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A/N: Sorry… I was trying to get my DBZ fic updated before this… but… I got stuck. So, here I am typing away and stuff… and sorry it took so long. *sighs* I have just been in a random slump lately. Heh… but here… is the next chappy and the likes. Hopefully not too long after I write this that it'll be posted. XD
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Chapter 4
Black Light
As Sora placed hand on the door of the hotel to open it, there was a soft flash of light in the distance and a low roll of thunder came about a minute later. He sighed and pressed the door open with closed eye. He shuddered slightly as he heard a click of the door. He was locked in and he knew it. He knew he wouldn't be leaving unless Riku permitted it. He just hoped it was to keep the villains out, but then he knew he was trapped inside with a villain, a friend.
All sounds seemed to fade into a soft humming or a gentle thud. As his feet moved to touch the floor with his next step it seemed to take so much longer. Time was slowing for him. It was a pivotal moment in his life and he dreaded it. It seemed all he could hear now was his own heart, which felt like it was beating in his throat. He swallowed hard as he reached the doomed door.
His fingers touched the cold door handle and he shivered from its ice-cold feeling. "Riku…" he whispered out and swore he could see his own breath. He turned the handle and pushed the door open, entering the barren room. He had been in it before, but it seemed so distant and foreign to him now. It made him feel disjointed and strange.
He sighed and pushed into the door and felt like he had fallen into a dark abyss with how black it was inside. It was almost like… the darkness was unnatural, cruel… forbidding. His hand clutched his chest as he felt the black stroking over his cheek. He gasped for breath and started to double over as he felt like he was being consumed.
Riku stood from the bed and jerked his hand in the air, pulling some of the darkness away. He watched as the brown haired boy dropped to the floor in pain. He smirked softly and walked over to Sora. Kneeling down he placed his fingers under the boy's chin. "Hmm… Such a sad sight… light being devoured by the darkness. Pathetic, really…" he murmured as he squatted down by Sora.
As sky met ocean, eyes met eyes. Those deep blues collided against one another and there was a bitter frost built in the air, but also a burning fire. Both of the boys shivered and looked away, desiring more of this look, but too afraid to know what it might entail.
"I'm sorry, Riku…" he whispered out as he curled in on himself and snuggled to his knees. He closed his eyes and sighed. His whole body shivered as if it were cold and scared. He never felt this vulnerable in his life and this was not the time he wished it to be. "Please… don't hurt Kairi, though. She has nothing to do with this… if you want to kill me for… whatever it is I did to you… I'll take it."
The silver haired boy stood up and snorted as if he were disgruntled from what he heard. "You disgust me, Sora. You were never this weak. You never gave up. If this is how you act now… I'm sorry to have even been called your friend at one point. Get up," he commanded in a harsh voice as he glared down at the frail looking boy.
Reluctantly, but obediently, Sora stood up and held his head hung down. He refused to look at Riku from these words that had betrayed his heart. He swallowed hard as he felt Riku's breath on his skin and froze with those gloved hands pushing his chin up. He didn't want to meet those blue eyes again. He felt so damn weak at those times. Once again, though… he was trapped. Trapped in those eyes.
Letting go of his chin, Riku narrowed his eyes a little and cocked his head to the side a little, almost in a curious manner. "What are you sorry for, Sora? And… why are you so afraid? Are you really that afraid to see me again?" he asked in an almost hurt tone. He shook his head and walked to the window, which was throbbing with black energy. "Don't answer those questions. Well, not now… You can some other time we meet, but not now."
Sora didn't know what Riku was saying and just drew toward him. The other boy held up a hand, signaling him to not come any nearer. "The darkness is too powerful over here. I'm just becoming knowledgeable about my powers and they keep the darkness to keep me almost… in check," he said as he shook his head. He dipped his fingers into the blackness and pulled some drops away, letting them attract back to their origins.
The black drops looked like water, almost. An almost serene sense passed over Sora from this. "It's like home…" he murmured as he remembered the vast ocean that surrounded their tiny island. That small patch of sand… surrounded by water. So much water… It seemed endless, really.
"It is nothing like home!" the boy received as a responds. A hiss was rather apparent in Riku's voice as he almost spat these words at Sora. "Home is gone, destroyed. I hope I never see that forsaken place again. It corrupted us, Sora. It made us who we are and we can be at no fault for our actions in life because of that damned island!"
"They're our lives! The island didn't make us. The island doesn't hold our souls, our light, and our shadows. We take them wherever we go and we will always be who we are. True we can be corrupted by our surroundings, but we just have to overcome it. Riku… there is strength in each one of us… don't… don't let it fail you. You can still escape the darkness," Sora said with a passion to his voice that he almost felt like he was about to cry.
Riku felt such a burn in his chest from those words and pushed Sora against the wall and hissed at him. He pulled his blade out of thin air and pressed it against Sora's neck. "I wonder if you'll bleed like a normal human, Sora… You cannot be normal…" he murmured with his lips ever so close to Sora's face.
He began to press the blade more into the other boy's neck, but then suddenly stopped, pulling himself away. He tossed his blade into the darkness at the windows and heard the shatter of the glass, but there was a suction noise of the black layer sucking all of it inside. "Run…" he said in a taught voice. He looked up at Sora with darkened eyes and clutched his chest in pain. "Just fucking run while you can, Sora!" he yelled out.
The other boy didn't dare question his long time friend and just bolted. He found that all the locked doors were now open. He clutched his bruised and slightly bleeding throat as he stumbled through the streets. As he was running he tripped and slid through a puddle of mud. He lifted his head slowly and looked up to the sky as lightning made a spider across the sky. The light burned into the boy's eyes and he shivered.
"I will get you back, Riku…" he whispered in a tender voice as he brought his fingers to his chest. It burned. The light inside burned to save his dearest friend. He needed to have Riku back in his life… nothing would be the same without him. He knew that for a fact now that he had seen him again.
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Riku picked himself up and shook his head a little. He snuffed a laugh and walked over to the darkness and reached inside. The black liquid started to engulf his arm and he smiled with affection as if it were just a pet. He pulled his blade from the darkness and let it drip back to its heap. His fingers snapped and the moving puddle faded into seeming nothing, but just merely returned to the large pool of darkness.
"Heh… Sora… You are too predictable. I know how you work, my friend. You will become strong… become a true and formable fighting partner. You will feel pain some day," he murmured as he looked out at the dark and rolling clouds.
He looked at the small amount of blood on his blade and licked in clean. "You taste good, too, Sora…" he said in an even more dark tone as his deep blue eyes looked the sword over. He placed his blade back into its invisible sheath that only he could summon it from. "You just better not make me wait long…" he muttered as he, himself, disappeared into nothingness.
He had returned to who he obediently called 'master' and smiled a cynical smile. He knew he would get bitched out from his actions, but he didn't really give a damn. With the look on her face right now… he knew it would be a while, though. That would be a pain in the ass most certainly.
"I thought you were going to kill the keyblade master. That certainly didn't seem like killing him. You seemed weak, pathetic… just like… a child," Maleficent said in a dark and scornful tone. The dark, evil queen walked closer to Riku, making a clicking nose as she walked. Her staff his the ground hard, the noise echoing through the whole hall. Riku, however, didn't flinch slightly.
The gray haired boy just shook his head. "You don't know anything. You never knew him. Also… I said I would kill him; so, just let me be. He will be dead, mark my words… I just need a more formable enemy," Riku explained as he gestured a little with his hands. He shook his head and smirked at her. "Don't worry… he won't be in the way… He'll help us out, you'll see…"
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The others in the room looked on the young boy with questioning eyes as the boy entered. He had no clue what to say or do at this point. Squall was the only one who dared to move closer to Sora and he knelt down in front of the boy. "Are you alright?" he asked in a low and quiet voice so only Sora could hear the question being presented.
The young boy's head bobbed lightly to confirm that he was, in fact, okay. Slowly he placed his hand to his throat and muttered a soft heal, letting the blood that had escaped dry to his hand and clothing and be the only mark left from the wound.
"I… I think Donald, Goofy and I should seal up the next planet…" Sora whispered in a low voice and indicated for his two companions to follow. The two animals followed the command quickly and exited the house.
Sora looked at the two concerned faces and he threw them a huge smile. "I'm okay, really! For the first time in a long time… I have something true for which to strive," he said. The two nodded, but their faces didn't light up at all. "Aw… come on! I'm fine, really. See?" he lifted his head up a little to expose his neck. "There won't even be a scar," he said proudly and then nodded.
Goofy tromped closer to Sora and examined his neck and then nodded as if satisfied. He smiled wide and patted the boy on the head. "Gee, Sora! You're right. I can't hardly tell you were ever harmed," he said in his usual dork tone. He stepped into the Gummi Ship with a content look on his face and found his seat in a fashionable manner.
Donald soon piled in who was followed by a more chipper Sora. Before the boy fully entered the Gummi Ship he pulled his head out. "Hold on a minute… I think…" he said as he stepped back out and looked over the city a bit. "I think there is a keyhole here…" he murmured as he started to walk toward the second district almost in a trance.
The duck and dog exchanged confused looks, but soon enough followed at the boy. "Gawrsh, you think there is a keyhole here?" he asked in a floppy tone and padded after Sora, catching up to the boy. He looked down on his short ally and smiled in a friendly manner.
"Yep…" was all the boy responded as he pushed the doors open to the second district. He felt a chill down his spine as he felt he was once again being watched, but this time… it wasn't from Riku. He glanced around out of the corners of his eyes as he walked to the Gizmo Shop. He didn't even bother with anything inside and just went to the roof. As he approached the bell to ring it, he felt another chill. It was such a strange sensation.
With a leery expression, Sora reached his fingers out to the hanging rope and grabbed onto it. His grip was firm and secure. He pulled down on the bell three times, letting the sound chime out when suddenly there was a glow from down below. The image that was by the fountain now changed and no longer was an image, but was a keyhole.
Donald quickly perked up and pointed down to the fountain. "There it is!" he said in an obvious fashion as he started to run toward it. Goofy followed right behind him as did Sora. Moments before they reached the actual keyhole a dark circle appeared and none other than a heartless emerged.
The large figure loomed over the small lot of heroes and stood its ground well. Sora immediately pulled out his keyblade and was ready to fight. His fingers tightened around the handle of the blade and he attacked right off. The three battled away, taking the large creature out so it could not take the world for the heartless.
Once this large creature was taken care of they could freely locked this world. The young boy extended his arm, which held the keyblade in it and watched as a beam of light entered the keyhole and locked the world. He sighed as this world was now locked as well. "Now… should we move along?" Sora asked with a slightly cocky smile.
"Next stop… Agrabah," Goofy commented with a hiccupped laugh on the end. He grinned in his silly manner and started to walk back to the Gummi Ship in his lazy fashion. Donald followed right behind the dog, but Sora lingered by the keyhole for a few moments longer.
"I will get you back, Riku…" Sora vowed as he nodded and then ran after his two rather new friends. He had a determined smile on his face as he crawled inside of the Gummi Ship. He sat down and nodded. "Let's go," he said.
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Yuffie looked around the room and looked at the two men. He grabbed Aerith by the arm and smiled wide. "We have some shopping to do! Don't wait up for us; I have a place we can stay in the first district. Girl talk, you know?" she commented with a giggle and dragged the other woman out of the room before there was any protesting from any party.
Squall sighed as he lifted his head and looked at Cloud. There was a strange and pleasant sense about being alone here. He let out a light laugh and rubbed the back of his head. "That girl is such a piece of work, both of them, really…" he stated as he shook his head softly and walked to one of the chairs at the table, seating himself.
"I'm going," Cloud said as he pushed himself from the bed and headed toward the door. He took smooth and long strides, but was cut off before he could reach the actual door. He paused and looked at the man blocking his path. "What?" he asked in a low and threatening voice. His eyes narrowed and darkened as he looked at the other man.
The brown haired man shook his head and placed a hand on the blonde's shoulder to stop him. "What is up with you? I don't get you… and where do you plan on going? You just got here…" he questioned with a confused look passing over his features. He didn't think he was really that bad of company.
Their noses practically touched as glare pressed against calm. Cloud broke the intense look and found the floor more interesting. "I'm going to find that brat… I have some past history I need to fix with him… and I just need a few questions answered," he explained with a bitter voice. He felt the hand remove itself and Squall moved from his way. He didn't bother thanking the other man and just left.
"I shouldn't let you go… I'm failing our vow…" he muttered darkly and he walked over to the bed and flopped down on it with a groan. He closed his eyes and sighed. He knew he wouldn't sleep, but he ached. He was in so much pain in this moment. He just wanted to fade to nothing… let it all fade to black. "If you die… I die, too…" he said as he curled on himself.
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As the dark man walked across the ground rain started to drip down from the heavens above. His blonde hair drooped a little and he looked up as he heaved his heavy sword over his shoulder. He snorted in a disgruntled manner from the rain as he walked on. "I know you're around, still! Come out, come out, where ever you are," he taunted the boy who was in hiding.
A soft windy sound occurred as Riku appeared behind Cloud and smiled in a cruel way. "Ah, such a perceptive one to darkness. You would be good on our side. Oh, wait! You were… you know you will pay for betraying us…" he said as he pulled his wing-like blade from thin air. He looked at his own blade and then at Cloud's. "That thing looks too awkward…" he thought out loud. He shrugged it off quickly enough, though.
The silver haired boy rolled his shoulders a little and smirked. "What exactly do you want?" he asked as he looked at his gloved hand in interest. He acted like his hand was so much more important than Cloud and smirked, as he knew it would make the other man mad. He liked pissing some certain people off at times.
The man turned to the boy and looked down on him. "I'm here to settle some things…" he said in a low voice and narrowed his eyes at Riku. He pulled the blade off of his shoulder and let the tip rest on the concrete ground. He waited for the boy's next actions, trying to watch and predict from each fine movement.
Without warning, it seemed like time froze. Cloud couldn't move from Riku's strike until it was too late. Everything seemed in such slow motion when the young boy came upon him. Red splashed out and stained the ground and clothing. The wound caused the man to fall to one knee, using his large sword as a means to stay somewhat standing, if that is what you could call it.
Riku looked down at Cloud now and smiled harshly. "Payback, eh? Well… let's see when that comes, hmm?" he asked in a sinister voice. He shook his head and turned from Cloud. "Go crawl back home, now… don't come saying threats you cannot keep next time," he stated as he walked off. Mid stride he was engulfed by darkness and warped away.
The blonde sneered at this and held his side in pain. He looked up at the falling droplets of water and got some in his eyes. He blinked them away and watched as the lightning made an awe-inspiring web across the sky. He shivered from this and pushed himself up with a groan. He couldn't stay out in the rain forever. He'd die… and… he couldn't. Something inside him told him to move on.
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A/N: I am SOOOOOO sorry this took forever! I got an ear infection last week and now I am getting very sick! I didn't mean for this update to take so long… I am really, really sorry… I hope this doesn't happen again, but I won't promise anything 'cause… that wouldn't be cool if I broke my promise. And who knows how long I'm going to be sick. And… I hope you liked this chappy. *nods nods*
A/N: Sorry… I was trying to get my DBZ fic updated before this… but… I got stuck. So, here I am typing away and stuff… and sorry it took so long. *sighs* I have just been in a random slump lately. Heh… but here… is the next chappy and the likes. Hopefully not too long after I write this that it'll be posted. XD
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Chapter 4
Black Light
As Sora placed hand on the door of the hotel to open it, there was a soft flash of light in the distance and a low roll of thunder came about a minute later. He sighed and pressed the door open with closed eye. He shuddered slightly as he heard a click of the door. He was locked in and he knew it. He knew he wouldn't be leaving unless Riku permitted it. He just hoped it was to keep the villains out, but then he knew he was trapped inside with a villain, a friend.
All sounds seemed to fade into a soft humming or a gentle thud. As his feet moved to touch the floor with his next step it seemed to take so much longer. Time was slowing for him. It was a pivotal moment in his life and he dreaded it. It seemed all he could hear now was his own heart, which felt like it was beating in his throat. He swallowed hard as he reached the doomed door.
His fingers touched the cold door handle and he shivered from its ice-cold feeling. "Riku…" he whispered out and swore he could see his own breath. He turned the handle and pushed the door open, entering the barren room. He had been in it before, but it seemed so distant and foreign to him now. It made him feel disjointed and strange.
He sighed and pushed into the door and felt like he had fallen into a dark abyss with how black it was inside. It was almost like… the darkness was unnatural, cruel… forbidding. His hand clutched his chest as he felt the black stroking over his cheek. He gasped for breath and started to double over as he felt like he was being consumed.
Riku stood from the bed and jerked his hand in the air, pulling some of the darkness away. He watched as the brown haired boy dropped to the floor in pain. He smirked softly and walked over to Sora. Kneeling down he placed his fingers under the boy's chin. "Hmm… Such a sad sight… light being devoured by the darkness. Pathetic, really…" he murmured as he squatted down by Sora.
As sky met ocean, eyes met eyes. Those deep blues collided against one another and there was a bitter frost built in the air, but also a burning fire. Both of the boys shivered and looked away, desiring more of this look, but too afraid to know what it might entail.
"I'm sorry, Riku…" he whispered out as he curled in on himself and snuggled to his knees. He closed his eyes and sighed. His whole body shivered as if it were cold and scared. He never felt this vulnerable in his life and this was not the time he wished it to be. "Please… don't hurt Kairi, though. She has nothing to do with this… if you want to kill me for… whatever it is I did to you… I'll take it."
The silver haired boy stood up and snorted as if he were disgruntled from what he heard. "You disgust me, Sora. You were never this weak. You never gave up. If this is how you act now… I'm sorry to have even been called your friend at one point. Get up," he commanded in a harsh voice as he glared down at the frail looking boy.
Reluctantly, but obediently, Sora stood up and held his head hung down. He refused to look at Riku from these words that had betrayed his heart. He swallowed hard as he felt Riku's breath on his skin and froze with those gloved hands pushing his chin up. He didn't want to meet those blue eyes again. He felt so damn weak at those times. Once again, though… he was trapped. Trapped in those eyes.
Letting go of his chin, Riku narrowed his eyes a little and cocked his head to the side a little, almost in a curious manner. "What are you sorry for, Sora? And… why are you so afraid? Are you really that afraid to see me again?" he asked in an almost hurt tone. He shook his head and walked to the window, which was throbbing with black energy. "Don't answer those questions. Well, not now… You can some other time we meet, but not now."
Sora didn't know what Riku was saying and just drew toward him. The other boy held up a hand, signaling him to not come any nearer. "The darkness is too powerful over here. I'm just becoming knowledgeable about my powers and they keep the darkness to keep me almost… in check," he said as he shook his head. He dipped his fingers into the blackness and pulled some drops away, letting them attract back to their origins.
The black drops looked like water, almost. An almost serene sense passed over Sora from this. "It's like home…" he murmured as he remembered the vast ocean that surrounded their tiny island. That small patch of sand… surrounded by water. So much water… It seemed endless, really.
"It is nothing like home!" the boy received as a responds. A hiss was rather apparent in Riku's voice as he almost spat these words at Sora. "Home is gone, destroyed. I hope I never see that forsaken place again. It corrupted us, Sora. It made us who we are and we can be at no fault for our actions in life because of that damned island!"
"They're our lives! The island didn't make us. The island doesn't hold our souls, our light, and our shadows. We take them wherever we go and we will always be who we are. True we can be corrupted by our surroundings, but we just have to overcome it. Riku… there is strength in each one of us… don't… don't let it fail you. You can still escape the darkness," Sora said with a passion to his voice that he almost felt like he was about to cry.
Riku felt such a burn in his chest from those words and pushed Sora against the wall and hissed at him. He pulled his blade out of thin air and pressed it against Sora's neck. "I wonder if you'll bleed like a normal human, Sora… You cannot be normal…" he murmured with his lips ever so close to Sora's face.
He began to press the blade more into the other boy's neck, but then suddenly stopped, pulling himself away. He tossed his blade into the darkness at the windows and heard the shatter of the glass, but there was a suction noise of the black layer sucking all of it inside. "Run…" he said in a taught voice. He looked up at Sora with darkened eyes and clutched his chest in pain. "Just fucking run while you can, Sora!" he yelled out.
The other boy didn't dare question his long time friend and just bolted. He found that all the locked doors were now open. He clutched his bruised and slightly bleeding throat as he stumbled through the streets. As he was running he tripped and slid through a puddle of mud. He lifted his head slowly and looked up to the sky as lightning made a spider across the sky. The light burned into the boy's eyes and he shivered.
"I will get you back, Riku…" he whispered in a tender voice as he brought his fingers to his chest. It burned. The light inside burned to save his dearest friend. He needed to have Riku back in his life… nothing would be the same without him. He knew that for a fact now that he had seen him again.
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Riku picked himself up and shook his head a little. He snuffed a laugh and walked over to the darkness and reached inside. The black liquid started to engulf his arm and he smiled with affection as if it were just a pet. He pulled his blade from the darkness and let it drip back to its heap. His fingers snapped and the moving puddle faded into seeming nothing, but just merely returned to the large pool of darkness.
"Heh… Sora… You are too predictable. I know how you work, my friend. You will become strong… become a true and formable fighting partner. You will feel pain some day," he murmured as he looked out at the dark and rolling clouds.
He looked at the small amount of blood on his blade and licked in clean. "You taste good, too, Sora…" he said in an even more dark tone as his deep blue eyes looked the sword over. He placed his blade back into its invisible sheath that only he could summon it from. "You just better not make me wait long…" he muttered as he, himself, disappeared into nothingness.
He had returned to who he obediently called 'master' and smiled a cynical smile. He knew he would get bitched out from his actions, but he didn't really give a damn. With the look on her face right now… he knew it would be a while, though. That would be a pain in the ass most certainly.
"I thought you were going to kill the keyblade master. That certainly didn't seem like killing him. You seemed weak, pathetic… just like… a child," Maleficent said in a dark and scornful tone. The dark, evil queen walked closer to Riku, making a clicking nose as she walked. Her staff his the ground hard, the noise echoing through the whole hall. Riku, however, didn't flinch slightly.
The gray haired boy just shook his head. "You don't know anything. You never knew him. Also… I said I would kill him; so, just let me be. He will be dead, mark my words… I just need a more formable enemy," Riku explained as he gestured a little with his hands. He shook his head and smirked at her. "Don't worry… he won't be in the way… He'll help us out, you'll see…"
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The others in the room looked on the young boy with questioning eyes as the boy entered. He had no clue what to say or do at this point. Squall was the only one who dared to move closer to Sora and he knelt down in front of the boy. "Are you alright?" he asked in a low and quiet voice so only Sora could hear the question being presented.
The young boy's head bobbed lightly to confirm that he was, in fact, okay. Slowly he placed his hand to his throat and muttered a soft heal, letting the blood that had escaped dry to his hand and clothing and be the only mark left from the wound.
"I… I think Donald, Goofy and I should seal up the next planet…" Sora whispered in a low voice and indicated for his two companions to follow. The two animals followed the command quickly and exited the house.
Sora looked at the two concerned faces and he threw them a huge smile. "I'm okay, really! For the first time in a long time… I have something true for which to strive," he said. The two nodded, but their faces didn't light up at all. "Aw… come on! I'm fine, really. See?" he lifted his head up a little to expose his neck. "There won't even be a scar," he said proudly and then nodded.
Goofy tromped closer to Sora and examined his neck and then nodded as if satisfied. He smiled wide and patted the boy on the head. "Gee, Sora! You're right. I can't hardly tell you were ever harmed," he said in his usual dork tone. He stepped into the Gummi Ship with a content look on his face and found his seat in a fashionable manner.
Donald soon piled in who was followed by a more chipper Sora. Before the boy fully entered the Gummi Ship he pulled his head out. "Hold on a minute… I think…" he said as he stepped back out and looked over the city a bit. "I think there is a keyhole here…" he murmured as he started to walk toward the second district almost in a trance.
The duck and dog exchanged confused looks, but soon enough followed at the boy. "Gawrsh, you think there is a keyhole here?" he asked in a floppy tone and padded after Sora, catching up to the boy. He looked down on his short ally and smiled in a friendly manner.
"Yep…" was all the boy responded as he pushed the doors open to the second district. He felt a chill down his spine as he felt he was once again being watched, but this time… it wasn't from Riku. He glanced around out of the corners of his eyes as he walked to the Gizmo Shop. He didn't even bother with anything inside and just went to the roof. As he approached the bell to ring it, he felt another chill. It was such a strange sensation.
With a leery expression, Sora reached his fingers out to the hanging rope and grabbed onto it. His grip was firm and secure. He pulled down on the bell three times, letting the sound chime out when suddenly there was a glow from down below. The image that was by the fountain now changed and no longer was an image, but was a keyhole.
Donald quickly perked up and pointed down to the fountain. "There it is!" he said in an obvious fashion as he started to run toward it. Goofy followed right behind him as did Sora. Moments before they reached the actual keyhole a dark circle appeared and none other than a heartless emerged.
The large figure loomed over the small lot of heroes and stood its ground well. Sora immediately pulled out his keyblade and was ready to fight. His fingers tightened around the handle of the blade and he attacked right off. The three battled away, taking the large creature out so it could not take the world for the heartless.
Once this large creature was taken care of they could freely locked this world. The young boy extended his arm, which held the keyblade in it and watched as a beam of light entered the keyhole and locked the world. He sighed as this world was now locked as well. "Now… should we move along?" Sora asked with a slightly cocky smile.
"Next stop… Agrabah," Goofy commented with a hiccupped laugh on the end. He grinned in his silly manner and started to walk back to the Gummi Ship in his lazy fashion. Donald followed right behind the dog, but Sora lingered by the keyhole for a few moments longer.
"I will get you back, Riku…" Sora vowed as he nodded and then ran after his two rather new friends. He had a determined smile on his face as he crawled inside of the Gummi Ship. He sat down and nodded. "Let's go," he said.
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Yuffie looked around the room and looked at the two men. He grabbed Aerith by the arm and smiled wide. "We have some shopping to do! Don't wait up for us; I have a place we can stay in the first district. Girl talk, you know?" she commented with a giggle and dragged the other woman out of the room before there was any protesting from any party.
Squall sighed as he lifted his head and looked at Cloud. There was a strange and pleasant sense about being alone here. He let out a light laugh and rubbed the back of his head. "That girl is such a piece of work, both of them, really…" he stated as he shook his head softly and walked to one of the chairs at the table, seating himself.
"I'm going," Cloud said as he pushed himself from the bed and headed toward the door. He took smooth and long strides, but was cut off before he could reach the actual door. He paused and looked at the man blocking his path. "What?" he asked in a low and threatening voice. His eyes narrowed and darkened as he looked at the other man.
The brown haired man shook his head and placed a hand on the blonde's shoulder to stop him. "What is up with you? I don't get you… and where do you plan on going? You just got here…" he questioned with a confused look passing over his features. He didn't think he was really that bad of company.
Their noses practically touched as glare pressed against calm. Cloud broke the intense look and found the floor more interesting. "I'm going to find that brat… I have some past history I need to fix with him… and I just need a few questions answered," he explained with a bitter voice. He felt the hand remove itself and Squall moved from his way. He didn't bother thanking the other man and just left.
"I shouldn't let you go… I'm failing our vow…" he muttered darkly and he walked over to the bed and flopped down on it with a groan. He closed his eyes and sighed. He knew he wouldn't sleep, but he ached. He was in so much pain in this moment. He just wanted to fade to nothing… let it all fade to black. "If you die… I die, too…" he said as he curled on himself.
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As the dark man walked across the ground rain started to drip down from the heavens above. His blonde hair drooped a little and he looked up as he heaved his heavy sword over his shoulder. He snorted in a disgruntled manner from the rain as he walked on. "I know you're around, still! Come out, come out, where ever you are," he taunted the boy who was in hiding.
A soft windy sound occurred as Riku appeared behind Cloud and smiled in a cruel way. "Ah, such a perceptive one to darkness. You would be good on our side. Oh, wait! You were… you know you will pay for betraying us…" he said as he pulled his wing-like blade from thin air. He looked at his own blade and then at Cloud's. "That thing looks too awkward…" he thought out loud. He shrugged it off quickly enough, though.
The silver haired boy rolled his shoulders a little and smirked. "What exactly do you want?" he asked as he looked at his gloved hand in interest. He acted like his hand was so much more important than Cloud and smirked, as he knew it would make the other man mad. He liked pissing some certain people off at times.
The man turned to the boy and looked down on him. "I'm here to settle some things…" he said in a low voice and narrowed his eyes at Riku. He pulled the blade off of his shoulder and let the tip rest on the concrete ground. He waited for the boy's next actions, trying to watch and predict from each fine movement.
Without warning, it seemed like time froze. Cloud couldn't move from Riku's strike until it was too late. Everything seemed in such slow motion when the young boy came upon him. Red splashed out and stained the ground and clothing. The wound caused the man to fall to one knee, using his large sword as a means to stay somewhat standing, if that is what you could call it.
Riku looked down at Cloud now and smiled harshly. "Payback, eh? Well… let's see when that comes, hmm?" he asked in a sinister voice. He shook his head and turned from Cloud. "Go crawl back home, now… don't come saying threats you cannot keep next time," he stated as he walked off. Mid stride he was engulfed by darkness and warped away.
The blonde sneered at this and held his side in pain. He looked up at the falling droplets of water and got some in his eyes. He blinked them away and watched as the lightning made an awe-inspiring web across the sky. He shivered from this and pushed himself up with a groan. He couldn't stay out in the rain forever. He'd die… and… he couldn't. Something inside him told him to move on.
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A/N: I am SOOOOOO sorry this took forever! I got an ear infection last week and now I am getting very sick! I didn't mean for this update to take so long… I am really, really sorry… I hope this doesn't happen again, but I won't promise anything 'cause… that wouldn't be cool if I broke my promise. And who knows how long I'm going to be sick. And… I hope you liked this chappy. *nods nods*