Requiem-Due to the rather short length of the last chapter, I'm gonna make this one super long and Sonami focused. All the Sonami! Or Namora, whichever ship name you prefer. :D So yeah...I don't have writer's block anymore. Yeah! And, you know what, its mostly dialogue about things and backstory! YIPPEE!
Just wait until next time...WRITER'S BLOCK! My worst goddamn enemy that isn't human. Goddammit.
"What?" Namine noticed the surroundings around her almost immediately. It was nothing, but it was everything. The abnormal feeling caused Namine to freeze up a little.
"Hello, Namine," Kawthar said. "If you don't mind, I took control of your body for a little bit. Only called Vanitas a little shit, nothing major."
"Why would you want my input?"
"Because you've emotions, dumbass. We all have emotions. Don't fool yourself, foolish, little girl." The mysterious woman's voice was harsh and unwavering. "Marluxia and Larxene did learn the truth about that the hard way. Heck, even I had to learn the truth the hard way." Namine's eyes bulged, and words were imprisoned inside her fragile throat. She could sense that her legs were wobbly.
"What do you mean?" Namine struggled. "Have we all been fed lies this entire time? Do all of us have emotions?"
"That's besides the point. Right now, we've a lot more important things to talk about, so you better pay attention!" Kawthar's cold-hearted stare could be felt from even beyond her black veil. "The more important matter is how to free your idiotic lover boy from his possession. I don't really like that little shit. Should've killed him when I had the chance. But, this is how things are now, so I better help you get your lover boy back in control." Clearly thinking about something, Kawthar stared upwards, gazing into the barren landscape.
"But first, how did you possess me again? I thought you could only do that if I passed out."
"Well, I can do it when you pass out or in great emotional distress. The emotional distress one can only last for a few seconds though," the girl answered. "But, whenever you're with that Sora kid, your heart is so bright it hurts. I couldn't do anything! I guess that's the power of love for ya." Because of the statement, Namine began to blush. Kawthar at least appeared to have some feelings to Namine now.
"Nonsense, nobody can love me."
"Ha ha ha! I see you still have that inferiority complex thing going on, but not that I can blame you. I mean, I am a Nobody after all, comes with the job. You're just lucky you never got drafted into the forsaken Organization." Her arms, which were covered with a beautiful black lace, crossed. "And, like you, I never joined the happy band of misfits, yet Marluxia and Larxene did. It was hard at first calling them by their new names, ya know. But, they had to, or their plan to save everybody would've never even began. Well, their plan still failed miserably thanks to that redheaded brat."
"What do you mean save everyone?" questioned the blonde Nobody, now even more curious than before. She would have never guessed that those two were that noble. Even though she could not completely trust Kawthar yet, she would probably never do that, Namine had a unknown sensation that she was at the bear minimum telling a half truth. The same unfamiliar sensation was telling her to...become friends with her? That was weird.
"From the Organization's trap! You see, some of us brats figured out about plans, so we decided to foil those certain plans. Do you want to know what those plans are? Well, too bad, I'm not telling. There's no way I'll spoil the surprise from all of you heroes. Since that's out of the way now, let's explain how to save your lover boy." Kawthar giggled. Her speech was a bit hard to follow due to her saying it all in just a couple of seconds. "It'll be fun to witness you finally defeat Vanitas. I mean, I want to see that little shit rot in the Realm of Darkness. Oh wait, we're already in the Realm of Darkness."
"We're what? The Realm of Darkness? What happened when I was gone?"
"What do you think that portal was going to? Disney Town or something?" At that moment, Kawthar snapped her fingers. "Once you're strong enough, I might reveal to you some more information if you please. That would be my gift to you. Maybe one day you'll be strong enough to figure out the true purpose for Organization XIII, but let's not kid ourselves."
Yochi stared at the white walls. She wanted to forget everything she saw, but the images would not leave her head. Even though they were not on the best grounds, Yochi prayed to have that replica return. Or, even better yet, one of her fellow pupils to wake up. They would understand everything hopefully. Before anybody else could come, the foreteller felt another memory rushing into her head. She screamed at the realization of what was to come.
"Just tell yourself not to say those words! Yeah, that might help...maybe. Just don't say them..." Her words faded into the memory.
"I've to stay calm. Maria is fine. Maria is fine. Maria is fine. Maria is fine. Maria is fine. SHE'S FINE!" Those words were basically doing nothing to defeat Yochi's anxiety. "MARIA IS FINE!" Her voice echoed throughout the almost empty halls, so the girl covered her mouth and ran even faster than before.
"She's insane! Run!" Just like that, Yochi noticed a lot of the darkness users dash right by her like she was not even there. The sheer look of terror was on everybody's face.
"They're not talking about Maria. They're not talking about Maria. It must be somebody else with her name. I mean, the name is super popular in some of the worlds. See, it has to be. It has to be." The brunette gave out a little laugh. "I'll save her. I'll save her. I'll save her. Crap, is the dark environment getting to me? Really should've thought this through more carefully."
When the chaos around her died down, Yochi began searching all the rooms. Most of them were empty torture chambers which made the young adult cringe. Some of them even have people inside them, but most of them were dead anyways or hardly human anymore. Yochi could feel the atmosphere become more and more dark with every step she took down the dark hallways.
"Everything is going to be alright. Everything going to be alright." The darkness around her made Yochi want to cough or laugh hysterically. "Master would hate me if I gave into darkness now. He hates darkness. He hates everything having to deal with darkness."
"Come over here, Yochai."
"Maria!" Without even seeing her face, Yochi felt a pain suddenly leave her chest. She rushed to where the brunette heard the noise, the last room in the hallway. Yochi opened the door without even thinking about anything else. There was nothing really much in the room except the empty walls of white, making it different from the other rooms. The only thing of any substance there was a video tape, and Yochi noticed a white security camera in the corner.
"Don't do everything you're told." The door behind Yochi closed before she could get to it. There was a locking sound which made shivers travel up the woman's spine. Then she remembered...
"Oh wait, I've a keyblade."
"Its useless here. Everything's useless here. Nothing will save you." The foreteller's eyes dilated.
"Maria! Don't worry, I'm coming!" Yochi then began to cough which made her eyes dilate even more. Her eyes became wobbly, and the girl's vision was beginning to blur. "No...Maria..."
Riku's replica strolled into the main room in Castle Oblivion, at least for him, Namine, Sora, and the others. It was like every other room in the foreboding castle in it's color scheme. White. Unlike the other rooms, this one had a crystal orb in the middle. And, in one of the corners near the back, there was a chair with nothing but a drawing pad on it.
"Namine...what should I do next?" the replica questioned, walking towards the notepad. "There's this...interesting woman in the pod room, and I've no idea what to do with her. You haven't even gotten back from your little journey either." Like it was answering his question, the crystal in the middle of the room began to glow. "Well, that's new too."
"Maria is fine, Maria is fine." Those words echoed throughout the room the replica was staying in. "Maria is fine, Maria is fine, Maria is fine, Maria is fine, Maria is fine, Maria is fine, Mmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaa iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssss ffffffffffffffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeee."
"..." Namine opened her eyes to see that Vanitas was pointing his keyblade at her neck. Beads of sweat began to pour down her forehead, for she was pretty sure Kawthar did something to piss him off. Maybe her calling him those words was one of the worst things Kawthar could have done.
"Don't you ever call me a little shit! I'm the master in this relationship while you're just a nobody without a slightest meaning for your existence! You were born just because of some cosmic glitch even!" You know, if you keep letting him talk that way to you, I'm gonna possess your body again and make him real happy. Namine gasped. Hey, stop acting like a dead girl talking in your head is the most unusual thing that has ever happened to ya! You've people talking in your head all the time! Sitting here won't do anything to help your situation! Just do something, or your little lover boy will be forever lost to the darkness!
"Are you all bark and no bite? That's boring. You're even a bigger idiot than-" The blonde Nobody pointed one of her arrows to Vanitas's face to interrupt him quickly.
"I don't like fighting, but you've given me no other choice." Catching him even more off guard, Namine nailed him where it hurt and quickly got out of his gasps. "At times like these I realize the true importance of being trained by a master archer. Now, Vanitas, it is time to hand over Sora's body back to him!" Namine loaded one of her bows and aimed at Vanitas. Now that's more like it. See, I can be useful! You know what, I can even pull this up if things keep like this. Ha. But I guess we would actually have to get along with each other. Whatever, you're changing, so it can't be that hard.
"...Time to fight back then." With his already drawn out keyblade, Vanitas entered his body stance. His opponent gulped, yet she remained to stand her ground. Then, as if she saw something else, her eyes widened even more than before. "Now you're acting like a coward? What can possibly be a greater threat to you right now than me?"
"Look behind you and you'll see." To show that she would not use any tricks, Namine lowered her weapon and placed the arrow back in its original place. While making his own weapon disappear as well, Vanitas turned behind him. At some distance away there was two shields placed up and a woman could be see in front of them, for her pink hair made her stand out from the rest of the barren landscape.
"That's certainly something you don't see everyday," commented Vanitas.
Requiem-Before anything else, I would like to hug everyone that has supported this story so far! xD Here's some hugs! I can't believe this story has over 6,200 views! That's freaking insane!
Vanitas-Yeah, yeah, stop being mushy already.
Requiem-Well, this truly makes me happy, so of course I'm gonna be mushy over it.
Bye all of you amazing people. ;)