When reading this chapter, please listen to either "Dive to the Heart" Ost, "End of the World" Ost, or "Fragments of Sorrow" ost. They are all from kingdom hearts, look them up on youtube.

Kyrie (c) Me

KH characters (c) Square Enix

Kingdom Hearts

Shattered Soul

Chapter 10

Days passed quickly after Axel's departure to castle oblivion. Kyrie, as well as Roxas and Xion, worked together on missions as they waited eagerly for the pyro to return. But Kyrie had other reasons for being so eager to see him again.

"I need to apologize to him..." she thought as she stared out into the sunset, eating ice-cream with her two companions. Roxas took a bite out of his before looking at them.

"I wonder how Axel is doing." he murmured. Xion nodded and Kyrie just stared on, like she didn't even hear him. They were silent for a few moments more before Kyrie felt a sharp stab of pain from inside her head, making her grunt as she doubled over. This caused the two nobodies to jump in alarm as they pulled her back, preventing her from falling off the tower.

"Kyrie? Kyrie! Can you hear us?" Xion cried as she shook her shoulder. Kyrie shook as the pain continued, her vision becoming hazy. Then she saw black shapes forming behind them.

"Heartless? This high up?" she thought in alarm. She quickly pointed behind the two as more heartless appeared and they growled.

"Kyrie, stay with us! We'll get you back soon, but these guys come first." Roxas called as he and Xion rushed in. A shadow appeared a few feet from her and inched closer. She quickly summoned her Lost Memory keyblade and held it over her head as it leaped.

*Flash*

She felt the pain disappear and something beneath her feet before she opened her eyes and looked down. She was standing on some sort of large pillar, with a mural on it. What she saw made her gasp.

"Is... is this me?" she thought in amazement as she stared at the mural. It was her, her side profile being shown as her long hair flowed in front of her. The background behind her was familiar.

"It's Hollow Bastion!" she thought as she recognized it. Then she spotted three symbols above the mural Kyrie's head. The one on the left was a nobody insignia, the center one was like her hairclip, except a whole heart instead of just a half of it, and the third one, the one on the right, was a card. But what kind of card, she did not know. It had three points that stood out.

"But where... am I?" she thought as she looked around. Everything outside the pillar was dark, the only light was the pale pink light that colored the pillar.

"This is your heart, princess." a voice spoke. She gasped, it was the same voice from the forest! She looked around, but saw no one else.

"Who are you?" she thought. The voice spoke again.

"My name and who I am is of no importance. But there is a reason for why you are here. You have dived into your heart for the answers to the questions you ask." it spoke. She was silent before three separate lights flashed in front of her, making her cringe and step back. She opened her eyes to see three large spheres.

"There is power within these three spheres. You can only keep two and discard one. Now choose." the voice continued. One sphere was white and had the heart symbol like the one on the mural. She touched it.

"This sphere holds the light within you. It will give you the power to protect the weak and allow you to continue to wield the keyblade. It will also allow you to remain as you are." the voice spoke. She nodded before looking at the second sphere, which was silver with the nobodies insignia. She touched it.

"This is the power of nothingness. It will protect you from ever fading, and will give you the power to save someone you hold dear. This sphere also holds a piece of your heart that you have lost. Discard it, and you will lose the lost fragment of yourself forever." it explained. Then she turned to the final sphere, which was black with the heartless insignia.

"This sphere will give you strength to withstand the darkness. You will no longer feel weak when in contact with it, nor will it devour you. But be warned, accept this, and your heart will be in danger from he who touched you with his darkness. Discard it, and you will continue to feel weak and drained as you walk along the dark corridors." the voice continued. She nodded, not knowing which one to discard.

"It's such a hard choice... I can't discard the white sphere, that's for certain. But the silver and black spheres..." she thought as she gazed at the three. Then she made her decision. She stepped forward and touched the black sphere.

"Is this the one you will discard?" the voice asked. She nodded.

"Yes, it is." she thought. Suddenly, the orb shattered and all that remained were fading fragments. Almost instantly, a crack formed at her feet and the crack spread, shattering the pillar. She opened her mouth in a silent scream as she plummeted. Suddenly, she started slowing down and looked below her to see another pillar, like the first. This one had white instead of pink.

She landed on her feet and gazed around.

"Here, there is no light to protect you. Fight with your heart, for it is the mightiest weapon of all..." the voice spoke. Before she could respond, something rumbled behind her and she turned, so see a large heartless. In its chest there was a large hollow shape of a heart.

"This is Darkside, your opponent. Do not give in to its darkness, or it will devour you." the voice spoke. The large heartless raised its massive hand and swung down, giving her hardly any time to dodge. She immediately summoned her keyblades in an effort to defend herself.

"Man, this thing really doesn't want me to attack, does it?" she thought angrily as it struck again, making her dodge it as well as the shadows that appeared. Then she realized something, every time it embedded its hand into the ground, it left its face wide open for counterattack. She found an opening.

"Here goes-" she thought as it swung again and imbedded its arm into the ground, an aura of darkness surrounding its hand. She avoided the shadows that appeared, and instead jumped on its arm and ran up, her sole focus was its face. She jumped up and brought both keyblades down on its face in an `X`. She heard a massive growl of pain as the large heartless disintegrated, and she landed on the ground. Then, as it was disintegrating, it fell forward.

"Ah!" her thoughts screamed as she held both keyblades up. Then the darkness began to consume her.

"Do not give in to your fear."

"Do not hesitate."

"For the light will protect you..."

"And Kingdom Hearts will open for you."

And everything went dark.

"Kyrie?"

*Flash*

"..."Kyrie felt something soft beneath her back as she slowly regained consciousness. She had no idea where she was, but it looked like she was out of wherever she had been.

"Open your eyes, princess. Your friends are awaiting you."

"That voice again..." she thought. Slowly but cautiously, she opened her eyes. Everything was blurred and all she could see were some colors, black being the strongest. She felt a hand on her head as it brushed her hair out of her face.

"Kyrie? You okay?" the voice asked. Her vision cleared and she saw Xion gazing down at her in worry. She lifted a hand weakly and placed it on top of hers.

"Xion..." Kyrie thought as she sighed happily. Xion sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness, I thought you were never gonna wake up." she sighed. Kyrie sat up slowly and smiled as she looked at her friend. There were so many things she wanted to ask, but didn t know what to ask first. But then Xion's expression darkened.

"Just like Roxas..." she whispered. Kyrie stiffened before looking around for her notebook and pen. She found it and grabbed it.

Huh? What happened to Roxas? And how long have I been out?

"You've been out for three days. We'd thought you were never gonna wake up, and shortly after, Roxas went unconscious too. He's still..." Xion explained. Immediately she got to her feet, staggering for a moment and realized she was back in her room. Before Xion could say another word, she was out the door. She quickly got to the next hallway and was outside his door, panting heavily. Preparing herself for what she might see, she slowly opened the door.

There, in his bed, lay an unconscious Roxas. There were two seashells at his bedside, and he looked like he was in a deep sleep. She walked forward and stood at his bedside, gazing at him sadly.

"Oh Roxas..." Kyrie thought as she watched him. His breaths came out soft, and he barely moved at all.

"He's been like this for two days. The day after you went unconscious, he went unconscious during a mission to a new world." a voice spoke. She turned to see Xion as she joined her at Roxas' bedside. Kyrie lifted one of the seashells from its place and looked at it carefully.

"I found a new world, these seashells came from there. It's... an amazing place." Xion added. She nodded before placing it down and turning, walking out of the room. She stood in the hallway for a few moments before sighing sadly.

"Roxas... how will Axel react when-" suddenly voices stopped her thoughts and she looked down the hallway to see Xemnas and Saix walking in her direction.

"Ah, Kyrie. You have awakened." Xemnas spoke, taking notice of her presence. She nodded before Saix spoke.

"Superior, we have confirmation that a member at Castle Oblivion has been eliminated, should we-" Kyrie stiffened at his words. Someone was eliminated? Who?

"No, leave things as they are for now. We will see what happens next." Xemnas spoke, cutting him off. Then he took notice of Kyrie's horrified expression. He smiled.

"Do not fear, we do not yet have the identity of the member who was eliminated. But I can assure you, it wasn't Zexion, Lexaeus, or Axel." he spoke. He knew of the girl's friendship with those members, and needed to ease her fears since she would need to be calm and focused on the upcoming missions. She sighed softly and nodded.

"Very well. I will see you tomorrow at the Grey Area." and with that, the two walked away. Kyrie was silent before holding a hand over her heart.

"Axel..."

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