Akurei-Shinzo: Sorry it took so long to update! I just got back from a car trip! I don't own Kingdom Hearts or some of the other anime/manga series I use in here! Please R&R!
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Chapter 17: Friend of Foe?
"I wonder what just happened," said Yami as he looked out the hospital window. Shin City was fading away a moment ago, and now it was back to normal… Then he turned and saw Amaya come out of a room, eyes red from crying. "Amaya?"
"Oh," said Amaya, wiping away the tears. "Hi Yami…"
"Are you alright?"
"Um… I… How are your friends?"
"Still the same… and Satoru?"
"…He's…" Amaya's eyes began to water. "I'm sorry!"
Yami watched as Amaya ran down the hallway crying. He shook his head and began to walk towards the exit.
"You'd had better hurry up," said a voice.
Yami turned to see a young man with long black hair and black cat ears and even a tail!
"You again?! Just who are you?!" demanded Yami.
"A friend," said the boy. "Or perhaps a foe…"
"…"
"Confused?" questioned Kuro.
"What were you saying a moment ago? To hurry up?"
"If you don't stop the enemy soon, more will suffer…"
The lights suddenly went off and Kuro was gone by the time they came back on. Yami looked around the room and saw no sign of the cat-demon. What did he mean by the enemy? It sounded as though he wasn't talking about the Heartless, but there wasn't any other enemies out there to fight, were there?
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"Let's go," said Riku as they boarded Sieg. Shadow gave a roar and fused with Sieg. The door opened and they raced through the stars towards the next world.
"Orgh….." moaned Zeero looking a bit sick.
"What's wrong?" asked Riku.
"I think I'm Zoid-sick…."
"Look that way," muttered Riku. "Hey Yami, you seem a little more quiet than usual. Is something wrong?"
"What?" asked the spirit, who was deep in thought just a moment ago. "It's nothing…"
"Look!" exclaimed Zeero, who suddenly felt better. "We're here!"
The world they were currently looking at was covered with crystals. Buildings were crystals, yet they seemed to have a sad feeling coming out of them.
"What's wrong with that world?" asked Riku.
"Looks like the light's almost out," stated Zeero. "We'd better hurry!"
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"I'll go look around and see if there's anyone around," said Zeero. "You guys wait here."
With that Zeero transformed into a fox and took off, leaving Riku and Yami behind.
"Riku," said Yami. "You remember that cat-demon named Kuro?"
"Yeah," answered Riku. "What about him?"
"While I was at the hospital he said something about stopping the enemy…"
"Did he mean the Heartless?"
"I don't think he meant the Heartless…"
"Then what other enemy could he be talking about?"
"…I don't know…"
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Zeero, still in fox-form, sniffed the ground with his nose. He didn't really like the scent of this place, it felt as though it was only moments away before being swallowed by darkness.
"Funny," said a voice from above. "Meeting you here out of all places."
Zeero transformed back into his half-demon form and looked up. The priest Daichi was calmly sitting on a crystal looking down at him.
"What are you doing here, Daichi?" asked Zeero.
"I came to see this world," answered the priest. " It seems to be fading away pretty fast…"
"…Hey Daichi, remembered what Shiro said to us when we took this mission?"
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I'm starting to feel bad, I mean…I feel like I'm leading the Keybearer into a trap…like I'm betraying him…"
"You're not betraying him Zeero," said Daichi. "This is our only hope, Sonraku's only hope… Our job is to get the Keybearer to help out world…"
"But…"
"Like Shiro said, it's our fate and we must accept it…no matter what it is…"
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"See anyone Zeero?" asked Riku as the fox returned.
"Nope," answered Zeero. "No one."
"We should set up camp," said Yami. "We'll looked for people tomorrow…"
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Riku's Dream
Riku was running, but from what he wasn't sure of. He was running through a dark land, with broken down temples and dead bodies everywhere. Where was he?
As he continued to run he saw people up ahead, as he came closed the ground started to crumble and he fell into darkness. Then one by one, he saw Daichi, Katana, Kuro, Katsuro, two other fox-demons he didn't recognize, a small boy, Ryu, and Shiro get stabbed by the Keyblades.
"What's going on?" asked Riku. What was this dream telling him? He watched the hearts fly off into the sky and vanish.
The bodies of the people of Sonraku were now zombie-like, they were reaching out to him, weapons drawn as if they wanted to fight. They pulled Riku down with them, into the darkness…
Suddenly, Riku found himself under a tree, looking at a vast ocean. He heard rustling from above and looked up. There sat Zeero, but his eyes were covered by the shadows casted by his hair.
"Zeero?" asked Riku. The fox-demon looked down, but Riku still couldn't see his eyes. Then Zeero transformed into a fox again and lunged down at him, claws outstretched and fangs glistening. Riku was paralyzed and all he could do was scream as the demon was about to tear out his throat!
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"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Riku as he awoke in a cold sweat. He sat up, panting, trying to shake off the fear. "What was that? What was that dream telling me?"
Riku looked at Zeero, who was in fox-form, the kitsune was curled up into a fuzzy reddish-brown ball and was snoring slightly. That dream couldn't have been right, there was no way Zeero would try to attack him…would he?
Remember this advice Keybearer. Sometimes to find the light, you must look within the deepest part of the darkness…
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Akurei-Shinzo: I hope you all like that chapter! Now I have to go study for my finals! See you around!