Chapter Twenty-One: Exiled into the Darkness

When I knew what had happened to me, it was a while later. I felt the calm, soft waters washing me ashore. Then I opened my eyes to see the realm of darkness. There was little there; mostly slightly glowing rocks, with a beach. The sun was also a bright white color. I stood up groggily after being washed ashore. I had been knocked back by the force of my blow connecting with Charon's attack… but then what?

I looked at the bright sun and the glowing rocks. This is where Sora was… and Riku, too. I thought to myself. How quaint. I looked around. Nothing around here. I thought. Wonder what I'm supposed to do?

Then, I got a thought: Train.

Train to defeat the one who had killed Amy… train to defeat the one who had forced one of his lackeys to force me to kill Jason… train to defeat the one who would turn Serenity against me!

I pulled out my Buster Sword and wandered into the darkness that stood in front of me. I wandered off into the shadows of the universe, the depths of darkness. There, I would find the truth about myself… the WHOLE truth.

Two months later…

I had been meandering in the darkness for two months, maybe a little longer. I lost track around 60 days. In my solitude in the darkness, I trained. There were more Heartless around than anywhere else, and they were awfully strong. I used them to develop and finesse my technique, though I reckoned I still had a long way to go if I was going to defeat Charon.

I don't really know what I ate… maybe nothing. Maybe in the realm of darkness I didn't need food. I had been wandering for so long, but still I kept my goal in mind; slay Charon. That was all that kept me going. Bringing justice to that evil thing, whatever he was.

After some time, I saw an orange door appear in the darkness. It was shining, not unlike the door to light. It was bright, completely unlike the darkness in which I was immersed. The Heartless certainly seemed to like it. They appeared in a mass swarm after the door opened.

I pulled out my Souba and my Masamune, then slammed them together with the power of darkness to make the Soubasune: my own, unique weapon. It was a twin-edged Masamune. I used it to quickly decimate the Heartless. They were nothing before my new strength and skill.

Then I walked into the shining light… it wasn't Sora's light, though…