Oh wow it's chapter 19! Thank you everyone who has read this story that TheDeadChiRisen and I are writing! We are so happy that you guys are all liking our story.
Ch.19
Sora started to walk around the Traverse Town for a bit. Seeing was there was to see and everything else. Soon enough he learned that there was other districts that he could explore. He wandered around until he found the door that would lead into the Second District. He pushed open the large doors and peered around the next area.
"This place is far bigger than I thought…" Sora muttered aloud as there was no one else around to hear him.
He only walked a few inches further when small pools of darkness appeared in front of him. Suddenly several little shadowy Heartless appeared. They stood there for a moment before they slowly started to crawl towards Sora. With a gasp, he stumbled back a bit, eyes locked on the creatures.
"Heartless! They're here too!" Sora said as he summoned his keyblade. With a deep breath he charged at the Heartless and swung the keyblade at them, just as he had done back on Destiny Islands.
Soon enough he defeated they and they were gone. Sora breathed a sigh of relief before walking a bit further into the Second District. He kept a close eye out as he had a feeling more Heartless may appear. "Why do you guys think the Heartless are also over in this world?"
'I don't know.'
Sora hummed thoughtfully as he continued his way through the district, soon heading down a set of stairs, leading him to the main floor of the area. More Heartless appeared out of nowhere, but Sora was starting to get use to it at least. He cleared out the Heartless as he searched around the entire Second Distract, but there didn't seem to be many other people around.
Eventually he found his way to a Third Distract, and just like the last there was Heartless roaming around. Sora didn't complain though as he was slowly picking up how to use the keyblade. Once he had made his way around the Third Distract he let out a long sigh and leaned against one of the walls.
"Neither Riku or Kairi are anywhere around here…" Sora thought his words to Vanitas and Ventus. Though he didn't see anyone else in the area, he figured it would be best to just play it safe and keep talking to them just with his thoughts.
'Maybe they arrived someplace else?' Ventus suggested.
"You mean like another world? Is that possible though?"
'Anything could happen. It's hard to really say though with what happened to Destiny Islands. Don't give up hope yet though, I'm sure we'll manage to find those friends of yours.' Vanitas replied.
'Yeah! We can't give up yet, we have hardly even started to look for them. I know they are out there for sure.' Ventus added on with a cheerful tone.
Sora smiled. "Thanks guys. I guess maybe now though I should backtrack? Maybe I'll check back with Cid."
'That sounds like a good plan then. Just be careful of the Heartless they are bound to pop up again.'
'The Heartless won't show you any mercy, so don't show them any.'
Sora nodded in response and started making his way back. He still kept an eye out for anyone else in the area, mostly looking for Riku or Kairi. But it was just the same as he headed all the way back to the First District. There were still Heartless that kept showing up everywhere, but they were still small and easy to manage.
Once he got back to the First District he went straight to the Accessory Shop. Inside Cid was still there of course and Sora walked up to him to explain what he had been doing. Once he told Cid everything, the man spoke up.
"Well keep your chin up. They still might be around there. Maybe take another look around town."
"Okay, I will," Sora said with a cheerful grin, though it was a bit more forced. He was worried about his friends, especially Riku as he had been acting strange
Sora then turned around and headed back outside of the shop. Once he was outside he looked around the area and took in a deep breath. He wasn't ready to give up, not at all. He summoned the keyblade to take a look at it again. He didn't quite know why he thought to look at it, but he just ended up doing so for a few seconds. Though just as he was ready to go and search again he heard footsteps followed by a voice.
"They'll come at you out of nowhere."
Sora quickly pointed towards the sound of the voice. A tall man with long brown hair and blue was staring at him. He wore a mostly black outfit with many belts around his waist. He also had a long dialogue scar going across his nose.
"Wh-Who are you?" Sora asked, surprised to see another person just start talking to him.
The man did not seem to care to answer Sora's question though as he went on to say other things. "And they'll keep on coming at you, as long as you continue to wield the Keyblade."
"He's… He's talking about the Heartless right?" Sora asked to Ventus and Vanitas.
'Yeah, and we already know that,' Vanitas answered with a scoff. Then a second later Vanitas added one other thing. 'He looks like a punk.'
'He doesn't look like a bad person though.'
While Vanitas and Ventus made their comments about the man, Sora thought to try and ask him something again. But he didn't get a chance to try to reply as the man once again just continued to talk.
"But why?" the man questions aloud as he shook his head. "Why would it choose a kid like you?"
'Hey! Sora is a great kid!'
'You know he can't hear you,' Vanitas replied with a sigh.
'Yeah, but he shouldn't go around saying things like that. He doesn't even know Sora! I could practically hear his thoughts… thinking that our Sora was a wimp or something. He should get to know Sora before making assumptions!' Ventus answered with a small huff. He was really starting to dislike people who made assumptions about other people before truly getting to know them.
Sora did continue to listen to the two talk, but it seemed that the man was giving him a chance to speak as he was now just looking at him with a curious or perhaps concerned glance.
"What do you even mean by that? What does it choosing me have to do with anything?"
The man shook his head again. "Never mind that. Now, let me see the keyblade." He started to walk forward as he reached his hand out.
Sora stepped back a few inches as he kept his eyes locked on the approaching man.
'Don't let him touch your keyblade.' Vanitas warned.
'Never let anyone take your keyblade from you.' Ventus added in agreement.
"What should I do then?" Sora asked as he backed up a bit more.
'It looks like you might have to fight him. It doesn't look like this guy is going to leave us alone,' Ventus warned.
"But I've never-"
'We know there is a lot you haven't done yet, but now is not the time to be worrying about this. You have a keyblade and that means something important. You can't let this punk take it away from you.'
"Right!" Sora thought before he stopped backing away and stood in a defensive position.
"I am not going to let you take the keyblade from me!" he shouted with as much seriousness as he could muster.
The man exhaled heavily. "All right, then have it your way."
He then summoned a large weapon to his hands. It looked like a metal sword, but the base of it resembled a gun. He held it tightly in his hands as he pointed the end of it towards Sora. Just as Sora started to move out of the way he saw that a bit of fire was forming at the tip of the blade and then a ball of fire came flying right at him.
Sora gasped as he jumped down the stairs to the lower section of the First District. "Did he just… What was that?"
'Magic… I remember! We can cast spells, when were not in battle I can teach you some basic spells.'
'I will teach you a few basic dark spells.' Vanitas added.
'Vanitas…' Ventus said warningly.
'Just because you are biased against the dark, doesn't mean Sora should be. He should use both light and dark. Of course Sora gets the final say. But I think it would be beneficial to know both.'
"Ah…" Sora tried to say as he tumbled out of the way of the large sword that was being swung at him. As he tried to get back up though he was struck with the side of the blade. He groaned as he crumpled to the ground.
'We can discuss this later, focus on the fight Sora.'
"Right!" Sora thought as he stood back up. His grip tightened and he held the keyblade in front of him defensively.
Eyeing the man he ran forward and swung at the man, getting in a few hits and using his smaller body to his advantage to dodge out of the way of the stikes. Unfortunately he wasn't quick enough to dodge all of them and so he took a hard strike from the large sword. He coughed as he had the wind knocked out of him. Using the backward momentum he went further back trying to get some distance.
The man shot another fire spell at him but Sora managed to block it with the keyblade and with a small push, the firespell is sent back at the man. Sora took in a deep breath, and kept his eye on the man who seemed stunned.
'Be careful.' Ventus warned as Sora took a few steps closer.
Sora was ready to strike again when the man seemed to recover fairly quickly. He swung his sword once more and Sora was knocked back to the ground. Sora grunted as he tried to get up again, but his legs felt shaky and unsteady. Sora took in a deep breath as he pushed himself up into standing position. The world around him started to spin as he felt dizzy. He staggered forward slightly, before staggering back. His vision blurred before he closed his eyes and fell back to the ground. Though just before he lost consciousness he remembered what Ventus and Vanitas said about not letting the man take his keyblade. With the last of his energy he managed to unsummon the keyblade before he passed out.
They had been in the darkness for awhile as Sora was once again unconscious. They waited there quietly and if Ventus had a face he would be frowning. 'You know… something's been bothering me.'
'Oh? And what could possibly be bothering you?' Vanitas asked with a slightly bored tone. Whenever Sora was unconscious there wasn't much for them to do.
'Well… doesn't it seem that its… kinda.. I don't know... crowded?'
Vanitas scoffed, about to just dismiss the matter entirely, but he paused and now that Ventus had brought it up, it did feel more full yet also strangely light, as if someone else was in the heart with them. 'You're right. I think… I think that someone else is in the heart with us. Sora's heart feels full, but there is a strange lightness to it, much like the little princess's light.'
'Do you think that Kairi's heart joined Sora's and ours then? Maybe when Sora tried to catch her?'
'It is possible.' Vanitas allowed with a small hum as he gave some more thought to the matter
'Why hasn't she said anything then?' Ventus questioned.
'It took us time to wake up, obviously it would take time for her to wake up as well.' Vanitas answered rolling his non existent eyes.
'Should we let Sora know though?' Ventus asked, as he continued to think about the situation.
'We should tell him… we may not know for sure, but we do know something else is in his heart, and really it's only reasonable that it's the little princess. Sora can then focus on finding the brat, since the girl is safe.'
'Yeah I guess that sounds like a good idea. I still wonder about Riku though… I hope he is all right.'
A lot of people were asking about if Vanitas and Ventus would know about Kairi. So here we go, there the answer for you guys!
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