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"Terra, what is the meaning of this!" Master Eraqus ordered, holding Terra's wrist that held the Keyblade.
Terra's eyes were narrowed and fixed on the silver haired man in front of him. Terra growled and cringed his teeth, a guards arm wrapped around his neck and the other guard held his other arm.
"It's quite alright Eraqus." The silver haired man chuckled, still only inches away from Terra's Keyblade.
"Bastard!" Terra yelled, getting his attention. The silver haired man looked at Terra, noticing the Knight emblem on his chest. He looked over Terra at the worried princess on edge of her throne.
"Hmph… I must say…" he spoke with enthusiasm at Terra. "You've grown up to be quite a man."
"No help from you." Terra growled.
"Silence Terra!" Master Eraqus ordered. "Master Xemnas, I would like to have a word with you in my office."
Xemnas nodded and Master Eraqus let go of Terra's arm. They started walking out of the room, leaving Terra alone with the guards. The guards let go of Terra when they left and took their place by the door.
Terra walked back to the throne with his head down. When he was in front of Aqua, he bowed his head. "Forgive me princess."
Aqua gave him a sad and worried look. "Terra, are you okay?" She asked with sympathy.
"Yeah…" He sighed but Aqua was not convinced.
XIII
Later that day, Xemnas stood near the window wall in Eraqus's offices. The wall showed a view of the main garden where Terra and Aqua was. They were sitting on one of the hills, talking and enjoying the gardens fresh air. Xemnas watched them with Eraqus beside him, silence filled the room.
"You never told me that you had a son." Eraqus said flatly.
"I kept my family a secret to keep them safe." Xemnas spoke while watching his son. "But… it seems that I failed at that."
"Princess Aqua has chosen him to be her Knight."
"I never wanted Terra to get involved in this." Xemnas sighed, narrowing his eyes.
"It could not be helped." Eraqus walked back to his desk. "Your blood runs in his veins. He couldn't live a normal life if he tried."
Xemnas looked over at Eraqus and then back to Terra. "Are you sure you want to go through with the plan."
"Yes… I do." Eraqus sighed.
Xemnas looked at the knight in the garden with sympathetic eyes.
"I'll make sure… that he doesn't get in our way."
XIII
Aqua held Terra's arm with both hands, trying to calm him down. "Are you okay?" She asked softly.
Terra stared at the grass with a depressed look. "He didn't even come to her funeral."
Aqua wrapped one of her arms around his shoulder and hugged him. Terra rested his hand on her arm, excepting her comfort. "I'm sorry Aqua…"
Aqua removed her hand from his shoulder and placed it on his cheek, moving his head close enough for a kiss. Terra saw in the corner of his eye, a figure moving closer to them. He looked over and saw a boy with spiky black hair and golden eyes.
His name was Vanitas. He stood with his arms crossed and with a bored stare in his eyes. He had a black tight shirt like Terra and grew hokama pants. Vanitas was a sentinel. A Keyblade wilder who goes to the other world to fend off heartless.
"Yes." Terra shrugged, seeing the one of few in this castle that he didn't like.
"Master Eraqus would like to see you." Vanitas spoke.
Terra got up with no enthusiasm and said bye to Aqua. Terra and Vanitas stood in silence during their ride up the elevator. When they got to the throne room, they both stood straight in front of the empty throne. Master Eraqus was at his usual spot on the steps. Terra had a tiresome look, knowing that he's going to hear another lecture. Vanitas stood next to him with his arms crossed and his usual bored look.
"Terra, I have a mission for you." Eraqus spoke, pacing back and forth on the steps. Terra was surprised; he was expecting to hear a lecture about his actions this morning.
"I have received information about a new Keyblade wielder among this city."
Terra and Vanitas shrugged.
"Another wielder?" Vanitas asked, showing some emotion for once.
"As you know, Heartless are drawn to strong hearts. We have to find this wielder before they do."
"So you want me to go searching for this wielder." Terra sighed, knowing that this mission is going to be a pain.
"Yes… you and Vanitas are going to go searching in the city."
"Do you know where he is?" Vanitas grunted, hearing his pairing with Terra.
"She…" Master eraqus corrected. "Has a powerful heart. I'm sure that you two can track her."
Terra puzzled in his head, wondering who it could be.
"I want you two to leave as soon as you can… dismiss."
"Yes Master!"
XIII
Terra walked out the building with his hand scratching his neck. He wore light blue jeans and a light brown jacket. The sun was shining but it was cold enough to wear a jacket. Vanitas walked out behind Terra and sighed heavily. He wore dark jeans and a black leather jacket.
"So…" Terra spoke. "Where do we go?"
"Don't you know how to track?" Vanitas growled.
"Sorry, I must have skipped that lesson."
Vanitas sighed and started walking across the street with his hands in his pockets, Terra trailing behind him. They stayed quite during their walk, the chatter of people and cars driving by broke the silence.
They practically went everywhere around the city and couldn't find this new wielder. They eventually stopped when they got close to the city edge, which was a beach. There were seven stone steps that led down to the sandy beach. The orange sun was sinking into the ocean, giving a perfect sunset like you see in the movies.
"What, you wanna make a sand castle now?" Terra said sarcastically.
"She's here." Vanitas spoke, not paying any attention to Terra's insult.
Terra squinted his eyes to get a better view of the beach but the sun wasn't helping. But then his eyes soon adjusted to the light and he saw a figure sitting near the ocean waves. The girl was sitting on a log, hands to her sides and staring off into the sea.
She wore tight blue jeans and a green shirt under a black sweatshirt. Her clothes were waving by the ocean wind.
Vanitas's eyes soon widened, feeling something in his heart that he never felt before. She had a string glare of orange on her hair from the sun but Vanitas could see that her hair was as black as raven feathers.
"Xion." Terra gasped.
"You know this girl?" Vanitas asked, looking over at Terra.
"Yeah, she's a friend."
"What information do you have on her?"
Terra gave Vanitas a raised eyebrow, puzzled from Vanitas's sudden interest.
"She's a joiner in high school. Her parents died when she was little, so she lives with her friend Kairi at her home."
Vanitas's lips formed a little grin. "Interesting."
He started walking down the steps to the beach. But Vanitas and Terra stopped when they saw something pop out of the sand near Xion. She jumped and stood up.
The thing that popped out of the sand was a Heartless. It was a soldier, a beast with red claws and glowing yellow eyes inside its silver helmet. It twitched and shivered in its usual stance, like it was on a twenty four hour sugar rush. A couple more soldiers popped out of the sand, surrounding Xion.
"Why won't you things leave me alone?" Xion yelled.
Vanitas and Terra summoned there Keyblades. They ran to Xion's rescue but stopped when they saw her get in a fighting stance. Xion raised her hand and a light soon illuminated from her hand. Terra's eyes widened in disbelief, seeing a Keyblade flourish in her hand.
Xion held a black key with an amethyst jewel on the center of its hilt. (Oblivion Keyblade)
Terra and Vanitas slashed two soldiers out of their way to Xion. She gasped seeing Terra wielding a key like hers.
"Terra, what are you doing here?" She questioned.
The three were back to back, seeing the heartless closing in on them.
"We can discuss this after we deal with them." Vanitas interrupted.
Xion shrugged, wanting to know more but it had to wait.
They stood with Keyblade in hand, ready to fight; not knowing that pair of dark cold eyes was watching their struggle. A figure was watching them on top of a nearby building, gazing on the edge with his arms around his back. His golden eyes fixed on the children, the sun still setting over the horizon.
The man's lips slowly curled up into a disturbing smile. His cracked voice spoke only one word.
"Interesting…"
But then his smile faded into a frown.
"So…" His eyes narrowed at the brunette. "A piece of her heart is in him huh?"
He held his white gloved hand out, clenching it over the Knight; like if trying to crush him.
"It looks like I have a change in plans…"
Chapter VI end. XD
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