6H: Are you wondering who the person is?
Anaretsu: No.
6H: Well that's you. And besides, you share my head with me! You have access to my soul room any time to find out what I'm doing!
Anaretsu: Yes, that's true, but your fanfic here is so predictable that I don't even need to read your mind-I just KNOW what happens.
6H: Yeah right.
Kingdom Hearts-Shattered Fragments
Fragment 57-Oblivion Chapel
The figued turned, faceing her. At first, it was hard to see who the person was, and then she could tell clearly.
"Riku." She glared at him fiercely in the darkness.
"You don't look so happy to see me, do you?" he asked, shrugging.
"How can I be when the last time we met, we had a battle!"
"I let you go, didn't I?" he asked.
"You were working with Nabuki. And I'm just supposed to forgive you? Yeah right. Why are you here? And what's going on?" Riku stepped off the alter and began to walk down the asile. Cedeile worked her way forward, going to meet him.
"How do you like this world of dispare? I think the name 'Oblivion Mountain' fits it well. And this chapel of darkness, the only solitary building here, on the very top, a beacon to nothing. The darkness here is beautiful, isn't it?"
"Oh shut it, Riku."
"You're being so mean to me, Cedeile." he taunted. She glared at him harder. The two stopped, still ten feet apart. The empty pews of the church stood still in the darkness and seemed to strech forever in both directions. They looked at each other fiercly like they were having a mental battle in their heads.
"Why are you here?"
"I had a feeling you would come. It's nearly time, Cedeile. Soon, the four of us will all gather in one place and the final keyhole will be completed. Then, at least one of us will die. The end of this journey is close. A great revolution waits for us. I just wanted to know if you and I would be seeing that revolution together."
"Snap out of it, Riku! What's wrong with you? This is NOT the Riku I know!" He smirked at her.
"I'm perfectly fine. It's you who's changed. I don't even recognize you. And Sora...I've discovered that he wasn't who I thought he was before. I can't think of him in the same way I did. Now, I can only despise him. He forgot us!"
"Shut up!"
"He left us all for dead!"
"I said Shut up!"
"He made new friends and didn't care if he ever found us again!"
"SHUT UP!" she yelled at him, a breeze riseing out of nowhere and blowing at him. He smirked again.
"Cedeile, you still believe Sora is your best friend. Face it, Cedeile-he doesn't like you anymore. He doesn't care about us. And since Kairi is without her heart, it's just you and me." He held out his hand to her. "Come with me."
'My dream! I remember this-We were falling in the darkness and Riku held out his hand, but I couldn't reach him. I know why now!' "I'll never go with you!" she yelled. He shrugged and took back his hand back.
"What a shame. It seems I'll have to change your mind by force. I'm telling you, Cedeile, Sora is not our friend. And Mallificent has proof."
"She's a lying bastard, and you know it! Why do you listen to her!" He ignored her.
"I'll tell you the truth that I've discovered over time. It is not Sora who is the true keyblade master..." he paused, making sure he had her attention. "I am." She backed away from him and drew her heartblade.
"No..."
"And now, as the keyblade master, I'm going to take the heartblade from you. I'll put it much better use, I think. Then, I'll take you back to Destiny Islands and we'll live in a paradise world forever."
"I won't give this to you!" She hurled it at him. "PURIFY TYPHOON!" It spun through the air and only narrowly missed him and then came around back to Cedeile's hand.
"You shouldn't waste your energy like that." he said, walking forward. He outstreched his hand and waved it in front of her. She froze stiff as he came closer, standing half an arm's length away from her. He lifted his hand and placed it on her forehead. She looked at his hand, unsure of what would happen. Then, he pushed her backward and she fell, but never hit the floor.
She awoke quickly, in darkness, but she herself was illuminated. It was then she looked down at herself and grabbed at what she had on, to make sure she wasn't just seeing things.
"No way!" she exclaimed. She was now clad in a white tank top over a black one, purple skirt with a blue belt, and purple sneakers. "These...These are Kairi's clothes!" She looked all around her. The sides of her prison became many mirrors, showing her dressed as her missing friend. "Very funny, Riku. You want me to take Kairi's place. You're stupidier than I thought." she said to the nothingness around her. She couldn't stand looking at herself anymore because she started seeing Kairi everywhere. She closed her eyes and put her hands over them. Then, Kairi's voice started to echo off the walls.
"Cedeile...you have to be me now. Riku wants you to be me...Sora wants you to be me..."
"Stop it...stop it..." she cried, trying to block out the sound, but it echoed in her mind.
"You're becoming me. It's your duty to take my place."
"Riku, I know this isn't real. You're just fooling around with my head is all. I'm not afraid of you. Come and fight me for real..." But there was no response, save for the increase of voices.
"Don't you want to be me? I'm sure you do..." Suddenly, nearly invisible strings came and after moving around for a few seconds, caught Cedeile in their web. With her hands rendered usless and the strings cutting into her skin, she figured that there was nothing she could do. The threads tightened, some cutting her skin and revealing blood, or shreading the clothes she now wore. She still clenched her eyes tight, not wanting to see herself in the mirrors. Finally, she felt like she was going insane and lifted her head up to the ceiling.
"RIKU!" she cried. Suddenly, the mirrors shattered into many pieces and fell down into darkness. The strings losened considerably and she slipped out of them, standing on her feet. Her white tank top hang in shreds, revealing the blackunderneath, which also had seen better days. Her skirt was nearly falling off her body because it was so destroyed. Suddenly, the chapel she had been in before faded back into view. Riku stood there, looking pleased.
"You do look very attractive in Kairi's clothes...even when they're torn to pieces."
"You're sick and twisted, Riku. These are Kairi's clothes! Not mine! Why do you have me wearing them?" He didn't anwser, but drew out his sword. Cedeile called out the heartblade, and the two began fighting. They ran through the pews, Cedeile trying to avoid him more than anything. He forced a few attacks on her, and she fell down on the hard floor. She dived under some of the benches, then flipped up again and got Riku from behind. He fell forwards while Cedeile ran towards the alter to get away. Riku followed and went for a behind attack, but Cedeile blocked him. They pushed on each others weapons, neither gaining any ground.
"Cedeile, we don't have to fight like this."
"You're the one who drew out your sword first! I'm just trying to defend myself." she told him. "Now get me out of these clothes and back to normal!"
"Replace Kairi for me, Cedeile. It may be impossible to regain her heart. I've just about given up. It's hopeless."
"I can't BE Kairi for you, Riku! Because I'm ME. I have to stay myself, or else I'm no one. And skirts drive me nuts."
"Suit yourself." He kicked her away and she sprawled out on the floor. "It was a shame, really. You would've made a good Kairi." He stepped forward and put his hand on her head again. But this time, he inflicted a spell on her that wrapped her in darkness. She went to yell at him to take this spell off of her, but her voice was silent. Riku stepped back and disappeared into the darkness.
Ryu and Aru sped up Oblivion Mountain, the heartless suddenly now all gone. They didn't take a second look when they got to the church and burst through the doors.
"Cedeile!" Ryu yelled. He was almost running down the aisle when he saw her, sitting on the floor, the darkness covering her form. She looked at him, nearly crying when she saw him. He fell down to the floor and grabbed her shoulders. "It's gonna be okay, Cedeile. We'll get this thing off of you. And...what are you wearing?" She went to talk, but it was silent. Aru went to join them, but then held back and stayed towards the back of the church.
"What is this? A silence spell?" Ryu asked. He saw how scarred she looked, blood dripping down her skin. He grabbed a hold of both of her hands and clutched them tightly. "I'll get you outof this, don't worry." He promised. Suddenly,a small light formed and washed over them, freeing Cedeile of the spell.
"Thank god." she sighed.
"Well, now yousome magic, huh."Aru said, joining them. He didn't quite understand what she meant at first, but then looked down at his hands.
"Wait, I did that?"
"Hello, people! Can we leave and have this conversation someplace other than the creepy dark church?" she yelled atthem. They laughed.
"Okay, let's get out of here." And the three friends left, closing the doors of the church behind them. A wind blew through the church. A figurely silently appeared, sitting on the alter, smiling.
"Don't give up. Be brave..." Kairi whispered.
6H:HA HA HA! Talk about an ending!
Anaretsu: Peh, it was stupid, the whole thing.
6H:It was supposed to be creepy. But whatever! To Hallow Bastion!
