A/N: Anyway I want to take this time to say thank you so much you guys, and here's another chapter. Sorry for the typos, but I'm only human. Also some suggestions would be nice once in a while with pushing the story further.
Sonic13: Thanks for the review man! Yeah it's suppose to be confusing, so sorry about that. Anyway I'm glad you liked it!
Rozen-senapi: Thank you so much for the review, I hope you enjoy this one as much as you liked the first one, it's still sort of hard getting back on track now, but I'm sure I'll get back to top writing form soon enough.
Tucker10: Thanks for the review, though I really can't say who Light and Dark are because it's part of the story. Dark and Light only made their first appearance in the epilogue chapter, and in this story, so there's nothing that you missed with that.
Anyway, on with the story!
Chapter Two: Silex
The old man watched as something moved in the distance of the landscape he was painting. The female teenager finally woke up, and quickly with photographic memory he sketched the look on the canvas, a feeling within the artwork of dazed and confused. The boy beside her was still asleep, and it seemed to and to a good effect to sketch the boy like that, asleep. There he finally picked up the brushes he had discarded and began painting once more, 'perfect,' he thought smiling as he continued his process of working. Dark looked around feeling like she was lost in a daze of some sort, everything seemed to go in and out of focus, as if the view around her would spin once in a while.
'Is this place for real?' she asked herself for a moment looking up at the morning sky. Light traces of pink and light purple could be seen as dawn was beginning to move once again. She yawned for a moment covering her mouth, and rubbed her eyes, trying to wake herself up. Light, the teen next to her, was still asleep and she smiled feeling a sort of emotion she hadn't sensed in a while, it was peace, but it was strange to feel peace in a foreign place.
"You fix it…" Light muttered gently, he was more asleep than awake at this point, and Dark couldn't help but laugh at that. She shook her head and looked around once more trying to see if she could find anything worth taking a mental note of. There in the distance of the summit of a small hill, there was a man with a strange rectangular object. 'A painter?' she thought trying to figure out what that item was the person held in their hand, he placed it on a strange looking stool of some sort. "What's that man doing out here so early?" she asked looking around. The sun was to their backs. "That's why…" she said chuckling softly, "I hope we aren't in this man's way." She said softly biting the tip of her thumb for a moment. She looked back at Light and nudged him gently in the ribs, hoping to see his eyes, so that she would know that it was a sure sign that was in fact awake.
"I'm awake," Light said, his eyes weren't open though. Dark huffed and pushed his side a bit harder now. "I'm up," Light said moaning and turned over to his side, crushing more blades of grass. The girl didn't take anything he said for an answer until she could see his eyes. At one point now, after spending about fifteen minutes to wake up him, he finally opened his eyes viewing a slightly pleased teenage girl.
"It's about time," she said pushing back strands of her hair away from the side of her view. "You take SOOOOO long…" she said stretching out his whole manner exaggeratingly, "if the world was ending right now you'd die in your sleep." She said crossing her arms for a moment. Light noticed several bruises and scratches on her face and arms, and a cut near her shoulder.
"Man, we need a place to crash, and at least get some decent clothing and stuff…" Light said lying on his back now stretching his arms and legs out on the grass. He had several cuts on his legs and some scratches on his face. This was the result of a fight from some time ago. He sat up quickly remembering something of importance to him. Light searched the back pocket of his shorts and sighed in relief when he pulled out a keychain.
Dark watched as he was about to give the keychain form, and she quickly stopped him placing both her hands in his palm. "The voice said not too, it said that they'd keep chasing us." she said softly and placed her hands back down on her side. Light frowned for a moment and growled shaking his head for a moment, he still felt like this was all a dream of some sort, but still the pain was real, and one doesn't feel pain in dreams.
"Since when do we listen to voices?" Light asked laughing at the whole idea of disembodied voices.
He shook his head and noticed someone walking down from a hill. He pointed to the strange figure and Dark turned her head slightly and smiled for a moment, she didn't know why, but she felt like their luck was going to change. The man had left his canvas and other supplies there on the summit of that one hill and seemed to be heading in their direction. Light stood up slightly and looked at the man, he didn't seem to trust the new coming individual, but Dark pulled him down quickly, saying that there was a good chance he could escort them to the near by town.
"Mornin'," the old man said as cheerfully as he could. The two teenagers felt as though they couldn't speak for some time and it seemed awkward that they would freeze so quickly like that.
"G… Good morning, sir." Dark said regaining her voice back and bowed her head for a moment and placed a small smile on her face. The old man returned the bow and looked back at the boy, she nudged him again in the ribs, and he winced placing a hand over his side.
"Morning, sir." Light said lowering his head, keeping his eyes on Dark for a moment.
The old man seemed to have a plain looking cap of dark blue fabric, brown overalls that seemed to be aging along with the paint splattered on the front, and a white cotton shirt. He wore boots of a strange brown color, the heat and light from the sun was fading away the once dark brown color of the shoes he wore.
"May I ask what the two of you are doing here?" the old man asked crouching down to eye level with the two individuals. The two of them laughed sheepishly and looked at one another trying to figure out what to say to the old man.
Sora and Amaterasu
"…" Sora and Amaterasu looked at one another and then back to the room they were in, there was no color at all, just an endless void of white. Each step they took though seemed to produce some color, for one odd reason or another. Each step the one titled the Atrum Procer took a strange moving aura of black color was left behind in the process. Sora walked alongside the teenager, taking his steps with the same pace as hers. His steps left a strange glowing aura of blue, mimicking the style of movement as Amaterasu's. Sora looked back and noticed how far they walked, footprints as far as the eye could see, stretching for almost six miles!
Voices in front of them chuckled, and the two teen pulled their designated weapon of choice, Ultima Weapon and Way to Night. They pointed their weapons menacingly in the direction of the two voices, but quickly the two weapons were dismissed, not by the owners but by the voices themselves. The two teenagers sighed and watched as something like an orb of light hovered in front of their path, and it was quickly followed by another orb composed entirely out of darkness.
"Okay, okay… Sorry about that, we just wanted to see where you two have stopped," the voice known as Light said honestly feeling a bit taken back by the actions of the ones who wielded Keyblades. "This… This is just practice for the real thing you will encounter, think of this like a demo."
"A demo?" Sora could help but reiterate that last part. He scratched the back of his head and looked back Amaterasu. "Help a guy out here, yeah?" he asked giving her a big smile, the girl shook her head and sighed.
"Demo…" she said using one finger to show the word. "It means sample, demonstration, display…" the teen said using her other hand to count off the similar functions that the word had. The voice known as Dark laughed circling around Amaterasu, and the girl could help but laugh for a moment. "Yeah it's also used for samples of music and videogames."
Sora got a good understanding of what the word meant now, and he felt a bit embarrassed since the word 'demo' and demonstration had the same for letters in them. 'At least Kairi won't hear about this, I hope,' he thought looking up; still it was the same shade of white like everything around the area. The orb that contained the voice known as Light hovered about Sora for a moment, and chuckled. "Humans and their emotions…" the orb chuckled for a moment, "I'll never understand that at all."
"Never too late to try…" the two teens said, chuckling for a moment.
The orb titled 'Dark' laughed and floated about for a little while longer before taking shape of a female Heartless. She sighed for a moment and looked at the two teens with careful eyes. "Anyway you two, let's try and focus here, shall we?"
The two orbs began to explain the issue at hand within the room. The two of them wanted to see if they could create something within this room before facing the real room. This place was to awaken their true power, of some sort, but how it would work, depended on the two teenagers. Light took his more human looking form and explained slightly about what to do.
"So then we… can create whatever we want here?" Sora asked, hoping that he'd get it right. The one known as Light and the other known as Dark made reassuring sound, that concluded as a definite and solid 'yes'. Amaterasu titled her head for a moment and thought about the turn of the events for a second, and rubbed the back of her head for a moment.
The Atrum Procer sat down, and a dark aura surrounded the shadow her body created, she lifted her arm to see the aura move with her shadow, and in the process she noticed the cuts had held completely. Sora took the chance to look back at the injuries he had received and noticed that the cuts on his legs were out of sight now, completely healed. The two figures comprised of the two oldest elements looked at one another and smiled slightly, as if they felt relief from that.
"This place for now, is your canvas," the one known as 'Dark' said sweetly. "There is no limit here, you are in charge."
"Human hands create so many things…" Light said in a kind tone, "yet they forget that they can create harmony as well," his voice sounded like it wanted to break out into a fit of laughter. "Make something."
Amaterasu and Sora looked at one another and shrugged, trying to figure out exactly how to make that 'something'. Dark sighed for a moment and looked back at Light, it was going to be a very long day, that was for sure. "I'm beginning to think that bringing them here was a bad idea…" she said looking back at Sora and Amaterasu.
"Hey!" Amaterasu said forgetting that she raised her voice, hearing her word echo across the area. The vibration of her voice caused something like a ripple beneath the area she sat by.
Dark sneered and looked back at Light, "And there you go, we have something. It's not anything big, but at least it's something."
Sora frowned slightly and stomped his foot down on the plain colored white ground. "Hey, it's not like we're not trying, it's new to us. This whole thing is new to us, give us a break."
Amaterasu pretended to shift a sort of aura that was in front of her using her left hand, mimicking an old relaxation technique from her prior days. A dark mist came out from her hand and it seemed to bend around the path of her moving arms. A strange figure seemed to form around her index finger; it looked like a butterfly of some sort. "Look!" she cried out in alarm.
"Good job, Ammi!" Sora said pumping a fist into the air.
"I wonder if you guys can create a town…" Dark somehow knew they would be up to the challenge. "If you guys can do that, we'll tell you something worth mentioning."
"You're on!" the two teens said accepting the challenge. Sora helped Amaterasu up and they came up with a plan. "You really think we can do it?" he asked her, and she nodded.
"There's no limit, right?" she asked looking back at Dark and Light, and they nodded. "You just have to believe!" Amaterasu whispered happily watching the dark winged butterfly flutter around.
Dark and Light
"Come on then you two…" the old man said watching the two teens walk up the summit of the hill. There the two saw the painting the old man had finished recently; it seemed almost like a picture perfect replica. Dark noticed two figures in the back and looked back at Light. 'Huh, we're in the painting…' he thought smirking for a moment. Dark sighed and looked back at the faint lining of a pathway, 'that's where we came from…' she thought, finding it hard to believe that they made it all the way over here now. Dark carried from brushes and a stool while Light carried a stand over his shoulder. The old man called them again, but by their real names, to get them to pick up the pace.
"How do you…?!" Light tightened his fists and was getting ready to face the old man, but Dark quickly told him to calm down. The old man chuckled for a moment and looked up at the sky.
"A voice…" was all the old man said, "now hurry up this is no place for two children." The two nodded slightly and walked alongside the old man, back to the place that was past a couple of hills, the town the two teens had seen recently. "You guys sure picked a good day to come to this place…" the man said looking back at the girl and the boy, they each held confused looks, "there's going to be a festival today." He pointed to the papier-Mâché decorations that were being placed over the entrance of the town. Dark's eyes began to brighten up at the thought and Light gave a big smile.
"FOOD!" they both shouted happily. "Erm…" Dark looked down for a moment as they walked towards the town, "Thank you Mr…" she bit her lip, they didn't know the old man's name.
"Mr. Brooks…" the old man said returning her gesture with a kind smile. "It's nice to meet you…"
"Dark…" the girl said nodding, "pleasure's all mine."
"…and Light," he said straining a bit from carrying the canvas stand, "thanks Mr. Brooks."
"You guys are going to have to find a place to stay for the night, until you go home that is." Mr. Brooks said staring back at the town. This place had an amber tinge to the floor, possibly due to the material that was used, with two story buildings on either side, that held multiple families. In the distance of the town there were elaborate houses that took up several acres of land, some with white walls, and picket fences, things found in picture perfect neighborhoods. 'It seems almost too perfect…' the two teen thought looking back at one another for a moment or two.
The three of them walked down the side walk that started to form near a sign that read 'Welcome to Amber Pacific, please enjoy your stay.' Around them were shopping districts that seemed to take up about several blocks, with busy people walking down the sidewalks in a fast stride.
"The town isn't normally like this," Mr. Brooks said chuckling, "it's just because of the festival today."
There were lanterns that hung from the lampposts of several areas, and streams decorating streets, going to and fro street lamps and crosswalks. Everything seemed to so colorful and frankly Dark was getting a bit lightheaded from all the light colors that were around the area. Amber, white, orange, pink, yellow, and all sorts of different arrays were coming into view as several merchants from local business were starting to decorate their side of the street. The old man, Mr. Brooks, told them that the festival would begin once the sun went down, so they had some time to find a suitable place for the two teens. 'Huh, a new place and already something's happening…' Light thought straining a bit as he carried the canvas stand.
"How much farther to your home, Mr. Brooks?" Light asked, and Dark noticed the strain in his voice. 'He's getting tired…' she thought looking back at Mr. Brooks.
"We'll rest here for right now," he said looking up at the sign above their head, 'Amber Café'.
Destiny Islands
A silver bundle of fur ran around the shore and turquoise eyes watched the creature carefully. Riku was wearing a plain white shirt with blue jeans and black tennis shoes; this was probably the fifth time he had gone out to look up at the sky, just waiting for something to happen, but that something never did occur. The silver bundle of fur came running up to Riku, panting for a moment, before making a noise that sounded like it was clearing its throat, this silver furred creature was named Vieh, who had been separated physically from Riku's mind when Ignis had been defeated.
"Don't tell me you're still thinking about her…?" the beast asked sighing heavily.
"…" Riku looked down at the yellow eyes beast, and thought about the words that came out of its mouth. He laughed and shook his head. "That's a lie…" Vieh said laughing, "I know what you're thinking, don't try and deny it!" he said teasing the silver hared teen. Riku frowned for a moment abut sighed, the hound had a point. "You worry about them WAY to much; they'll be fine, just relax and enjoy the fact you're back home." The beast said curling up next to his new master.
"Riku!" the teen and the hound turned their heads to looked back at the figure wearing a pink skirt and a white shirt with a black hood. She seemed happy to see them for some reason.
"Hey Kairi!" the two of them said smiling for a moment, well only one of them smiled, the other one just gave a strange toothy grin with fangs showing. She walked over to the two of them and nodded slightly smiling for a moment.
"I thought I might find the two of you here…" she said sitting down next to Vieh and Riku, "it feels surreal, being back home after so long," Kairi said, her blue eyes scanning the ocean for any signs of that something that Riku was searching for as well.
It had been several days since they finally came back, and things for the most part seemed perfect, and it was somehow easy to fall back into a somewhat 'normal' lifestyle. Riku started his last year in high school, thanks to his mom who was able to convince the board to allow him back into pursuing his final year of education. Kairi took the same approach as well, so that the two of them could hang out a bit more. Things didn't really seem to change, Tidus and Wakka played Blitzball once in a while and Selphie hung out with Kairi, and things seemed to be going well.
With Riku, the new addition to the family was just Vieh, and his mother had a hard time accepting the fact that a figment of imagination became real over the course of several years, with help of someone who called himself Ignis Xehanort, if that could even be considered 'help' in Riku's mind.
Vieh yawned and looked around trying to see if he could find anything worth mentioning to, but there was nothing to speak about. 'You know Riku… Let's just go home, Mom probably made something for lunch…' the silver furred creature looked up at Riku, and the teen sighed.
Dark and Light
Dark felt at peace just sitting at the café that had a light atmosphere. Light was happy to just have the canvas stand out of his grasp. Mr. Brooks had asked the children if they wanted anything to drink, but they declined the invitation of any liquid. Dark noticed a strange color that caught her eye. 'Blue…?' she thought looking at the hair on the person's head.
"Aqua…" someone said whining for a moment. The girl known as Aqua turned around slightly and Dark caught a glimpse of her blue eyes, and the pair of earrings she wore. Aqua chuckled for a moment and sighed looking back at the one who called her name. "Oh come on Ven, please?"
"…" the one known as Ven sighed. He had blonde hair and blue eyes the same shade as Aqua's and he looked roughly around Light's age. "Fine, I'll come with you then." He said chuckling for a moment. "Hey where's Terra?" he asked looking around the specific person.
"Oh… He said he was going to stay home today…" Aqua said looking back at Ven for a moment and then down to the cup on her hand. "He's been acting pretty weird since yesterday, remember?"
Ven nodded and sighed, glancing towards the table at which Light and Dark were sitting at. Dark blushed noticing that Ven had caught sight of her staring and she quickly looked away. Light laughed at Dark for a moment and glanced at Aqua for a moment. 'She looks like her…' he thought thinking back to his friend. "Come on you two, we've still got some more walking to do," it was Mr. Brooks voice.
"Yes, sir…" the two said picking up the items they had carried previously. As they walked past the table near the entrance Light and Dark felt compelled to look at the two figures titled Ven and Aqua. Out of etiquette the two smiled at the blue hared girl and the blond hared boy. Ven and Aqua returned the smile and watched them walk away. What caught Ven's eyes were the worn out clothes that the other two teens were wearing.
"Weird…" Ven said looking back at Aqua who nodded.
"That's weird isn't it Ventus…? He has those guys working hard… Wait but I thought he didn't…?" even as confused as she felt, Aqua managed to keep her tone in a soft voice, and crossed her legs for a moment, she darted her blue eyes back to Ventus, "Have you seen them around before?" Ven shook his head slightly and looked back at the figures through the window of the café for a moment.
Dark and Light walked lazily behind Mr. Brooks as he led the way back to his abode. For a reason unknown to her, Dark became curious about the individuals for a moment, due to something in her gut that was trying to tell her something. 'But we really shouldn't get involved…' she thought shaking her head for a moment. Light still couldn't shake the fact that Aqua looked like someone he knew, and he chuckled to himself.
In the distance, just past one more road, there was a house that was surrounded by a gate. Several trees decorated the yard of the home, as well as rose bushes and a small fountain, all within the gated abode. The home seemed to be about two stories high, and seemed to be of good size. A house painted in white with a dark mahogany roof, along with borders of the same color. "Here we are…" the old man said looking back at Dark and Light. The two of them looked at one another and smiled happily, at last they didn't have to carry the equipment around. "You can just leave the stuff by that tree over there…" Mr. Brooks pointed to the tall tree by the entrance of the home.
Dark and Light sighed heavily finally moving towards the tree in front of the entrance to the home. "Thank the gods…" the two of them said feeling exhausted. Light's shoulder ached and Dark's arms felt like noodles. 'Though what are we going to do about a place to stay?' Dark thought looking back up at the house for a moment. 'We can't possibly stay here…' she thought looking down at the ground.
Mr. Brooks sighed and looked back at the neighboring house that was by far smaller in comparison. It belonged to a good person by the name of Lila Ser, the house keeper of Mr. Brook's abode when he was away. Dark and Light watched as the old man made his way next door, and someone appeared out of the doorway. The woman waved at the two of them to come next door, and they did, trudging slowly, trying to relax their aching muscles for a moment.
"This is Ms. Lila Ser, you'll be staying with her till the two of you can find a place of your own," the old man said. "I leave them in your hands Lila." The woman bowed and watched as the old man walked away. "What are your names?" she asked in a sweet tone.
"My name is Dark," the girl said bowing slightly. "My name's Light." The boy said smiling kindly. "Nice to meet you Ms. Lila Ser!" the two chirped happily for a moment, for now they had a place to stay.
Lila Ser, was a pleasant woman, roughly around her late 30s, with short brown hair and green eyes. She kindly invited to two teens into her home and they followed. "You two should wash up… But I only have one bathroom so, it's nothing against you Light but," she turned around to look at Light and Dark.
"It's all right Ms. Ser," Light said chuckling a bit. "I understand," even though he really wanted to go and wash up first. He watched as the woman showed them were the bathroom was located.
"I have some clothing for you… You know you guys dropped in at a pretty good time, today's Amber Pacific's centennial." The woman said as she walked into another room and pulled out some clothes that seemed to be for individuals their age. Light noticed that one of the pieces of clothing seemed to be a skirt of some sort. 'Oh man Dark is going to flip… I feel bad for that skirt…' Light thought thinking back to his friend's personal dislike of skirts and dresses.
Amaterasu and Sora
"Whew…" the two of them fell down on the visually stunning world around them. Grassy hills, and wildflowers as far as the eye could see, with a lake in the far off distance, mountains covered in snow. It was still hard to believe that something like this was created by two Keyblade masters, but lo and behold there it was in plain sight.
"Impressive…" the two elements said chuckling to themselves. Black and blue butterflies rested near Amaterasu and Sora, seeing as how they preferred different colors. "Hey what was the info you were going to give us?" Sora asked as he sat up from the green grass, several blue butterflies fluttered about him.
"It's about reincarnation… That man, Ansem the Wise… Do you remember one of his reports, Sora?" the element known as Light asked looking at him with his blue eyes.
Sora looked back at Light for a moment and thought about it. "About the three things that make up life… the heart, the soul, and the body, is that what you're talking about?" he asked, noticing a pleased look on the elements face.
"When the soul leaves the body, which it lives in as a vessel, life dies…" Dark said remembering one part of the report by heart so to speak. "Man beliefs in religion say that the soul reincarnates itself into the next person… Do you see where I'm getting at?"
"…" Sora and Amaterasu shook their head for a moment. An array of black and blue butterflies zipped past them off into the distance of the creation.
"Xehanort…" the two elements said.
"Which one?" the two keybears asked quickly.
The elements chuckled for a moment and left the conversation at that for right now. "If you can beat the two of us, then we'll let you know more." Dark said forming a pleased smile on her face.
"That's… we just worked on creating this place…" Amaterasu said stretching her arms out to show the vastness of the whole area. "We can't possibly fight right now."
"I never said it had to be right now…" Dark said folding her arms. "We'll wait for you two to recover, and then we shall fight."
"Sounds good enough to me…" Sora said looking back at Amaterasu. The dark skinned girl looked back at the two elements, staring them straight in the eye. 'They're strong, just by the way they carry themselves… elements as old as time itself. Can we win against them?'
"Stop worrying about it, Amaterasu." Dark said just as easily reading her mind very quickly.
Sora stood up, hearing his shoes squeak against the grass covered in dew, and walked around for a moment, coming up to a crossroad. 'Why did I put this in here…?' he thought walking down it until it came at the intersection. For a moment he remembered a pathway covered with Keyblades, like a graveyard of some sort. 'What did the Dark Master want anyway…?' he thought looking back at the others that were at a distance.
Amaterasu pointed a finger up to the sky in the distance, and something erupted, ripping through the fabric of space, night began eating away at the morning sky that was within this frame. 'Fireworks…' she thought closing her eyes for a moment, trying to imagine the colorful display light up the night sky. Sora looked up and noticed a loud BANG, with a shower of light colors dancing around in the night sky, he smiled.
The boy named Terra
Terra woke up quickly hearing his parents call his name out. He rubbed his eyes and noticed that it was almost time for the festival to being. 'Shit…' he thought grabbing a pair of black jeans from the side chair of his bed. He put them on as quickly as he could, and grabbed a navy blue shirt from the closet located near the entrance of his room. "Terra, hurry up, your friends are here!" a female called out.
"Coming!" he yelled back grabbing a pair of black and white shoes and strapping them on as quickly as he could. He didn't care about the way his room was left right now, in this state it looked a mess but since he had promised his friends to go with them to the festival, cleaning wasn't part of the promise. There Terra opened the door and bolted downstairs.
'Dreams… Strange dreams…' Terra thought as he told his parents that he'd try and come home early, but it didn't seem likely.
Aqua the girl with light skin, and Ven the boy with light skin, were waiting for their friend Terra outside of the amber colored home. Aqua was wearing a white sleeveless shirt, with an amber skirt, and black shoes. Ven was wearing a white shirt that had an amber hood, and black pants with matching shoes. "Hey!" the two said greeting the slightly light skinned Terra. With that all of them walked down the sidewalk, towards the plaza of the town.
The three friends walked amongst a crowd that was heading towards the plaza as well. The night sky was finally here, and with it so would the stars the crescent moon. Terra walked in the middle of his best friends, and looked back at Aqua and Ven, noticing that he was the tallest one in the group, and he chuckled. Ventus, as that was his full name, looked back at him with a puzzled look, titling his head for a moment.
"I can never stress it enough but the two of you make a good couple…" Terra said breaking the silence. He placed his arms around the shoulder of his two best friends.
"Knock it off…" the other two said quickly, blushing furiously, and avoiding Terra's gaze for a moment. "Anyway…" Aqua cleared her throat and looked up at their friend, "Terra, have you been okay, I mean you were pretty out of it yesterday…"
Terra looked forward noticing the lights from the lanterns come into view. Everything seemed so colorful and peaceful. He looked back at Aqua and sighed for a moment, "don't worry about it," he said softly, "I'm fine. Now… let's try and enjoy the festival, all right?"
With Dark and Light
"…" Light couldn't help but laugh at the girl before him, as she wore an amber skirt and a black top. She rolled her eye and continued down the sidewalk, with Lila Ser right behind them. She had invited the two teens to come with her to the festival (even though she's working in the festival) of the place called Amber Pacific. Light was wearing an amber shirt with white bordering, and black pants with amber shoes. The two teens looked in the distance and noticed a crowd of people walking the colorfully lit streets of the town, enjoying themselves.
"Dark… Light," Lila called out to them as they moved deeper into the plaza. "We're going to meet back at the café if that's all right with you; I have to help with some of the sales, all right?" the two of them nodded and looked at the 'Amber Café'.
Dark and Light walked around together, not wanting to be far away from one another in a 'strange town,' as they called it. Several people in the closed off area were dancing to the music that was placed in the loud speakers located through several streets. The festivities seemed to stretch out through almost the whole town. Dark looked around some of the booths while Light stayed close behind her, watching around for anything suspicious.
"You hungry?" Dark asked looking back at Light, he chuckled slightly. "I'll take that as a yes…" she said pulling him along the crowds of people. The smell of food wasn't that far away since half of the area was comprised of eating booths. Lila Ser had been kind enough to give the two teens some money for their own personal pleasure. Light pulled the girl faster as he looked at one of the booths with hungry eyes. "Hold on…!" Dark said growling for a moment, she didn't like being in festivities that much, especially if it meant wearing a skirt.
She ended up purchasing some fruit for herself, and a plate of rice with pork and vegetables for her companion. They found a place to sit down by one of the booths and they ate their food. Dark wasn't that hungry since she had eaten before they arrived. Light watched as Dark began to pick at the fruit in front of her, it was sign he knew all to well from watching his other friend do that. '…I know how you feel…' he thought sighing slightly and putting his fork down. Dark looked up noticing that he didn't finish the plate yet, '…I don't want you to keep from eating…' she thought opening her mouth slightly and placed half a strawberry in her mouth. Somehow it just didn't seem as sweet when she was back home with him and her, when the four of them were together.
"Out with it, Dark…" Light said using his fork to point at her slightly. "Come on, I know that look, she use to do that when something was on her mind…" he said coming to a realization, 'I miss her…' he thought when he stared back at Dark for a moment. She looked down for a moment, and placed her hands on her lap.
"It's just that… It doesn't really feel like a festival without them." She said looking back at Light for a moment, as he gave her his trademark smile, it was out of sympathy that he did it, and nothing else. 'I miss him so much…' she thought looking away from Light for a moment.
He sighed for a moment, understanding how she felt, and no doubt she understood how he felt as well. "Well… We're just going to have to tell them about this when we go back, they're going to be pretty upset though, 'cuz they missed out on the food…" he said going back to eating for a moment. "We still haven't found a place yet…" he said dimly. Dark stopped chewing on her mango piece, and cringed slightly at that fact. It was still true, for now they were 'homeless' in a way.
"Ugh…" Dark said putting her head down for a moment, "this sucks…!" she said slamming her fist down on the table, making several pieces of food jump.
"Hey…" Light said making sure nothing from his plate fell, "calm down, Dark. It'll be all right, you'll see." He said trying to be cheerful for his friend. Dark sighed, it seemed to calm her down for right now, but soon she would start something like that again.
In the distance Aqua and Terra were waiting for Ventus to finish his food, but like always he somehow went for a second plate, and then a third, but this was probably his fourth plate now. "Your boyfriend's going to get fat…" Terra said jokingly as Aqua blushed for a moment. Ventus was sitting a couple of chairs away from Dark and Light. He looked up and noticed the two people sitting on opposite sides of the table, 'Hey they're from the café, from earlier…' he thought finishing his food now.
Dark and Light looked up slightly, getting the feeling that they were being watched. 'Holy crap!' Ven thought looking back down at his empty plate, 'did they see me?' he asked himself putting his head down, and watching the two from the corner of his eye, he noticed the two stand up and walk away. "Don't think we didn't see you…" the girl said in a 'sing-song' voice, leaving Ven with a rather embarrassed and confused look on his face. "H-Hey… Hey!" Ven raised his voice over the noise from the crowd. The two figures stopped and looked back at the boy. "Where are…? Are guys from here?" he finally asked them. The two shook their heads and staring walking away. Aqua noticed the two figures as they moved past her and Terra. Aqua's blue eyes locked with the girl's for a moment, and in an instant they were gone.
Ven finally made it back after cleaning up after himself and waved back at Terra and Aqua. In the distance they heard something coming up from the sky. They all looked up and noticed that the fireworks had started already. "Come on!" Aqua said puling to two boys alongside her, "let's get a good view from the hill!" she said nudging her head towards the direction.
Dark and Light watched the colorful display of sparks light up the night sky. The two of them sat near the hillside located towards the west of the plaza. "It's nice…" Light said lying on the grassy hillside and staring up at the sky, as more fireworks were lit. Dark breathed in the air for a moment, and looked up at the sky, watching as blue sparks dazzled her view for a moment. "Yeah…" she replied watching another display of gold and blue flowers bloom in the night sky.
Aqua and the other two stopped shortly noticing the two figures that were near the bottom of the hillside. "It's the two from the café…" Ven said looking back at Aqua and Terra. "I noticed…" Aqua said recounting the little stare that the girl had given her moments ago. "They're not from here…" Ven said looking up at the red sparks in the sky.
For some reason Terra looked back at the two individuals that were near the hillside. He couldn't shake them from his mind. 'Are those the two from my dreams?' he thought back to himself, and shook his head, 'thought they seem like it…' he thought and sighed once more, looking up at the colors in the sky.
"Woah…" Light said quickly noticing a menacing symbol from one of the fireworks. "Dark, look!" he said pointing to the figure in the sky. Dark felt her eyes widen for a moment. "Heartless…" the two said quietly.
"But we can't fight using the Keyblade…" Dark said referring to what the voice from before said.
"That's not all we can do, remember?" Light said flashing a menacing smile for a moment. Dark took notice that his teeth were becoming slightly sharper than normally. She quickly placed a firm hand on his shoulder, and she shook her head, "Why not?" he asked breathing in slightly. She pointed up, and Light titled his head back noticing three people looking down at them from a distance. "Oh…" he said smiling sheepishly.
In the distance Heartless with large round bodies, and those with biting shields moved about the plaza, disrupting the festival faster than a heartbeat, and several winged Heartless filled the sky. From the hillside it seemed that several mage type Heartless placed a barrier preventing humans from getting out. "I hate when they do that…" she said looking back at Light for a moment. "And here I thought we were going to get a break from them…" Light said joining into the conversation.
The two individuals looked back up and noticed that Heartless were starting to sprout about like weeds. The three figures from the top of the hillside were going to be in danger if these two didn't do something about it…
A/N: You know what to do, one review please!
Silex is the word meaning 'rocket' in Latin, which is the synonym for 'firework' in English. This was inspired by the song Hanabi from Bleach the anime. Also I want to put up a 'Ask the Characters' chapter, so if you want send me a question via PM or review, and I'll answer it in a later chapter, thank you in advance, and bye for now!