Me: gah! I made a mistake everyone! About the cards from the previous chapter: there are three cards. One is Salvation, two are Chaos. I hope that solves the typo confusion…
Ken: you got us really confused when we read that part… (glare)
Me: sorry… I kept re-typing that part and I forgot to change it…
Takari: Merielle does not own Kingdom Hearts. If she did, you wouldn't be reading this sentence.
Destiny's Punishment
Chapter 16—Submission
"It's a chaos card…" muttered Kotoro, staring wide-eyed at the card.
"Well, what do you know? I have a chaos card too," smiled Sanyu, showing the card to them.
"But that means both of you will die," exclaimed Sora.
Sanyu shook his head. "No. Only one of the two chaos cards has the virus."
"Whose card has the virus?" asked Kairi.
"We're about to find out," said Sanyu. Kotoro stared down at the card, his hand shaking from fear. A few minutes passed, but nothing happened.
"Nothing's happening," said Kotoro. Sanyu smiled, the card in his hand disappearing.
"I guess I lost."
"What?" Kotoro looked up, surprised he had won. Sanyu placed a small black gem on the desk and turned to leave.
"Wait! What are these gems for? What's their purpose?"
"You'll have to use them in order to enter the tower where your brother is. And their purpose… is to keep us alive. But since we lost, we have to give them up and die."
"But that's insane!" exclaimed Sora.
"Everything in this world is insane…" muttered Sanyu. Kotoro looked down at the three gems, then at Sanyu, who was preparing to leave through a portal.
"Sanyu, wait."
Sanyu stopped, turning around to them once more. Kotoro extended his hand, showing the three gems.
"You should take these back."
"W-What?" gasped Sanyu.
"They're yours. Besides, I don't think it is right to let yourself die because of a gem," said Kotoro. Sanyu hesitated, but smiled and took the gems in his hands.
"You know, you aren't that bad after all," smirked Sanyu. He took out four gems from his pocket and gave them to Kotoro. "These are the duplicates of all four gems. You can use these to continue to the next floors without having to fight anyone else."
And with that, he disappeared through the portal.
"You know… I think both sides won this challenge," said Mickey.
"Why?" asked Riku.
"…Because there was no virus in the cards at all." Mickey smiled, walking on to the stairs, leaving the others standing there dumb-struck.
Tamorei turned around as a portal appeared in the hall and Sanyu stepped through it.
"Well? Who won?"
Sanyu smiled. "Both sides won."
"…Huh?" Tamorei's ears twitched in confusion. Sanyu explained to Tamorei what had happened. The cat boy's tail twitched curiously once he finished.
"So…that means…"
Sanyu nodded, smiling once more as he showed Tamorei the gems Kotoro gave back. Tamorei's eyes widened and he grinned.
"I don't believe it! They actually gave the gems back to us! Now Nori and Yuri can be saved!!"
Sanyu smiled as the cat boy began jumping from joy, but the smile quickly faded away. "There's just one thing standing in our way."
Tamorei stopped in mid-jump. "What?"
"Our Master."
"Have you made your decision?"
Kaitsu looked up at the red eyes glaring down at him. A smirk was visible from underneath the hood as the figure looked at the boy's wounds. Kaitsu scowled at the unknown, hatred burning in his eyes.
"I've told you before. I'm staying with the light."
"What has the light ever done for you?" said the unknown. "It's only caused you pain…"
"Shut up!"
A loud clang echoed in the room as the unknown's dark Keyblade shot into the wall, purposely missing Kaitsu by a few inches.
"You will join the darkness, Kaitsu. It says so in the legend."
"You know about the legend?"
"Yes, Kaitsu. In fact, I have the second scroll of the legend, while the King has the first." The unknown pulled out a small scroll and opened it, reading the words aloud. "'The two sides fight for the one In-Between, and lives of many will burn… Two of one blood will change sides, and the tide will turn… A light born in the darkness, and a darkness born in the light… The sides will change, and the tide will turn.'"
"What does that mean?" asked Kaitsu.
"You of all people should know what it means," responded the unknown. Kaitsu lowered his head in thought. Realization hit him and his eyes widened,
"'Two of one blood will change sides…'"
"'…and the tide will turn,'" finished the unknown. "That's what the legend says. And it will come true, whether you like it or not."
"If you think I'm going to give up that easily, you're wrong!"
"Darkness has its ways, Kaitsu." The unknown pulled the Keyblade out of the wall, a smile on his face. "And you're about to witness one of its worst."
Removing the glove from his right hand, the unknown placed his hand on Kaitsu's forehead. A searing pain shot through Kaitsu as the unknown began chanting in a native language.
"Etl het nesskrad musenoc uyo… Iveg ni'ot het nesskrad…"
Kaitsu shut his eyes, the pain becoming unbearable. The unknown grinned as a dark aura radiated from his hand and surrounded Kaitsu, his screams echoing throughout the room. The aura shot straight into Kaitsu, forcing another scream out of him. Finally Kaitsu lowered his head and his body became motionless. Smiling, the unknown let go and snapped his fingers, the chains around Kaitsu releasing him. Kaitsu fell onto his knees, his arms hanging limply at his sides.
"There now, that wasn't too hard now was it, Kaitsu?" hissed the unknown. "There really wasn't any need to fight against it; you had to give up sooner or later." Kaitsu remained silent, his face shadowed by the fire of the torches. Ignoring this, the unknown continued, "They will be arriving soon. You will fight them, won't you?"
The unknown's smile widened as Kaitsu slightly nodded his head. "And you will kill them, won't you?" Silence drifted through the room for a few seconds before Kaitsu answered,
"Yes."
"Good. Now, we better get ready. Let's go," said the unknown, opening a portal behind him.
"Yes, Master," muttered Kaitsu, looking up at the unknown. His once blue eyes were now a deep red, and black streaks were visible in his silver hair. He stood up and followed through the portal, ready for the battle soon to come. A battle that will tear both sides apart…
Me: It would have been longer, but I wanted a cliffhanger! nyaha!
Kotoro: (reads the last part) my god! you evil little monster!
Kaitsu: …
Me: anywho, I might have the next chapter up by tomorrow or the day after. (sigh) It's gona take a while for me to finish this story.
Kaitsu: …
Me: ...And it's also gona take a while for Kaitsu to talk to me again. Since he's a bit upset right now.
Kaitsu: twisted evil psyco… (glare)
Me: um… okaaay… (edges away slowly)
Takari: And now for review replies!
Kai- Well, you're supposed to feel bad for Nori and the other unknowns. They aren't really bad, like the evil unknown guy who tortured Kaitsu. They're just…forced to be. Hehe… Anywho, you guessed it right! Both cards were chaos! Great guess!
Sai-Ryo Auro Feana- "Passing Shadows"? hmm… (runs off, searches for the story, and reads it) wow, this is a good story. And you're right! Those two chapters are so alike! Freaky… it's like… a sign of the alien pysokinetics who plan on squirrely world domination. …Okay, ignore what I just said. (sweatdrop)
Ninja Mage- I made a mistake while I was typing the story. There's 3 cards. 1 Salvation, 2 Chaos. And since you've read from above, none of them had a virus at all! I guess I ticked the other readers off for that useless cliffy… hehe… (mutter) Please don't kill me…
Me: that's all for now!
Kaitsu: … (glare)
Me: um…yeah, well… Read and review! (sweatdrop)
Merielle
