What people will do for Love
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
BY:
Chison
"Zashi?" Marlena starred, "is that you?" The teen simply nodded his head and she came running toward him with open arms. "I'm glad you're all right! I was worried about you!" She came close to wrapping her arms around him, but he stepped out of the way and simply said, "its good to see you too Marlena, but I need to ask something." After he moved, Marlena almost fell flat on her face, she regained her balance and turned and sadly said, "I haven't seen her…" Zashi took a few steps from her, then, making a fist with his left hand, "don't get me wrong, I'm happy to see you Marlena, but I'm looking for Iris." Marlena's mouth hung open, then she said the first thing that came to her mind, "why don't we work together?" Zashi quickly turned around, "that would be great, but there is a problem with that." She tried to look into his eyes but she could find nothing; there was another voice. "Zashi is the rightful Keyblade master, and with that power, he will find the one he loves."
Marlena whipped around, only to find the Heartless version of Sora. "Zashi is the rightful Keyblade master? I summoned the Keyblade fighting against…that thing! It belongs to me!" Marlena shouted to the Heartless, it seemed unaffected from her words and started walking toward Zashi. "Stop right there!" Marlena moved in front of Zashi, and summoned the Keyblade, and held her sword in the other, "you have to go through me to get to him!" Heartless Sora grinned, and the yellow lights seemed to glare, and he passed right through her, like a freezing wind; Marlena collapsed to the ground, clutching her chest, and her breathing grew very heavy. "You see, Zashi is the Keyblade bearer and he will find the one he loves and unlock the power of Kingdom Hearts!"
Flipping to her back, she looked up at Zashi from the floor, and a tear swelled in her eyes, and slid down her head, "Zashi would go to such depths of pain and sorrow to find Iris? Or is…Dark Sora controlling his mind?" Zashi was expressionless, and then he held out his right hand, and Marlena became enveloped in a bright light, and then she felt nothing, Zashi now had the Keyblade in his hand, however, it was totally black, from keychain to blade. He started to walk away from her, but paused and said, "Marlena, I love Iris…even so much as to put myself through Darkness to even see her face for even a moment. I must leave you; you were just the Key carrier, one to deliver the Keyblade to the rightful owner. Nothing more." With that, Darkness surrounded him, and then he disappeared, leaving Marlena on the floor. She got up, and looked at her sword, and repeated what Cid had said, "Don't give up Hope, it's the one thing you have." Another tear fell from her face, and landed on the cobblestone floor, and she got up, and walked back, out of the room, toward the illusion.
However the illusion was no longer there! Marlena feverishly used her hands to feel the wall, hoping for any kind of response, but there was none…