Chapter 4 returning to the Radiant garden and meeting Darkness...again.
Sora"Herochan1313 does not own KH or anything else he may use just plot and OC's.
It took a few hours before Sora had managed to wake Kairi up and even then it took all he had to keep her from fainting again. When Riku reaveiled that he was in love with
Auzuel two things happened, one everybody on the ship was surprised at his claim. And two Auzuel squeled like a little girl and jumped Riku with a barrage of kisses and
admited that she too had feelings for the silver haired boy. The two stood there embraceing until Herochan very rudely, and angerly, annoced that they were approceing
Radiant garden. When they were about to exit the ship Sora could swear he heard Herochan mutter something about Auzuel rushing things before the right time.
when the party landed in Radiant Garden all seemed to be normal , in fact it looked just like Sora had seen it last time, a combo of an old village and high tech city but with a lot
more of the high tech in the village. " Everything seems okay, no Existed in sight." Donald said as the group headed for Merlin's house. Herochan and Auzuel , who had been
forced to give Riku some personal space, sighed when the duck said this earning a confused look from goofy. " what's wrong guys?". Herochan looked at the knight and said . "
every time someone says that something bad happens.". As if on cue a group of townsfolk suddenly formed from the ground and shifted into a new breed of Existed, sort of
jellyfish like but with more fleshly limbs. " you see? The king is always right.". Auzuel said as she got out her spear, Sora ,Riku, Kairi and mickey got out there keyblades, Donald
and Goofy got out their staff and shield, and Herochan drew his sword and whispered to his right arm as Darkness began to form. Darkness then noticed Riku and with a flirty
wink as a hello and with one look at the Existed giggle and said. " You kids might as well put those toy keys away! Herochan and I can destroy these things in a millisecond!"
She then giggled and practically threw herself at Herochan who had a look of annoyance as she leaned in and kissed him deeply as her human form began to fade and her mist
form covered his face and when it cleared he had a mask on. It was solid black and looked like a human skull with eye holes that showed his eyes were now a deep violet while
the bottom of the mask had a set of teeth covering it and red strips covering the face[1]. He then drew his sword and and within one second it exploded with black fire and he
said in a strange language " Ingarestu Na Kilja![2]" The dark fire then engulfed the Existed in a dome of sorts and Herochan raised his sword as he rushed past the dome and
sliced all the Existed inside in half. As soon as they faded he brought his left arm to his face and broke his mask then turned and gave a thumbs up to the others. " See guys?
Easy!" He said as they all surrounded him. "That was amazing Herochan! But what was that language you were speaking?" Sora asked as he and the others continue to
Merlin's. " It's the old language of us vampires, once know as Blodaso[3] but now called Darkala sosune[4]. Words can be a powerful thing Sora, any Author knows that!" This
surprised Kairi as she then asked. " Herochan... are you an author?" To their surprise Herochan began to blush a bit and he nervously answered. " Well... not yet, I'm more of a
author to be if anything. When you read as much books as I do, and have tons of adventures everyday It stands to reason that you'd want to write about it." This gave Kairi
new respect for the vampire king as they continued to Merlin's. However on the way there they ran into a young girl who was crying in front of Scrooge McDuck's ice cream
shop. She looked to be about fourteen or fifteen had dark violet hair and wore a light violet t-shirt and jeans with a strange wrapped bundle on her back[5]. "Excuse me, but
what's wrong?" Sora asked her, playing his part of the hero. The girl stopped sobbing for a second and Sora noticed that she was really cute, he didn't say this while Kairi was
around thought, her face was soft and her eyes were a light violet like her shirt but despite the tears running down her face her smile was one of the most beautiful Sora had
seen. " W-Well I was going to buy an ice cream bar but some strange monster snatched my Munny bag! Without my sweets I'll go insane!" She started to bawl again so Sora
decided to but her an ice cream, manly cause he was smitten by her looks, and she lept for joy when he offered it to her and gave Sora a bone crushing hug before saying. "
Thank you! I can't thank you enough for this kindness... unless...Plata renso[6]" She suddenly reached for the bundle and it un-wrapped to revel it to be a pitch black scythe
that she used to trap Sora in place. Everyone froze until Herochan lunged at the girl and cried. " Zealth! Let him go." The girl, Zealth, giggled and licked the ice cream and forced
Sora closer to her. "Why Herochan, I didn't see you there cutie! I was just going to thank your little friend here by... turning him into one of my puppets." She then grabbed
Sora and without a second to hesitate she somehow flew away with Sora while carrying her scythe and the other began to follow her as she headed to the old castle.
After a while the party couldn't see Zealth and Sora anymore , which made Kairi really depressed, and Riku asked Herochan just who Zealth was. the vampire king wasn't
please to talk about the girl but answered none the less. " She's a sick and twisted girl who's my number one stalker. She joined with Darkness for one reason only, to used
their power to trap me and do god knows what to my body..." He started to shiver at that but Kairi insisted he continued. " She's most likely kidnapped Sora to lure me into a
trap, so we can't just waltz in and think we can win. She's got puppets that she uses to fight and some of them aren't all that good to fight in groups. But... unless we figure
out how to gain the upper hand she'll most likely turn Sora into one of those puppets." Just as Kairi was about to have a panic attack another voice came from one of the
alleyways and said. " Well... looks like you've brought the wrong map with you again eh Herochan?" The voice belonged to a man with long hair who wore a blue vest and long
brown pants. He had a machine gun on his shoulder and looked like he was really happy-go-lucky.[7] " Laguna? The hell are you doing here?" Herochan asked as he high fived
the man. " I came here to help Squall but I noticed your problem and thought I'd help out!" They talked strategy for a bit then once a plan was formed they headed off to find
Zealth and save Sora. " Okay guys, Me,, and Auzuel will head to the castle and save Sora. The rest of you head to Merlin's and try to find the source of the Existed just in case
it isn't Zealth." Herochan said as they explained the plan. Everyone nodded but Auzuel started to wine about how she'd miss her Riku and tried to stay attached to his arm.
After prying her off they all went their separate ways and prepared for the coming storms.
"So, your name's Sora? I heard about you from the others but I didn't know you were so cute! Not as cute as my little Herochan mind you!" Zealth told Sora this as soon as the
others lost sight of didn't know what her deal was but he had a feeling that this girl wasn't going to keep him unharmed just because he was nice to her. Once they landed at
the remains of Hollow Bastian, or the ruined castle that was once known as Hallow Bastian, Sora summoned his keyblade in an attempt to fight but she snapped her fingers
and a blur suddenly rammed into him and swiped the keyblade. Whatever it was landed on Zealth's shoulder and Sora saw that it was a puppet monkey made of wood and
held together by crude stitches and tape. I had his keyblade in it's mouth and for some reason Sora couldn't summon it back and when he tried Zealth giggled and hugged him
tightly as she whispered softly in his ear. " You know what cutie? Plata renso Da Slovika! Jurt fi rosa romadiko![8]" The second she uttered those strange words Sora started to
get really dizzy and Zealth started to look so... he understood what happened he was embracing her and under her spell. "Zealth! I'm here already so let's do this already!"
The voice of Herochan brought them back to reality but Sora still felt dizzy. Zealth pushed Sora aside as they saw Herochan, unarmed and defenseless, slowly walk towards
them. She then giggled and quickly rushed him, crushing him with a hug as she began to gush over him. " Oh my little Hero-hero! Have you finally decided to stay with me
forever?" He smiled warmly and embraced her, causing her to smile even wider and then he surprised her by brushing her hair aside and placed his lips on hers causing her to
be extremely shocked. However she didn't seem to mind as she began to eagerly devour him in a mad frenzy for a good few minutes until Herochan pulled away then yelled "
Now!" A gunshot then sounded off as they all saw Laguna on a nearby rooftop gun aimed at them and Zealth realized that she had a hole right where her heart was. She
looked at Herochan who had a smile on his face as he told her. " Opps, did that hit you too?" They both fell and Sora had the urge to check on Zealth and make sure she was
okay but Kairi was suddenly in front of Sora and hugged him as she cried. " Sora! Thank god your safe!" Sora didn't like this girl's hug for some reason, as it made him feel
uneasy. And whoever this girl was, he couldn't remember her name, he knew that she was in his way. He forced her off him, surprising her greatly, and was about to help
Zealth when another girl, Auzuel, jumped him . She pinned him down hard and with a quick slash of her spear cut off a small part of his hood to revel a mark on his neck:A light
violet Z. By this time Herochan had somehow gotten up despite the gaping hole in his chest and once Sora was taken care of he tossed a small bottle to Auzuel and told her.
" Take him and go! You know how to cure him right?" His protector nodded and grabbed a struggling Sora with Kairi in tow. Zealth was still on the ground but she got up as
soon as Auzuel left an was fuming as she faced Herochan. " Hero-hero! You-you tricked me again! And for once I thought you were going to ditch those two sows that abuse
you and stay with me!" She then snapped her fingers and a large triangle appeared before her and a huge puppet erupted from it. It was in the shape of a dragon similar in
the style of Sora's friend Mushu however thing beast was made of a strange black plastic like substance and was almost as large as the entire world and it's wings as wide as
thirty worlds lined up. It was a puppet that Herochan was very familiar with, the playful dragon but this dragon was anything but playful. It quickly looked at it surroundings and
with a point from it's mistress it went after the girls nearly forcing Laguna off his roof. Laguna ended up falling anyway and with a look at the dragon he ran after it with a cry of
. " See ya Herochan. hope you can survive!" Herochan smirked and faced Zealth who was giggling and twirling around as she gave Herochan a flirty wink and said. " Last
chance sugar king! You can still come over here and stay with me!" Before the vampire king could answer the dark mist form of Darkness began to materialize and the human
form of Darkness was in front of Herochan sneering at Zealth. " Well looky here, if it isn't the bitch with the puppet fetish. Trying to steal my man again?" Zealth returned the
sneer as she stuck her tongue out at the goth girl and replied. " I only try so hard because you and your ditz of a sister can't please MY man like I can." Darkness snarled and
looked ready to bitch slap Zealth when a calming voice from nowhere said. " Sis, you might want to calm down a bit before we have another Embrassalio insedent[9]." On
Herochan's left arm a trail of white mist began to form and like Darkness a girl soon took shape from it. She was tall and a bit lanky and had pale skin, with blonde hair that
covered one of her eyes. She wore bright and flashy designer clothes that seemed to complement her greatly and she had an aura of kindness and a warm smile[10]. " Light
, what a pleasant surprise and here I thought you were shopping again." Darkness said as the girl looked around. Light sighed at this before turning to Zealth and saying
. " Zealth. It's been a while, so what you bring to fight with this time? Another new version of Gigrius to be toppled?" Zealth laughed at this and answered. " Not this time! I've
learned that if you send a giant puppet at your foes three thousand times and it fails then you fuse with it!" She then whistled and a needle and thread appeared and it began
to slowly cut into her arms and withing seconds her arms were replaced it with massive puppet arms. along with the arms she had a top-like device on her back that was
spinning her scythe at high speed. She also had a new outfit consisting of a violet tank top and mini skit, all decked out with skulls. She lunged at the trio but Herochan quickly
drew his sword and managed to barely endure the blow. He managed to push Zealth back but she simply reached for her with her new hands and grabbed one of his legs and
began to spin him around. Darkness jumped into action summoning a two handed battle ax and a mask similar to the one she gave Herochan earlier. Light followed her sister
and the tow of them managed to slice off the arms that held their king freeing him. Once he was free he called out. "Darkness!" His queen complied and they fused again,
however this time Herochan moved his shirt sleeve up and showed a tattoo: A Chinese symbol with a thick chain on the end. As it began to glow Darkness rushed to her king
and embraced him before she used her nails became claws and she slashed at the tattoo bringing forth blood. She then lapped it up and a large amount of Darkness covered
the two as a new mask was now on Herochan's face. Unlike his other mask this one was much larger and had a series of horns on the top, while the mouth was a few stitches.
"Light, back us up. Keep those arms at bay while we play Rock'em Sock'em Robot's with Zealth's face."Herochan told Light, his voice sounding much deeper, His queen nodded and
filled her hands with light magic and just when Herochan ran towards Zealth she fired it at Zealth's puppet arms and pinned them down. Herochan then got right in front of a
now panicking Zealth and drew his sword. However his sword began to merge with his arm and it became a huge clawed fist: A demon's gauntlet. "You know how this is gonna
end Zealth, you dared to mock by queens…so now face my royal judgment." She had a look of pure terror as she struggled to get free screaming. "No! I won't stop until you are
mine!" Herochan chuckled and readied his gauntlet and said. "So be it then. Demono la Sixa Sixa Sixa![11]" He then punched Zealth right in the face with his gauntlet at high
speeds for what seemed like hours breaking her nose and bruising her face beyond recognition as he landed six hundred sixty six hits exactly. He then broke the mask,
releasing Darkness and was about to capture Zealth when she broke free of Light's bonds and grabbed him and forced him to kiss her. "I'll never forget that taste anytime
soon. Sorry to kiss and run Hero-hero but I gotta bounce!" The puppet witch told him as she summoned a corridor of darkness and ran away. Darkness and Light went to check
on their king and the three decided to go check on the others. "By the way Herochan, wasn't the plan just to hug Zealth to lower her defenses' you didn't need to kiss her you
know," Light said as she and her sister each held one of Herochan's hands as the trio moved to Merlin's.
Riku's group was at the door of Merlin's house when they heard a roar and turned to see Auzuel and Kairi dragging Sora and running from a dragon. "We split up for five
minutes and already you can stand to be without me Auzuel?" Riku asked as his new girlfriend ran up to him. She gave him a "We'll make out after we stop the monster. The
dragon descended upon them and as Riku readied Way to dawn, a small vial of what appeared to be yellow paint was thrown at the dragon and when it broke on the "skin" of
the dragon the puppet was electrocuted. The party turned and saw who had attacked the beast: A young girl. She was about the same age as them. Fifteen, but she was a bit
short and the clothes she wore were filthy and in rags. Her hair was cut short irregularly as if cut by herself, and was a mousey brown [12]. She didn't pause to ask the others
what she'd just hit but instead reached into a small handbag she had on and grabbed another vial, this one bright red. She pulled a paintbrush out of the bag and dipped it
into the red paint then amazingly she began to paint a shape in the middle of the air. She drew a large circle and to Riku's amazement it began to shift into a sphere shape and
filled in, turning into a miniature sun. It then began to radiate heat just like the real sun and then shot straight at the dragon, melting it in seconds. The girl pumped her fist in
the air and had a warm smile as she admired her handiwork. s she admired her handiwork. The others were equally impressed but when they went to introduce themselves the
girl started to get nervous and back away. "Hey guys! Did you get to Merlin's okay?" This sudden cry from Herochan, who just now showed up arm in arm with his queens,
made the entire party jump in surprise. The mystery girl was about to hightail it when Herochan noticed her and calmly asked her. "Excuse me miss, did you help my friends?"
The girl scanned Herochan, then after judging that he wasn't a bad guy she shyly nodded. The vampire king smiled and said. "Thank you, and excuse me for asking miss but
from the looks of it you don't have a good home do you?" The girl looked shocked but with a frown she revealed that that was true, she was an orphan. Herochan pondered
this for a second then with a look of realization he turned to the girl and told her. "Well I need to thank you properly… So would you like to accompany us on our quest? We
could really use someone like you to help us." The girl had a look of amazement at the offer and after a second of thinking she gave Herochan a warm smile and nodded as her
answer. Herochan clapped his hands and the others were quite amazed of his skills as he said. "Wonderful! I'm Herochan and I'll make sure that you'll never be tossed aside
again miss…. Forgive me but can I asked for your name?" The girl got nervous again and for some reason she refused to talk. Herochan seemed to understand and with a snap
of his fingers a bright light began to cover her and she looked like a different person. Her clothes were brand new; a stripped long sleeved shirt under overalls and her hair was
now even. Her bag was also revamped being much bigger and having a symbol on it: A paintbrush dipped in a bottle of multicolored paint. The girl took in her new look them
with a big smile on her face she attacked-hugged Herochan while she whispered something in his ear. He smiled and hugged her back then turned to the others and introduced
the girl. "Guys, this is Vivian Giallo, she's going to help us out on our quest. Any objections?" As expected no one questioned his choice however Riku did have a question. "Uh
Herochan? Not to ruin the moment or anything… but is there a reason Sora is trashing about trying to get out of Auzuel's grip?" They all then noticed that Sora was indeed
trying to break free from Auzuel muttering something about saving his mistress. Kairi was trying to get him to calm down but for some reason he refused to look at her. "Oh
yeah him, Auzuel was there a mark on him?" Herochan asked as he knocked Sora out with a quick strike from his sword's hilt. "Yes sire, right on his neck just like the others.
What should we do, we cannot "fix" him like the others can we?" Auzuel answered as she hoisted Sora on her shoulders. "Um excuse me but when you say "fix" do you
mean…?" Mickey started to ask but Herochan answered. "We mean kill him in painful and brutal ways, but I figure that would be frowned upon right?" They all nodded and
Goofy went up to Merlin's door and knocked. When it opened a familiar face greeted them as Leon, or Squall as he was also known as, opened the door and with one look a
t the people in front of him said. "You should bring Sora in to rest." They did just that, laying Sora on the bed in the house's coroner and looking about. Aside from Leon the only
other person here was Cid who was working on the computer. "Herochan, care to explain what happened here?" Leon asked surprising Donald and Goofy with the fact that the
two knew each other. "It's a long story Squally-boy but to sum it up Sora's mind is now the plaything of a puppet obsessed stalker and we can't fix him without killing him or
destroying each and every member of Darkness. And seeing as Sora was a key element needed for that I doubt we can use the latter." Leon took this all in, after telling
Herochan never to call him Squally-boy again, and explained what had happened to the town. "Those people you mentioned, Darkness was it? They came here a while ago and
summoned those parasitic monsters on the townsfolk. Yuffie, Areith, Cid, and I have been doing all we can to stop them but at this rate the more we take out the more that
seem to be created. I don't suppose you have any ideas?" The party thought on this then Donald piped up. "Hey! Didn't you say we need to stop the source of the Existed to
stop them?" This was aimed at Herochan who nodded. "That solves that problem, but what about sleeping beauty over there?" Cid asked referring to Sora. "I might have an
answer for that, at least for now." The disembodied voice of Light said, as she changed into her human form and walked over to Sora. She raised her hands above him and a
warm glow began to emit from his necklace. "W-what did you do to him?" Kairi asked as she examined her boyfriend for anything odd. "I just gave him a tiny bit of my power, it
should keep his heart from straying to darkness but I don't know how long it'll last." Light looked a bit sad at this but Kairi gave her a hug and said. "Thank you Light; I'm sure
that your help will work out." As if on cue Sora began to gasp as he woke up, and looked around him. His eyes settled on Kairi and he instantly calmed down as he yelled. He
then jumped her and to her surprise started to break down and sob causing her to ask. "Sora! What's wrong?" He stopped sobbing and answered. "Oh Kairi, I was lost in the
darkness! I almost lost sight of your light my love! Please say you'll never leave me again my Kairi!" She gave a stern look to Light and told her to explain. "Well, when I gave
him some of my light to keep him normal…It may have made him a little more accepting of his romantic side. In other words until my light fades away or we fix him properly he
will be obsessed with you and will never leave you alone." Kairi was about to snap when Sora suddenly grabbed her and bent her downwards and kissed her passionately.
"Sora… as much as this is so worth black mailing material I need you to use those glasses that you got from the Phantomhive Estate to find the source of the existed."
Herochan asked as he tried to restrain from laughing at the sight before him. Sora reached in his pocket and pulled out the Heart of Unity that they received from Grell, which
Sora had decided to name the cinematic viewer, and put them on. His eyesight got blurry for a second but then cleared and he saw a large amount of darkness… outside of the
house! "I think the source is right outside waiting for us…. So I need to insure that my darling little Kairi is protected!" Sora then began to drag Kairi away from the door while
Herochan, Riku, Auzuel, and Vivian proceeded to go find the source. "Hey Vivian, are you sure you can handle it?" Riku asked their new friend as they began to look outside.
Vivian still didn't answer; in fact she was shying away from Riku, instead she reached into her new bag and pulled out a pad of paper and a pencil and wrote something. When
she was done she showed it to Riku who read her writing:" I've been in a lot of fights before I'm sure I'll be fine! Besides I have to repay any way I can!" She put it
away and gave him thumbs up to ensure she was ready. "Okay… Is there a reason you won't talk to us Vivian? We are friends now right?" The girl became flustered and quickly
wrote. "We are friends now Riku… I just... Don't like to talk that much is all. Except for I've never actually talked to anyone in a few years." Riku read this and understood,
if he was left alone when this place was still Hollow Bastian he wouldn't exactly be a chatterbox either. "Hey you two, if your done flirting they can you help us look for the Existed?"
Herochan asked as he noticed that they were just standing there. However this proved to be un-needed as Herochan suddenly screamed "Get down!" And something from the
castle like walls of the Bailey and nearly impaled Vivian. Herochan managed to push her down to the ground just as it was about to hit her. The thing turned out to be a sword,
and its owner suddenly appeared right next to it. He looked like a human male in his twenty's with long dark hair, pale skin and strong broad shoulders. He wore a robe similar
to Organization thirteen's but it was covered with upper armor with a circle in the middle that housed a symbol: A sword. The "man" picked up his sword and inspected it for a
second, and then turning to Herochan he bowed and said. "Your reflexives are as good as I have heard your majesty. I am known as Cutros, one of the three Existed
commanders. I hope your skills have not been lies for you see I am in dire need of someone worthy of having my sword meet theirs in combat." He then swished his sword
about and readied it for combat. "Oh I'm pretty strong Existed scum, they don't call me king of the vampires for nothing. " Cutros laughed at this and replied. "That is joyous
news indeed your majesty, a pity that my mistress ordered you to be brought back alive or else I might have been able to go all out." Herochan quickly got up, after ensuring
that Vivian was okay, and drew his own sword and asked. "Your mistress, prey tell Existed who is this lady you speak of?" Cutros chuckled and lowered part of his armor to
reveal a familiar mark on his neck: A violet Z. Herochan froze at this just as Cutros lunged at him with his sword. Herochan quickly raised his sword to block and the fight
between these two swordsmen was on. "… saved me. No one has ever been that nice to me before. I… I have to help him!" Vivian thought as soon as she regained her
senses. Once the two swordsmen began their clash she reached in her bag and pulled out her brush and paints and with a look of fierce determination she ran towards
Herochan to help her savior out.
All done, quite the long chapter and a lot of new people and terms. I decided that Herochan, being a bad ass vampire, should use his own language in his attacks. Also I'll give
an E-cookie to the reader who can guess why the glasses Sora got from Grell are called the Cinematic viewer. Up next the epic fight with Cutros and then the new world of
Shibuya!
[1] This mask is supposed to be a black version of Ichigo Kurosaki's Hollow mask, which I don't own. But I've always like the concept of it and seeing as Herochan relies on
Darkness I thought a mask would suit that.
[2] Translated from the vampire's language this means: Black dome instant kill slash.
[3]This means Bloody talk
[4] This means language of those in Darkness.
[5]Zealth: Herochan's number one stalker and a member of Darkness. She's a puppet obsess witch who joined Darkness in order to utilized their power to get Herochan to be
hers. She was only referenced in Starry Skies.
[6] Translated this means "Play time"
[7] Laguna: The man with the machine gun who was a soldier in his world but somehow despite his bumbling nature ended up a president! He's a really happy-go-lucky guy but when it comes to talking to girls he always tends to cramp up. Apart from this his sense of luck seems to be very high but he never brags about it. He first appeared in Final
Fantasy 8.
[8]Translated this means "Play time dear sillies, just forever pink romance!" Zealth uses this as a spell.
[9] Translated this means "Embarrassing incident"
[10] Light: Herochan's other queen and unlike her sister Light is kind just as her name suggested. However whenever she isn't with her king she's known to go on crazy
shopping sprees , but when her friends are in danger this shopaholic is more than willing to fight.
[11] translated this means "Demon's song Six, Six, Six strike."
[12] Vivian Giallo: young orphan who lost her parents when Radiant Garden became Hollow Bastian, because of that she can be very anti-social and rarely talks. She has the
power to breathe life into her drawings and is very proud of her powers. However since she's been treated poorly because of these powers, by fellow survivors of Hollow
Bastian, she only likes using them in emergencies. She's very shy towards Sora and the others but she is always happy to help out Herochan whom she idolizes after he saved
her from her old life. To this point Herochan is the only person Vivian has talked to in years, although she only whispers as so not to be overheard.
