Chapter 6: The Heartless are back

"What? What was it Kairi?" Riku shouted out from the bottom of the little cliff that stood high over the small shack they were making.

"Yaah! There was something here! A monster!" Kairi shouted as she ran down the small cliff. Sora hugged her, but she quickly withdrew and ran into the secret hideout.

"She got scared that badly?" Sora asked everyone. Selphie nodded and ran after Kairi. She saw the redhead leaning against the stonewall.

"Kairi, what was it? Are you sure it was a monster?" Selphie asked with great concern. Kairi trembled and turned to face Selphie with puffy eyes.

"They're back…"

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A dark figure walked through a long hall, somewhere far away from Destiny's Island. The figure opened two mighty doors and opened up into a big room. It walked towards a big thrown, with a creature sitting in it.

"We have invaded the island with some small ones first, shall we bring in more?" the figure asked the creature sitting on the throne.

"No, let's wait. Let them do their job first…" the creature spoke with a mighty voice. The figure nodded and walked away slowly.

"Oh, and Phanta, stay here. I need to have a talk with you." The creature asked. Phanta nodded and approached the creature. Her long, white hair flowed with every movement, and her light gray dress swayed with every step. She looked at him with her white eyes, and set a gaze, wondering what he would ask her next.

"We already have Era, Fotia, Neero and Yee, but instead of bringing them out all at once, why don't we send them to different islands. Not only Destiny." The creature spoke in a mighty tone. Phanta turned to look at all the murals on the walls, then looked back at him.

"Because, they say there is a boy there who is very strong, and defeated most of us once before. He and his friends, one which is also powerful. We should not take any risks." She said in an appealing tone. The creature nodded.

"Sora, was his name, I believe?" he asked Phanta. She nodded, confirming his question.

"Yes, Sora. Sora and his friend Riku. We will take care of the other islands and worlds later, we already got Era and Yee to demolish their homes and families, now we have to wait for the others to give us their reports on what's going on." She said, knowing that she was right. The creature nodded, and motioned for her to leave. Phanta walked out the mighty doors once again, and walked down the long hall.

"If I know mostly everything of what's going on and I make better decisions, why is HE king…" Phanta said, smirking. She opened the following doors and stepped into a long stairway. "Soon, very soon I'll be the essence of all of us."

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Sora stood outside the secret hideout, leaving Selphie to talk to her. After all, they are both girls. Kairi might open up more. He walked back and forth in front of the entrance while Riku and Tidus starred at him, also waiting frantically.

"Sora, would you stop that your getting us dizzy." Riku mentioned to Sora. Sora nodded and stopped as Selphie and Kairi slowly walked outside.

"She saw one…" Selphie told them. Sora tilted his head.

"Saw one what?" he asked curiously. Selphie shook her head and turned to Kairi.

"I saw…a…a heartless." Kairi said, the word slipping from her tongue. Selphie shivered at the thought and everyone gasped.

"A heartless? Here? No way!" Tidus shouted. Kairi nodded.

"I'm not lying! I'm almost positive it was one! It looked just like one!' she shouted. Sora glanced at Riku and Riku nodded.

"I guess we have to go look for it. In what direction did it run to?" Riku asked. Kairi immediately ran up the small cliff and everyone followed. She pointed off to the direction the heartless fled.

"Over there, I swear it." Kairi said still tearing from the shock. Selphie put her arm around her.

"Kairi calm down, it's no big deal. We will see if it is a heartless, ok?" Selphie assured her friend. Kairi nodded.

"Yeah, I know, I guess I shouldn't worry. I do have Sora with me…" Kairi said, smiling. Sora blushed.

"Yeah, hehe. Let's go find that little guy!" Sora said leading everyone. He ran looking for any footsteps, but then Tidus noticed little tracks.

"Look, we should follow these." Tidus recommended. Sora nodded and he walked fast, following the tracks. Selphie groaned when she saw that they were coming up to the beach of corpses.

"Ok, that's good, let's go!" she said trying not to freak out and turned around. Kairi grabbed her arm.

"Selphie, no. I know it's hard but we have to find the heartless. There could be more." She told her friend. Selphie knew she was right; it could lead to more trouble.

While the girls stalled a bit, the boys stopped at a corpse up ahead. Riku pointed to the tracks that stopped.

"They stopped right here, at this dude." Riku said, showing his friends. Selphie groaned once more.

"Maybe it's under, the body." Tidus mentioned. Sora nodded with disgust and picked up a long stick.

"Eww, Sora, what are you doing?" Kairi asked. Sora pushed with the stick and turned the body over with the blunt point of the wooden stick.

"Nope, not there!" Sora said fake laughing as he let the body drop and let go of the stick. They all made their way back, Selphie being ahead. Riku was behind everyone, and suddenly he heard a noise. He turned his head around and took a short glance behind him, and the body that the tracks led to was gone.

"What the hell!" Riku shouted in disbeleif as his friends turned around due to his action.

"What's wrong, Riku?" Sora asked his best friend. Riku starred at the empty spot.

"Where did the body go? Is it really gone? Or am I looking at the wrong one?" Riku asked, gulping.

"Yeah, the wrong one. I think it was that one, with the damp, green fuzzy shirt!" Kairi said trembling, hoping she was right. Selphie nodded quickly.

"Yeah, she's right. You're looking at the wrong one…" Selphie said agreeing. Everyone turned around and started back again for their shack. They all wanted to believe Riku was looking at the wrong spot, and forced themselves to, but they had a feeling at the pit of their heart, that, Riku was indeed correct. The real body WAS gone.

The kids all got settled in the shack they made together, and layed down. They tried playing games like Truth or Dare, trying to keep their minds off things. It wasn't really working, but they wanted to have at least some fun for now.

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Phanta combed her hair as she starred at the mirror, grinning at herself. Her white eyes gleaming in the mirror as she stroked some of her white locks. Someone then knocked on her door. She moaned and lazily got up and put her head against the door.

"Who is it?" she asked in a sweet voice. She gripped the doorknob waiting for a response. "Hello?" she asked after waiting a while, more concern in her voice. Suddenly, the doorknob started to get hot, and her hand was burned.

"Ouch! Damnit, Fotia!" Phanta shouted as she heard a giggle from the other side. Phanta opened the door and Fotia invited herself in and plopped a seat on her bed.

"Hope you didn't get too burned." Fotia said jokingly. Phanta made a fake smile and sat in her chair and continued combing her hair. Fotia had fire blazing on her head, much like hair, and red eyes. She had long, black eyelashes and blood red lips, with a red wrap around top. It cut in half, exposing her belly button and under that a short red and pink jean skirt. She raised her hand in front of her face and set a small fire on her palm, and then blew it out and giggled. "When am I going to Destiny Isles?" she said innocently, blinking like a little girl. Phanta turned her chair around.

"Hold your horses. We still have to wait a while, than all three of your elemental friends, and you, will be sent there." Phanta explained to her. Fotia clapped her hands, causing small sparks to fly out.

"Oh, goody!" she said playfully. Phanta rolled her eyes and turned the chair around, facing the mirror again.

"Yeah, so where is Yee, Era, and Neero?" Phanta asked Fotia, trying to start conversation.

"You know, around. Here, there, everywhere." Fotia giggled. Phanta turned around once again.

"Would you stop the giggling? We are heartless! Heartless aren't suppose to giggle that much!" Phanta shouted. Fotia looked at her with a blank stare.

"Yeah, I guess that explains our pitch-black skin." Fotia said, smiling. "At least I have some color, I have fire as hair, which is pretty colors, and I have little red and yellow swirls on my palms!" Fotia raised her palms and showed Phanta.

"Your fire isn't "pretty." It's a sign of your element." Phanta corrected her. Fotia lay back on the bed.

"But it's a pretty element!" Fotia said, giggling. Phanta turned around once again.

"Hopeless…" Phanta mumbled. Fotia got up and crossed her legs.

"What was that?" she asked curiously. Phanta shook her head.

"Nothing." Phanta responded. Fotia nodded, and there was a pause of silence. Fotia finally decided to break it.

"Did you see the King?" she asked. Phanta nodded.

"Yes, I talked to him. He wanted to know what our plans are going to be." Phanta said answering her question. "You remember what I told you about Sora, remember?"

"Sora? That boy that kicked ass about a year ago?" Fotia asked. Phanta sighed and nodded.

"Yeah, with the spiky brown hair. He's going to be there, that's why you have to have teamwork with Yee, Neero and Era." Phanta told the pyro. Fotia nodded.

"Gotcha!" she said happily. "Well, I'll be going now, I'll leave you alone to comb your hair and what-not."

"Oh good…Uhh…yeah ok. Lock the door on your way out!" Phanta reminded her. Fotia nodded her head as she closed the door, her fire hair caught between the door, but it vanished.

"Not to worry, she'll just set ablaze some new hair…" Phanta said sarcastically, looking at herself in the mirror, and slightly laughed.

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Everyone laughed as Tidus did the dare, which was placed upon him by Riku,

Which was to act like a cranky old grandmother.

"Good impression, Tidus!" Kairi laughed as Tidus sat down. Riku then turned off all the lamps exept one, and brought it near his face.

"Let's give scary dares, now!" Riku said in an evil voice. Selphie giggle a little.

"Is one dare to stare at your face?" Selphie said jokingly as everyone else laughed. Riku fake laughed.

"Very funny, Selphie." He said sticking out his toungue. "Now seriously, let me dare first!"

"Sure." Sora responded. Riku then cackled, and Selphie giggled again.

"Was that supposed to be scary?" Selphie asked, jokingly once again.

"Ahem…so anyway…Sora! Dare or Dare?" Riku asked, laughing.

"Do I really have to answer that, I don't have much of a choice." Sora said raising a brow. Riku laughed to himself, and started his evil tone again.

"Sora…I dare you to go all the way to where we found the tracks, rip off a piece of clothing from a corpse near there, and bring it back!" Riku said in a demanding tone. Kairi gulped.

"What!?" Kairi shouted as if it was her dare. Sora looked out the window and shuttered a little. It was dark outside, really dark.

"Don't worry, I'll do it. But I'm taking a lantern." He told Riku. Riku nodded.

"Fair, now go!" as he handed his brown haired friend a lantern and playfully pushed him outside. Sora bit his lower lip and started walking. Kairi looked out the window and saw him dissapear into the trees.

"Riku! I can't believe you! What if something happens?" Kairi shouted, who was pretty pissed off at the moment. Riku smirked.

"Don't worry, nothing will. Sora agreed to it, anyway." Riku told her trying to calm her down.

"I saw a god damn heartless out there! Do you think I'm joking?" Kairi shouted furiously as Tidus back up against a wall while sitting.

"Oh, come now Kairi. It could have been an illusion. It could have been an animal." Riku said slickly. Kairi frowned, stood near him and looked him straight in the eyes.

"Illusion, huh? You think I'm kidding? Now I'm going crazy?" Kairi asked in a mad tone. "Riku I know what I see and I'm pretty damn sure that it wasn't a bunny rabbit with plastic surgery damnit!"

There was a pause between them. Riku then put his hand on her shoulder. "It's nothing, believe me." He said. Kairi looked at him with a mad face and raised her hand and smacked him. Selphie jumped at the small slap as Kairi ran outside looking for Sora.

"Maybe I deserved that…" Riku said, trying to whip out a smile. Tidus nodded and got up, and so did Selphie.

"Let's go." Selphie told Riku, who was still feeling his cheek. They all wen't outside and saw Kairi entering the small place where Sora dissapeared into the trees.

"He's taking too long." Kairi shouted to them. They caught up to her and they walked together through the woods.

"I guess this wasn't such a good dare, huh Riku?" Tidus asked him sarcastically. Riku nodded.

"Yeah, I guess your…" but before Riku could finish, Selphie screamed as she looked at something on a tree. They all huddled around her, and she was looking at a small note pinned on the tree with a pen.

"What does it say?" Kairi asked. Riku ripped off the note and read it outloud.

"I dare you to look for Sora."

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I love cliffhangers. Especially doing it to others. XD! Sorry, I just thought it ended good there. I hope you guys liked this chapter and the new characters. Yes, Phanta, Fotia, Neero, Yee, and Era are all heartless. More intelligent heartless. ^_^ Like the plot twist? Hope so! Review please! Happy New Year everyone!