Me: Chapter 2's up!

Kaitsu: yay…

Me: anywho, a little surprise in this chapter! Well, it's a surprise for mostly Riku since he saw it. XD

Kaitsu: what're you gona do? o.o;

Me: ehehe.. you'll see… (grin)

Kaitsu: you're still a twisted person…

Me: thanks!

Kaitsu: --;

Takari: Merielle does not own Kingdom Hearts. All she owns is a crazy imagination.


Destiny's Punishment

Chapter 2—Nightmares and Suspicions

A day has already passed on the island. Kaitsu got along pretty well with Sora and Kairi. As for Riku, they weren't really on friendly terms. Neither of them trusted each other, and kept a good distance. It was difficult for them to get Kaitsu to talk at first, but soon he was talking freely with them. But for some reason, Riku felt like he was hiding something.

Now they were sitting at the Paopu Islands. They had just given Kaitsu a tour of the islands and decided to take a rest on the island. Riku decided that now was a good time to ask.

"You never told us what world you come from, Kaitsu," said Riku, noticing Kaitsu flinch. 'Uh-oh…What should I tell them? They can't know the truth!' he thought, trying to figure out a way to explain it.

"Well…um…it's complicated to explain," muttered Kaitsu. An idea came to his head. "Actually, I don't think I really did have a home." It did sound a little bit suspicious, but at least they won't know.

"What?" asked Sora, "How could you not have a home?"

"Um…you know what? It's getting late. I should go to bed." He quickly got up and walked off. Sora looked confused for a second.

"But it's only six o' clock…"


Kaitsu continued walking; soon coming upon the cave they called the Secret Place. He walked in and looked towards the door. 'Well…If anything does happen, I can always use this door…' He knew what was behind the door... The heart of the world. He put his hand against it, feeling a small vibration in it. If he ever needed to leave, all he could use was this door to get back. He frowned. 'Yeah right… Like I would ever want to go back to that place…'

He sat down against the door and sighed, feeling a comforting warmth coming from the door. He continued to sit there, gazing into space, until his head slowly drooped and he drifted to sleep.


It was that door again…Thatwhite, cursed door. Kaitsu glared angrily at it, as though waiting for it to explode or crumble. Suddenly the ground began shaking with a tremendous force. He looked behind him and saw a mass of shadows charging towards him. He ran towards the door, trying to pry it open. It was his only was out. But it wouldn't open; it was as though it was locked.

"Kaitsu…"

He froze, looking behind him and seeing the same shadowy figure that haunted him every night…

"…Kotoro."

Kotoro stood there, glaring at Kaitsu, his eyes full of hate and anger. The shadows were standing behind him, not moving at all. Kotoro walked towards Kaitsu, still glaring at him as a dark aura surrounded him. Without warning, he grabbed Kaitsu by the throat and pushed him against the door, his eyes turning a bright yellow once more.

"It's your fault I died…" he whispered menacingly. "You didn't care about me… You just sat there and watched me be killed!" His grip around Kaitsu's throat tightened, nearly choking him. Kaitsu tried to speak, but felt like he had lost his voice.

"K-Kotoro…I--" He grunted as Kotoro's grip tightened even more.

"You couldn't save your own brother!!" he shouted.

"N-no…" Tears began forming in Kaitsu's eyes. He felt like he was going to die. He closed his eyes, the shadows leaping at them as everything began fading into darkness…


'Where could he be?' thought Sora as he walked down the shore. Riku and Kairi had already gone to their houses to sleep, and put Sora in charge of Kaitsu. 'Where the heck is he?!' Sora groaned. He had already checked the entire island, except for… 'The Secret Place! That's it!' Sora ran towards the cave and walked in, seeing Kaitsu sleeping by the door. He sighed, finally relieved that he found him.

Sora walked towards Kaitsu…slowly. The last time Sora had approached him while he was sleeping, he ended up staying awake for the rest of the night from the shock. Once he reached him, he noticed Kaitsu had a pained expression on his face. 'Is he…crying?' Sora crouched down to take a closer look. Suddenly Kaitsu's head shot up, his eyes wide open, and his left arm shot directly in front of him, punching Sora straight in the face as he cried out,

"NO!!"

Kaitsu blinked and looked around him, and sighed to slow down his fast breathing. 'It was just a dream…' He looked down and saw Sora lying on the floor, with a large bruise on his forehead.

"……Oops…"


"I'm really sorry, Sora!"

"It's no big deal." said Sora. They had reached Sora's house, after Kaitsu dragged him there and apologized so much that Sora lost count. He now had an ice pack covering his forehead, trying really hard to ignore the pain. 'He's strong…'He wondered what Riku would think when he found out a boy younger than Soraknocked him out with one punch.

"I'm sorry!!" said Kaitsu again. He felt really sorry for punching Sora like that. But it wasn't really his fault. He was just having a bad dream…A really bad dream.

"I forgive you already!" said Sora. "Anyway, we should get some sleep." Sora lied down on his bed and pulled the covers over him. Kaitsu stood there in the doorway for a few minutes, until he heard Sora's snores. He walked towards the bed slowly, trying not to make a sound. He looked at Sora's bruise, feeling guilty about what he'd done. He sighed, putting a finger on the bruise, and muttered,

"Cura…"

A green aura surrounded Kaitsu's hand and after a few seconds the aura faded away as the bruise disappeared. He sighed, walking out of the room. He lied down on the couch and closed his eyes, falling into deep slumber.


Kaitsu was standing in the middle of a forest clearing. He was about the age of seven. He looked about, recognizing the place as his home.

"Kaitsu!"

He turned around, seeing a boy two years older than him.Smiling,he ranhappily towards him,

"Kotoro!"

He hugged Kotoro, happy to see his brother. Suddenly, a rustling was heard among the bushes. Kotoro stepped in front of Kaitsu,

"Who's there?" The rustling stopped. "Stay here," said Kotoro. He walked towards the bushes, and looked inside them. After a few minutes, he got back up and turned to Kaitsu, smiling,

"It was nothing. I guess we were just hearing things."

Suddenly a tall, looming figure appeared behind Kotoro, holding a dagger above his head. Kaitsu's eyes widened as the hooded man clamped a hand over Kotoro's mouth and plunged the dagger through his heart.

"KOTORO!!!"


Thud.

"Ow…" muttered Kaitsu. He opened his eyes and found himself lying on the floor next to the couch, realizing that he must have fallen off. He stood up shakily, the dream still taking its effect on him, and looked at the clock, 3:15 in the morning… He sat back on the couch, hugging his knees close to his chest. He refused to fall asleep after what he'd just seen.


The sun shone in through the window, interrupting Sora's peaceful sleep. He yawned and got up, rubbing his eyes, and looked at the mirror. His hair was messier than before, but that wasn't what he was looking at. His bruise was gone. Sora put a finger on where it had once been, feeling no pain at all. 'It must've healed.' He thought.

After trying to fix his gravity-defying hair and failing, Sora walked into the living room and saw Kaitsu sitting on the couch, hugging his knees to his chest.

"Morning, Kaitsu," said Sora. Kaitsu raised his head and looked up at Sora. There were deep shadows under his bloodshot eyes, and he looked really grumpy.

"What happened to you?" he asked. Kaitsu just muttered something incoherent and lowered his head again. Before Sora could ask, the doorbell rang. It was Riku.

"Hey Riku. Where's Kairi?"

"She's still at her house. She's probably sleeping," shrugged Riku.

"Come on in. I'll go make breakfast for you." He walked off towards the kitchen, but stopped and walked back. "By the way, Kaitsu's a little grumpy today, so don't annoy him."

"Yeah, whatever," muttered Riku. Sora grinned and ran off to make pancakes. Riku sat down on a chair opposite from Kaitsu, noticing the shadows under his eyes. He glared at Kaitsu, who glared back. Kaitsu looked a little scary with that look, but Riku would rather jump off a cliff thansay it out loud.

After a few minutes Sora came running in, flour covering the front of his shirt, ignoring the fact that Kaitsu and Riku were having a staring contest,

"Okay, breakfast's ready!"

Both of them got up and walked into the kitchen, Sora following them close behind. The three of them sat down and started eating, Kaitsu and Riku still glaring at each other while Sora tried to stuff as many pancakes as he could into his mouth. Kaitsu blinked at this (Riku won! XD) and looked at Sora worriedly,

"Does he usually eat like that?"

"Yeah, pretty much," said Riku. He was used to it by now. Sora managed to stuff all three pancakes into his mouth and, with a big gulp, swallowed it. Kaitsu's eyes widened as he wondered how in the world he could fit that much in his mouth, let alone swallow it. He sighed and got up,

"I'm not that hungry right now," muttered Kaitsu. He got up and walked out of the kitchen, the door closing behind him. Riku frowned,

"What's his problem?"

"I don't know. Well, he'll be fine soon. He just needs to get used to it here," said Sora. No matter what everyone else said about him, Riku didn't trust Kaitsu. There was something about him that wasn't normal. Riku got up, leaving the room also. Sora watched him leave, and then started eating Kaitsu and Riku's pancakes too.


Kaitsu was standing by the waterfall near the Secret Place, thinking about the nightmares he's recently been having. He couldn't even sleep because of them. 'I'm not going to sleep ever again… And I'm going to need a lot of coffee to do that…' He frowned, trying to think of another way to stop having those nightmares. He blinked at the sound of footsteps, and saw Riku walking towards him. 'Great… It's him again…'

Kaitsu said nothing but just glared at Riku, who glared right back. After a few moments of glaring, Riku spoke,

"You're hiding something from us, aren't you?"

"W-what?" said Kaitsu. 'He knows...'

"Don'tact innocentwith me. Every time we ask you where you're from you distract us or walk off. Tell us the truth."

Kaitsu just glared at him, saying,

"I said I don't have a home. Now leave me alone." He walked past Riku, but he grabbed his wrist. "Let me go." Kaitsu balled his hands into fists, trying to stay calm.

"Not until you tell the truth!"

"Let… me… go!!" Kaitsu glared at Riku and hit him straight in the face, knocking him to the ground, and ran off. Before Riku had time to get up, Kaitsu was gone. Riku put a hand to his now bleeding nose, his eyes wide with confusion and fear. It wasn't Kaitsu's strength and the bleeding nose that were freaking him out. That moment when Kaitsu glared at Riku, his eyes were glowing a bright yellow…


Me: done! I might have the next one by tomorrow or the day after.

Kaitsu: you turned me into a Heartless!! O.O

Me: no I didn't! calm down! Sheesh… anywho,there's gona be a big surprise for the KH group in the next chapter! And as for Kaitsu's glowing eyes… well, you'll have to read to find out.

Kaitsu: I have a very bad feeling about this…

Me: Read and review!

Merielle