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Trails Of Darkness
Chapter 3
Ansem.
The very name of that man made shake with anger. Ever since he possessed me, my body has slowly transformed into a likeness of him. King Mickey didn't seem to mind the skin changes but my eyes really bothered him. Eventually I fashioned a blindfold that I could wear over my cursed eyes and hide that sickening yellow color.
Life in Kingdom Hearts was hard. My blindfold didn't hinder my fighting because we couldn't see anything anyways. My hearing and smell became so strong that I didn't need to see. King Mickey taught me many things in that realm, about the Keyblade, about Ansem and about Sora.
Sora.
My best friend, the chosen one. I would have never guessed. I always thought that he wasn't nearly as strong as me, that he would never match up to me in anything. Well, I was wrong. Sora bested me in ever way, including Kairi's love. I hated him for that. So, I joined Ansem's evil plan. But after everything I did, Sora still wanted me back. But I couldn't do that. Not after everything I did. So I closed myself in Kingdom Hearts.
Never did I expect to see Sora again.
Then one day the doors opened. Standing on the other side was my friend, Sora. He got us out of there, but just as we were stumbling out a Darkside reached forward and grabbed Sora. Yelling for us to go Sora tossed me two things-his Keyblade and a small star keychain. Kairi's lucky charm. The Darkside dragged him in and that was the last I saw of Sora.
That was four years ago.
Somehow King Mickey managed to transport me directly Merlin, in Traverse Town. There I studied in the arts of magic. Now my spells rival Merlin's own. And Sora's Keyblade I still keep with me with Kairi's lucky charm hooked onto it. The other Keychain I knew well as I helped Maleficent make it. The Oblivion. I keep it hooked on the loathsome weapon, the Heartless Key.
That key was able to unlock a person's heart and absorb its power. I hate it. It reminds me of my past. I had helped destroy the worlds and then sold my heart to Ansem. Mickey told me that the Key does have a purpose. I don't believe him. True Sora had used it free Kairi, but that was the extent of the good it could do. Although I do feel like there is more for me to do.
Like lately I've had these weird dreams that keep telling me to find the gate or something. I wonder if I have some predestined path I have to follow. Gah! There's no way to find out because I can't get a Gummi Ship.
'Double Black! Flare! Thundaga!'
"Black Storm!'
Eh? Some action in Third District? I grabbed my two blades and headed towards the square.
****
Earlier that day.
Vivi skipped happily over to the hospital to wake up Okage. He had gotten a good night's sleep and was ready to meet this Third Keybearer. After getting to the hospital he walked to Okage's room. He knocked. "Hey Okage!"
"Yes, yes. I'm coming." Came the muffled reply. Vivi waited patiently until the door opened. 'I am ready let's go. Let's head to Third District."
"Right."
A few minutes later they made it to Second District. Okage stopped and whispered, "The heartless show up here frequently. Be on your guard." Vivi nodded. Truth was Vivi was scared. He and two of the strongest warriors in the world weren't able to beat them. How was he able to beat them without their help? And he had no way to use Doomsday without wiping out Okage and the town. "Here they come!" Okage yelled and whipped his scythe around so it was in front of him and charged towards the black demons. Vivi was amazed. Okage dipped and danced around the shadows all the while swinging his scythe around in a dizzying swirl. Soon a thick cloud that the Heartless disappeared into when they died surrounded him.
Vivi knew that he should do something and prepared to cast a spell. "Flare!" The nuclear energy roasted the surrounding Heartless. Just they disappeared three more appeared. And then three more. "Okage! There are a whole lot of them. We should run!" Vivi yelled.
"Hold on! I have a technique that can wipe them out!" Okage shouted back.
"Well, I'd really like to see it!" Vivi said. Okage closed his eyes and started to chant. Then he started to spin around, his feet lifting off the ground a few inches. He held his scythe out and any unfortunate Heartless that got to close were torn in two. His blade started to glow with a black fire. Okage's snapped open and he shouted, "BLACK STORM!!" The black fire on his scythe flew off in all directions and leveled every Heartless in the area. When the smoke cleared Okage smiled in satisfaction.
Vivi stared in awe. Not even Beatrix had that power! "Nice." He muttered.
"Thanks." Okage grinned but the grin faded as he said. "We must hurry, for our next enemies may have be a little stronger. This way!" With that he ran off down the alley with Vivi close behind.
A little while later.
Third District was better lit than Second District, so it didn't seem so dangerous or foreboding. "Well at least no Heartless have come for us yet." Vivi commented. Suddenly Okage stopped. "Hey what's wrong?"
Okage turned his head looking around. "There's something here. Something that's not a Heartless."
"What do you mean? Heartless are the only monsters these worlds have." Vivi questioned. Okage still looked around. He sighed.
"Your probably right, Vivi." Okage said. "Hey! Look, there's Merlin's door!" Okage broke off in a jog. Vivi started after him.
Suddenly a huge shape landed in front of them. It was blue and had tentacles. And it was INCREDIBLY FAT!! Vivi's eyes widened. "Kraken?"
"Ahahahaha! Vivi, you remember me! Well it's payback time for the Thundaga burns you gave me!" Kraken gurgled. Then his tentacle lashed forward and whipped Okage across the chest. Okage responded with slashing his scythe deep into Kraken flesh. "Gah! That hurt you freak!" Kraken roared. "But you get yours! Waterga!" The massive jets of water blasted Vivi and Okage against the wall of Third District.
"Oooh!! You'll get it now!" Vivi's little body started to glow. His clothes changed to that of a powerful warlock and his hat grew pointed. "Double Black! Flare! Thundaga!" The massive amounts of lightning and nuclear power blasted Kraken. During this Okage charged up for a Black Storm.
"BLACK STORM!!" He shouted and the dark fire was released on Kraken.
"Aaaaahh!!" Kraken gurgled. "Arrgh! That smarts! Waterga!" But instead of hitting Vivi and Okage he targeted himself. The wave of water washed over him healing his wounds. "HAHAHA!! Vivi! You can't beat me!" His tentacles lashed out and slapped them both and followed up with Waterga.
"Okage! We can't attack him without him healing himself! Got any ideas?" Vivi yelled dodging another jet of water.
"No clue! Just hit him with all you got!" Okage yelled back. They charged up their magic let loose with a barrage of thunderbolts and black flame. And every time Kraken would heal himself and hit them with Waterga.
"This isn't working!" Vivi shouted drenched from another Waterga. "This is hopeless! Unless a miracle happens we're as good as drowned rats!"
Okage nodded. "Your right. But-" Just as he was about to say something a strong voice cut the air.
"WAILING SOUL SLASH!!*" A cloaked figure jumped at Kraken and slashed at him with two blades. Then the figure split in two and slashed him. Then he split in four and slashed him. Finally he jumped in the air and dove down on Kraken splitting Kraken wide open. Kraken made a gurgling sound and died.
The figure stopped and turned to them. Vivi and Okage noticed that he was cloaked and hooded in a gray trench coat. His hood hid his face. But it didn't matter. They could tell who he was anyway, for he carried two Keyblades! Vivi stared at the young man before him. This was the Third Keybearer! And they didn't even have to find him. "Who are you and what do you want?" the Keybearer asked.
"We came to talk to you about your destiny." Okage said getting right to the point. The figure stirred and let his Keyblades disappear.
"What would you know about my destiny?" he asked.
"That you're the only one who can stop the Heartless." Vivi answered.
"How? All I ever did was get in the way. Because of that Sora is gone." The boy spoke.
"You hold the Keyblades do you not?" Okage said pointedly. "You're the only one that can handle the dark one and the light one has somehow fallen into your grasp. You are the only one who can stop the Heartless for good." Okage shifted his scythe onto his shoulder and continued. "Can we go anywhere to talk? All the Heartless make me nervous."
The boy nodded. "Come with me." He turned and walked towards Merlin's house.
Vivi looked at Okage and smiled (if you could see it). "Well, now we just need to convince him and then we can get going to the End of the World!"
"Is that where we need to go?" Okage asked following the Keybearer. "How do you know that?"
"An old acquaintance." Vivi answered. "He's a little whacked though."
"Ah."
Soon they arrived at Merlin's house. The Keybearer sat down and motioned for them to do also. He spoke. "Merlin isn't home yet so make yourselves comfortable." A long silence hung in the air as all them waited for the other to speak.
Okage was the first to speak. "Keybearer-" He was cut off by the boy interrupting.
"I do have a name you know. Riku. Call me Riku."
Okage cleared his throat and said, "Alright Riku. As I have said you are the only one who can save the worlds this time. Vivi here," he said gesturing to the small mage beside him. "Has a clue of where you are to go, but you must also know of what we are searching for. A gate. Something like Kingdom Hearts but we have only on clue on where to go."
Riku was silent at first then said. "I've been having dreams, where a voice tells me to find the gate to the Light, where the Archangel lives. I don't know what the heck it is talking about but if you guys can get me off this place I'll come with you. Then I guess we just have to search for it."
Vivi smiled again (if you could see it). "Well as soon as Okage's ship is repaired we can go." Riku looked up for the first time and Vivi noticed that his eyes were blindfolded. "Um, by the way why is your eyes blindfolded?"
Riku shrugged and reached up and untied the sash. Okage's eyes widened under his mask.
Riku's eyes were amber. Tiny black pupil's floated in the center. To them they glowed unnaturally.
"I'm scarred by my past deeds. These are the eyes of the most evil of men, Ansem. He left behind some changes to my body. My hair is longer, my normal pale skin is brown and of course my eyes. That's why I hide myself in this cloak and blindfold. Ansem is not something I want to remember." He tied the blindfold back on. An unexpected smile crossed his features. "But enough about that! If you guys can get me off this planet then I'm with ya!"
Okage smiled under his mask. "Well, then we leave tomorrow."
****
Unnoticed by them, three hidden figures watched their celebrating. One of them spoke. "Do you think it will work?" The others nodded.
"Of course. It has to work. The Heartless must be destroyed!"
"Well then their the ones to do the job."
"I hope your right old man."
A/n: YEEHAH!!! I finished another chapter! Yay! Sorry it took so long. Next time it won't. Well I guess that's it.
See ya!
~ GOGO
Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts would I be doing this right now?
Trails Of Darkness
Chapter 3
Ansem.
The very name of that man made shake with anger. Ever since he possessed me, my body has slowly transformed into a likeness of him. King Mickey didn't seem to mind the skin changes but my eyes really bothered him. Eventually I fashioned a blindfold that I could wear over my cursed eyes and hide that sickening yellow color.
Life in Kingdom Hearts was hard. My blindfold didn't hinder my fighting because we couldn't see anything anyways. My hearing and smell became so strong that I didn't need to see. King Mickey taught me many things in that realm, about the Keyblade, about Ansem and about Sora.
Sora.
My best friend, the chosen one. I would have never guessed. I always thought that he wasn't nearly as strong as me, that he would never match up to me in anything. Well, I was wrong. Sora bested me in ever way, including Kairi's love. I hated him for that. So, I joined Ansem's evil plan. But after everything I did, Sora still wanted me back. But I couldn't do that. Not after everything I did. So I closed myself in Kingdom Hearts.
Never did I expect to see Sora again.
Then one day the doors opened. Standing on the other side was my friend, Sora. He got us out of there, but just as we were stumbling out a Darkside reached forward and grabbed Sora. Yelling for us to go Sora tossed me two things-his Keyblade and a small star keychain. Kairi's lucky charm. The Darkside dragged him in and that was the last I saw of Sora.
That was four years ago.
Somehow King Mickey managed to transport me directly Merlin, in Traverse Town. There I studied in the arts of magic. Now my spells rival Merlin's own. And Sora's Keyblade I still keep with me with Kairi's lucky charm hooked onto it. The other Keychain I knew well as I helped Maleficent make it. The Oblivion. I keep it hooked on the loathsome weapon, the Heartless Key.
That key was able to unlock a person's heart and absorb its power. I hate it. It reminds me of my past. I had helped destroy the worlds and then sold my heart to Ansem. Mickey told me that the Key does have a purpose. I don't believe him. True Sora had used it free Kairi, but that was the extent of the good it could do. Although I do feel like there is more for me to do.
Like lately I've had these weird dreams that keep telling me to find the gate or something. I wonder if I have some predestined path I have to follow. Gah! There's no way to find out because I can't get a Gummi Ship.
'Double Black! Flare! Thundaga!'
"Black Storm!'
Eh? Some action in Third District? I grabbed my two blades and headed towards the square.
****
Earlier that day.
Vivi skipped happily over to the hospital to wake up Okage. He had gotten a good night's sleep and was ready to meet this Third Keybearer. After getting to the hospital he walked to Okage's room. He knocked. "Hey Okage!"
"Yes, yes. I'm coming." Came the muffled reply. Vivi waited patiently until the door opened. 'I am ready let's go. Let's head to Third District."
"Right."
A few minutes later they made it to Second District. Okage stopped and whispered, "The heartless show up here frequently. Be on your guard." Vivi nodded. Truth was Vivi was scared. He and two of the strongest warriors in the world weren't able to beat them. How was he able to beat them without their help? And he had no way to use Doomsday without wiping out Okage and the town. "Here they come!" Okage yelled and whipped his scythe around so it was in front of him and charged towards the black demons. Vivi was amazed. Okage dipped and danced around the shadows all the while swinging his scythe around in a dizzying swirl. Soon a thick cloud that the Heartless disappeared into when they died surrounded him.
Vivi knew that he should do something and prepared to cast a spell. "Flare!" The nuclear energy roasted the surrounding Heartless. Just they disappeared three more appeared. And then three more. "Okage! There are a whole lot of them. We should run!" Vivi yelled.
"Hold on! I have a technique that can wipe them out!" Okage shouted back.
"Well, I'd really like to see it!" Vivi said. Okage closed his eyes and started to chant. Then he started to spin around, his feet lifting off the ground a few inches. He held his scythe out and any unfortunate Heartless that got to close were torn in two. His blade started to glow with a black fire. Okage's snapped open and he shouted, "BLACK STORM!!" The black fire on his scythe flew off in all directions and leveled every Heartless in the area. When the smoke cleared Okage smiled in satisfaction.
Vivi stared in awe. Not even Beatrix had that power! "Nice." He muttered.
"Thanks." Okage grinned but the grin faded as he said. "We must hurry, for our next enemies may have be a little stronger. This way!" With that he ran off down the alley with Vivi close behind.
A little while later.
Third District was better lit than Second District, so it didn't seem so dangerous or foreboding. "Well at least no Heartless have come for us yet." Vivi commented. Suddenly Okage stopped. "Hey what's wrong?"
Okage turned his head looking around. "There's something here. Something that's not a Heartless."
"What do you mean? Heartless are the only monsters these worlds have." Vivi questioned. Okage still looked around. He sighed.
"Your probably right, Vivi." Okage said. "Hey! Look, there's Merlin's door!" Okage broke off in a jog. Vivi started after him.
Suddenly a huge shape landed in front of them. It was blue and had tentacles. And it was INCREDIBLY FAT!! Vivi's eyes widened. "Kraken?"
"Ahahahaha! Vivi, you remember me! Well it's payback time for the Thundaga burns you gave me!" Kraken gurgled. Then his tentacle lashed forward and whipped Okage across the chest. Okage responded with slashing his scythe deep into Kraken flesh. "Gah! That hurt you freak!" Kraken roared. "But you get yours! Waterga!" The massive jets of water blasted Vivi and Okage against the wall of Third District.
"Oooh!! You'll get it now!" Vivi's little body started to glow. His clothes changed to that of a powerful warlock and his hat grew pointed. "Double Black! Flare! Thundaga!" The massive amounts of lightning and nuclear power blasted Kraken. During this Okage charged up for a Black Storm.
"BLACK STORM!!" He shouted and the dark fire was released on Kraken.
"Aaaaahh!!" Kraken gurgled. "Arrgh! That smarts! Waterga!" But instead of hitting Vivi and Okage he targeted himself. The wave of water washed over him healing his wounds. "HAHAHA!! Vivi! You can't beat me!" His tentacles lashed out and slapped them both and followed up with Waterga.
"Okage! We can't attack him without him healing himself! Got any ideas?" Vivi yelled dodging another jet of water.
"No clue! Just hit him with all you got!" Okage yelled back. They charged up their magic let loose with a barrage of thunderbolts and black flame. And every time Kraken would heal himself and hit them with Waterga.
"This isn't working!" Vivi shouted drenched from another Waterga. "This is hopeless! Unless a miracle happens we're as good as drowned rats!"
Okage nodded. "Your right. But-" Just as he was about to say something a strong voice cut the air.
"WAILING SOUL SLASH!!*" A cloaked figure jumped at Kraken and slashed at him with two blades. Then the figure split in two and slashed him. Then he split in four and slashed him. Finally he jumped in the air and dove down on Kraken splitting Kraken wide open. Kraken made a gurgling sound and died.
The figure stopped and turned to them. Vivi and Okage noticed that he was cloaked and hooded in a gray trench coat. His hood hid his face. But it didn't matter. They could tell who he was anyway, for he carried two Keyblades! Vivi stared at the young man before him. This was the Third Keybearer! And they didn't even have to find him. "Who are you and what do you want?" the Keybearer asked.
"We came to talk to you about your destiny." Okage said getting right to the point. The figure stirred and let his Keyblades disappear.
"What would you know about my destiny?" he asked.
"That you're the only one who can stop the Heartless." Vivi answered.
"How? All I ever did was get in the way. Because of that Sora is gone." The boy spoke.
"You hold the Keyblades do you not?" Okage said pointedly. "You're the only one that can handle the dark one and the light one has somehow fallen into your grasp. You are the only one who can stop the Heartless for good." Okage shifted his scythe onto his shoulder and continued. "Can we go anywhere to talk? All the Heartless make me nervous."
The boy nodded. "Come with me." He turned and walked towards Merlin's house.
Vivi looked at Okage and smiled (if you could see it). "Well, now we just need to convince him and then we can get going to the End of the World!"
"Is that where we need to go?" Okage asked following the Keybearer. "How do you know that?"
"An old acquaintance." Vivi answered. "He's a little whacked though."
"Ah."
Soon they arrived at Merlin's house. The Keybearer sat down and motioned for them to do also. He spoke. "Merlin isn't home yet so make yourselves comfortable." A long silence hung in the air as all them waited for the other to speak.
Okage was the first to speak. "Keybearer-" He was cut off by the boy interrupting.
"I do have a name you know. Riku. Call me Riku."
Okage cleared his throat and said, "Alright Riku. As I have said you are the only one who can save the worlds this time. Vivi here," he said gesturing to the small mage beside him. "Has a clue of where you are to go, but you must also know of what we are searching for. A gate. Something like Kingdom Hearts but we have only on clue on where to go."
Riku was silent at first then said. "I've been having dreams, where a voice tells me to find the gate to the Light, where the Archangel lives. I don't know what the heck it is talking about but if you guys can get me off this place I'll come with you. Then I guess we just have to search for it."
Vivi smiled again (if you could see it). "Well as soon as Okage's ship is repaired we can go." Riku looked up for the first time and Vivi noticed that his eyes were blindfolded. "Um, by the way why is your eyes blindfolded?"
Riku shrugged and reached up and untied the sash. Okage's eyes widened under his mask.
Riku's eyes were amber. Tiny black pupil's floated in the center. To them they glowed unnaturally.
"I'm scarred by my past deeds. These are the eyes of the most evil of men, Ansem. He left behind some changes to my body. My hair is longer, my normal pale skin is brown and of course my eyes. That's why I hide myself in this cloak and blindfold. Ansem is not something I want to remember." He tied the blindfold back on. An unexpected smile crossed his features. "But enough about that! If you guys can get me off this planet then I'm with ya!"
Okage smiled under his mask. "Well, then we leave tomorrow."
****
Unnoticed by them, three hidden figures watched their celebrating. One of them spoke. "Do you think it will work?" The others nodded.
"Of course. It has to work. The Heartless must be destroyed!"
"Well then their the ones to do the job."
"I hope your right old man."
A/n: YEEHAH!!! I finished another chapter! Yay! Sorry it took so long. Next time it won't. Well I guess that's it.
See ya!
~ GOGO