Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, if I did then life would be beautiful
Key:
- Dream State -, Flashback, ' thoughts ', " Dialogue "
---- A change in writing style/time/place/whatever (might notate in () which one)
Author's Note: This is the sequel to An Alternate Ending
Rating: M - for language and graphic images in later chapters
Warning: This is still a Sora/Riku fic… yeah. XD. Deal with it.
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(Chapter 12: Sirux)
"Sora?"
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The young man glanced over at Riku looking rather amused. Then it hit him. No... it wasn't Sora. For one thing, the man's long hair was a combination of brown, silver and black. His dark eyes were like an ocean of both blue and green. For another... he didn't sense Sora at all within... the abomination that stood under the streetlamp.
"You're not very bright are you?" The man replied, followed by another dark chuckle that shook reality once more and almost caused Riku to fall over.
Riku growled angrilly and charged at the offending figure, who set the two girls down and summoned two rather familiar blades into his hands, blocking Riku's attack without any trouble at all. Riku couldn't help but stare at the weapons that himself and Sora both used... both in the hands of this stranger. He almost had to check and make certain that he was still weilding the Road to Dawn himself.
The man took advantage of Riku's confusion and shoved hard against the blades causing Riku to skid backwards a few feet, but he managed to maintain enough balance to stay standing.
The man grinned. "I must say I'm amazed you even came after me... but you are too late. What I wanted to happen has occured. Though... admittedly not in the way I thought it would."
Riku frowned, "What the hell are you talking about?" He demanded.
"I have your heart Riku. Not only yours... but Sora's as well." The man grinned darkly, holding both swords to the side as tendrils of both light and shadows laced their way down his arms. "With this power... I will rule the world!" He exclaimed, his voice echoing over the islands and breaking a few of the nearby windows with the force. He brought both of his arms forward and blasted the gathered power at Riku.
Riku brought his arm up in an attempt to use his sword as a shield. Amazingly, something seemed to be holding back the strength of the blast and Riku's feet dug into the asphault as the light and darkness pushed against him.
Riku looked up in suprize to find his own dark aura blocking the brunt of the attack.
The realization of this angered his opponent who immediatly stopped the barrage of energy and leapt up, swords poised to take of Riku's head as he came crashing down.
Riku dodge-rolled out of the way and then attempted a strike of his own which became blocked by the keyblade. The soul eater came sweeping down across. Riku jumped, landing upon the dark blade and using it to propell him further, flipping neatly over the man's head and landing behind him.
His fancy footwork didn't manage to save him from a quick slice in the back caused by the other's swift recovery. Riku spun around to block the second blade from harming him further.
"I'm amazed that your reflexes are still so well-honed with no memory at all." The man silkily, slashing forward again.
"So am I..." Riku ammended, blocking both weapons with his one.
"You cannot hope to defeat me... and as soon as you are gone I will take the small part of what is left in your heart to complete this perfect being." He gloated, feinting a slash to Riku's head.
Riku jumped backwards and with all of his strength tried to call up whatever force had been protecting him earlier and forced it out in a blast of darkness.
Caught by surprized the man was blown backwards a few feet. "Heh! You learn on your feet." He praised.
"So what are you calling yourself now anyways." Riku asked angrilly, jumping up to strike.
"Sirux" He replied blocking the attack and adding in his feet kicking Riku in the chest and propelling the silver-haired man backwards into a house.
Riku groaned as his head hit the floor, trying to re-orient himself as fast as he could. "You just can't stick with a name can you? First you're Xukir, then you're Riku... now you're Sirux... dude you have some major identity issues." Riku teased jumping up the wall that he'd just landed on as Sirux lunged at him. He spun off and landed behind him, this time ready for the man's rather quick reflexes.
"I have identity issues? I'll bet your still not even certain who you are!" Sirux said snidely bringing both of his weapons over Riku's head. Metal met metal and Riku found himself on his knees trying to keep both of the weapons from slicing him to pieces.
"The difference is that it doesn't matter who I am... only that I can kick your butt!" Riku replied darkly, pushing up off his knees and forcing the other man back.
Sirux regained his balance and lunged forward again, the two of them blocking and attacking back and forth. It seemed for a while that they were evenly matched, even with Riku's lost memory and the fact that the gash in his back was stinging horribly.
The fact that Riku hadn't died after the first attack was probably attributed to a certain blonde who was still standing where Sirux had left her beside Kairi, and whom knew enough about Riku from surfing through Sora's memories years before, to help him in restoring the part of himself that knew how to fight.
But even Riku's amazing reflexes, and whatever Naminé could have possibly known about his fighting skills, weren't enough in the end to stop someone who had all of both Riku's and Sora's memories at his disposal.
Riku's weapon flew through the air after being knocked out of his hand. Sirux mercilessly slashed at the man who was now dodging for his life. Cold steel cut through Riku's chest and his shoulders leaving deep bleeding wounds. Sirux called up his powers again and blasted the defenseless man several feet away and into a rather unforgiving brick wall.
Riku slumped, coughing up blood as he landed unceremoniously on the asphault once more.
"Riku!" Shouted both girls in shock and horror. Naminé found herself wishing that she had the ability to summon her weapon like Riku and Sora could.
"Now I've got you right where I want you." Cackled Sirux as he neared, he drew up his blades and shoved them together, a bright light mixing with the darkest of shadows and forming a keyblade that took on the appearance of an angel's wing, in a swath of the purest black. He brought his weapon up for the final strike.
Riku raised his head, whatever part of his heart that had held hope before understanding now that he had failed miserably and pathetically.
Sirux made to swing down his weapon but found that his arm was being held back. He glanced to the side in astonishment to find a familiar spirit clutching onto his arm and restraining him for all it was worth.
Annoyed, Sirux tried to knock the boy off his arm but the brunette refused to release him. "You idiot... do you forget that you were the one who accepted my lies as the truth. How can you be so hypocritical as to stop me now?" He asked the spirit beside him.
Riku glanced up in surprise as he heard Sirux talking. The man's eyes were averted to his own arm, and it seemed... that it was what he was talking to. Suddenly the situation struck Riku as extremely humorous... "You can't do it can you? You can't destroy me!" He laughed as blood ran down his chin.
Sirux turned his attention, "What? Of course I can destroy you!" He said trying once more to move his arm but, still being unable to. "Damn it let go!" He ordered of the spirit.
Riku clutched his stomache as he laughed, "Does... does your arm talk to you often?"
Sirux blushed crimson, "A spirit is holding me back!" He defended.
Riku rolled on the ground, "Haha... you... can't... haha... even... haha... make a... hehe... good excuse! Ha ha ha!"
Sirux growled, his anger mounting. "I... I'll get you next time!" He bellowed angrilly, vanishing with a strange popping sound, leaving Riku to laugh in peace.
Kairi and Naminé rushed up to him, unsure of what could have been so funny. Together they helped him limp into the house where they dressed his wounds.
Riku finally stopped laughing and became as serious as he could before the two girls who looked eerily similar. "I... I failed. But Sora... somehow I think he saved me." He managed.
Naminé managed a smile. "You haven't failed yet... but at least you know who you are now."
Riku gave her a well-earned glare. "And WHY couldn't you have told me?"
"Um... because..." Suddenly all the excuses Naminé had used before ran dry.
Kairi was the one who stepped forward, tears in her eyes. "Riku... I..." She kneeled and hugged him tightly. Riku stared at her in mute astonishment, slowly patting her back, and ignoring the pain both from his chest and his back. "Kairi?"
"We really thought you were dead... it ... it would have hurt too much back then to know... to know you were alive. But... I'm so glad your here!" She said sobbing heavily.
Riku's expression softened into a smile, "So am I Kairi... so am I."
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Awww... Riku and Kairi have a moment. –prods-
Kairi: Riku smiled at me! –swoon-
Riku: -coughs-
Naminé: -stares- Um... am I really ... related to her?
Roxas: No wonder he is so full of himself...
Sora: -rolls around laughing-
rozu: As a random note... this story is officially longer than it's predecessor An Alternate Ending.
Riku: How so?
rozu: Well, this is chapter 12... and it's not an ending.
Roxas: Wow. She's right. 12 chapters... has it really been that long?
Sirux: Chapter 9 doesn't count 'cause it's too short.
rozu: -glares-
-Sirux runs for his life as rozu shoots erasers of doom at him, and everyone else laughs at the idea of ... erasers of doom.-
