Hi again, everyone! Just a note, if any of you are wondering what my pen name means, it's Night Rain Child. Isn't it pretty? Just thought you'd like to know. Anyway, here's Chapter Two of On Wings of Revilement! Enjoy! I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Chain of Memories, or any of their premade characters. Rika, Leiko and Starlight Town are copyrighted to me, Kheno is copyrighted to my best friend Sai, and Shina is copyrighted to both of us, because she was based on both of our ideas.
Eight years later…
"Leiko, come on!"
Why does my best friend have to be an early bird?"Leiko! I'm talking to you!"
See if I care.
"Don't make me, Leiko. You know what happened last time."
Try me.
"Three…two…one!"
THUNK!
Leiko, now on the floor, finally opened her eyes, looking up at Rika who was already dressed and ready to go.
"Why…must…you…get…up…at…four?" Leiko yawned sleepily.
"Because you told me to sleep in!" Rika laughed and prodded Leiko's shoulder with her finger.
Leiko yawned again. "Emphasis, four in the morning, Rika."
"I normally get up at three! Now, come on! Hoku is waiting for us!"
Leiko sighed and got up shakily, pulling on her clothes and following Rika out the door and down the winding streets of Starlight Town.
As they passed the indigo houses with their black roofs, Rika said, "You do remember what we're supposed to do today, right?"
"Vaguely. Why don't you jog my memory?" Said Leiko, still a little bit sleepy.
"Hoku is going to take us up to the high tower to watch the meteor shower!"
Oh yeah…forgot about that…silly me…"I know that you're going to be shocked," said Leiko, turning her head toward Rika. "But I actually forgot about that."
"It's okay." Rika stopped in front of a large, tall building where a boy with dark blue hair sat on the steps waiting for them.
"At first I thought you guys wouldn't show up!" Said the boy with a wide grin on his face.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world, Hoku." Said Leiko, smiling back.
"Neither would I." Replied Rika, walking up the stairs to the porch with Leiko close behind.
"Well," said Hoku, "What are we waiting for? Let's go!" He threw open the doors and began climbing a long flight of stairs that went up in a spiral with the two girls close behind.
As they were going up the stairs, Leiko asked, "So, when exactly is this meteor shower happening?"
"The Elder said in about ten minutes, and it takes about five minutes to climb all these stairs." Replied Hoku, looking back at Leiko and Rika with a smile. "But the Elder also said that it's supposed to be the most spectacular thing in a hundred years."
"Wow…" Said Rika in awe. "Must be some pretty amazing stuff, judging by how many cool things have happened here."
"I'll say." Leiko laughed. "Remember the time when Rika was at the one party, and she stepped in front of the table with all the cakes on it, and then you came along and pushed her over and…"
But Rika cut her off there. "Okay…that's enough stories for now, Leiko."
Hoku laughed, re-living the same memory. "Well, we're at the top of the tower now, right on schedule, too."
"Thank goodness…" Sighed Rika, sitting down once she got to the top. "My legs would have given out if I had to climb stairs much longer."
"Look!" Cried Hoku, pointing out the window as comets began streaking across the sky. "It's happening!"
But as Rika and Hoku were staring in awe out the northern window, Leiko was staring, with a curious gaze, out the southern window. One of the stars was glowing very, very brightly, and suddenly, it vanished.
That's weird…
"Hey, guys…" Said Leiko, still keeping her eyes on all of the other stars as if to see if any others would disappear, but the other two were still staring out the opposite window.
"Guys…"
Leiko sighed. It wasn't any use trying to talk to those two. Not interested in the meteor shower any more, she went down the stairs and walked back to her house.
When the sun came out, Leiko was still in her room contemplating on why the star had disappeared.
"Leiko," Said Hoku, who was an expert on stars. "All stars disappear after a while. It's the circle of life. You see, when the stars disappear, they become the sky. And we look at the sky. And then the sky-"
Leiko was the one to cut someone off this time. "Don't start."
"Sorry."
Rika was lying on the bed, staring up at the ceiling.
"Rika," Hoku turned toward her. "What are you thinking about?"
Rika was silent at first, but then she spoke up. "I remember my dad talking about how worlds have hearts and all that. But when the world disappears, I guess that a star disappears along with it."
Leiko and Hoku looked nervously at each other and both exclaimed, "A world disappeared this morning?"
"I guess so."
Leiko was still in small shock, but she asked, "Can you tell which one?"
"Not by looking at the star itself." Rika closed her eyes. "But if you actually went to the world, that would be different. But it's kind of cheating if you think about it."
Leiko and Hoku nodded in agreement.
"Do you know how the worlds disappear?" Asked Hoku with a solemn tone.
"No. I don't."
"All right."
There was a small silence, but Leiko broke it, getting up out of the chair she had been sitting in and walked over to the door. "Well, let's not sit inside all day. The sun is out and the birds are chirping….So let's…do something…" She sounded nervous and reluctant, but the remaining two walked out the door. Leiko took a second to look at herself in the mirror, examining her empty gaze and walked out the door thinking of what might have happened to the world that disappeared.
I'm not going to tell which world just disappeared, but if you've played Kingdom Hearts you've definately seen it. Well...that's kind of obvious and doesn't really narrow it down al all, but...augh! Bear with me here! I'll post again whenever. Thanks for reading!