A New Companion
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
A black beam emerged from the cracks in the walls of Castle Oblivion, and a figure slowly emerged from it. "…Anti-Sora, have you completed your task?" Having a crimson red mask, with black belts wrapped around, and with a single, orange eye and a massive crimson cloak, fashioned with belts and blue and yellow rectangle designs. Anti-Sora turned and said, "Yes. I have completed my objective; Sora and Zashi had no idea that the witch was not here. They totally believed my performance." The masked man looked at Anti-Sora and said, "Very well, now you deserve a name for your own…" Looking him over he uttered one word: "Rizu"
Flying through space in the Gummi ship, Zashi looked at the stars flying past him, wondering which one was his; he was taken from his daydream when the ship started to tremble, he looked out the window and saw a world that he was headed directly for, that he didn't notice. He entered into the planet, and slowly got out of the ship, which had now been reduced to only a orange half inch cube. Zashi picked up the ship and put it into his pocket and took in his surroundings: The world looked eerily liked his own. There were massive skyscrapers, and vehicles that looked like the cars that he knew from his own world. People were wondering around, looking like they didn't have a care in the whole world; Zashi wandered through the masses of people, only a few even looking at him, and when they did, it was always a glare.
Feeling uncomfortable, he wandered alone until he could find an empty bench and sat himself down, looking to the sky. "I wonder how Iris and Marlena are holding up?" "Hey do you mind if I sit down here?" A female voice brought him out of these thoughts, Zashi looked to his left to see a teenage girl; having snow-white hair, and a pair of shimmering yellow eyes. Wearing a black cape that fell to the back of her legs, on her hands were a pair of white gloves that extended half her forearm, and a crimson shirt along with a pair of khaki pants, covered with pockets.
Stunned by her beauty, it took a moment for Zashi to say anything, "Yea, sure." She sat down next to him and said, "Its really weird, you're the first 'normal' person I've seen today." He turned his head and thought, "Normal? I wonder what she means?" She laughed and shook her head and said, "Sorry, I just started talking, and I don't even know your name." Zashi looked at her and said, "My name is Zashi." Nodding with a smile she said, "Zashi…That's a cool name. My name is Melanie." He smiled when he saw her smile, and then asked, "What did you mean when you said, 'normal'?" Melanie hung her head and said, "It seems like very one has become a zombie. They don't say anything, and just walk around the city, like they are looking for something."
Zashi got up from the bench and said, "The Heartless might be here." Looking around, he tried to spot the little creatures, but couldn't find any; "what's a Heartless?" Melanie asked, looking at him. He turned to her and said, "They take the hearts of people, and even whole worlds." Melanie was shocked; Zashi was still looking around, and noticed that a few of the people had stopped and turned to look at them. Suddenly, their skin darkened to black, and hundreds of heartless were surrounding the pair; Melanie looked around, worried and said, "this does not look good. What are we going to do?" Looking to Zashi, who didn't have a clue but said, "I don't know…" despair hung in his voice as he looked over the mass of Heartless surrounding them. Melanie raised her hands into the air, and suddenly, a fire ball started to form in her palms, which she threw at the Heartless, creating a clear path for escape, she grabbed Zashi's hand and started to run through the Heartless.
Melanie had slowed down, Zashi looked at her and said, "why did you slow down?…" When he turned to see what she was looking at, it was Rizu, "Well, well. We have some that…" He let his voice trail as he looked at Melanie, "I feel a strange power coming from her… Something familiar…" Zashi stepped in front of Melanie and said, "You are not going to get her heart." This snapped Rizu out of his thoughts and said, "Simple fool. You still have the darkness within your heart. It would be simple to bring you back to the shadows." He took a step backwards, and he felt a pain in his chest, remembering his time under the darkness, "Who are you?" Melanie asked the Heartless and he replied with a smirk, "Rizu."
