Hello friends it's me again coming to you with another installment of Heart of Hearts. So sit back and enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own kingdom hearts. Whoever dose is extremely lucky. I wish I were that lucky.

Now let's begin.

Bold: flashbacks/ previous text

Italics: Dream/ mind speak

Heart of hearts

By darklinkblade

"Lord Axel, god of flames, to what do I owe the pleasure of your visit?"

"Well I was in the neighborhood when I felt my friend Sora here draw upon my power. So I decided to come and look at what was going on and imagine my surprise when my favorite student was being attacked even after he won fair and square. You wouldn't happen know who attacked him would you… Duke of Darkness."

"I wouldn't know Lord Axel." He said attempting to deceive Axel. "Perhaps it was an unfinished attack before the duel ended?"

"I'll take your word for it this time duke." Axel said "What was he fighting for anyways?"

"He was fighting for the right to date my daughter. I guess I am still stuck in the old ways after all."

"I see. Well I hope he won. After all, he is my student, and my powers were always stronger than yours, duke."

"Win he did, Lord Axel. It was a most surprising victory too. I thought for sure the other suitor would have won but he pulled through at the last second."

"It's just like him to do that to the poor sap he was fighting."

"If you would pardon me, Lord Axel, but what do you mean?"

"It's how the boy fights. He asses his appoint by appearing to be weak and taking hits all the while plotting a strategy to beat them. It's quite ingenious if I do say so myself."

"I see. Well if you wouldn't mind could you take him home? I don't think he will be waking up any time soon."

"He fought that hard, huh?"

"Yes he did. I suppose that you're proud of him for that, yes?"

"Yah, I'll take him home, but remember, the boy beat your champion, so your probation sentence for your demotion of power remains the same."

"I know… Just take the boy home."

"Will do, see ya!"

Axel picked up Sora and disappeared in a flash of fire.

"I thought that fool would never leave. What did you think of the boy Traccia?"

Kairi's features began to change. Gone was the redish brown hair, the baby blue eyes, the cheery smile, and the pink dress. Instead there stood a girl with shiny black hair, brown eyes, a smile with no emotion, and a black version of kairi's pink dress. "I agree with you lord Bladebarer. I am a little curious though as to why the God of Flames, Axel, could not tell that i was not the girl i was impersonating."

"That is simple dear Traccia," he forcibly kissed her on the lips and cuelly laughed when he saw the look of disgust and hatrid on her face after he'd pulled away, "the girls power is all over this house. Its practically seeping out of the walls. Now change back and come with me. We're going to try to break that girl again. We need her to not resist the pull of darkness and for her to do that, we must break her emotionally... intimately." He smiled a cruel, evil smile.

"Yes lord Bladebarer." She changed back as she was told and followed him to where he kept Kairi hidden. Traccia hated the man she served, but she had no choice. He had bound her to him using his dark powers and the only way out was for her to be dismissed by him or to find someone that truley loved her, and for him to give her a kiss that would dispell his magic for there is no stronger magic then true love, but she knew that it would have to be the first and not the latter because who could love a shadow? So until he decided that she was of no more use to him and he released her or killed her she belonged to him.

When they arrived at Kairi's chambers, no, prison. Duke Bladebarer stopped and looked at Traccia. "Stay here and do not move from this spot." She nodded. The duke of darkness entered the room and a few minutes later, when he finally came out, he looked stronger, and, if possible, she felt weaker.

"Wh-what happened in there?"

The duke smiled and said, "Progress, my dear Traccia. Beautiful progress."

Thats a rap people thanks for reading and just simply being cool. Also im sorry for this chapter being kind of short.

Peace out

Darklinkblade.