Chapter 15
The two united groups came to another village, however there was no one to be seen. Everything was completely silent, except for the wind. They searched throughout the village but found nothing, no bodies, no weapons, no signs of struggle.
"Where is everybody?" Kagome asked.
"This sure is weird." Donald said.
Inuyasha sniffed the air. "I don't smell any demons, but even demons wouldn't e this clean. If they had attacked the village there would be signs of battle." He sniffed again. "But I smell something else. Not demons but…"
"The Heartless were here." Sora said.
"How can you know?" Miroku asked.
"Because, as Inuyasha said, if a demon had attacked here, there would be bodies. And he would be able to smell them. I think the other thing he smells is the Heartless."
"It does make sense," Kagome said. "Is there anything we can do now?"
"I don't think so." Sora said. "The Heartless attack all over, coming and going, as they look for the heart of each world. This has probably happened to many other villages as well."
"Damn these, Heartless," Inuyasha said. "At least with demons I know when they're about to attack, but now I can't sense it at all. If we get here too late what good are we?"
Kagome gasped. "Inuyasha, if the Heartless can attack anywhere, what's to stop them from attacking Kaede's village?"
"Your right," Inuyasha said. "We should go back and check on them."
"We should hurry." Miroku said.
Inuyasha nodded.
The ground began to shake. One by one the buildings began to collapse.
"What's happening?" Kagome yelled over the shaking ground. A chasm suddenly opened up, going straight through were the village had been. They all jumped, so as to not fall into the pit. Sora, Sango, Donald, and Goofy jumped to one side while the rest jumped to the other. The ground split wide open, the chasm growing larger and larger, as little by little the ground stopped shaking until it stopped entirely.
"What the hell?" Inuyasha asked. A dark light shot out of the chasm and a dark mist spread out. Then a claw appeared out of the dark depths, and another claw, and another and another until the figure pulled it self out. It was a mass of squirming black tentacles, each one ending with claw. Above the mass of tentacles was a humanoid torso but instead of arms, the creature had two long tentacles that twirled around like whips. The creature had two backwards curving horns and yellow eyes, the only other feature was its wide mouth. It was as black as night. On its chest was the Heartless insignia.
The creature roared and its arms whipped around, catching each one by surprise. They were thrown back. One of the many tentacles reached out and wrapped around Miroku. He struggled to get out of the creatures grasp but was constricted by the mass of tentacles. Sango got up and threw her boomerang at the creature, slicing off some appendages, including the one holding Miroku, but another one caught him instead, refusing to let him go. Then the creature gave off a dark glow and the tentacles regenerated themselves. A tentacle slashed at Sango, raking her across her back.
Donald launched a blizzard spell at the creature and froze half of it, followed by a charge from Goofy. Half the creature shattered, while the remaining half stood unphased by the attack. The remaining half then regenerated what it had just lost. The broken pieces of the Heartless began to move as well, the ice melting. It all formed together and in a swirl of darkness another creature was born. Its arms grabbed Donald and Goofy and began to squeeze them, and then threw them into the air, opened its mouth very wide, and swallowed them.
"No!" Sora shouted and ran at the newly formed monster. He slashed at it with his Keyblade and pushed it back. It deflected some of his blows with its arms and he it with his Keyblade. Behind Sora one of the claws reached up and slashed him. Sora hit the ground, hard, but managed to stand up. He was breathing hard.
"Donald, Goofy." Sora said in between breaths. He wanted to stop these creatures, before they hurt anyone else. A light pulsated around Sora and he ran at the second Heartless. He slashed the tentacles with his Keyblade, twirling it and jumping as one by one they fell off. This time they did not grow again. Sora then jumped up and drove his Keyblade into the Heartless symbol. The monster had no time to react as the blade went through it. A bright light shot forth and the monster roared in pain, and was gone. Lying on the ground were Donald and Goofy, both unconscious. Sora ran to his friends.
Inuyasha meanwhile was busy with the first Heartless. He ran straight at it, slashing away each tentacle, but for each one chopped off another one took its places. Kagome fired an arrow at the Heartless, destroying several tentacles. In reaction to the attack the monster threw the unconscious forms of Miroku and Sango away. It then squirmed over to Kagome. Its tentacles rushed straight for her, but a quick wind scar by Inuyasha blew them all away. But then another wave came rushing out of the blast and knocked Inuyasha away. The tentacles reached for Kagome and grabbed her.
"Inuyasha!" She called as she was lifted up. One of the creatures arms slowly made its way for her. It reached into Kagome's clothes and pulled out her vial of jewel shards. It then tossed her away like a rag doll. The creature opened the vial and took the few jewel shards out, and quickly swallowed them.
The Heartless began to pulsate with dark energy. The tentacles, already big to begin with, seemed to grow twice their size, as the creature grew bigger as well. The horns on the creatures head grew further out and began to twist even more, making the Heartless look more and more demonic. It turned to wounded form of Inuyasha, lying on the ground. It raised its mass of tentacles, the claws poised to strike. It roared and its claws came down on Inuyasha.