Chapter 15
"Oh no! Not flashbacks! They confuse me! I'm sorry! We'll be quiet now!"
Euraisia begs, "Alright then. So I joined up with maleficent…in hopes that they might have her heart…I screwed up a lot of Sora's adventures, when I lead Pinocchio in to Monstro's stomach & almost got us all killed by the heartless parasite…or on Captain Hook's ship…or right here at Hollow Bastion…" he said sadly, "I'm worse than Ansem himself!" he gritted his teeth & lowered his head, "…No…You did it all for Kairi….You were willing to risk it all…Just for her…Your heart was in the right place….However your head was not…" Hakeya turned & smiled at Riku, "uh oh, Hakeya's getting all philosophical, she's serious!" "Hmmm…Maybe we should go up & confront this whole thing…." They nod & stand up, & begin making their way up to Hollow Bastion.
"Hakeya, Wait!" Riku runs up to her, "Thanks…" she smiles warmly at him & takes his hand "We'll finish this I promise…" "I owe you so much right now…." "You can pay me when we kick Ansem's freaky ass, ok?" "Ok!" & with that they ran up the ice platforms…together…
They finally reach the castle entrance, Eurasia pants out "My god! I'm exhausted! Can we rest?" all of sudden a familiar claw like hand grips around her ankle, "AGHHHH!" she screamed, Leanna let loose her 'Piercing Ember' attack, "There will be more…Stay alert." Hakeya warned, "Lucky for you, Leanna was in her battle dress." "Yeah let's transform before we take another step!" Marina suggested. They all transform into their battle clothes & continue on. After 13 various battles they finally reach the Main doors, they were Black & Purple, & held a strange dark Aura, "I can't read the inscriptions…Its all swirly like…" Riku said squinting at the foreign markings, "Its Ancient Fairy Text, good thing you've got us, our teachers made us learn this in English, who would've guessed we really CAN use it in real life!" Eurasia laughs "Well who's the best at reading this?" Sora asks "Hakeya got the best English grade, so I think she should read it!" Marina said in her overly happy way, "Alright…" Hakeya kneeled down to read the inscription, "It says 'A hand of warmth & heart of gold to share the secrets long untold'." She read, "hand of warmth & heart of gold…Sora! Put your hands on the wall!" Eurasia yells "WHAT DID I DO!" he says smacking his hands against the inscriptions, the doors slowly began to separate, "You just opened the door!" Leanna cheered "heh, yeah I guess I did!" Sora said smiling broadly, "Wait, Eurasia, How did you know it would work?"
Eurasia turned & faced him, she smiled "Because, you're the KeyBlade master, you'll always be the key to unlocking the truth between Darkness & Light" "oh….thanks…" he replied feeling heat rise into his cheeks. "Besides, what you lack in brains, you'd HAVE to make up for in kindness brought on by your amazing stupidity!" "Hey….Eh…What does that mean?" Sora said dumbfounded "It means you're too stupid to be evil! You couldn't handle orient plots & schemes against the good, & you've always stood for justice!" "Oh…HEY!" Eurasia just giggled & ran off, into the interior of the castle.
"ANSEM! I know you're behind this! You cowardous bastard! Show yourself!" Riku said, his eyes went from their usual calm, kind aqua, to edgy unrelenting Red, Hakeya was alittle worried about this, "Riku?" she called, "Ansem! I know you can hear me! Show yourself!" "As you wish…" said a strange voice, suddenly an ominous form appeared, "I am here now what is it you want?" he asks calmly, "Pull off that damn hood!" "As you wish…" he said & he lowered his hood, his eyes burned a fiery orange,
His hair was silver & long, like Riku, & he seemed to be the source of all the darkness, "Let's go guys!" "No…" Riku cut off Hakeya "This….is my battle…I'll fight it alone."
"Riku! We agreed you wouldn't pull anymore macho shit! You'd allow us, your friends, to help you fight this!" "This isn't your battle!" He fell to his knees, "I don't know why, but even before I knew who this…Thing, was…I knew I never liked him! I hated the idea of teaming up with him…But I did it all for Kairi, My Ex girlfriend…." "You knew something was weird about me, didn't you Riku? But you just didn't want to accept the fact that you could be double crossed, you wanted so much to Believe in me, that I could bring your love her heart back, to hear her voice once more, Well Riku, the reason you had those feelings is because, You Are My Son…We Are blood, you've inherited my strength, power & your mother's determination." Ansem said "Wh-what? Where is my mom?" Riku Looked up, his eyes brimmed with tears, "Dead…at my hands…" "What?...You…You KILLED HER?" Riku stood up & began to lash out at him furiously, "Riku! Stop!" Hakeya grabbed onto Riku's arms "He…he killed her…I actually have a family…& he killed her…." He sobbed softly, "Riku…I'm so sorry…"
"How sweet, Won't Kairi be jealous?" "We…Broke up…She loves Sora…" "Yes Riku, your mother is dead, your mother died in an accident, I was trying to make more heartless & she volunteered, showing no fear when she formed into an unstable entity that died later on, she was just too weak after the months of research to sustain herself, & Then I created a new heartless from her remains, her egg I extracted in the event she died, & some of my cells, & thus, you were born, Son of Ansem, Brother of Sephiroth.
"NO! I'M NOT EVEN HUMAN!" He threw his head back & smiled weakly, "I'm…not human…just a strand of DNA fused with darkness…." The tears began spilling from his eyes & coursed down his face. Hakeya Held on to him tighter, "RIKU!" her cry echoed.
"Hakeya, Sora, Would you like to know your origins?" "Depends, are we related to you?" He sneered at Hakeya's remark. "No unfortunately, I'd have loved to bring up a daughter with such fire within her, you, my children, were birthed by Squall LeonHart & Rinoa LeonHart. You two were only a week old when I attacked Balamb garden & your parents fled the city, your mother tripped over a stone & gave you both to your father & told him to run, he was reluctant, but ran anyway, I destroyed your mother as well."
Hakeya's eyes grew wide, "So it wasn't a dream…I've seen it every night I've gone to sleep, I see that awful seen again & again…My Father hid behind a tree & saw it all, he took us back to Balamb & cast Stopaga on us…& for four years we sat there while he left to knock up a woman named Ifalna, within those four years another girl grew to a four year old & we were still babies, Ms.Treppe sent Sora to Destiny island in order to keep our brushes with evil separate…our half sister is-" "Aerith Gainsborough" Ansem finished for her, "NO! I'VE LIVED 14 YEARS WITH NO FAMILY & THEN I FIND OUT I DO HAVE ONE! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MY LIFE?" She screeched.
"Don't worry you won't have to worry about life anymore…"