Dive to Oblivion
-Squirrel Tamer
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.
Chapter 6
Heartless
So...you lost him?
Kairi was frantic. Donald and Goofy drooped their heads. They felt horrible. They didn't know how they had managed to lose Sora.
You don't have to say it like that. Donald mumbled.
Which way did he go?
Neither Donald or Goofy could look her in the eye.
We don't know.
How can you NOT know?! You saw him run off didn't you? Kairi asked frantically.
WHAT?! Tell me!
Neither one answered. Suddenly Kairi seemed to tower over both of them, even Goofy. She almost seemed to grow fangs as she screamed.
TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT NOW!!!
Both Donald and Goofy looked terrified for a minute, then Goofy stuttered out:
Well you see, Kairi...
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So...how exactly do we get out of this world?
Sora turned to stare at the girl following him.
How do we get out of here?
Sora looked confused. It had been four years since he had left this world. He had searched all over, looking for the door to light. But he couldn't find it anywhere. He always thought that it had to be there, in that world so he had kept searching. It had never occurred to him that he might have to leave Mickey's kingdom.
I guess I never really thought that far ahead, Sora said with a
nervous chuckle.
Lee sighed. It was going to be a long day.
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How do I get out of here?
You need the third key.
There's another Keyblade?
No...just a key
But...
You'll see.
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A figure stood surrounded in shadow. He stared into a pool. In the pool were two figures. One male, the other female. They seemed to be conversing with each other.
Hello princess...I suppose we will meet again. I thought you were gone, but it seems you were strong enough to survive. Just wait...I haven't been waiting for the past ten thousand years to have my plans ruined by the likes of you, or the friend you've made. I've been waiting too long...
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You sure this is going to work?
Its the only one left in the town, it has to work.
Lee looked down at the hunk of Gummi's that supposedly was a ship and not just a pile of rubber. They looked old and worn out, as if they had been there for many years. It didn't look like it had the strength to get them to another world.
She looked up at Sora with concern, but he just smiled.
Don't worry so much, I'm sure it will work.
She gave him a look that told him that she wasn't convinced. He took her hand and squeezed it.
I promise you that it will work and we'll both be fine. Anyway the sooner we get out of here, the better. If Donald and Goofy come...I can't let them come with me this time...I'm afraid that it will be much more difficult to win this time.
If you're sure that its safe...then I guess we'd better leave.
Hold on, lets stop and get supplies first, we don't want to leave unprepared.
Oh, come on Sora. Let's just go, we'll be fine.
Okay, fine, let's go!
Lee and Sora turned to enter the Gummi Ship when they heard a scream from behind. Sora stood there paralyzed, fearing the worst but Lee ran blindly toward the screamer.
Come on Sora! She called over her shoulder. Then she sped out of sight.
Sora screamed. Then he took off after her.
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There is also a 3rd enemy.
What?
So far the enemies have been Ansem and the Heartless, but there is still someone left. The creator.
The creator? Of what?
The darkness.
What?! How can someone create darkness?
It was long ago. There were thirteen great hearts that ruled above all others. The thirteen systems.
All their lives the rulers did everything they could to make the people happy, so they gave them the light. All of the rulers loved the light, except one, the strongest one.
He was claimed to have the strongest of the thirteen hearts, but he also had the most corrupted. He thought that the light was weak, and he wanted strength. So he began to secretly plot the destruction of the light.
He had the strongest heart that was for sure, but he also had one big weakness. He was in love with the girl who had the second strongest heart. He had a very deep love for her that made him weak when he saw her. He described her as the light's great creation. There was just one problem, of the thirteen, she loved the light most. She thought there was nothing greater than the light.
But she also had a secret that she refused to tell anyone else. She was in love with another of the thirteen. She had loved him since the day she met him. She knew that his heart was actually not that strong, but she knew it was a good heart deep down. All the others were shy of the boy, he looked as though he was dangerous and would turn away from the light.
This is why the strongest decided to ask him to help with the destruction of the light first.
The strongest was taken aback when the boy refused. He attempted to murder the boy, but the girl had heard the boy's screams and came running. She flung herself on top of the boy to protect him. When the strongest saw how much love she had for the boy he screamed out a curse: The light shall be locked behind a door, and the darkness shall exist forever.
Then he disappeared, and all that was left were twin swords, engraved with words of darkness and hatred.
The girl kissed the boy gently on his head and then slowly stood up. She then whispered these words:
The darkness will exist, but it will also be locked behind a door and connected with the door to the light and in the middle will be another door. The door to Kingdom Hearts, which will balance them both. It is only to be opened as a last resource, for it will take everyone's hearts and recreate the worlds. But do not despair, darkness may exist, but I give you this promise, as long as the darkness exists so will the light.
Then she fell.
The boy rushed to her side and tried to get her to wake up, but she would never wake up again. Her body disappeared and in its place there lay a mirror. A mirror to see behind the masks, to what lies in the heart.
The other ten hearts had felt that something had happened, so they came to see what it was. They found the boy weeping over a mirror. He told them what had happened, they realized that in order for the girl's words to come true, she would need help.
They formed two circles, the seven weaker hearts around the four stronger ones. The seven fell first, and with their deaths the seven spells were created; Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Cure, Aero, Gravity, and Stop. The four in the middle created the four Keyblades; Oblivion, Oathkeeper, Kingdom Key and the Key of Hearts.
Together they try and save the world from being swallowed by darkness, but sometimes they help the darkness succeed.
Wow...So there are actually four Keyblades?
Yes.
But...
Hush. You will see soon enough.
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Lee screamed as the Heartless jumped at her and clawed away at her flesh,
Lee felt the Heartless fly off her body as Sora came running to her.
They won't be gone for long. All I did was make a pathway to you, they'll be back for more.
Come on! Call your mirror, and help me fight.
then Sora rushed forward, chopping his way through the great throng of Heartless, Call it quick!
But I...
She didn't understand. What was she supposed to do? Should she try whistling for it? Calling it just didn't make sense. How could it hear her?
She didn't have much time to dwell on the thought, because the Heartless suddenly sprang at her. She screamed and then turned to flee, but they held her there, and made her trip.
Sora heard her scream and saw her fall. He didn't know what to do. There were so many Heartless and he was fighting them alone. The Kingdom Key just wasn't cutting it. He needed to help Lee, but he couldn't. Just like how he couldn't help Kairi.
He began to feel frantic, and his anger rose. Thinking about how he let Kairi down made him blind with fury. He hated himself for being so stupid. He couldn't let Lee down, he just couldn't. But he also couldn't get through. He began screaming at the top of his lungs.
Leave her alone! Let her go! Stop it...stop it... He began to sob.
Then he heard a voice.
Kairi?
Suddenly a flash of light erupted from his left hand. The Heartless surrounding him were thrown back. In his hand lay another Keyblade, it was white and it had the Oathkeeper keychain attached to it.
Kairi.
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Uh...Kairi, are you okay?
Kairi looked up at Goofy. She didn't know why, but she had just gotten a feeling that Sora had been calling her. But it was impossible for her to hear him, their hearts weren't connected anymore.
But then...who had called her?
Kairi shook her head and smiled.
Sorry about that guys. I just got dizzy for a second. Probably from traveling across worlds.
Well, you know Kairi, just about a mile and a half that way is Mickey's Castle. We've been traveling the world so much we actually made it back to where we started, Goofy told her. If you want we could head back there to rest up.
She looked towards the other direction, the road Sora had been on only hours before.
Come on Kairi, we told you, he might not even have gone that way, Donald said.
I know but, it just seems impossible that he just...disappeared...
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A/N: Wow! That was a long chapter. Thanks for all of the reviews. I'm glad people like it.
KT: I hope I did better with run ons this time. I'm always getting in trouble at school for using them. Thanks for noticing.
Hope you all liked this chapter. More Riku on the way. See ya back for Chapter 7: Oathkeeper and Oblivion.
