Forever Amber Eyes
A year after KH.
Summary: Ever since Riku escaped from Kingdom Hearts, he's been alone. That all changes when he meets a mysterious girl who asks for his help. A girl who's been through the same things he has. But what happened when Riku meets a few people from his dark past? Will he stand up and fight with them or run and hide? (OC/Riku, and a little Kairi/Sora)
Ok, If anybody didn't know this already I edited the first chapter to make it longer, and yes the disclaimer is the same one as last time.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, or anything from it. (Sniffle). I have no idea about the plot for the second game but if I could write it this is how it would bet. If anything happens in this story that also happens in the game it is merely a coincidence. (At least it should be.)
Well anyways Read and Review!
P.S.: Thanks Sora'sSweetHeart for you review. I've got my first review! Yay!
The Fallen Angel:
A bright moon shone down upon a solitary figure, walking through the empty streets of Traverse Town. A chill wind blew, causing the hood of a black cloak to fall, from his head. A young man with silvery-blue hair stopped, pulling the hood back up, hiding his face. The only thing now visible was a tip of a nose, a few stands of hair, poking from underneath the hood, and a black blindfold, covering the man's eyes. His head was turned upward, as he gazed at the midnight sky. It was a deep blue, the moon and a sprinkle of stars being the only light. Suddenly a star blinked out of view, into the darkness of the chill night.
'Another star? So the rumors are true. The Heartless are returning to the worlds, murdering and destroying. This time I won't let them get my heart.'
Riku vowed to himself again, for the millionth time since he escaped Kingdom Hearts four months ago, that he would never return to that place. Darkness and evil resided in the shadowy depths that lay beyond the large white doors. The door looked like it belonged to the entrance of a church, or a wedding chapel. It is surprising to know what lies beyond its peaceful exterior. The Darkness that resided in the deepest parts of the shadows and the dimmest places in the gloom. Rarely would any human life be found living among the shadows, but yet there were some whose hearts were strong and managed to survive, after Ansem was defeated and the door sealed.
The doors were sealed with him inside. But he had a chance to escape. Instead he helped lock the doors, risking his life to do so. But didn't they all deserve it. Everyone he had betrayed. That Damn Bitch Maleficent had lied, and he had been too desperate too see through them. Yet why had he been so desperate? To save her. He had wasted his time. She loved Sora and always would. It was so obvious, yet he had been just too blind to see. The five years he had know Kairi, he had always entertained the hope that she might return his feelings for her, yet she only had eyes for Sora.
With a sigh he hurried up the cobblestone steps of the First District. The First District tonight was peaceful and quiet, like it had been the last time he was here. So different from the Second and Third Districts, where there were Heartless everywhere. For now they were quiet, yet he didn't doubt that once the Heartless reached this place again, they wouldn't stay that way. He only hoped that the Fourth and newly built district, filled with trees, flowers and fountains didn't suffer the same fate. The Garden District as it was commonly called was peaceful and relaxing, something the people would need once the Heartless returned.
Tonight, Riku had special business in Traverse Town. It was in these shops that Riku could stock up on potions and other important items that he would need now that the Heartless were returning. Being on his own, more Heartless were likely to attack, and since he didn't know any Cure Spells, he would have to rely on potions to heal him.
' I will not return to Kingdom Hearts! No, I had survived in and escaped from that horrible place once and once was enough.'
The moment Riku reached the top of the steps he froze. Warily he walked into the center of the open area. All around him were walls and barrel and crates and other odd objects hidden behind shadows. Yet that wasn't all that was hidden in the dimness.
'There's someone else here. I can feel it.'
Slowly he placed his hand on the hilt of his blade. He could feel a strong being close by, probably hiding in the numerous shadows, surrounding him.
"No, you are not alone," a clear, feminine voice said from the darkness. Her voice seemed to surround him like she was everywhere, all at once. He couldn't pinpoint exactly which direction her voice came from.
"Where are you! Show yourself!" Riku yelled into the darkness, as he spun around trying to locate the speaker, but she blended into the shadows very well.
"Why do you wear a blindfold? You are not blind? No. You wear it to hide your eyes. To hide burning amber specks in turquoise-blue eyes, don't you." Her voice taunted him from the shadows. Her remarks stung and Riku could feel himself clenching his fists and gripping the hilt of his sword tighter.
"What do you want?!?" Riku yelled, his voiced tinged with anger, annoyance, and even fear. Yet no matter how daunting and evil the woman sounder, Riku couldn't make himself believe she was wicked. Her voice was too clear, like bright, sunlight piercing through the gloom on a rainy day. She was probably some happy, girl, with some perfect life making fun of those who just happen to be less fortunate.
"Amber specks. A trademark of those who had lost their hearts, and dwelled in the everlasting darkness of Kingdom Hearts," she continued on as if Riku had never said anything. "People get scared and flee before the Amber Eyes, don't they," scorn was now easily detected in her sweet voice. "That's why you hide them. And you're robed in black. How original." Her laugh pierced the darkness, as she mocked him. Riku flinched at the sound of her laughter. It had been to long since he had heard laughter. He had been alone way too long.
The fact that her laughter wasn't, true laughter, but instead grim, harsh laughter made Riku feel even uneasier. He didn't let his guard down and continued circling. Her voice was enchanting but he couldn't give her a chance to attack if her intentions were evil.
"Why do you care!" He shot back into the surrounding darkness.
"Touchy are we," she said once again taunting him. He knew that she stood in the shadows smiling at his reactions to her comments. She was trying to annoy him on purpose. "Take of the blindfold Riku."
"No!" Riku shouted back at the shadows, as he stopped to face the darkest part of the area. She was standing directly in front of him. He could feel it. After a long pause Riku realized something. "How do you know who I am?" he asked quietly.
"Show me you eyes" was all she said, her soft voice turning hard, stern and controlling.
"Show yourself!" Riku yelled back, raising his sword slightly.
"Put the weapon down. I don't wish to fight. Now show me your eyes and I will show myself," she said slowly. With no other choice Riku slowly lowered the blindfold, which covered his eyes.
"Yes, once a heartless, you will always show their mark. The Amber Eyes," she spoke slowly as she stared at his eyes. Riku was caught of guard by the pity, and despair in her voice, but still holding its edge. Maybe she wasn't so perfect after all. Yet she knew a great deal of the Heartless and the world around her. From the sound of her voice, and choice of words he didn't doubt that a single glare from her could kill.
'Her? Who was she? Where did she come from? Did she lose someone to the Heartless? It seems like it, by the sadness in her voice. I wonder who it was?'
Riku was quickly jerked out of his thoughts when an amber light shone from directly in front of him. An amber light, the same exact color as his eyes, which to, glowed in the darkness.
"Y-yo-your..." he stuttered and then trailed off.
"Yes. I was a heartless too." She said, her voice hard as she answered his unfinished question. "Don't make the mistake that you are alone in this life, Riku," she warned, as he stared open-mouthed at her eyes.
"Who are you?" he finally managed to spit out after a long pause and disturbing silence.
"Aramina, but you can call me 'Mina," she said quietly. She stepped into the light of a lamp over head and Riku was surprised for a second time that night. She looked nothing like he thought she would. He had given up the idea of a rich, spoiled brat who got everything she wanted, but even his second idea, a young girl who had lost someone to the heartless, didn't even come close.
She wore old, worn black shoes, long black pants, and a black tank. She had on a thin, studded, leather belt, slanting diagonally around her waist, to complete her dark look. In her hand (which's fingernails were painted black) she held a black blindfold, similar to the one Riku held. She wore a necklace with a large black rose in the center, and a silver ring, that had the letters F and A printed in bold writing. Her dark honey, brown eyes, seemed to be burning with an amber fire, and they were rimmed with black eye-makeup. Despite her dark and scary appearance, she was beautiful, with her long, raven-black hair framing her face. It gleamed softly in the moonlight, as it fell down to her waist. Riku couldn't help but stare. Yet the most amazing and odd thing about 'Mina was her large, angel-like wings, made of silky, black feathers. She seemed like an Angel from a dream, yet her dark appearance made you think otherwise, like an evil being, a devil. Yet she wasn't evil, she had just fallen. Fallen like Riku had, into darkness. She was a Fallen Angel.
"One of the few humans to ever live in Halloween Town. As you can see I fit in very well." She paused a smile on her face as she watched Riku stare at her. He quickly averted his gaze after taking one last good look at her. "Then the Heartless came, I was only 14. But that was a year ago." Her beautiful face slowly became clouded with so many emotions, by the unwanted memories. Sadness, loneliness, and a deep emptiness were mirrored in her face as she mentally fought with her memories.
'No, I'm not alone am I.'
"What do you want with me?" Riku asked softly, once again looking at her. He never took his eyes from her face, until she answered his question.
"Your help. You know the days darken. You've seen the stars start to disappear. You've heard the rumors of meteor showers. The worlds must be warned, before it is too late, and we all are consumed by darkness!" Her face returned to its usual stony expression as she talked.
Slowly 'Mina walked towards him. As she did the flowers around her began to wilt and die as if they too could not stand the gloomy air around her. She seemed to take no notice of this as she reached down and plucked a beautiful crimson rose, the deep red of blood, from a rosebush nearby. She stared at it for a moment before tightly closing her fist around it. When she opened her hand a few moments later the crushed rose in her hand was no longer a deep red, but black as dark as the deepest shadows in Kingdom Hearts. She sighed before letting the eerie bud fall to the stony floor beneath her.
"Like they would ever trust us." Riku said quietly, tearing his eyes of her and looking up into the sky above. Once again his, cold, hard, bitter personality began to shine through.
"Why shouldn't they trust us! After all we know best." She demanded from him. Obviously she didn't enjoy the disfavor the Amber-Eyed People or former Heartless were held in. "Forever part of us will be missing, a deep void. Emptiness filled with darkness. We will never again be full, never be fully alive. I need your help now, before it's to late. Take this."
She handed him a black keyblade with two Ambers gleaming from either side like two eyes. He stared at the blade in his hand dumbfounded.
'A keyblade of my own?'
"The Amber Eyes Keyblade. It will be your weapon in our journeys," she told him as she started to walk toward the door to the second district.
"Who said I was coming!" he demanded to her turned back. With a small smile 'Mina just replied "Come, there's not much time". He sighed and followed her into and through the second district and into the Hotel. From here they entered the Blue Room. He sat down into a wooden chair by the table and looked at the mysterious and captivating 'Mina.
'There's something about that girl.'
dun,Dun, DUN..
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A Destiny to be Fulfilled Once Again