Author's Note-Third chapter is up! Sorry I didn't post over the weekend...
Anyways, hang on, because all hell is about to break loose. Oh, and I don't
own Kingdom Hearts...but Chaos is another one of my characters. So
anyways...yeah...on with the fic!
Meanwhile, a silver-haired boy walked into the street in front of the skyscraper. "...Chaos, what do you want?" he demanded.
A man in a black coat and red hair with black markings underneath his eyes stepped out. He smirked as he looked at the boy. "Hello."
The boy was unamused. "...Hi. Now like I said, what do you want?" he demanded again. Through the blindfold, he saw a dark, humanoid figure with a tiny spark where the heart should have been. A shadow. Under the arm of this shadow was a bundle of light.
"You were supposed to get the kid. Why haven't you?" The man- apparently named Chaos-asked.
The boy-Riku-clenched his fists. "...I won't...he has a pure heart... I'm not going to drag him into this." He said.
"You were supposed to follow orders...have you forgotten the deal?" Chaos asked.
Riku shook his head and looked away. "...I can find them on my own...and if I can't...I can stay here..."
Chaos grinned. "You know I get to punish you now, right? Are you ready?" he asked.
Riku took a step back, a slight flash of fear flickering over his face, but then quickly replaced it with his earlier glare. "..."
The red-haired man began to advance on him. "Come on, Riku."
Riku took a step back. "I'm not like you! You can't take away my body because mine is still real! I still have my body and my heart, unlike you and the others!" he said fiercely.
Chaos shook his head. "Tsk tsk, Riku....come with me please."
"I'm not going to help him anymore! I'm through with all of this! Just leave me alone-I want to live a normal life from now on!" Riku cried.
"You are non-existent, Riku...you cannot have a normal life." Chaos said.
"Yes I can! I can stay here with the kid and his friends and family and live a normal life like I have for the past couple months! I am not non- existent!" Riku argued.
"Yes, you are." Chaos said. He clenched a fist. "You will always be non-existent, Riku."
Riku suddenly cried out and clutched his chest, barely able to stand for a few moments, then finally dropped to one knee. "I'm...I'm not non- existent! I have a heart! I have a body! I have a life, friends... I'm not non-existent like you! I have the things that make me real that you don't have!" he said desperately, trying to convince both Chaos and himself.
Chaos laughed evilly. "Sure. Just keep telling yourself that, boy." He said, clenching his fist again. He was loving this.
Riku fell to both knees, wincing as his he continued to clutch his chest with one hand. "I'm...I'm not going to help you..! Leave the kid alone...!"
"You will help...." Chaos said. He clenched his fist again. "You know good and well I won't stop this until you help."
"Stop it! Please!" Riku cried.
"Not until you help us." Chaos said, clenching his fist again, laughing.
The bundle of light twitched and whimpered slightly.
Riku raised his head, looking surprised, then said the best he can through the pain, "Hyo...toko?!"
Chaos's left eye twitched as he clenched his fist again. "Shut up." He said.
Riku cried out in pain again. His head lowered.
"Now...join us or perish." Chaos ordered.
"I'm not...gonna help you take the boy..." Riku gasped. He could barely breathe through the pain. May as well while he can, before the man clenched his fist again. He shook his head fiercely. "Leave him and his friends outta this! And let Hyotoko go...!"
"I think not." Chaos said. He glanced down at the bundle, then back up at Riku. "Once the kid sees that his friends are on the side of darkness, he will be on the side of darkness and destroy Sora. So now...JOIN US!" he ordered. He clenched his fist again. "Or I won't hesitate to destroy you!"
Riku screamed in anguish, then yelled, "But...you guys said...that you wouldn't hurt Sora! That you wouldn't hurt Kairi! And besides...the kid will never do that-the darkness cannot and will not touch him!"
"Oh, but he will...now...do you really want me to destroy you?!" Chaos asked knowingly, clenching his fist again. Only this time, it was much more tight. Tight enough to draw blood from his own palm.
"What happened to the promise?! To the deal?!" Riku barely managed to yell.
"If you help us, there will be a deal. If not, then there won't. Take your pick now!"
"I won't help you! I can find them on my own!" Riku replied.
Chaos blinked, then shrugged. "Suit yourself, Riku." He said, clenching his fist again.
Riku nearly collapsed from the pain. He was sure that he was going to die. But he wasn't going back to the darkness, he wasn't! He wasn't going to drag some pure kids like Taro and his friends into all of this... He wasn't going to allow them to end up like him...
Meanwhile, Hyotoko opened his eyes slightly at the yelling. He recognized the voice, even in his drowsy state. Even if the voice was only yelling. "R-Riku...?" the boy muttered.
Chaos laughed a hard, cold laugh as he clenched his fist once more. By now, blood was smeared on the fingers and the palm, but the redhead scarcely noticed a thing. "One last chance, Riku. Join us or die." He said.
'This is it...this is where I die... But I won't beg for mercy. I won't ask for help from the darkness.' Riku thought. His shoulders slumped slightly. He sighed and lowered his head. 'Well...it was a nice life...for a while...' he thought. Then he said defiantly, "This is my heart...and this is my body...and I won't let it be owned by someone like your master...I won't become a slave like you!"
Chaos laughed evilly. "You fool....I am not a slave. I am darkness." He said confidently as he clenches his fist yet again. The screaming of Riku this time woke up the brunette. Hyotoko looked up.
"Riku!" he yelled. He struggled to get out of Chaos's grip, but to no avail. "Let me go! What are you doing to my friend?!"
Chaos tightened his grip on Hyotoko. "Shut up, boy!" he commanded.
Riku tried to ignore Hyotoko's yelling, but with difficulty. 'Stay focused on the argument...' he thought. "All unknowns are slaves and I'm not one of them!" he yelled.
He looked at Riku, then asked with a smirk, "Then why do you wear the outfit?"
Hyotoko glared. He wasn't going to quit trying. "Let go! Stop hurting Riku!" he yelled.
"SHUT UP, BOY!" Chaos yelled more loudly, tightening his grip on Hyotoko yet again while he stared at the platinum-haired boy.
Riku struggled to draw in a breath again and slowly looked up. "Be...Because...I don't wear it as a symbol for the unknowns..." he said.
Chaos grinned, then smirked, then burst out laughing. "HA HA HA HA HA! You foolish boy! If you do not join us, you die here and now and Sora and Kairi die as well. If you do join us, they will remain alive and so will you, and you will be able to find them.
"But...you said you would send the dual wielder out to kill Sora...you're not making any sense!" Riku argued.
"If you don't help. But if you do, you don't have to worry about Sora dying." Chaos shot back.
"...Then...then what do you need the kid for...?" Riku asked, frowning and looking up at Chaos.
"To get that boy here so you can see him again." Chaos replied simply.
Riku knew that the man was lying. "But...how is he connected to Sora in any way...? I mean, I know he's the dual keyblade wielder but...that isn't reason enough for Sora to come..." he said, trying to trick the redhead into speaking the truth. No use.
"Figure it out... In the meantime, get that kid!" Chaos said, avoiding answering the question.
"I...I won't..."
"Then die!" Chaos yelled, clenching his fist.
Riku cried out in excruciating tightness around his heart again. It was agonizing. What could he have possibly done to deserve this...?!
As Chaos laughed at the boy's pain, a person slid down a rope that was tied to the top of the skyscraper and suddenly hung down to the ground. "Oi!" They called sharply.
Chaos stopped laughing. "What?" he asked, looking up, then his eyes following the figure as it landed on the ground.
It was Sakura, wearing her ninja outfit after just battling. Her expression was furious. She then demanded in a dangerous voice, "...What the hell are you doing to my friend?"
Riku looked up, recognizing the voice. "S...Sakura...get away..." he whispered.
"Back off, wench, or you will die too." Chaos said, unamused at the girl's heroics.
Hyotoko's eyes widened. His heart skipped a beat. "Sakura?!" he yelled. "Run!"
Meanwhile, Sakura rest a hand lightly on Riku's back. "Don't worry, Riku." She said. "I'm here now. And I'm not going to run away. With that, she took a couple of steps forward, looking up at Chaos with cold eyes. "That's pretty low...picking on someone that's blind...now let go of my friend and leave us alone." She ordered.
"Sakura! Stop it! You don't know what you're getting yourself into! They'll take you, too!" Riku yelled.
Chaos laughed again, clenching his fist. "He belongs to the dark lord...and yes, Riku, as a matter of fact, now that I know that she is one of the friends of the boy, I will take her too." He said, grinning. "Heartless, come out!" he called.
Creatures that were the color of the blackest night, thin and about three to four feet tall, antennae waving, rose from the ground, surrounding Sakura as Riku cried out again in pain.
Chaos laughed evilly again and waited for the show.
Sakura got into a fighting stance-one hand resting on the sheath, the other on the hilt, her hips ready to twist forward in an instant, her blue eyes watching her opponents. Riku looked up at her, aghast.
"Sakura, what are you doing?!" he demanded.
"Like hell that I'm gonna just leave the two of you here to this maniac!" Sakura seethed.
"You will perish, girl!" Chaos yelled as the Heartless leapt forward in an attack.
"Sakura!" Hyotoko yelled, struggling again, desperate to help his friend. Of course, though, he had no effect. Chaos merely tightened his grip on the boy as he watched with a wicked smile.
As fast as lightning, Sakura quickly unsheathed her sword and slashed at the Heartless in front of her, catching them in the face, then twirled, knocking one to the side as the sword hit it in the arm. She thrust at another, stabbing it through the chest, and slashed at the other two Heartless' stomach, knocking them aside in mid-leap. It seemed that her father's lessons in ninjutsu had paid off.
However, the Heartless were unphased. They started to close in on Sakura as her back was nearly to the skyscraper.
Chaos grinned widely at this. "You cannot win!" he exclaimed.
"Damn...this ain't even right, man..." Sakura complained, much like her mother as she shook her head, then reached into her belt and pulled out a small packet-a metsubushi-with one hand and pulled up a mask over her face with the other. She then threw the packet onto the ground and a huge cloud of smoke rose up and out of the exploded package.
Sakura jumped over the Heartless, taking advantage of the cover of the mixture of ashes, ground, and sand, and grabbed Riku by the wrist, beginning to pull him out of there.
"NO!" Chaos yelled angrily, clenches his fist as tight as he could. Which was pretty tight.
"Ahh!" Riku screamed as he tripped, collapsed. He grabbed at his chest, twitching in agony.
Sakura stopped and turned to look down at Riku, wide-eyed. "Riku!" she cried.
Chaos grinned. Still, Riku persisted.
"Sa...Sakura...get Kiyoshi...and Taro...hurry to the...the top of the skyscraper...between the TV screens...there's a gummi ship up there...get them and get the hell outta here..." Riku said, fighting to stay conscious.
Sakura glared and tightened her hand on her sword. "I'm not leaving you and Hyotoko!"
"Do it for Kiyoshi and Taro! Save...who you can...!" Riku argued.
Chaos laughed evilly, clenching his fist again. "FOOLISH GIRL!" he yelled. Riku cried out, scarcely clinging to consciousness now.
"Riku!" Sakura cried. Then, quietly, she said, "I'm sorry...I can't do that..." she said. She then glared at Chaos and yelled, "Stop hurting my friends!" With that said, she charged at Chaos himself, her sword in her sword sheath, ready to do her sword-slashing technique while running.
"Sakura!" Hyotoko cried.
Chaos grinned and took out a thin, gold, five-foot long sword. "Come, girl." He challenged.
Sakura swiftly slid the sword out of her sheath and knocks the sword out of the way, as it came towards her, then thrusts the point of the blade at his stomach.
Chaos smirked and twirled his sword around in impressive movements and knocked her sword out of her hand. All of those years of ninjutsu, wasted. "Fool. Do you honestly think you can defeat me?" he mocked as Sakura watched the sword fly out of her hand and a few feet. The young girl's eyes were wide as she took a couple of steps back.
"Sakura, run! Please!" Hyotoko begged.
Sakura hesitated for a moment, then decided to take her friend's advice finally as she nodded a bit jerkily and started to run off. But it was no good.
Chaos smirked and threw his sword at her, the blade pointed at her lower back.
It was right on target. Sort of. Sakura was hit by the blade, only to have the point not go into her back. The hit did however have enough force to send her sprawling to the ground, though.
Chaos easily caught the sword as it flew on back to its owner. "Pathetic girl." He said.
Sakura rolled onto her back and sat up, then stood again and began to back away.
"Don't you hurt her!" Hyotoko yelled, trying to kick Chaos's leg at the very least. Chaos wasn't effected in the least he grinned. Wires shot out of the tip of his sword, which wrapped around Sakura.
"Stupid girl." He said.
Sakura gasped and tried to struggle out of the wires. Unfortunately, the wires merely wrapped around her tighter every time she struggled.
"Sakura!" Riku exclaimed.
Chaos grinned wider. "Never mess with Chaos, fool." He said.
Sakura finally stopped struggling and tried to cut the wires with her shuko-her clawed glove that she mainly used for blocking and climbing-but couldn't seem to get a good enough reach, what with her arms being bound to her sides and all.
"Let them go, Chaos! Leave them out of this!" Riku shouted.
"No...both will become like us, Riku. Non-existent."
"I am not non-existent! And you will not harm them, Chaos-you won't! I won't allow it!" Riku shouted.
"Non-existent?! What do you mean?! What are you talking about?!" Sakura yelled.
"You have no say in the matter, boy." Chaos said, clenching his fist. Riku cried out again. "You will follow orders if you ever wish to see your friends again." He stopped as he suddenly heard a noise behind him. He looked over his shoulder to see a young boy with black, shoulder-length hair staring from the other side of the street, wide-eyed. Chaos grinned. "Ah, so I won't have to search for the last one after all..."
"Kiyoshi, run! Get out of here!" Sakura screamed.
"But...but sister..." Kiyoshi stammered, seemingly frozen to his spot.
"What the hell are you waiting for?! Get up and go! Make sure that Taro gets the box!" Sakura yelled.
Kiyoshi hesitated, then nodded and ran out of there. Chaos frowned and sighed. "Great, this all means more work for me..." he turned to Riku. "Because a stupid boy couldn't follow orders. Oh well. I'll get the kid later." He clenched his fist once more and listened to Riku's screams of agony. As his fist loosened, the screams died down. "Boy. Remember this: You have nowhere to turn to, no one to go to but us. You are a non- existent; you'll always be non-existent. So...do the smart thing and follow your orders. Bring the dual wielder back to us, and perhaps we will allow you to come back to us...maybe..."
In a black mist, the redhead and the two children disappeared, leaving Riku to stand up weakly on his own. He slowly shook his head and smiled slightly. If Chaos thought that Riku was going to submit so easily...he had another thing coming.
They all did.
Author's Note-Poor Riku! Character torture is so much fun to write... ^_^; Er...anyways...please review. And I shall be happyish. ^_^ Ja ne.
Meanwhile, a silver-haired boy walked into the street in front of the skyscraper. "...Chaos, what do you want?" he demanded.
A man in a black coat and red hair with black markings underneath his eyes stepped out. He smirked as he looked at the boy. "Hello."
The boy was unamused. "...Hi. Now like I said, what do you want?" he demanded again. Through the blindfold, he saw a dark, humanoid figure with a tiny spark where the heart should have been. A shadow. Under the arm of this shadow was a bundle of light.
"You were supposed to get the kid. Why haven't you?" The man- apparently named Chaos-asked.
The boy-Riku-clenched his fists. "...I won't...he has a pure heart... I'm not going to drag him into this." He said.
"You were supposed to follow orders...have you forgotten the deal?" Chaos asked.
Riku shook his head and looked away. "...I can find them on my own...and if I can't...I can stay here..."
Chaos grinned. "You know I get to punish you now, right? Are you ready?" he asked.
Riku took a step back, a slight flash of fear flickering over his face, but then quickly replaced it with his earlier glare. "..."
The red-haired man began to advance on him. "Come on, Riku."
Riku took a step back. "I'm not like you! You can't take away my body because mine is still real! I still have my body and my heart, unlike you and the others!" he said fiercely.
Chaos shook his head. "Tsk tsk, Riku....come with me please."
"I'm not going to help him anymore! I'm through with all of this! Just leave me alone-I want to live a normal life from now on!" Riku cried.
"You are non-existent, Riku...you cannot have a normal life." Chaos said.
"Yes I can! I can stay here with the kid and his friends and family and live a normal life like I have for the past couple months! I am not non- existent!" Riku argued.
"Yes, you are." Chaos said. He clenched a fist. "You will always be non-existent, Riku."
Riku suddenly cried out and clutched his chest, barely able to stand for a few moments, then finally dropped to one knee. "I'm...I'm not non- existent! I have a heart! I have a body! I have a life, friends... I'm not non-existent like you! I have the things that make me real that you don't have!" he said desperately, trying to convince both Chaos and himself.
Chaos laughed evilly. "Sure. Just keep telling yourself that, boy." He said, clenching his fist again. He was loving this.
Riku fell to both knees, wincing as his he continued to clutch his chest with one hand. "I'm...I'm not going to help you..! Leave the kid alone...!"
"You will help...." Chaos said. He clenched his fist again. "You know good and well I won't stop this until you help."
"Stop it! Please!" Riku cried.
"Not until you help us." Chaos said, clenching his fist again, laughing.
The bundle of light twitched and whimpered slightly.
Riku raised his head, looking surprised, then said the best he can through the pain, "Hyo...toko?!"
Chaos's left eye twitched as he clenched his fist again. "Shut up." He said.
Riku cried out in pain again. His head lowered.
"Now...join us or perish." Chaos ordered.
"I'm not...gonna help you take the boy..." Riku gasped. He could barely breathe through the pain. May as well while he can, before the man clenched his fist again. He shook his head fiercely. "Leave him and his friends outta this! And let Hyotoko go...!"
"I think not." Chaos said. He glanced down at the bundle, then back up at Riku. "Once the kid sees that his friends are on the side of darkness, he will be on the side of darkness and destroy Sora. So now...JOIN US!" he ordered. He clenched his fist again. "Or I won't hesitate to destroy you!"
Riku screamed in anguish, then yelled, "But...you guys said...that you wouldn't hurt Sora! That you wouldn't hurt Kairi! And besides...the kid will never do that-the darkness cannot and will not touch him!"
"Oh, but he will...now...do you really want me to destroy you?!" Chaos asked knowingly, clenching his fist again. Only this time, it was much more tight. Tight enough to draw blood from his own palm.
"What happened to the promise?! To the deal?!" Riku barely managed to yell.
"If you help us, there will be a deal. If not, then there won't. Take your pick now!"
"I won't help you! I can find them on my own!" Riku replied.
Chaos blinked, then shrugged. "Suit yourself, Riku." He said, clenching his fist again.
Riku nearly collapsed from the pain. He was sure that he was going to die. But he wasn't going back to the darkness, he wasn't! He wasn't going to drag some pure kids like Taro and his friends into all of this... He wasn't going to allow them to end up like him...
Meanwhile, Hyotoko opened his eyes slightly at the yelling. He recognized the voice, even in his drowsy state. Even if the voice was only yelling. "R-Riku...?" the boy muttered.
Chaos laughed a hard, cold laugh as he clenched his fist once more. By now, blood was smeared on the fingers and the palm, but the redhead scarcely noticed a thing. "One last chance, Riku. Join us or die." He said.
'This is it...this is where I die... But I won't beg for mercy. I won't ask for help from the darkness.' Riku thought. His shoulders slumped slightly. He sighed and lowered his head. 'Well...it was a nice life...for a while...' he thought. Then he said defiantly, "This is my heart...and this is my body...and I won't let it be owned by someone like your master...I won't become a slave like you!"
Chaos laughed evilly. "You fool....I am not a slave. I am darkness." He said confidently as he clenches his fist yet again. The screaming of Riku this time woke up the brunette. Hyotoko looked up.
"Riku!" he yelled. He struggled to get out of Chaos's grip, but to no avail. "Let me go! What are you doing to my friend?!"
Chaos tightened his grip on Hyotoko. "Shut up, boy!" he commanded.
Riku tried to ignore Hyotoko's yelling, but with difficulty. 'Stay focused on the argument...' he thought. "All unknowns are slaves and I'm not one of them!" he yelled.
He looked at Riku, then asked with a smirk, "Then why do you wear the outfit?"
Hyotoko glared. He wasn't going to quit trying. "Let go! Stop hurting Riku!" he yelled.
"SHUT UP, BOY!" Chaos yelled more loudly, tightening his grip on Hyotoko yet again while he stared at the platinum-haired boy.
Riku struggled to draw in a breath again and slowly looked up. "Be...Because...I don't wear it as a symbol for the unknowns..." he said.
Chaos grinned, then smirked, then burst out laughing. "HA HA HA HA HA! You foolish boy! If you do not join us, you die here and now and Sora and Kairi die as well. If you do join us, they will remain alive and so will you, and you will be able to find them.
"But...you said you would send the dual wielder out to kill Sora...you're not making any sense!" Riku argued.
"If you don't help. But if you do, you don't have to worry about Sora dying." Chaos shot back.
"...Then...then what do you need the kid for...?" Riku asked, frowning and looking up at Chaos.
"To get that boy here so you can see him again." Chaos replied simply.
Riku knew that the man was lying. "But...how is he connected to Sora in any way...? I mean, I know he's the dual keyblade wielder but...that isn't reason enough for Sora to come..." he said, trying to trick the redhead into speaking the truth. No use.
"Figure it out... In the meantime, get that kid!" Chaos said, avoiding answering the question.
"I...I won't..."
"Then die!" Chaos yelled, clenching his fist.
Riku cried out in excruciating tightness around his heart again. It was agonizing. What could he have possibly done to deserve this...?!
As Chaos laughed at the boy's pain, a person slid down a rope that was tied to the top of the skyscraper and suddenly hung down to the ground. "Oi!" They called sharply.
Chaos stopped laughing. "What?" he asked, looking up, then his eyes following the figure as it landed on the ground.
It was Sakura, wearing her ninja outfit after just battling. Her expression was furious. She then demanded in a dangerous voice, "...What the hell are you doing to my friend?"
Riku looked up, recognizing the voice. "S...Sakura...get away..." he whispered.
"Back off, wench, or you will die too." Chaos said, unamused at the girl's heroics.
Hyotoko's eyes widened. His heart skipped a beat. "Sakura?!" he yelled. "Run!"
Meanwhile, Sakura rest a hand lightly on Riku's back. "Don't worry, Riku." She said. "I'm here now. And I'm not going to run away. With that, she took a couple of steps forward, looking up at Chaos with cold eyes. "That's pretty low...picking on someone that's blind...now let go of my friend and leave us alone." She ordered.
"Sakura! Stop it! You don't know what you're getting yourself into! They'll take you, too!" Riku yelled.
Chaos laughed again, clenching his fist. "He belongs to the dark lord...and yes, Riku, as a matter of fact, now that I know that she is one of the friends of the boy, I will take her too." He said, grinning. "Heartless, come out!" he called.
Creatures that were the color of the blackest night, thin and about three to four feet tall, antennae waving, rose from the ground, surrounding Sakura as Riku cried out again in pain.
Chaos laughed evilly again and waited for the show.
Sakura got into a fighting stance-one hand resting on the sheath, the other on the hilt, her hips ready to twist forward in an instant, her blue eyes watching her opponents. Riku looked up at her, aghast.
"Sakura, what are you doing?!" he demanded.
"Like hell that I'm gonna just leave the two of you here to this maniac!" Sakura seethed.
"You will perish, girl!" Chaos yelled as the Heartless leapt forward in an attack.
"Sakura!" Hyotoko yelled, struggling again, desperate to help his friend. Of course, though, he had no effect. Chaos merely tightened his grip on the boy as he watched with a wicked smile.
As fast as lightning, Sakura quickly unsheathed her sword and slashed at the Heartless in front of her, catching them in the face, then twirled, knocking one to the side as the sword hit it in the arm. She thrust at another, stabbing it through the chest, and slashed at the other two Heartless' stomach, knocking them aside in mid-leap. It seemed that her father's lessons in ninjutsu had paid off.
However, the Heartless were unphased. They started to close in on Sakura as her back was nearly to the skyscraper.
Chaos grinned widely at this. "You cannot win!" he exclaimed.
"Damn...this ain't even right, man..." Sakura complained, much like her mother as she shook her head, then reached into her belt and pulled out a small packet-a metsubushi-with one hand and pulled up a mask over her face with the other. She then threw the packet onto the ground and a huge cloud of smoke rose up and out of the exploded package.
Sakura jumped over the Heartless, taking advantage of the cover of the mixture of ashes, ground, and sand, and grabbed Riku by the wrist, beginning to pull him out of there.
"NO!" Chaos yelled angrily, clenches his fist as tight as he could. Which was pretty tight.
"Ahh!" Riku screamed as he tripped, collapsed. He grabbed at his chest, twitching in agony.
Sakura stopped and turned to look down at Riku, wide-eyed. "Riku!" she cried.
Chaos grinned. Still, Riku persisted.
"Sa...Sakura...get Kiyoshi...and Taro...hurry to the...the top of the skyscraper...between the TV screens...there's a gummi ship up there...get them and get the hell outta here..." Riku said, fighting to stay conscious.
Sakura glared and tightened her hand on her sword. "I'm not leaving you and Hyotoko!"
"Do it for Kiyoshi and Taro! Save...who you can...!" Riku argued.
Chaos laughed evilly, clenching his fist again. "FOOLISH GIRL!" he yelled. Riku cried out, scarcely clinging to consciousness now.
"Riku!" Sakura cried. Then, quietly, she said, "I'm sorry...I can't do that..." she said. She then glared at Chaos and yelled, "Stop hurting my friends!" With that said, she charged at Chaos himself, her sword in her sword sheath, ready to do her sword-slashing technique while running.
"Sakura!" Hyotoko cried.
Chaos grinned and took out a thin, gold, five-foot long sword. "Come, girl." He challenged.
Sakura swiftly slid the sword out of her sheath and knocks the sword out of the way, as it came towards her, then thrusts the point of the blade at his stomach.
Chaos smirked and twirled his sword around in impressive movements and knocked her sword out of her hand. All of those years of ninjutsu, wasted. "Fool. Do you honestly think you can defeat me?" he mocked as Sakura watched the sword fly out of her hand and a few feet. The young girl's eyes were wide as she took a couple of steps back.
"Sakura, run! Please!" Hyotoko begged.
Sakura hesitated for a moment, then decided to take her friend's advice finally as she nodded a bit jerkily and started to run off. But it was no good.
Chaos smirked and threw his sword at her, the blade pointed at her lower back.
It was right on target. Sort of. Sakura was hit by the blade, only to have the point not go into her back. The hit did however have enough force to send her sprawling to the ground, though.
Chaos easily caught the sword as it flew on back to its owner. "Pathetic girl." He said.
Sakura rolled onto her back and sat up, then stood again and began to back away.
"Don't you hurt her!" Hyotoko yelled, trying to kick Chaos's leg at the very least. Chaos wasn't effected in the least he grinned. Wires shot out of the tip of his sword, which wrapped around Sakura.
"Stupid girl." He said.
Sakura gasped and tried to struggle out of the wires. Unfortunately, the wires merely wrapped around her tighter every time she struggled.
"Sakura!" Riku exclaimed.
Chaos grinned wider. "Never mess with Chaos, fool." He said.
Sakura finally stopped struggling and tried to cut the wires with her shuko-her clawed glove that she mainly used for blocking and climbing-but couldn't seem to get a good enough reach, what with her arms being bound to her sides and all.
"Let them go, Chaos! Leave them out of this!" Riku shouted.
"No...both will become like us, Riku. Non-existent."
"I am not non-existent! And you will not harm them, Chaos-you won't! I won't allow it!" Riku shouted.
"Non-existent?! What do you mean?! What are you talking about?!" Sakura yelled.
"You have no say in the matter, boy." Chaos said, clenching his fist. Riku cried out again. "You will follow orders if you ever wish to see your friends again." He stopped as he suddenly heard a noise behind him. He looked over his shoulder to see a young boy with black, shoulder-length hair staring from the other side of the street, wide-eyed. Chaos grinned. "Ah, so I won't have to search for the last one after all..."
"Kiyoshi, run! Get out of here!" Sakura screamed.
"But...but sister..." Kiyoshi stammered, seemingly frozen to his spot.
"What the hell are you waiting for?! Get up and go! Make sure that Taro gets the box!" Sakura yelled.
Kiyoshi hesitated, then nodded and ran out of there. Chaos frowned and sighed. "Great, this all means more work for me..." he turned to Riku. "Because a stupid boy couldn't follow orders. Oh well. I'll get the kid later." He clenched his fist once more and listened to Riku's screams of agony. As his fist loosened, the screams died down. "Boy. Remember this: You have nowhere to turn to, no one to go to but us. You are a non- existent; you'll always be non-existent. So...do the smart thing and follow your orders. Bring the dual wielder back to us, and perhaps we will allow you to come back to us...maybe..."
In a black mist, the redhead and the two children disappeared, leaving Riku to stand up weakly on his own. He slowly shook his head and smiled slightly. If Chaos thought that Riku was going to submit so easily...he had another thing coming.
They all did.
Author's Note-Poor Riku! Character torture is so much fun to write... ^_^; Er...anyways...please review. And I shall be happyish. ^_^ Ja ne.