~*Broken Rainbow*~
By Digitaldreamer
Chapter seven: Six tests
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Entire cast: *sleeping*
Me:*runs in* ACCCCCCCCCCK! I'M SO SORRY GUYS!
Sora: *snorts and wakes up* eh........
Me: *Runs over to reviews and bows* SORRY SORRY SORRY SO SORRY!
Cast: *blinks*
Me: I'm sooooo sorry, I kinda abandoned this fic during B-ball...I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! *Bows again*
Reveiwers: *glare*
Me: I'm sorry! It won't happen again, from now on I'm gonna try to update every two weeks, I swear!
Yami:*snorts* yeah.....when h-
Yugi:Yami no swearing!
Yami:*grumbles* But still....I highly doubt you're gonna do that...
Me: *hits Yami over head and whispers to him* YOU know that, and I know that, but do you think THEY know that?
Yami: *whispers rather loudly* Well they do now that you've typed THAT
Me:...oh shut up...
Yami:*rolls his eyes and goes back to writing his list*
Me: Anyways, so sorry! I hope this chapter makes up for things....now for the reveiws!
~star's dreams~
Thank you very much^^ Heh, yeah I geuss I am just a teeny bit cruel. Meh, tis the life of a angst writer. Here, chocolate for you^^
~Tsukishiku~
.....that...is....a HARD name to spell @_@ Anyways, glad you liked this fic^^ Heh, I loved writing Yami's list, nothing more fun that making humar using the beloved Yami's. *punch's Malik for you* Actully...you never know with me...I might just kill em all off for fun and end this story by having a meteor strike the worlds and have everyone die.....nah...too easy.
Sora: WONDERBALL! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Riku: I got a better present then you, I got a MOUNTAIN of SUGARCUBES! All YOU got was a mesely wonderball. *snorts*
Sora:*glares*
Riku: *snorts*
Yami:.......a Frozen Pizza...*sends Frozen Pizza and Tsukishiku to the Shadow Relam*
Yugi: *bandaged up* YAMI! *Brings them back*
Yami:...spoil sport...
Anyways, for you, half of my halloween candy (which is two pillow cases full)
~Rem-chan~
Oh my gosh..she reveiwed for my fic again..*dances with much happiness*
Man, you have no idea how much I love it when you review for me....makes me VERY, VERY Happy
Anyways, on with your reveiw, You got the stomach flu? I've never had it...and I'm glad......maybe I should try and get it just so I can stay away from school for a bit though..naaaaaaaaaah.
Yeah....meh..I am very mean to these charecters arn't I?.......maybe I should consider a shrink.
Anyways, I'm getting lazy and I wanna get this chapter out, so here's a bottle of mountain dew and have a nice day.
~crystal-chan~
*Nods* Okay, okay, I didn't forget Ryou-chan this time, m'kay? Here's a chicken though...you know, just in case.....
~Celtic Gaurdian~
Last chapter was SOOO not that bad! I can do worse, really! lookie, here's my update, be happy!
~Sakura, wolf/human angel~
Dear god, you don't have a scanner..*pats your back* I pity you. Okay here's a chocolate donut for you^^
~Cloud-123~
YEAH! BLOW UP THE SCHOOL! GO GO GO GO GO!!! Hee hee, ice cream for you!
~PrincessSwifty~
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! *Hides behind her big dragon gaurdian, Cinder* Protect me!!!
Cinder:*snorts* you're on your own, kid.
*twitches and hides*
Erm..*hands you a GIANT box of sugar cubes* HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTER, DUN HURT ME!
~Flikfreak~
Next chapter YES! Next Chapter...YES!
Here's a lollipop, have fun.
~shadow-of-hearts~
...*looks at last chapter* she did not mess up the spacing...anyways..YOU SAID POOR KAIRI! *Cackles, hands you a bag of sour skittles, and runs*
~Jade Star~
....HOW CAN YOU LIKE THE FACT THAT I KILLED SORA!? *Whacks you over the head with mallet* BAD JADE STAR! BAD BAD BAD BAD BAAAAAAD! *pants* I'm not giving you ANYTHING for liking the fact that RIKU killed Sora. *sticks out toungue*....*feels guilty and hands you a tootsie roll, stalks off*
~windflame~
Oh, beleive me, things can get waaaaaaaay worse. I've hardly done ANYTHING yet. *cackles* GET THEM VITAL ORGANS! Here, an axe for you.
~Ari Powwel~
Are you kidding? I LOVE long reveiws! They're my fave kind to get^^ Long reveiw of doom? Sounds like fun, so long as it's compliments...if it's flame...DIE!
Anyways, sank you for your long reveiw, gimme another one will ya?
Here, now you get a Dragon winged Bakura Plushie^^
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Sora:...uh....Crystal does not own Kingdom Hearts...
Me: Yeah..CHAPTER TIME!
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Sora couldn't believe his eyes.
Birds chirped. The wind blew through the palm trees. The waves crashed against the sugar-white beaches. The ocean was a pale shade of pink, the sun setting over the horizon, shades of fuchsia, crimson, and gold tinting the azure ocean. The seagulls chirped. Over to his left was the pier, to his right the shack and the bridge leading to paopu island.
Destiny Island.
Sora dropped to his knees, feeling the warm sand between his fingers. It was real. But it couldn't be. Essence Point wasn't there, Leon and Yuffie's house wasn't here. This wasn't Destiny Island....this was Destiny Island as it appeared two years ago.
Sora looked over at the paopu tree coming from paopu island.
And his heart stopped.
Because he was staring into his own sapphire eyes. Sora watched himself laying on the rough trunk of the paopu tree next to Kairi, whilst Riku leaned against the tree below them.
It was impossible.
But here it was.
"So...Kairi's home is out there somewhere....right?"
Sora bit his lip. He sounded so innocent...so trusting back then. He was so.. happy.
"Could be. We'll never know by staying here."
And there was Riku, like he should be.
"Suppose you get to another world? Hee hee....what would you do there?"
Sora smiled sadly. Kairi......
"I don't know...It's just I've always wondered why we're here, on this island. If there are other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one?" Younger Riku looked up at Sora and Kairi. "We could have just as easily ended up on some other world, right?"
Sora looked on. This is what started it all.....what would have happened if something different had happened? What if he'd had asked Riku not to try and go to other worlds, try to keep Riku in the light...what would have happened then?
Younger Sora shrugged, leaning back against the paopu tree. "I don't know.." He said.
Sora couldn't believe how ignorant they'd been. Couldn't they have seen that other worlds weren't as great as they seemed to believe? Couldn't they see the darkness already eating at them? Couldn't they see the storm coming, already so near? Couldn't they see?
The brunet wanted to run forward and shake the children, wanted to cry "Are you blind!? Can't you see the stage you're setting!? Can't you see!?" But his legs wouldn't move, they felt numb. He tried to turn his eyes away from the innocent sight, but his eyes were glued to that spot.. to himself.
But that wasn't him. Not after all that had happened, after all he had said and done, not after all he'd been through.
That wasn't him anymore.
"Stop denying yourself, keyblade master." A calm, serene voice stated behind him.
The beach faded away, leaving nothing but black.
"Get up." The voice commanded.
Sora slowly stood and turned his head.
There stood a women, about the age of nineteen. She had long, flowing silver hair that reached to her knees, the bangs hanging in the way of azure eyes. She wore a dark blue strapless shirt that seemed to be held tight enough to stay on her by the diamond on the top at the center. The shirt glittered in the light and stopped just above her stomach. She wore a long black velvet dress, and odd, silvery netting was draped around it, spiraling around the dress to trail over the ground. White wings expanded from her back, glimmering in an unseen light.
".....Okay, who are you?" Sora asked, blinking.
"I am the angel of memory, Kioku." The angel replied, nodding sagely.
"And.. uh.. I'm Sora." Sora said. "So, why am I here?" He asked.
"Blunt as always, eh?" The silver-haired women said with a bemused expression.
"You could say that. I just want to get this done." Sora said bitterly.
"Well, you could start by changing that." The women replied.
Sora blinked. "Changing what?"
The women sighed sadly. "You know keybearer. You aren't acting like yourself. What happened to the happy Sora? The kind Sora? The courageous Sora? The one we all know and miss?"
Sora bit his lip and looked away. "How many times do I have to say he's gone?" Sora asked quietly.
"He's still there, he's still you, you've just buried yourself away. You've forgotten yourself. Partially Lucifer's fault, and partially your own. Lucifer may have planted the seed, but your doubt, your anger, your fear, your unwillingness to face the truth, that made it grow."
Sora looked into the darkness. "Are you saying this is my fault?"
"In a way."
Sora bit his lip again, this time drawing blood. "Maybe you're right...."He said. "Maybe I was also right, and the keyblade shouldn't have come to me, or the essence crystal. Maybe both were meant for a more capable person.." He said with a sigh.
"No, both were meant for you. Riku was to hold a keyblade, yes, but so were you."
Sora laughed tiredly. "I doubt that. They both belong to a stronger, more capable person than me."
Kioku rolled her eyes. "See.....thats why you're here. You gave up. You let the darkness in, and in turn...you've forgotten what truly happened, you've forgotten who you are. And if someone tells you, you try to forget it, because you're afraid to remember. I know it's hard. But now you have to reach inside, and bring back who you used to be. You cannot hide from destiny in lies." The angel stated.
Sora looked down at the ground. Then he looked up at Kioku, his sapphire eyes flashing, and his cocky smile adorning his face. "Okay, what do I have to do?" He asked.
The silver-haired angel smiled. She walked up to Sora and pressed her hand lightly against his forehead.
There was a flash of silver light, and Sora closed his eyes.
When he opened them Kioku was gone, but before him was a silver door.
"Before you is the door of the first Seika Kentan. There are six Kentan, and you must pass each. Fail, and you will be trapped here forever. I wish I could help you more...but I can't. Good luck Keyblade Master." Kioku's voice whispered.
And the last of Destiny Islands warmth left the darkness.
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Bakura growled to himself as he stalked into his private quarters (which in my opinion still sounds wrong...)graciously given to him by Riku. It wasn't exactly the largest place in the world, but it had one room to sleep in with a bed, and another room that was a kitchen/dining room/living room so it was pretty cool. Bakura closed the metal door with a slam and stalked through the stone room, throwing his leather cape to the floor. He stopped for a moment and sniffed, a burnt smell coming to his nostrils. He glared around the room until his mahogany eyes set upon the stove/oven.
The silver-haired spirit walked over to the kitchenette and pulled open the oven to find what probably had been a whole chicken now burning. Bakura rolled his eyes and waved his hand, water drenching the no longer recognizable meat. He shut the oven and turned it off.
Instead of cleaning the mess, he searching for the person he knew was the cause of it. He scanned the room, and after finding it empty, opened the door to the bed room.
He eyed the dark room, not even bothering to turn on the light. He stalked right over to the white sheeted bed and tore the sheets off.
There, sleeping peacefully, was a teenager identical to Bakura. He was the same size and everything, the difference being his hair was not as spiked, and he was covered in bruises and gashes.
Bakura growled and reached down, gripping the boy by his hair and pulling him upwards.
Both the teens chestnut eyes opened wide and a cry escaped the boys throat as he opened his eyes to meet the mahogany eyes of his other half.
"B-Bakura!?" He cried, surprised.
His Yami promptly responded by slamming the boy into the stone wall. Bakura's eyes narrowed. "Did I not tell to always refer to me as Master!?" He demanded.
"Y-yes...." The teen stuttered.
"Yes WHAT!?" Bakura demanded pulling the boy towards him again until their faces were inches apart.
"Y-yes Master."
Bakura's glare didn't lighten. "I believe I told you to make me dinner, now tell me this, why is it burned to a crisp? And WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING IN MY BED!?" He howled, throwing his lighter half to the floor.
The teen didn't answer.
"Well then, RYOU!?" Bakura demanded, stepping closer, using the teens name as a curse word.
Ryou looked up at his Yami. "I'm sorry master..." He said softly, small tears forming in his eyes.
Bakura kicked the boy in the ribs, sending him crashing into the opposite wall. "I ALSO told you never to look me in the eyes!" He growled.
Ryou's shoulders shook and he looked down at the blood-stained floor. "Yes Master." He whispered.
Bakura walked over to his hikari and pulled him up by the collar of his shirt this time. "And you STILL haven't explained to me why you were in my bed." He growled.
Ryou closed his eyes and didn't answer.
Bakura growled and pulled his other half's face closer to his. "Answer me." He hissed.
Ryou whimpered but said nothing, knowing it would do him no good now. He knew speaking out against the tomb robber would only make things worse...and he was sick of fighting.
Crack!
Bakura back-fisted the teen in the face. Ryou winced but did nothing. His Yami growled angrily.
He threw the teen against the wall and kicked at the hikari's chest. Ryou bit his lip but made no other response.
Bakura walked towards Ryou, gripping a handful of silver and yanking the boys head up. "I see my little slave needs to be taught a lesson." He hissed.
Ryou winced but made no sound.
Bakura glared at the boy and turned him around so his back was to Bakura. Bakura then kneed the smaller boy in the back, knocking the teen to his knees.
Before Ryou could blinked he found his hands bound to the metal handle of door. He whimpered quietly and tried to press himself against the metal he was bound too, shuddering as he wished he could just fade through the metal, wishing he could escape what he knew was coming.
Bakura stepped behind him, looking at his lights reflection in the blade he now held. Bakura smirked coldly.
(okay...WARNING! EPIC AND BLOODY AND GRUESOME TORTURE ESCAPADE AHEAD, THOSE DISGUSTED BY SUCH THINGS SHOULD SKIP AHEAD!)
Kneeling down, he brought the knife to Ryou's face. He gently ran the knife over Ryou's pale skin, not so as to cut him, but lightly enough so he could feel the edge running over his cheek. Ryou did nothing.
Frowning, Bakura slashed over the boys cheek, lightly, but enough to draw blood. Bakura caressed a finger over the cut and licked the crimson blood from his fingertips, a gleeful grin coming over his face. Ryou opened his eyes slightly and, spotting the grin, shuddered.
Bakura brought his lips to the wound and sucked away every drop of blood he could get from the wound, slashing the boy's shoulder next, then drinking from there. Several cuts were adorned on the boy's body, some made over old, barely healed wounds. you shivered but said nothing, made no sound.
Bakura used the knife to cut away what remained of the boys tattered shirt and slashed a light wound over his chest.
Ryou was now shuddering from pain and fear, he whimpered loudly.
Bakura laughed coldly. "Scared Ryou?"
Ryou slowly nodded.
Bakura smiled. "You shouldn't be scared.."
He brought his lips close to his hikari's ear. "You should be terrified." He whispered.
And then he buried the knife into the flesh of Ryou's back.
Ryou let out a barely distinguishable cry.
"So, you can talk after all." Bakura sneered. "Good to know, I was about to cut that tongue of yours."
Ryou cried weakly, tears now pouring from his eyes.
Bakura smirked as he drew the blade around in a circle over the boys spine. Ryou screamed and Bakura laughed, finally pulling the blade out and licking it, before plunging it back into the boys back.
Ryou screamed and thrashed, pain too much to bear, tears coming from his eyes like silver rain.
Bakura laughed coldy, carving the eye of Ra into the boys back, Ryou trying to thrash away.
Finally Bakura pulled the blade away, blood dripping from the wound. He laughed coldly, caressing the wound as Bakura's screams became quieter, beginning to feel light headed from blood loss.
(Okay, that's it for the torture scene!)
"If you disobey again..."Bakura whispered into Ryou's ear. "I'll do worse then this.."
Ryou's world faded to black, and he slumped to the floor, knocked out.
Bakura smirked. "I'll just leave you here.." He said, treading over the blood caked stone floor and back into the other room.
The Yami fell back onto the couch and closed his eyes, smiling as he licked a stray drop of blood from his fingers. "Not bad.. satisfies my blood lust...for the moment.." He whispered.
/BAKURA! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?/ Malik's voice rang through the link Yami's share.
Bakura jumped to his feet instantly.
//Gee, I don't know.// Bakura shot back. //Maybe taking my break, why?//
/BECAUSE THE STUPID PHARAOH GOT IN CONTROL AND HE SOMEHOW GOT THE COLLAR OFF!!!/
Bakura's eyes widened. //WHAT!? HOW!??//
/MY ATTACK WAS TOO STRONG, NOW GET OVER HERE!/
Bakura sighed, then grinned slightly, picking up his belts filled with weapons and such. This was the moment he'd been waiting for. Finally, to get revenge on the Pharaoh..
//Okay, I'm on my way seeing as you can't seem to handle him.// Bakura said as he stormed out of his room, cape trailing behind him.
'You're going to regret the day you met me Pharaoh..'
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After Sora stepped through the silver door the first thing he noticed was LIGHTS! Lots of lights!
Sora covered his eyes quickly, groaning at the pain that only comes when someone is in total darkness and suddenly gets hit with tons of neon lights. Sora slowly opened his eyes and let them adjust.
"..Aw man." He muttered.
Neon lights flashed everywhere, coming from signs bolted to the tops of many buildings. 'The item shop' one read 'Accessories' one read, the ever popular cafe just beside the item shop.
No doubt, he was in Traverse Town.
"Well then, now that you've figured out where you are, Sora." The keyblade master muttered to himself. "Might as well look around until someone mystically pops up, as usual, and tells you stuff.."
And with the customary flash of light, a teenage girl appeared before him.
She was rather tall, with flowing emerald locks of hair trailing to her waist. She wore a white one strapped top, stopping at her belly button, which had a tattoo of stars and moons around it. The jeans she wore were black leather and was held up with two dark blue double holed belts. An odd belt like thing was wrapped around her middle, hanging from the belt was a sort of half skirt like thing that covered her right hip and leg, shimmering silver and gold and hanging down to her right ankle. (if you've seen Yuna's gunner costume from FFX-2, think the dress thing in the costume and make it gold and silver and there you go) Belts were strapped around her thighs to hold two hand-guns, and other weapons hung from her two belts that held the jeans up.
Her face showed no emotion and she stood perfectly straight. She tilted her head slightly, causing her straight emerald hair to move with it. She blinked her cool blue eyes. "So. You are the Essence. It is a pleasure to finally meet you." The women bowed curtly and stood. She raised a perfectly arched eyebrow at the boy.
Sora blinked slightly and then quickly bowed as well. "Uh.. ditto here, whoever you are." He said.
The women regarded him keenly for a few moments before turning briskly. "Come." She said coolly and began walking at a fast pace.
Sora followed, trying to walk as well but finding her couldn't keep up with her long strides that well, so he often fell behind.
"So.. uh... what's you're name?" Sora asked after a few minutes of silent walking.
"I am Kimmu." The women said curtly.
Sora nodded. "I'm Sora."
"I see." Kimmu replied, saying no more.
The two stepped into the third distract.
"Stand back." Kimmu commanded.
The teen stood for a moment and two white wings, shimmering with odd little glitters of green, burst from her back. She pulled the two hand guns from their holsters. She held one hand up and pointed one gun at the sky, then pointed the other gun towards the ground.
"Hikitsudzuku.." She whispered. She pulled the trigger of both guns.
An explosion of blackness flashed from the one pointing downwards, an explosion of white came from the gun pointing upwards.
The two beams of black and white spun around, black spinning in a spiral then going up, white spinning in a lazy circle then going down. The two beams collided and there was a flash of light.
When the light cleared, Sora stood alone on a small island, hardly bigger then a few yards.
"Wha....where'd she go!? And where am I!?"
There was a glimmer of light from the ground. Sora blinked slowly, then bent down and picked it up.
It was a star shaped crystal, not much bigger then Sora's palm, emerald in color.
'That is the Aurubaito Gem.' Kimmu's sharp voice rang in Sora's head. 'You now stand on one of the lone islands of this world. You need to fly north to the very edge of the world, at the end of the prism sea. You need to place it at my statue. You have until sunset.'
Sora nodded. "No problem." He said as he looked up at the sun, high in the sky.
'One thing though. If you fail, you, and you're entire island, will be completely erased. Forever.'
Sora's eyes widened. "That's not fair!" He snapped. "Just if I fail doesn't mean you have to kill everyone."
'True.' Kimmu's voice stated. 'But life isn't always fair. Is it, keyblade master?'
"Ggggrrrrr..."
'Better get going keyblade master. You have until sunset, and you have many miles to cross.'
Sora closed his eyes and nodded. "I won't let them down.."
'Very good. And remember...Time stops for no one.'
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To be continued..
Me: *nows* I know, not much action in this chapter, not the best way to get your forgiveness is it?
Ryou: *moans in pain*
Bakura: *cackles*
Me: *whacks Bakura over the head* SHUT UP YOU SICKO!
Bakura: @_@
Me:...eh heh heh anyways...Read and Review!!
By Digitaldreamer
Chapter seven: Six tests
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Entire cast: *sleeping*
Me:*runs in* ACCCCCCCCCCK! I'M SO SORRY GUYS!
Sora: *snorts and wakes up* eh........
Me: *Runs over to reviews and bows* SORRY SORRY SORRY SO SORRY!
Cast: *blinks*
Me: I'm sooooo sorry, I kinda abandoned this fic during B-ball...I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! *Bows again*
Reveiwers: *glare*
Me: I'm sorry! It won't happen again, from now on I'm gonna try to update every two weeks, I swear!
Yami:*snorts* yeah.....when h-
Yugi:Yami no swearing!
Yami:*grumbles* But still....I highly doubt you're gonna do that...
Me: *hits Yami over head and whispers to him* YOU know that, and I know that, but do you think THEY know that?
Yami: *whispers rather loudly* Well they do now that you've typed THAT
Me:...oh shut up...
Yami:*rolls his eyes and goes back to writing his list*
Me: Anyways, so sorry! I hope this chapter makes up for things....now for the reveiws!
~star's dreams~
Thank you very much^^ Heh, yeah I geuss I am just a teeny bit cruel. Meh, tis the life of a angst writer. Here, chocolate for you^^
~Tsukishiku~
.....that...is....a HARD name to spell @_@ Anyways, glad you liked this fic^^ Heh, I loved writing Yami's list, nothing more fun that making humar using the beloved Yami's. *punch's Malik for you* Actully...you never know with me...I might just kill em all off for fun and end this story by having a meteor strike the worlds and have everyone die.....nah...too easy.
Sora: WONDERBALL! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Riku: I got a better present then you, I got a MOUNTAIN of SUGARCUBES! All YOU got was a mesely wonderball. *snorts*
Sora:*glares*
Riku: *snorts*
Yami:.......a Frozen Pizza...*sends Frozen Pizza and Tsukishiku to the Shadow Relam*
Yugi: *bandaged up* YAMI! *Brings them back*
Yami:...spoil sport...
Anyways, for you, half of my halloween candy (which is two pillow cases full)
~Rem-chan~
Oh my gosh..she reveiwed for my fic again..*dances with much happiness*
Man, you have no idea how much I love it when you review for me....makes me VERY, VERY Happy
Anyways, on with your reveiw, You got the stomach flu? I've never had it...and I'm glad......maybe I should try and get it just so I can stay away from school for a bit though..naaaaaaaaaah.
Yeah....meh..I am very mean to these charecters arn't I?.......maybe I should consider a shrink.
Anyways, I'm getting lazy and I wanna get this chapter out, so here's a bottle of mountain dew and have a nice day.
~crystal-chan~
*Nods* Okay, okay, I didn't forget Ryou-chan this time, m'kay? Here's a chicken though...you know, just in case.....
~Celtic Gaurdian~
Last chapter was SOOO not that bad! I can do worse, really! lookie, here's my update, be happy!
~Sakura, wolf/human angel~
Dear god, you don't have a scanner..*pats your back* I pity you. Okay here's a chocolate donut for you^^
~Cloud-123~
YEAH! BLOW UP THE SCHOOL! GO GO GO GO GO!!! Hee hee, ice cream for you!
~PrincessSwifty~
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! *Hides behind her big dragon gaurdian, Cinder* Protect me!!!
Cinder:*snorts* you're on your own, kid.
*twitches and hides*
Erm..*hands you a GIANT box of sugar cubes* HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTER, DUN HURT ME!
~Flikfreak~
Next chapter YES! Next Chapter...YES!
Here's a lollipop, have fun.
~shadow-of-hearts~
...*looks at last chapter* she did not mess up the spacing...anyways..YOU SAID POOR KAIRI! *Cackles, hands you a bag of sour skittles, and runs*
~Jade Star~
....HOW CAN YOU LIKE THE FACT THAT I KILLED SORA!? *Whacks you over the head with mallet* BAD JADE STAR! BAD BAD BAD BAD BAAAAAAD! *pants* I'm not giving you ANYTHING for liking the fact that RIKU killed Sora. *sticks out toungue*....*feels guilty and hands you a tootsie roll, stalks off*
~windflame~
Oh, beleive me, things can get waaaaaaaay worse. I've hardly done ANYTHING yet. *cackles* GET THEM VITAL ORGANS! Here, an axe for you.
~Ari Powwel~
Are you kidding? I LOVE long reveiws! They're my fave kind to get^^ Long reveiw of doom? Sounds like fun, so long as it's compliments...if it's flame...DIE!
Anyways, sank you for your long reveiw, gimme another one will ya?
Here, now you get a Dragon winged Bakura Plushie^^
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Sora:...uh....Crystal does not own Kingdom Hearts...
Me: Yeah..CHAPTER TIME!
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Sora couldn't believe his eyes.
Birds chirped. The wind blew through the palm trees. The waves crashed against the sugar-white beaches. The ocean was a pale shade of pink, the sun setting over the horizon, shades of fuchsia, crimson, and gold tinting the azure ocean. The seagulls chirped. Over to his left was the pier, to his right the shack and the bridge leading to paopu island.
Destiny Island.
Sora dropped to his knees, feeling the warm sand between his fingers. It was real. But it couldn't be. Essence Point wasn't there, Leon and Yuffie's house wasn't here. This wasn't Destiny Island....this was Destiny Island as it appeared two years ago.
Sora looked over at the paopu tree coming from paopu island.
And his heart stopped.
Because he was staring into his own sapphire eyes. Sora watched himself laying on the rough trunk of the paopu tree next to Kairi, whilst Riku leaned against the tree below them.
It was impossible.
But here it was.
"So...Kairi's home is out there somewhere....right?"
Sora bit his lip. He sounded so innocent...so trusting back then. He was so.. happy.
"Could be. We'll never know by staying here."
And there was Riku, like he should be.
"Suppose you get to another world? Hee hee....what would you do there?"
Sora smiled sadly. Kairi......
"I don't know...It's just I've always wondered why we're here, on this island. If there are other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one?" Younger Riku looked up at Sora and Kairi. "We could have just as easily ended up on some other world, right?"
Sora looked on. This is what started it all.....what would have happened if something different had happened? What if he'd had asked Riku not to try and go to other worlds, try to keep Riku in the light...what would have happened then?
Younger Sora shrugged, leaning back against the paopu tree. "I don't know.." He said.
Sora couldn't believe how ignorant they'd been. Couldn't they have seen that other worlds weren't as great as they seemed to believe? Couldn't they see the darkness already eating at them? Couldn't they see the storm coming, already so near? Couldn't they see?
The brunet wanted to run forward and shake the children, wanted to cry "Are you blind!? Can't you see the stage you're setting!? Can't you see!?" But his legs wouldn't move, they felt numb. He tried to turn his eyes away from the innocent sight, but his eyes were glued to that spot.. to himself.
But that wasn't him. Not after all that had happened, after all he had said and done, not after all he'd been through.
That wasn't him anymore.
"Stop denying yourself, keyblade master." A calm, serene voice stated behind him.
The beach faded away, leaving nothing but black.
"Get up." The voice commanded.
Sora slowly stood and turned his head.
There stood a women, about the age of nineteen. She had long, flowing silver hair that reached to her knees, the bangs hanging in the way of azure eyes. She wore a dark blue strapless shirt that seemed to be held tight enough to stay on her by the diamond on the top at the center. The shirt glittered in the light and stopped just above her stomach. She wore a long black velvet dress, and odd, silvery netting was draped around it, spiraling around the dress to trail over the ground. White wings expanded from her back, glimmering in an unseen light.
".....Okay, who are you?" Sora asked, blinking.
"I am the angel of memory, Kioku." The angel replied, nodding sagely.
"And.. uh.. I'm Sora." Sora said. "So, why am I here?" He asked.
"Blunt as always, eh?" The silver-haired women said with a bemused expression.
"You could say that. I just want to get this done." Sora said bitterly.
"Well, you could start by changing that." The women replied.
Sora blinked. "Changing what?"
The women sighed sadly. "You know keybearer. You aren't acting like yourself. What happened to the happy Sora? The kind Sora? The courageous Sora? The one we all know and miss?"
Sora bit his lip and looked away. "How many times do I have to say he's gone?" Sora asked quietly.
"He's still there, he's still you, you've just buried yourself away. You've forgotten yourself. Partially Lucifer's fault, and partially your own. Lucifer may have planted the seed, but your doubt, your anger, your fear, your unwillingness to face the truth, that made it grow."
Sora looked into the darkness. "Are you saying this is my fault?"
"In a way."
Sora bit his lip again, this time drawing blood. "Maybe you're right...."He said. "Maybe I was also right, and the keyblade shouldn't have come to me, or the essence crystal. Maybe both were meant for a more capable person.." He said with a sigh.
"No, both were meant for you. Riku was to hold a keyblade, yes, but so were you."
Sora laughed tiredly. "I doubt that. They both belong to a stronger, more capable person than me."
Kioku rolled her eyes. "See.....thats why you're here. You gave up. You let the darkness in, and in turn...you've forgotten what truly happened, you've forgotten who you are. And if someone tells you, you try to forget it, because you're afraid to remember. I know it's hard. But now you have to reach inside, and bring back who you used to be. You cannot hide from destiny in lies." The angel stated.
Sora looked down at the ground. Then he looked up at Kioku, his sapphire eyes flashing, and his cocky smile adorning his face. "Okay, what do I have to do?" He asked.
The silver-haired angel smiled. She walked up to Sora and pressed her hand lightly against his forehead.
There was a flash of silver light, and Sora closed his eyes.
When he opened them Kioku was gone, but before him was a silver door.
"Before you is the door of the first Seika Kentan. There are six Kentan, and you must pass each. Fail, and you will be trapped here forever. I wish I could help you more...but I can't. Good luck Keyblade Master." Kioku's voice whispered.
And the last of Destiny Islands warmth left the darkness.
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Bakura growled to himself as he stalked into his private quarters (which in my opinion still sounds wrong...)graciously given to him by Riku. It wasn't exactly the largest place in the world, but it had one room to sleep in with a bed, and another room that was a kitchen/dining room/living room so it was pretty cool. Bakura closed the metal door with a slam and stalked through the stone room, throwing his leather cape to the floor. He stopped for a moment and sniffed, a burnt smell coming to his nostrils. He glared around the room until his mahogany eyes set upon the stove/oven.
The silver-haired spirit walked over to the kitchenette and pulled open the oven to find what probably had been a whole chicken now burning. Bakura rolled his eyes and waved his hand, water drenching the no longer recognizable meat. He shut the oven and turned it off.
Instead of cleaning the mess, he searching for the person he knew was the cause of it. He scanned the room, and after finding it empty, opened the door to the bed room.
He eyed the dark room, not even bothering to turn on the light. He stalked right over to the white sheeted bed and tore the sheets off.
There, sleeping peacefully, was a teenager identical to Bakura. He was the same size and everything, the difference being his hair was not as spiked, and he was covered in bruises and gashes.
Bakura growled and reached down, gripping the boy by his hair and pulling him upwards.
Both the teens chestnut eyes opened wide and a cry escaped the boys throat as he opened his eyes to meet the mahogany eyes of his other half.
"B-Bakura!?" He cried, surprised.
His Yami promptly responded by slamming the boy into the stone wall. Bakura's eyes narrowed. "Did I not tell to always refer to me as Master!?" He demanded.
"Y-yes...." The teen stuttered.
"Yes WHAT!?" Bakura demanded pulling the boy towards him again until their faces were inches apart.
"Y-yes Master."
Bakura's glare didn't lighten. "I believe I told you to make me dinner, now tell me this, why is it burned to a crisp? And WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING IN MY BED!?" He howled, throwing his lighter half to the floor.
The teen didn't answer.
"Well then, RYOU!?" Bakura demanded, stepping closer, using the teens name as a curse word.
Ryou looked up at his Yami. "I'm sorry master..." He said softly, small tears forming in his eyes.
Bakura kicked the boy in the ribs, sending him crashing into the opposite wall. "I ALSO told you never to look me in the eyes!" He growled.
Ryou's shoulders shook and he looked down at the blood-stained floor. "Yes Master." He whispered.
Bakura walked over to his hikari and pulled him up by the collar of his shirt this time. "And you STILL haven't explained to me why you were in my bed." He growled.
Ryou closed his eyes and didn't answer.
Bakura growled and pulled his other half's face closer to his. "Answer me." He hissed.
Ryou whimpered but said nothing, knowing it would do him no good now. He knew speaking out against the tomb robber would only make things worse...and he was sick of fighting.
Crack!
Bakura back-fisted the teen in the face. Ryou winced but did nothing. His Yami growled angrily.
He threw the teen against the wall and kicked at the hikari's chest. Ryou bit his lip but made no other response.
Bakura walked towards Ryou, gripping a handful of silver and yanking the boys head up. "I see my little slave needs to be taught a lesson." He hissed.
Ryou winced but made no sound.
Bakura glared at the boy and turned him around so his back was to Bakura. Bakura then kneed the smaller boy in the back, knocking the teen to his knees.
Before Ryou could blinked he found his hands bound to the metal handle of door. He whimpered quietly and tried to press himself against the metal he was bound too, shuddering as he wished he could just fade through the metal, wishing he could escape what he knew was coming.
Bakura stepped behind him, looking at his lights reflection in the blade he now held. Bakura smirked coldly.
(okay...WARNING! EPIC AND BLOODY AND GRUESOME TORTURE ESCAPADE AHEAD, THOSE DISGUSTED BY SUCH THINGS SHOULD SKIP AHEAD!)
Kneeling down, he brought the knife to Ryou's face. He gently ran the knife over Ryou's pale skin, not so as to cut him, but lightly enough so he could feel the edge running over his cheek. Ryou did nothing.
Frowning, Bakura slashed over the boys cheek, lightly, but enough to draw blood. Bakura caressed a finger over the cut and licked the crimson blood from his fingertips, a gleeful grin coming over his face. Ryou opened his eyes slightly and, spotting the grin, shuddered.
Bakura brought his lips to the wound and sucked away every drop of blood he could get from the wound, slashing the boy's shoulder next, then drinking from there. Several cuts were adorned on the boy's body, some made over old, barely healed wounds. you shivered but said nothing, made no sound.
Bakura used the knife to cut away what remained of the boys tattered shirt and slashed a light wound over his chest.
Ryou was now shuddering from pain and fear, he whimpered loudly.
Bakura laughed coldly. "Scared Ryou?"
Ryou slowly nodded.
Bakura smiled. "You shouldn't be scared.."
He brought his lips close to his hikari's ear. "You should be terrified." He whispered.
And then he buried the knife into the flesh of Ryou's back.
Ryou let out a barely distinguishable cry.
"So, you can talk after all." Bakura sneered. "Good to know, I was about to cut that tongue of yours."
Ryou cried weakly, tears now pouring from his eyes.
Bakura smirked as he drew the blade around in a circle over the boys spine. Ryou screamed and Bakura laughed, finally pulling the blade out and licking it, before plunging it back into the boys back.
Ryou screamed and thrashed, pain too much to bear, tears coming from his eyes like silver rain.
Bakura laughed coldy, carving the eye of Ra into the boys back, Ryou trying to thrash away.
Finally Bakura pulled the blade away, blood dripping from the wound. He laughed coldly, caressing the wound as Bakura's screams became quieter, beginning to feel light headed from blood loss.
(Okay, that's it for the torture scene!)
"If you disobey again..."Bakura whispered into Ryou's ear. "I'll do worse then this.."
Ryou's world faded to black, and he slumped to the floor, knocked out.
Bakura smirked. "I'll just leave you here.." He said, treading over the blood caked stone floor and back into the other room.
The Yami fell back onto the couch and closed his eyes, smiling as he licked a stray drop of blood from his fingers. "Not bad.. satisfies my blood lust...for the moment.." He whispered.
/BAKURA! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?/ Malik's voice rang through the link Yami's share.
Bakura jumped to his feet instantly.
//Gee, I don't know.// Bakura shot back. //Maybe taking my break, why?//
/BECAUSE THE STUPID PHARAOH GOT IN CONTROL AND HE SOMEHOW GOT THE COLLAR OFF!!!/
Bakura's eyes widened. //WHAT!? HOW!??//
/MY ATTACK WAS TOO STRONG, NOW GET OVER HERE!/
Bakura sighed, then grinned slightly, picking up his belts filled with weapons and such. This was the moment he'd been waiting for. Finally, to get revenge on the Pharaoh..
//Okay, I'm on my way seeing as you can't seem to handle him.// Bakura said as he stormed out of his room, cape trailing behind him.
'You're going to regret the day you met me Pharaoh..'
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After Sora stepped through the silver door the first thing he noticed was LIGHTS! Lots of lights!
Sora covered his eyes quickly, groaning at the pain that only comes when someone is in total darkness and suddenly gets hit with tons of neon lights. Sora slowly opened his eyes and let them adjust.
"..Aw man." He muttered.
Neon lights flashed everywhere, coming from signs bolted to the tops of many buildings. 'The item shop' one read 'Accessories' one read, the ever popular cafe just beside the item shop.
No doubt, he was in Traverse Town.
"Well then, now that you've figured out where you are, Sora." The keyblade master muttered to himself. "Might as well look around until someone mystically pops up, as usual, and tells you stuff.."
And with the customary flash of light, a teenage girl appeared before him.
She was rather tall, with flowing emerald locks of hair trailing to her waist. She wore a white one strapped top, stopping at her belly button, which had a tattoo of stars and moons around it. The jeans she wore were black leather and was held up with two dark blue double holed belts. An odd belt like thing was wrapped around her middle, hanging from the belt was a sort of half skirt like thing that covered her right hip and leg, shimmering silver and gold and hanging down to her right ankle. (if you've seen Yuna's gunner costume from FFX-2, think the dress thing in the costume and make it gold and silver and there you go) Belts were strapped around her thighs to hold two hand-guns, and other weapons hung from her two belts that held the jeans up.
Her face showed no emotion and she stood perfectly straight. She tilted her head slightly, causing her straight emerald hair to move with it. She blinked her cool blue eyes. "So. You are the Essence. It is a pleasure to finally meet you." The women bowed curtly and stood. She raised a perfectly arched eyebrow at the boy.
Sora blinked slightly and then quickly bowed as well. "Uh.. ditto here, whoever you are." He said.
The women regarded him keenly for a few moments before turning briskly. "Come." She said coolly and began walking at a fast pace.
Sora followed, trying to walk as well but finding her couldn't keep up with her long strides that well, so he often fell behind.
"So.. uh... what's you're name?" Sora asked after a few minutes of silent walking.
"I am Kimmu." The women said curtly.
Sora nodded. "I'm Sora."
"I see." Kimmu replied, saying no more.
The two stepped into the third distract.
"Stand back." Kimmu commanded.
The teen stood for a moment and two white wings, shimmering with odd little glitters of green, burst from her back. She pulled the two hand guns from their holsters. She held one hand up and pointed one gun at the sky, then pointed the other gun towards the ground.
"Hikitsudzuku.." She whispered. She pulled the trigger of both guns.
An explosion of blackness flashed from the one pointing downwards, an explosion of white came from the gun pointing upwards.
The two beams of black and white spun around, black spinning in a spiral then going up, white spinning in a lazy circle then going down. The two beams collided and there was a flash of light.
When the light cleared, Sora stood alone on a small island, hardly bigger then a few yards.
"Wha....where'd she go!? And where am I!?"
There was a glimmer of light from the ground. Sora blinked slowly, then bent down and picked it up.
It was a star shaped crystal, not much bigger then Sora's palm, emerald in color.
'That is the Aurubaito Gem.' Kimmu's sharp voice rang in Sora's head. 'You now stand on one of the lone islands of this world. You need to fly north to the very edge of the world, at the end of the prism sea. You need to place it at my statue. You have until sunset.'
Sora nodded. "No problem." He said as he looked up at the sun, high in the sky.
'One thing though. If you fail, you, and you're entire island, will be completely erased. Forever.'
Sora's eyes widened. "That's not fair!" He snapped. "Just if I fail doesn't mean you have to kill everyone."
'True.' Kimmu's voice stated. 'But life isn't always fair. Is it, keyblade master?'
"Ggggrrrrr..."
'Better get going keyblade master. You have until sunset, and you have many miles to cross.'
Sora closed his eyes and nodded. "I won't let them down.."
'Very good. And remember...Time stops for no one.'
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To be continued..
Me: *nows* I know, not much action in this chapter, not the best way to get your forgiveness is it?
Ryou: *moans in pain*
Bakura: *cackles*
Me: *whacks Bakura over the head* SHUT UP YOU SICKO!
Bakura: @_@
Me:...eh heh heh anyways...Read and Review!!