Sanity's Silhouette
By Chris
Well I'm trying to update this story once every couple of days, at least twice a week. I hope that's alright with you. Here goes.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts Blah Blah Blah! I do own Shin and Anititheus though fools.
Chapter 5
Losing Myself
Darkness… darkness…darkness…
The whispers of the dead were all around, manipulating, changing me. Darkness, they hissed. Darkness was eternal.
"Sora…Sora…Sora…," Anititheus shook his hooded head as he spoke, "My dear boy, why won't you listen?" he questioned.
I kept my mouth shut. I knew better than to talk now. Every time I said something, Anititheus would change it, manipulate it, erase it. He was powerful. He had a power over my mind, not even I had. I rarely had control of myself.
"Fine," he hissed, "Then let us begin…" he had barely finished his sentence before I felt myself falling. Fast. Very fast. I could feel the air shoot past me. The cold air felt like knives penetrating my skin. I looked around, but all I saw was darkness, I had no idea where I was going, or how far till the ground.
And then I hit solid ground. I hit feet first, breaking both my legs in the process probably more, then as my torso hit, I felt a few ribs crack, and felt a burning pain in my lungs, as one was pierced with a broken rib. Then my head hit and I felt my skull crack, as well as my jaw bone snap.
"AGHH!" I screamed into the darkness. There was no measure of how much pain I was in right now.
Why haven't I blacked out yet!? I cried to myself in my mind.
"Because I won't let you."
Anititheus.
"Bastard…" I whispered. I could sense him moving closer, and then I saw him, his silver lining on his coat showing me wear he was. He slowly knelt next to me.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
I stared back at him, feeling blood seeping from my mouth, nose, ears, and all my other wounds.
He reached out one finger and touched my chest.
"There?" he asked as I winced. I saw him smirk
He stood up in a flash and brought a strong kick to my right side, where my lung was punctured.
"Hurt much?" he asked as I cried into the night, wailing, hoping…praying for someone to help. Then he kicked me again, harder this time, where the crack in my skull was. I felt a burning sensation in my mind, as if he was not kicking my body, but instead he was kicking my mind.
"Fool," he hissed as he prepared to bring his fist into my face. I closed my eyes at the last second, waiting for the terrible pain to come. But it never came. I opened my eyes, and he was standing before me. I tried to reach out to him, I wanted to hurt him, but I felt scalding hot chains binding me against a wall. My pain was gone, all the pain, the broken bones, were all gone. It was all in my mind.
"Fool." he spoke softly. "Give in."
"No…" I whispered, reassuring myself more than defying him.
"DO YOU THINK THIS IS SOME SORT OF GAME, THAT YOU WILL ULTIMATELY WIN!? Fool…"
"I'll never kill them…" I mumbled.
"Kill who?" he asked.
"Kairi…and Riku."
"And you aren't supposed to." he retorted.
"Then what am I supposed to do?" I screamed.
(WARNING, THIS HAS LITTLE RELATION TO THE ACTUALLY CHAOS THEORY, I JUST THREW THIS IN HERE AS A PLOT THINGY, THIS HAS NO SCIENCE BEHIND IT SO DON'T SAY I GOT SOMETHING WRONG, CUZ I REALLY AM CLUELESS, I JUST LIKE THE NAME…CHAOS THEORY)
"Tell me boy. Have you ever heard of the chaos theory?" he questioned.
"No…never heard of it…" I answered.
"Hah, figures. Well let me explain it. This pitiful world is tied to all other worlds, you know that of course. Haven't you ever wondered what's holding all of them together? Keeping them in line? What the barriers really were?" he began.
"Yea yea where are you going with this?" I asked.
"Ah impatient are we? So be it. The Chaos Theory explains that there is a powerful artifact, that holds the worlds in place, and keeps them from destruction. It also made the barriers. This artifact, if used by the correct person, can endow enormous amounts of power…..enormous amounts of….Chaos."
"What is chaos damn it?" I yelled.
"It is that which created you! All of you! Your pitiful bodies, souls….and EVEN HEARTS! Everything is chaos, and the power the artifact holds is chaos in a much more concentrated form. A usable form. One which when I shall get, shall give me the power…to free my father…" he drifted off.
"But wouldn't that destroy the worlds?" I asked.
"No. What it will do is destroy all barriers and distance between them, creating one gigantic world, made from all the others, for my father, brothers and I to rule for eternity. The artifact is said to be found in the one world that cannot be completely connected. The artifact holds no power over this world. It is a world, ancient beyond ancient. It is where the artifact was created. It is the center of all worlds…you've been there…" he spoke softly.
"Kingdom hearts…" I muttered.
"Yeesss now you understand. But what you don't understand is that Kingdom Hearts is really what you humans call…hell. My father is trapped there, and I will free him."
"Who is your father?" I asked.
"I think you'll know him. He's rather famous. I think you humans call him Lucifer."
"But where do I fit in?" I asked.
"You will bring the princess of heart to me…" he said.
"Why?" I asked.
I watched as he pulled off his hood, revealing his long silver hair ( IT'S NOT SEPHIROTH THOUGH), his deep crimson eyes. He had many scars all over his face. Then he smiled.
And then I felt pain. Pain everywhere. It felt like my eyes were burning off. The pain was unbearable. I let out an inhuman scream and the pain overtook me. I couldn't see, couldn't think, couldn't do anything. I felt warm liquid pouring down from my ears and felt my eyes fill with blood. Then I looked at him, as my vision became red and blurry.
"Welcome…brother…."
And then all at once, my body seemed to be on fire. It felt like knives were piercing me from all over. I could feel my blood pouring down from my eyes. Crimson tears. My nose was pouring out blood as well.
"Y..y..ou…" I muttered as blood filled my mouth, causing me to gargle in mid sentence. Then I felt my blood flowing like a river out of my mouth, down my chin, and hitting the floor. I was beginning to get light headed. I felt my head begin to split, it was burning so badly.
"FEEL THE HATRED, FEEL THE POWER! FEEL THE ANGER! FEEL THE DARKNESS! FEEL THE CHAOS! FEED OFF IT! THIS IS WHO YOU ARE NOW! FIGHT IT! FEED FROM IT! BECOME STRONGER!" he screamed.
"Ah……eh……..A…AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed, feeling my body shake with pain.
"Yes that's it….more! MORE!" he screamed at me.
"GAH! Eugh…..AH…AH….AH…AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" I screamed again, feeling the pain slowly turn into anger.
"YES THAT'S IT BOY! THE PAIN IS YOUR POWER! USE IT!" he screamed once more.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" I screamed, feeling my muscles bulge, my neck pulsing, my temple throbbing. I ripped through the chains holding me against the wall, shattering them into many pieces. I brought my hands down and smashed the ground, leaving it cracked and steaming.
"Yes! Yes! Feel the power!" he screamed.
"Hmpf." I said.
"Welcome dearest brother." he spoke soft.
"Brother?" I asked.
"Yes, you, Shin and I are brothers…", he started, "My how I've missed you little brother…you are like us now…" he spoke into the darkness.
"What?" I questioned.
"Look at yourself." he said, as he brought a mirror out of nowhere, and turning it towards me.
I looked back into the mirror, shattered. What stared back at me was a demon. My eyes were crimson red. I had vampire fangs, and my skin had become extremely pale. I had small horns protruding from my skull, probably only a few inches long. I looked at my hands. Protruding from them were long claws. I felt something on my back, so I stretched, and there I saw the strangest of all. Protruding from my back were two huge dark black wings, with a claw at the top of each one.
"You can never go back…" he said.
I shook with anger. This man had made me a demon! A monster! But he was right. I could never go back. They could never accept me. Never….love me.
"What do I have to do?"
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