"Did you fall off the cow again? Are you hurt?" The old man said.
"No grandpa, I'm fine." A much younger Spike said softly to his grandfather, "I wanna ride again"
The door to the house flew open as a frightened woman ran out of the door.
"Spiky, Spiky, are you okay?" She said to Spike.
"Yeah, mom. I'm fine." Spike grinned cheekily. His mother picked him up and ran to the house.
"This cut doesn't look fine, let's get this bandaged up." His mother said to him.
Spike said impatiently "But I wanna get back on the cow"
"Ya know, I can say one thing truthfully about this kid." His grandfather said to his mother.
"What's that, dad?" She asked.
"This kid never gives up."
Spike threw his Keyblade at Belmin, it span round like a boomerang and after Belmin had jumped out of its way, it began to return to Spike.
"You think now that you have silly wings and funny coloured eyes that you can pull off overconfident tricks like that?" Belmin chuckled, "It seems you have not gained knowledge with those wings"
Spike just stared at him and pointed behind Belmin. Belmin turned around just in time to see the Keyblade coming at his head, giving him the time to duck out of the way as it returned to Spike.
"It appears I am underestimating you." Belmin said sternly, "We'll have to fix that"
Belmin jumped at Spike with his dark blade held high, as he brought it down Spike did not move. A ray of light appeared in front of him, knocking the dark blade out of the way.
"What was that?" Belmin asked out of shock.
Spike did not reply to his question, he just stared in to the eyes of his enemy.
"You are quite the silent type, eh?" Belmin mocked Spike, "Looks like it's time for me to get serious"
Belmin grabbed his stomach in pain, he fell to the floor as his body was pulsating. Bubbles of darkness appeared on his long black coat and burst rapidly as he shook from the pain. Two stumps began to grow out of his back, they grew bigger until they reached the same size as his body. They rolled open to reveal a pair of wings made of darkness.
Belmin looked up at Spike, whose expression had not changed, "I can pull off those tricks too, human."
"Grab the chickens, Spike." Spike's grandfather said, watching Spike run around in the chicken pen.
"They're too fast, grandpa!" The younger Spike said in his usual soft voice.
Spike ran at the chicken and dived at it, missing it by only an inch.
"Oh, I get my face all muddy!" Spike moaned.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Spike's mother appeared at his grandfathers side.
"The boy says he wants to be a fighter, just like his father." His grandfather explained.
"Which is why he's running around after chickens?" She asked.
"It's the same way I trained his father." He told her, "I'm just repeating the course for a new generation"
"His dad never told me about running around after chickens." She said to her father.
"Well we only tried it once. He wasn't quite fast enough so we postponed it till later on, but then he joined up with the Resistance." He told her.
"So maybe if he was a little faster…" She began.
"…Maybe." Her father said to her.
Spike jumped at Belmin, who jumped high out of the way and clung on to ceiling of the room. Belmin put his hands in the ceiling and dropped his legs, kicking Spike in the back of the head. Spike turned around and pulled Belmin down by the legs, he kicked him in the chest to push him toward the window. Spike ran at Belmin who grabbed Spike and threw him over his head, out of the window.
"Spike!" Hikari shouted, running towards the window.
Spike flew up with his enormous wings, waiting for Belmin to join him in the open air.
"I'm okay Hikari." Spike pointed behind him, "Wings"
"Oh, right." Hikari said, embarrassed that he had been fearful for Spike's life.
Belmin jumped up and hovered in mid air, then flew out side to Spike and grabbed him, pushing him down toward the ground.
"I'm going to crush you." Belmin said angrily, not too far from the ground.
"I doubt that." Spike said before grabbing hold of Belmin's arm and swinging him below, causing him to thud against the ground beneath.
"Damn you." Belmin said while making a dark pool to go in to, "Come and find me"
Spike turned around and flew behind the castle as Belmin came out of another dark pool.
"Found you." Spike said as he kicked Belmin's head, knocking him out of the pool.
Belmin deflected from the wall and jumped back at Spike, sword held high as he took a swipe at him. Spike jumped, then ducked out of the way of the two swipes Belmin made with his sword.
"You're slow." Spike said, mocking Belmin. Spike pulled out his Keyblade and started to throw attacks at Belmin. Each of them blocked the others attacks and as the weapons clashed, there was a flash of both light and darkness radiating from the weapons. It was clash after clash, continuously for a long time, until finally Belmin took the advantage and kicked Spike in the face.
"Dammit." Spike said as he hit the floor, "Should have seen that coming"
Spike jumped back off the floor and in to the air with his Keyblade, he got sight of Belmin and flew at him again.
Belmin defended against Spike's attacks, trying to wear him out before making his final attack. Spike pushed his Keyblade toward Belmin's face, but he caught it and Spike span around and hit Belmin with the back of his hand, knocking him back. Belmin went back at Spike, his sword going for Spike's heart but Spike kicked it out of the way and hit Belmin in the face again. Belmin jumped back at Spike with his sword but missed him, Spike turned around and hit him in the face again.
Belmin paused, "You're toying with me, aren't you"
Spike kept his stern expression, then grinned.
"Go on Spiky!" His mother shouted in support.
"Come on, you can do better than that." His grandfather taunted him.
Spike and his grandfather had been sparring with their practise swords for no shorter than ten minutes now.
"But you're better than me grandpa!" Spike moaned.
"Only because you think that." His grandfather said as Spike took another swing at him, he hopped out of the way and tapped Spike on the back of the head with his wooden sword.
"That's enough for today, I think." His grandfather said.
"I'll cook the dinner." Spike's mother said.
"That's great, what are-" Spike's grandfather paused, he looked at the sunset.
The Heartless were coming.
Spike kicked Belmin in the stomach, pushing him back in to the throne room.
"How long have you been holding back?" Belmin asked with a smile.
Spike did not answer, he just walked toward Belmin with his Keyblade by his side. Belmin kicked Spike back and stood up, with a dark ball in his hand.
"This ball can turn anything in to darkness, it completely eradicates any light." Belmin said, he turned toward Hikari and threw it. Hikari closed his eyes as the ball got closer. Spike threw a ball of light at the dark ball, making it disappear.
Spike ran at Belmin and kicked him to the ground, he removed Belmin's hood and held his Keyblade up.
"Before I kill you, answer me one question." Spike said, "Why did Jirak bring the Heartless here"
"Fool, Jirak didn't bring us here. I did." Belmin answered, "I came here and tricked Belmin in to open the door of this world, releasing the Heartless in to it. He gained a few dark powers in the process and I got to take over the world through Jirak"
"But why?" Spike asked, "Why did you bring them here"
"For the energy of this world. It is a huge world, with more energy than you pathetic humans know. We're using that energy for Kingdom Hearts, even now as we speak. With that energy we will take over and destroy every world, and when we have done so we will destroy this one"
"I guess that qualifies as an answer." Spike pushed his Keyblade in to Belmin's face, he watched as Belmin began to disappear in front of his eyes.
"Just remember; I will always live on, in one form or another." Belmin' voice echoed as he disintegrated, leaving a large pool of darkness behind.
"What is that?" Spike asked, looking over at Hikari.
"A portal." Hikari answered,
"To where?" Spike asked another question.
Hikari looked at Spike, with a slight frown on his face. "Kingdom Hearts."