Chapter 3: Unbearable
I woke up, and saw that the dojo was now in ruins. There was a pain in my back, but I ignored it as I saw Arashi and Kyo lying on the ground and unconscious. I rushed over to Arashi first, then carried her over to Kyo and laid them next to each other so I can take care of them both at the same time. I began by checking their pulses, and finding them still alive, I relaxed and began to attend to their wounds.
After an hour or so, I finally dressed all their injuries and sat to look around at the damage that the previous battle had caused. While glancing over the wreckage, I noticed a large figure walking towards us. Immediately I summoned my keyblade and stood to protect my friends, knowing that I didn't have much energy left in me to fight.
However, when he came into view, I knew this man wouldn't hurt us if we did nothing, so I dismissed my weapon and sat back down to watch him pass. He was huge and muscular, like a bodybuilder on steroids, and wore combat boots, cargo pants, a vest, and a bear skin. Covering his upper body and his head. He turned to me and just asked. "I can bear to look at this mess. You should clean it up before I maul you with my bear hands." Immediately he cracked his knuckles and waited for me to move and start picking things up before he began to leave.
"I wonder what his problem was..." I said underneath my breath before he turned around and looked at me again.
"Can you repeat yourself because I bearly heard you." He said walking back towards me.
"Nothing! Just, please go away while I deal with the loss of my home and teacher." I replied defiantly, but worn out, hoping not to have another fight with a stranger so soon.
Without another word, he looked at me and nodded, before he walked away, leaving me with my friends and ruins. After a while, I managed to salvage what I could, and found no signs of Riku, nor Sora.
Kyo woke up a few minutes later and scratched his head, looking at me before getting up and walking over. He almost fell a few times, but made it over fine and helped me to rebuild what I could. He was strangely silent the entire time, and seemed distant. I figured he was going through a whirlwind of emotions and decided to let him work.
Arashi finally woke up and when she realized that what happened actually happened, she broke down into tears. Kyo just looked away, trying to hold back his own sorrow, so I went over to her and tried to comfort her. Things went on like this for a few more hours, in a cycle. Kyo and I would be building while Arashi got rest, breaking down every so often in which Kyo and I took turns comforting her.
Soon, when Arashi was sleeping once again after another fit, Kyo pulled me to the side and finally talked for the first time since the attack. "Teos, I'm leaving to the Realm of Darkness in the morning. I'm searching for Riku and Sora on my own, and you guys would just get in my way in there."
I looked at him appalled before grabbing him and slamming him against the wall. "What are you talking about? Don't you know looking for them on your own is a suicide mission! They're probably being held captive by the same guy who took them both out, and then beat us without getting so much as a scratch on him and you want to dive right into a battle with him?"
"I stand the best chance of surviving in that realm, and by travelling through it to other worlds, I will get strong enough to beat that man!" He yelled before putting his feet to my chest and kicking me away, knocking me back onto the ground. Before I had the chance to get back up, Arashi gets up and looks at us both in confusion. Kyo stops for a second, before he starts walking away from us. "Don't come looking for me! If you want to be of any help, search for them on your own terms!"
Arashi gets wide eyed when she realized what he meant and screams for him to stop. She runs over and grabs his arm, but he just shrugs her off. "Please, we need to stick together. We just lost our master, our home, and the means for us to becomes Keyblade masters. If you leave now, we might never be able to meet up again." She tries to stop him again, but he just holds out his hand to stop her.
"I've got to do this part alone. Take your own path and follow your heart till the end. Like Sora, Kairi and Riku, we'll always find each other in the end." He says before turning to me. "When this is all over, you can beat me up then, but right now, we all need to go and search for our stolen friends." And with that, he opened up a Dark Corridor and walked into the Realm of Darkness.
"He's right, we can't sit around moping anymore Arashi. We need to go and look for our friends before it's too late. I'll search the worlds around here to see if I can pick up any leads. I think you should check out the Realm In Between and search there. That way we have maximum coverage." I said giving her a hug and looking around. "Let's trust that Kyo knows what he's doing."
Wiping away tears from her eyes, she nods in agreement before summoning her keyblade armor and taking off to one of the worlds in between the realm of darkness and the realm of light. I took off and ran for the nearest city, which wouldn't be for miles, and set off with new found determination.
A.N.
This is a rare, two chapters in a day. Well, this one was shorter in terms of setting off the story for our protagonists, but it helps to set the seeds for what I hope you guys will enjoy. Yes, each chapter is told from a different perspective, and this is why. Our heroes, as you've seen, have taken off on their own paths to reconvene later, like they always do for the final match. Anyways, always looking for reviews and comments, and thanks for reading.
P.S.
The man with the bear puns will return later in the story for obvious reasons I hope.
