The Darkness Within

Chapter 2: The letter

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The very second the heartless unleashed their attack on the two, the boy unclenched his fists and in a silvery light a Keyblade appeared in each hand. Riku stood and watched as both of them held their ground quite well against the heartless. The boy ran through the crowd of heartless swatting them away like they were nothing to him, with the help of his Keyblades. While the girl used her very own two fists and feet, throwing vicious punches and kicks at the heartless in what looked to be a nonstop dance. Riku had to admit that they were doing extremely good, but a few questions bothered him. Who was this boy, and how did he get two Keyblades? Riku could have sworn only him, Sora, and King Mickey were Keyblade wielders.

As Riku watched the battle continue he noticed no matter how many heartless the two killed, more just kept coming back. Knowing that the two couldn't keep it up by themselves, Riku walked up to the very edge of the building and held out his arms, as if reaching for the clouded sky. The heartless began to drop their guard as their long antennas began to twitch. The boy and girl both stopped and watched as the heartless just stood there doing nothing but staring up at the sky. Curiosity got the best of them, and they too looked up at the sky. Their eyes eventual fell upon the silver haired boy on top of the building, and they became oblivious to the fact that the number of heartless began to decrease.

Riku grunted as he tried to dismiss the heartless, but it was getting harder. Eventually, he let his arms drop, giving up on trying to get ride of them, something he never did. What was wrong with him? Was he really losing his powers? At least he helped a little by lowering the number that the two had to fight, but this just wasn't enough for him. He wanted to help even more. He wanted to repent for all the wrongs he had done, so without hesitation he dove off the building's ledge.

Both gasped as they watched him plummet to the ground headfirst praying that he'd sprout wings and fly before he hit the ground. The heartless easily managed pulled their yellow glowing eyes away from the falling boy and back to their pray as they began another attack. Neither one of the two were expecting the heartless to resume the attack so fast, and were caught completely off guard, getting slashed at by all directions. The girl screamed as a heartless jumped on top of her and stabbed a black claw into her left shoulder. Only the nails of its claws had time to tear into the flesh before the boy swung a Keyblade out and slice it in half with little effort. Before the girl had time to get up more heartless piled onto her, tearing her shirt and flesh, creating small minor, but painful, cuts on her skin.

The girl screamed in agony as she punched several off of her and kicked at a few more, but it wasn't stopping them. The boy was to involved with his own problems to help the girl, seeing as he too was getting piled on by heartless. While this was going on, the silver haired boy had landed safely on the ground by jumping on ledges midway into his fall to slow him down. He was a black blur running through the heartless as he made his way to the girl. With little to no effort he pulled the heartless away from her and attacked them with his own two fists. Sure he was in no condition what so ever to fight, but he showed no pain nor mercy as he lashed out violent punches and kicks to the heartless, keeping them well away from the girl.

Over time every heartless in the town square had been defeated leaving the three in a bloody and tiered state. The girl slowly rose to her feet and looked around, it was like nothing had ever happened. Riku looked over at the two seeing both horror and shock in their eyes as the three of them stood in silence. The rain never lightened up the entire time as it beat down on them, washing the blood off their faces, arms, clothes, just anywhere that was bleeding at the moment.

"Thank you." The girl said as she broke through the silence, holding her shoulder to try and stop the blood from spilling even more. Riku looked over at her and faintly smiled.

"Well..." The blond headed boy sighed, running a hand through his wild hair, "That's a experience I never want to go through again." He turned to the two and stared at them with his dark blue eyes.

"Same here," The girl said as she pushed a lock of her wet copper colored hair behind her ear. She looked over at where Riku once stood, but he was gone. Franticly, she searched around her with her bright green eyes and eventually found him walking away and into an ally, "Wait! Where are you going?" Riku turned and simply shrugged his shoulders, ignoring the sharp pain that he felt afterwards.

"I don't know," Riku replied.

"What do you mean you don't know?" She asked.

"I shouldn't have to explain it." Riku spat, "I meant exactly what I said."

"Do you have nowhere else to go as well?" The boy asked. Riku looked over at him and wondered about what he had meant by that.

"I can go anywhere I please."

"Do you have a place stay?" The girl asked.

"No, not really."

"Then why don't you come home with me? You can dry off, sleep in a nice bed, have breakfast in the morning, and then leave if you please. It's the least I can do to repay you for saving me," The girl offered, "I have potions that'll heal you as well. That eye and leg of yours don't look to good." It's true, Riku was now limping on his left leg, finding it useless to try and hid his injury.

"How long will I be able to stay?"

"As long as you want."

"How much?"

"There's not cost." The girl said as she lightly laughed at him, "I told you I was repaying you for saving me, so why would I make you pay?"

"...Okay," Riku said as he limped back over to the two, "So do you have a name?"

"I'm Jetta, and this is my friend Neron," She said as she pointed to the boy behind her.

"We only met a minute or two ago. I don't know her," Neron said truthfully, receiving a small smile from Riku.

"Neron's staying at my house as well, he saved me too," Jetta said with a smile, "So either I'm extremely lucky, or extremely unlucky."

"What?" Neron asked as if offended.

"Extremely lucky for getting saved, and extremely unlucky for nearly getting killed twice in a fifteen minute period of time," Jetta explained.

"Um... I don't mean to be rude or anything, but can we please get to your house? I really want out of the rain," Riku said.

"Yeah sure, fallow me," Jetta said as she walked off, but then stopped just as soon as she started.

"Something wrong?" Neron asked slightly confused after almost running into her. Jetta turned around to face the silver haired boy and frowned.

"Somehow I never got your name," Jetta said, pointing to the silver haired boy.

"Riku." Jetta smiled.

"My house isn't to far away, do you think you can make it?" Riku gave her a nod. He never liked getting help from others, just the though of him being helped in any way made him seem weak. Old habits do die hard after all.

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Purple high heal shoes clicked against the stone floor as a duck dressed in a beautiful purple gown ran down a long white hall. In her hand she carried an envelope sealed with a mouse head. She hurried down the hall as fast as her legs could take her, and finally she had made it to a large pair of purple doors. She knocked loudly as a smaller door opened, just around her size.

"Queen Minnie!" She yelled, running down a long red carpet. A little ways ahead of her was a thrown and in it was a mouse dressed in the most elegant looking pink gown.

"What is it Daisy?" The queen asked, slowly standing and walking a little ways out to her duck friend.

"A letter has arrived! It's from the king!" Daisy shouted with excitement as she slowed down to a stop and handed her the letter, panting slightly.

"Are you sure?" The queen asked, taking the note.

"It has his seal," Daisy said. Queen Minnie looked at the letter and was slightly confused to find it already open, but she didn't ask any questions. Her smile soon faded as she read on.

"This isn't addressed for me," Queen Minnie said as she read the letter.

"What do you mean?" Daisy asked, looking over her shoulder to read it.

Keybarer,

I'm glad you helped me seal the door to Kingdom Hearts, but I'm sorry to tell you that there might be more for you to do. I've been in Kingdom Hearts for quite some time waitin' for your arrival, but I must stay in Kingdom Hearts to study it further. I feel as if a more dangerous problem is arisin', but I can't be quite sure of that yet. The heartless are acting strangely. If only I knew what they were up to. There is another Keyblade master out there, and I need you to find that person. You will need all the help you can get. I wish I could tell you what is in store for you, but even I'm not sure what's happinein'.

PS: Good luck.



King Mickey.

"How did you get this, Daisy?"

"Pluto."

"Impossible. Pluto went with Donald and Goofy."

"Are...are you sure?" Daisy asked, "Because Pluto nearly knocked me down in the hall just a moment ago."

"I'm positive he jumped on that Gummi ship with them."

"Then how did he-" The sounds of footsteps coming into the room made Daisy go silent. They both looked over to the door and gasped.

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"Home sweet home!" Jetta shouted as she opened the door to a dark room. Jetta slid her hand up the wall, as she searched for the light switch, finally succeeding. The light flicked on and the three of them where standing in a kitchen. Jetta's home was in an apartment building, and sure it was a little small, but it was decent. Smiling, Jetta kicked the door closed and walked past the two.

"You two stay here while I go and find you something to ware. I don't need three people drip-drying in my living room."

"What do you have that we could ware?" Neron asked.

"Well...Promise you wont laugh?" Riku and Neron exchanged a confused glace before they answer her.

"Sure, whatever," Neron answered as Riku gave a slight nod of his head for his answer.

"I sleep in boxers," Jetta said receiving a few questioning looks from the two boys before Jetta quickly added, "And a shirt."

"So..." Neron said, not really caring.

"Normally people laugh at me when I tell them that. You know, since guys are the ones who normally ware them," Jetta said. She stopped, as if waiting for Neron or Riku to say some, but they didn't, "...Anyway let me go find you two some clothes... and a towel or two. Maybe I should get some bandages as well." Quickly Jetta fled the room to go further into her home mumbling about a few more things she needed to search for.

"She's odd," Neron whispered to Riku. The silver haired boy simply shrugged his shoulders, not sure what to think about her.

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"Give it!" Neron yelled.

"No!" Riku yelled back.

"I saw it first!"

"Did not!"

"Did to!"

"If you saw it first then why didn't you take it before I got it?"

"Because I wanted to see what the others looked like first."

"Come on guys, its just boxers," Jetta sighed, "What about these, there nice and comfy." Riku and Neron looked over at what Jetta was holding. Black boxers with smiley faces on them. Acting like they never heard Jetta they continued the tug-o-war on the black flaming boxers.

"Let go!" Riku shouted.

"You let go!" Jetta smiled as she held up another pair of her boxers with pink and red hearts all over them.

"What about-"

"No!" both of them yelled before they continued to fight over the one pair.

"You guys need to hurry and decide. Standing there in your wet close isn't going to improve your health you know. Besides, if you continue this pointless like fight you'll only hurt yourselves even more-"

"Don't make me give you another black eye!" Neron yelled. Apparently they where trying to ignore Jetta now.

"I'd like to see you try!" Riku spat.

"I'd be glad to-" Both boys immediately stopped when the boxers they where fighting over were pulled out of their hands.

"There will be no fighting in my house," Jetta said with a stern glare, "Anyway, I've got a better way to settle this little argument." Jetta's glare immediately turning into a smile, one that the boys didn't trust too much.

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"I told you I never lose" Riku smirked as he took the boxers out of Jetta's hands.

"But... I meant to put out paper I swear," Neron said.

"To bad."

"Come on, let's do a best two out of three."

"No, we already agreed on one round of rock-paper-scissors, and I won," Riku said with a proud smile, "Where's your bathroom at?"

"Down the hall and to the left," Jetta answer as Riku walked out of the kitchen.

"Remember to wrap up your severe wounds with the gauze I laid out. I don't want you bleeding all over my favorite pair of boxers."

"Yeah, yeah," Riku replied waving his hand in the air telling her he had it under control.

"Now Neron, which pair do you want?" Neron grimaced at his choices but eventually chose the one with the smiley faces on them. It was that or the pair with the hearts, a Christmas pair that had little cute penguins and snowmen printed on them, a plain purple pair, and the last one was just a swirl of several different colors. Neron guessed it was okay since only Jetta and Riku would be the only ones seeing him in them. This thought made him feel a little better about losing, even if losing was something he didn't take lightly.

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Disclaimer: Yep I've got something to disclaim in this chapter, and that's Neron. I don't own him, but I know he's at least see in the next game. I'm pretty darn sure his name isn't Neron; I just gave him that name so he'd have one, and no I don't know his real name. If I did I'd call him by it in the story. *Grins* I don't own the world either. If you've noticed I based it off the secret clip at the end of the game. I think that's all I need to disclaim.

Author: Another chapter completed. *Grins* I'm so proud of myself. And oh look I got, not one, but two new reviewers. *Bounces around the room*

Riku: *sighs* Yippee... more people who saw me in agonizing pain during the prolog.

Author: I know. It's so great. Well... I was going to answer your question zilly... but it seams you worked it out. ^-^ That's good, cause all I had where some helpful tips.

Riku: You wouldn't want them; she'd probably just ruin your story as well.

Author: Shut up! Anyway, thanks for the wonderful reviews. I'm so excited that I got two new reviewers. *Squeals with delight* By the way, to any new reviewer that comes along-

Riku: Your pushing your luck again.

Author: *Glares* It worked last time! Check out zilly's Kingdom Hearts story called "Lost Without You". It's really good. ^-^ Well, I'm done rambling so you can now review. I know you want to.

Riku: How?

Author: It's an author's intuition.

Riku: I though we went over that last chapter. *sighs* You're not an author.

Author: *Glares* You're such a jerk! *stomps out of the room*

Riku: *Looks around the room, now bored* Well, I guess I'll have to see you people later then. *Mumbles* Just great. *gets hit by a pillow*

Author: I told you to leave my reviewers alone! *Riku growls and crosses his arms over his chest* See ya later my kind reviewers! ^-^