Chapter 9: Horrifying Happenings
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Disclaimer: Blah blah blah...yeah yeah I don't own kingdom hearts..whatev...see? now people can't get mad at me! Hah! I spit on them! Okay...ON TO THE STORY! .........................................................................................................................................................................................
Kairi slowly walked to the street with Sora next to her, grasping her hand.
Kairi looked around and cringed. It looked like the beginning of hell. People were running around everywhere, not knowing where to go, screaming for their lives. Following them were heartless. There were tons. Most of them were the same as the one Kairi encountered back home, however there were a few much larger ones with wings, flying around with a psychotic glare in their eyes.
"How could so much happen in just a few minutes?" Kairi muttered, in complete shock.
Sora was silent. Kairi looked over to see him concentrating on something. His eyes were closed and he looked like he was trying to focus over all of the screaming.
"...Sora?"
Sora's eyes suddenly flew open. "the secret place..." he muttered.
Kairi looked at him confused. It was the place she and him would go every day when they were little. It was a cave, not many knew of. They would draw on the walls and play in the sand there.
"What about it?" Kairi asked.
"It's the heart of the world. I must go seal it before the island vanishes," Sora said confidently. "Kairi stay here, I have to go seal the keyhole."
Kairi nodded, understanding. He had to get there before the heartless did. "Be careful." She said softly.
Sora nodded and kissed her.
He held up his hand and called forth his keyblade. He turned the other direction and took a few steps before looking back at her one last time. He gave her one of his famous, dorky smiles and he ran off.
Kairi watched him until he disappeared with worry etched all over her face, trying to convince herself that he would be fine. 'Come on Kairi get a grip, he has done this dozens of times before...'
She looked around at all of the chaos, not quite sure what to do. The heartless didn't seem to be extremely dangerous, they were just running around aimlessly, thrashing their claws out madly.
Just then she sensed something flying towards her from behind. She gasped and turned around just in time to see a heartless come speeding towards her. She jumped to the side to dodge it on reflex but wasn't quick enough.
It gashed her left upper arm deeply. "Damnit...gah," she muttered, wincing at the pain as she looked over at it to see blood seeping down her arm.
She ripped off a strip of her shirt and tied it tightly around her arm in fear of too much loss of blood. "Damn those things...this is the second time they have hurt me today," she growled, "Maybe I underestimated their potential."
Her eyes widened, 'I have to find Mary, She could be in danger!' she thought.
She began running towards downtown to the coffee shop.
She managed to make it there in about 5 minutes, completely out of breath but safe, only having to dodge a few heartless along the way.
She ran up to the front of the store and stopped. It was totally trashed. The windows were completely crashed and broken and the door was hanging open. She slowly walked through the doorway and stepped inside.
She gasped at the shocking sight. There was glass all over the floor and broken tables and chairs everywhere. She could barely walk through the shop...not to mention that it was incredibly dark from the storm outside and the loss of power in the room.
It was eerily silent. Kairi strained her eyes to see through the darkness of the room but saw nothing moving. "Mary must have escaped when she saw the heartless..." Kairi said softly to herself.
She began to turn to leave when she heard a soft thud behind her. She jumped at the sound and whipped around. "Who's there?" she asked defiantly.
Silence.
Kairi squinted her eyes. 'Is that a person I see?' she thought. Kairi hesitantly took a step forward."...Mary?"
The barely visible figure took another couple of slow steps towards her. It was tall...too tall for Mary.
Kairi gasped and took a step back, getting extremely nervous.
The figure then spoke in a deep but annoyed voice, "Relax you pathetic girl. You are the new key barer, are you not?"
Kairi looked at him nervously. "W-What the hell do you want from me?"
The man stepped closer to Kairi, now only about 5 feet away from her. He was, like she predicted, fairly tall and extremely muscular. He was extremely pale and looked like he hadn't seen the sun in years. His silver hair fell down to his waist, with a couple bangs in the front, which covered the deep sea colored eyes that seemed to pierce through your body.
But the thing that struck Kairi as the most surprising feature was a dark, feathered wing that shimmered a dark blue in certain angles. It protruded from the right side of his back and was about the size of Kairi herself. It was so captivating that Kairi couldn't peel her eyes off of it.
The man noticed her gawking at his wing and retracted it so that it was out of sight.
Kairi shifted her eyes back to the man and noticed how intimidating her was as he towered over her.
"To answer you're question, I need you to help me conquer evil. With you I will be able to...protect the worlds from anymore danger," he said sternly.
Kairi looked at him, surprised, "How could I help you do something so powerful like that?"
The man sighed and looked slightly frustrated, "Because I can help you travel to each world, and you can lock the worlds."
Kairi was shocked. 'It's so...I don't know, simple. Okay...well he's a little creepy but hey, if he can get me to the worlds, it might worth it'
She looked in the mans eyes for any sign of him lying. They looked confident and determined, but that was it. "Well..." Kairi began.
Suddenly Kairi became extremely dizzy, feeling like she was going to faint. Her vision became blurry and everything began to fade out.
There was a flash and Kairi was back to normal. The man was staring at her expectantly.
"That was so weird..." Kairi muttered, shaking her head.
The man ignored her. "Come with me," he said, holding out his hand for her to take. "We need to go now and save the worlds."
Kairi was motionless. "I don't know..."
"Damnit girl, you are coming now!" He snapped, grabbing her arm.
"Hey! Let me go!" Kairi screamed, thrashing wildly trying to get out of his strong grip.
He seemed completely unaware of her, not even budging as he used his other hand to draw something in the air. His finger drew a huge arch, about the size of a door.
Kairi gasped as the air seemed to split in half moments later in the area where he traced his finger. It opened into a space of dark blues and purples, looking almost like clouds. It was...a portal?
Kairi was too amazed by its sudden appearance to notice that the man was dragging her through it.
"Wait...no" she said softly, still in shock.
When they stepped in she was engulfed in coldness. She suddenly feared her life and clung to the man next to her for support.
He pulled her and they took a step down. The environment slowly changed into an a narrow room. It was a bit warmer, but still fairly cool, and really damp. There was barely any light, and everything seemed to be made of stone.
Kairi looked around, still in awe of the events that just happened.
The room was extremely eerie. It had no windows, and had four barred cells to the left. It almost looked like a prison.
Kairi looked up in horror at the man. "What are we doing here?" her voice echoed through the hallway.
The man chuckled, "This...is your new home."
Kairi gasped."What the f-"
He cut her off by grabbing her arm again and dragged her over to the nearest cell.
"Let go of me you asshole!" Kairi yelled. She dug her heels into the floor in attempt to stop him but he didn't even struggle.
He ripped open the cell door and literally threw her in. Kairi landed on the floor violently and heard a heart stopping crack.
She hissed in pain, gripping her side. She could barely move. 'That bastard just broke at least one of my ribs!' she thought.
Meanwhile the man closed the cell door and pulled out a key. While glaring at her, he said in a monotone voice, "Deal with the pain, I only need you alive for a little longer anyways."
Kairi, still on the floor, looked up at him and glared just as fiercely back.
He just smirked and turned the key, locking the door with a click. "Oh, just so you know," he began, "you wanted to know why I needed you...well I don't really need you...I need you're soul."
Kairi looked at him like he was crazy, "Umm...okay...did you smoke something you weren't supposed to this morning?"
He stared at her blankly. "No you fool. All four key bearers have the purest, most powerful souls. They are all linked together, and when combined, they will create complete power. Once I have them all, I will be immortal, and take a new form, stronger than ever."
Kairi gasped as the realization hit her that he was serious. She was going to die...along with Sora. She glared up at him in disbelief.
He gave her one last triumphant look, "My name is Sephiroth, by the way." Kairi blinked. 'I know the name...but how?'
He sneered, "This is my dungeon, hope you like it," before turning and heading out the door.
Kairi, in shock, never took her eyes off of him until he disappeared through the door.
After he was gone, she attempted to stand up. She shakily pulled her legs beneath her, and tried to push herself up. She gasped at the sudden jolt of pain in her side and she collapsed back to the floor.
Her vision suddenly became cloudy again like it had before. She felt like her whole body was evaporating, and the pain slowly was lifting from her ribs. There was a flash and suddenly she was back at the coffee shop, standing there completely unharmed.
She looked around frantically. The shop was just the same as it had been before, completely ruined. She then noticed Sephiroth standing there watching her.
"What the hell?" she cried.
Sephiroth looked at her like she was insane. After a moment of silence he rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Teenagers..." He gave her an impatient look. "So as I was saying, come with me now, and we can conquer the darkness."
Kairi looked at him blankly, still confused. 'I'm back? Did I like...go back through time or something? I am sooo confused!'
Kairi shook her head and re-gathered her thoughts, and suddenly felt a surge of anger. She shot Sephiroth a glare. "You son of a bitch! You're lying!" She lunged at him, in desperate need to harm him.
Sephiroth seemed to be in shock and at first didn't move. Kairi flew her hand up towards his face and scratched him deeply.
He stumbled back and grabbed his face. "You bitch!" he yelled. He flew forward before she even had time to think and grabbed her while beginning to draw a portal like before.
Kairi's eyes widened when she realized what was happening. 'No...it can't happen again,' she thought, 'what can I do?'
Before she had time to devise a plan, Sephiroth yanked her into the freezing portal.
Kairi began panicking, 'I can't go back there!'
She looked at his arm that was wrapped tightly around hers and bit him as hard as she could. He yelped and stopped dead in his tracks giving her a death glare, but not letting go of her.
Kairi's eyes suddenly flicked with an idea. She held up her free arm, shivering from the cold, and closed her eyes, concentrating on her keyblade. It formed quickly this time, and Kairi's eyes snapped open.
Before Sephiroth had time to react, she slashed her keyblade into his side. He yelled out in pain and let go of her, staggering backwards, giving Kairi the chance to run.
She turned on her heel and ran as fast as she could, hearing Sephiroth screaming for her to come back. She didn't look back once though, and she quickly felt the floor shift down.
Everything around her began to change, and a new world was slowly coming into focus.
Kairi lost her balance and tripped, falling onto a cement sidewalk before becoming unconscious.
(A/N: chokay, so (heh) yeah I know this chapter was weird and all but hey, weird can be good! Riku is prolly coming in the next chapter (ew..sick mind)
And btw peoples, I know this story sucks, I'm trying to improve it but just bear with me. Plus when I finish this one I have an awesome idea for a new story...IT WILL BLOW YOUR MINDS (eww)
Aight so ill prolly have the next chapter in pretty soon so chill. It might become a little angsty again bc I'm sick of all this love crap. Okay I'm out- byes! Btw I heart all of you reviewers...you have seriously kept me going with this story. And please, if you hate this story or theres something bothering u or u just wanna comment, review!)
Disclaimer: Blah blah blah...yeah yeah I don't own kingdom hearts..whatev...see? now people can't get mad at me! Hah! I spit on them! Okay...ON TO THE STORY! .........................................................................................................................................................................................
Kairi slowly walked to the street with Sora next to her, grasping her hand.
Kairi looked around and cringed. It looked like the beginning of hell. People were running around everywhere, not knowing where to go, screaming for their lives. Following them were heartless. There were tons. Most of them were the same as the one Kairi encountered back home, however there were a few much larger ones with wings, flying around with a psychotic glare in their eyes.
"How could so much happen in just a few minutes?" Kairi muttered, in complete shock.
Sora was silent. Kairi looked over to see him concentrating on something. His eyes were closed and he looked like he was trying to focus over all of the screaming.
"...Sora?"
Sora's eyes suddenly flew open. "the secret place..." he muttered.
Kairi looked at him confused. It was the place she and him would go every day when they were little. It was a cave, not many knew of. They would draw on the walls and play in the sand there.
"What about it?" Kairi asked.
"It's the heart of the world. I must go seal it before the island vanishes," Sora said confidently. "Kairi stay here, I have to go seal the keyhole."
Kairi nodded, understanding. He had to get there before the heartless did. "Be careful." She said softly.
Sora nodded and kissed her.
He held up his hand and called forth his keyblade. He turned the other direction and took a few steps before looking back at her one last time. He gave her one of his famous, dorky smiles and he ran off.
Kairi watched him until he disappeared with worry etched all over her face, trying to convince herself that he would be fine. 'Come on Kairi get a grip, he has done this dozens of times before...'
She looked around at all of the chaos, not quite sure what to do. The heartless didn't seem to be extremely dangerous, they were just running around aimlessly, thrashing their claws out madly.
Just then she sensed something flying towards her from behind. She gasped and turned around just in time to see a heartless come speeding towards her. She jumped to the side to dodge it on reflex but wasn't quick enough.
It gashed her left upper arm deeply. "Damnit...gah," she muttered, wincing at the pain as she looked over at it to see blood seeping down her arm.
She ripped off a strip of her shirt and tied it tightly around her arm in fear of too much loss of blood. "Damn those things...this is the second time they have hurt me today," she growled, "Maybe I underestimated their potential."
Her eyes widened, 'I have to find Mary, She could be in danger!' she thought.
She began running towards downtown to the coffee shop.
She managed to make it there in about 5 minutes, completely out of breath but safe, only having to dodge a few heartless along the way.
She ran up to the front of the store and stopped. It was totally trashed. The windows were completely crashed and broken and the door was hanging open. She slowly walked through the doorway and stepped inside.
She gasped at the shocking sight. There was glass all over the floor and broken tables and chairs everywhere. She could barely walk through the shop...not to mention that it was incredibly dark from the storm outside and the loss of power in the room.
It was eerily silent. Kairi strained her eyes to see through the darkness of the room but saw nothing moving. "Mary must have escaped when she saw the heartless..." Kairi said softly to herself.
She began to turn to leave when she heard a soft thud behind her. She jumped at the sound and whipped around. "Who's there?" she asked defiantly.
Silence.
Kairi squinted her eyes. 'Is that a person I see?' she thought. Kairi hesitantly took a step forward."...Mary?"
The barely visible figure took another couple of slow steps towards her. It was tall...too tall for Mary.
Kairi gasped and took a step back, getting extremely nervous.
The figure then spoke in a deep but annoyed voice, "Relax you pathetic girl. You are the new key barer, are you not?"
Kairi looked at him nervously. "W-What the hell do you want from me?"
The man stepped closer to Kairi, now only about 5 feet away from her. He was, like she predicted, fairly tall and extremely muscular. He was extremely pale and looked like he hadn't seen the sun in years. His silver hair fell down to his waist, with a couple bangs in the front, which covered the deep sea colored eyes that seemed to pierce through your body.
But the thing that struck Kairi as the most surprising feature was a dark, feathered wing that shimmered a dark blue in certain angles. It protruded from the right side of his back and was about the size of Kairi herself. It was so captivating that Kairi couldn't peel her eyes off of it.
The man noticed her gawking at his wing and retracted it so that it was out of sight.
Kairi shifted her eyes back to the man and noticed how intimidating her was as he towered over her.
"To answer you're question, I need you to help me conquer evil. With you I will be able to...protect the worlds from anymore danger," he said sternly.
Kairi looked at him, surprised, "How could I help you do something so powerful like that?"
The man sighed and looked slightly frustrated, "Because I can help you travel to each world, and you can lock the worlds."
Kairi was shocked. 'It's so...I don't know, simple. Okay...well he's a little creepy but hey, if he can get me to the worlds, it might worth it'
She looked in the mans eyes for any sign of him lying. They looked confident and determined, but that was it. "Well..." Kairi began.
Suddenly Kairi became extremely dizzy, feeling like she was going to faint. Her vision became blurry and everything began to fade out.
There was a flash and Kairi was back to normal. The man was staring at her expectantly.
"That was so weird..." Kairi muttered, shaking her head.
The man ignored her. "Come with me," he said, holding out his hand for her to take. "We need to go now and save the worlds."
Kairi was motionless. "I don't know..."
"Damnit girl, you are coming now!" He snapped, grabbing her arm.
"Hey! Let me go!" Kairi screamed, thrashing wildly trying to get out of his strong grip.
He seemed completely unaware of her, not even budging as he used his other hand to draw something in the air. His finger drew a huge arch, about the size of a door.
Kairi gasped as the air seemed to split in half moments later in the area where he traced his finger. It opened into a space of dark blues and purples, looking almost like clouds. It was...a portal?
Kairi was too amazed by its sudden appearance to notice that the man was dragging her through it.
"Wait...no" she said softly, still in shock.
When they stepped in she was engulfed in coldness. She suddenly feared her life and clung to the man next to her for support.
He pulled her and they took a step down. The environment slowly changed into an a narrow room. It was a bit warmer, but still fairly cool, and really damp. There was barely any light, and everything seemed to be made of stone.
Kairi looked around, still in awe of the events that just happened.
The room was extremely eerie. It had no windows, and had four barred cells to the left. It almost looked like a prison.
Kairi looked up in horror at the man. "What are we doing here?" her voice echoed through the hallway.
The man chuckled, "This...is your new home."
Kairi gasped."What the f-"
He cut her off by grabbing her arm again and dragged her over to the nearest cell.
"Let go of me you asshole!" Kairi yelled. She dug her heels into the floor in attempt to stop him but he didn't even struggle.
He ripped open the cell door and literally threw her in. Kairi landed on the floor violently and heard a heart stopping crack.
She hissed in pain, gripping her side. She could barely move. 'That bastard just broke at least one of my ribs!' she thought.
Meanwhile the man closed the cell door and pulled out a key. While glaring at her, he said in a monotone voice, "Deal with the pain, I only need you alive for a little longer anyways."
Kairi, still on the floor, looked up at him and glared just as fiercely back.
He just smirked and turned the key, locking the door with a click. "Oh, just so you know," he began, "you wanted to know why I needed you...well I don't really need you...I need you're soul."
Kairi looked at him like he was crazy, "Umm...okay...did you smoke something you weren't supposed to this morning?"
He stared at her blankly. "No you fool. All four key bearers have the purest, most powerful souls. They are all linked together, and when combined, they will create complete power. Once I have them all, I will be immortal, and take a new form, stronger than ever."
Kairi gasped as the realization hit her that he was serious. She was going to die...along with Sora. She glared up at him in disbelief.
He gave her one last triumphant look, "My name is Sephiroth, by the way." Kairi blinked. 'I know the name...but how?'
He sneered, "This is my dungeon, hope you like it," before turning and heading out the door.
Kairi, in shock, never took her eyes off of him until he disappeared through the door.
After he was gone, she attempted to stand up. She shakily pulled her legs beneath her, and tried to push herself up. She gasped at the sudden jolt of pain in her side and she collapsed back to the floor.
Her vision suddenly became cloudy again like it had before. She felt like her whole body was evaporating, and the pain slowly was lifting from her ribs. There was a flash and suddenly she was back at the coffee shop, standing there completely unharmed.
She looked around frantically. The shop was just the same as it had been before, completely ruined. She then noticed Sephiroth standing there watching her.
"What the hell?" she cried.
Sephiroth looked at her like she was insane. After a moment of silence he rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Teenagers..." He gave her an impatient look. "So as I was saying, come with me now, and we can conquer the darkness."
Kairi looked at him blankly, still confused. 'I'm back? Did I like...go back through time or something? I am sooo confused!'
Kairi shook her head and re-gathered her thoughts, and suddenly felt a surge of anger. She shot Sephiroth a glare. "You son of a bitch! You're lying!" She lunged at him, in desperate need to harm him.
Sephiroth seemed to be in shock and at first didn't move. Kairi flew her hand up towards his face and scratched him deeply.
He stumbled back and grabbed his face. "You bitch!" he yelled. He flew forward before she even had time to think and grabbed her while beginning to draw a portal like before.
Kairi's eyes widened when she realized what was happening. 'No...it can't happen again,' she thought, 'what can I do?'
Before she had time to devise a plan, Sephiroth yanked her into the freezing portal.
Kairi began panicking, 'I can't go back there!'
She looked at his arm that was wrapped tightly around hers and bit him as hard as she could. He yelped and stopped dead in his tracks giving her a death glare, but not letting go of her.
Kairi's eyes suddenly flicked with an idea. She held up her free arm, shivering from the cold, and closed her eyes, concentrating on her keyblade. It formed quickly this time, and Kairi's eyes snapped open.
Before Sephiroth had time to react, she slashed her keyblade into his side. He yelled out in pain and let go of her, staggering backwards, giving Kairi the chance to run.
She turned on her heel and ran as fast as she could, hearing Sephiroth screaming for her to come back. She didn't look back once though, and she quickly felt the floor shift down.
Everything around her began to change, and a new world was slowly coming into focus.
Kairi lost her balance and tripped, falling onto a cement sidewalk before becoming unconscious.
(A/N: chokay, so (heh) yeah I know this chapter was weird and all but hey, weird can be good! Riku is prolly coming in the next chapter (ew..sick mind)
And btw peoples, I know this story sucks, I'm trying to improve it but just bear with me. Plus when I finish this one I have an awesome idea for a new story...IT WILL BLOW YOUR MINDS (eww)
Aight so ill prolly have the next chapter in pretty soon so chill. It might become a little angsty again bc I'm sick of all this love crap. Okay I'm out- byes! Btw I heart all of you reviewers...you have seriously kept me going with this story. And please, if you hate this story or theres something bothering u or u just wanna comment, review!)