Chapter 8

Halloween Town/Christmas Town

Sora:

I wasn't hungry, but I decided to hunt anyway. How could I have made a fool out of myself? I mean…why did I decide to give her the fruit? Even I knew that the allure of the darkness would only work for a little while. The rest of it would take time. Why rush it? Because…because I loved her.

Damnit, why did Riku move in? I was almost there…

I let out a frustrated growl. I listened to it echo around the tombstones and sighed.

I am holding on to a false hope.

Kairi will never be mine willingly. Not now.

I sat back against the giant curled hill and stared up at the moon. The Heartless were keeping a safe distance from me. I suppose I frightened them a little.

"Someone is coming."

I narrowed my eyes. The Heartless knew Kairi was around, so they couldn't be referring to her. Who? Who were they talking about?

Gummi Ship

Riku:

Axel shifted in his chair suddenly. I put the ship on auto-pilot and turned to face him.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"The Nobodies…something's going down?"

"Axel, tell me exactly what's going on."

"Remember when Sora told you that he murdered most of the Organization?"

Yeah, I remember. I had murdered quite a few myself, but…

"Yeah…"

"Someone is bringing them back."

Yen Sid had only said one person was going to be revived. Who was bringing people back?

"Which one?" I asked.

"The Savage Nymph."

Halloween Town/Christmas Town

Kairi:

I was worried about Sora, but it would have to wait. In his wake, he left Heartless to keep an eye on me. Now they were hissing threateningly at a figure in a long black coat. I gasped softly. I thought the Organization XIII was dead. I was defenseless without Sora. Why did I have to say that to him? I…I just couldn't take the fruit…

"So you're the reason why he lives," The person said loudly.

The person was female…

"What do you mean?" I asked.

The woman pulled her hood back, revealing blonde hair and blue eyes.

"You know what I mean. I'm going to enjoy torturing you."

An aura of lightning danced about her body. The Heartless hissed even louder. They weren't amused by the threat.

Where was Sora?

The woman chuckled and pulled out several small black objects. She threw several of them at us. Upon contact with them, the Heartless burst into vapor. I turned to run, which was the only thing I could do.

"Oh no you don't!"

Something hit and dug itself into my back. I shrieked and stumbled sideways into the snow. The woman was standing above in an instant, a cruel smile splayed across her lips.

"Aw, look, you're bleeding. How awful," The woman said happily.

"Get the hell away from her, Larxene!"

Sora!

Larxene turned around, hissing loudly. Sora walked into the area, flanked by a couple of Heartless. He looked a lot different than earlier. His eyes were a darker shade of gold ringed with black. His face was slightly flushed and his lips were curled up in a snarl.

"You're the one. I didn't like my teammates well, but they didn't deserve what you did to them," Larxene snapped.

"Are you sure that you're not just mad that I was the one to kill you?"

"Well, you will have more to deal with soon. Someone is reviving those that you felled. Unfortunately, the other half of the Organization won't be coming back."

The pain was increasing in intensity. I was pretty sure that I was bleeding badly.

"Who is reviving them?"

Larxene pulled out another black object. Before she could blink, Sora had her by the throat. Was it me or did his eyes grow even darker?

"Don't test me, Larxene," He hissed.

"So you act like them too."

Sora released her and stepped back.

"Leave," He said simply.

"As you wish."

Larxene disappeared into a dark portal. The Heartless around Sora vanished immediately. He briskly walked over to me and knelt down. Sora gently pulled the weapon out of my back and pressed his hand over it.

"Cura."

I hissed slightly as my wound healed and stared into his eyes. They were nearly black.

"Thank you, Sora," I whispered.

"I shouldn't have left you."

"Sora…your eyes…"

"Forget that. We need to get out of here."

He pulled me up to my feet roughly. His actions showed just how angry he was.

"Stop being mad with me," I said suddenly.

"I'm not angry with you."

He didn't even look me in the eye.

"Why won't you look at me?"

Sora stood up and locked gazes with me. A myriad of emotions danced behind the blackened irises.

"Now I'm looking at you."

"You didn't give me a chance to explain myself earlier."

"Where is there to explain? You love Riku, admit it."

"Sora!" I yelled.

"You know it's true, Kairi. After all, he was better than me in every way," He said with a growl.

I couldn't believe him. He was overreacting big time.

"That's not what I meant! Sora please…listen…"

Sora growled, but said nothing more.

"I never forgot about you ever. I saw your drawing in the cave years ago. Even when you turned evil, I still stood by you. I…killed you out of love…didn't you feel my tears?"

He averted his eyes at that moment. I swore I saw a tear slide down his cheek.

"Yeah, I felt your tears. I felt betrayed. I thought you were on Mickey's side."

I embraced him.

"I'll share the fruit with you."

I felt him gasp.

"Really?" Sora whispered.

"Yeah."

Underworld

Riku:

The outlook was not looking good. After consulting Hades, we found that there was a huge disturbance that rocked the Underworld. Axel seemed very unsettled by the entire thing.

"Okay, Axel, tell me what you know," I said softly.

"I found out from the other Nobodieds that there has been new additions to their numbers."

"I thought that the normal Nobodies lacked intelligence and power."

Axel sighed.

"I guess I better explain everything then. There are two types of Nobodies: normal and special born. We are all born by the same process, essentially. However, if the soul was powerful before the heart was stolen, the soul gains more power or it stays the same within the body. That would apply to the Organization. Now the normal born resemble the Heartless in a way. You have the Dusks, which are the lowest form…"

"What about the dancers?" I asked.

A smile crept along Axel's face.

"The dancer Nobodies…I think they love me for my body, honestly."

I burst out into a fit of laughter.

"Ok, seriously, what about the addition to the ranks?"

"The people that had been killed by Sora and that did lose their hearts are being reborn as Nobodies. Not to mention that some Organization members have come back by force of will."

Did we just open Pandora's Box by killing Yen Sid?

"I think we may be forced to help Sora on this one," I said softly.

"As much as I hate to say it, you may be right."

Yeah, I probably was right.

Nothing is what it seems anymore.

Normal (Third Person Point of View):

Somewhere deep in the Underworld, someone awoke and stretched for the first time in months. It clutched a long key-shaped object buried in the dirt next to him.

"Keyblade," The creature whispered as it lifted the object up within eyesight.

The keyblade glowed a faint yellow.

"Rise, my army."