Kaji reached down and grabbed his black jacket. He felt the pocket and pulled out his cell phone. He flipped it open and saw a picture of him and Mira. It was one of the few days that Takai wasn't with them, and they had spent the whole day just hanging out. They had both their arms around each other. Kaji smiled a bit and closed the phone.
"Give me a while Mira, I'll be back soon" Kaji said as he picked up his sword.
-| On top of a large building |-
"Hmmm, it would seem that the darkness has been lifted from Kaji" Maleficent said.
"What are you talking about? I thought you sent him into the realm of darkness" Pete said.
"No, I can't control my powers as well as I could. I sent him far away on this world. Just after he landed I placed a spell on him to insure that he couldn't stop us. Now that spell has been broken somehow" Maleficent explained. She turned around and faced an open doorway. "You, go and take care of this" she said to the doorway. Nothing seemed to happen, but Maleficent still turned around and faced the remains of Hiroku City. The tall building had been reduced to rubble, and sky was a constant black. In the distance, what looked like a massive castle was being built.
-| In the middle of a large plain |-
A large man was walking through a peaceful field. Nothing around him, but the man still seemed guarded. In one hand was nothing, however, his other hand held what looked like a very large, and strange looking key. The massive key was intricate with gold curves and multiple colored jewels. The area around the handle was the same intricate design. "Six of the chosen have fallen by my hand, only two more remain here, along with the Magus Priestess. Then all I need to do is gather the three Cornerstones from the other galaxy. Those fools, Mickey and Yen Sid, thinking that they could simply banish me and think they would be done with me. I'll show them, I'll show everyone. My name shall be sung throughout the universe one day as the ruler, its immortal ruler!! THEY SHALL SING MY NAME FOREVER, THEY SHALL SING THE NAME DELZAM FOREVER!!
A/N much better, now that my writers block is gone. So, who did Maleficent send after Kaji, and who is this crazy dude Delzam, who would appear to be a Keybearer even though Keybearers shouldn't exist in this galaxy. Well, you'll learn about Maleficent's new person next chapter, and more about Delzam as the story continues.
