Hikari here, posting from my phone. I'm gonna be heading to bed soon, and don't have time to boot up computer to format this properly, so apologies.Hope that you enjoy the chapter.*flops onto Tally the giant squishmallow tabby, and is obscured by a large puff of purple smoke.*

Chapter 2

Riku had now slept for several days in a dreamless sleep. Namine worked her hardest to unlock the memories she saw within Riku's heart. It was much harder than she originally thought. These memories she saw in Riku… they were much deeper, much more buried then any memories she had seen. At first she thought they were just some repressed childhood memories, but the more she worked, she started to feel that it was more than that.

It was something completely different.

The time soon came when she was finished with her job with Riku's memoires. Slowly he woke up after she had finalized the last bit she needed to do. Eventually Riku opened his eyes and began to blink. Everything around him looked hazy and he couldn't seem to focus.

Once he got to his feet, he groaned. He placed a hand to his head as a small pain started to form. "Ah… Namine, is it over?"

"Yes, those hidden memories should be awake for you to recall now," Namine said softly.

"I guess it is just taking a bit for them to come clear and-"

Riku stopped mid sentence

Something was tugging at the back of his mind. Something familiar. He could almost feel the memories creeping up on him… flooding back into his mind.

Flashes of keyblades clashing jumped first into his mind.

So many keyblades.

So many wielders.

All of them fighting.

He was fighting too, against many of them. Many of them all so young. Why were they fighting? Why was he fighting? What… what were these memories? These were… his memories?

Before Riku could even think, his mind burned with so many images. He felt the strength in his legs gave out as he dropped to the floor. He thought he could hear Namine calling his name, but the sound of keyblades clashing against one another was far louding in his head. The room around him swirled until everything went black.


The world around Riku was a hazy, barely any object or person could be made out. All he knew was there was constant fighting going on.

He stood across a small clearing in the chaos from another.

He had his keyblade drawn, and he felt like he was going to attack. He tried to stop himself but he could not control what was happening. It was as if he were only watching everything that was happening before him.

His felt his body move and quickly turn to block an attack from behind him.

"Iraaaaaaaaaaaa!" the person shouted in a deep voice from behind him. They wore an outfit that, at first, Riku saw as strange, but it was also familiar at the same time.

"Ira?" Riku thought to himself. "Why does that sound… it sounds like…"

Riku wasn't given much of a chance to process the scene he was witnessing as his mouth opened and he spoke.

"We settle this now."

The man with the bear mask launched at him, swingin his keyblade to attack. There was hardly any time to react as Riku felt the keyblade shove harshly against his chest. He was knocked back and the man jumped forward ready to strike again, this time though he blocked it. The two of them then began to fight more, exchanging hits back and forth. The fight between them ensured for a while, both of them taking many hits.

The scene before his eyes faded and started to change into something else. He now stood before someone with a keyblade. A younger looking person, and they were in a battle stance. Was he fighting them? Why though? He tried to process as he felt his body move again, preparing to strike the young person.

Instead, similar to before, he turned slightly and blocked an attack coming from behind him.

It was the same bear masked man from before. "I've been waiting for this moment…. Ira."

"There's that name again…" Riku thought as the two of them started to fight against each other once more. "Why is it familiar… Why do I know…"

As the fight went on, something started to make sense to Riku. It started to make sense to him why all of this was familiar. He had seen this before… no… he had experienced this before. He had lived these moments once before.

When the battle started to end, he was on his knees, breathing heavily. A few feet before him was the bear masked man. He too was near to collapsing onto the ground, looking as if he was at his end. Riku had never felt so exhausted before, never so worn down.

But that was when everything started to make sense. He now knew exactly what this moment was. But before RIku could even acknowledge anything more, the desolate-looking world before him went black.

Riku's eyes shot open. He sat up, breathing heavily. His entire body felt cold, almost to the point where he thought he would be shivering. With a shaky hand he placed it on his chest. His heart was pounding against his ribcage. He was sure it was going to break through if he didn't try to relax it.

With his other hand he ran it across his face, wiping the cold sweat that dripped down him. He shuddered as the wisps of things floated around his head. He had never felt so shaken in all of his life. What he had seen… was far from anything he had expected. He almost couldn't believe it.

But from that, one thing was for sure.

He remembered.

Those memories that were locked before… they were awake now… He could access them.

They weren't memories from childhood, which was his first assumption… these were memories of another life. His past life… as Ira.

*smoke has cleared, revealing a black cat curled up, and fast asleep on Tally. there is a note next to the cat*

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