Chapter 7: Hearts Power

A/N: Sup readers! Just wanna say thanks for all the reviews and you guys should check out my friend's fics Ruby Haired Beauty (by KairiMisty) and Nothing There (by FaceTrip). Both are good kingdom hearts fics and if you like fluffy Sora and Kairi fics or deep kind of spooky KH fics you'll like those so take a look at them! =D also I've got another music suggestion for you guys so remember if you wish to try it the first time you see [] you start the song and the next time you see [] you stop it. Also suggestions of songs that would play well with this are welcome!

So the song is: [1] Disappear (kh2)

[2] Treachery (Bleach anime)

Also the heart eater has one katana and one wakizashi


"Now I remember" he said as he placed his right hand in between her chest and began to stroke the area gently, Kairi wanted to ran away but her body still wouldn't move.

"I've never eaten a heart with his much light in it before, let's help it's enough to feed my addiction." He said as tiny black flames spawned from his hands.

Kairi let out a gasp as she felt a burning sensation flow through her body she closes her eyes not wanting to witness her own possible end. But as quickly as the pain came it was gone. Kairi opened her eyes slowly still fearing the beast in front of her. But what she did see took her breath away; Riku was kneeling by her side Way to Dawn gleaming in the early morning sun, but no more than a half foot a head of here was the severed arm of the heart eater.

The creature howled like a rabid dog, holding what's left if it's severed limb blood dripping from it. It glared a Riku with a look that would make a pack of wild wolfs run for their lives. But all Riku did was glare at him back with a glare equally frightening. The heart eater jumped high into the air and landed in the middle of the street, eyes still glued to Riku.

"Hey Sora how long are you going to lay there? I'm sure a little blast like that isn't enough to keep you down." Riku said as he stood up. His words seemed to wake Sora up as he began to stir from the inside of the car he was knocked into; Sora slowly crawled his way out dusted himself off and looked towards the heart eater and then at Kairi who had an worried expression of her face.

"As if Riku, he just caught me by surprise is all. Plus I'm not in as good of shape as you so I got a little dazed is all, but now I'm ready." Sora said as he extended his right hand summoned his Oblivion keyblade once more. Riku let out a small chuckle.

"Man are you a pain, Kairi you stay here me and Sora will handle this." Riku said as he began walking towards Sora who was giving thumbs up to Kairi, a sign that he was alright.

Kairi nodded at them both she trusted them to get the job done but at the same time she felt a bit uneasy.

As Riku made his way over to Sora the heart eater was still screaming in pain, his yelling had caught the attention of the whole neighborhood. People were now looking out of their windows and stood on corners and in there doorways to try and figure out what all the screaming was about.

"This is bad Riku, with all these people around somebody could get hurt or worse" Sora said was he got into his fighting stance.

"Yeah I know that but we can take him plus he's only got one hand, I'd like to see him beat both of us with just that." Riku said as he got into his battle stance as well.

"Hmph you gotta point there so let's-"Sora was suddenly cut off as the ground around them started to shake uncontrollably, Sora heard a few people yell it's an earth quake. He fought to hold his balance he tossed a quick glance over at the heart eater and noticed that it was giving off a dark-purplish glow of energy and was holding his missing limb.

"Riku look!" Sora yelled as he pointed at the heart eater, Riku who was also fighting to keep his balance following Sora's arm with his eyes he then noticed the same dark energy coming from the heart eater but he also notice something else: something was growing out of the spot where Riku had sliced of his arm. Riku though it looked like a small stub at first but in a matter of seconds it grew into what looked like a black lump with five little stubs placed around it. Then suddenly its color turned to match the heart eaters tanned skin tone, and simultaneously the ground stopped shaking and the aura of darkness around him started to die down. Sora, Riku, Kairi, and all the other on lookers stared in awe not really knowing what to say. The heart eater moved his newly reformed right arm up and down and balled it into a fist to make sure everything was working properly before turning his attention back to the two keyblade warriors, his eyes bearing into their very souls. He let out a dry laugh.

"Do you boys know what happens when you get in between a lone wolf and his prey?"he said while grabbing hold of the katana on his left hip with his right hand.

"YOU become its new prey!" He proclaimed as he slowly drew his blade and held it loosely on his side. At that point Sora noticed that the blade of the sword was as white as snow, while the hilt, handle, and scabbard were black as night. Likewise his other sword that was still on his hip had a snow white hilt, handle and scabbard. Sora couldn't help but feel like he's seen those swords before.

"Now young warriors come, my addiction still needs to be fed."

[1]Sora and Riku looked at each other and nodded before rushing at the heart eater who only stood still as they made their advance. Riku made the first move jumping high into the air and coming down on top of the heart eater only to have his attack blocked, but Sora was still on the offensive. Sensing Sora coming Riku pushed off the heart eater's blade and did a backflip while Sora trusted his keyblade his heart only to have the heart eater side step the attack. But before the heart eater could counter attack Riku fired a few balls of dark fira at him but they never met their mark as the heart eater with blinding speed cut each tiny fireball in half.

"Is that the best you can do?" he taunted.

At the they both rushed him at the same time from different direction, when both were in striking rage they simultaneously attacked with horizontal slashes only to have their attacks blocked, sparks flew from the locked blades as Sora and Riku tired with all their might to push him back but to no avail. The heart eater swiftly broke the lock of blades and gave Riku a kick to the ribs sending him sliding into a parked car, Sora taking advantage seeing as the heart eater had his back to him let out onslaught of fire magic attacks. This time they hit their mark, but when the smoke cleared Sora noticed the heart eater had summoned a shield around himself for protection. In frustration Sora ran at him head on and the two attacked each other with blind speed; Sora swung his weapon at the heart eaters neck but he stepped back right at the nick of time to avoid it, he counter attacked with a vertical slash Sora blocked it but was forced on to his knees, but Sora quickly recovered and pushed back the blade of his enemy and swung his blade at his midsection but it was blocked and pushed a side. The heart eater spun around Sora's next attack and was about to attack from behind when he sensed Riku coming from his left, he partied Riku's attack but before he could get the chance to attack Riku Sora has attacking him. Soon Sora and Riku were attacking the heart eater at the same time letting loose a fiery of slashes coming from every direction, the heart eater had nowhere to go and no opportunity to counter only the time and reflexes to doge the incoming attacks from the two keybladers. Then suddenly an opening: Riku was attempting a downward slash while Sora was going to slash across the heart eaters midsection. And at that moment everything seemed to go into slow-motion for the three combatants, the heart eater spun around Riku saw the roundhouse coming but he couldn't evade in time, simultaneously the heart eater thrusts his sword into the ground as to block Sora's coming attack. Then time seemed to return to normal; Riku was kicked in the face by the heart eater's roundhouse kick and was knocked back a bit and Sora's attack was blocked and using the momentum from his roundhouse kick the heart eater using his sword as a pole spun around on it and kicked Sora across the face sending him back a few feet as well. The heart eater landed back on his feet and was about to stalk towards one of his two soon to be meals when he heard to sirens coming from behind him.

"Pitiful, when will you people learn to just stay out of my way!" He yelled he flexed the muscles in his right arm, from the parts of his sword not buried into the street the same dark purple glow was flowing around his sword but in a more concentrated fashion. Suddenly two police cars turned onto that street racing down at over 80mph one a head of the other. The passenger on the lead cop car let down his window and started shooting at the heart eater.

"No don't" Riku yelled trying to stop the incoming cars by jumping in their way but they sped right past him.

"BEGONE!" the heart eater drew his sword from the ground in a flash as the police cars sped by him as well, but not even thirty seconds after that the tops of both cars slid off and crashing into the pavement, on the inside of the cars the drivers and passengers had been decapitated. Worse of all the cars were still speeding down the street at 120mph as they both rammed straight into a nearby house.

"That attack…" Sora though out loud as a memory pasted into his mind "No it can't be?"

Riku walked up to the heart eater until he was a good 15ft away from him.

"You know you didn't have to kill them." Riku said anger apparent in his voice.

"Why shouldn't I have? Besides all you are is food to me nothing more nothing less and I can do whatever I want with my food, who's going to stop me? You? Ha without the darkness your nothing." The heart eater spat from under the darkness of his hood. Riku's face became a mix of hurt and anger, no way was he going to let some heartless beast talk about him like that but at the same time he felt like he was speaking the truth without the darkness he wasn't as powerful as he once was.

"As if I care what you think!" Riku said in a cool monotone voice before rushing forward. Sora watched as the heart eater dropped into a familiar stance and sheath his sword, yet he still held on to the hilt. Riku was closing in fast ready for the kill, then Sora noticed something odd he saw what looked like pink leafs falling. Sora then realized what was happening and ran forward.

Riku was now no more than 7ft in front of the heart eater, he smirked even though nobody could see it and closed his eyes.

"Zantetsuken" he said in a low tune

Riku's eyes shot open he knew this attack Sora had used it on him years ago and the scar still hadn't healed but he was too escape, he was in a dead zone. Suddenly the heart eater disappeared from his field of view and Riku knew his time had run out.

Riku closed his eyes and waited for his end but instead of feel the sharp pain of a blade meeting his skin he felt himself being pushed hard and then hitting the ground. He opened his eyes and he saw that Sora was standing over him hold his side. Riku also noticed that the heart eater was visibly once again but was not a good 30yards away.

"Damn Riku, talk about losing your cool well at least now we're even." Sora said as lifted his hand to see how bad he was hurt. Which he wasn't his shirt had a nice size gash in it yet he only had a thin cut that didn't even draw any blood.

"Shut up." Riku said while turning away from Sora "You know I'm really getting tired of getting my ass kicked by this dude." Riku said as he got up.

"Yeah me to, but there's one thing I wanna know." Sora stated.

"Hey heart eater thingy..uh guy, I want to know Zantetsuken is one of the three techniques you have to learn in order to become a Niten Ichi-ryū master. From what my father told me only a few hundred people have ever been thought it and only a handful have the skill to master it. So tell me how does an heartless like you learn that technique?" Sora asked

The heart eater didn't make a sound or any indication that it heard Sora at all it just stared at him from the darkness of his hood. Then he brought his sword up so that it was almost eye level with him.

"I don't know and I don't care." He proclaimed

"When I awoke on day almost two years ago these swords were by my side and I already knew how to use them. All I know is that with every heart I consume I take on the memories and abilities of the person or thing, but more importantly the more hearts I feed on the more powerful I become, my hunger never goes away only grows with each heart. And feeding this…addiction is all I do care about. A Name, a home, a family, a past, all mean nothing to me. So does that answer your question?"

Sora didn't answer he was letting it all soak in, if what the heart eater said is true then it was born or created around the same time the heartless attack the Island and the world fell to darkness.

"Hmph, good. Now you other boy what are your last word or request before I make you both a part of me?

"How 'bout these nuts." Riku spat as he got back into his fighting stance, Sora did the same.

"Hahaha, you both are such a waist of perfectly good hearts." He proclaimed

Sora and Riku glanced at each other than nodded as if they had made a plan and where agreeing on it. They ran at the heart eater head on, all the on lookers held their breath, Kairi who wanted to look away but couldn't tear her eyes were glued to the battle.

Sora ran ahead of Riku they were going balls out with this attack.

"RIKU!" Sora yelled as they closed in

"Outta my way!" Riku called flying past Sora, the heart eater saw Riku's attack coming and blocked but Sora's was coming much faster. Sora hit him with the blunt side of his keyblade knocking him into the air before he had time to think Riku was on his side ready to strike and Sora fast approaching from under him.

"damn." Was what the heart eater muttered as Sora and Riku unleashed a destructive combo of lightning fast horizontal, vertical, spinning slashes to the heart eater who groined in pain with each new cut they made.

"Is that all you got?" Riku ask mockingly as Sora and he flew away for a brief second before zooming back into the heart eater stabbing his body repeatedly again and again and again. The heart eater's body jerked back and forth as if he was a life less doll. Suddenly they jumped back stopping the slaughter for just a moment. but before the body of the heart eater could descend even a half foot the two longtime friends started shooting round after round of dark fire balls at him, it was like watching an battalion of tanks fire their cannons at the same target.

"I'll take him!" Riku proclaimed as he flew behind Sora. Riku raised his hand and summoned XIII swords of light. They both grabbed one and rushed at the heart eater once more cutting and slashing him across the body. The heart eater's blood was now pouring from so many different little cuts and gashes on his body, the on lookers could swear that day it rained blood.

"You're gonna lose it all!" Riku yelled Sora and him flew around the slowly descending body of the heart eater, they throw their keyblades into the air parallel to each other and to body. Suddenly a bright light started emitting from Sora's keyblade and a black with blue tint light was emitting from Riku's. The lights met and there was explosion of light that made everybody who was watching cover their eye, the heart eater let out a feral cry of pain as the light burned his body. The light faded away as Sora and Riku landed gently back on the ground.

"Riku!" Sora called as him and Riku grabbed their Keyblades as they fell back into their hands.

"Times up!" Riku stated his he give Sora a fist bump, as they did that the limp lifeless body of the heart eater landed behind them.[1]

All the one lookers clapped and cheered at the two heroes, most of them didn't know what was happening but they figured anybody who would kill cops and talk about eating someone's heart must be come kind of bad guy. Sora wished away his keyblade and gave and uncomfortable smile to the small crowed and turn to see if Kairi was still alright. But she beat him to it; she had run over to him and wrapped him a tight hug. Sora was shocked at first but he gradually gave into the feelings in his heart and hugged her back even tighter. Riku wished his keyblade away as well seeing as Sora and Kairi needed to be alone was about to leave when he smelt something. Riku turned back towards the seemingly dead heart eater and snuffed the air, 'no not him' Riku thought to himself, and he swore he recognized this smell. 'Darkness this funky is hard to forget' he thought.

"Hey Riku what is it?" Kairi asked worry filled her sweet voice. Riku turned to face her and noticed that Sora still had one had around her waist. Riku wonder at that moment if Sora had FINALLY made his move. But when Sora noticed Riku staring he dropped his hand and put it behind his head, to Kairi's clear disappointment. Riku was about to crack a joke about sora when he noticed that whoever this smell was coming from was getting closer and closer with every passing minute. Riku turned to in the direction of where the two police cars and rammed into a house. Whoever it was that was giving off this awful smell was right behind that house. At this point Sora noticed it to and was staring at the house intently.

"I…need more hearts…NO we don't need more hearts we can do this! But but look at us, all of us! we are a bloody mess,thats only because your too weak you should have let ME have control this battle. No if we did that you would have destroyed this world meaning less hearts for us! I don't care, I hate to loss and I'll do anything to make sure that doesn't happen." The trio looked on in confusion, it seemed as if the heart eater talking to its self but he had like three different distinct voices and non was the voice of the one they just fought. Suddenly the same aura of early was pouring out of the heart eaters body but this time it was much more intense and powerful, the aura was slowly healing the wounds on its body. Soon the aura dissipated and the heart eater stood up, what onlookers that were still there began to slowly turn and run. Sora pushed Kairi behind him as he called back his keyblade; Riku did the same and got back into his fighting stance.

[2] "What are you?" Sora asked, the heart eater made no sound he only raised his right hand and quickly his sword which was on the other side of the street flew into his open hand.

"Like my other said, with every heart I consume I gain the memories of those who we eat, but that's just the half of it. Along with those memories come personalities and moral codes and all that good shit, meaning we are somebody's yet we are nobody due to the twister of memories and personas mixed together in our brain. Depending on who's in control are ways of doing things change, but just so you know out of the five of us hehe I'm the one who gives the less damn 'bout casualties!"

The ground began to stake again but this time much more violently, the street started to rise up in some places and split open. Kairi who was unable to with stand the content rocking fell to her knees Sora kneeled beside her and wrapped a protective arm around her. Riku on the other hand was staring at the heart eater ready to block any income attack that could hurt his two best friends who are like family to him.

The heart eater extended his right hand pointing it at Sora, Riku and Kairi; it began glowing with a purplish-black glow. The dark energy formed into a ball and it was getting bigger and bigger by the minute. They all watched dumbfounded as the shape of a ball changed in to the shape of a heart. A dark purple colored heart on the outside and on the inside it was crystal blue color on the inner area of it.

"Hearts are power…now watch as I unleash that power!"

There was a flash of light that blinded all the on lookers, Sora wrapped Kairi in a protective hug as the light over took them but it was suddenly cut short. Sora and Riku reopened their eyes only to see an Old man with his back to them but both of them could make out his tanned skin and a long black trench coat, he had grabbed then Heart eaters right arm stopping the attack

"Sai that's enough ransacking for one day don't you think?" the old man asked

"Don't ever call me by that name you senile old fool!" cried "Sai" the heart eater.

"Now now now that's not something you say to your master." The old bald man said before Injecting Sai in the arm with a needle filled with a type of red liquid. Sai tried to fight the drug that was coursing through his veins but he wasn't strong enough as he was soon unconscious on the street.

Riku and Sora were speechless, neither one of the knew what to say but both of their protective instincts for Kairi took over and with Sora still holding her in his protective hug and Riku standing at the ready they had formed a shield around her. The old man slow bent down and picked up Sai with one hand and swung him over his shoulder.

"It's been a long time Sora, Riku." Said the old mad as he slowly turned and faced the two keyblade wielders. Sora and Riku gave the other puzzled looks neither one of them had seen this man before. They both turned their heads back towards the old man in front of them but this time was different when they looked him they each saw someone different: Sora saw Xemnas, and Riku saw Ansem The Seeker of darkness.

"Xemnas!'

"Ansem!"

"More like a mix of both, the names Xehanort, Master Xehanort." Xehanort give a little bow to them. Suddenly Riku felt a sharp pain in his head that was slowing become more and more painful he grabbed his head with his free hand.

"Hello Riku it's been awhile." said a voice only Riku could hear but it wasn't an unknown voice to him in fact it was one that he knew all too well.

"Ansem?" Riku asked weakly before collapsing onto the ground.

"Riku!' sora yelled as he uncovered Kairi and rushed to his best friend's side and shuck him but Riku gave no response.

"Riku? Riku come on bro get up." Sora pleaded

Kairi could only watch as Sora kept rocking the body of Riku back and forth but nothing happen, Riku seemed totally lifeless. But Kairi could feel that he wasn't. Then Kairi felt something different, something familure. She looked away from sora and Riku watched as Master Xehanort opened a dark corridor and stepped into it, but before he faded into the darkness along with the heart eater she noticed something Sai no longer had on his hood it must have fallen of when he got picked up by Xehanort. Kairi squished her eyes in order to get a better look, and just before they were gone into the darkness kairi caught a glance of at a lock of chocolate brown hair that was also spiked up just like Sora's.[2]


A/N: For all the kairi fans out there in Sorry for making her so helpless his chapter but its all for the drama that is rebirth and revenge =), I tried not to make my OC Sai uber beast so I hope I did a good job development on his character so guys thanks for reading and plz if you got something you wanna say or ask just review or pm me!

-Eddie out!

Chapter 8 preview: blasting off into the darkness

Kairi handed him her good luck charm and Sora took it, still not looking her in the eyes.

"Promise me it won't take you a year to come back again?" Kairi asked eyes starting to water. Sora couldn't stop his self from looking back at her, his heart to control now, sora hugged Kairi tightly. Kairi taken by surprise didn't know how to react but she quickly told herself to hang caution and just do what her heart told her to do.