Akurei-Shinzo: Hi there! I'm back! So how did you like the previous chapters? Bet you want to know what happens to Riku! So here's chapter 10! I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any other anime/manga that appear in here, except for a few characters from some of my own series which I hope to get published! So please R&R! Enjoy!
Chapter 10: The Necromancer
'He's going to kill me!' thought Riku desperately. At the last second Riku managed to jump out of the way of Kuro's katana. But this battle was far from over! Riku was panting and beginning to sweat, this was very bad.
"I'm surprised, you actually dodged that attack," said Kuro. He raised his blade once more. "But let's see if you can dodge this one!"
'Oh no!' thought Riku as Kuro disappeared into the fog once more. He kept his guard on and was prepared to dodge any attack thrown at him. Then he knew where Kuro was.
Riku jumped to his right as Kuro brought his blade down, he had been behind Riku waiting to strike. Even though Riku managed to dodge the blade attack the rocks that flew out of the ground from the force of the sword. Riku fell to the ground and placed a hand on his chest to try to stop the blood from coming out. Still the crimson liquid leaked out anyways.
"Ready to give up?" asked Kuro.
"No," answered Riku. "I can't give up, not now…my friends…they're…they're all counting on me…I can't let them down!"
"Suit yourself," said Kuro before he leapt up into the air.
'This can't be good!' thought Riku. Then he saw the shimmer of steel above him, there was no way he could escape this time! This time he was a goner for sure! 'Sora, Kairi, King Mickey, everyone…I'm sorry. I'm sorry…I just wasn't strong enough…' Riku gritted his teeth and shut his eyes, he held his arms over his head, but that wasn't going to help much. Then the blade came down.
"What?" exclaimed a very surprised Kuro. Riku opened his eyes and there, in his hands were the Keyblades. They had saved him from certain death, but he didn't even summon them. Riku then felt a powerful magic surge through the Keyblades to him.
"Cure!" said Riku, his injuries were healed and that was a relief. He had lost enough blood for one night. Kuro stood in front of him for a while, staring. Riku was in a battle stance, ready for anything Kuro was about to throw at him. Kuro simply sheathed his sword.
"Who knew," stated Kuro. "The Keyblades must have a lot of faith in you to come to your rescue without you even summoning them. Maybe you really are the Keyblade master…"
"You knew I didn't summon them?"
"Of course, I'm not stupid. I can sense fear in humans. So I knew you were to afraid to summon a Keyblade."
The fog began to disappear and the water from the river began to slowly return. Kuro jumped onto the lamppost on top of the bridge, Riku slowly climbed on to the bridge and flopped down on the wood.
"Riku!" shouted two voices. Riku turned to see Yami and Zeero rush over to him.
"What happed to you?" asked Yami. "You're all beaten and bruised up!"
"Kuro…"said Zeero slowly. The half cat-demon simply shrugged.
"Only doing my job," he said. Then he vanished into the night.
"We'd better get you to the hospital," said Yami steadying Riku. Zeero helped Riku up as well.
"You looked like you've lost a lot of blood," gasped Zeero. Riku said nothing, he had drifted into unconsciousness.
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Riku blinked his eyes, he was in a bed and the lights above were blinding him. He put his hand over his eyes to shield them from the light.
"Oh good," said a familiar voice. "You're awake."
"Amaya?" asked Riku. The young nurse smiled at him.
"Yup, looks like you're okay. Yami and Zeero are waiting for you at Dr. Shuichiro's home. They said as soon as you feel okay you are to meet up with them and then you all can head off towards the next world. Washu said that she's fixed up your Konig Wolf and he's ready for anything."
"Thanks"
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"That's weird…" said Riku aloud. It was noon, but dark clouds surrounded the sky and blocked out the sun. They didn't look like rain clouds, mist began to fill the streets. Riku looked in front of him, a boy, about the age of sixteen walked out of the shadows. He had bandages wrapped around his arms and a braid tying back his raven hair. His eyes were probably his most interesting feature, they were a mixture of sapphire and silver…
The boy slowly walked past Riku, but he stopped a few feet away from him. Riku turned to look at this strange boy, but the other boy kept his back turned to him. There was something strange about this boy, like he had experienced more darkness in his life.
"My name is Takashi Endou," said the boy. "Don't forget…"
"Takashi Endou…" mutter Riku. Why did this boy tell him his name?
"I'm a Necromancer," continued Takashi. "And I've seen you're previous battles. Either you're very lucky or you have some skill within you.
"What?" Riku turned completely around so he could face this Necromancer. Takashi still had his back turned on him. Riku noticed on Takashi's right arm was a small crystal bracelet on it. It gave a feeling that it had some kind of promise held within its fragile form. "What are you saying?"
"I've seen the true darkness and if you want to save your friends you're going to need to trust your heart more!" Takashi turned his head a bit to look at Riku, his eyes glared darkly. "You probably have the most pathetic heart that a Keybearer can bear, what kind of person are you?!"
"I…uh…" Riku was speechless.
"Let me ask you this! Why do you want to be the Keybearer?"
"Huh?"
"Tell me why! Why do you want to be the Keybearer?!"
"I…I…"
"Tell me, what is your purpose of being here!"
"Uh…"
"Tell me!"
"…"
"If you don't know then you'll never defeat the true darkness!"
"What?" asked Riku. But the Necromancer had disappeared into the shadows. "What did he mean? The true darkness?"
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"Riku!" exclaimed Zeero. "You're not all beat up anymore!"
"Glad to have you back," said Yami.
"Yeah, so let's pick up the Zoid and head off to the next world!" said Riku.
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"Wow!" said Riku in awe. The Konig Wolf was completely repaired and it looked pretty please with itself.
"He's a pretty tough piece of machinery," commented Washu. "Not only did he manage to survive the rough road, but he also so managed to survive serious overheating. By the way, I nicknamed him Sieg. Now he only answers to that."
"Thanks Washu," said Riku. "We really appreciated it."
"No problem! No go out there and kick some Heartless butt!"
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"Alright," said Riku. "Sieg is all fixed up! Uh…where's Zeero?"
"Don't know," answered Yami. "He said to wait for him at the door, he had some business to do."
"I wonder what he's up to…"
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Zeero ran down a dark alleyway, he knew they were here, he could sense them! He paused and sniffed the area a bit and then jumped on top of a roof. Zeero looked up and saw them, two fellow fox-demons. One had midnight hair, golden eyes, and over his left eye was a scar. On his face were two curved lines, one under each eye. The other had golden eyes also, but a patch covered the right one. He also had raven hair, but one strand was highlighted and looked like a small lighting bolt. Both of them had fox-ears and foxtails like Zeero and both of them wore capes.
"Zen! Sin!" called Zeero. The one with the scar spoke first.
"What do you want?" he asked. Zeero's ears perked up.
"Come on Zen! Don't be so grumpy!"
"Why shouldn't I be?"
"Come down Zen," said the other fox-demon, his name was Sin. "Don't waste your power on a wimp like him."
"Yeah!…Hey! I'm not a wimp!"
"I agree, he's just an idiot…" said Zen slyly.
"Yeah…(5 seconds later)…hey! That didn't sound right…." exclaimed Zeero. Zen and Sin both had sweatdrops on their heads.
"I see your point, Zen," said Sin, who had a bored expression on his face.
"I'm not stupid! Give me good reasons why I'm an idiot!" yelled Zeero.
"Where should I begin?" asked Zen holding a record-book in his hand.
"Um… Never mind… what are you guys doing here anyways?" asked Zeero.
"Why would you care?" questioned Sin.
"Um…why not?"
"Look Zeero," said Zen. "We don't care what happens to the worlds, it wouldn't really affect us anyways because…"
"Don't say it!" shrieked Zeero. "What if someone hears our secret!?"
"Who cares, let's go beat up some more Heartless, Sin."
"Right, and that's the only order we will follow."
"Shiro told you all to beat up Heartless?" asked Zeero.
"You," said Zen. "He knew we were bored, so we made a deal…"
"What's the deal?"
"For us to know and you to find out.." answered Sin as he and Zen vanished into the shadows.
"Everyone just loves to disappear into the shadows these day," sighed Zeero.
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"Sorry I'm late!" said Zeero as he ran to meet up with Riku and Yami.
"Let's go to the next world!" said Riku.
The Blade Liger Keyblade appeared in Riku's hand and shot a beam at the door. The door slowly creaked open and Sieg gave a deep howl. They all boarded the Zoid and speed off towards the next world that had been picked up by Sieg's sensors. 'Don't worry guys,' thought Riku, 'I promise I won't let you down!'
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"Boss, the kid has made his move…" said a cloaked figure with glowing crimson eyes.
"Good, is everything in place?"
"Uh…not yet… We still haven't found the two you were looking for…"
"What?!"
"Those two aren't in any of the worlds we have been to."
"They have to be somewhere! Find them!"
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Remember this advice Keybearer. Sometimes to find the light, you must look within the deepest part of the darkness…
Akurei-Shinzo: Hi! How'd you like that chapter! I bet you can't guess what awaits our heroes in the next world? Have anyone of you found out Sonraku's secret yet? Well if you haven't it will soon be revealed (not really). To find out keep reviewing and I'll keep the chapters coming!