Heartless Imperfection
Chapter II
Sora explained certain events leading up the Kingdom Hearts, and the battle with Ansem the deceitful. This included battles with various villains, Clayton, Jafar, Ursula, Maleficent, Riku, and Ansem. "Wait," Donald blurted after Sora finished the description of the final battle. "You left out parts." He rubbed his beak with a feathered finger. When Donald asked about how they met, Sora couldn't recall. "You know, in Traverse Town?" Goofy offered. Sora slowly shook his head, resting it on his hand, supported by his elbow, resting on the desk. "Leon was there, Yuffie… All of them." Donald looked at him, half with pity, half longing to figure out the problem at hand. Sora continued, though.
After the fight with Ansem, things got blurry. I do remember walking away from the fight, but nothing else other than appearing here with you two. You explained why we arrived, and I didn't think anything of it, or why I felt on edge. I stepped up to the gate, and…
He stopped almost immediately, reminiscing. The sky grew gray and dull, but there was a figure in the introductory mist. "I'm still waiting, Sora, but you have to remember, first. This is all so silly, but it can't be helped, hee." The feminine voice sounded so familiar, with that added touch of laughter.
I'm not sure why I stopped looking at her, but I turned around. I wasn't at the front gates any more. Riku was standing there, and it was just us on a grassy plain with the sky so dark.
Riku was clad in his original clothing, just as Sora had seen it before closing the Kingdom Heart. He was looking at the ground, his white hair swaying with each movement. He was stalking closer to Sora, and, as if Sora had blinked, he had a keyblade in each hand. One was the original keyblade; the one Sora had received on that fateful night so long ago. The other was known only as "Oblivion". Sora watched as the figure strode toward him, with an outstretched arm, as if to offer Sora his own keyblade back. He was about to speak, Sora knew, but shadows appeared. Heartless Shadows crept up from the plains. They didn't look normal, though. These heartless were a little taller, with greater maniacal claws and quicker movement. Their antennae were longer and their eyes a deeper, glowing yellow.
Riku was up to the challenge, seemingly, because three of the shadows exploded almost instantaneously. Sora observed as Heartless Soldiers appeared. There were at least ten of them, plus the original throng of twenty or so Shadows. Riku wasn't about to be tested; he wielded the keyblades like a professional. A flick of his wrist, a change in his posture, and he lunged headlong into the horde of enemies. A scissor swipe with both keyblades decimated the first group of five shadows and two soldiers.
Riku then threw Oblivion into a flying heartless, it pierces the evil-looking thing and stabs into the gut of another mid-flight heartless before appearing in Riku's hand once more. Riku jumped at the group of survivors, soaring very high in the air, wind bristling his hair as the grass, and brought both keyblades atop them, creating an energy burst. Nothing was left, save the ground, sky, Riku, and Sora. Riku smiled, and handed the original keyblade to Sora. He placed a knowing hand on Sora's shoulder before disappearing in the introductory mist enveloping the entire Castle.