Me: weee!! (runs around the room holding a box of sugar-infested chocolate)

Ken: …what the hell?

Kaitsu: Merielle's a little…out of it today.

Me: (starts talking about squirrels in trench coats and karate turtles)

Everyone(except me): …

Kaitsu: we should keep a good distance from her. (edges away slowly)

Takari: Merielle does not own Kingdom Hearts. All she owns right now is a box of chocolate and her sugar-highness.


Destiny's Punishment

Chapter 9—Captured

How long has he been walking? Two hours? It didn't matter… Nothing mattered anymore. Kaitsu sighed as he continued walking in the field, the rain cold against his skin. He didn't care where he was going; in fact, he didn't care about anything anymore. As long as he was alone, it would be enough for him.

Kaitsu stopped, putting a hand on his cheek. He still couldn't believe his own brother had hit him. Oh well, he deserved it. 'It can't get any worse than this…' He thought as he continued walking through the muddy fields.


The hooded boy stood on the cliff, his red eyes gleaming from under the shadow as they looked down at Kaitsu. A smirk was visible from under the hood as he summoned a Keyblade to his hand. It looked like the normal Keyblade, but was pure black, and had the Heartless symbol as a keychain.

"It's time…" he said; his smirk turning into a sinister smile as several Heartless appeared behind him. "You know what to do," he said to the shadows. "Now, let's have some fun, shall we?"


Kaitsu stopped as he heard a rustling in the grass. He looked around, trying to find the source of the noise. Suddenly a Heartless jumped out of the grass, raising its claws to attack. Kaitsu summoned is Keyblade and sliced through the Heartless. He froze as he saw hundreds of other Heartless appearing around him.

"Oh no…"


"Kaitsu!" shouted Sora. They had been searching for about an hour, but it was nearly impossible to see through the heavy rain.

"He couldn't have gotten far," said Riku.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!" said Sora, but stopped when he saw the others staring behind him. Sora turned around, his eyes widening at what he saw.

Heartless…Hundreds of them. Lightning flashed through the sky, showing the figure who was standing in the center of the Heartless circle…

"Kaitsu!"


Kaitsu turned around, seeing the others standing a few feet away. Relief swept over him as the others joined to fight. But as they all began to fight, anger began to rise inside him again. He swung at another Heartless, killing it easily.

"There's too many!" shouted Sora as he sliced through another Heartless. Kaitsu pulled out his flute, blowing into it. They needed as much help as possible, and Kotoro would be able to fight too.

……But no one came. There was no portal or cloud of black smoke. Kaitsu blinked, blowing into the flute once more. Nothing happened. Kaitsu stared at the flute, Kotoro's words replaying in his mind.

'"Fine. I guess you don't need me anymore…"'

Had he really meant it?

Kaitsu was deep in his thoughts, unaware that the Heartless noticed he had dropped his guard. Before he could react, five Heartless knocked him down, clawing at him furiously. He tried to hold them back with his Keyblade, but they were too strong.

'Why aren't the others coming to help me?' he thought, feeling his anger rising even more. They didn't even care about him… 'Why am I even fighting for my life? I deserve to die…' Kaitsu closed his eyes, waiting for the fatal blow…

But it never came. Kaitsu opened his eyes, seeing four hooded people standing before him. One of them was holding a sword that was stained with black blood.

"W-What are you guys doing here?" asked Kaitsu as he stood up.

"We're here to protect you Kaitsu," said Seika. "And there's no way we're letting some filthy Heartless kill you."

"Besides, we wanted to join the fight too," said Takari, a smile visible from under his hood.

"We'll take over from here. You and your friends should get as far away from the battle as possible," said Ken. Kaitsu and the others nodded and moved to the outskirts of the Heartless circle.

The unknowns stood in the center of the circled and summoned their weapons. Ken summoned a black staff in his hand; Ryu pulled out several small daggers; Takari summoned a katana; and Seika pulled out several small cards. The Heartless noticed this, and now leaped at their new targets.

"Fire!" cried Seika as she threw several cards at the Heartless. As soon as the cards made contact, the Heartless combusted in flames. Ryu jumped back, throwing a few daggers at nearby Heartless, killing them with ease. Takari began swinging at the Heartless, a slightly maniacal expression on his face as he sliced through them. Ken started casting spells at the shadows. The number of the Heartless began to dwindle down to only twenty. Suddenly, the remaining Heartless disappeared as the rain stopped.

"Well done. That was an excellent performance," said a cold voice behind Kaitsu. He turned around, seeing the same gleaming red eyes he had seen before.

"It's you," muttered Kaitsu.

"Kaitsu! Get away from him!" shouted Ken, a hint of fear in his voice.

"Are you really going to listen to him, Kaitsu?" said the unknown as Kaitsu took a small step back. "After all of the pain they had put you through… You deserve to forget about all of it, don't you?"

Kaitsu blinked at this. He was…right. Everything he was saying was right. Kaitsu tried to take another step back, but something inside him was telling him to stay.

The unknown smiled, noticing Kaitsu's eyes turn a darker blue. 'It's working…'

"Why should you be with these people? All they have done is cause you pain. You deserve to be with people who would never hurt you…"

"Don't listen to him Kaitsu!" shouted Ken. His voice seemed so distant…

"You deserve better than this, don't you Kaitsu?" said the unknown. Kaitsu felt like he was being torn in two. One part was telling him to run. The other was telling him to stay. He didn't know which one to listen to.

"Come with me, Kaitsu. I can help you." The unknown laid his hand on Kaitsu's shoulder. Kaitsu winced, feeling thousands of cold needle piercing into his shoulder. Suddenly his mind went blank. He had no idea what was going on, but for some reason, he didn't care anymore. A sinister smile was visible from under the unknown's hood as Kaitsu's eyes became blank. Ken and Takari ran at the unknown, their weapons ready to strike, but were thrown back by an invisible barrier. The unknown smiled. It seemed as though nothing would be able to stop him…

"KAITSU!!!"

Kaitsu blinked, his senses coming back to him. He turned around and saw Kotoro standing behind the barrier, his eyes glaring at the unknown. Kaitsu smiled, a feeling of happiness growing inside him. The unknown scowled, noticing the light coming back to Kaitsu's eyes. There was no way he was going to let him escape. His eyes began glowing as several vines sprouted from the ground. Kaitsu's eyes widened as the vines tied themselves around Kaitsu like a rope. He fell on his knees, struggling against the vines, but they wouldn't break.

"GET AWAY FROM MY BROTHER!!!" screamed Kotoro as he leaped at the barrier, only to be thrown back once more. He got up and began clawing at the barrier, screaming curses at the unknown.

"Kotoro!" cried Kaitsu. He looked up, seeing the unknown standing behind him. Suddenly the unknown plunged his hand into Kaitsu's back. Kaitsu's eyes widened, shock and pain sweeping throughout his body. He could hear his friends calling out to him, but they sounded so distant…

"Darkness will have you Kaitsu…" hissed the unknown. "You can't escape it…"

And with that, they both disappeared in a swirl of dark colors as Kaitsu's vision blackened out…


Me: yes, I know it's short. But I just had to end it on a cliffy! XD

Kaitsu: what're you going to do to me?

Me: hehehe…you'll see. (evil grin)

Ken: aren't you supposed to be gone?

Kaitsu: oh yeah… (disappears)

Takari: And now for the review replies…

NinjaMage- The orb plays an important part in the story. Well…sort of.

Kai- Ansem's not in this story. He's dead. (laughs evilly) erm..yeah.. (sweatdrop) As for the language, I didn't give it a name yet. But it's also a bit important in the story too.

Me: that's all for now! Read and Review!

Merielle