Its time for the third instalment of this fic. It has got my interpretation
of the secret ending in. Once again it pushes the story along.
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Kairi couldn't help but looking at all of the bright yellow heartless eyes that stared at her hungrily. Ansem had told her to stay close to him or they could pounce at the very second she let go of his hand. Kairi didn't recognise any of the heartless moving around Ansem's ship the Sinorok. It was a bright crimson coloured vessel armed with many cannons and lasers, it could apparently destroy a city from space. The halls were damp and cold the pipes along the walls would hiss loudly now and then. All of the doors had the same emblem on them as Ansem had above his collar, the black heart with the red cross through the middle. Eerie red lights would flash and noises could be head of pain. Kairi grabbed her father's arm tighter when a heartless in a white one-piece suit holding a strange gun inspected them at the final door to the bridge. There were about twenty heartless that go by the name of shadows all sitting at monitors and radars, whilst busily pressing away frantically at various buttons. ''Kairi, come this way.'' Ansem said pulling on her. They went towards what appeared to be some kind of a tube that was big enough for a person to fit in. Either side were thick red and black wires coming from it into the wall. Ansem stopped. ''Kairi, are you sure that you want to do this''. ''Yes,'' she replied. ''I'm willing to go through anything to help find Sora.'' Everything stopped there and then. It appeared that it was not only Ansem that reacted strangely to Sora's name. The heartless were not only shivering but also tensing up. It looked like some sort of fit. ''Kairi please, they do not like to hear the name of someone who almost destroyed them.'' Ansem was angry when he spoke this quietly to Kairi. ''Sorry. I'll remember not to do that again.'' Ansem then turned back to the smiling person; he had been before this incident. He took hold of Kairi's hand once again led her to the large tube at the back. ''This mechanism will give you all the power you desire,'' Ansem explained. ''If you are willing to go through with this step inside.'' Kairi pondered over this for a minute and then responded shyly. ''Yes, I can't spend my life doing nothing but weeping.''
Kairi approached the large tube. The door glowed a dark blue as it opened. Kairi stepped inside and turned to face the many on looking pairs of circular yellow eyes of the heartless. The door then slammed shut. Kairi looked around nervously when suddenly four metallic arms came from the wall behind her; each one had a claw on the end that looked as if it had come out of a claw machine at a pier. Each one went to a limb on Kairi. Simultaneously the claws all opened and then drove their way through Kairi's skin. The pain was enormous, Kairi tried to scream but no noise came. She shut her eyes and started think about home on Destiny Island. There was no stopping it though, the pain kept searing through her body. A strange smelling purple gas began to rise from the floor. Kairi tried to edge away from it but it filled the chamber. This gas was about to cause Kairi to blackout; with the pain still raging she tried screaming once again in vain.
Once the chamber had cleared of the gas, Ansem commanded the heartless to bring Kairi out. They dragged her limp and lifeless body from the chamber. Coughing and spurting Kairi eventually regained consciousness. Her eyes opened, they were no longer the sea blue eyes but fiery red ones instead. She coughed a bit and staggered around before Ansem said ''Its good to see that you were able to make it through Kairi.'' Kairi just managed to gain her balance when she heard this. Ansem continued speaking ''Here I have a gift for you. They are very powerful and will easily help you to find your friends.'' Two heartless appeared in front of Kairi and held between them a velvet cushion carrying two black ''keyblades!'' Kairi couldn't understand it, weren't there only meant to be one keyblade master and that was Sora. ''Go on take them'' Ansem said. Kairi picked the two keyblades off the cushion. She could feel a great power flowing through her and also a kind of darkness. She stared at them in awe. Although they looked both exactly the same Kairi noticed they both had keychains so she could change the look. ''What was that thing I was just in?'' she asked. Ansem turned around and replied. ''It's a device used to show someone the power of true darkness. It gives you strength and lets you control the ultimate fighting force the heartless.'' Kairi looked at herself. Had she just become the monster that Riku had become? She then thought ''wait I'm a princess of heart I have one of the purest hearts in all the worlds.'' Kairi decided it was nothing, if it got too bad she could always leave it couldn't she? ''Look I.'' ''Kairi now that I have given you your wish can you help me with mine.'' Ansem interrupted her ''There are many worlds you know that. You also know that they each have a keyhole to its heart. However all of the worlds also have what is known as a Guardian Aeon. Very powerful creatures that when brought together create an unreal force capable of anything. What I want you to do is help me to find the remaining eight to complete the collection.'' Kairi looked puzzled but she saw no harm in getting a few creatures together for her father. It would be much easier with her new powers and twin keyblades. ''Sure, where are we going first?'' Ansem laughed a little ''To the great heartless city of Kingdom Hearts.''
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The years had gone by slowly for Riku. Since King Mickey left Kingdom Hearts had turned into a huge city full of heartless. As an outlaw Riku found it hard to get around un-noticed and to find food. The strain of the perpetual darkness had caused him to go blind, but with this Riku had learnt to make his other senses sharper. He was able to hear a heartless approaching from a kilometre away. In a vein attempt to try and fit in Riku always wore a black cloak covering his face in darkness. He would often have to fight for his life and had many close death experiences in the past even though he had grown stronger. The rain poured down heavily on him, at the top of one of the tallest towers in the whole city. As he felt it he realised how he shouldn't be in such a place with only one exit. This particular building that Riku was on had a particularly large screen on it depicting the face of someone that Riku could not make out when he first saw it three years ago. He stood up to see if there could be another escape route before the heartless came. He could then hear footsteps; they were not of a heartless though. He couldn't see the other cloaked person coming towards the tower. Riku turned his attention to the sound of a raindrop hitting a puddle it was too late the heartless were coming. They each struggled their way out of each puddle as they rose from the ground. After various encounters Riku had named these the Neo Shadow heartless. They were all black with the beady and unblinking yellow eyes. Unlike the previous shadow heartless, these were much more muscular, had longer antennae and walked in a more human like way. All of them had three sharp claws on each hand. Riku sighed if the numbers grew how would he get out. He suddenly heard the harsh rustic voice of one of them ''master we can handle him alone.'' There was no reply. Riku herd the sound of a sword being drawn maybe. It was the cloaked figure that he had heard earlier. This person did bring out weapons but Riku could not see that they were two dark black keyblades. The person under the cloak raised them and cut down the heartless that had just been talking to her. The others stepped back but they had grown a fondness of each over other the years and had learnt about death and revenge from their leader. They all pounced at the person in the cloak but she was ready. They came in at all directions but they were no match for her some even retreated, a rarity amongst heartless. Riku heard what sounded like a feminine voice that he had not heard in ages. It rustled and said ''Where's Sora?'' This question had got Riku to know that he should jump off. He didn't see the high numbers of heartless appearing at the bottom who had forced the cloaked figure to start running up the side of the building. Riku heard what was happening and got out the way whilst the cloaked person went up the other side. He hadn't lost his dark powers from when he fought Sora and opened a vortex in front of him to teleport back up. He sent himself back to the top only to meet more heartless, a whoosh though told him that they had been defeated. It was now quiet. Not a single heartless could be heard that relieved Riku. He walked forward to get of the dead-end building. ''Stop, didn't you hear my question?'' Riku felt in front of him there was a keyblade in front of him. ''Yeah, and I don't know any Sora.'' He replied, this person could be a heartless spy looking for him but he wanted to find out the same question himself. ''Yes you do Riku and I know that because I know you.'' Riku finally figured who was under that cloak. ''What are you doing here? How . why .huh'' ''Look if you don't know where Sora is just tell me''. It was then that Riku heard something drop out of the person's pocket, he picked it up and examined the shape, it was sort of like a star but there was a little part of what might have been a leaf on it. ''I'm sorry K..'' ''Shhh, don't use that name.'' She let Riku speak again ''Sorry I don't know where he is or even where I am.'' Kairi then lowered her head and turned away she walked on into a portal taking her back to the ship.
Kairi couldn't help but looking at all of the bright yellow heartless eyes that stared at her hungrily. Ansem had told her to stay close to him or they could pounce at the very second she let go of his hand. Kairi didn't recognise any of the heartless moving around Ansem's ship the Sinorok. It was a bright crimson coloured vessel armed with many cannons and lasers, it could apparently destroy a city from space. The halls were damp and cold the pipes along the walls would hiss loudly now and then. All of the doors had the same emblem on them as Ansem had above his collar, the black heart with the red cross through the middle. Eerie red lights would flash and noises could be head of pain. Kairi grabbed her father's arm tighter when a heartless in a white one-piece suit holding a strange gun inspected them at the final door to the bridge. There were about twenty heartless that go by the name of shadows all sitting at monitors and radars, whilst busily pressing away frantically at various buttons. ''Kairi, come this way.'' Ansem said pulling on her. They went towards what appeared to be some kind of a tube that was big enough for a person to fit in. Either side were thick red and black wires coming from it into the wall. Ansem stopped. ''Kairi, are you sure that you want to do this''. ''Yes,'' she replied. ''I'm willing to go through anything to help find Sora.'' Everything stopped there and then. It appeared that it was not only Ansem that reacted strangely to Sora's name. The heartless were not only shivering but also tensing up. It looked like some sort of fit. ''Kairi please, they do not like to hear the name of someone who almost destroyed them.'' Ansem was angry when he spoke this quietly to Kairi. ''Sorry. I'll remember not to do that again.'' Ansem then turned back to the smiling person; he had been before this incident. He took hold of Kairi's hand once again led her to the large tube at the back. ''This mechanism will give you all the power you desire,'' Ansem explained. ''If you are willing to go through with this step inside.'' Kairi pondered over this for a minute and then responded shyly. ''Yes, I can't spend my life doing nothing but weeping.''
Kairi approached the large tube. The door glowed a dark blue as it opened. Kairi stepped inside and turned to face the many on looking pairs of circular yellow eyes of the heartless. The door then slammed shut. Kairi looked around nervously when suddenly four metallic arms came from the wall behind her; each one had a claw on the end that looked as if it had come out of a claw machine at a pier. Each one went to a limb on Kairi. Simultaneously the claws all opened and then drove their way through Kairi's skin. The pain was enormous, Kairi tried to scream but no noise came. She shut her eyes and started think about home on Destiny Island. There was no stopping it though, the pain kept searing through her body. A strange smelling purple gas began to rise from the floor. Kairi tried to edge away from it but it filled the chamber. This gas was about to cause Kairi to blackout; with the pain still raging she tried screaming once again in vain.
Once the chamber had cleared of the gas, Ansem commanded the heartless to bring Kairi out. They dragged her limp and lifeless body from the chamber. Coughing and spurting Kairi eventually regained consciousness. Her eyes opened, they were no longer the sea blue eyes but fiery red ones instead. She coughed a bit and staggered around before Ansem said ''Its good to see that you were able to make it through Kairi.'' Kairi just managed to gain her balance when she heard this. Ansem continued speaking ''Here I have a gift for you. They are very powerful and will easily help you to find your friends.'' Two heartless appeared in front of Kairi and held between them a velvet cushion carrying two black ''keyblades!'' Kairi couldn't understand it, weren't there only meant to be one keyblade master and that was Sora. ''Go on take them'' Ansem said. Kairi picked the two keyblades off the cushion. She could feel a great power flowing through her and also a kind of darkness. She stared at them in awe. Although they looked both exactly the same Kairi noticed they both had keychains so she could change the look. ''What was that thing I was just in?'' she asked. Ansem turned around and replied. ''It's a device used to show someone the power of true darkness. It gives you strength and lets you control the ultimate fighting force the heartless.'' Kairi looked at herself. Had she just become the monster that Riku had become? She then thought ''wait I'm a princess of heart I have one of the purest hearts in all the worlds.'' Kairi decided it was nothing, if it got too bad she could always leave it couldn't she? ''Look I.'' ''Kairi now that I have given you your wish can you help me with mine.'' Ansem interrupted her ''There are many worlds you know that. You also know that they each have a keyhole to its heart. However all of the worlds also have what is known as a Guardian Aeon. Very powerful creatures that when brought together create an unreal force capable of anything. What I want you to do is help me to find the remaining eight to complete the collection.'' Kairi looked puzzled but she saw no harm in getting a few creatures together for her father. It would be much easier with her new powers and twin keyblades. ''Sure, where are we going first?'' Ansem laughed a little ''To the great heartless city of Kingdom Hearts.''
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The years had gone by slowly for Riku. Since King Mickey left Kingdom Hearts had turned into a huge city full of heartless. As an outlaw Riku found it hard to get around un-noticed and to find food. The strain of the perpetual darkness had caused him to go blind, but with this Riku had learnt to make his other senses sharper. He was able to hear a heartless approaching from a kilometre away. In a vein attempt to try and fit in Riku always wore a black cloak covering his face in darkness. He would often have to fight for his life and had many close death experiences in the past even though he had grown stronger. The rain poured down heavily on him, at the top of one of the tallest towers in the whole city. As he felt it he realised how he shouldn't be in such a place with only one exit. This particular building that Riku was on had a particularly large screen on it depicting the face of someone that Riku could not make out when he first saw it three years ago. He stood up to see if there could be another escape route before the heartless came. He could then hear footsteps; they were not of a heartless though. He couldn't see the other cloaked person coming towards the tower. Riku turned his attention to the sound of a raindrop hitting a puddle it was too late the heartless were coming. They each struggled their way out of each puddle as they rose from the ground. After various encounters Riku had named these the Neo Shadow heartless. They were all black with the beady and unblinking yellow eyes. Unlike the previous shadow heartless, these were much more muscular, had longer antennae and walked in a more human like way. All of them had three sharp claws on each hand. Riku sighed if the numbers grew how would he get out. He suddenly heard the harsh rustic voice of one of them ''master we can handle him alone.'' There was no reply. Riku herd the sound of a sword being drawn maybe. It was the cloaked figure that he had heard earlier. This person did bring out weapons but Riku could not see that they were two dark black keyblades. The person under the cloak raised them and cut down the heartless that had just been talking to her. The others stepped back but they had grown a fondness of each over other the years and had learnt about death and revenge from their leader. They all pounced at the person in the cloak but she was ready. They came in at all directions but they were no match for her some even retreated, a rarity amongst heartless. Riku heard what sounded like a feminine voice that he had not heard in ages. It rustled and said ''Where's Sora?'' This question had got Riku to know that he should jump off. He didn't see the high numbers of heartless appearing at the bottom who had forced the cloaked figure to start running up the side of the building. Riku heard what was happening and got out the way whilst the cloaked person went up the other side. He hadn't lost his dark powers from when he fought Sora and opened a vortex in front of him to teleport back up. He sent himself back to the top only to meet more heartless, a whoosh though told him that they had been defeated. It was now quiet. Not a single heartless could be heard that relieved Riku. He walked forward to get of the dead-end building. ''Stop, didn't you hear my question?'' Riku felt in front of him there was a keyblade in front of him. ''Yeah, and I don't know any Sora.'' He replied, this person could be a heartless spy looking for him but he wanted to find out the same question himself. ''Yes you do Riku and I know that because I know you.'' Riku finally figured who was under that cloak. ''What are you doing here? How . why .huh'' ''Look if you don't know where Sora is just tell me''. It was then that Riku heard something drop out of the person's pocket, he picked it up and examined the shape, it was sort of like a star but there was a little part of what might have been a leaf on it. ''I'm sorry K..'' ''Shhh, don't use that name.'' She let Riku speak again ''Sorry I don't know where he is or even where I am.'' Kairi then lowered her head and turned away she walked on into a portal taking her back to the ship.