Kingdom Hearts: Intertwined Souls

By AnimeDutchess

Chapter Four: Past Revealed

A/N: Sorry this update took so long! I've had to go to a lot of places and do lots of homework, and then it would be really late by the time I was done!

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Well, I won't keep you waiting any longer! Enjoy! Oh, and a warning: This chapter is sad! At least, I think so…

P.S.: I've fixed some things, like a couple grammatical errors and I've shortened the list of things the story will be crossed over with.

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Lilith sat at Kairi's kitchen table, at the end. Sora sat across from her, Kairi on the left, Riku on the right.

"I just want to warn you guys," Lilith said, "My life really isn't sunshine and buttercups."

"We're willing to listen," Sora said. Lilith sighed and shifted in her seat.

"Okay, you've been warned," Lilith said. She started to speak calmly and with no really strong emotions.

"I'm…a demon."

The three teens had mixed reactions: Kairi almost fainted, Sora looked skeptical, and Riku's eyes widened in curiosity and understanding. Lilith gave no input, though, as she stared at the table to avoid their gaze.

"I'm also the princess of Hell."

Kairi almost fainted again, Sora raised his eyebrow in slight disbelief, and Riku gasped slightly. As strange as this stuff is, He thought, it makes a lot of sense. But…why?

"I lived in Hell with my mother, father, and my little sister in the Grand Castle. My father and I never always got along. My sister Mille and I had the usual sibling rivalry relationship, but we still managed to get along. My mother…" Lilith became misty eyed and looked up at the three other teens for the first time. Sora didn't look as skeptical anymore (She sounds like she's telling the truth, he thought), Kairi's face reflected a mix of slight confusion and pure belief in Lilith's words, and Riku was slightly tense, waiting for Lilith to continue. Lilith sighed and started to talk again.

"My mother was a true wonder. She cared about us more than any demon could possibly care. Sometimes, I would think that she loved me the most and that my father and Mille were jealous. She was always there when I needed her, and she was the only person I could really relate to. I had a nanny, too. I called her Nan-Nan." Lilith giggled slightly. "Nan-Nan always tried to reinforce my father's rules on me, but it never really worked. She was super nice, too."

"Sounds pretty nice for Hell," Kairi said. Lilith nodded in agreement, her face changing from less than excited to slightly sad.

"It didn't stay that way for long," She said, "On my seventh birthday, my mother said that she had to tell me something special about myself. I knew it couldn't be that I would take the throne after my father's reign, so I always asked what it was and she'd never say a word. That night we were supposed to start to celebrate, but my mother had been missing since after breakfast. The whole castle staff was looking for her, and the rest of us were in our rooms so we wouldn't go missing, too. Well, me, being the curious little girl I am, snuck out of my room and went to my mother's private chambers. She was stabbed in the heart by a cross; the only thing that can truly kill a demon."

The other three teens gasped in shock. Kairi immediately got up and hugged Lilith tightly.

"Kairi…I…can't…breathe…no…air…" Lilith struggled to say. Kairi gasped and let go of Lilith quickly.

"I'm so SORRY!" Kairi said as Lilith breathed in and out deeply. "It's just…I had no idea…and it's so SAD!" Lilith gave Kairi a small smile.

"Hey, it's okay, really. It's nice of you to be concerned. Not a lot of people were concerned for me back then." Lilith smiled sadly. Kairi looked slightly relieved as she sat down again.

"Anyway, only crosses can kill demons, but they take a long time to kill them, and if you're found early enough, treatment can be given to save you. Unfortunately, it was way too late to save my mother. She only had a few minutes left. She told me who had killed her, and then she told me she loved me and that I was special in two ways, one way like herself and another way like no one else. Then…she died."

Riku was slightly stunned. This girl that he'd found on the beach had turned out to be some kind of mythical being with a dark past. He hadn't been expecting this at all.

"So…who killed her? You know, your mom?" Sora asked, his voice expressing his struggle to not run over to Lilith, hug her to death, and start sobbing. Kairi had actually started to shed silent tears. Lilith looked at Sora with sad eyes.

"My sister."

Sora and Kairi gasped in pure shock, and Riku put his hand over his mouth so he wouldn't start cursing off in disbelief.

"Yeah," Lilith said, "It was a shocker to me and the rest of Hell, too. I mean, she was only five years old. We had to banish her from Hell. I don't know where she was sent, but that ties in with something else further on. I was put under full time care from Nan-Nan and was rarely allowed to leave the castle. When I was eleven, my father got married to Nan-Nan. She and my father became more lenient, and let me leave the castle every once in a while, usually once every two days. That's how I met a gang called 'The Mistress Assassins'. They really were assassins, and taught me everything I needed to know about combat techniques, weapons, and fighting in general. I soon became their best fighter and their new leader. We liked to explore different parts of the city we lived in. One day we came across a strange portal. One of the gang members, Nympha, went into the portal and never came out. The rest of us ran when she didn't come back when she said she would; we were scared. I was about twelve at the time. I started to look for information about the portal in the castle library everyday after. After three days, I found out that the portal led to the outside world. I had asked my father about the portal, but he punished me for talking about it. He finally told me more about it when I turned thirteen."

"Lemme guess-your sister was banished to the outside through that portal," Riku said. Lilith looked at him in surprise.

"Yeah, good guess," She said, "He also told me about how the outside world was starting to become conflicted, and about another world. Heaven. He told me about the angels and how they were trying to hide the darkness from the outsiders. He told me that it was his fault there was darkness in the world in the first place, since he had opened the portal to send Mille through and had no way of closing it."

The three other teens gasped in shock and surprise. They had known that there used to be one world, but was split into many worlds by the darkness. They now understood how the darkness had been born. Lilith continued.

"I had then wanted to see the outside world. I tried many times to enter the portal, but I was always caught by someone. Then, when I was fourteen…it happened."

"What happened?" The three teens said at the same time. Lilith giggled at this, but then regained her composure.

"The darkness was finally born. The world split, but the lights in the hearts of children turned the broken world into many worlds. Hell was chaotic; people from other worlds started to arrive after they had died, and messengers from Heaven started to arrive. One of these messengers was an angel girl my age. Her name was Helena." Lilith smiled, as though remembering good times.

"She always wore white and always wore a key pendant…this pendant, to be exact," She said, touching the key pendant that shined around her neck, "She always said I acted too nice to be a demon, and I always said she was too un-ladylike to be an angel. She really was, though. She'd curse more than anyone I've ever known. We'd always hang out when she would come by to give my father messages; he really didn't mind that we hung out. The last time she came by, on my fifteenth birthday, she said that she couldn't come anymore. That she was going to be on the other worlds and that her people would seal the portal. I was so mad at her. I remember thinking, 'Why can she go to other worlds when I'm stuck here forever?' The night of my birthday I snuck out to the portal and went through it. I came out on the other end into a cave. Helena was there, she had come to seal the portal. I yelled at her, she yelled at me, and she told me why she had to seal the portal with me inside."

"Why?" Riku asked. Lilith sighed as she tried to figure out how to word what Helena had said all that time ago, which only felt like a few days ago to Lilith.

"She said if the door-she called it a door-remained open, I would be forced to marry the man that had first awakened the darkness. She said that if I got married and had a child with a human controlled by the darkness, all would be destroyed. So she used her staff, the Key Staff, to seal the door with my blood and making me turn to stone so I could be revived. This process made my heart leave my body and go into Helena's possession. Yesterday… I was revived."

"So, who revived you?" Kairi asked. She had long ago dried her tears.

"His name," Lilith said, "Was Ansem."

The three teens were stunned. "Did you say... Ansem?" Sora asked. Lilith nodded.

"Yeah, but Helena found me and gave me my heart back and sent me here. I'm now looking for the Keyblade Master and the Keybearer."

"Um, well, why do you need to find them?" Sora asked, trying to sound casual.

"If I find the Keyblade Master," Lilith said, "I can find the Keybearer, or the other person who could have become the Keyblade Master. The Keyblade Master and the Keybearer probably know each other some how, and if I find the Keyblade Master first, I can ask them where the Keybearer is."

"Why do you need to find the Keybearer?" Kairi asked, trying to sound casual as well.

"Helena said something about me being revived by the Keybearers blood," Lilith said, narrowing her eyes in an attempt to remember, "And that I'm bound to them somehow. I'm not really sure what to do after I find them, but I think Helena will contact me."

Sora, Riku, and Kairi exchanged glances. Based on what Lilith had told them, they all knew that meeting her wasn't a coincidence, and that Ansem being back meant that the worlds were yet again in danger of being swallowed by darkness. Riku sighed.

"Lilith," He said slowly, "What if I told you that your search is over? That not only the Keyblade Master and the Keybearer are sitting right in front of you, but that so is a Princess of Heart?"

"Well, I'd say…" Lilith started, but she let Riku's words sink in. "Are you guys…?" The three other teens nodded. She cast her gaze on Riku and Sora.

"So who's the…Keyblade Master?" She asked. Sora raised his hand in acknowledgement. Lilith looked at Riku with hope.

"So that means…?" She asked. Riku nodded. Lilith grinned.

"I'm glad," She said, "That my search was so easy. Now, Can you guys promise me two things?" The three teens nodded.

"One," She said, "We don't tell this stuff to anyone else unless we absolutely have to." They nodded.

"Two," Lilith said, "That you'll help me fit in here for as long as I stay." They nodded again.

"Good!" Lilith said. "Now," She lifted her right arm to reveal fuzzy handcuffs hooked to the chair, "Can you please get these off of me? I'm not a threat."

The other three laughed and took the cuffs off Lilith. She smiled. What's gonna happen now? She thought, smiling.

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Hollow Bastion had once again become a meeting place for evil villains. Four rather devious villains were sitting around a table in a darkened room. The table had a magically-produced hologram in the center of Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Lilith. One of the villains, a figure who was wearing a full body suit, armor, and a full helmet/mask on his head, stood up. The strange 'S' on his forehead glowed.

"I can't believe we found those brats so easily," He said, narrowing his only seeable eye. Another villain nodded and stood up. He wore a cape, some armor, and boots. He had flaming red hair, dark, almost green-ish skin, and a big nose.

"Such is Our Lady's magic. I still can't believe that Goth girl is the Key Staff Wielder, though." A shorter figure stood up to make a point. He was nearly bald except for the top-knot on his head. He wore red battle armor over his red outfit. His eyes were a creepy yellow, and his left eye had a horrible red scar over it.

"It's not a good idea to underestimate your opponent. She IS the Key Staff Wielder, after all. She must have great strength, even if she IS a…what was the word Our Lady used?"

"Sagi. Our Lady said that the girl is a Sagi," The last villain said. Or, actually, villainess. She had long silver hair in a high ponytail, and wore a light blue skirt with a matching tank top. The boy growled softly and narrowed his eyes towards the girl.

"I didn't ask YOU to answer, wench." He said. The girl stood up and put her hands on her hips, looking down slightly at the boy.

"You wanna start with me, Flame Boy?" She asked menacingly. The boy sneered.

"Ready when you are, Ice Witch." The boy said in an equally menacing tone.

"Enough."

All four villains looked towards the source of the voice. There stood Ansem, in his 'stylish' robe with the hood down. Next to him was a figure at least three feet shorter than him. The figure wore a robe that matched Ansem's, but it was black and the hood was up.

"Our Lady wishes to speak with us," Ansem said. He went over to the table and sat in the only empty chair. The person known as 'Our Lady' pushed her hood back. Her long, black hair was in a braided bun at the back of her head, and she had cold, black eyes. Her skin was the same exact shade and color as Ansem's.

"The Key Staff has chosen the Sagi," She said, her voice dripping with anger and slight jealousy, "But no matter. She may be friends with the Keyblade Master, but that does not matter either. What matters is that she knows one of the Children of Darkness we've been looking for. Also, she has no idea that she is a Sagi. Now…" She turned around towards the door. "Follow me. We've got a lot of planning to do."

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Riku was sitting in Kairi's living room with Lilith. Sora and Kairi were 'talking' in Kairi's room. More like making out Riku thought as he watched Lilith sitting next to him, playing with the key pendant around her neck. A question then popped up in his head.

"Hey, Lilith?" He asked. Lilith stopped playing with her key pendant and looked toward him, making an 'Mmm-Hmm?' noise.

"I was just wondering…what were the ways your mother said you were special?"

Lilith's crimson eyes misted-over. "I…don't know," She said, "My mom just said I was special in a way like herself and in a way like no one else. I don't think I'll ever know."

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A/N: Boy, is Lilith wrong when she says she'll never know! So, how did you like this chapter? I didn't make you start crying, did I? I'm sorry! gives readers tissues

Anyway, I wanted to tell you what things will be crossed over in this story. Please don't worry if you don't know any of these things or if you hate them, because I promise that this story will be good:

Crossover with:

Teen Titans

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Legend of Zelda

Avatar: Last Airbender

Winx Club

Jak and Daxter

South Park

Sailor Moon

InuYasha

Chrono Crusade

Final Fantasy (you know, all the FF characters in KH1)

Also, the only Disney characters in this fic will be Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, and maybe Mickey.

Also, if you're wondering what a Sagi is…well, its part of another word. I'm using this part as a full word in this fic, but you won't know what it means until later on in the fic!

Remember: Read and Review! Nice reviewers get digital cookies! Oh, and a bonus for this chapter: Tell me the names of any of the villains that aren't Ansem or 'Our Lady' and/or the word I got Sagi from and maybe, just maybe I'll decide if I will put people in the fic or not, and the people who get the things right would be in the fic! You'd probably be a minor character or a boss, though. See you next chapter! Ja Ne! -AnimeDutchess