Chapter 10: The truth comes out.
A/N: Hey everyone! I'm back! Since finals are over for me, that means I'll get more time to update my stories. A lot of people were happy to see Hikari again from the last chapter. And I'll admit it, I was happy to see her too. She was my first popular oc character and it feels weird writing a Kingdom Hearts story without her as the main character. But we'll be seeing her again soon, so don't you worry.
Now we get to the more serious side of this world. Lumen starts to find out what Terra has been doing and why he's causing so much problems.
I'm sorry if this chapter is really short, but I just got through with finals and I want to keep the main events into separate chapters. And if you think about it this way, that means more chapters will come out.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, I just own my oc's.
Enjoy!
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Lumen didn't regret making Hikari as her successor. She knew it was rather abrupt and last minute, but she felt like she was doing the right thing.
It was as if she was meant to make Hikari the next wielder of the Keyblade.
She smiled a little as her recalled the story she heard from Taiyouko. She always knew that the worlds used to be filled with light and that they were always in danger of the darkness. Her father would always tell her a similar story growing up. It made her want to wield the keyblade and protect the worlds.
"This world is filled with so many coincidences" she said.
"I wonder if coming here was an accident…or if it was destined"
With so many strange things happening, who knew what would happen next.
She looked up at the sky and smiled. Everything was so beautiful here, that nothing could ruin it.
Well…almost.
As she was looking up at the sky, she spotted something fly by. It looked like some sort of arm piece that was red and black in color.
That was frightening in itself, but that wasn't the reason why Lumen's blood ran cold. What horrified her was they Unversed symbol that was printed on the arm.
"Oh no" she said.
It seemed that the Unversed were gathering to do some very serious damage to this world.
Turning around, she quickly ran in the direction that the arm was heading towards. She had to stop it before more parts to it came together and caused serious damage.
"Please let me make it in time" she said.
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It seemed the Unversed didn't want to be in an area that was crowded with people and went towards the more barren parts of this world.
Lumen wondered what the Unversed was up to and continued to chase it. It was up to something if it wasn't harming humans.
She reached towards an open area and saw more parts of the Unversed coming together.
"Oh no" she said.
She summoned her keyblade and faced the Unversed as it put itself together to make a giant armored Unversed.
The young keyblade wielder gulped down her nerves as she faced this monstrous foe.
"Lumen!"
Lumen gasped when she turned to see Terra running into the area.
She smiled with relief when she realized that he was ok.
"Terra!" she cried.
Terra ran up to her and smiled.
"Thank goodness you're ok" he said.
Moments later, Aqua and Ven ran into the area as well.
"Aqua! Lumen!"
The two of them smiled before they summoned their keyblades.
"We'll talk later" Aqua said.
"Let's get this thing!" Ven cried.
Terra looked at Lumen.
"Everything will be alright" he said.
Lumen nodded a little before she faced the Unversed.
The Unversed would break off parts of its body and used them to attack the group. Terra blocked the head as it spun around, trying to smash them into the walls. Aqua performed bubble blast as she tried to trip the feet up when it went to stomp her into the ground. Ven quickly ran out of the way as the chest piece acted as a cannon and fired energy blasts at him. Lumen countered the clawed arms and ducked when they tried to take a swipe at her.
They all lured a piece of the body away with them so it couldn't put itself back together and cause greater damage. The best way to beat this thing was to break it apart.
Terra wasn't having any trouble on his part. Since he was physically the strongest, he was able to fight back his enemy.
Aqua proved to be just as strong with her magic. She would just cast spells at the Unversed to keep it at bay while she figured out a plan to defeat it properly.
Ven was having a hard time on his end. Since was wasn't physically strong or skilled with magic, he couldn't attack his enemy. All he could do was run out of the way whenever it tried to hit him.
Lumen jumped out of the way when the arms tried to smack her into a wall. She finally figured out where its opening was, all she had to do was wait for the proper moment.
She got it when the arms swung back to hit her and let itself opened. Lumen smirked and to strike, only to get knocked down by Ven.
The two of them landed on the ground a heap and they tried to regain their senses.
"Ven, what are you doing?" Lumen snapped.
Ven tried to catch his breath from all of that running.
"I can't land a hit" he said.
"That thing is way to strong"
Lumen growled in annoyance. This was the reason why she told him to return home.
"Just stay close to me" she said.
"I think I have a plan"
Ven stayed close to Lumen as they carefully made their way around the Unversed. They didn't want to be detected so stealth was the key to winning this fight.
When the arms and the chest piece where in the positions that Lumen wanted them to be, she turned to Ven.
"When I say go, you run in between them" she said.
"Then run as fast as you can out of there when they attack"
Ven gulped but nodded. He trusted Lumen and knew that she would never let him get hurt.
Lumen looked at the Unversed again and saw that they were in place.
"Go!"
Ven quickly sprinted between the two parts and made sure they spotted him. Both charged up their attacks with the intent of finishing him off immediately.
"Run Ven!" Lumen cried.
Ven quickly ran when they fired off their attacks only to end up hitting themselves.
Lumen pumped her fist when she saw that her plan worked perfectly.
"Yes!"
Ven smiled in relief as well.
Aqua finished off the legs of the Unversed and ran towards them.
"That was some smart thinking" she said.
Lumen shrugged.
"My father always told me if you're fighting a group of enemies, try to make them fight themselves first"
Aqua laughed.
"Of course"
Terra attacked the Unversed's head. It proved to be a lot harder to defeat since it wore such thick armor around its face. He couldn't defeat it on his own, so he needed everyone's help with this.
"Guys! Let's end this!" he cried.
Lumen and Aqua quickly reacted and charged at the Unversed first.
"This ends now!" Aqua cried.
The girls slashed at its face while Terra and Ven landed the finishing blow.
The four of them watched as the Unversed broke into dark particles and disappeared.
Lumen smiled and wiped the sweat from her brow.
"That went well" she said.
She turned to Terra and smiled.
"Terra!"
She quickly ran into his arms and held him tightly. She was so happy to see him again that she forgot all about all the things that he possibly did on other worlds. All that she cared right now was that she was in the arms of the man she loved most.
Terra smiled contently as he ran his hand through her hair.
"Lumen" he said.
Lumen buried her face into his shirt and inhaled his scent.
Aqua and Ven smiled at the scene when they walked up to them. They were happy to see each other as well and glad to know that no one was hurt.
Ven quickly remembered something that he got earlier and pulled them out.
"Oh yeah" he said.
"I got you guys these tickets"
He pulled out a set of tickets and gave them each one.
"What are they for?" Aqua asked.
Ven smiled.
"Life time passes to Disney Town" he said.
He frowned when he remembered something else.
"He said to-bring grownups"
Terra, Aqua and Lumen laughed at that. Poor Ven, everyone thought he was a child because of his size.
"Oh Ven" Lumen said.
Her smile faltered when she remembered that he was supposed to be home and not out here.
"Ventus!" she growled.
She went up to him and pinched him in the cheeks.
"I told you the head back home!" she snapped.
"I've been looking everywhere for you! Do you know how worried sick I was? You have a lot of nerve running off on me like that. I should kill you for this"
Ven flinched at being treated like a child, but he couldn't blame her. He didn't mean to run off on her like that, but he wanted to find Terra.
"Lumen's right, Ven" Aqua said.
"We need to get you home"
Ven shook his heade.
"It's ok, Aqua" he said.
"Trust me, that guy in the mask is history. He'll never bad-mouth Terra again"
Lumen raised an eyebrow.
She remembered Ven mentioning about a masked boy spreading rumors about Terra. Did he run into him again?
"Ven, please tell me you didn't fight him" she said.
Ven smiled nervously.
"Well-"
Terra quickly gripped his shoulder and gave him a serious look.
"You saw the boy in the mask?" he asked.
Ven looked taken aback but Terra's sudden mood change.
"Y-yes?" he said uneasily.
Lumen looked at Terra. She didn't know why he suddenly became serious.
"Terra?"
Terra looked away in thought.
"Vanitas…" he muttered.
Now Lumen was really confused.
"Terra, what's going on?" she asked.
"Who's Vanitas?"
Terra looked at her.
"It's nothing" he said sharply.
Lumen frowned at that. Now he was getting snippy with her?
"It certainly doesn't sound like nothing if you're giving me an attitude about it" she said.
Terra cringed and looked away. He never raised his voice to her before and now he regretted it.
He looked at Ven and gave him a scolding look.
"Ven" he said.
"You let Aqua and Lumen take you home"
Ven pouted at that.
"No way!" he said.
"I wanna go with you guys"
Terra shook his head.
"You can't" he said.
"We have a dangerous road ahead of us. I don't want you to get hurt"
"And what is this dangerous task, Terra?" Aqua asked.
Lumen looked at her best friend.
"Aqua?"
The keyblade master gave Terra a serious look. She really didn't want things to come to this, but she had no choice. She saw the things that Terra did and she needed to call him out on it. She didn't want Lumen to know, but maybe it was best if she did know.
She couldn't be kept in the dark forever.
"It doesn't sound like what the Master told you to do" she said.
Terra looked at the ground.
"It might be a different route, but I'm fighting the darkness" he said.
Aqua didn't buy. Terra might have thought he was going the right path, but she knew better.
"I'm not so sure" she said.
"I've been to the same worlds as you and I've seen what you've done. You shouldn't put yourself so close to the darkness"
Lumen's blood ran cold.
Of course. She nearly forgot about all of the things that she heard on different worlds reguarding Terra. Striking an old woman, sending the Unversed to attack Snow White, helping and evil sorceress in capturing a princess, stealing someone's heart. And most of all…letting the darkness consume him.
She bit her lip nervously. She was afraid to think that Terra would do these horrible things. She didn't want to believe that her sweet, kind, loving Terra would even think about such horrific deeds. But somewhere deep in her heart….she knew that it was true.
Ven gave Aqua a scolding look.
"Listen to yourself, Aqua" he said.
"Terra would never-"
"You mean you've been spying on me?" Terra interrupted.
He wore such a cold expression on his face that it made Lumen shiver. This wasn't the Terra that she fell in love with.
Terra just gave Aqua a cold look.
"Is that what he said to do?" he asked.
"The Master's orders?"
Lumen gasped.
Her father ordered Aqua to spy on Terra?
"But…what about Terra's second chance?" she thought.
"Was that just a lie?"
She looked between her friends. She didn't know what to think or do anymore.
Aqua went behind her back and was spying for her father. Her father didn't have any faith in Terra and lied to them. Ven was off fighting dangerous masked people.
And worst of all….Terra really did do those horrible things.
He never denied it and he never tried to explain. He never said anything or looked a tiny bit sad about it. It's like he didn't regret the horrible things that he did. He didn't care at all.
A tear ran down her face when she realized that the man that she loved most was gone now. At that stood before her was this cold, heartless man.
Ven looked at Lumen as more tears fell from her face.
"Lumen?" he asked uneasily.
Aqua and Terra looked at her to see Lumen give Terra a hurtful look.
Terra took a step towards her.
"Lumen, I can exp-"
He was cut off by the stinging feeling to his cheek.
Lumen's arm was raised from when she slapped him. He expected her to just stand there and let him explain when he should have done that minutes ago?
She turned on her heel and bolted from him.
"Lumen!" Terra cried.
Lumen closed her eyes as the tear kept pouring. She didn't want to stay around and listen to his petty excuses.
The Terra she knew was gone and there no way of changing that.
Her heart ached painfully as the truth sunk in.
Sometimes the truth really did hurt.
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A/N: So the truth came out. Poor Lumen. This is kind of like when Hikari realized Riku was siding with Maleficent.
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