ReMind was Awesome!
However, As much as I like ReMind, the events probably won't be covered in this story. For I have a plan for the future way down the line.
In this chapter, something occurs that may make or break this story for some.
With that said, Let's Mosey.
I don't own To Love-Ru or Kingdom Hearts
(Update 2/11/20: General Updates and fixed a small error.)
(Update 2/24/20: I used the completely wrong version of 'your' near the end. It's fixed now.)
(Update 5/16/20: Very small General Update)
(Update 3/14/21: General Update)
A Familiar Scary Girl? Run Fast, Rito!
Traverse Town - Second District
Yami was feeling VERY confused. One moment Yuuki Rito was here, cowering before her in his usual fashion, and she was retaliating in her usual fashion. Next thing she knew, her blades hit nothing but the floor below, and he was nowhere to be seen.
Had she...just imagined it? Did that Witch somehow make her hallucinate?
'No...' she slowly raised her left hand to her left bosom; the one he squeezed a FEW times. Not only that, but she also felt a familiar sensation at her crotch area...
'That was NO illusion...'. she clenched her right hand into a fist as the moment played in her head again, remembering the absolute invasion of personal space.
And he had the audacity, the nerve, to somehow escape without her retaliation. The very thought got under her skin...
"He's quite the daring one, isn't he?" Yami heard Maleficent's deadpanned comment from behind herself.
She turned back around to face her "So he was here. Where did he go?" Yami demanded to know as she threatened Maleficent and Pete with her blades. Pete jumped and got on the floor, shaking and cowering.
"I don't knows anything! I'm just as lost as youse!" Pete spoke from the floor, refusing to look at the girl out of fear.
'Pathetic...' Maleficent mentally dismissed her henchman. She remained unfazed at Yami's blades as she went on to ask "What is it you're planning to do to that boy?" with a tone of anticipation.
Yami coldly glared before she gave her answer "...Teach him a lesson."
A very dark answer...
Maleficent gave a smirk "Ah, In that case..." She gestured next to herself and Yami "He ran off in that direction, leading to Third District."
Yami quickly shifted her eyes to where she gestured, then back to the two. Every second she wasted with these two could be vital in acquiring her target "...Letting you off is your payment, for aiding me." With that, Yami immediately grew her traditional angel wings and went after the poor boy, determined to not only complete her mission and retrieve him, but also 'Teach him a lesson'. A question was running through her head as she went.
'How did he do that?'
Maleficent watched her go with a smile as Pete got out of his cowering position and stood up straight.
"Phew!" he wiped his forehead of sweat "Wouldn't wanna be that kid right about now." he thanked his lucky stars.
"Indeed..." was Maleficent's short reply, for she was staring where Yami had left after Rito. Pete looked in the same direction, feeling rather bemused.
"Say Maleficent, ya mind explainin' what's goin' on? Somehow I conked out too."
Maleficent gave an exasperated sigh. She was so close to ridding herself of Pete too..."That boy; 'Yuuki Rito' performed Time Stopping magic, or at least, a variation of it..." she placed her left hand atop her staff and continued to voice her thoughts "While I was able to break out of it before the spells limit ran out; being a powerful sorceress like myself, something about his spell seemed...odd." she remembered the experience, the moment he yelled out 'stop'. The sensation was akin to when a Keyblade Wielder uses magic (Something she was familiar with due to her history), except his left a lingering 'aftertaste' of sorts that felt...
Empty? Hollow?
'Could he be...?'
"Okay..." Pete sounded uncertain "But, what about gettin' ourselves a new lacky?"
"Oh, simple Pete..." she condescendingly started "Think of this as a trial...to prepare her heart to truly embrace Darkness..."
Pete opened his mouth to ask another question but-
"'Why use him', you may ask?" she paused before she moved on further "Because...he is her main core of resistance to it." Maleficent thought back to when the blonde said his name in the middle of her trance...
For in that moment, she felt it...
Light...
"Come." The Dark Fairy beckoned Pete as she summoned a Dark Corridor "We shall observe these chain of events from the Shadows."
Maleficent and Pete walked in and disappeared along with the Corridor. All was silent in the Second District, until the doors leading back to First District opened with Lea, Kairi, and Yuffie walking in.
"He did go flyin' this way, right?" Lea asked as he looked around for a sign of the boy.
"Yeah, for sure." Kairi confirmed.
"Hmmmmm." Yuffie spoke up from behind them, crossing her arms and closing her eyes to think "Shouldn't we be more worried if he's hurt?"
Lea rubbed the back of his neck as he continued to look around "Trust us when we say he shouldn't be too injured from a fall like that. If there's anything certain we found out about the kid while he was training with us, it's that he can take a lot of hits and keep getting back up."
Traverse Town - Corridor Between Second and Third District
The corridor's walls and ceiling was a steel blue that was turning into a baby blue the further Rito ran in. Also, the further he ran in, the more spacious the corridor became. The floor was a grey pavement and the walls had not only yellow lamps that illuminated the corridor, but also many different posters detailing the town and its various hot-spots...
But that didn't matter to Rito at the moment.
"User Rito! Are you feeling well? Do you know that girl?" asked Link from his dock.
"NOTATALLLINK!" whether this very quick reply was an answer to one or both questions is something that went unresolved, as Rito was running for dear life in an effort to get away from that blonde girl. Of course, he had no idea were he was going, he was just focused on finding the others as soon as he can for the sake of safety.
"So you say...yet you addressed her as 'Yami'. Is that her Username?"
"YEAHTHAT'S..." he started to slow down with confusion slowly but surely being written all over his face "Her...name...?" he stopped in front of the large double doors leading into Third District. "Wait...do I...know that scary girl?" he asked himself as he crossed his arms over his body, thinking it over.
"It seems she knows of you as well, she addressed you as 'Yuuki Rito'." Link pointed out "Is that your full Username? Is she an enemy?"
Rito 'hmm'd' to himself as he thought "Well...I don't wanna say she's an enemy..." he trailed off in his own head.
'Who is she?'
As Rito continued to think, seven puddles of darkness appeared on the floor and from those puddles, Neoshadows began to slowly rise out.
Rito let out a shaken breath, recognizing these type Heartless. He felt his body start to shiver, but he stopped himself, remembering something. He can't freeze up here like last time. He'd been training alongside Lea and Kairi to not just look for someone who knows him (maybe that scary girl from earlier?), but also not hold them back with his weakness and gain strength to help and protect others. If he freezes, no one is here to save him this time, and he might as well have stayed back at Radiant Garden and moved on.
Besides, he feels he'd rather face these Neoshadows than face that scary girl!
He steeled his nerves and gave a frown to the now, almost out of their puddles Neoshadows. A sweat ran down his head "I don't know if I'll win, but I've gotta at least try!" he threw his right arm out to the side of himself, and opened his hand in order to get ready to fight. But before he could, the Neoshadows were sliced apart by something in quick succession, their bodies exploding into black mists before they even came out completely.
"Huh?" Rito tilted his head, wondering what just happened. Before he saw someone beyond the black mist that made him tense. They had long blonde hair that was formed into many blades, and crimson eyes that pierced into his soul.
Speak of the devil...
"I'm not letting you get away...Yuuki Rito."
The color on his face drained...
Traverse Town - Third District
This plaza was mainly a smooth grey along with blues and purples. There was a set of stairs in front of a Small House leading down into the square-shaped main plaza, and in that main plaza were tall black lampposts that had a soft yellow light with red flags coming out at the sides of the lampposts, and a golden fountain in the corner that featured an image of two dogs bopping muzzles. Hanging off the walls of the Third District were red banners with a design of a black house with a number three carved inside. There was also a large brown set of double doors leading to the corridor that goes back to the Second District.
Fighting ten Shadows that were in front of the Small House; the restoration committees old base of operations, was Leon. Leon was a man who sported short brown hair, blue eyes, and a scar that ran diagonally down on his face over the bridge of his nose. Wrapping around his left fore-arm were three small dark brown belts and on his hands were black gloves with small black belts on them. On his torso was a open short black combat jacket with a white fur collar and a silver zipper. Underneath the jacket was a white V-Neck shirt while a silver necklace of a strange lion creature; a 'Griever', hung off of Leon's neck. Another Griever can also be seen on the shoulder of Leon's Jacket, but in a red design embedded into the jacket. Leon's lower body was covered with long black pants that had three buckles on the right and left thigh, and a vertical zipper going down the side of each leg. Two brown belts and two black belts went around his hips, all of them being quite loose except for the one around his waist, which fit like a traditional belt.
In his hands was his weapon of choice, a long silver blade that had a revolver barrel at the hilt; A 'Gunblade', if you will. Engraved into the blade was the same Griever design that was on his necklace. Hanging off the black handle of the Gunblade was another silver chain with a Griever token at the end.
Leon was lightly sweating and breathing in and out as he stood his ground against the Shadow heartless. He had done a good job of guarding the civilians inside, for the Shadows were a non-issue power wise. However, the Shadows continued to spawn even after he had destroyed them, and he was starting to get tired.
'What is with these Heartless?' he mentally asked as he glared down the opposition. 'Something must have them worked up...where is Yuffie?'
"AAAHHHH!"
Leon jerked in place, recognizing the screaming voice.
"Wait, that sounded like-"
The double doors to his right suddenly slammed open as Rito ran out, looking absolutely frantic.
"Rito? Hey, what's wrong?!"
"She's gonna kill me!"
And Yami was flying right behind, using many hair-blades to stab into the ground while chasing after the boy.
"WHAT IN THE-" Leon began to shout but was cut off as Yami transformed one of her hair-blades into a large iron ball and slammed it into the ground, narrowly missing Rito, but causing an impressive shockwave that kicked up debris and made him, Leon, and the Heartless fly over the ledge leading into the main plaza below. Rito crashed into the pavement of the main plaza face first along with Leon and the Heartless; which poofed into black mist as they crashed.
"Eugh..." the boy groaned as he and Leon got up.
"Urgh...Rito? Who is-" he was cut off as Rito went to hide behind him.
"Please help me, Leon!" he cried while shutting his eyes. Yami landed on the floor of the main plaza, fully intending to confront the man between her and her 'target'.
"Stand aside." she lowly demanded, voice seemingly void of emotion.
'She is clearly not human.' Leon was no stranger to danger and got ready to fight with his Gunblade in his hands. "Hold on a sec, who are you?".
"I could ask the same question of you, but that doesn't matter to me at the moment..." She raised her arm and turned it into a blade and pointed it at Rito "What does matter is that he's going to pay, before I take him with me."
Leon glanced behind to the shaking Rito, who was clearly very afraid of this girl. Then back to Yami "Why, what did he do to you?"
There's no way he was capable of something to warrant this violent of a response...
"He is guilty of-"
"Wait." Leon interrupted while raising a hand in front of himself "I think I got an idea..." he looked over his shoulder to Rito with slanted eyes of suspicion.
"Be honest, kid. Did you do one of your 'Falls' on this girl?"
Yami's face twitched while keeping her stoic demeanor. He knows of it?
Rito stopped shaking and stood quiet for a moment before speaking "Well, yeah. But it was by accident." He opened his eyes and began to explain "Me, Lea, Kairi, and Yuffie were fighting a group of Heartless, when one used some wind magic that sent me flying. I fell from the sky and ended up crashing into her by mistake."
"I see...so Lea and Kairi are here too..." Leon mused over things while Rito continued.
"I got so scared when she made those swords with her hair, that I must've used Stop magic by accident in a panic and ran off."
Leon sighed in an annoyed manner and turned to the boy "Look, Rito...I think you need to apologize to her. But..." he turned back to Yami and narrowed his eyes "I also don't think handing him over to someone coming at him as hard as you are is a good idea." he got into a battle pose "Call it a gut instinct."
Yami didn't respond as she stood there with her hair obscuring her eyes, for she was sorting out things that have been said by Rito. He had apparently made some new friends with a group, 'Leon' here being one of them and from what she can tell, he hadn't mentioned her ONCE...
However, what got her attention was the idea of him fighting alongside these friends of his; fighting the Heartless, no less. What REALLY got her attention was the fact that Yuuki Rito now knows some form of 'Stop Magic', and used it ON HER. If Stop Magic implies what she believes it does; halting someones movement in time, and HE knows how to use it...what other magic might he know...?
"So...you intend to stand in the way of my mission..." she now gave Leon and Rito a cold emotionless stare, which made Leon tense up.
'Her eyes...They look so empty...' Rito noted from behind Leon, a sad-like feeling he couldn't describe washing over him. It was strange, she didn't seem to be a friend but...
"Leon...Hold on a-"
Suddenly, Yami's battle instincts felt a threat moving through the wind rushing at her from the left! She turned her left arm into another large blade and raised it up to parry two spiked red and silver Chakrams! The Chakrams collided with Yami's arm blade and rebounded back to the thrower, who Rito smiled to.
"Yo, Rito! Havin' more girl problems?" a man asked as his Chakrams transformed into his Keyblade.
"Lea! Kairi! Yuffie!" he shouted in joy as he saw the three looking over the ledge into the main plaza. Lea grinned as he jumped down to the main plaza with Kairi and Yuffie following shortly after.
"Huh?" Yami quietly let out as she looked at her arm blade; the one which deflected Lea's attack. At the moment of impact, she felt this light...nauseating and stinging sensation? It wasn't like the one Maleficent gave her, it was nothing she couldn't plow through. However, no weapon had caused her to feel something like that after colliding with it before. It was cause for concern...something to keep in mind.
"Rito!" Kairi ran over to the boy to check on him as Yami stopped and changed her body back to normal, watching the scene "Are you okay? We saw you fly over to Second District, but it was empty when we got there."
"Yeah, then after Lea and Kairi cleared out the Heartless from the area we could've sworn we heard a scream, so we came running." Yuffie added.
"And look what we find..." Lea had his Keyblade slung behind himself in a manner where the Chakram guard was behind his right shoulder and the blade was going down his back. "You makin' another girl upset." he looked over to Yami as he got next to Kairi "We saw the impact on the floor up there. Impressive, but pretty overkill wouldn't you say, Little Blonde?"
"...I see" Yami analyzed Lea; particularly his choice of clothing, and the situation before her. "You're allied with the other black hooded figures...and you've somehow brainwashed Yuuki Rito to swear loyalty. What an unforeseen circumstance..."
A moment of silence passed over everyone before-
"Brainwashed?"
"Other black hoods..."
"You know Organization XIII?"
"I told you wearin' that old coat was a bad idea!"
"Hold on a sec..." Lea lowered his Keyblade "Yuuki Rito?"
Everyone simultaneously turned their heads to Rito.
"Um, please don't hurt her, everyone. I think I'm supposed to...know this girl?" was the only response they got from the confused boy.
"You think?" Yami replied with a cold glare, making Rito flinch in place before hiding behind Lea. "You said 'Yami' earlier, did you not? So you should know full well who I am; because you're-"
Before she could finish her sentence, a large dark portal appeared on the floor between Rito's group of friends and Yami.
"Uh-oh! Looks like we've got company!" Lea re-slung his Keyblade over himself, getting ready to fight. An increasing rumble was felt all around the district, and then-
SHWOOOOOMMM!
From that dark portal, a very large swarm of Shadow Heartless came spewing out and up into the night sky, moving as one very large wave! Yami watched the swarm swerve in the sky with large eyes, taking in the numerous amount of enemies...and the presence of darkness they embodied and gave off. It was like watching an infestation of darkness swim in the sky.
"Kairi, Rito, get ready!" Lea yelled, getting the attention of everyone in the vicinity.
"All right!" was Kairi's response as she summoned her weapon from a burst of light in her right hand. It's base shape was round and curvaceous. One side of the hilt was formed in the shape of a blue breaking ocean wave, while the other was formed into a beige vine of sand that continued upward to wrap around the shaft, the shaft being colored in a manner that resembled a sunset. The vine connected to a bouquet of colorful flowers at the top which formed the teeth of the Keyblade and entwined to outline a heart. A red silk key-chain connected the hilt to a yellow star-shaped fruit; a 'Paopu Fruit' token. This was Kairi's Keyblade; Destiny's Embrace.
Yami observed the girl summon her weapon and get into a crouched battle stance, noting that her weapon resembled a Key.
'Surely, The King of Deviluke didn't mean a literal key...'
"O-Okay!" came the reply from Rito, and much to Yami's utter surprise...
Outstretched his right arm and summoned a Key of his own...Reverse-Grip styled...
'What?'
The shaft of his blade was a platinum light-blue, rounded like Kairi's, had a gold rain-guard at the bottom, and ended at the top in an orb past the teeth; the teeth being formed by a five-pointed star outline and behind was a spike pointing back; giving it a double-edged appearance. The Key-chain of the blade was attached to a five-pointed gold star outline token and it was attached to the hilt of the blade by a silver chain. The guard of this blade was much like Sora's Kingdom Key; except it was a deep, pastel blue rather than gold, while the handle itself was a deep indigo. Overall, it looked very antiquated compared to Kairi's and Lea's.
Rito bent his knees, brought his Keyblade behind his right side, and kept his left arm out and steady, getting into his default combat stance he used during training while Yami watched with extreme curiosity. His stance wasn't too bad either...is he really going to fight?
"We'll back you guys up!" Leon supported as he got ready with his Gunblade in his hands.
Yuffie took off her Silver Fuma Shuriken from her back and exclaimed "This is not gonna be fun!"
"Hey, Little Blonde!" Lea called out to Yami, breaking her away from staring at Rito. "I know we've got some things to talk about, but you wouldn't mind lending us a hand for now, would ya?"
Yami frowned "I will assist you, for I need Yuuki Rito alive." She transformed her arms and locks of her hair into large curved blades and focused on the Heartless swarm.
"But please do not call me that again."
If the description of his Keyblade was too horrible, then let me say he's using a Keyblade from Long Long Ago...
Why does Rito have a Keyblade? Well, to quote KH2 Setzer...
"Whatever you think is right, you're wrong. And that is a big mistake."
Next time, a fight against Demon Tide!
