Oopsies. ^_^ I forgot to analyze Kairi and Anzu last chapter. By al rights, we should have done them, then this chapter Oni and Ansem. But to make it up to you, I'll translate the ENE guide's names, make this chapter at least 3000 words(Compared to 1000-and-a-few-more last chapter) and give every reviewer past and present a 'Shattered Heart' keychain. ^_^;;

Reviewers: soraoathkeeper (Yeah, I rather liked the title myself. In fact, I like most of my titles... Well, chapter titles. Some of my stories have been horribly named. ^_^;; *Points to 'Flowers' and 'Pale Night'...*)

Disclaimer: I don't own Disney or related characters, Squaresoft, the Final fantasy series or related characters, .hack//SIGN or related characters, Miru, The Belgariad/The Malloreon or related characters, Kingdom Hearts or related characters, or the Dark Magician Girl. I do own the plot, Anzu, Neko, Takeo, Oni, the ENE guides (Besides Miru) and any kids that were born since the end of Kingdom Hearts.

.Hack//SIGN time: After Tsu-chan and Subaru-chan become good friends and he(?) starts to look up to her as support and a role model, but before he(?) takes her to see Aura-chan.

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Kurayami: Part Seven

Darkness of Dawn



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*It's a dawn of a new journey...*

:: Yes it is, Miru. Are they ready?::

*No.*

Mickey sighs, fingering the chain on the end of his Keyblade. ::Can't be helped, I guess.::

The king feels, more than hears, Miru's agreement.

"But I wonder... How much longer can the new ones go on?"

*I don't know. I really don't know.*

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~~~~~ The World

"Subaru?" Tsukasa frowns at her, a concerned look on his pale face. "Is something wrong?"

She shakes her head, blinking her gentle golden eyes. "No, I'm sure it's nothing. I just had the oddest feeling at my terminal..."

Mimiru blinks. "I have a bad feeling too... I'm gonna log out, see what's up." With a jaunty wave, she heads off.

Tsukasa waves a little back, sitting down on a rock. Subaru sits down beside him, taking his hand.

"Hey, Tsukasa, everything's gonna be fine. We'll be able to figure out what's going on, and you'll be able to log out. You don't have to be so glum. I'm sure-"

Tsukasa looks up sharply as she lets out a little gasp, and his violet eyes blink when she doesn't move.

"S-Subaru? Is something wrong?"

Subaru's body is surrounded by rings of pink light, running up and down, pushing him away...

She disappears.

"Subaru?!"

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~~~~~ Bastion

"Who are you two?"

"Oka and Niji," the brunette replies.

Takeo sighs. ::I've sort of figured that.:: "Well then, WHY are you here?"

This time, the blond speaks. "Well, I'm here to help you out! And Oka's here to help your sister."

"By the way, where is she? I can't very well help her if I can't very well find her."

Takeo winces at Oka's comment, then replies, voice shaking as he tries not to cry. "She went off by herself."

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~~~~~ Belgariad

"Wait, stop, Silk-san..."

"What is it?"

Neko shakes her head, turning to one side. "I'll be back in just a second..." Before Silk can reply, she darts out of the street, down a side alley, dissapears.

Silk shakes his head and follows the erratic lavender-eyed girl.

Neko patters along the narrow alley, slowing down as the alien smell gets stronger, stopping as she goes around a little twist, almost tripping over an unconscious girl, who can't be much older than fifteen. Neko kneels next to the girl, brushing the sweat and rain dampened blond locks to the side as she feels the girl's forehead. Frowning at the clamminess that can't just be caused by rain, Neko pulls out a small green bottle and drips a little of the Potion into the girl's mouth.

The girl opens her leaf-green eyes just a touch. "Darky?" she whispers in a curious multi-tone voice, almost like many notes being played on a pan flute.

"Hey there, can you walk?" Neko inquires, lavender eyes concerned in her angular face. "If not, I'll carry you, but that armor looks heavy."

"... Who are you? Where's Darky? Silverfang? Celtic? Where am I?! This isn't the Shadow Realm!!" The girl's eyes grow wider, her voice more panicked with every word. "What's going on?!!"

Neko blinks at the overflow of questions. "Hey, slow down. I'll get you out of this back alley, and over to wherever Silk's taking me. Then ask me whatever." Not waiting for any response, Neko hosts the slightly taller girl up, supporting her when she staggers. "C'mon, up and at 'em. What's your name, by the way?"

"D-dark Magician Girl..." she responds unsteadily.

"Well then, I'm Neko. That old person standing right there looking curious is Silk-san. You can trust him, except probably with valuables. Do you happen to have a nickname? If not, we can find one for you. ^_^"

Silk blinks at being called an old person, being a mere fifty years old. All right, nearly fifty-one, but he retained all his bright spryness (Spyness?) of youth, despite being one of the richest men in the world and married to the second-best spy in the world!

(Silk would never admit that Velvet is a better spy than him, even though she is...)

Dark Magician Girl also blinks, maybe from the kind, hyper cheerfulness of Neko, most likely because she's still feeling a little woozy. "Well... Some people call me D.M.G., but I don't really like that..."

"Okay then!" Neko smiles warmly at the older girl. "Then I'll think of a name... How about Yabi? Yabiko would be better, actually. Or maybe Kokoro..."

"Kokoro? Heart? Like the heart of the Cards... I like that name..." The Duel Monster blinks again, then falls into unconsciousness, barely being caught by Neko before she hits the ground.

Neko blinks once. "Well, I can't actually CARRY you, baka-chan," she says to the taller girl.

Naturally, Dark Magician Girl doesn't respond.

Neko sighs. "Silk-san, I'm guessing that the armor she's wearing would be considered indecent?"

Silk nods.

Neko unzips her oversized raincoat, draping the garment around Dark Magician Girl. "Well, I'm certainly glad Leon gave this to me. He's one of the tallest people at the Bastion- except maybe Seph-dono." She glances down at her normal charcoal-grey clothes, then shrugs, deciding people could live with a bare midriff and loose pants on a girl. Better than the almost lack of clothes on Dark Magician Girl. "Silk, help me carry her, please..."

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Oni weeps.

:: STUPID. WHY ARE YOU CRYING?::

Oni sobs into his arms, then raises his face, a flicker of desperation in his hurt crystal blue eyes. "You have to stop them! Can't you stop the heartless? I can't let Neko or Takeo get hurt! If you keep on hurting ME like this, can't you at spare them pain?"

:: NO.::

"Please... If they..."

:: IF THEY DIE? THEY WON'T. NOT FOR A GOOD WHILE, AT LEAST. I CAN'T SPEAK OF TOO FAR INTO THE FURURE.::

He draws in a sharp breath of pain, squeezing his eyes shut for a moment. Another tear traces wet tracks down his cheek as he opens his eyes again, the blue darkening with helpless, useless anger. "L-leave me alone! I never wanted you! Go away, Aku!" Oni's eyes shine with wetness, and he roughly wipes his sleeve across them. "Can't you at least leave me alone in my dreams?"

:: NO.::

His eyes paling with pain, Oni weeps again. "J-just leave me alone... I don't want to be a puppet my entire life..."

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~~~~~ Destiny Island

Kairi walks along the cove, her hair loose down her back, her blue-violet eyes distant.

Absently leaning over to pick up a pebble, she stares at it for a moment before tossing it out across the calm sea.

She wanders along the shore, letting her mind wander with her. Turning for a moment to look out over the ocean-

Kairi's eyes widen.

She runs down to the calm ocean, looking towards the horizon, clasping her shaking hands behind her back, staring at the streaks of white fire cascading towards the horizon.

A seagull calls out above her, uncaring that the walls around Destiny Island are falling into the ocean.

"No..." She shakes her head. "Not the Heartless. Not again!"

"Yes. It's happening again." The strange, ghost-like voice, almost reminicent of the hiss of fire, drifts around Kairi. "Strange, how something so pretty as a meteor shower can represent so much destruction."

Kairi's long hair drifts in the gentle ocean breeze as she turns, startled, to see a tall woman with slanted eyes of solid blue and long, strait, fiery hair.

"Wh-Wha- Huh?"

"Hello. You can call me Marjani." The woman brushes her hair back from her pale face, revealing pointed ears.

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-san: Demonstrates a medium level of respect- about on the level of 'Mr.'

Baka-chan: Err... Literally, along the lines of 'Beloved Idiot.' Neko probably shouldn't be calling DMG chan, they only just met, but... ^^;;

-dono: About on the level of san, respect-wise, but you would use it if you're serving someone somehow. (Kenshin uses this for Kaoru and Megumi because he serves them by protecting them... Or that's what I read. ^^;;) Why Neko calls Seph this, I have no idea, but I'll make up something eventually.

Poor Oni-chan. He's only Riku's age... And he going through the same thing, but a lot less willingly.

ENE guide's names (In order of appearance):

Zeff- Wolf

Niji- Rainbow

Oka- Hill

Anima- Spirit

Miru- See

Aku- Evil

Marjani: Coral

Nami: (She appears next chapter) Wave

Well, now to analyze Kairi and Anzu!... *Starts to cry* My little kids are all grown up! Kairi's TEN YEARS older than me! 8_8 And Anzu-chan is nearly my age!

Muses: -_-()

Kairi, v2.0

We all remember our old Kairi, ne? Sweet, a bit giggly, and bossy in a cute way that had Sora running all over the island for logs, mushrooms, and coconuts. "Aye, aye, captain! *Giggle*"

Yeah. ^_^;;

By the end of Kingdom Hearts, it was fairly obvious she "LIKED" Sora. Obvious to just about everyone everyone. "Take care of her for me", "Promise you'll come back to me!" "You have to return this," ect. And I'm fairly sure Sora liked her back.

Jo: *Growl*

Er... Ignore the exclusively R/S fangirl. ^_^;;

Anyway, Kairi lost hope as the years dragged on that Sora would ever come back to her. She never got over him, though. "True love" and all.

Jo: *Glaring sakabatous and bokken at me*

-_-;;... So now she's depressed just as bad as, if not worse than, Neko is. Just doesn't hide it very well.

But Kairi-chan does have one bright... er, not dark and dreary?... spot in her life. And that is...

Anzu, v2.0

Anzu is... Mary-Sueish. ^_^;; She cheers people up, she's good with kids, she sings, she has angel wings for goodness sakes!

... AHHH!!! ANZU'S A MARY SUE! *Runs in circles*

Muses (all six): -_-() *Thwack me*

Itai... @_@... er, well, once upon a time, Anzu depended almost entirely on Neko-chan. Neko protected Anzu, helped Anzu, loved Anzu more than most sisters would, even though they really are only half-sisters or less. Neko-chan was her LIFE, in a way. So when Anzu was being attacked by the darkness, she chose Neko over her OWN life.

It might have been better If she hadn't...

When she appeared on destiny Island, Kairi found her, and she helped to fill some of the void in Kairi's life. And Kairi filled some of the void in Anzu's life, too. And Anzu has gone through as long a time with Kairi as she had with Neko. But Kairi wasn't always there for her, so Anzu had to grow out of her introvertness that was brought on by Neko always being there.

I'm a bit sorry to say this, but if she and Neko hadn't split up, Anzu might very well be an emotional cripple, instead of a steadying pillar of brightness.

Better Mary Sue unstable, ne?

Neko, Takeo, Oni, Riku, and other insane characters: *GLARE*

Eheh... ^^;; Hi? *Gets attacked* ITAI!!!! LEMME OUT! AHH! *Escapes* Review before they finish me off! *Gets dogpiled*