Chapter 16
World of Death
Riku looks around.
"Sora... Kairi...?" A path slowly turns in view, and comes onto a horizontal plane.
"I'm sorry" he looks down at the path.
"Is this... the world of death?" Riku hung his head looking lost, and starts walking along the path. He flickers slightly then stumbles and stops as a blue light surrounds him clutching his chest he yells "I can't disappear yet."
Crystal ran up to him. "Are you okay!"
"I'm fine..."
The aura subsides."I'm not disappearing until I've met Sora and Kairi one more time... "
Crystal looks at him. "I won't let you disappear at all."
"Riku, can you hear me?" yells a voice.
Riku and Crystal look around warily.
"I'll be there soon." said the voice again.
Riku turns abruptly "Who's there?"
"I've been talking to you all along. But my words were hindered by the darkness covering your heart." said the voice.
"Huh?" said Riku.
"Another Keyblade... I've gotten the Keyblade for this side." said the voice.
"I don't know who you are, but... What's happened to me?" asked Riku.
"Your heart has overcome the darkness. But you couldn't take back your body. So only your heart was left behind. In this dark side where stolen hearts are gathered." answered the voice.
"What should I do?" askes Riku.
"The door of darkness that is soon going to appear... That door, through which we cannot pass... In order to close it, Two keys and two hearts are needed. Perhaps you too, like me, come here for that purpose. Maybe it was fate." said the voice.
"Fate... You know everything, don't you? If that's so, I want you to tell me one more thing... Are Sora and Kairi safe?" asks Riku as Crystal grabs his hand.
"You yourself should be able to feel their hearts." said the voice.
Crystal gasped as Sora came running towards her and Riku, but as soon as he appeared, he disappeared.
"How you perceive your friends... Is dependent on your own heart." said the voice.
Thank you." said Riku.
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Riku and Crystal walked along a straight path, sometimes looking behind them. Riku had a feeling that someone or something is watching them.
"Who is that?" asked Crystal.
Riku turned and saw a black figure in a black trench coat.
"Hello?" she asked.
A ball of fire was thrown at them, and it hit Crystal right in the chest, she was thrown back into the ground. Crystal winced and she got back up. Riku ran towards her, and ran into a solid barrier and flew backwards. Crystal turned and looked at him.
"Wow, I actually found people here. A bit shocking." said the man in the trench coat.
Crystal ran straight at the man and socked him in the jaw. He flew backwards into the abyss. Crystal ran over to Riku.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah I'm fine."
"Who was that guy?"
"I don't know." Riku said as he got up.
They both continued down the path until they saw a clearing with a creepy looking white castle ahead of them.
"So what do you think of this?" asked Crystal as she looked at Riku.
"I don't know, want to check it out?"
"Sure why not, we might run into someone who knows something." he smiled.
(Look for my new story that's coming up soon! It's part two of this!)